2010年7月17日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Clinton off to Afghanistan as war fears rise (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 04:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 13, 2010 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during a joint press availability with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, not shown, at the State Department in Washington. Amid growing concerns about the war in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to South Asia on a mission aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old conflict.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - Amid growing concerns about the war in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to South Asia on a mission aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old conflict.


Court OKs 2nd Gitmo prisoner's move to Algeria (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 04:05 PM PDT

AP - The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the U.S. to send two Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to Algeria even though they want to remain at the prison camp because of fear they might be tortured at home.

GOP, Dems woo wary voters in bid to control House (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:10 PM PDT

Rep. Tom Perriello , D-Va., left, talks with community activist Joe Epps  during a walking tour of downtown  Chase City, Va., Thursday, July 8, 2010. Perriello faces Republican State Senator Robert Hurt in November's election.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - If Republicans are to harness enough voter anger to take control of the House this fall, they'll have to oust freshmen lawmakers such as Tom Perriello of Virginia, who won his seat two years ago by just 727 votes.


First family enjoys tennis, sights on Maine coast (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:37 PM PDT

President Barack Obama steps off of Marine One before speaking to reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama and the first family played tennis and took in the sights around a Maine resort Saturday even as he contemplated a new struggle over jobless benefits with his GOP foes.


Biden's 2008 campaign told: Pay $219K to Treasury (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 04:21 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the annual Tennessee Democratic Party Jackson Day on Friday, July 16, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - Election watchdogs have directed Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign to pay the U.S Treasury more than $219,000 to resolve issues caused by sloppy bookkeeping and accepting excessive contributions, including a discounted flight on a private jet.


Obama: GOP blocking unemployed, small business aid (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 15, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama speaks to reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Striking a deeply partisan tone in his weekly radio and online address, aired Saturday, July 17, 2010, Obama said Senate Republicans are playing politics with bills that would extend benefits to the unemployed and increase lending to small businesses. 'These steps aren't just the right thing to do for those hardest hit by the recession,' Obama said. 'They're the right thing to do for all of us.' (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - President Barack Obama says Senate Republicans are playing politics with bills that would extend benefits to the unemployed and increase lending to small businesses.


Trial mystery: How did Blagojevich get elected? (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:17 PM PDT

In this photo taken in March 2006, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks about his list of accomplishments while Governor during an interview at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill.  (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - Who says Illinois politics is a tough business? The trial of Rod Blagojevich shows that even a foul-mouthed clotheshorse can be elected to the state's highest office. Twice.


Longest-serving NC lawmaker leaves after shooting (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 01:24 PM PDT

FILE - In a July 8, 2010 file photo Sen, R. C. Soles, Jr., left, and Sen. Jim Jacumin, right, talk during a break in their session in Raleigh, N.C. Sen. R.C. Soles was known for getting things done for his rural district. In recent years, his legislative accomplishments have been overshadowed by a strange series of events that culminated with him shooting a former law client after another man with him tried to kick down the lawmaker's door. Soles, whose 42 years in the General Assembly made him North Carolina's longest continuously serving lawmaker, quietly cast what is likely his last vote in the middle of the night last weekend. (AP Photo/The News and Observer, Corey Lowenstein, File)AP - Sen. R.C. Soles was known for getting things done for his rural district. In recent years, his legislative accomplishments have been overshadowed by a strange series of events that culminated with him shooting a former law client after another man with him tried to kick down the lawmaker's door.


Man with neo-Nazi ties leading patrols in AZ (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:08 PM PDT

In this undated handout photo from J.T. Ready, J.T. Ready is shown. Ready. Ready is a reputed neo-Nazi who has been conducting heavily armed patrols to catch illegal aliens in the Arizona desert amid the furor over immigration in the state and angering local law enforcement officials who say right-wing radicals are not welcome. The militia said it was emboldened because of the federal government's inability to secure the border, and it has declared war on what it calls 'narco-terrorists.' (AP Photo/J.T. Ready) NO SALESAP - Minutemen groups, a surge in Border Patrol agents, and a tough new immigration law aren't enough for a reputed neo-Nazi who's now leading a militia in the Arizona desert.


Biden's 2008 campaign fined $219K for violations (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:52 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the annual Tennessee Democratic Party Jackson Day on Friday, July 16, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - Election watchdogs have fined Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign more than $219,000 for sloppy bookkeeping and accepting excessive contributions, including a discounted flight on a private jet.


Suspects free with conditions in Minn. terror case (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:15 PM PDT

FILE -  In a July 13, 2009 booking photo provided by the Anoka County (Minn) Sheriff, Salah Osman Ahmed is shown. Ahmed, has pleaded guilty to charges related to Americans traveling to Somalia to fight with Islamic militants. He awaits sentencing. (AP Photo/Anoka County Sheriff, File)AP - When Minnesota Somalis began traveling to their war-torn homeland to take up arms nearly three years ago, authorities initially feared they might someday return as domestic terrorists.


Short-snouted dogs face greater air travel risks (AP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2008 file photo, Uga VII, the seventh English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia team, who died last football season, keeps to the sidelines in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)AP - The University of Georgia's bulldog mascot, Uga, gets a special medical procedure to help him fly safely. But many other short-snouted dogs do not fare as well when put on an aircraft, new data shows.


Anti-Washington Feeling Isn't Strong in Washington Itself (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 11:52 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - There are plenty of conservative voters in the Washington area, including some who are just as angry at President Obama and Democrats in Congress as their tea party cohorts across the rest of the country.

Palin's Rivals for 2012 Republican Presidential Nom (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:45 AM PDT

Time.com - Whether Sarah Palin runs for President or not, gaming out the 2012 GOP field is a puzzle

Australian PM calls election (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 07:03 AM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard talks at a news conference in Canberra July 17, 2010. Gillard called an early federal election to be held on August 21, with the poll to be fought over policies on economic management, climate and border protection. REUTERS/Andrew TaylorReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard called an election on Saturday for August 21, with the tightly-fought poll to be decided over policies on economic management, climate and border protection.


Obama slams Republicans over obstructionist tactics (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:24 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia (centre) and Sasha (left) along a trail on Cadillac Mountain in Maine on July 16. In Obama's weekly radio address he accused Republicans in the US Congress of attempting AFP - US President Barack Obama went on the attack Saturday, accusing Republicans in the US Congress of attempting "to filibuster" US recovery and "obstruct" progress.


Australian PM calls poll, vowing to 'move forward' (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 11:50 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday called an August 21 election, vowing to tackle the flashpoint issues of refugees, the economy and global warming, just weeks after taking power.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday called an August 21 election, vowing to tackle the flashpoint issues of refugees, the economy and global warming, just weeks after taking power.


Republicans square off in Arizona Senate debate (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 09:38 PM PDT

Sen. John McCain, center, looks at former congressman J.D. Hayworth, right, as political newcomer Jim Deakin checks his notes at the first Arizona Senate Republican debate at KTVK Channel 3, Friday, July 16, 2010, in Phoenix.  The election primary is August 24. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Former U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth had a much-needed opportunity Friday night to refocus Arizona's Republican Senate primary on incumbent John McCain, and he came out swinging.


Iranian defector could spend rest of life in fear (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 07:42 PM PDT

** ADD THE SON'S NAME ** Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, center, holds his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein as he arrives 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 - For the moment, the Iranian scientist who returned to his homeland claiming he was abducted by the CIA is a national hero and a prime player in Tehran's propaganda war with the U.S.


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