2010年7月13日星期二

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections

Defector do-over? Iran scientist wants to go home (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT

This frame grab image taken from a video posted on YouTube and which appeared on Iranian television on June 7, 2010, shows a man whom Iranian broadcasters identified as Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri. In this video, posted to YouTube immediately after another video was posted in which Amiri, speaking in Farsi, claims he was kidnapped by American and Saudi intelligence agents and taken to the U.S., the man also identifies himself as Shahram Amiri, an Iranian citizen. But in this second video, Amiri says he is in the United States with the intention of obtaining an academic degree, that he is safe and that the 'rumors and accusations made against him in the past year are untrue.' In this video, there is no context about who made it, who he is speaking to or where, and he does not give the date of when he is speaking. Amiri, who sought refuge at a Pakistani embassy office in Washington Monday July 12, 2010 and who Iran claims was abducted, is free to return to his homeland, the State Department said Tuesday. (AP Photo)AP - An Iranian scientist sought refuge in the Pakistani Embassy compound and asked to go home, an apparent defection gone wrong that could embarrass the U.S. and its efforts to gather intelligence on Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

12th person detained in Russian spy case deported (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:25 PM PDT

This courtroom drawing shows the ten alleged spy suspects in a New York courtroom on July 8. The United States has expelled a man who was reported to be a 12th Russian agent in the espionage ring that end last week with a Cold War-style spy swap, a US official said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shirley Shepard)AP - A Russian man who became the 12th person taken into custody in the recent spy ring investigation has been deported from the United States, the Homeland Security Department said Tuesday.

Opponent knocks Obama's endorsement of white rep (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a white incumbent who represents a majority black district in Memphis, landed the endorsement of President Barack Obama on Tuesday — and harsh criticism from his black opponent in the primary.

Senate panel sets hearing for intelligence chief (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:06 PM PDT

AP - The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday scheduled a confirmation hearing for President Barack Obama's nominee for national intelligence director, a sign of a shift in a standoff between congressional Democrats and the White House.

Moment of truth for energy bill (Politico)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 02:39 AM PDT

Politico - The next three weeks represent Democrats’ last, best shot at getting an energy and climate change bill passed this year.

Major banking bill faces final vote this week (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, accompanied by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Democrat leaders will work this week to secure the last votes needed to pass legislation imposing the most sweeping new rules on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. It needs 60 votes in the Senate. Reid delayed a final Senate vote until after the July 4th holiday because of the death of Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., and hesitation from three Republicans who had previously supported the legislation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday secured the 60 votes he needs in the Senate to pass a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations, all but ensuring that he soon will sign into law one of the top initiatives of his presidency.

Mine official seeks quick passage of safety bill (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:59 PM PDT

AP - The nation's top mine safety official urged quick passage Tuesday of a bill that would crack down on mines with safety problems — despite industry complaints that the legislation is too punitive.

Obama promises commitment to combating HIV/AIDS (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:59 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday a new strategy for combating HIV and AIDS fulfills America's obligation to stopping the spread of the virus and rooting out the inequities and attitudes on which it thrives.

Colo. governor candidate apologizes for plagiarism (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT

AP - Republican Scott McInnis apologized to voters Tuesday for lifting part of a judge's work for a series of essays on water rights that the gubernatorial candidate had passed off as his own.

Gov't hopes new drilling moratorium can survive (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:10 PM PDT

Vessels operate in the area of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. BP officials have placed a containment cap over the leak in hopes that the flow of oil will be diminished. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - Rebuffed twice by the courts, the Obama administration is making another attempt to get a moratorium on deep-water drilling, stressing new evidence of safety concerns and no longer basing the moratorium on water depth.

Republicans propose cutting Obama budget (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT

AP - Republicans in the Senate are backing a plan to shave $20 billion from President Barack Obama's budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

APNewsBreak: Ariz gov rival suspends campaign (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 04:22 PM PDT

AP - The last main rival to Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer suspended his campaign Tuesday, likely clearing the way for a GOP primary win for the incumbent whose popularity has risen sharply following her signing of the state's tough new illegal immigration law.

Court tosses part of Conn. campaign funding law (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:35 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court ruling on Tuesday threw out part of Connecticut's public campaign financing law and further handicapped the concept of giving extra money to publicly funded candidates who are outspent by well-financed opponents.

GOP runoff in Ala. for House seat held by Democrat (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:33 PM PDT

AP - A mainstream Republican was challenged by a tea party activist Tuesday in the GOP runoff for a southeast Alabama congressional seat that Republicans hope to reclaim.

Obama, Dems tee up potentially tough votes for GOP (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:13 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, accompanied by his nominee for Budget Director Jacob Lew, makes remarks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2010, during his announcement of Lew. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats have settled on an agenda for the final weeks before Congress' summer recess that could force Republicans to take tough votes on populist issues like unemployment insurance and a small business loan program.

Senators seek probe into alleged BP-Lockerbie link (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:53 PM PDT

AP - The four senators from New Jersey and New York on Tuesday asked the U.S. State Department to investigate whether oil giant BP played a role in winning last year's release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie airliner bombing.

Billboard linking Obama, Hitler draws complaints (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:19 PM PDT

AP - A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group that compares President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin is drawing sharp criticism — even from fellow tea party activists who have condemned it as offensive and a waste of money.

Ambitious timetable for electronic medical records (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:16 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration on Tuesday rolled out an ambitious five-year plan for moving doctors and hospitals to computerized medical records, promising greater safety for patients and lower costs.

EBay shareholders seek details of Whitman deal (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 02:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 23, 2010 file photo, registered Nurse Bernardo Gutierrez joins other members of the California Nurses Association and their supporters in wearing blonde wigs as they demonstrated outside a private fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman at the Sutter Club in Sacramento, Calif. Whitman has set her sights on the attention-grabbing nurses union as part of her larger campaign against California's Democratically aligned public employee unions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)AP - Two eBay shareholders have asked the online auction company to release details of a confidential settlement it paid to a staffer who accused then-CEO Meg Whitman of pushing her.

发贴者：iwvck8 时间 17:22 0 条评论

bnzv