2010年7月25日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Leaks provide ground-level account of Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 04:44 PM PDT

The United States on Sunday denounced the release of documents that allegedly show Pakistan's military spy service is guiding the Afghan insurgency, National Security Advisor James Jones, pictured in March 2010, said.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures.

Ex-CIA chief: Strike on Iran seems more likely now (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 09:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2006, file photo, Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, at his confirmation hearing to head the CIA before the Senate Intelligence Committee. On July 25, 2010, Hayden said military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)AP - A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program.

Geithner favors allowing some tax cuts to expire (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 06:05 AM PDT

The US economy is AP - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that allowing tax cuts for the wealthy to expire would be "the responsible thing to do."

Uncertain future for Reid despite rebound in Nev. (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 05:30 AM PDT

Sen. Harry Reid answers questions during the Netroots Nation convention at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Reid faces Republican and tea party favorite Sharron Angle this November in his bid to keep representing Nevada. (AP Photo/Louie Traub)AP - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid's chances for six more years in Washington may be like tossing dice in a casino, even if he has made headway against Republican challenger Sharron Angle in a state with the nation's highest rate of joblessness.

Medical marijuana to be OK in some VA clinics (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 01:25 AM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows marijuana plants in Seattle. Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it's legal, according to new federal guidelines. The directive from the Veterans Affairs Department in the coming week is intended to clarify current policy that says veterans can be denied pain medication if they use illegal drugs. Veterans groups have complained for years that this could bar veterans from VA benefits if they were caught using medical marijuana. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP - Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it's legal, according to new federal guidelines.

Rangel says he seeks fairness in ethics case (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 07:12 PM PDT

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., is greeted by a supporter as he arrives at a health care forum at Harlem Hospital, Saturday, July 24, 2010 in New York. Rangel says he doesn't want 'any special breaks' when it comes to charges that he violated ethics rules. The 80-year-old congressman got a warm welcome when he arrived at a hospital in New York City's Harlem section on Saturday to speak about health care reform. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel says he doesn't want "any special breaks" when it comes to charges that he violated ethics rules.

Obama urges liberals to 'keep up the fight' (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 05:15 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on July 23. In his weekly radio address, Obama has praised a Wall Street reform law enacted this week and rejected a Republican plan to jump-start the economy, saying it would take the country backward.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AP - President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders sought to soothe relations with the party's disgruntled left wing Saturday in advance of elections in which Republican gains could upend the White House agenda.

In Ariz. Senate race, Hayworth hopes to slay giant (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 07:18 PM PDT

AP - J.D. Hayworth has a busy resume for his 52 years — college football player, sportscaster, congressman, talk-radio host, even an infomercial pitchman. He's hoping to add two more titles — giant-slayer and U.S. senator.

Alaska gov restores calm after stormy Palin tenure (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 12:20 PM PDT

AP - Perhaps Sean Parnell's greatest accomplishment so far as governor is that he's not Sarah Palin.

Bomb in central Bangkok kills 1 and wounds 10 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 09:40 AM PDT

A policeman stands guard at a polling station in Bangkok, July 25, 2010. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangReuters - A bomb at a Bangkok bus stop killed one person and wounded at least 10 on Sunday after polls closed in a parliamentary by-election seen as a referendum on recent political unrest.

Gingrich to decide on White House run after election (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 08:46 AM PDT

Newt Gingrich is the keynote speaker on the subject of the new federal health care law Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at a Georgia Chamber luncheon at the InterContinental Hotel in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Jenni Girtman)Reuters - Republican former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Sunday he will decide after November's congressional elections whether he will make a run for the White House in 2012.

GOP's Kirk on defensive after latest discrepancy (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 06:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 29, 2010 file photo, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk speaks at a news conference in Northbrook, Ill. Since Kirk acknowledged embellishing his military record, the slightest discrepancy in his life story prompts another round of news coverage questioning his honesty as he makes a bid for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. The focus this time is a defining story of Kirk's youth that he tells frequently, about nearly drowning when his sailboat capsized in Lake Michigan when he was 16 years old. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Since Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk acknowledged embellishing his military record, the slightest discrepancy in his life story prompts another round of news coverage questioning his honesty as he makes a bid for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

For Obama, race means repeated distractions (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 06:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 23, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Right when President Barack Obama should have been making political hay over big-deal legislative triumphs, race once again blew in with a storm of distraction.

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