2010年5月30日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Ex-congressman won't run again for Hawaii seat (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:35 PM PDT

FILE - This April 9, 2010 file picture shows former Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Case of Kaneohe, Hawaii. Case said Sunday he won't run again for the Hawaii congressional seat won by a Republican candidate in a special election last week. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File)AP - Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Case said Sunday he won't run again for the Hawaii congressional seat won by a Republican candidate in a special election last week.

Fed chief sees delicate dance ahead (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 05:29 PM PDT

An investor watches stocks at a trading house in Shanghai. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday called for the Group of 20 world powers to more closely coordinate financial reforms in a bid to strengthen the global economy.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AP - The delicate task ahead for the Federal Reserve and other central banks is deciding when to start boosting interest rates and reeling in all the stimulus pumped out during the global financial crisis, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday.

Poll finds debt-dogged Americans stressed out (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:17 PM PDT

Cynthia Bryant, 73, looks for a plant in a green house near her home in Denver, Friday, May 27, 2010. Bryant, like many Americans, still feel stressed out by debt, despite the economic recovery. The economy is growing again and producing jobs, a big turnaround from a year ago, when the economy was shrinking and employers were slashing their work forces to survive the worst recession since the 1930s. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The economy trudges ahead yet debt dogs many Americans, stressing them out even as they firm up their own financial foundations.

Come and take it! Perry fights attacks Texas style (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 12:31 PM PDT

AP - Rick Perry is governor of a state with a multibillion-dollar hole in the budget that's getting bigger. The EPA wants to take away the state's power to police the quality of its air. He's the butt of jokes for spending tens of thousands of tax dollars to rent a swanky house.

Ill. Sen. hopeful questioned about military claim (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 04:13 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 19, 2010 file photo, Illinois Republican Senate candidate, Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., responds to a question during a news conference in Chicago. Rep. Mark Kirk said he has amended his biography after he misstated an award he received for military service. The Illinois Republican, who is locked in a high-stakes Senate race against Illinois state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, is highlighting his service as a Naval Reserve commander as he fights to win the seat vacated by President Barack Obama. But in a campaign blog posting Thursday, Kirk said he misidentified the award, telling constituents he was given the Navy's prestigious Intelligence Officer of the Year honor. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - On a weekend dedicated to honoring military service, Illinois Senate candidate Mark Kirk found himself on the defensive over his past claims that he was named the U.S. Navy's intelligence officer of the year, an award he never won.

Obama aide: leak is biggest environmental disaster (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:02 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says the Gulf oil spill is probably the biggest environmental disaster the country has ever faced.

Mullen wishes Congress had waited on gay ban vote (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:15 AM PDT

Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses cadets during graduation ceremonies at the United States Air Force Academy in Air Force Academy, Colo. on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Mark Reis) NO MAGS, NO SALESAP - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday he would have preferred that Congress had waited before voting to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law that bans gays from serving openly in the military.

Christian conservatives target seated judges (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 11:18 AM PDT

In this May 26, 2010 photo, Rev. Brian Hendry, of the Zion Fellowship church, and a pastor with the Better Courts Now organizaton, poses in his church in San Diego. The conservative religious organization is trying to unseat judges in the upcoming California election. A group of conservative attorneys say they are on a mission from God to unseat four California judges in a rare challenge that is turning a traditionally snooze-button election into what both sides call a battle for the integrity of U.S. courts. Hendry and other supporters have launched the mostly online campaign to replace the incumbent judges, all Democrats, with Christian conservatives. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - A group of conservative attorneys say they are on a mission from God to unseat four California judges in a rare challenge that is turning a traditionally snooze-button election into what both sides call a battle for the integrity of U.S. courts.

BP exec says end point for leak is relief well (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 07:56 AM PDT

AP - A BP executive says a relief well is the "end point" of efforts to stop the Gulf oil spill — which suggests there's little chance of plugging the leak until the new well is completed in August.

