2010年2月6日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Missed signs in Toyota recalls (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 01:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010, file photo Toyota Motor Corp. President and CEO Akio Toyoda, 53, speaks during his first news conference since Toyota announced a recall for faulty gas pedals on Jan. 21 affecting 4.5 million vehicles. The grandson of the company's founder was sharply criticized by Japanese media for what they called a delayed and unconvincing explanation for the massive car recall that has sullied the world's biggest automaker. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)AP - When Peter Boddeart's Lexus lurched forward and rear-ended another vehicle in Fauquier County, Va., earning him a police citation, he wrote to federal regulators imploring them to look into his case "before someone ends up seriously injured or killed."

`Tea party' activists eagerly await Palin's words (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 03:20 PM PST

Bill Bruss of Winfield, Ill., gives away plastic bags in the vendor area at the National Tea Party convention in Nashville, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - These are Sarah Palin's people. Just ask them.

Obama seeks to rally glum Dems amid GOP challenges (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:26 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Just a year after celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration, despondent Democrats on Saturday heard from their party leader who urged optimism in the face of Republicans' strong challenge to their congressional dominance.

Dems chafe as W.H. wavers on health (Politico)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 03:40 AM PST

Politico - President Barack Obama has left Democrats as confused as ever about how the White House plans to deliver a health care reform bill this year, after two weeks of inconsistent statements, negligible hands-on involvement and a sudden shift to a jobs-first message.

Obama: Parties need to cooperate on major issues (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 03:25 PM PST

President Barack Obama is applauded by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, left, as the president tells the audience to sit down before speaking at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama says it's time for Democrats and Republicans to work together to do what's right for the country.

Obama calls capital's blizzard `Snowmageddon' (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 03:27 PM PST

The snow is cleared off the driveway in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as snow continued to fall in the Washington area. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - "Snowmageddon" — that's what President Barack Obama calls the storm that's shut down Washington.

Black farmers urged to lobby Senate ag panel (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:41 PM PST

AP - The head of the National Black Farmers Association is urging African-American farmers to strongly lobby lawmakers to get them to approve a $1.15 billion discrimination settlement.

Alito objected to Obama's history claim (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 04:50 AM PST

FILE - In this April 9, 2008 file photo Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. speaks at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words 'not true' during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law. The president touched off a controversy when he broke with tradition — and decorum, his critics said — by criticizing the court's recent campaign finance decision in his speech with six justices in attendance and bound by their own tradition of not reacting to what is said. (AP Photo/Jason Miller, File)AP - Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words "not true" during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law.

Defense chief disputes deal on Iran's nuke program (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 03:02 PM PST

Turkish guards of honor stand with U.S. and Turkish flags before the arrival of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul for a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday dismissed assertions by the Iranian government that it was nearing a deal with the international community on its nuclear program and said a "different tack" may be needed.

Toyota drivers pull in for repair; Prius fix looms (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 03:47 PM PST

The Toyota symbol is seen on the hood of a 2007 Camry, covered in snow by a major winter storm, in Havertown, Pa. Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)AP - Responding to two recalls and facing the prospect of another one, Toyota dealers across the country were repairing thousands of cars Saturday, the first weekend day that many drivers had a chance to take action.

Obama to Democrats: No time to "lick our wounds" (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - President Barack Obama told fellow Democrats on Saturday this is no time to "lick our wounds and try to hang on" and vowed instead to press ahead with financial regulatory and healthcare reforms.

Open to idea of payroll tax break for jobs: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:50 AM PST

White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod makes a point during an interview at the Newseum in Washington October 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - The Obama administration is open to a bipartisan congressional proposal for a payroll tax holiday for employers who hire people who have been out of work for some time, a top White House aide said.

Philippine automated vote system 'almost perfect': officials (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 09:02 AM PST

A voter in Quezon City, in suburban Manila, feeds her ballots in to a automated counting machine during a mock election intended to test the automated system for the May national elections. The Philippines' controversial new automated voting system passed its test in a mock election Saturday, despite press reports of minor glitches, an elections commission official said.(AFP/Jay Directo)AFP - The Philippines' controversial new automated voting system passed its test in a mock election Saturday, despite press reports of minor glitches, an elections commission official said.

Obama vows to beat 'blizzard' of opposition (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 08:49 AM PST

US President Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at their annual Winter Meeting in Washington, DC. Obama vowed Saturday to salvage his health reform drive and crusade for change despite a AFP - President Barack Obama vowed Saturday to beat a "blizzard" of opposition and to salvage his crusade for change, leaving a snow-buried White House to rally Democrats spooked by looming November polls.

G-7 seeks to calm global markets, sustain rebound (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:39 PM PST

Giulio Tremonti, Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, left, rides a dogsled on the outskirts of the northern Canadian Arctic community of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. Iqaluit is the site of the G7 Finance Ministers meeting. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Chartrand)AP - Top finance officials of the seven major industrial countries sought to calm jittery markets by pledging Saturday to keep providing government aid to sustain a fledgling economic rebound.

November chill seizes DNC meeting (Politico)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 03:41 AM PST

Politico - As the Democratic National Committee convened in Washington on Friday for its winter meeting, the chill in the air was due to more than the snowstorm howling through the D.C. streets.

Obama to attend DNC meeting, host Super Bowl party (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:59 AM PST

A Marine stands sentry as the snow falls while President Barack Obama works in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Shoppers jammed aisles and emptied stores of milk, bread and shovels Friday as a massive snowstorm blew into the Mid-Atlantic with forecasters predicting a record 30 inches or more for the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Two favorite American pastimes — politics and football — are on President Barack Obama's weekend agenda.

G-7 NOTEBOOK: Finance chiefs hear different tune (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 01:49 AM PST

Canadian Inuit dogs pull a sled using traditional harnesses Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Iqaluit, Canada. Iqaluit, population 7,000, may seem an unlikely venue for a G-7 bull session about the global economy, but the host nation chose it in part to underscore a message about sovereignty over its part of the Arctic. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)AP - Finance officials are taking a break in talks about the world's economic woes to listen to a different tune.

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