2010年7月9日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Cold War redux: US, Russia swap 14 spies in Vienna (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 06:03 AM PDT

A U.S., front, and a Russian plane, rear, believed to be carrying candidates for a 14-person spy swap as part of the largest spy swap since the Cold War have parked on the tarmac at Vienna's Schwechat airport, On Friday, July 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - The U.S. and Russia orchestrated the largest spy swap since the Cold War, exchanging 10 spies arrested in the U.S. for four convicted in Russia in a tightly choreographed diplomatic dance Friday at Vienna's airport.


Chapman's lawyer: Businesswoman not committed spy (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 04:40 AM PDT

This courtroom sketch shows bottom row from right, Richard Murphy, Cynthia Murphy, Donald Howard Heathfield, Tracey Lee Ann Foley, Michael Zottoli, top row from right, Patricia Mills, Juan Lazaro, Vicky Pelaez, Anna Chapman, and Mikhail Semenko during their arraignment in in Manhattan federal court Thursday, July 8, 2010 in New York. A spy swap between the U.S. and Russia is unfolding as 10 people accused of spying in suburban America have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and have been ordered deported to Russia in exchange for the release of four Russian spies.  (AP Photo/Aggie Kenny)AP - The lawyer for one of the women who pleaded guilty in a Cold War-era style U.S.-Russia spy case says she did so mainly to get out of jail.


GOP leaders let demagogues set tone, lawmaker says (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 05:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 22, 2010, file photo, South Carolina congressional candidate Bob Inglis speaks to the media after his loss in the runoff election to Trey Gowdy in Greenville, S.C.  Too many Republican leaders are acquiescing to a poisonous 'demagoguery' that threatens the party's long-term credibility, says a Inglis, who was defeated in South Carolina's primary last month. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)AP - Too many Republican leaders are acquiescing to a poisonous "demagoguery" that threatens the party's long-term credibility, says a veteran GOP House member who was defeated in South Carolina's primary last month.


Obama promotes energy projects, economy in Nevada (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:05 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., in Las Vegas, Thursday, July 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama is wrapping up a two-day swing through Missouri and Nevada with a speech on clean energy that could deliver a boost to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who's in a tough fight for re-election.


A spy swap I knew and loved (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 01:00 AM PDT

Associated Press writer Steven Hurst is seen in this March 9, 2010 photo. Hurst was an American reporter in Moscow when one of the last known U.S.-Russia spy swaps went down. (AP Photo)AP - I jammed the accelerator of the black Mercedes to the floor, weaving from lane to lane northward along the embankment of Moscow's Yauza River. It felt like the harrowing, big city auto chase in that "French Connection" movie.


Obama attacks Reid's Senate opponent (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:41 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, left, waves at a campaign fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., right, in Las Vegas, Thursday, July 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama is going on the attack against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Republican opponent, saying her views are too extreme and ridiculing her comments on the BP oil spill.


Norway bomb arrests linked to US, British plots (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:49 PM PDT

Norway`s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Minister of Justice Knut Storberget, attend a press conference in Oslo Thursday July 8, 2010, after three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested  in what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans in New York and England. The three men, whose names were not released, had been under surveillance for more than a year. Two of the men were arrested in Norway and one in Germany, although oficials declined to give further details of the locations. Officials believe they were planning attacks with portable but powerful bombs like the ones at the heart of last year's thwarted suicide attack in the New York City subway.(AP Photo/Gorm Kallestad, Scanpix) --NORWAY OUT--AP - Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday in a Norwegian bomb plot linked to the same terrorist planners behind thwarted schemes to blow up New York's subway and a British shopping mall.


Obama will urge boosting clean energy tax credit (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:00 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama talks to construction workers as he tours Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility in Fremont, California May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama will urge the U.S. Congress on Friday to extend a manufacturing tax credit by $5 billion to foster private investment in clean energy, a White House official said.


Paul: Obama jabs at BP could harm spill cleanup (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul spars with his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Jack Conway, at a gathering of county officials Thursday, July 8, 2010 in Louisville, Ky. The two are competing to replace Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, who is retiring after two terms. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)AP - Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul said Thursday that harsh criticism of BP by President Barack Obama's administration could contribute to the oil giant's demise and harm its ability to pay for cleanup of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


Former Obama publisher signs on as book agent (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:50 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., in Las Vegas, Thursday, July 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama's former publisher has a new job as a literary agent.


GOP candidate: BP relief program is 'slush fund' (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2010 file photo, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle shakes hands of supporters in Las Vegas. Tea party darling Angle engineered a come-from-behind victory in Nevada over an establishment-preferred candidate and will challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP - Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle said Thursday she was wrong in calling BP oil's $20 billion victims' compensation program "a slush fund," backtracking just hours after her widely criticized remark.


Bennet campaign chucks intern over donation pitch (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:21 PM PDT

AP - An unpaid intern for Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet's Senate campaign has been dismissed after allegedly telling an acquaintance that a one-on-one meeting to discuss a bill with the candidate could be set up for $2,400.

Obama says U.S. will dig itself out of economic hole (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:06 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Smith Electric Vehicles facility in Kansas City, Missouri July 8, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama defended his handling of the U.S. economy and blasted Republicans on Thursday for "peddling snake oil" as he went on a two-day campaign swing for fellow Democrats going into November's congressional elections.


WH chief of staff: Spy arrests show US is on guard (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:51 PM PDT

AP - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel says the arrests of 10 Russian agents who spent years in the U.S. posing as American citizens send a signal to other countries that the U.S. is on guard.

Admin official: Russians had to sign oath on guilt (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:49 PM PDT

AP - The four people who are being released by the Russian government in a spy swap with the U.S. were required by Moscow to sign a statement admitting guilt as a condition of their release, a senior administration official said Thursday.

Can Obama, Biden give a boost to Democratic candidates? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:58 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - You know campaign season is in full flower â€" and the party in power needs a boost â€" when both the president and vice president are on the trail. Between them, President Obama and Vice President Biden are visiting Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, and California in support of Democratic candidates Thursday and Friday.

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