2010年5月8日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Gates says urgent need to cut defense bureaucracy (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:05 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speak with U.S. Army Majors during an informal roundtable with the officers at the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Friday, May 7, 2010. Gates is stepping up his campaign to reshape the nation's defense establishment by shifting Pentagon spending priorities and imploring military and civilian officials to change the way they do business. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Defense, Cherie Cullen)AP - Warring against waste, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday he is ordering a top-to-bottom paring of the military bureaucracy in search of at least $10 billion in annual savings needed to prevent an erosion of U.S. combat power.

US Sen. Bob Bennett ousted at Utah GOP convention (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:43 PM PDT

U.S. Senator Bob Bennett, R-Utah, becomes emotional while thanking his volunteers and family after being voted out of office by delegates at the 2010 Utah GOP Convention Saturday, May 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)AP - Republican Sen. Bob Bennett was thrown out of office Saturday by delegates at the Utah GOP convention in a stunning defeat for a once-popular three-term incumbent who fell victim to a growing conservative movement nationwide.

1st lady echoes King's call to brace for hardship (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:28 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at commencement exercises at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Pine Bluff, Ark., Saturday, May 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Michelle Obama told graduates Saturday to prepare to overcome adversity, building on Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1958 commencement address at the same university, when he told students to summon their courage to fight segregation.

Obama oil response: aggressive as crisis unfolded (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT

Map shows the forecast location for oil for Saturday, MayAP - It was a two-day trip to the Midwest to talk about jobs and clean energy. President Barack Obama didn't mention the drama unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil was gushing from a broken well pipe a mile beneath the sea.

Utah US Rep. Matheson forced into Dem primary (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:35 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson has been forced into a Democratic primary next month by Utah party delegates upset that he voted against President Barack Obama's health care reforms.

Obama: US, Russia must fight terrorism together (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 01:08 PM PDT

President Barack Obama leaves an athletic field in northwest Washington after watching his elder daughter, Malia, play soccer with her school team, Saturday, May 8, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama says he wants greater cooperation between Russia and the United States on economic, security and anti-terrorism matters.

US officials: New focus on striking US, the West (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo from the social networking site Orkut.com, a man who was identified by neighbors in Connecticut as Faisal Shahzad, is shown. Shahzad was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to cause a fireball in Times Square, federal authorities said. The Pakistani-American who police say admitted to trying to blow up a car bomb in busy Times Square has made no court appearance since his arrest almost a week ago and, although he is cooperating with authorities, there's been no consensus he was acting alone and no word on why he planned the terror attack that has left many New Yorkers on edge for days. (AP Photo/Orkut.com, File) NO SALESAP - The failed bombing in New York's Times Square is a possible signal that militant leaders in Pakistan have shifted their focus to targets in the U.S. and other Western countries instead of sticking to their home base, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials.

Age could be a key factor in high court pick (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 03:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan speaks during a panel about Women Advocates of the Supreme Court Bar at the Newseum in Washington. If President Barack Obama nominates Kagan to the Supreme Court, her age could be the decisive factor. Kagan is the youngest by nearly seven years of the four people Obama is known to have interviewed, and she would be the youngest nominee by a Democratic president since 1962, when President John F. Kennedy chose Byron White at age 44. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)AP - The most important number in President Barack Obama's consideration of a Supreme Court nominee may be 50.

Obama says health care law already helps millions (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT

President Barack Obama steps out of his vehicle as he arrives for a dinner at Komi, a Greek and Mediterranean restaurant in Dupont Circle in Washington, Friday, May 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The new health care law already is helping millions of people through tax breaks for small businesses and assistance for families with young adults, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

Senator Bennett fails Utah re-election bid (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Senator Bob Bennett, a conservative Utah Republican, failed in his bid for re-election in a state convention as a groundswell of discontent with politics in Washington claimed its latest victim Saturday.

Shelby: Bank bill should include mortgage firms (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:49 PM PDT

AP - A Democratic plan to rein in the financial industry is flawed because it fails to tighten control over two large government-sponsored mortgage companies blamed for creating a demand for risky loans and inflating the housing bubble, a leading GOP senator on banking issues says.

British opposition leaders in talks to end deadlock (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:10 PM PDT

British opposition Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg (L), British opposition Conservative party Leader David Cameron (C) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) attend a VE Day memorial service at the Cenotaph in central London. Protestors rallied in London demanding voting reform as opposition parties haggled over a power-sharing deal to resolve the political deadlock.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's opposition leaders Saturday held their first face-to-face talks on thrashing out a pact to enter government and end the political deadlock left by the general election.

Senator Bob Bennett fails Utah re-election bid (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:58 PM PDT

Reuters - Senator Bob Bennett, a conservative Republican, failed in his bid for re-election in a state convention as a groundswell of discontent with politics in Washington claimed its latest victim.

Britain's Cameron, Clegg hold post-vote talks (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg leaves his party headquarters in London, May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - The leaders of Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats met for over an hour of talks on Saturday aimed at resolving the stalemate from this week's election.

SEIU Elects First Female President (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:30 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The Service Employees International Union, a key White House ally in the 2008 presidential campaign and the recent health care debate, elected its first female president on Saturday.

Fed chief to grads: Money can't buy happiness (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:29 PM PDT

FILE - I this April 27, 2010, file photo Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke smiles prior to a meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in Washington. Money can't buy you happiness is the essence of the message Bernanke prepared to delivered Saturday, May 8, 2010, in remarks to graduates of the University of South Carolina. '...if you are ever tempted to go into a field or take a job only because the pay is high and for no other reason, be careful!' Bernanke warned. 'Having a larger income is exciting at first, but as you get used to your new standard of living and as you associate with other people in your new income bracket, the thrill quickly wears off,' he said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Your parents were right. Money can't buy you happiness. That was the message from the Federal Reserve chairman on Saturday to graduates of the University of South Carolina.

Powerful SEIU selects first woman as president (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 02:18 PM PDT

AP - The nation's fastest growing labor union elected its first woman president Saturday.

Obama makes rare comment about dollar on Russian TV (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 01:38 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Reggie Love after taking his daughter Malia to a soccer match in Washington May 8, 2010. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - President Barack Obama said if the United States has a strong economy it will have a strong dollar, in rare comments about the U.S. currency in an interview with Russian television broadcast on Saturday.

Jimmy Carter hits the campaign trail with grandson (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2010 01:17 PM PDT

Candidate for the Georgia Senate Jason Carter, center, greets an Atlanta voter as his grandfather former President Jimmy Carter and Christine Marsteller look on Saturday, May 8, 2010 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Most candidates for the state Legislature would love to campaign door-to-door with a former president, but Jason Carter wanted to keep his famous grandfather away for a while.

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