2011年1月11日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Vt. senator cites shootings in fundraising letter (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:55 PM PST

AP - An independent U.S. senator from Vermont drew criticism Tuesday from Republicans for citing this past weekend's shootings in Arizona in a fundraising letter for his 2012 re-election campaign.

Miss. gov.: Time to build civil rights museum (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:48 PM PST

AP - Possible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour — under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi's civil rights era — said Tuesday night that his state should build a museum dedicated to the movement.

In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST

Speaking in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, alongside French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Barack Obama said the nation is still in shock over the shooting rampage in Arizona that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life, but he commended the courage of the people on the scene who rushed to help, saying their actions reflect the 'best of America.' (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity, centering his memorial speech in Tucson on the lives of the victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness.

NLRB nullifies Jimmy John's union vote results (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:16 PM PST

Reuters - A settlement between the National Labor Relations Board and the owners of Jimmy John's sandwich shops in Minneapolis has set aside a recent election in which workers narrowly rejected joining a union.

Obama, Lebanese prime minister to meet Wednesday (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 01:52 PM PST

AP - The White House says President Barack Obama will meet Wednesday with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (sahd hah-REER'-ee).

Obama marks anniversary of Haiti earthquake (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2010 file photo, people gather on the national day of mourning outside the earthquake damaged National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In 2010 crisis has piled upon crisis in Haiti. More than 230,000 are believed to have died in the quake, and more than a million remain homeless. A cholera epidemic broke out in the fall, and in its midst a dysfunctional election was held, its results still unclear. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)AP - President Barack Obama is honoring the memory of those who died in the Haiti earthquake as the one year anniversary of the disaster approaches.

Law's creative use could be key in DeLay appeal (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 01:10 PM PST

AP - The Texas money laundering law is usually associated with drug dealers or white collar criminals, and Tom DeLay's defense attorneys say they will try to keep the former U.S. House majority leader out of prison with an appeal that focuses largely on questions about whether the law was ever intended to apply to election violations.

Obama to deliver State of the Union speech Jan. 25 (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:39 PM PST

Speaking in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, alongside French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Barack Obama said the nation is still in shock over the shooting rampage in Arizona that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life, but he commended the courage of the people on the scene who rushed to help, saying their actions reflect the 'best of America.' (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama will deliver the State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 25, his first opportunity to address the full assembly of lawmakers under the new divided government.

Obama's State of the Union speech on January 25 (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:35 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks to the media about the shooting in Arizona during his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, January 10, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama's annual State of the Union address, when he will lay out his legislative priorities for the year, is to be on January 25.

Chamber backs repeal vote on healthcare reform (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:20 AM PST

Client Viola Sanon has her finger pricked for a blood sugar test in the Family Van in Boston, Massachusetts, August 9, 2010. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Corporate America's biggest lobbying group on Tuesday praised a more business-friendly tone from the White House, but backed Republican efforts to dismantle the Obama administration's healthcare overhaul.

US panel calls for oil spill safety body (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST

William Reilly (L) and former Sen. Bob Graham (R), co-chairmen of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, announce the findings of the commission's final report in Washington, DC. The commission concluded that only AFP - A presidential commission probing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Tuesday that industry practices must be overhauled and a tough new safety watchdog set up to avoid a repeat of the disaster that killed 11 men and caused huge environmental damage.

Spill report rekindles Democratic push for reform (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:15 PM PST

National Oil Spill Commission Co-Chairmen, Bob Graham, right, and William Reilly, take part in a news conference to discuss their report, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Democrats in Congress pledged Tuesday to push for tougher regulation of offshore drilling and to make oil companies more financially responsible for spills — steps a presidential panel says are necessary to prevent another catastrophic blowout.

In a pall, official Washington a stunned place (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 07:32 PM PST

President Barack Obama observes a moment of silence for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the other victims of an assassination attempt against her, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at the White House in Washington. The shooting at a town hall-style event outside a supermarket in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday left six dead, including a federal judge, and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The nation's capital lumbered to work in a pall Monday, somber from the Congress to the White House, as official Washington absorbed an assassination attempt against one of its own. Giving voice to the grief, President Barack Obama conceded that everyone was still in shock.

Sarkozy assures Obama he sees dollar as "No. 1" (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 07:30 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. Sarkozy Monday warned against showing weakness to Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy assured President Barack Obama on Monday he recognized the U.S. dollar's role as the world's "No. 1 currency," as the two leaders pledged to coordinate ideas for reforming the international economic system.

Shooting tests US West love affair with guns (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 06:21 PM PST

Tom Rompel, the owner of the Black Weapons Armory store in Tucson, Arizona, speaks to customers on January 10, 2011 in front of his wide selection of guns. Rompel staunchly opposes any efforts to curb gun ownership, dismissing the assailant in a shooting that critically injured a congresswoman as a AFP - Months before she was shot in the head, US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords won a tight re-election battle vowing to be "moderate" -- including by staunchly backing the right to own guns.

Obama urges U.S. to pull together after Arizona rampage (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 06:20 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama mourned victims of an Arizona gunman on Monday and steered clear of a debate on whether harsh political rhetoric inspired the attack on a congresswoman.

Supreme Court: Did it just hint at stance on a health-care law challenge? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 02:20 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - In a case with potential implications for legal challenges to the Obama health-care reform law, the US Supreme Court on Monday refused to examine whether Congress overstepped its authority when it made it a federal crime for a convicted felon to possess a bullet-proof vest.

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