2010年8月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

In campaign mode, Obama makes Texas dash for cash (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 03:09 PM PDT

President Barack Obama holds up a personalized New Orleans Saints team jersey as he stands with the 2009 NFL Super Bowl NFL Football Champions New Orleans Saints, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. At rear left is Rita Benson LeBlanc, part owner and executive vice president. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Deep in the land of George W. Bush, President Barack Obama swept through Texas on Monday to gather Democratic cash and votes, pounding home education as not just an economic imperative but also a political wedge.

Critics rain on Spain getaway for first lady (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:53 PM PDT

Spain's King Juan Carlos, right, welcomes U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha, 9, on their arrival at the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. The White House says first lady Michelle Obama is in Spain for a private trip with longtime family friends. (AP Photo/Manu Mielniezuk)AP - It sounded simple enough: a mother-daughter getaway during the dogs days of August. But it's not so simple when Mom is the first lady of the United States. And the trip is to a luxury resort on Spain's Costa del Sol. During tough economic times at home.

Pentagon belt-tightening will cut jobs (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 03:38 PM PDT

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gestures during a news conference Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, at the Pentagon in Washington. Gates said Monday that tough economic times require that he shutter a major command that employs some 5,000 people in Norfolk, Va., and begin to eliminate other jobs throughout the military. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that tough economic times require that he shutter a major command that employs some 5,000 people around Norfolk, Va., and begin to eliminate other jobs throughout the military.

Honda recalling nearly 400K vehicles (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 03:20 PM PDT

FILE - This file photo made March 27, 2002, shows the Honda's new Element during the 2002 New York International Auto Show in New York. Honda Motor Co. said, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, is recalling vehicles and including 2003 model year Accord and Civics and 2003-2004 versions of the Honda Element. Honda told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the defect with the automatic transmissions could lead to a vehicle rolling away and increase the risk of a crash. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)AP - Honda Motor Co. is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars to address problems with an ignition switch that could allow the key to be removed without the transmission being shifted into park, its third recall over the problem since 2003.

Obama overtures to business fall flat (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:54 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Labeled antibusiness by Republicans and some corporate chiefs, President Barack Obama mounted a campaign to show he wasn't. But his charm offensive has hit a rocky patch.

First woman to head major US intelligence agency (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 11:38 AM PDT

Director of the National Geospatial-Inteligence Agency Letitia Long speaks during a change of director ceremony at the agency in Springfield, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Letitia A. Long became the first woman director of a major U.S. intelligence agency Monday, taking her post as chief of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency at a ceremony at the agency's half-built, high-tech campus in Springfield, Va.

US military aid to Lebanon put on hold (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT

AP - The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Monday he has suspended U.S. military aid to Lebanon's army amid growing concern in Congress that American-supplied weapons could threaten Israel.

Cheney out of hospital a month after heart surgery (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 02:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2009, file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Center For Security Policy dinner at Union Station in Washington. Cheney was released from a suburban Washington hospital on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, following surgery in July to install a pump that helps his failing heart work. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was released from a suburban Washington hospital on Monday following surgery last month to install a pump that helps his failing heart work.

House ethics panel outlines charges against Waters (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 03:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House ethics committee has formally charges Waters with three counts of ethics wrongdoing, including charges that she accepted special favors for a family member. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The House ethics committee on Monday announced three counts of alleged ethics violations against California Democrat Maxine Waters, including a charge that she requested federal help for a bank where her husband owned stock and had served on its board.

Dallas officer hurt while leading Obama motorcade (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:38 PM PDT

AP - Police say a Dallas officer suffered minor injuries when his motorcycle crashed as he led President Barack Obama's motorcade.

Conn. candidate's husband arrested in sign flap (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Police say the husband of a Republican candidate for Connecticut attorney general has been arrested following an altercation with a woman he saw removing campaign signs.

Obama attacks Bush policies in Bush's home state (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 03:20 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama attacked the economic policies of his Republican predecessor George W. Bush in Bush's home state on Monday as evidence of the way Republicans would operate if given power in November 2 U.S. congressional elections.

US voters could deal new blows to establishment candidates (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 02:48 PM PDT

Senator Michael Bennet (R) shakes hands with US President Barack Obama during fundraising reception for Bennet in February 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel in Denver. Embattled establishment candidates -- the latest but not the last in an election year defined by an anti-Washington mood -- await the verdict of US voters in Colorado's party primaries Tuesday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Embattled establishment candidates -- the latest but not the last in an election year defined by an anti-Washington mood -- await the verdict of US voters in Colorado's party primaries Tuesday.

Obama goes on the offensive deep in Republican territory (AFP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 02:01 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama, seen here addressing students at at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, took a swing at opposition Republicans on a campaign fund-raising trip to the state capital of Texas, accusing them of not being serious about governing.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Monday took a swing at opposition Republicans on a campaign fund-raising trip to the state capital of Texas, accusing them of not being serious about governing.

Democrat fundraising support for Crist grows (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 01:40 PM PDT

AP - The share of Democratic supporters donating to Charlie Crist's U.S. Senate campaign has multiplied since the Florida governor left the GOP in April to run as an independent, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

US Mideast envoy to press direct peace talks (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

Journalists watch Hezbollah video footage of a man who is claimed to be a Lebanese spy for Israel in the 1990's, Ahmed Nasrallah, saying that he had repeatedly tried mislead and falsely convince Rafik Hariri that Hezbollah intended to assassinate him, during a press conference for Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Aug. 9, 2010. Nasrallah offered up documents and other material that he said implicates Israel in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Among the material presented was what Nasrallah described as Israeli reconnaissance footage intercepted by Hezbollah of areas frequented by Hariri. Israel immediately dismissed the accusations as ridiculous.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - The Obama administration's special Mideast envoy is returning to the region for a lightning-fast visit this week in a bid to get Israel and the Palestinians to agree to direct peace talks by Sept. 1, U.S. officials said Monday.

Sorting when early memory loss signals big threat (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 11:24 AM PDT

AP - Doctors can't tell if Leif Utoft Bollesen's mild memory loss will remain an annoyance or worsen, but experimental checks of the Minnesota man's aging brain may offer clues.

Palin: Ga.'s Handel to 'fight like a mama grizzly' (AP)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 11:21 AM PDT

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a rally for Georgia Republican gubanatorial candidate Karen Handel, left, Monday Aug. 9 2010 in Atlanta. Handel will face Nathan Deal in a runoff Tuesday for the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Sarah Palin handed Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Karen Handel her conservative seal of approval on Monday in a tight Republican runoff, saying Handel would "fight like a mama grizzly" and help usher out the state's "good ol' boy network."

Michelle Obama's Spain vacation gives heartburn to critics (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 11:17 AM PDT

Reuters - First lady Michelle Obama caused a stir among the chattering class for a trip to Spain, but some Washington analysts called it a tempest in an August teapot, with no impact on her popularity or her husband's political standing.

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