2010年7月2日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Palin center stage in politics, but what of 2012? (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2009 file photo, Sarah Palin interacts with a customer during a book-signing event in Henrietta, N.Y.  A year after her abrupt resignation as Alaska governor, Palin has evolved into a political personality writ large, commanding weeks of headlines for a single Facebook observation — see health care 'death panels' — and six-figure speaking fees from groups clamoring for her words. Going rogue with a best-selling memoir only added to her aura among the conservative faithful and she has easily eclipsed other Republicans as the coveted endorsement this election year. (AP Photo/Don Heupel, File)AP - Sarah Palin isn't going to fade away.


War funding splits House, Senate Democrats (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:03 AM PDT

US soldiers in Kandahar City on June 9, 2010. The US House of Representatives was to vote on funding for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop AP - A House measure blending money for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop surge with last-ditch moves by Democrats to salvage their faltering jobs agenda faces an uphill climb in the Senate.


Clinton says NATO's door still open to Ukraine (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:53 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and  Ukraine's Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko enter a hall for their talks, in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, July 2, 2010. Clinton arrived in the Ukrainian capital early Friday  and is due to meet with top government officials for a series of meetings. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Ukrainian leaders Friday that the door to membership in the NATO alliance remains open.


Kan. race shows earmarks are tricky business (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 24, 2002, file photo is Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan. in Washington. Tiahrt, locked in a bitter GOP Senate primary battle with fellow U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, is being criticized by Moran for federal earmarks that include an inflatable tennis court dome in Wichita, Kan. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)AP - The three-story Opera House rises above neighboring storefronts on South Main Street here, a mecca of culture on the prairie. Not so long ago, arts enthusiasts in this south-central Kansas town worried about running out of money for its $8 million renovation.


American Indians ask for voice on federal court (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 02:11 AM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2010, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - As senators questioned U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, the American Indian community watched with interest, and with a mounting sense of frustration.


Sen. Byrd viewing in WV goes into wee hours (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 02:14 AM PDT

A horse drawn carriage carrying Sen. Robert C. Byrd leads a funeral procession thru the streets of Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. Byrd will lie in repose at the Capitol until Friday morning when a memorial service will be held. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)AP - They came by the thousands to pay their respects to U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, and they kept trickling in past midnight and into the early morning hours Friday to honor a statesman, a scholar and, above all, a proud West Virginian.


No bucks, no boom for the Fourth (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:03 AM PDT

An early evening rain may have thinned out the crowd at the Mississippi War Memorial in downtown Jackson, Miss., Thursday, July 1, 2010, but attendees were treated to a patriotic address by a retired state adjutant general, music and song and of course fireworks. The event marks the start of the Fourth of July activities throughout the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - Expect fewer booms this July Fourth because of financial busts in some cities and towns.


Bloomberg seeks to ease US immigration policies (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:56 AM PDT

AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the country is "giving shortshrift to immigration" and that economic problems will worsen until America sends out a more welcoming message.

Clinton arrives in Ukraine on pro-democracy tour (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:19 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Ukraine to begin a tour designed to promote democracy in post-Soviet states.

Australia strikes compromise tax deal with miners (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:21 AM PDT

A tipper truck carries a load out of the South Limb pit at Atlas Iron's Pardoo mine, near Port Hedland, about 1,600 km (960 miles) north of Perth in this June 23, 2010 file photo. Australia ended a damaging dispute with global miners on July 2, 2010, by dumping its Reuters - Australia ended a damaging dispute with global miners on Friday by dumping its planned "super profits" tax for a lower resources rent tax backed by big miners, clearing a major hurdle to calling an early election.


Obama says new U.S. sanctions on Iran toughest ever (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:38 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a news conference in Tehran, June 2010. President Barack Obama signed into law the toughest ever US sanctions on Iran, which he said would strike at Tehran's capacity to finance its nuclear program and deepen its isolation(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)Reuters - President Barack Obama signed into law on Thursday far-reaching new sanctions on Iran that aim to squeeze the Islamic Republic's fuel imports and deepen its international isolation.


Obama to announce Recovery Act awards Friday (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:22 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is announcing on Friday new Recovery Act awards aimed at creating jobs and driving economic growth.

Obama says politics to blame for immigration delay (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking about immigration reform, Thursday,July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Hoping to breathe new life into the stalled immigration effort, President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed the delay on recalcitrant Republicans whom he said had given in to the "pressures of partisanship and election-year politics."


Brown invites rival Whitman to house for tea (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, June 21, 2010 file photo, a Japanese inspired home in the hills of Oakland, Calif. owned by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown and his wife, former Gap executive Anne Gust, is shown.  Brown on Thursday, July 1 invited his Republican rival to tea at his $1.8 million house to discuss their next debate. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)AP - Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown on Thursday invited his Republican rival to tea at his $1.8 million house to discuss their next debate.


Australia backs down in tax row with miners (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:21 PM PDT

A reclaimer loads a conveyor with high grade iron ore at a Rio Tinto mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Australia on Friday backed down on a hefty 40 percent tax on mining, with new Prime Minister Julia Gillard slashing the rate and scope of the levy that had threatened to cost her government re-election.(AFP/Rio Tinto/File/Christian Sprogoe)AFP - Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave in to miners' demands Friday that the government slash a hefty 40 percent super tax on the industry, as she braces for elections as early as next month.


House approves $7 billion budget cut (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:45 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. talks with House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2010, during a news conference to announce that the House passed a massive overhaul of financial regulations.  (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Democrats controlling the House approved a plan Thursday to cut $7 billion from President Barack Obama's budget request for foreign aid and the operating budgets for Cabinet agencies.


Candidate wins NV primary with queen of clubs (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:39 PM PDT

AP - The 10 of clubs wasn't quite good enough.

Paul links US woes to decline of Roman Empire (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:59 PM PDT

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul addresses a tea party rally in Shepherdsville, Ky., Thursday, July 1, 2010.  (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul linked the nation's economic problems to the decline of the Roman Empire at a tea party rally.


Democrats use Kagan to sign up voters, raise funds (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan gets out of her seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2010, after testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The Democratic Party put Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan front and center Thursday on an e-mail appeal to raise funds and sign up supporters for President Barack Obama's agenda.


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