2010年11月29日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Monitors give Haiti elections the green light (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 05:11 PM PST

Voting officials count the votes inside a vote center at the Lycee National in the upscale Port-au-Prince suburb of Petion-Ville. International election monitors declared Haiti's vital post-quake elections valid Monday, while two leading presidential candidates rowed back on allegations the polls had been rigged.(AFP/Hector Retamal)AFP - International election monitors declared Haiti's vital post-quake elections valid, while two leading presidential candidates rowed back on allegations the polls had been rigged.

Haiti Election Violence yet Another Crisis for Impoverished Nation (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 05:01 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - Haiti's presidential and parliamentary elections were the subject of turmoil on Nov. 28 as protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against a widespread cholera epidemic. The Associated Press reports that despite international aid, many residents of Port-au-Prince are still impoverished after a devastating earthquake in January.

Governors seek 'road map' for N. Rockies wolves (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:59 PM PST

AP - After years of legal wrangling over wolf management, the Obama administration and three governors on Monday discussed crafting an end-game — including whether Congress should pull the plug on the debate by declaring the animals' numbers have fully recovered in the Northern Rockies.

Dem state lawmakers defecting to GOP post-election (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2007 file photo, Rep. Alan Powell, D-Hartwell, reads at his seat in the House in Atlanta. Powell, who served for two decades as a Democrat, joined the Republican caucus in Nov. 2010 after concluding it would allow him to get off the 'sidelines' and again be a player on key issues. In state capitols across the country, at least a dozen Democratic state lawmakers have defected to Republican ranks since the Nov. 2 election. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - Staggering Election Day losses are not the Democratic Party's final indignity this year. At least 13 state lawmakers in five states have defected to Republican ranks since the Nov. 2 election, adding to already huge GOP gains in state legislatures. And that number could grow as next year's legislative sessions draw near.

Recount redux: Minn. sorts ballots in gov. race (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:18 PM PST

A recount worker holds up a ballot for two observers to see as the recount in the Minnesota governor's race began Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 in Minneapolis. Democrat Mark Dayton is hoping the recount confirms his nearly 8,800-vote lead over Republican Tom Emmer. More than 2.1 million votes must be recounted in a process that will run into next week. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Barely an hour into a statewide recount of Minnesota's close race for governor Monday, a volunteer for Democrat Mark Dayton gestured toward an 8-inch stack of ballots awaiting a second look.

Obama to host top critics, nuclear pact in balance (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:52 PM PST

US President Barack Obama hosts his top congressional allies and adversaries Tuesday for talks on boosting the US economy, averting a tax hike and saving an arms control agreement with Russia.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama hosts his top congressional allies and adversaries Tuesday for talks on boosting the US economy, averting a tax hike and saving an arms control agreement with Russia.

Obama proposes freeze in federal worker pay (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:44 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama proposed a two-year freeze on Monday on the pay of federal workers and vowed to work with Republicans to cut the ballooning U.S. budget deficit.

Judge moves Alaska Senate case to Juneau (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:42 PM PST

AP - A state court judge has moved a lawsuit over Alaska's still-disputed U.S. Senate race from Fairbanks to the state capital, Juneau.

Obama and GOP, room for deals and confrontations (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:31 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers a statement to members of the media in the in the Old Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - In the first test of Washington's new political alignment, President Barack Obama will meet with Republican leaders Tuesday with the nation's tax rates and a nuclear arms treaty in doubt.

Judge blocks Okla. Islamic law vote certification (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:26 PM PST

AP - A federal judge on Monday granted a request to prevent the state of Oklahoma from certifying election results for a constitutional amendment that would bar state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases.

Blyleven and Alomar hope to take final Cooperstown step (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:07 PM PST

Reuters - Former pitcher Bert Blyleven and second baseman Roberto Alomar hope to take the final step into baseball's Hall of Fame after their near misses last year as the 2011 ballots for election were sent out Monday.

Deaths, cheating claims mar I.Coast election (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:28 PM PST

A woman walks past burnt cars parked outside the house of a supporter of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo in the central-eastern city of Gagnoa. Rival camps Monday traded allegations of fraud in Ivory Coast's presidential election, a landmark poll marred by violence that has left at least seven people dead.(AFP/Seyllou)AFP - Rival camps traded allegations of abuses in Ivory Coast's presidential election as first results began to trickle in Monday after polls marred by deadly violence.

Palin blasts Obama for WikiLeaks (Politico)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:57 PM PST

Politico - Sarah Palin says the U.S. government’s inability to stop the latest WikiLeaks release is all President Barack Obama’s fault.

Supreme Court to review Ariz. campaign finance law (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:37 AM PST

AP - Less than a year after removing most limits on election spending by corporations and organized labor, the Supreme Court is signaling trouble for another campaign law that aims to curtail the political power of big money.

Citing deficit, Obama freezing federal worker pay (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:53 AM PST

President Barack Obama delivers a statement to members of the media in the in the Old Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama announced a pay freeze for 2 million federal employees Monday and warned the American public that the move is the first of many difficult decisions that must be made to slash the nation's mounting deficits.

Pundits react to WikiLeaks dump (Politico)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:15 AM PST

Politico - Pundits react to the thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents made public by the site.

When Will Meghan McCain Tell Us She Despises Sarah Palin? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:17 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - Anyone else getting the feeling that if Meghan McCain doesn't soon come clean and announce to the world that she simply despises Sarah Palin, the 26-year-old daughter of Senator John McCain is going to explode?

Congress GOP leaders to meet with governors (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:07 AM PST

AP - Top Republicans in Congress are meeting with more than a dozen GOP governors this week to discuss spending cuts, job creation and repealing President Barack Obama's health care law.

Obama to meet Wal-Mart CEO Duke on Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:48 AM PST

Wal-Mart Stores Inc Chief Executive Mike Duke smiles during a business conference themed 'Fulfilling India's Economic Promise' organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi October 26, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - President Barack Obama will meet Wal-Mart Stores Inc chief executive Mike Duke on Monday as part of ongoing outreach efforts toward the business community, the White House said.

John McCain Tells CNN that 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Is Working (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:46 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - The Department of Defense has moved up its release of a comprehensive internal study of a policy regarding gays in military by one day in order to accommodate the Senate Armed Services committee.

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