2010年3月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Reid's wife undergoes surgery after traffic crash (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 04:03 PM PST

This undated image from Senator Harry Reid's Senate website shows Reid, second from left standing, with his family including daughter Lana, left sitting, and wife Landra. Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday March 11, 2010 after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said. Reid's wife, Landra, 69, whose injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, and their daughter, Lana Barringer, 49, were taken by ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. The daughter was released from the hospital Thursday night, hospital spokesman Tony Raker said. (AP Photo/US Senate)AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday to stabilize serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on an interstate highway.

For Obama, big agenda and small window for results (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 01:59 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections.

Yellen at Fed would likely favor low-rate policy (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:17 PM PST

FILE - In this April 16, 2008 file photo, Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco speaks in Alameda, Calif. President Barack Obama intends to nominate Yellen to take over as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, a person familiar with the selection said Friday, March 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - President Barack Obama's likely choice of Janet Yellen to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve would favor a policy that stresses low interest rates to ease unemployment over higher rates to curb inflation.

AP Interview: Kerry: Energy bill more about jobs (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:48 PM PST

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. talks about efforts to pass energy and climate change legislation, during an interview with The Associated Press interview in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Sen. John Kerry, hoping to win over wavering senators, said he is pushing environmental reforms to create jobs and spark energy independence, with climate benefits along "for the ride."

Government sends e-mails; it just can't save them (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 03:01 PM PST

FILE - In this 1973 file photo, Rose Mary Woods, President Richard Nixon's secretary at her White House desk, demonstrates the 'Rose Mary Stretch' which could have resulted in the erasure of part of the Watergate tapes. As the Justice Department hunts for the latest batch of missing federal e-mails, the officials who oversee spending of $71 billion a year for information technology got a big raspberry Friday for a 14-year-long failure to ensure that government e-mails are preserved. (AP Photo/File)AP - As the Justice Department hunts for the latest batch of missing federal e-mails, the officials who oversee spending of $71 billion a year for information technology got a big raspberry Friday for a 14-year-long failure to ensure that government e-mails are preserved.

Court says thimerosal did not cause autism (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 06:09 PM PST

AP - The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.

Infant deaths prompt gov't warning on slings (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:12 PM PST

A baby sling is displayed in Washington, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The U.S. government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings — those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents can sling around their chests to carry their baby. The concern is that infants can suffocate, and a few have. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The government warned Friday that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous, even deadly for their little ones.

Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 06:26 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on the release of the State Department's 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Thursday, March 11, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem, calling it "a deeply negative signal" for the Mideast peace process and ties with the U.S.

Democrats look to resurrect college aid plan (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:05 PM PST

AP - Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill, giving both Obama administration priorities a better chance of passage.

Dems seek agreement, quick vote on health care (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 06:26 PM PST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. leaves after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.

Paul, once the outsider, gains GOP support in Ky. (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:59 PM PST

AP - Rand Paul has run his U.S. Senate campaign as the consummate outsider: a grassroots candidate drawing support from regular Joes and Janes. Now that his candidacy has gained momentum, he's beginning to pick up support from the Republican establishment.

Obama delays Asia trip to push health care through Congress (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:42 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, claiming that momentum is building for a historic overhaul of the nation's health insurance system, on Friday postponed a trip to Asia so he can stay in the capital next week to twist arms in Congress.

Obama delays trip for final healthcare push (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PST

President Barack Obama addresses the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference in Washington March 11, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama on Friday delayed an overseas trip to focus on the final drive for healthcare reform as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the sweeping overhaul next week.

AG Holder didn't reveal all legal papers to Senate (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 03:17 PM PST

AP - Attorney General Eric Holder did not provide senators considering his nomination last year with all of the legal papers he had signed or written while in private practice, Justice Department officials disclosed Friday.

Internet fraud losses doubled last year (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 12:23 PM PST

AP - The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI.

SF mayor Newsom to run for CA lieutenant governor (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 12:18 PM PST

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom meets with the media after announcing that he is running for lieutenant governor, in San Francisco, Friday, March 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he is running for lieutenant governor.

Obama spokesman loses bets, dons a Canadian jersey (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 02:57 PM PST

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wears a Team Canada Olympic hockey jersey as he briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Friday, March 12, 2010. Gibbs donned the jersey to pay off a bet after Canada defeated the US in hockey in the Olympics. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Robert Gibbs is a jersey boy now.

Iraq PM takes slender lead over rivals, early results show (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 11:35 AM PST

Iraqis count votes at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals, preliminary results from the country's election showed, as oppositions blocs alleged blatant fraud.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals on Friday, preliminary results from the country's general election showed, as opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.

A look at Democrats' health care overhaul (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 11:20 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as next week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Congressional Budget Office that will allow them to finish details. Here are some of the main features as the bill takes shape:

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