2010年4月1日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama visits flood emergency site in Massachusetts (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT

President Barack Obama talks with emergency response coordinators at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency in Framingham, Mass. Thursday, April 1, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Detouring from his schedule, President Barack Obama on Thursday thanked emergency workers struggling against disastrous flooding in the Northeast.

Obama urges patience as health care law kicks in (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:35 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Boston, Thursday, April 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Facing a public still wary of his massive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Americans not to judge the nearly $1 trillion legislation he signed into law last week until the reforms take hold.

Army: Gays still can be dismissed if they speak up (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Secretary of the Army John McHugh speaks during a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on March 23, in Washington, DC. The top civilian in the US Army on Thursday retracted comments he made about suspending the enforcement of the ban on gay soldiers in the military, saying his remarks were AP - Reversing course, Army Secretary John McHugh warned soldiers Thursday that they still can be discharged for acknowledging they are gay, saying he misspoke earlier this week when he suggested the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy had been temporarily suspended.

New mileage rules: Pay more for cars, less at pump (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:35 PM PDT

The dashboard on the new Sonata Hybrid displays not only gas levels, but economy and electric motor information at the New York International Auto Show in New York, Thursday, April 1, 2010. The Obama administration set tougher gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks Thursday, spurring the next generation of fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrids, efficient engines and electric cars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Drivers will have to pay more for cars and trucks, but they'll save at the pump under tough new federal rules aimed at boosting mileage, cutting emissions and hastening the next generation of fuel-stingy hybrids and electric cars.

Daimler bribes: a blown chance to clean up its act (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 02:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2007 file photo, the Daimler AG headquarters is seen in Stuttgart, Germany. At a 1999 meeting in Germany, board members at Daimler, one of the world's largest vehicle manufacturers, took a step that could have saved the company the trouble it will face in a U.S. courtroom on Thursday. Before a federal judge, Justice Department prosecutors will lay out the dirty laundry of the company best known for its elegant Mercedes-Benz autos: a pattern of bribery that for many decades has helped fuel the company's sales and illicitly added millions of dollars to its profits. As a result, the company has agreed to pay $185 million in fines. (AP Photo/Daniel Maurer, File)AP - At a 1999 meeting in Germany, board members at Daimler, one of the world's largest vehicle manufacturers, took a step that could have saved the company the guilty pleas and $185 million in civil and criminal payments it agreed to in a U.S. courtroom Thursday.

US sues contractor KBR over Iraq bills (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:08 PM PDT

Iraqi men carry the coffin of a killed relative during a funeral in the central Shiite shrine city of Najaf on March 8. More than 800 complaints have been filed by families of civilians killed in US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a civil rights watchdog said citing documents made public Thursday.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AP - The federal government sued KBR Inc., the largest contractor in Iraq, on Thursday over what prosecutors say were improper charges to the Army for private security services.

AP Exclusive: US aid going to Afghanistan partners (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:48 PM PDT

A U.S. Marine from Kilo company 3rd Battalion 6th Marines collects census data from Afghans, after they were searched, outside a U.S. Marine base in Marjah district, Helmand province, March 31, 2010. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)AP - The Pentagon is pouring millions of dollars into equipment and training for its smaller partner nations in the Afghanistan war, a new effort that could encourage some countries not to abandon the increasingly unpopular conflict.

Former Gerald Ford press secretary is dead at 87 (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 1977 black-and-white file photo, two former White House press secretaries, Ron Ziegler, left, and Jerry terHorst, right, chat with then-current press secretary Ron Nessen, center, at the National Press Club in Washington. terhorst, a former press secretary to President Gerald Ford is dead at age 87. (AP Photo, File)AP - Jerald terHorst, who resigned as White House press secretary rather than defend President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, is dead at age 87.

Reaction mixed to idea of East Coast drilling (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:45 PM PDT

FILE - In a in this Friday, May 9, 2003 file photo, angler Andy Hails, of Montgomery, Ala., checks the fishing lines on his boat as he trolls the Gulf of Mexico near a natural gas well off the Alabama coast near Gulf Shores, Ala. President Obama announced his new offshore drilling policy Wednesday, March 31, 2010. President Obama is allowing oil drilling off Virginia's shorelines and considering it for a large chunk of the Atlantic seaboard. At the same time, he's rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)AP - Some coastal residents applauded President Barack Obama's decision to open portions of the East Coast to oil and gas exploration as a way to create jobs and ease the country's reliance on foreign oil. Others feared marine life could be harmed by drilling or that tourists would shun a resort area if a nearby oil rig were to be involved in a spill.

Obama offers help to Rhode Island governor (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:18 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday promised Rhode Island's governor that the federal government will help the state clean up the damage caused by devastating floods, the governor's office said.

Obama administration backs making radio pay fees (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:02 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is supporting legislation to make radio stations pay royalties to performers when they play their music.

US dismisses Karzai's jibes against foreigners (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) compound in Kabul. Washington Thursday brushed aside fierce criticisms from Karzai blaming election fraud on foreign officials, insisting he first had to get his own house in order.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - Washington Thursday brushed aside fierce criticisms from Afghan President Hamid Karzai blaming election fraud on foreign officials, insisting he first had to get his own house in order.

Ethics probe asked on lawmakers at C Street house (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:57 AM PDT

AP - A government watchdog group says it has filed ethics complaints against lawmakers who have rented rooms in a controversial Capitol Hill townhouse.

Obama marks `Census Day' by filling out form (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:05 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the closing session of the Forum for Workplace Flexibility in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, March 31, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningAP - President Barack Obama has filled out and turned in his family's census form, making sure to include an entry for the first grandma.

Opposition parties say they will boycott Sudan elections (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:35 PM PDT

Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi speaks during a press conference in Khartoum. Sudan's main opposition parties on Thursday announced a total boycott of presidential, legislative and regional elections, thwarting last-ditch US efforts to rescue the country's first multi-party polls in 24 years.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - Sudan's main opposition parties on Thursday announced a total boycott of presidential, legislative and regional elections, thwarting last-ditch US efforts to rescue the country's first multi-party polls in 24 years.

US slaps sanctions on al-Qaida-linked terrorists (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:40 AM PDT

AP - The United States has imposed new sanctions on a close associate of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network who helped smuggle foreign fighters into Iraq, and a German jailed for plotting to bomb American military personnel in Germany.

Wrong number: GOP pitch lists phone-sex hotline (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:32 AM PDT

AP - The best thing the Republican Party can say about this week is, it's nearly over.

Gay marriage issue affects Calif. GOP Senate race (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 07:33 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2009, file photo Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., discusses the Copenhagen climate talks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The National Organization for Marriage is spending $300,000 on television ads that liken Republican senate hopeful Tom Campbell to Boxer on taxes and gay marriage, calling them two peas in the same liberal pod. The same advocacy group led the effort to pass Proposition 8, which was approved by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent and eliminated the ability of same-sex couples to marry in California. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)AP - The Republican contest to determine who will challenge California Sen. Barbara Boxer in the fall has focused so far on the bread-and-butter issues of the day — jobs, the economy and federal spending.

Obama Approval Index Month-by-Month (Rasmussen Reports)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 07:11 AM PDT

Rasmussen Reports - When tracking President Obama's job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results can be seen in the graphics below.

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