2011年3月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Tucson suspect charged with murders of judge, aide (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:10 PM PST

FILE - This combination of file photos released Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Jared Loughner . The suspect in the Tucson shootings that critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was charged on new counts that include the murders of a federal judge and a congressional aide, according to an indictment released Friday, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Office, File)AP - Federal prosecutors on Friday announced new charges against the suspect in the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, accusing him of killing six people and wounding 13 others who were exercising the fundamental American "right to meet freely, openly and peaceably with their member of Congress."


With a Bush at his side, Obama promotes education (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:10 PM PST

President Barack Obama is introduced by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, right, before speaking at Miami Central Senior High School in Miami, Friday, March 4, 2011, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is at center. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Joining forces with the Bush political family, President Barack Obama on Friday tried to lift up his education agenda in politically vital Florida, saying his government is determined to help the nation's worst performing schools rebound. Said Obama: "I am not willing to give up on any school in America."


Coroner: Miss. boy found in oven died from heat (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PST

AP - A toddler whose body was found inside the electric oven at his family's home died from heat injuries, according to preliminary results from medical examiners released Friday.

Harvard president welcomes ROTC after 4-decade ban (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:04 PM PST

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, shakes hands with Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust after signing an agreement Friday, March 4, 2011 that will recognize the Naval ROTC's formal presence on campus in Cambridge, Mass. It marks the official return of ROTC at Harvard since it was ended during the Vietnam War era, and acknowledges the military's plan to end the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, which Harvard and other schools have seen as discriminatory against their students. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Harvard University officially welcomed the ROTC back Friday as other elite campuses considered whether to lift their decades-old bans now that Congress has voted to allow gays to serve openly in the military.


Obama sees 'huge opportunity' in Mideast uprisings (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says the uprisings across the Middle East offer a "huge opportunity" for the U.S. as a new generation awakens to opportunities in the larger world.

Photo shows Giffords morning of shooting rampage (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:55 PM PST

This Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shows the Arizona congresswoman listening intently as she talks with two of her constituents, one of whom also was injured, in Tucson, Ariz. Shortly after the photo was taken, a man walked quickly up to the group and shot Giffords and 18 other people.  (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) NO SALESAP - A photo taken of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shortly before a shooting rampage erupted in Tucson shows the congresswoman listening intently as she talks with two of her constituents, one of whom also was injured.


Illinois Hotels Love Wayward Democrats (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:39 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Legislators gone wild. It's an image most voters would rather not think about, but Democratic lawmakers from Wisconsin, and now Indiana, have been supplying the imaginations of fellow Americans with possible "on the lam" scenarios for weeks.

Obama Doctrine of Humility and American Unexceptionalsim (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:39 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Ed Morrissey at Hot Air posses an interesting question: What is the Obama Doctrine? This question has arisen most recently because of the President's lackluster response to the Libyan Civil War.

Jewish groups oppose circumcision ban in US city (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:16 PM PST

A Jewish group is pictured in Washington DC 2010. Jewish groups are angry over an attempt to outlaw male circumcision in the western US city of San Francisco by putting the issue to a popular vote.(AFP/File/Rod Lamkey Jr)AFP - Jewish groups are angry over an attempt to outlaw male circumcision in the western US city of San Francisco by putting the issue to a popular vote.


Obama takes first steps on road to 2012 elections (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:52 PM PST

Democratic Party donors take pictures of U.S. President Barack Obama with their cellphones during a Democratic Party fundraiser in Miami March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama took the first steps on the road to the 2012 elections on Friday, presiding over the first of many fund-raising events to ensure his Democrats can compete against the Republicans.


Prosecution of Ind. elections chief could be tough (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PST

A signed photo of Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White hangs with those of other public officials at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 3, 2011. A grand jury in Hamilton county has indicted White on seven felony counts, including voter fraud and perjury. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)AP - Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White's excuse that a busy schedule and new marriage caused him to give the wrong address at a polling place could be a feasible defense to voter fraud and other criminal allegations he now faces, a legal expert said Friday.


GWU student group wants ’sage’ Sheen over Bloomberg for graduation (Daily Caller)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:47 PM PST

Daily Caller - Sheen for GWU, a group of George Washington University students that recently launched a campaign to get actor Charlie Sheen to speak at the 2012 graduation ceremony, released an official public statement Friday on why they're attempting to get the troubled former "Two and a Half Men" star to deliver the keynote address.

Obama on unemployment rate: 'That's progress' (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:18 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks about education at Miami Central Senior High School in Miami, Florida. Looking on are Education Secretary Arne Duncan (C) and former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R). In a case of strange political bedfellows, Obama and Jeb Bush, the son and brother of presidents, shared a stage in Florida to push for education reform on Friday.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AP - President Barack Obama says that a slight dip in the unemployment rate to 8.9 percent is a sign of continued progress but that keeping that momentum going is important to the economic recovery.


US condemns Belarus crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:50 PM PST

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko signs an act of taking an oath during an inauguration ceremony at the Palace of the Republic in Minsk, on January 2011. The United States on Friday condemned Lukashenko's government for its harsh crackdown against those contesting his re-election last year.(AFP/POOL/File/Vasily Fedosenko)AFP - The United States on Friday condemned Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's government for its harsh crackdown against those contesting his re-election last year.


Treasury to congressional panel: TARP worked (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:46 PM PST

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner walks from the West Wing of the White House, March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - The Treasury's man in charge of the government's $700 billion financial bailout program has two words for congressional overseers: It worked.


Budget wranglers find 'entitlement cuts' and 'tax hikes' still dirty words (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:32 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - To solve America's rising debt crisis, would Republicans in Congress ever agree to reform the tax code in a way that boosts federal revenues (aka a tax increase)? Would Democrats ever concede changes to Social Security?

Ready for another war? Congressional leaders push for U.S. action in Libya (Daily Caller)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:27 PM PST

Daily Caller - With the Obama administration hesitating to take definitive action in Libya, a bipartisan group of congressional leaders are pushing to impose a no-fly zone to protect civilians and rebels from Muammar Gaddafi's air force — a decision experts say would amount to an act of war.

US unveils new charges in Tucson shooting spree (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:23 PM PST

A flag flies outside the Sandra Day O'Connor federal courthouse January 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona. Prosecutors announced a new 49-count indictment Friday charging Jared Loughner with multiple murders and the attempted assassination of a US congresswoman in an Arizona shooting spree.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Eric Thayer)AFP - Prosecutors announced a new 49-count indictment Friday charging Jared Loughner with multiple murders and the attempted assassination of a US congresswoman in an Arizona shooting spree.


F-35 engine cut from Senate budget plan (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 11:59 AM PST

Reuters - A Senate Democratic budget proposal released on Friday would eliminate funding for an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in a blow to its manufacturers, General Electric Co and Rolls-Royce Plc.

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