2010年5月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections


National intelligence director resigning (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2009 file photo, then President-elect Barack Obama listens as then-National Intelligence Director-designate Dennis Blair speaks during a news conference in Washington. A government official says Blair is resigning. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Thursday he is resigning, ending a tumultuous 16-month tenure marked by intelligence failures and turf wars among the country's spy agencies.


Pentagon won't say ship sinking is an act of war (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:33 PM PDT

AP - U.S. officials refused on Thursday to call North Korea's torpedoing of a South Korean warship an act of war or state-sponsored terror, warning that an overreaction could cause the Korean peninsula to "explode."

EPA demands a less toxic dispersant in Gulf spill (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:31 PM PDT

A May 17, 2010 satellite image provided by NASA shows a large patch of oil visible near the site of the Deepwater oil spill, and a long ribbon of oil stretched far to the southeast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday that a small portion of the slick had entered the so-called loop current, a stream of fast moving water that circulates around the Gulf before bending around Florida and up the Atlantic coast.  (AP Photo/NASA)AP - The Environmental Protection Agency directed BP PLC on Thursday to use a less toxic form of chemical dispersants to break up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, one of several steps the government took to crack down on the oil giant.


The GOP's biggest enemy: itself (Politico)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:38 AM PDT

Politico - Political history and the mood of the electorate would seem to indicate Democrats are on their way to significant losses this fall. 

Paul tries to defuse controversy on discrimination (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is shown during an interview at his campaign headquarters after winning his party's primary election in Bowling Green, Ky., Wednesday, May 19, 2010.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - A tea party conservative on a national stage, Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky labored Thursday to explain remarks suggesting businesses be allowed to deny service to blacks without fear of federal interference, declaring, "I abhor racial discrimination."


WWE mogul charges into Conn. political smackdown (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:50 PM PDT

In this April 14, 2010 photo, Linda McMahon speaks to attendees after at a candidate's forum at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Conn. McMahon has had some infamous moments in the ring: kicking a man in the groin, getting slapped across the face by her daughter, and sitting in a wheelchair, feigning a coma, as her famous husband cavorted before thousands of screaming fans with a scantily clad 'Diva.' McMahon last year stepped away from her wild World Wrestling Entertainment empire to climb into the political ring, where she has parlayed some of her experience with attention-getting stunts into a viable Republican candidacy to succeed the retiring Chris Dodd in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - Linda McMahon has had some infamous moments in the ring — kicking a man in the groin, getting slapped across the face by her daughter, and sitting in a wheelchair, feigning a coma, as her famous husband cavorted before thousands of screaming fans with a scantily clad "Diva."


A step to artificial life: Manmade DNA powers cell (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:54 PM PDT

This undated handout image provided by the J. Craig Venter Institute shows negatively stained transmission electron micrographs of aggregated M. mycoides. Scientists announced a bold step Thursday in the enduring quest to create artificial life. They've produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA. (AP Photo/J. Craig Venter Institute)AP - Scientists announced a bold step Thursday in the enduring quest to create artificial life. They've produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA. While such work can evoke images of Frankenstein-like scientific tinkering, it also is exciting hopes that it could eventually lead to new fuels, better ways to clean polluted water, faster vaccine production and more.


Lawmakers slam coal mine official over safety (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:12 PM PDT

Massey Energy Company Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship prepares to leave Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2010, after testifying before the Senate Health and Human Services subcommittee hearing on mine safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - The embattled head of Massey Energy Co. went on the defensive Thursday as he faced angry lawmakers who claim the company's indifference toward safety led to the nation's worst mining disaster in 40 years.


Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 05:17 PM PDT

A small rodent runs in front of President Barack Obama as he delivers remarks on Wall Street and Financial reform, Thursday, May 20, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent.


Obama says grateful for Blair's leadership (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:46 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says he is grateful for the leadership of his outgoing intelligence director, Dennis Blair.

U.S. spells out how it will combat world hunger (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. global anti-hunger strategy will focus on a small number of countries where collaborative projects can expand local food production and reduce chronic hunger, the Obama administration said on Thursday.

Dems divided on how to use Obama in midterm campaigns (The Newsroom)

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:26 PM PDT

The Newsroom - What role should President Obama play in the upcoming midterm elections? The Washington Post has a page-one story today quoting congressional Democrats urging Obama to get more aggressive and take a bigger role in the 2010 elections. The money quote comes near the end of the piece, as one endangered Democrat, Virginia Rep. Gerald Connolly, tells the Post he was dismayed to see the White House dial back on its campaigning for Sen. Arlen Specter, who lost his primary bid on Tuesday. "Let me get this straight: If you think I can't win, you're not going to spend political capital on me, even though I spill buckets of blood for you?" Connolly told the Post. "The White House can't be [keeping] distance from people who have walked the plank for them, even when they might lose. Loyalty matters in this business."

Palin backs candidate in Washington Senate race (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:51 PM PDT

AP - Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed a Senate candidate backed by the tea party, a move that complicates national Republican efforts to recruit their favored choice in the Washington state race.

Obama seeking more nuclear energy loan guarantees (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:13 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is poised to ask Congress to agree to $9 billion more in loan guarantees for the nuclear energy industry, a Democratic aide said Thursday, in a renewed push for nuclear power as the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico highlights the risks of fossil fuel production.

Maine Sen. Snowe lauds high court nominee Kagan (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 03:02 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets with Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2010.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan criticized a campaign finance ruling in a case she argued for the Obama administration and considers abortion rights to be settled law, according to a GOP senator who met with her Thursday.


McConnell: Singed but not burnt by Ky. primary (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:53 PM PDT

AP - Sen. Mitch McConnell, the epitome of an establishment out of favor with voters, is walking through fire this election year as leader of the Republican forces.

Hopeful for Souder seat says he asked about rumors (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Indiana State Sen. Marlin Stutzman, a tea party favorite who finished second in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate two weeks ago, announces Thursday May 20, 2010 in Goshen, Ind. that he is in the race to take Rep. Mark Souder's place in Congress. Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind. announced his resignation on Tuesday in the wake of an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)AP - An Indiana state senator and tea party favorite who finished second in the Republican U.S. Senate primary will get a second shot at Washington thanks to the resignation of his former boss, Rep. Mark Souder, who is quitting over an affair with a part-time staffer.


Rand Paul draws fire for remarks on Civil Rights Act (The Newsroom)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:32 PM PDT

The Newsroom - Tea party candidate Rand Paul won Kentucky's GOP Senate nomination in part by bucking the establishment, but could his unconventional beliefs hurt him in the general election?

White House not talking about Sestak's job claim (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2010 02:14 PM PDT

AP - The White House on Thursday refused to say whether U.S. Rep Joe Sestak, the Democratic nominee for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania, was ever offered a federal job if he would drop his primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter.

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