2010年7月16日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

US analyst, wife sentenced for spying for Cuba (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 04:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 205 file photo, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton gestures during a speech in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - The 73-year-old great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for quietly spying for Cuba for nearly a third of a century from inside the State Department. His wife was sentenced to 5 1/2 years.

Iranian defector could spend rest of life in fear (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 02:15 PM PDT

** ADD THE SON'S NAME ** Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, center, holds his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - For the moment, the Iranian scientist who returned to his homeland claiming he was abducted by the CIA is a national hero and a prime player in Tehran's propaganda war with the U.S.

Senators move to revive estate tax at reduced rate (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. walks into the weekly caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The federal estate tax would be revived, but at a reduced rate, under a plan being pushed by two senators, a Democrat and a Republican.

Obamas' Maine weekend: biking and ocean views (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 04:42 PM PDT

President Barack Obama steps off of Marine One before speaking to reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Cheered by a key victory in Congress and good news from the Gulf oil spill zone, a relaxed President Barack Obama began a weekend holiday Friday on a sun-dappled mountain peak overlooking the rocky Atlantic coast.

US-born radical cleric added to terror blacklist (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT

File - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The Obama administration has added the U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric accused of helping to plan the failed Christmas Day airline bombing to a terrorism blacklist, targeting him with sanctions aimed at cutting off his financial support. The Treasury Department placed Anwar al-Awlaki on its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Friday. That would aim to freeze his assets, bar Americans from sending him money and ban him from traveling to the U.S. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) ** MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES **AP - The Obama administration added a U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric to a terrorism blacklist Friday, targeting him with sanctions aimed at cutting off his financial support.

Ex-Manchin aide Goodwin tapped for Byrd seat (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 02:22 PM PDT

FILE- This Tuesday July 5, 2009 file photo shows Carte Goodwin, who was West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin's General Council, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Tuesday, July 5, 2005. Goodwin will be Gov. Joe Manchin's temporary appointee to the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd's seat. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File)AP - Gov. Joe Manchin appointed former chief counsel Carte Goodwin, a member of a prominent West Virginia family, on Friday to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

Poor grades to watchdog for Afghan reconstruction (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 01:10 PM PDT

AP - The inspector general investigating fraud, waste and abuse in the $51 billion Afghanistan reconstruction program has received a failing grade from his peers.

Senators look for smoking gun in BP-Lockerbie link (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 02:47 PM PDT

FILE - This is an undated file photo, issued by the Crown Office, of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Libyan man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing. (AP Photo/Crown Copyright) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY ** (AP Photo/ Crown Office, File )AP - BP's oil spill notoriety is reviving unwelcome attention from Congress on another issue: whether the oil company sought the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to help get a $900 million exploration agreement with Libya off the ground.

Colorado gov. candidate promises to repay money (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 05:34 PM PDT

FILE - In a Saturday, May 22, 2010 photo, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis talks to delegates at the Colorado Republican State Assembly in Loveland, Colo. McInnis faced new allegations of plagiarism Wednesday, July 14, 2010, a day after the Republican apologized for lifting part of a judge's work for a series of essays he passed off as his own. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis said Friday he will fully repay the $300,000 he received for plagiarized essays about water rights, and he said it should bring the issue to a close.

US pushing UN status for gay rights group (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration and 14 members of the U.S. Congress are urging the U.N. Economic and Social Council to accredit the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission so it can work at the United Nations.

What Uga the Ga. bulldog gets before he flies (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2008 file photo, Uga VII, the seventh English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia team, who died last football season, keeps to the sidelines in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)AP - Owners of bulldogs and pugs, beware: Short-snouted breeds accounted for roughly half the purebred dog deaths on airplanes in the past five years, government data released Friday shows. That comes as no surprise to the owner of the University of Georgia's famous mascot, Uga, who has a surgical procedure done on the dog to help him fly safely.

Cornyn: W. Va. Senate Race Will Be Competitive (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 02:59 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn on Friday warned that Democrats should not expect a cakewalk in the upcoming West Virginia special election to replace the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D).

First lady to make 2nd Gulf trip following spill (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 01:59 PM PDT

AP - First lady Michelle Obama is returning to the Gulf region next week to meet with Coast Guard personnel in Mississippi who have been responding to the massive oil spill.

Palin's Rivals for 2012 Republican Presidential Nom (Time.com)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Whether Sarah Palin runs for President or not, gaming out the 2012 GOP field is a puzzle

Obama seeks gain from financial reform victory (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 12:08 PM PDT

Reuters - The White House on Friday sought political gain from its victory on financial regulation legislation and put election-year pressure on Republicans for opposing the overhaul.

West Virginia governor names replacement for Senator Byrd (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 11:48 AM PDT

Carte Goodwin is seen in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Goodwin & Goodwin/HandoutReuters - West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin on Tuesday appointed his former general counsel, Carte Goodwin, as interim successor to Senator Robert Byrd, who died last month at age 92 after 57 years in Congress.

Jeb Bush to appear at Rand Paul fundraiser in Ky. (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 11:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 1, 2010, file photo, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul address a tea party rally in Shepherdsville, Ky. Republicans are outraising Democrats in nearly a dozen open Senate races, increasing their hopes of dramatically narrowing the Democrats' majority in November. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Tea party favorite Rand Paul is getting help from a well-known Republican later this month, when Jeb Bush will attend a fundraiser for the Kentucky Senate candidate.

2 Pa. TV stations reverse pulling of campaign ad (AP)

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 10:57 AM PDT

AP - Two Pittsburgh-area TV stations are reversing a decision to pull a commercial attacking Democratic policies and the voting record of U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak.

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