2010年3月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

2 Americans killed in drive-by shooting in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:15 AM PDT

View of the US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua State, Mexico on March 2. Suspected drug cartel AP - Three people with ties to the American consulate in a drug-plagued Mexican city were killed in a drive-by shooting, a U.S. official said Sunday.

Dem House vote-counter lacks health care votes now (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 03:19 PM PDT

A doctor administers a shot to a patient at a hospital ER unit. The fierce and fateful battle over health care reform forced President Barack Obama to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days, to March 21.(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)AP - The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he was "absolutely confident" in its prospects.

Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2005 file photo, Susan Chapman, director of the Division of Federal Investments, sorts through paper securities pulled from a safe at the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt offices in Parkersburg, W.Va. The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. It's time to start cashing them in. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, FILE)AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.

AP Exclusive: Pentagon gun was from Tenn. police (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2007 file photo, Miami police chief John Timoney speaks during a news conference. Law enforcement officials say two guns used in high-profile attacks, one at the Pentagon, and another from the fatal January shooting of an officer at a Las Vegas courthouse, both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/David Adame, File)AP - Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.

Alexander: House Dems jumping off a cliff (Politico)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 08:47 AM PDT

Politico - Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Sunday that House Democrats should not have faith that their Senate colleagues will hold up their end of the bargain in passing the package of fixes to the health care bill.

Dodd seeking middle ground on new financial rules (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 05:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2009, file photo Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., announces a financial reform package during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dodd is expected to unveil a new sweeping regulatory proposal Monday, March 15, 2010, that will abandon his initial plan for a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and for a single powerful regulator to oversee all of the nation's banks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The senator trying to rewrite the nation's financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and to give a single regulator the power to oversee all banks, according to people familiar with the evolving proposal.

Yemen launches airstrike on al-Qaida hideout (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 03:54 PM PDT

AP - Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al-Qaida hideout ahead of a likely terror attack.

US cautious on removing nuclear arms from Europe (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2009, file photo U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Singapore. Obama said the U.S. and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year's end. The Obama administration is taking a go-slow approach to one of the touchiest and least-discussed national security issues: whether to withdraw the last remaining Cold War-era U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, administration officials say. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service, File)AP - The U.S. is taking a go-slow approach on one of the touchiest and least discussed national security issues: whether to remove the last remaining Cold War-era U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe.

White House backs down on health bill deals (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 09:40 AM PDT

AP - The White House is backing down from trying to get senators to remove some special deals from the health care bill.

White House: Israel construction plan an `insult' (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 06:39 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem Sunday, March 14, 2010. Netanyahu is urging calm following another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 apartments in contested east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)AP - The White House isn't relenting in its strong criticism of Israel for plans to build 1,600 new apartments for Jews in east Jerusalem, which Palestinians are seeking as their future capital.

Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 05:42 PM PDT

View of the US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua State, Mexico on March 2. Suspected drug cartel Reuters - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate, an attack President Barack Obama said "outraged" him.

White House says Obama's health care fix will pass this week (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 01:56 PM PDT

A nurse at the University of Miami hospital check on a patient while US President Barack Obama is seen on television talking about healthcare reform in 2009. Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature healthcare overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week after a year of costly political wrangling.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature health care overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week, after a year of costly political wrangling.

A week on, Maliki pulls ahead in Iraq race (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Iraqi's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki casts his vote inside a polling station at the green zone in Baghdad March 7, 2010. REUTERS/Iraqi GovernmentReuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but a divided vote suggested long and fraught talks to form a government are ahead.

Ed plan shuffles political deck (Politico)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama’s brewing fight with teachers unions over his plans to overhaul education legislation could end up being a political trifecta for liberal Democrats, Republicans and a president eager to demonstrate he can work across party lines.

White House stands ground on high court criticism (AP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:00 AM PDT

David Axelrod, Senior White House Adviser, appears on AP - The White House on Sunday defended President Barack Obama's scathing criticism of a Supreme Court decision that allows unions and corporations to funnel unlimited dollars to political campaigns.

Sarkozy suffers setback in regional vote (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:57 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy accompanied by first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, casts his vote at a Paris polling station for the French regional elections. Sarkozy suffered a stinging setback in French regional elections on Sunday as projections showed his right-wing party trailing in the first round vote.(AFP/Pool/Eric Feferberg)AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy suffered a stinging setback in French regional elections on Sunday as projections showed his right-wing party trailing in the first round vote.

Top Obama aide says healthcare reform will pass (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 07:52 AM PDT

A nurse at the University of Miami hospital check on a patient while US President Barack Obama is seen on television talking about healthcare reform in 2009. Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature healthcare overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week after a year of costly political wrangling.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - A top aide to President Barack Obama predicted Sunday that his long-troubled healthcare system overhaul was finally poised for adoption by a deeply divided Congress.

Gibbs: Settlements not a ‘bright spot’ (Politico)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 07:37 AM PDT

Politico - Israel’s decision to announce new settlements as Vice President Joe Biden was arriving in the country was not a “bright spot,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday.

Gibbs: House will pass health care this week (Politico)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 07:14 AM PDT

Politico - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs predicted Sunday that the House will pass fixes to the Senate health care bill this week.

Rove: Obama ‘aloof and disengaged’ (Politico)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama has been too "disengaged" from the health care reform process, Karl Rove said Sunday.

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