2010年3月5日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

When raw anger at government turns violent (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:54 PM PST

This image provided by the Irvine, Calif., Police Department shows a booking photo of John Patrick Bedell, who was arrested in June of 2006 when officers responded to complaints about marijuana growing and subsequently arrested Bedell, seizing growing equipment and coinfiscating 16 marijuana plants. Bedell, who opened fire in front of the Pentagon had a history of mental illness and had become so erratic that his parents reached out to local authorities weeks ago with a warning that he was unstable and might have a gun, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Irvine Police Department)AP - The river of discontent running through America turned toxic in the fevered mind of the Pentagon shooter and others of his ilk. In a culture awash in conspiracy theories and raw anger at government, they are lone wolves who find a sense of community for their hate — yet act alone.

WH may switch to military trials for 9/11 suspects (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:24 PM PST

FILE - This March 1, 2003 file picture shows Khalid Sheik Mohammed, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. White House advisers are nearing a recommendation for President Barack Obama to choose a military trial for self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four of his alleged henchman, senior administration officials said Thursday March 4, 2010. (AP Photo, File)AP - Looking to breathe life into President Barack Obama's stalled pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, White House advisers are inching toward recommending military trials for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four accused henchmen.

New York Rep. Massa resigns under ethics cloud (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:48 PM PST

FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 picture shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Rep. Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from New York, said that he will not seek a second term after a recurrence of cancer late last year, dismissing blog reports that he had harassed a staffer. He was elected in 2008. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, facing a harassment complaint by a male staffer, said Friday that he is stepping down from his seat with "a profound sense of failure."

Report: Afghan 'civilian surge' is struggling (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:15 PM PST

In this Thursday, March 4, 2010 photo, U.S. Marines stand around their vehicles after one, right, was hit by an improvised explosive device in Helmand province, Afghanistan. A Marine was killed, and another wounded in the incident. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - The so-called "civilian surge" in Afghanistan is mired in bureaucracy and may not succeed in time to help the war effort, a State Department report found.

Congressional estimates show grim deficit picture (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:17 PM PST

AP - A new congressional report released Friday says the United States' long-term fiscal woes are even worse than predicted by President Barack Obama's grim budget submission last month.

Abortion coverage dispute divides House Democrats (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:45 AM PST

Reps. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., right, accompanied by Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., speaks about health care and NAFTA during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Just when President Barack Obama is striving to unite Democratic lawmakers for one last push to pass his health care overhaul, the divisive politics of abortion threaten to tear the party apart.

Scott Brown campaigns for McCain in Arizona (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens to a question from the audience at a Veterans Town Hall Meeting and endorsement news conference at the American Legion Post #1 Luke-Greenway in Phoenix. Facing the toughest re-election battle of his career, John McCain is bringing in the Republican Party's newest rising star on Friday in a bid to shore up support among conservative primary voters. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)AP - Facing the toughest re-election battle of his career, John McCain enlisted a rising star of the Republican Party in a bid Friday to lock down support among conservative primary voters.

House panel wants more Toyota acceleration details (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:54 PM PST

Employees of Toyota Motor Co., listen to Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor, Co, during a Toyota's crisis meeting in Toyota city, central Japan, Friday, March 5, 2010. Toyota's brand is in crisis but its cars are safe, top executives told thousands of workers at a meeting Friday aimed at boosting morale amid the automaker's recall crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - A House committee on Friday questioned the rigor of Toyota's sudden acceleration tests, challenging the automaker's commitment to finding the causes of safety problems that have led to millions of recalled vehicles. Other lawmakers zeroed in on federal investigators' response.

Calif. Senate debate focuses on support for Israel (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:49 PM PST

AP - Former congressman Tom Campbell on Friday used the first debate in the California Senate race to demand that his challengers not engage in a "whispering campaign" claiming he is against Israel or is an anti-Semite.

US deficit tops Obama forecast by 1.2 trillion dollars: CBO (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:43 PM PST

Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf testifies before the Senate Budget Committee in Washington, DC. The CBO expects a deficit AFP - US President Barack Obama has underestimated the government budget deficit for the next decade by 1.2 trillions dollars, estimates by Congress showed Friday.

Brady wins official GOP nomination for Ill. gov (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:21 PM PST

AP - State Sen. Bill Brady has officially captured the Republican nomination for Illinois governor after a month of uncertainty.

U.S. vows bid to halt Armenian genocide measure (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:06 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration on Friday sought to limit fallout from a resolution branding the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces as "genocide," and vowed to stop it from going further in Congress.

Romney hits Obama for bashing insurance companies (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:57 PM PST

Reuters - Potential Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama on Friday for his recent attacks on health insurance companies.

First lady gets moving at soccer clinic (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:48 PM PST

First Lady Michelle Obama joins kids at a free soccer clinic as part of her campaign to improve fitness and combat obesity in children, Friday, March 5, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - First lady Michelle Obama kicked soccer balls with youngsters to encourage them to get the recommended hour of daily exercise as she promoted her campaign against childhood obesity.

Al-Qaeda threatens to kill Iraqis who vote (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:45 PM PST

Iraqi Shiite Muslims hold posters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his slain father Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr (C) as they attend Friday prayers in Baghdad's Shiite bastion of Sadr City. Al-Qaeda in Iraq on Friday threatened to kill people who vote in the war-torn nation's election and imposed a self-declared curfew during polling hours when millions are to cast ballots.(AFP/Joseph Eid)AFP - Al-Qaeda in Iraq on Friday threatened to kill people who vote in the war-torn nation's election and imposed a self-declared curfew during polling hours when millions are to cast ballots.

Obama seeks to reduce role of U.S. nuclear weapons (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:15 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday a forthcoming review of the U.S. nuclear posture would reduce the number and role of nuclear weapons in Washington's national security strategy.

New York politics rocked by upheavals (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:02 PM PST

New York Gov. David Paterson listen to a speaker during a legislative leaders' budget meeting at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - The Empire State has a lot to recommend it — Broadway shows, Niagara Falls, and baseball's World Series champions, the New York Yankees. But politics? As the locals would say, Fuhgeddaboudit.

Mrs. Obama to donate inaugural gown to Smithsonian (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:36 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as they dance together at the Obama Home States Inaugural Ball in Washington. The one-shoulder, white chiffon gown first lady Michelle Obama wore to the inaugural balls is going on display. Mrs. Obama plans to publicly donate the gown to the First Ladies Collection at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, FILE)AP - The one-shouldered, white chiffon gown first lady Michelle Obama wore to the inaugural balls is going on display.

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