2010年5月21日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Pentagon's Clapper may lead intelligence agencies (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 03:51 PM PDT

FILE -- In this file photo taken Wednesday, April 21, 2010, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper listens to remarks by Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair at a ceremony marking the ODNI's fifth birthday at its headquarters in McLean, Va., just outside of Washington. Blair is resigning under pressure from the White House and Clapper has been mentioned as a possible replacement.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The Pentagon's top intelligence official emerged as the leading choice Friday for what's fast becoming known as one of the most thankless jobs in Washington — director of national intelligence. The position has a great title, but the office has just claimed its third victim.


Regulators, once deemed lax, get big say on rules (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 03:27 PM PDT

Graphic compares the House and Senate financial reform billsAP - Banking regulators shared the blame for the financial crisis that buckled Wall Street. Now they're the ones lawmakers are counting on to give final shape to the new overhaul of financial rules.


Obama orders new fuel standards for future (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 21, 2010, prior to signing a presidential memorandum outlining the next steps of cleaner and more efficient vehicle. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama directed the government Friday to set the first-ever mileage and pollution limits for big trucks and to tighten rules for future cars and SUVs, setting the nation's sights on vehicles that run on half the fuel they now use and give off half the pollution.


Month after oil spill, why is BP still in charge? (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:16 PM PDT

An absorbent boom is seen amidst encroaching oil at a land bridge built by the Louisiana National Guard  to hold back oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Grand Isle, La., Friday, May 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Days after the Gulf Coast oil spill, the Obama administration pledged to keep its "boot on the throat" of BP to make sure the company did all it could to cap the gushing leak and clean up the spill.


Dems: Wall St. reform in homestretch (Politico)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:30 AM PDT

Politico - As it became clear that the Wall Street reform bill would pass in the Senate on Thursday, congressional Democratic leaders began turning their attention to reconciling the House and Senate bills and delivering a final product to the president’s desk by the July 4 holiday.

GOP officials ponder how to help, and tame, Paul (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:58 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 - Even as national Republican officials seek ways to limit damage from Rand Paul's unorthodox remarks, the Kentucky Senate nominee raised more eyebrows Friday by defending the oil company blamed for the Gulf oil spill.


Appeals court rules against Bagram detainees (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 03:21 PM PDT

AP - Detainees at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their imprisonment the way detainees in Guantanamo Bay have, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a victory for the Obama administration.

Women troubles, empty pockets can't stop gov's bid (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2006 file photo, then-Nevada Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Jim Gibbons R-Nev., with his wife Dawn meet supporters in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP - Republican Jim Gibbons' first term as governor had enough drama to raise eyebrows even in the state that's home to Sin City — allegations that he cheated on his wife, a possible dalliance with a former Playboy model, an ugly encounter with a cocktail waitress and a nasty divorce.


Alfalfa sprouts recalled after 22 sickened (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

AP - Salmonella found in raw alfalfa sprouts appears to have sickened 22 people in 10 states, including a baby in Oregon, prompting a nationwide recall of the product.

Clinton: NKorea must face consequences for attack (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman as she walks out from her plane at Pudong International Airport Friday, May 21, 2010 in Shanghai, China. The centerpiece of Clinton's trip, which includes scheduled stops in Japan, China and South Korea, was supposed to be a new round of U.S.-China strategic and economic talks. Clinton headed for Beijing on one leg of the the trip, where trade and other concerns may be eclipsed by efforts to get China to support new sanctions against North Korea in the U.N. Security Council. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Citing "overwhelming" evidence that North Korea sank a South Korean warship, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned the communist state Friday of international consequences.


Conn. Democrats endorse Blumenthal for US Senate (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Connecticut Attorney General and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Richard Blumenthal, left, and State Comptroller and Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman greet attendees at a tribute to Hispanic veterans at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, May 20, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, under fire for misspeaking about his military record during Vietnam, easily won the endorsement Friday night of Connecticut Democrats to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Chris Dodd.


Sporting an I — not R — Crist seeks union help (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Charlie Crist, who shed the "R" next to his name and replaced it with an "I" — asked for the labor union AFL-CIO's endorsement for Senate on Friday.

McCain says he's different from senators who lost (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

AP - Arizona Sen. John McCain says primary voters sent a clear message this week that they're angry and frustrated.

Obama names defense lawyer to Justice Dept. job (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday nominated James Cole, a defense lawyer who previously prosecuted public corruption cases, as deputy attorney general, the Justice Department's No. 2 job.

AP sources: Clapper leading choice for intel job (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:50 PM PDT

FILE -- In this file photo taken Wednesday, April 21, 2010, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper listens to remarks by Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair at a ceremony marking the ODNI's fifth birthday at its headquarters in McLean, Va., just outside of Washington. Blair is resigning under pressure from the White House and Clapper has been mentioned as a possible replacement.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The White House's leading candidate to replace Dennis Blair as national intelligence director is James R. Clapper, the Pentagon's top intelligence official, current and former U.S. officials said Friday.


McCain hires new campaign manager after shake-up (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Arizona Sen. John McCain has hired his former Senate chief of staff to be the new manager of his campaign.

Gov't official: DC lawyer chosen as Justice No. 2 (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 03:17 PM PDT

AP - James Cole, a Washington lawyer who spent 13 years at the Justice Department, will be the Obama administration's nominee to become the next deputy attorney general, the No. 2 post at the department.

US Congress faces more hard work on Wall Street overhaul (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:53 PM PDT

A Wall Street sign. US President Barack Obama summoned two key lawmakers to the White House Friday to plan how they will shepherd a sweeping financial regulatory overhaul bill to his desk in a matter of weeks.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - US President Barack Obama held a strategy session Friday with the two key lawmakers tasked with shepherding a sweeping financial regulatory overhaul bill to his desk in a matter of weeks.


Parties are nearing fundraising parity (The Newsroom)

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:53 PM PDT

The Newsroom - In a sign that donors might be looking to hedge their bets ahead of Election Day, Republicans are beginning to narrow the fundraising gap with Democrats. According to the latest round of campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, both the House and Senate Republican Party committees outraised their Democratic counterparts in April.

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