2010年3月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

It's the law of the land: Health overhaul signed (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:17 PM PDT

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** President Barack Obama signs the health care bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Claiming a historic triumph that could define his presidency, a jubilant Barack Obama signed a massive, nearly $1 trillion health care overhaul on Tuesday that will for the first time cement insurance coverage as the right of every U.S. citizen and begin to reshape the way virtually all Americans receive and pay for treatment.

Grit, deals, luck seal Obama's health care plan (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:12 PM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is hugged by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, in the photo taken Tuesday, March 23, 2010, after he signed the health care bill. President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poured nearly all their political strength into passing a landmark health care bill, which will help define Obama's presidency and shape the elections of 2010 and beyond. But luck played a big role too. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi poured nearly all their political strength into passing a landmark health care bill that will mark Obama's legacy and shape the elections of 2010 and beyond.

Big cities see gains as boomers delay retirement (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:42 PM PDT

AP - Battered by recession, more older Americans are staying put in traditional big cities to hold onto jobs, creating slowdowns in population growth at once-popular retirement destinations widely found in the South and West.

Israeli leader gets warmer welcome in Congress (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 04:46 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second from left, address members of the media after arriving on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2010. From left are, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Netanyahu, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a warmer public reception from Congress than from the Obama administration, with a top Democrat and Republican joining Tuesday to praise a leader who has refused to back down in a disagreement the White House says threatens new peace talks.

Timing right for Dem midterm hopes (Politico)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:07 AM PDT

Health care supporters yell at cars passing by during a tea party protest against the proposed health care plan outside the office of Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., in Schaumburg, Ill. on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)Politico - Voters will get their first taste of the benefits of health care reform only a few short weeks before the November midterm elections.

FACT CHECK: Spinning the new health care law (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2010, after signing the health care bill. From left are, Vicki Kennedy, widow of sen. Edward Kennedy, the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The tumultuous health care debate that brought you death panels and socialism has spun off a catalog of popular myths that will keep growing as President Barack Obama and all sides battle toward the midterm elections this fall.

AP sources: Daimler to pay $185M settlement (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PDT

AP - Car manufacturer Daimler AG will pay $185 million to settle criminal and civil investigations in which the company is accused of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to officials of at least 22 foreign governments over the course of a decade, two people familiar with the deal said Tuesday.

How big a deal? Ask Joe Biden (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Joseph Biden at the Interior Department in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, prior to speaking about the health care bill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Leave it to Vice President Joe Biden to add a little, ahem, flair to the signing of a health care bill affecting millions of people.

US: China should reflect on Google retreat (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:40 AM PDT

A Chinese girl lights a candle in front of Google China headquarters in Beijing Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Google Inc. stopped censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland Monday but said it will maintain other operations in the country. The maneuver attempts to balance Google's disdain for China's Internet rules with the company's desire to profit from an explosively growing market. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - The United States is urging Beijing to "seriously consider" the meaning of Google's decision to partially withdraw from China over Internet restrictions.

US law to make calorie counts hard to ignore (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 18, 2008 file photo, calories of each food item appear on a McDonalds drive-thru menu in New York. Calorie counts will have to be listed on restaurant menus under a provision tucked into the massive health care overhaul bill. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)AP - A requirement tucked into the massive U.S health care bill will make calorie counts impossible for thousands of restaurants to hide and difficult for consumers to ignore. More than 200,000 fast food and other chain restaurants will have to include calorie counts on menus, menu boards and even drive-throughs.

Obama signs historic healthcare overhaul into law (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama signs the health insurance reform bill as Marcelas Owens looks on in the East Room at the White House in Washington, March 23, 2010. Owens lost his mother to illness before the healthcare legislation passed. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - A jubilant President Barack Obama signed the most sweeping U.S. social policy legislation in decades into law on Tuesday, putting his name on a healthcare bill that will help shape his legacy and the Democrats' chances of holding on to power in Congress.

Americans back health care bill, by slim margin: poll (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:47 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama greets audience members after speaking at a rally celebrating the passage and signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance reform bill at the Interior Department in Washington. Nearly half of Americans support the landmark health care overhaul President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday, a USA Today/Gallup poll found.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - Nearly half of Americans support the landmark health care overhaul President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday, a USA Today/Gallup poll found.

Toyota will replace pedals for unhappy owners (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Dr. Anthony Anderson, an electrical failure expert, holds an electronic chip from an acceleration pedal assembly during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, to discuss Toyota’s sudden acceleration problems. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)AP - Toyota owners who are dissatisfied with the repairs to their vehicles covered by a massive recall to address sticky gas pedals can have replacement accelerator pedals installed, according to a memo the company sent to dealers.

Axelrod, Steele tangle on health care overhaul (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:11 AM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, right, stands with senior adviser David Axelrod, before President Barack Obama signed the health care reform bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A top adviser to President Barack Obama says people will embrace the health care overhaul once they "get familiar with what is is and what it isn't."

As he signs bill, Obama cites ordinary Americans (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:06 AM PDT

Marcelas Owens, 11, from Seattle, Wash., left, and Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, look on as President Barack Obama signs the health care reform bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama has paid tribute to ordinary Americans who've had to wrestle with health insurance problems â€" and those ordinary Americans include his mother.

Wanted: User manual for health care overhaul (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:59 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is pictured with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, after he signed the health care reform bill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama and the Democrats have overcome their doubts and divisions to pass landmark health care legislation affecting every family and one-sixth of the economy. The president signed the main bill at a White House ceremony Tuesday, and a companion package of fixes is expected to be on its way to his desk soon.

Obama Signs Health Care Overhaul (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:30 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - To the cheers and applause of congressional Democrats who made it happen, President Obama signed into law the most comprehensive health care overhaul in decades, paving the way for the Senate to start work later Tuesday on follow-up legislation that would modify it.

Biden, Netanyahu talks 'candid' and 'productive' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:55 AM PDT

Two members of an Israeli special police force unit run after Palestinian protesters during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due at tense White House talks Tuesday, after showing no sign of bowing to fierce US pressure in a row over the construction of Jewish homes in east Jerusalem.(AFP/File/Atta Oweisat)AFP - Talks between US Vice President Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu were "candid" and "productive" the White House said Tuesday, hours before the Israeli leader was to meet President Barack Obama.

Abortion takes center stage in US health care debate (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:22 AM PDT

A pro-life activist prays during the annual AFP - The US political hot potato of abortion, which tends to rear its head in election years, stole the limelight and stoked passions as lawmakers passed the historic health care reform bill.

AP Exclusive: Charges eyed for ex-Blackwater boss (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2008, file photo Gary Jackson, then-President of Blackwater Worldwide, is seen at Blackwater's offices in Moyock, N.C. Federal prosecutors are considering filing weapons charges against Jackson, and two other former Blackwater top officials over allegations they illegally stockpiled automatic rifles at the company's North Carolina headquarters. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - Federal prosecutors are considering weapons charges against former executives at Blackwater Worldwide over allegations the private security company illegally stockpiled automatic rifles at its North Carolina headquarters, The Associated Press has learned.

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