2010年5月9日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

AP source: Obama chooses Kagan for Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:26 PM PDT

Elena Kagan in an undated photo courtesy of Harvard Law School. REUTERS/Harvard LawAP - President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, a person familiar with the president's thinking said Sunday night.

Kagan had rapid ascent to high court nomination (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:13 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. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)AP - Solicitor General Elena Kagan would be the first person in 38 years to join the Supreme Court without first serving as a judge. She's had a year as perhaps the next best thing.

White House says Pakistan Taliban behind NY bomb (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 01:45 PM PDT

This photo provided by NBC shows U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaking on 'Meet the Press' in Washington Sunday, May 9, 2010. Holder said Sunday that new evidence shows the Pakistani Taliban was 'intimately involved' in the bombing plot on Times Square. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES. **AP - Saying they obtained new evidence, senior White House officials said Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban were behind the failed Times Square bombing.

Holder: Miranda may need changes for terrorists (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 11:22 AM PDT

This photo provided by NBC shows U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaking on 'Meet the Press' in Washington Sunday, May 9, 2010. Holder said Sunday that new evidence shows the Pakistani Taliban was 'intimately involved' in the bombing plot on Times Square. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES. **AP - In the wake of the Times Square bombing plot, the Obama administration said on Sunday it wants to work with Congress on possible limitations of the constitutional rights afforded terrorism suspects — even for American citizens.

Federal Reserve opens credit line to Europe (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:35 PM PDT

AP - The Federal Reserve late Sunday opened a program to ship U.S. dollars to Europe in a move to head off a broader financial crisis on the continent.

Tea party, others focus on Kentucky after Utah (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 11:22 AM PDT

Scott Peterson, a volunteer for the campaign of U.S. Senator Bob Bennett, R-Utah, removes campaign signs after Bennett was voted out by delegates at the 2010 Utah GOP Convention Saturday, May 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)AP - After toppling three-term Republican Sen. Robert F. Bennett in Utah, tea party activists and other conservative critics shifted their sights Sunday to a mid-May primary in Kentucky, their next big challenge to a political establishment they have vowed to upend.

Holder fears 'slippery slope' of racial profiling (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 12:21 PM PDT

AP - Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday he does not think Arizona's law cracking down on illegal immigrants is racially motivated but voiced concern that its enforcement could lead to racial profiling.

Anti-incumbent mood challenge to veteran Democrat (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:53 AM PDT

AP - Democratic Rep. Alan Mollohan has delivered for his West Virginia district for nearly three decades, steering millions of dollars in projects that have helped an anemic economy.

Obama discusses European economy with Merkel (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 08:47 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has had another conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) about the economic situation in Europe.

Four dead in Philippine election day violence (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 07:42 PM PDT

Philippine soldiers wait for their turn to vote at a military camp in Fort Bonifacio, southern Manila. A supporter of a local politician in the south of the country was shot dead on Monday, becoming the first person to be killed in poll-related violence on the day of national elections, police said.(AFP/File/Noel Celis)AFP - Four people were killed in two separate outbursts of violence related to national elections held in the Philippines on Monday, authorities said.

Holder: Supreme Court announcement 'very soon' (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 06:56 PM PDT

AP - The suspense over President Barack Obama's second nominee to the Supreme Court appears to be nearing an end.

British parties in new talks to break vote deadlock (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 06:39 PM PDT

British opposition Conservative party Leader David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive for a church service in Kensington, west London. Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats meet for new talks Monday amid signs they are edging closer to a deal that would break the country's post-election deadlock.(AFP/Pool/Tim Ireland)AFP - Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats meet for new talks Monday amid signs they are edging closer to a deal that would break the country's post-election deadlock.

UK parties to resume government formation talks (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg addresses electoral reform protestors in central London May 8, 2010. Clegg sought backing from senior party members on Saturday for a possible deal with the Conservatives after an election in which no party won an outright majority.REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will hold further talks on Monday to try to stitch together a deal to govern, with markets anxious for an agreement following an inconclusive election.

US confident Iraq now headed for new government (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 12:22 PM PDT

An Iraqi electoral staff member carries a ballot box after votes were recounted in Baghdad. The United States voiced confidence on Sunday that Iraq was headed towards a new government two months after a deadlocked election, but said no frontrunner had yet emerged to lead the war-torn country.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The United States voiced confidence on Sunday that Iraq was headed towards a new government two months after a deadlocked election, but said no frontrunner had yet emerged to lead the war-torn country.

Obama talks European economy with Merkel, Sarkozy (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 11:32 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has spoken to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy about steps being taken to support Europe's troubled economy.

UK's Brown meets Lib Dem leader Clegg (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:24 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown held a meeting on Sunday with Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg, who is trying to clinch an agreement with the Conservative Party to govern together.

White House sees no cyber attack on Wall Street (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:45 AM PDT

AP - The White House's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser says there is no evidence that a cyber attack was behind the chaos that shook Wall Street last Thursday.

Dodd urges SEC to look at high-speed trading (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:32 AM PDT

AP - Federal regulators have got to address the "casino environment" on Wall Street where computerized high-frequency trading can trigger market-shaking turmoil, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd said Sunday.

Premiums may undermine coverage guarantee for kids (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Mary and Joe Thompson stand with their kids Sarah, age 16, center, Andrew, age 13, right, and Emily, age 10, front, at their home in Overland Park, Kansas, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Health insurance cuts a dividing line right through the Thompson family. Parents Mary and Joe have coverage, as does older daughter Sarah. But siblings Andrew and Emily have been turned down due to medical conditions even though both lead fairly normal and active lives. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Health insurance cuts a dividing line right through the Thompson family.

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