2011年1月26日星期三

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections


White House renominates Berwick as Medicare chief (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 05:35 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama has renominated Donald M. Berwick to be Medicare chief six months after bypassing the Senate and installing him in the job in a recess appointment, the White House announced Wednesday.

Obama caught in Washington's wintry weather (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 05:28 PM PST

The motorcade carrying President Barack Obama makes its way through a snowstorm near Morningside, Md, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, en route to the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Heavy snow and icy roads Wednesday night created hazardous condition for President Barack Obama as he returned to the White House from a trip to Wisconsin.


Colombia presses US for trade vote this year (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 04:52 PM PST

Reuters - Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to work with the U.S. Congress to approve a long-delayed bilateral trade deal this year

Omaha mayor promotes unity after recall vote scare (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 04:41 PM PST

Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle greets supporters at a luncheon Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 in Omaha, Neb.   (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)AP - Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle appears to have survived this week's recall election, but his narrow victory doesn't say much for the way he's run Nebraska's largest city.


Facebook phones to be unveiled next month (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:59 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificateRoger Ailes says that he met with Bill Clinton about a FOX News show

US welcomes opening of Afghan parliament (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:45 PM PST

Afghan members of the parliament take the oath on the Holy Koran during the opening of the new parliament in Kabul. The United States welcomed the move calling it a AFP - The United States welcomed the opening of the Afghan parliament Wednesday, calling it a "significant milestone," and urged the start of a dialogue on election reform.


Obama's address watched on TV by 43 million (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:31 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/PoolReuters - Almost 43 million Americans tuned in to watch President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech live on television, according to TV ratings provider Nielsen.


House passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:19 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerRon Paul reintroduces ‘Audit the Fed’ legislationFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificate

MSNBC squashes rumor that Alec Baldwin will replace Olbermann (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:05 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerRon Paul reintroduces ‘Audit the Fed’ legislationFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificate

Medicare official doubts health care law savings (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:49 PM PST

AP - Two of the central promises of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are unlikely to be fulfilled, Medicare's independent economic expert told Congress on Wednesday.

Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to ‘get rid of this aisle!’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:04 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerRon Paul reintroduces ‘Audit the Fed’ legislationFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificate

Mitt Romney and Chris Christie have dinner together (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:59 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificateRoger Ailes says that he met with Bill Clinton about a FOX News show

‘Celebrity journalist’ Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificate (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:32 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerRon Paul reintroduces ‘Audit the Fed’ legislationFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificate

Roger Ailes says that he met with Bill Clinton about a FOX News show (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:13 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerRon Paul reintroduces ‘Audit the Fed’ legislationFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificate

Budget deficit to hit $1.48 trillion (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. budget deficit this year will jump nearly 40 percent over prior forecasts, mostly due to the mammoth tax-cut package brokered by President Barack Obama and lawmakers last month, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday.

Republicans begin process of regulatory review, with eye trained on Environemntal Protection Agency (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 12:45 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificateRoger Ailes says that he met with Bill Clinton about a FOX News show

US lawmakers vote to scrap public election funds (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 12:37 PM PST

The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, on January 25. US lawmakers voted Wednesday to scrap federal funding for presidential campaigns, a move the White House assailed as handing ever-greater power over US politics to deep-pocketed special interests.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - US lawmakers voted Wednesday to scrap federal funding for presidential campaigns, a move the White House assailed as handing ever-greater power over US politics to deep-pocketed special interests.


Which Green Day song is on Paul Ryan’s iPod? (Daily Caller)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 12:28 PM PST

Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerRon Paul reintroduces ‘Audit the Fed’ legislationFacebook phones to be unveiled next monthHouse passes repeal of public financing for presidential campaigns Down in the polls, Nelson wants the Senate to 'get rid of this aisle!''Celebrity journalist' Mike Evans: I never spoke to Abercrombie about Obama birth certificate

Republicans rebuff Obama spending plan (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:35 PM PST

US President Barack Obama tours Orion Energy Systems, a power technology company that designs, manufactures and deploys energy efficiency and renewable energy technology for commercial and industrial business, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Obama on Wednesday landed in the US electoral battleground to sell his State of the Union message, even as Republicans plotted to undermine it with spending cuts.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - Republicans set about undermining President Barack Obama's bid for new spending on economic innovation Wednesday, as partisan combat flared up just hours after the State of the Union address.


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