2010年4月21日星期三

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama seeks court nominee who backs women's rights (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 05:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, and Vice President Joe Biden and bipartisan Senate leaders discuss the Supreme Court vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Stevens in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Wednesday, April 21, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama, treading carefully in the explosive arena of abortion and the Supreme Court, said Wednesday he will choose a nominee who pays heed to the rights of women and the privacy of their bodies. Yet he said he won't enforce any abortion rights "litmus tests."


Hoyer, Pelosi aides questioned in ethics case (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 05:03 PM PDT

FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 file photo shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y.   Massa said Saturday he didn't authorize a $40,000 check his campaign wrote to his chief of staff shortly before the New York lawmaker resigned last month under a sexual harassment cloud.  (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - Congressional investigators have questioned House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and aides to Speaker Nancy Pelosi as part of a probe into whether top Democrats covered up information that ex-Rep. Eric Massa sexually harassed male employees.


Dems, GOP compete for title of bank bailout foe (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:38 PM PDT

AP - If there's any election-year support in the Senate for future bailouts of the big banks on Wall Street, it isn't immediately apparent.

Obama suggests value-added tax may be an option (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 05:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 20, 2010. President Obama was in Los Angeles to attend three fundraising events.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that a new value-added tax on Americans is still on the table, seeming to show more openness to the idea than his aides have expressed in recent days.


Hoyer interviewed as Massa probe gains steam (Politico)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 12:03 PM PDT

Politico - The House ethics committee has ramped up its investigation into the sexual-harassment scandal surrounding former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), launching a special investigative subcommittee and interviewing Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) regarding his role in the case.

Millions face tax increases under Dems budget plan (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:06 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate promise to cut the deficit by almost two-thirds over the next five years, but their budget plan could threaten about 30 million people with tax increases averaging $3,700 in 2012 and after because of the alternative minimum tax.

Intel chief: Small terror groups are key challenge (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:35 PM PDT

AP - Small and disparate groups of terrorists and individuals radicalized by militants over the Internet will be major challenges for the U.S. intelligence community in coming years, the nation's top intelligence adviser said Wednesday.

Lawmakers defend Day of Prayer after court ruling (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:34 PM PDT

AP - About two dozen members of Congress on Wednesday condemned a federal judge's ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, saying prayer has long been part of the country's history.

Problems plague new air traffic control computers (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT

AP - New computers crucial to modernizing the U.S. air traffic control system have run into serious problems and may not be fully operational by the end of this year when the current system is supposed to be replaced, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

Boneheaded idea: Giving Fido a bone (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1998, file photo, Boy, a pooch from Glover, Vt. , chews on a beef bone at his home.  The Food and Drug Administration issued a reminder to consumers Wednesday, April 21, 2010, to toss out bones from their meals rather than feed them to their pets. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - If they only knew, dogs from coast to coast might be howling over this advice from the government.


Specter challenger criticizes 'Swift-Boat' ad (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT

AP - A congressman and retired Navy vice admiral who is challenging Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's May 18 Democratic primary election is accusing the fifth-term senator of using "Swift Boat"-style attack tactics in an ad that suggests the Navy fired him.

Ariz. House votes to check candidates' citizenship (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:28 PM PDT

AP - The Arizona House has approved a bill that would require President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate if he hopes to be on the state's ballot for a re-election bid.

Obama backers show signs of disappointment (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:10 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio January 22,  2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/FilesReuters - Gay rights activists heckled President Barack Obama this week at a Democratic event that exposed signs of disenchantment threatening the party in November's congressional elections.


Lincoln cancels Goldman fundraiser (Politico)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:10 PM PDT

Politico - Sen. Blanche Lincoln, under fire for keeping a $4,500 contribution from Goldman Sachs’s political action committee, has canceled a fundraising lunch with Goldman executives that was scheduled for Monday and would have netted many times that amount for the Arkansas Senator’s reelection campaign.

AP-GfK Poll: Americans shifting to US cars (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:22 PM PDT

Fabricio Andrade of Naples, Fla., left, talks with sales consultant Josh Jimenez, right, while sitting inside a GMC Yukon Hybrid car at the Doral Buick GMC car dealership in Doral, Fla. Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Andrade wants to purchase the Yukon and  trade in his Lexus as he needs a larger vehicle. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Buy American? That's suddenly a good idea again to more car buyers. Toyota's safety problems and a buffed-up lineup of offerings from Detroit's Big 3 are rubbing the tarnish off car buyers' perceptions of U.S. models. An Associated Press-GfK Poll shows that 38 percent favor U.S. vehicles while 33 percent prefer Asian brands, a significant improvement for U.S. automakers compared to four years ago.


Bill would shun Obama birth certificate requests (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:49 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) discusses the Supreme Court vacancy left by the retirement of Supreme Court judge John Paul Stevens with bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 21, 2010. Pictured with Obama is Vice President Joe Biden.          REUTERS/Jason Reed   (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Hawaii lawmakers are moving closer to passing a measure allowing the state to ignore repeated requests for President Barack Obama's birth certificate.


New EPA rule requires more care around lead paint (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:37 PM PDT

** FILE ** In this Feb. 23, 2006 file photo, contractors Luis Benitez, foreground, and Jose Diaz, background, clean up lead paint at a contaminated building in Providence, R.I.   As of Thursday, contractors across the country will have to take additional precautions when renovating houses where children could be exposed to harmful lead dust from old paint, which could add thousands of dollars to renovation projects and cripple an industry already reeling from the recession. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - Contractors across the country must take additional precautions when renovating houses where children could be exposed to lead dust from old paint, a safety measure that could add thousands of dollars to projects just as the remodeling industry tries to recover from the recession.


US: Syria missile reports deeply troubling (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:38 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it has warned Syria numerous times in recent weeks that transferring ballistic missiles to Lebanon's Hezbollah militia could lead to a new war in the Middle East.

US confident it could intercept an Iranian missile (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:33 PM PDT

White House national security chief James Jones, pictured in March 2010, Wednesday said that making peace in the Middle East would stop Iran AP - The Pentagon is "very confident" that it could defend the U.S. against the threat of an Iranian ballistic missile strike, the Defense Department's chief spokesman said Wednesday.


Source: Pirate suspects to be brought to Norfolk (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 01:31 PM PDT

Crew members of on board a cargo ship MV Ludwing Schulte, walk on the deck of the ship protected by razor wire at the port of Mombasa, Kenya, Monday, April 19, 2010 as the ship started off-loading its cargo. Most of the ships carrying cargo to the port of Mombasa through the Somali waters have started erecting razor wire on the deck of of the ship to keep away Somali pirates from hijacking their ships by climbing through the deck.(AP Photo)AP - At least five pirate suspects will be brought to Norfolk, Va., by the end of the week to stand trial in the United States, a federal law enforcement official said Wednesday.


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