2010年7月15日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Congress OKs Wall St. crackdown, consumer guards (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, reaches out to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right after signing the financial reform legislation bill during an enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Congress on Thursday passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression, clamping down on lending practices and expanding consumer protections to prevent a repeat of the 2008 meltdown that knocked the economy to its knees.


Abductee or defector, nuke scientist back in Iran (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:50 PM PDT

Shahram Amiri, center, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, holds his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein at the conclusion of his news briefing as he arrived at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - An Iranian scientist who defected to the U.S. returned home amid an escalating propaganda war between Tehran and Washington but without $5 million he had been paid for what a U.S. official said was "significant" information about his country's nuclear programs.


Obama promotes job creation at Mich. battery plant (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 12:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the LG Chem plant that will manufacture advanced batteries for Chevrolet and Ford electric cars, Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Holland, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Searching for an economic success story that can resonate with the public, President Barack Obama put his hopes Thursday in the fledgling electric vehicle battery industry, a sector with a promising but uncertain future.


Senate Democrats propose $14 billion budget cut (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he deplanes from Air Force One, Thursday, July 15, 2010, at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich. Obama traveled to Michigan to promote investments in the electric vehicle battery industry, a sector the administration sees as a bright spot in the sagging recovery. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)AP - President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate stepped forward with a plan Thursday to cut $14 billion from his budget for the upcoming fiscal year. That's double the $7 billion cut sought by House Democrats.


Abused staffers net nearly $1M a year (Politico)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:41 AM PDT

Politico - Taxpayers have paid out nearly $1 million per year in settlements to congressional employees who have been harassed or otherwise treated badly by their political bosses over the past 14 years, according to records from the Office of Compliance.

Senate close to restoring jobless benefits (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:45 PM PDT

A job seeker picks up a copy of the Washington Job Guide at a job fair in a Washington hotel, August 6, 2009 . REUTERS/Jason ReedAP - More than 2 million workers who have been laid off for long stretches could get their unemployment benefits restored as early as next week.


GOP outpaces Dems in open Senate seat fundraising (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 04:47 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2009, file photo shows Republican Senate nominee Rob Portman speaking during a campaign kickoff in Lebanon, Ohio. Republicans are outraising Democrats in nearly a dozen open Senate races, increasing their hopes of dramatically narrowing the Democrats' majority in November. The differences are dramatic in some cases, such as Portman raising $2.6 million in the quarter than ended June 30, 2010, compared to about $1 million raised by Democrat Lee Fisher. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)AP - Republicans are outraising Democrats in nearly a dozen open Senate races, increasing their hopes of significantly narrowing the Democrats' majority in November.


Senate panel sets NASA on course to asteroids (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, second from left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 15, 2010, to discuss the NASA reauthorization bill. From left are, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Hutchison, Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, and Sen. David Vitter, R-La. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama's plan to redirect U.S. astronauts to near-Earth asteroids and eventually to Mars received a boost Thursday from a Senate panel that also agreed to extend the life of the space shuttle program for a year.


All 10,000 crime victim visas issued for this year (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT

AP - The government has issued all 10,000 visas available this year for immigrant crime victims who help authorities investigate and prosecute perpetrators.

US Senate votes to extend space shuttle program (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

The space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April 2010. A key Senate panel has approved a 2011 budget proposal for the US space agency NASA that would extend the space shuttle program in a compromise from the Obama administration's demands.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - A key Senate panel approved Thursday a 2011 budget proposal for the US space agency NASA that would extend the space shuttle program in a compromise from the Obama administration's demands.


Ohio tea party candidate criticizes KKK cartoon (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - An Ohio tea party founder is criticizing a Democratic state House staffer for distributing an editorial cartoon depicting a tea party activist wearing Ku Klux Klan robes.

Gov. Crist has most money in Florida Senate race (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Charlie Crist has nearly twice as much money in his U.S. Senate campaign account as Republican Marco Rubio.

W.Va. gov to name Byrd Senate successor Friday (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 04:21 PM PDT

AP - West Virginia's governor plans to unveil his temporary appointee for the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd on Friday.

Buffett warns Obama U.S. economy only halfway back (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Warren E. Buffett ,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway, testifies before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission during a public hearing in New York, June 2, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - President Barack Obama heard a sobering message from Warren Buffett when he asked for the investment guru's views about the economic recovery, according to an interview Obama gave NBC News on Thursday.


2 Pa. TV stations pulling anti-Sestak Senate ad (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 03:59 PM PDT

AP - Two Pittsburgh-area television stations are pulling a commercial attacking Democratic policies and the voting record of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak after he complained about its accuracy.

Senate sends financial overhaul bill to Obama's desk (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 02:52 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _The Senate on Thursday voted 60-39 to approve the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory system since the Great Depression, clearing the historic legislation for President Barack Obama to sign into law.

Wall Street reform clears Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 02:37 PM PDT

The Wall Street sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange, March 26, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - The Congress on Thursday approved the broadest overhaul of financial rules since the Great Depression and sent it to President Barack Obama to sign into law.


NYC mayor spends $109M on campaign. Opponent? $9M (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 02:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2008 file photo, Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a news conference at City Hall in New York. The billionaire mayor's campaign filed its final spending report Thursday, July 15, 2010, with the state Board of Elections. Bloomberg spent $109.2 million on his winning bid for a third term as mayor of New York City. That's more than 11 times his Democratic opponent, who lost by fewer than five percentage points. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews, File)AP - All the bills are paid and the price of the most expensive self-financed bid for office in U.S. history — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign for a third term — totals $109.2 million.


House approves overhaul of flood insurance program (AP)

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:29 PM PDT

AP - Some subsidies would be ended and a measure of financial health would be restored under a House-approved overhaul of a program that provides flood insurance to more than 5 million homeowners and businesses in flood-prone areas.

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