2010年11月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Miller opposes Murkowski intervention in lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 05:49 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2010 file photo, Republican Joe Miller speaks with reporters during a news conference in Juneau, Alaska. Alaska's bitterly contested Senate election went to state court Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, when Miller sued the state over the way write-in ballots for his GOP rival have been counted. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)AP - Sen. Lisa Murkowski's rival in Alaska's contentious U.S. Senate race is opposing her motion to intervene in his lawsuit against the state's elections office.


More challenges to Emanuel's Chicago residency (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 03:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2010 file photo, Rahm Emanuel leaves the stage after announcing his candidacy for Mayor of Chicago at the John C. Coonley School in Chicago. Five Chicago residents have filed petitions seeking to push mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel off the February ballot by challenging his status as a city resident. A sixth challenge is expected Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 from Chicago election attorney Burt Odelson. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)AP - A longtime Chicago election attorney joined the effort Friday to push mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel off the February ballot over his residency status, even as Emanuel's supporters say the challenges are a frivolous distraction.


Bid to knock Rahm Emanuel off ballot for Chicago mayor: Can it succeed? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:48 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A challenge filed Friday to invalidate Rahm Emanuel’s candidacy in the Chicago mayoral race, says Mr. Emanuel's campaign, is a political trick by forces looking to "hijack" the election in February.

Obama gets 12 stitches after errant elbow to mouth (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:27 PM PST

President Barack Obama, with an ice pack over his mouth, looks out the second floor window of the White House during the arrival of the official White House Christmas tree, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday morning with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.


White House identifies player who injured Obama (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:08 PM PST

AP - The White House has identified the person whose elbow injured President Barack Obama during a pickup game of basketball on Friday. His name is Rey Decerega and he works for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

(AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:04 PM PST

AP - White House says person who injured Obama works for Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

Obamas say their daughters prefer to just be kids (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:19 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama walks with daughters Malia, left, Sasha, center, and Chris and Brandi Botek, of the Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Leighton, Pa., after Obama received the Official White House Christmas Tree at the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - SpongeBob or cable TV news?


Backlash feared as some in GOP push social issues (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:06 PM PST

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo Miles Hall, founder and president of H&H Gun Range - Shooting Sports Outlet, looks over a Henry Golden Boy rifle, in his store in Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma, where Republicans won all eight Democrat-held statewide offices and extended their legislative majorities, GOP lawmakers are planning to bring back firearms bills vetoed last year by outgoing Democratic Gov. Brad Henry. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)AP - Although fixing the economy is the top priority, Republicans who won greater control of state governments in this month's election are considering how to pursue action on a range of social issues, including abortion, gun rights and even divorce laws.


Obama hit during basketball game, gets stitches (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:49 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama walks back to his car after playing basketball at Fort McNair in Washington, November 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama was accidentally elbowed in the face while playing basketball on Friday and received 12 stitches to his lip, the White House said.


Obama to speak to South Korea's Lee after attack (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:22 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will speak to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak after an artillery attack by the North on a South Korean island, White House spokesman Bill Burton said on Tuesday.

SC man accused of threatening to shoot president (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:05 AM PST

This booking photo taken Nov. 23, 2010, and provided by the Spartanburg County jail, shows Michael Stephen Bowden of Woodruff, S.C. Bowden, 78, a former New York City policeman, was arrested earlier this month after he told a nurse at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Spartanburg he was thinking about killing President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Spartanburg County Detention Center)AP - A 78-year-old South Carolina man with more than a dozen weapons in his home has been arrested after federal authorities say he told a nurse he wanted to kill President Barack Obama.


Obama defends U.S. airport security measures (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:02 AM PST

A Transportation Security Agency (TSA) worker runs her hands over the head of a traveler during a patdown search at Denver International Airport, the day before Thanksgiving November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - President Barack Obama defended controversial new security measures at U.S. airports in an interview released on Friday, saying the methods were necessary to prevent a potential terrorist attack.


Obama: eager to extend middle-class tax cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:57 AM PST

President Barack Obama walks back to his car after playing basketball at Fort McNair in Washington, November 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States must extend tax cuts for the middle class but could not afford to do so for the wealthy, laying out his position before next week's meeting on the issue with Republicans.


Fla congresswoman to head House Foreign Affairs (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:21 AM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 9, 2010, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., talkint to a supporter during a Memorial Day Ceremony in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - She hung up on the next president, Barack Obama. Twice. She thought it was a prank.


US Haitians put hope in prayer, not the ballot box (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:19 AM PST

A mural on the wall of the cultural center in the Little Haiti quarter of Miami, Florida, on November 24 . Many Haitions in Miami believe believe that only God and not presidential elections, can help the country in his tragedies.(AFP/File/Juan Castro)AFP - A preacher urged people in Miami's "Little Haiti" to pray for their homeland, claiming only divine intervention, not voting in Sunday's elections, could solve their country's myriad problems.


Steele on thin ice at helm of Republican Party (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:31 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele talks with supporters  during a rally in Stockton, Calif., during the RNC's national 'Fire Pelosi' bus tour.  A significant bloc of RNC members wants Steele to step aside, but the rank and file have failed to settle on a clear alternative to the embattled party leader with balloting in just two months, according to Associated Press interviews with committee members. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)AP - A significant bloc of Republican National Committee members wants embattled chairman Michael Steele to step aside, but the rank and file have failed to settle on a clear alternative, according to Associated Press interviews with committee members.


Sarah Palin: Serious 2012 contender or pretender? (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:44 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2008 file photo, then-Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to supporters during a rally, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - Sarah Palin, the telegenic Republican who exasperates and delights voters about equally, is dropping ever more hints of a presidential bid, including a visit Saturday to the key state of Iowa.


Indiana: Obama Touts Successes of His Economic Policies (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:25 AM PST

Time.com - Two years after Obama became the first Democrat in four decades to capture the Hoosier State's electoral votes, Indiana was at the heart of the Republican landslide in the midterm elections

Irish bailout talks accelerate as PM faces setback (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 06:10 PM PST

Protesters hold a demonstration in Dublin on November 24. Ireland's government was Friday awaiting the results of a by-election expected to cut its already slim majority, as talks on an international bailout for the country's ailing economy gathered pace.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Ireland's government was Friday awaiting the results of a by-election expected to cut its already slim majority, as talks on an international bailout for the country's ailing economy gathered pace.


Leading Haiti candidates are study in contrasts (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:04 PM PST

Supporters of presidential camndidate Jude Celestingather for a rally on November 25 in Port-au-Prince, as Haiti votes November 28, 2010 to choose a successor to President Rene Preval. Supporters in t-shirts with INITE's green and yellow colors danced to staccato rhythms pumped from a massive sound system as the smell of tafia, the local liquor, and wafts of marijuana filled the air.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)AFP - Haitian voters mulled a stark choice Friday as they prepared to pick a new leader to rebuild a nation crippled by mismanagement, natural disaster, economic stagnation, and now cholera.


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