Colombia presidential vote headed for June runoff (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 04:54 PM PDT

Colombian former Defense Minister and presidential candidate for the ruling National Unity party, Juan Manuel Santos, votes at a polling station in Bogota. Colombia's presidential election Sunday was headed for a June 20 runoff after none of the candidates received more than 50 percent of the vote, election officials said with 99 percent of ballots counted.(AFP/Juan Barreto)AFP - Colombia's presidential election Sunday was headed for a June 20 runoff after none of the candidates received more than 50 percent of the vote, election officials said with 99 percent of ballots counted.

Santos far ahead in Colombia vote with 46 percent (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:57 PM PDT

Colombian former Defense Minister and presidential candidate for the ruling National Unity party, Juan Manuel Santos, votes at a polling station in Bogota. Colombia's presidential election Sunday was headed for a June 20 runoff after none of the candidates received more than 50 percent of the vote, election officials said with 99 percent of ballots counted.(AFP/Juan Barreto)AFP - Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's pick as his successor in Sunday's election, was far ahead of his rival Antanas Mockus but just short of the 50 percent plus one needed for an outright win, partial results showed.

Santos leads Colombia vote, runoff likely (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:16 PM PDT

Colombian voters search for their names in an electoral list in the Mayoralty building in Bogota May 29, 2010. REUTERS/Eliana AponteReuters - Former Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos took a big lead in the first round of a presidential election, but looked headed for a June runoff against rival Antanas Mockus, initial results said on Sunday.

First family enjoys sleepover in own Chicago home (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 02:20 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, left, takes a walk in the neighborhood of his Chicago home with family members on Saturday, May 29, 2010. With Obama, from right, are his brother-in-law Craig Robinson with his wife Kelly Robinson, and daughter Leslie Robinson, first lady Michelle Obama, and her mother Mirian Robinson, and the president's daughter Malia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Good friends, good food and the comforts of his own home.

BP, Obama face clamor to halt oil spill "crime" (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2010 03:01 PM PDT

A roadside sign expresses resentment towards British Petroleum (BP) and U.S. President Barack Obama over the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, in Grand Isle, Louisiana May 30, 2010. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - Lawmakers and local residents clamored on Sunday for BP and the Obama administration to do more to save the Gulf Coast from an out-of-control oil spill that has become the biggest environmental catastrophe in the country's history.

Modern meets primeval in Gulf oil spill response (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, left, picks up a 'tar ball' as LaFourche Parish president Charlotte Randolph, center, and U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, look on during a tour of areas impacted by the Gulf Coast oil spill in Port Fourchon, La. In yet another failed attempt a high-tech nation this time threw brute mass, old tools and golf balls at the oil gushing from the ocean floor, like blast from past. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, )AP - It's all so last millennium, that filthy business in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico.

Czech centre-right parties start coalition talks (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2010 09:36 AM PDT

Chairman of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Petr Necas waves to media at the party's election center in Prague, May 29, 2010. REUTERS/Petr JosekReuters - Czech center-right parties began talks on forming an austerity-minded coalition government on Sunday after their surprisingly decisive election victory over leftists who advocated higher welfare spending.

Voters hate partisan sniping, but fuel its growth (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 08:26 AM PDT

** RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SPELLING ERROR IN OBJECT NAME ** FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Americans say they don't like partisan gridlock in Washington. But they are voting in ways almost certain to increase it, by punishing politicians who cooperate with the opposing party and rewarding ideological purity that pushes both parties to the left and right fringes. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - People say they don't like partisan gridlock in Washington. But they're voting in ways almost certain to increase it, by punishing politicians who cooperate with the opposing party and rewarding ideological purity that pushes both sides to the fringes.

Markey: 2 relief wells may be key to plugging leak (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 08:19 AM PDT

AP - The chairman of a House energy committee believes dual relief wells have a good chance of plugging the Gulf oil leak.

Mullen says Kandahar campaign will take months (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2010 08:07 AM PDT

This photo taken on May 24 shows jet fighters sitting on the deck of the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Arabian sea. Several times a day warplanes thunder on the flight deck before being catapulted into the sky on regular sorties, heading north across Pakistan for operations in Afghanistan.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)AP - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is predicting that it'll be clear by year's end whether a NATO-led counterinsurgency effort in the Afghan Taliban stronghold of Kandahar is successful.

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