2010年7月11日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

FEC filing shows Palin gave $87,500 to candidates (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 29, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd at the P.U.R.E. Ministries in Duluth, Ga. Palin has put her money where her mouth is, contributing at least $87,500 to candidates she's endorsed in the last few months. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, File)AP - Sarah Palin's political action committee contributed at least $87,500 to candidates she's endorsed in the last few months, according to a report filed Sunday with the Federal Elections Commission.

Obama spokesman says Democrats could lose House (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:16 PM PDT

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs pauses as he briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama's party could lose its House majority in this fall's elections, his spokesman said Sunday, perhaps trying to jolt Democratic voters with the specter of GOP lawmakers rolling back White House policies.

Holder raises question on Sept. 11 death penalty (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:16 PM PDT

In this image provided by CBS Attorney General Eric Holder listens to a question from CBS News’ Bob Schieffer during a July 8, 2010, taped interview on “Face the Nation” in Aspen, Colo. While they passed along no U.S. secrets, the 10 Russian sleeper agents involved in the spy swap posed a potential threat to the U.S. and received 'hundreds of thousands of dollars' from Russia, Holder said Sunday, July 11. 'Russia considered these people as very important to their intelligence-gathering activities,' he said. (AP Photo/CBS, Daniel Bayer) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.AP - Attorney General Eric Holder says there's a real question about whether a terrorist suspect such as self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed can face the death penalty if he were to plead guilty before a military commission.

Oil claims: 6 months of payments per each request (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 08:38 AM PDT

AP - The man in charge of providing compensation for victims of the Gulf oil spill says he's ready to give those eligible a full six months' worth of emergency payments on a single request.

Holder: US to watch Arizona for racial profiling (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 07:18 AM PDT

File - In this April 22, 2010 file photo, a Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols along the international border in Nogales, Ariz. At the heart of the debate over Arizona's tough new immigration law is frustration with how the U.S. deals with the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants within its borders. The federal government says its policy is to focus on dangerous, criminal immigrants, not the average worker who is just trying to earn a living and keeps his nose clean. There is just no way the government can find, arrest and deport so many people, they argue. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)AP - The Justice Department hasn't ruled out filing a second lawsuit challenging Arizona's immigration law if evidence shows racial profiling at work, Attorney General Eric Holder says.

Attorney general: Russian spies posed threat to US (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 10:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this in this April 7, 2004, file photo Igor Sutyagin, one of the four Russians recently booted from the country in a spy swap, stands behind bars as he listens to a verdict at a courtroom in Moscow. Igor Sutyagin, one of four Russians booted out of the country in a spy swap, is in a hotel somewhere near London with no British visa, still wearing his prison clothes, his brother said Saturday July 10, 2010. Sutyagin, an arms researcher, called his wife, Irina Manannikova, and said he was unsure what his next step would be or even whether he would try to stay in Britain, according to Dmitry Sutyagin. (AP Photo/File)AP - While they passed along no U.S. secrets, the 10 Russian sleeper agents involved in the spy swap posed a potential threat to the U.S. and received "hundreds of thousands of dollars" from Russia, Attorney General Eric Holder said.

Debt commission leaders paint gloomy picture (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 01:52 PM PDT

Erskine Bowles speaks during the closing plenary session at the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, Sunday, July 11, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - The heads of President Barack Obama's national debt commission painted a gloomy picture Sunday as the United States struggles to get its spending under control.

Napolitano meets with Brewer at governors meeting (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 02:18 PM PDT

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks with a reporter about her meeting with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano at the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, Sunday, July 11, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met privately on Sunday with her successor as Arizona governor as the Obama administration challenges the state's immigration law.

Leader of governors group focuses on college grads (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 11:05 AM PDT

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin speaks during a news conference at the opening of the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, Friday, July 9, 2010, in Boston. Manchin said Friday that 'it's highly likely' that he'll run for the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat but will make a decision next week. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - The incoming head of the National Governors Association said Sunday he will make increasing the number of students who complete college his focus during his scheduled yearlong tenure.

