2010年2月20日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Attack on IRS part of long line of tax protesters (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:55 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010, file photo an FBI agent, bottom right, stands near airplane debris, top, inside a building that housed offices of the Internal Revenue Service in Austin, Texas, after Joseph Stack flew his small plane into the building subsequent to bitter feud with the IRS. Stack's views on taxation follow a long line of protesters, who believe tax laws don't apply to them. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)AP - Joseph Stack's methods were unthinkable — he is accused of ramming a plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Texas — but his views on taxation follow a long line of protesters who believe tax laws don't apply to them.

Governors brace for more economic turmoil (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:08 PM PST

National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, Vermont Gov. James Douglas, speaks with reporters while NGA Vice-Chairman, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III, left, and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, right, look on at the start of the NGA's Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - On the recession's front lines, governors are struggling to chart the road ahead for states staggered by unrelenting joblessness and cut-to-the-bone budgets even as Washington reports signs of economic growth.

Beleaguered NY Gov. Paterson launches election bid (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:35 PM PST

New York Gov. David Paterson kicks off his election campaign at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Paterson launched his campaign for a full four-year term as New York's governor Saturday with a combative campaign speech that mocked recent reports about his job performance and personal life. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - David Paterson launched his campaign for a full four-year term as governor Saturday with a combative campaign speech that mocked recent reports about his job performance and personal life.

GOP's 2012 hopefuls crowd town they love to hate (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:15 PM PST

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Republicans who may want President Barack Obama's job flocked to the town they love to hate this weekend and repeatedly ripped into the Democrat, an early tryout of sorts for the GOP nomination.

Alexander Haig remembered as soldier-statesman (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:32 PM PST

FILE - In this March 21, 1978 file photo, Gen. Alexander Haig, speaks at a Pentagon news conference on in Washington. Haig, who served Republican presidents and ran for the office himself, has died, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. He was 85.(AP Photo/Thumma, File)AP - Soldier and statesman, Alexander Haig never lived down his televised response to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Haig died Saturday at age 85 having held high posts in three Republican administrations and some of the U.S. military's top jobs.

Beck wants GOP to fess up like Tiger Woods (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:57 PM PST

AP - Glenn Beck says it's still morning in America: a head-pounding, hangover morning.

Live From Washington! It's Obama health care drama (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 03:28 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks to Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in Las Vegas, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Coming soon to daytime television: America's long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank.

Ron Paul wins conservative straw poll (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:12 PM PST

AP - Rep. Ron Paul won the most support for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in an unofficial straw poll of conservative activists attending an annual conference.

Construction ahead: Trees hauled from White House (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:07 PM PST

A large linden tree is lifted and moved from the White House lawn in Washington Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, to make way for some construction underneath the lawn. Two trees were carefully unearthed on the lawn outside the West Wing, a linden and a sugar maple tree that had been planted by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The White House said both trees eventually would be replanted in the front yard. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - On an otherwise quiet Saturday at the White House, there was quite a sight along the driveway: the careful unearthing of two trees to make way for some construction underneath the front lawn.

Ill. town's ex-mayor's return reawakens corruption (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:16 PM PST

AP - Prohibition was the law of the land when Al Capone took over Cicero in 1924, muscling his way in with gun-toting hoodlums on Election Day. And many residents were happy to hear his beer wagons rumbling through the streets en route to speakeasies.

Paul Tops U.S. Presidential Straw Poll at Conservative Event (Bloomberg)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 03:38 PM PST

Bloomberg - Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Ron Paul of Texas was the top vote-getter among potential Republican presidential candidates in a straw poll of activists today at the Conservative Action Political Conference in Washington.

Longest-serving US Rep. Dingell to run again (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., speaks to the Associated Press during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. The longest-serving member of the U.S. House is running for re-election. Michigan Democrat John Dingell of Dearborn told a College Democrats breakfast at the University of Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 that he plans to run again. The 83-year-old Dingell entered the U.S. House in December 1955 to replace his late father. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - The longest-serving member of the U.S. House is running for re-election.

Research finds brain link for words, music ability (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:35 PM PST

AP - Words and music, such natural partners that it seems obvious they go together. Now science is confirming that those abilities are linked in the brain, a finding that might even lead to better stroke treatments.

Scientists report on way to derail spread of AIDS (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:25 PM PST

AP - A successful AIDS vaccine remains elusive, but researchers say aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might provide a way to derail the spread of disease.

Conservatives Fuel Primary Challenges to Republicans (Bloomberg)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:45 PM PST

Bloomberg - Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Before the activists at this week’s Conservative Action Political Conference battle Democratic candidates in the fall election, they’re first helping challenge some Republican officeholders.

Ukraine PM drops court challenge to election defeat (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:26 PM PST

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko leaves the Supreme Administrative Court in Kiev. Tymoshenko on Saturday dropped her legal challenge to her rival's presidential election victory, saying she had lost faith in the country's courts.(AFP/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday dropped her legal challenge to her rival's presidential election victory, saying she had lost faith in the country's courts.

White House to publish healthcare proposals Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama answers media questions after an unannounced appearance at the White House daily press briefing in Washington, following a bipartisan meeting with House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs. Obama has summoned both Democrats and Republicans to a White House summit at Blair House, to be cast live on C-SPAN and perhaps cable Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, gambling that he can save his embattled health care overhaul by the power of persuasion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)Reuters - The White House will unveil its latest healthcare reform proposals on Monday ahead of a bipartisan summit that President Barack Obama hopes will advance the stalled legislation, a senior administration official said on Saturday.

Obama touts Dem. rookies, vets (Politico)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 11:49 AM PST

Politico - LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama's Western swing this week showcased the two fronts he'll be defending in the midterm elections: old guard Democrats, such as Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, and the new guard, exemplified by Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko drops legal challenge on election (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:50 AM PST

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks during the Higher Administrative Court session in central Kiev, February 20, 2010. verdict. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichReuters - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday dropped her legal case challenging the election of rival Viktor Yanukovich as president, saying the court could not be trusted to reach a fair verdict.

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