2010年12月1日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

UN presses I.Coast on deadlocked presidential vote (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:51 PM PST

United Nations' Jordanian peacekeepers stand guard in front of the Independent Electoral Commission headquarters in Abidjan. Ivory Coast's landmark presidential election was deadlocked Thursday after a deadline passed with no winner announced despite world powers urging a resolution amid fears of fresh unrest.(AFP/Seyllou)AFP - Ivory Coast's landmark presidential election was deadlocked Thursday after a deadline for results passed with no winner despite world powers urging a resolution amid fears of fresh unrest.

Judge seeks speedy decision in AK Senate case (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2010 file photo, Republican Joe Miller speaks with reporters during a news conference in Juneau, Alaska. Alaska's bitterly contested Senate election went to state court Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, when Miller sued the state over the way write-in ballots for his GOP rival have been counted. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)AP - A state court judge has set arguments for next week in Republican Joe Miller's challenge of the Alaska U.S. Senate race.

White House vows to strengthen ties with Dem govs (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:16 PM PST

Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md., gestures during the Democratic Governors Association luncheon in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The White House on Wednesday pledged to work more closely with the nation's Democratic governors after a tumultuous election year marked by a strained relationship.

Obama gets Powell's backing on START nuclear deal (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:53 PM PST

President Barack Obama talks with reporters after his meeting with former Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, on the importance of ratifying the New START Treaty, and efforts to reduce the high school drop-out rate, in the Oval Office at the White in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. They were joined in the meeting by Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama rallied support for a stalled nuclear treaty from former Secretary of State Colin Powell Wednesday, as Republican lawmakers indicated a greater willingness to ratify the agreement with Russia by the end of the year.

GOP says it'll block bills until tax cuts extended (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, accompanied by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., center, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers, after taking Thanksgiving week off, arrive Monday along with the Capitol Christmas tree for the final leg of the lame duck session to face a daunting agenda. Topping the list are the Bush tax cuts, enacted in 2001 and 2003, and due to expire at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Senate Republicans threatened Wednesday to block virtually all legislation until expiring tax cuts are extended and a bill is passed to fund the federal government, vastly complicating Democratic attempts to leave their own stamp on the final days of the post-election Congress.

White House says Obama to visit NC on Monday (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 02:27 PM PST

AP - White House officials say President Barack Obama will visit North Carolina on Monday to talk about the economy.

Obama says confident on getting tax cut deal (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:29 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama expressed confidence on Wednesday that Democrats and Republicans would be able to break a political deadlock and reach a deal on soon-to-expire Bush-era tax cuts.

Steelman to run against Mo. Sen. McCaskill in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:07 AM PST

AP - Former Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman launched a challenge Wednesday to Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, seeking to gain some early momentum by becoming the first Republican to enter the 2012 race for the Missouri Senate seat.

Maryland governor heading up DGA (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:04 AM PST

AP - Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is taking over as chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.

Clinton, Obama lobby for US World Cup bid (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 09:37 AM PST

Former US president Bill Clinton arrives to the FIFA headquarters in Zurich to voice support for the US 2022 World Cup bid final on the eve of the crucial vote.(AFP/Philippe Desmazes)AFP - Presidents past and present voiced support for the United States' 2022 World Cup bid here Wednesday as Barack Obama and Bill Clinton appealed to FIFA chiefs on the eve of the crucial vote.

U.S. won't allow drilling in Atlantic, off Florida (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 03:42 PM PST

Unused oil rigs sit in the Gulf of Mexico near Port Fourchon, Louisiana August 11, 2010. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - The Obama administration on Wednesday reversed its decision to allow drilling in Atlantic coast waters and offshore Florida, moving cautiously in the wake of BP's massive oil spill.

Deficit panel's painful budget draws challenges (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST

Debt Commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, left, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, speak during a meeting of the commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - A painful package of spending cuts and tax increases drew sharp challenges from both the left and right on President Barack Obama's deficit commission Wednesday, putting approval in doubt. However, both parties' Senate budget point men embraced the plan, and even opponents called it a starting point for efforts next year to control the nation's ballooning debt.

US hails Taiwan's key mayoral elections (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 06:40 AM PST

A hand out picture released by Taiwan's Presidential Office shows visiting US envoy Raymond Burghardt being greeted by Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (R) at the Presidential Office in Taipei on December 1. Burghardt hailed Taiwan's mayoral elections, saying their peaceful outcome showed the island's democracy had matured despite the election-eve shooting of a campaigner at a rally.(AFP/HO/Taiwan Presidential Office)AFP - A US envoy on Wednesday hailed Taiwan's mayoral elections, saying their peaceful outcome showed the island's democracy had matured despite the election-eve shooting of a campaigner at a rally.

Russian fury on eve of World Cup vote (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST

Last-ditch lobbying for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups cranked into overdrive Wednesday as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, pictured in November 2010, launched a scathing attack on England's bid on the eve of the vote.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Last-ditch lobbying for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups cranked into overdrive Wednesday as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin launched a thinly veiled attack against England's bid on the eve of the vote.

House rookies a millionaires club (Politico)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:53 AM PST

Politico - They campaigned on bringing Main Street principles to Congress, but a large chunk of the rookie class of House Republicans will be bringing something else to Washington: personal wealth.

What brings parties together? Doubts over bipartisanship (Politico)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:44 AM PST

Politico - President Barack Obama achieved bipartisan consensus on at least one issue Tuesday: Democrats and Republicans were united in their skepticism of his latest effort to bridge the partisan divide.

Va. judge dismisses challenge to Obama health care (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:20 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama is flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L) as he makes a statement about the House of Representatives' final passage of health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstAP - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Liberty University's lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's new federal health care law, declaring that a provision requiring most individuals to obtain insurance is constitutional.

McCain Blames Times for WikiLeaks (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:55 PM PST

The Daily Beast - The senator doesn’t go as far as Sarah Palin, who ripped Obama for the documents “fiasco,” but he calls the Times’ publishing of the cables “hurtful.” McCain talks to Howard Kurtz about the diplomatic fallout, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and more.

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