Japan ruling party reels after vote (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 03:48 PM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan gestures during his stump speech ahead of Sunday's upper house election in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, July 10, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japan's ruling party, mauled in Sunday's upper house election, faces an uphill struggle to win new allies to back its policies to cut back huge public debt and probably bitter infighting over whether the premier should quit.

Kennedy's clout could grow on high court (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy, left, and John Paul Stevens talk together while sitting for a group photo with other justices of the Supreme Court in Washington. With the retirement Stevens, Kennedy, who already decides whether liberals or conservatives win the Supreme Court's most closely contested cases, is about to take on an even more influential behind-the-scenes role. By virtue of seniority, Kennedy will inherit Stevens' power to choose the author of some court opinions, an authority that has historically been used — including in as big a case as the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision — to subtly shape a ruling or preserve a tenuous majority. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Justice Anthony Kennedy, who already decides whether liberals or conservatives win the Supreme Court's most closely contested cases, is about to take on an even more influential behind-the-scenes role with the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens.

Obama sets campaign mode to attack (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 12:10 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on July 9. Obama has decided that fiery self defense and withering mockery of Republicans are the best modes of attack, as he tries to save Democrats from a drubbing in November's elections.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - Barack Obama has decided that fiery self defense and withering mockery of Republicans are the best modes of attack as he tries to save Democrats from a drubbing in November's mid-term elections.

White House confident latest BP effort will work (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 10:21 AM PDT

People enjoy the beach before the arrival of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist , further U.S. Sen. Bob Graham and commissioner Terry D. Garcia members of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling for their meeting with officials and representatives from the panhandle at the Santa Rosa Island Authority on Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla., Sunday, July 11, 2010. Due to time constraints the site visit to walk on Pensacola Beach was canceled. The commission visited affected coastal communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida during the weekend. (AP Photo/Michael Spooneybarger)AP - A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the administration is confident that BP's latest effort to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will work.

Maine GOP gov candidate had Dickens-like childhood (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 10:00 AM PDT

In this June 15, 2010 photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage, laughs in response to a question during an interview in his office in Waterville, Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - Paul LePage was just 11 when another beating landed him in the hospital. At his bedside, he said, his father — a mill-worker whose blows had put him there — handed him a 50-cent piece.

Businesses step up criticism of Obama's agenda (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 05:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Some business groups, upset about budget and regulatory policies they say are costing jobs, are accusing President Barack Obama of pursuing an agenda that is hurting the U.S. economic recovery.

Obama: More post-traumatic stress help for vets (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 12:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, left, makes a statement in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. Obama in his weekly radio and online address Saturday, July 10, 2010, said the government is taking 'a long overdue step' to make it easier for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to receive federal benefits. The changes, which will be announced Monday, July 11, by Shinseki, will fulfill 'a solemn responsibility to provide our veterans and wounded warriors with the care and benefits they've earned when they come home,' he said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The government is taking what President Barack Obama calls "a long overdue step" to aid veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it easier for them to receive federal benefits.

Struggling states seeking more aid from Washington (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2010 12:47 AM PDT

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks at the Natural Resources Committee discussion group during the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, Saturday, July 10, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP - Governors hamstrung by the sluggish economic rebound in their states and bound to balance their own budgets are pressing anew for Washington to step up with more help, some say even if it means adding to the nation's red ink.

Dems hope voters remain in Empire State of mind (AP)

Posted: 10 Jul 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Rep. Michael Arcuri, D-N.Y., sits at his campaign headquarters in Utica, N.Y., in this photo taken June 26, 2010. The meanest words you can throw at Arcuri is that he's gone Washington; the 51-year-old sleeps in his Capitol Hill office during the week and returns home every weekend to Utica, where his wife, Sabrina, and their three children live. Arcuri identifies with his hometown, a former textile manufacturing hub in this sprawling, central New York congressional district. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth)AP - The meanest words you can throw at two-term New York Rep. Michael Arcuri is that he's gone Washington.

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