2010年8月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Medicare fund will last extra 12 years — maybe (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:58 PM PDT

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, gestures during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, to discuss the Social Security and Medicare Trustees report.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Medicare is in better shape because of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul and will stay afloat a dozen years longer than earlier projected, trustees forecast Thursday. But that depends on cuts in care that the system's top analyst says are highly doubtful.


Senate approves $600 million for border security (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:12 PM PDT

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., talk about immigration and border security during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The Senate agreed Thursday to add $600 million to the effort to stop the flow of illegal immigrants across the U.S. Mexican border.


Senate confirms Kagan as 112th justice (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan laughs as she testifies on the third day of her Senate confirmation hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstAP - The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and the fourth woman in its history, granting a lifetime term to a lawyer and academic with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal bent.


14 charged for supporting Somalia terrorist group (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 16, 2010 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder takes part in news conference in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)AP - The government announced Thursday that it has charged 14 people as participants in "a deadly pipeline" to Somalia that routed money and fighters from the United States to the terrorist group al-Shabab.


Whitman's play for the Hispanic vote (Politico)

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:37 AM PDT

Politico - SOUTH GATE, Calif. — Pete Wilson, a former Republican governor reviled by many Latinos here, promised in a May advertisement that Meg Whitman would be as “tough as nails” on illegal immigration.

Senate approves Clapper nomination as intel chief (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT

AP - The Senate late Thursday confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper as the next director of national intelligence, voting him oversight of the nation's 16 spy agencies.

Senate approves jobs bill to stop teacher layoffs (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010,  after a vote that would clear the way for a $26 billion measure to help states with their severe budget problems and save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public employees . (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Congress is moving rapidly just weeks before the start of the school year to speed billions of dollars in emergency education aid to states in hopes of reversing the layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers.


Obama bets prestige on Senate seat he once held (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:55 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is introduced at a Democratic fundraiser for Illinois Democratic Senate Candidate Alexi Giannoulias, right, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at the Palmer House in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Risking personal prestige and political capital, President Barack Obama took a high-profile plunge Thursday into the race for his former Senate seat, on behalf of a candidate who could embarrass Democrats — and the president himself — if he loses.


US wades into BlackBerry disputes overseas (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:21 PM PDT

A man uses his BlackBerry in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Canada's Research in Motion (RIM) hopes to rock the telecom world with its new BlackBerry Torch smart phone. But security-obsessed officials in some countries are carrying anything but a torch for RIM's services. Indian officials are in talks with RIM over how information is managed on the devices as they fear more wireless-phone directed attacks such as the one on Mumbai that left 166 dead. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - The Obama administration waded into the growing international dispute over the banning of BlackBerry services on Thursday, saying it is seeking to broker compromises between the company that makes the popular smartphones and foreign governments that say they pose a security risk.


Poll: Language a barrier for Latinos in schools (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:09 PM PDT

In this Monday, July 26, 2010 photo,  Doris Chiquito, right, and her children Jonathan, 11, left, and Ariana Gonzalez, 8, are shown at their home in Coral Gables, Fla. Chiquito, 30, who was born in the U.S. to Ecuadorian parents, is among those who hope their children will maintain the Hispanic culture. Chiquito, fluent in English, says she enrolled her son and daughter in bilingual classes so they would also speak Spanish and not 'feel ashamed of being Hispanic.' (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - English only?


WA race: Rossi has $1.8M on hand, Murray $3.2M (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:21 PM PDT

AP - Republican Dino Rossi has $1.8 million in the bank in his effort to oust Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who is still leads in campaign cash with $3.2 million on hand.

AP Exclusive: Angle outlines views on gays, clergy (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Republican Sharron Angle believes the clergy should be allowed to endorse candidates from the pulpit and opposes laws allowing gays to adopt children, according to a questionnaire by the Nevada Senate hopeful that was obtained by The Associated Press.

Singer Wyclef files to run for Haiti's presidency (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:48 PM PDT

Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, center, greets supporters from the top of a vehicle after submitting the paperwork to run for president of Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010.  (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Singer Wyclef Jean submitted the paperwork Thursday to run for president of Haiti, formally thrusting himself into what is expected to be a highly competitive race and ending years of speculation about his political ambitions.


Obama courts GOP's McConnell _ a vision of life after November? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:24 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Is President Barack Obama preparing for a new political balance in Washington if Democrats lose or significantly narrow their congressional majorities in November's elections and he'll need more Republicans to get anything done?

Plane violates Chicago airspace during Obama visit (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - The military says fighter jets escorted a small biplane out of protected airspace above Chicago during President Barack Obama's visit there Thursday.

Senate passes bill to make school lunches healthy (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:30 PM PDT

U.S First Lady Michelle Obama smiles while she visits Marbella, southern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. The White House says first lady Michelle Obama is in Spain for a private trip with longtime family friends. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres)AP - Pizzas and hamburgers in the school lunch line would be healthier under child nutrition legislation passed by the Senate Thursday, a key part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity.


Wyclef Jean files as Haiti presidential candidate (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean registered as a candidate on Thursday for Haiti's November presidential election, a party official said.

Kagan confirmed as Obama's second Supreme Court justice (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:27 PM PDT

President Barack Obama's second US Supreme Court pick, Elena Kagan, pictured in June 2010, won Senate confirmation Thursday as just the fourth woman to reach the high bench, giving Democrats a welcome election-year boost.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - President Barack Obama's second US Supreme Court pick, Elena Kagan, won Senate confirmation Thursday as just the fourth woman to reach the high bench, giving Democrats a welcome election-year boost.


Pentagon demands return of leaked war documents (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:24 PM PDT

AP - The Pentagon demanded Thursday that a website that solicits leaked government secrets cancel any plan to publish more classified military documents and pull back tens of thousands of secret Afghan war logs already posted on the Internet.

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