2010年6月9日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Memo may slow Senate vote on spy chief nomination (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:30 PM PDT

AP - The disclosure of a memo in which President Barack Obama's nominee for national intelligence director questions whether that position should have new powers threatens to derail the speedy confirmation the president seeks.

Holloway suspect targeted in sting, not arrested (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:27 PM PDT

**CORRECTS CAPITALIZATION IN NAME: V IS CAPITALIZED  **FILE -- In a June 4, 2010 file photo Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside a Peruvian police station, near the border with Chile in Tacna, Peru.   Peruvian police said Tuesday June 7, 2010  Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot has confessed to killing a young woman in his Lima hotel room last week. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro/file)AP - The FBI thought it was closing in on Joran Van der Sloot in the notorious Natalee Holloway missing-teenager case, and he was videotaped and paid $25,000 in a sting operation. But when the agency delayed his arrest to help build a criminal case, he took the money and headed for Peru, where authorities say he now has confessed to killing a different young woman.


Year of the political woman redux? Looks that way (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Meg Whitman, left, winner of the Republican nomination for governor of California, and Carly Fiorina, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate from California, celebrate at a post-primary election celebration in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, June 9, 2010.  U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer says she is used to tough campaigns, so Carly Fiorina won't represent an exception on that front. Still, Fiorina has some things going for her that make her particularly formidable: money, the ability to run as a political outsider and a fired-up conservative base.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - It's looking like a new "year of the woman" in politics. Eighteen years after a few glass ceilings were broken, hundreds of female candidates have set their sights on Congress, governorships and state legislatures, and a significant number racked up big wins in Tuesday's primaries. Republican women, in particular, served notice to the old boys of the party.


Obama calls for new approach on Gaza blockade (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:22 PM PDT

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for sharply limiting Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip in the wake of the botched Israeli naval raid that's straining U.S. and Israeli relations with allies around the world, and the White House announced a $400 million aid package for Gaza and the West Bank.


GOP bad dream: Birther on ticket (Politico)

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:53 PM PDT

Politico - California Republicans optimistic about their prospects in November could find themselves with a bit of a problem after the votes are counted in Tuesday’s primaries — a statewide ticket with the so-called “Birther Queen” as one of their candidates.

US pushes Europe to provide more war advisers (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his wife Becky, deplane at Brussels National Airport in Brussels, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)AP - The United States will press its NATO allies Thursday to send additional advisers to train Afghan military forces, as several countries promised after refusing to supply more combat troops.


Clinton to Colombia: We will stand with you (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:35 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe during a press conference at the presidential palace in Bogota, Wednesday June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the Obama administration will continue to support Colombia as it heads for a leadership change amid tensions with neighboring Venezuela.


Lincoln victory boosts measure opposed by banks (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. is seen outside her office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June  9, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Sen. Blanche Lincoln's surprise primary election victory in Arkansas means, ironically, that legislation to rein in Wall Street could end up being more to the liking of liberals who opposed her.


Delays in anti-pilot fatigue rules criticized (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:24 PM PDT

AP - Lawmakers demanded Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood write new rules aimed at preventing pilot fatigue, as he promised to do last year after an airline crash near Buffalo, N.Y., killed 50 people.

Capturing more oil in Gulf raises more questions (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 02:51 PM PDT

BP-contracted clean up workers remove oil from the oil spill from parts of Gulf Shores beach, Alabama, June 8, 2010. Energy giant BP Plc said on Tuesday it had sharply increased the amount of oil it was capturing from its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, but U.S. officials want to know exactly how much oil is still gushing out. REUTERS/Jane Ross JohansenAP - The latest announcement on how much oil is being captured from the gushing BP oil well raised additional doubts Wednesday about the validity of government estimates on how much crude actually has been spewing into Gulf waters.


Bankers group says Giannoulias wasn't on its board (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:44 PM PDT

AP - A banking group says a candidate for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat didn't serve on its board of directors like he's claimed on his campaign website.

Unions defend failed gambit to topple Lincoln (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:38 PM PDT

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., speaks to supporters in Little Rock, Ark., after winning the Democratic primary runoff election Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Unapologetic union officials on Wednesday defended their decision to spend an estimated $10 million on a high-stakes gambit that failed when Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln narrowly defeated labor's hand-picked candidate in a primary runoff.


Fiorina's test will be to attract moderate voters (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:34 PM PDT

AP - There was no deterring Carly Fiorina from winning over the Republican base during the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.

Partial results point to deadlock in Dutch election (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT

People cast their vote for the Dutch elections in Staphorston. The Netherlands' main liberal and left-wing parties remained deadlocked after a general election Wednesday that left anti-immigrant leader Geert Wilders as the big winner, an exit poll showed.(AFP/Anoek de Groot)AFP - The Netherlands' main liberal and left-wing parties remained deadlocked after a general election that left anti-immigrant leader Geert Wilders the big winner, a partial count showed Thursday.


Lincoln prepares move to center after bruising win (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. is seen outside her office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June  9, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln prepared a return to the political center Wednesday as she began a general election campaign for a third term, a day after fending off a challenge from the left in the Democratic runoff for her seat.


Obama congratulates new Philippine president (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:39 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has congratulated Benigno Aquino III on becoming the newest president of the Philippines.

Schwarzenegger: More states should open primaries (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:39 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger commended California voters Wednesday for dumping the state's partisan primary system and predicted fed-up voters would follow in other states.

Obama writing foreword for Nelson Mandela's book (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:39 PM PDT

AP - From one Nobel winner to another: President Barack Obama is writing a foreword to Nelson Mandela's new book.

Clinton talks trade, rights with Colombian candidates (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Colombia's top presidential candidate on Wednesday that strong ties would continue but they also discussed human rights, a delayed trade pact and tensions with Venezuela.

Unknown Senate candidate in SC faces felony charge (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:36 PM PDT

South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Alvin M Greene, holds his own personal copy of his campaign flyer he used to show people he campaigned in Manning, S.C. Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Greene won his party's nomination in yesterday's South Carolina primary elections, but has been asked by state Democratic party chairwoman, Carol Fowler to step down. Greene said he is staying in the race and will face incumbent U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint in the November elections. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - A day after an unemployed veteran charged with a felony shocked South Carolina's Democratic establishment by winning the U.S. Senate primary, party officials were still scratching their heads: What happened?


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