2010年1月21日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama health plan in doubt as Dems reject fast fix (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:51 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Tax Delinquency Memorandum at the White House in Washington January 20, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - Though reeling from a political body blow, House Democrats rejected the quickest fix to their health care dilemma Thursday and signaled that any agreement on President Barack Obama's signature issue will come slowly, if at all.

Biz, unions freed to spend big on elections (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST

Common Cause Public Campaign President Nick Nyhard, right, accompanied by Common Cause President Bob Edgar, left, and Campaign Legal Center Executive Director Gerald Hebert, center, gestures during a news conference outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, after the Supreme Court campaign finance ruling. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - A bitterly divided Supreme Court vastly increased the power of big business and unions to influence government decisions Thursday by freeing them to spend their millions directly to sway elections for president and Congress.

Obama hits Wall Street, pushes for bank limits (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:53 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about tougher regulations on banks that would limit the size and complexity of large financial institutions, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at the White House in Washington. From left are: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.; President Obama; and Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chair Paul Volcker. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Embracing Depression-era policy and populist politics, a combative President Barack Obama chastised big Wall Street banks Thursday and urgently called for limits on their size and investments to stave off a new economic meltdown.

Firm will remove Bible references from gun sights (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST

This handout photo provided by the Defense Department, taken March 25, 2009, shows U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Alonzo, of the 177th Field Artillery Regiment, 172nd Brigade, allows an Iraqi police officer to look at his M-4 carbine assault rifle at a post in Hayy, Iraq. Combat rifle sights used by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan carry references to Bible verses, stoking concerns about whether the inscriptions break a government rule that bars proselytizing by American troops. (AP Photo/Staff Sgt. Rasheen A. Douglas, Defense Department)AP - A Michigan defense contractor will voluntarily stop stamping references to Bible verses on combat rifle sights made for the U.S. military, a major buyer of the company's gear.

Court decision opens floodgates for corporate political spending (Politico)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 07:25 AM PST

A pedestrian walks past the US Supreme Court building in Washington, in this file image from December 8, 2009. The Supreme Court struck down on January 21, 2010 long-standing limits on corporate spending in U.S. political campaigns, such as this year's congressional races and the 2012 presidential contest. The 5-4 ruling was a defeat for the Obama administration and the campaign finance law's supporters who said that ending the limits would unleash a flood of corporate money into the political system to promote or defeat candidates. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW BUSINESS)Politico - The Supreme Court on Thursday opened wide new avenues for big-moneyed interests to pour money into politics in a decision that could have a major influence on the 2010 midterm elections and President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. 

Politics of terrorism emerge anew in election year (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:02 PM PST

President Barack Obama acknowledges mayors in the audience as he addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Terrorism is creeping back to the forefront of the American mindset, creating an election-year issue for emboldened Republicans and forcing President Barack Obama to reassert himself after a wobbly period of homeland protection.

Obama resets presidency with attention to economy (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 01:40 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before signing a presidential directive ordering a new crackdown on federal contractors who don't pay their taxes. From left are, Chief Performance Officer of the U.S. Jeffrey Zients; IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman; Vice President Joe Biden; President Obama; Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo; Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.; Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Facing a potentially disastrous political shift, President Barack Obama tried Thursday to begin resetting his wounded presidency with a one-two-three populist punch.

Justice: Christmas bomb suspect handled correctly (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:30 PM PST

AP - Under growing criticism from Capitol Hill, the Justice Department on Thursday defended its decision to interrogate and arrest the suspected Christmas Day bomber as a criminal rather than an enemy combatant, saying it got actionable intelligence from him and would continue to do so even as he faces a trial.

Candidates rethink nationally after Mass. results (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:09 PM PST

Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., center, walks to a meeting with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Former Massachusetts Treasurer Joe Malone said Thursday he expects to run against an incumbent congressional Democrat this fall, part of a wave of political recalibrations occurring nationally after Republican Scott Brown's upset win in the special election to replace Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

Former Sen. John Edwards admits the child is his (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST

FILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, former presidential candidate John Edwards answers a student's question after delivering a speech at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Edwards has finally come forward to admit that he fathered a child with a videographer he hired before his second White House bid. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - Confirming what practically everyone already suspected, John Edwards confessed Thursday he fathered the baby born to his ex-mistress — an admission that came just ahead of a bombshell book by a top aide to the former Democratic presidential candidate.

Obama threatens fight with banks on new risk rules (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:41 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Tax Delinquency Memorandum at the White House in Washington January 20, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama threatened to fight Wall Street banks on Thursday with new proposals to limit financial risk taking, sending stocks and the dollar tumbling.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Gitmo closing deadline missed (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:28 PM PST

FILE - In this July 16, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, flags hang above the sign marking the Camp Justice compound, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, . (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)AP - As President Barack Obama neared his self-imposed deadline to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, the Justice Department offices of the terrorist detention task force were bustling — not with lawyers but construction workers tearing apart the walls, ripping out any trace of the secretive work, though Obama's goal is still far off.

Obama health care plan in limbo (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:53 PM PST

US Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media during a press availability January 19 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's top ally in the US Congress poured cold water Thursday on a widely discussed way to rescue his embattled push to overhaul US health care from deep in political limbo.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - President Barack Obama's top ally in the US Congress poured cold water Thursday on a widely discussed way to rescue his embattled push to overhaul US health care from deep in political limbo.

Miliband outlines goals for Afghanistan conference (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:53 PM PST

British Foreign Minister David Miliband, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan strategy. Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the State Department, listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday he hopes an international conference on Afghanistan will spur a shift in the burden of that country's security to the Afghan government.

Geithner voiced concern on US bank limits-sources (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:23 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama's newest Wall Street crackdown was met with hesitation from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who voiced concern that politics could sacrifice good economic policy, according to financial industry sources.

Analysis: More campaign ads — and maybe confusion (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 03:57 PM PST

Common Cause Public Campaign President Nick Nyhard, right, accompanied by Common Cause President Bob Edgar, left, and Campaign Legal Center Executive Director Gerald Hebert, center, gestures during a news conference outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, after the Supreme Court campaign finance ruling. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - There'll be a lot more special-interest money in political campaigns. And maybe even more confusion for voters trying to sort out who is behind the increasing clamor of TV messages.

Clinton urges China to investigate Google case (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 02:53 PM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 a man gives two thumbs up as he pose for a photo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing, China. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, urged China to investigate cyber intrusions that led search engine Google to threaten to pull out of that country — and challenged Beijing to openly publish its findings. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday urged China to investigate cyber intrusions that led Google to threaten to pull out of that country — and challenged Beijing to openly publish its findings.

NTSB: Install recorders in train locomotive cabs (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 02:31 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 12, 2008, file photo shows a Metrolink commuter train is after a collision with a freight train killing at least 25 people and injured at least 130. The National Transportation Safety Board will likely determine Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, the probable cause of the accident and make several safety recommendations to prevent future collisions. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)AP - Federal investigators said Thursday that railway companies should have to install and monitor audio and video recorders in locomotive cabs to help discourage the kind of distractions blamed in a head-on collision that killed 25 people in suburban Los Angeles.

Obama slams landmark campaign finance shift (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 02:29 PM PST

US President Barack Obama welcomes the delegation from the US Conference of Mayors at the White House in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court Thursday lifted curbs on corporations spending millions of dollars to back election candidates, in a move that will remake campaigns and likely trigger a new negative ad blitz.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - The US Supreme Court Thursday lifted curbs on corporations spending millions of dollars to back election candidates, in a move that will remake campaigns and likely trigger a new negative ad blitz.

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