2010年3月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Hurled bricks, threats surround health overhaul (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:27 PM PDT

This picture provided on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by the Monroe County Democratic Committee in Rochester, N.Y. shows damage to their office after a glass door was struck with a brick with a note reading 'Exremism in Defense of Liberty Is no Vice' sometime from late Saturday, March 20, 2010 or Sunday, March 21, 2010. Bricks have been hurled through Democrats' windows, a propane line was cut at the home of a congressman's brother and lawmakers who voted for a federal health care bill have received phone threats in the days before and after passage of the sweeping legislation. (AP Photo/Monroe County Democratic Committee)AP - Unrest over sweeping federal health care legislation has turned to vandalism and threats, with bricks hurled through Democrats' windows, a propane line cut at the home of a congressman's brother and menacing phone messages left for lawmakers who supported the bill.


State Dept employee sentenced to probation (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT

AP - A State Department employee has been sentenced to a year of probation for accessing the passport applications of more than 60 celebrities and their families.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Women have own White House 'club' (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:19 PM PDT

** FILE ** In this Oct. 28, 2009, file photo White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, left, talks with White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes outside the East Room of the White House in Washington before attending the signing by President Barack Obama of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. Women do fill several top jobs in the White House: Jarrett, a longtime friend of the president, is considered one of his closest aides; Melody Barnes oversees Obama's vast domestic agenda. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Late last year, President Barack Obama summoned the highest-ranking women on his staff to a dinner at the White House so he could ask them a question: Should he be worried about a nagging perception that his administration was a testosterone-fueled boys club?


Treaty to cut US-Russia nukes; signing in 2 weeks (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:26 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) in Moscow on Thursday. Clinton visited Russia in a bid to accelerate progress towards a new accord between the Cold War foes to drastically reduce their nuclear arsenals.(AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)AP - The U.S. and Russia reached a breakthrough agreement Wednesday for a historic treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War rivals, the most significant pact in a generation and an important milestone in the decades-long quest to lower the risk of global nuclear war.


It's back: Abortion debate reignites (Politico)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:11 AM PDT

Politico - After nearly derailing the health care bill that passed the House on Sunday, the abortion issue is poised to make a political comeback, returning the familiar wedge issue to the campaign trail after a brief hiatus.

AP sources: US, Israel try to repair ties (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak, leave the West Wing after a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington Tuesday, March 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The United States and Israel engaged in overtime talks Wednesday trying to win agreement on gestures Israel can take to restore confidence among Palestinians and the Obama administration and salvaging a diplomatic visit marred by the worst U.S.-Israeli breach in years.


FBI investigating threats to Democrats (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:50 PM PDT

House Rules Committee Chair Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., confers with Rep. James P. McGovern as the committee meets to discuss the health care overhaul legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - The FBI is investigating threats against lawmakers stemming from intense opposition to the health care overhaul law.


Discharging gays to draw more scrutiny in military (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:53 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 24, 2010, before a House Defense subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department's budget overview.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Discharging a gay person for violating the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy will draw unprecedented scrutiny under new orders from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who is already pushing to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military.


House passes bill to fund infrastructure, tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:13 PM PDT

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., left, joins House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 24, 2010, after the House passed a jobs bill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Local governments would receive billions of dollars for construction projects and welfare programs under a bill passed Wednesday in the House, the latest in a series of election-year jobs bills Democrats are pushing in Congress.


US, Pakistan report only modest progress in talks (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:02 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi,during the opening session of the US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Pakistan's top diplomat said Wednesday that the United States is likely to pay Pakistan nearly $2 billion this spring that Pakistan says it is owed for cooperation against terrorism.


Marijuana legalization will be on California ballot (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:39 PM PDT

Reuters - A California voter initiative that would legalize possession and sale of marijuana has qualified for the November ballot, state election officials said on Wednesday, in what supporters called a "watershed moment" for their cause.

Britain hits rich in pre-election budget (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:51 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling poses for pictures with a briefcase containing the 2010 Budget Report outside 11 Downing Street in London. Darling cut his borrowing and growth forecasts in a pre-election budget that he said would help secure the nation's recovery from a record recession.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's finance minister vowed to hike taxes on the rich to help the poor hit by the global downturn, and to cut borrowing targets in a budget unveiled weeks before a knife-edge election.


Petraeus denies political side to NH trip (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:44 PM PDT

Gen. David Petraeus speaks at Saint Anslem College in Manchester, N.H., Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Petraeus said his appearance at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics has nothing to do with politics or New Hampshire, which hosts the first-in-the-nation presidential primaries.  (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, took the stage Wednesday where presidential candidates have debated but said his visit had nothing to do with politics or New Hampshire, home to the first presidential primaries.


Haiti aid swells US deficit by 2.8 billion dollars (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:46 PM PDT

A man walks by a mechanical digger clearing a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince in January 2010. President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to approve the funding of the post-quake US relief effort in Haiti, swelling America's growing budget deficit by an additional 2.8 billion dollars.(AFP/File/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)AFP - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to approve the funding of the post-quake US relief effort in Haiti, swelling America's growing budget deficit by an additional 2.8 billion dollars.


Obama seeks $2.8 billion for Haiti (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:41 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $2.8 billion in emergency funding for the reconstruction effort in Haiti following January's devastating earthquake.

Frenchman arrested, targeted Obama's Twitter account (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PDT

Reuters - An unemployed Frenchman has been arrested for targeting the Twitter accounts of President Barack Obama and singer Britney Spears, French police said on Wednesday.

Obama calls on Cuba to respect its people's rights (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is calling on the Cuban government to respect the rights of its people.

Obama: Rights situation in Cuba "deeply disturbing" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:52 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Wednesday denounced recent human rights developments in Cuba as "deeply disturbing."

Obama allies worry over violent payback for health vote (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:37 PM PDT

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer listens during a press conference in Washington, DC on 2009. Top Democratic US lawmakers on Wednesday called in police and the FBI after House members who voted for historic health care reform received violent threats and obscene, abusive messages.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Smialowski)AFP - Top Democratic US lawmakers on Wednesday called in police and the FBI after House members who voted for historic health care reform received violent threats and obscene, abusive messages.


Obama issues low-key order on abortions (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:34 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L) as he makes a statement about the House of Representatives' final passage of health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstAP - Anything but jubilant, President Barack Obama awkwardly kept a promise Wednesday he made to ensure passage of historic health care legislation, pledging the administration would not allow federal funds to pay for elective abortions covered by private insurance.


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