2011年2月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

AP source: Obama wants jobless aid help for states (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 05:56 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration is proposing short-term relief to states saddled with unemployment insurance debt, coupled with a delayed increase in the income level used to tax employers for the aid to the jobless.

Government to release review of Toyota throttles (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 05:11 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration will release on Tuesday the findings of its long awaited review of Toyota Motor Corp's electronic throttles over complaints of unintended acceleration.

Obama tries to woo business, slams "burdensome" tax (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:36 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama talks about Egypt at a news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington February 4, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama stepped up efforts to woo the U.S. business community on Monday, seeking its help to tackle "burdensome" corporate taxes in a speech to a business group that has long been a fierce critic.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Charting anti-obesity progress (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama runs a 40-yard sprint as she participates in the Let's Move! Campaign and the NFL's Play 60 Campaign festivities with area youth, to promote exercise and fight childhood obesity, in New Orleans. Michelle Obama had doubts about making a campaign against childhood obesity one of her signature issues.“I wondered to myself whether we could really make a difference, because when you take on a problem this big and this complicated, at times it can be a little overwhelming,” she said in a recent speech. The anti-obesity campaign Mrs. Obama calls “Let’s Move!” celebrates its first anniversary Wednesday. Is it making a difference? (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Michelle Obama had doubts about making a campaign against childhood obesity one of her signature issues.

US presses for more inclusive Egypt talks (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST

An anti-government protester wears facepaint in the color of the Egyptian flag and body paint in arabic directed at Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and reading 'The paper ran out. What more can I do for you (to get it)?' at the continuing protest in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Egypt's embattled regime announced Monday a 15 percent raise for government employees in an attempt to shore up its base and defuse popular anger but the gestures so far have done little to persuade the tens of thousands of protesters occupying Tahrir Square to end their two-week long protest, leaving the two sides in an uneasy stalemate. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - The Obama administration conceded Monday that it will not endorse the demands of Egyptian protesters for embattled President Hosni Mubarak to step down immediately, saying a precipitous exit could set back the country's democratic transition.

Obama to CEOs: Ask what you can do for America (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:31 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Echoing John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama prodded business leaders Monday to "ask yourselves what you can do for America," not just for company bottom lines, even as he sought to smooth his uneasy relations with the nation's corporate executives.

Republicans out front of Obama on regulations (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2010, file photo Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. stands next to a painting of American Republican presidents during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Issa, the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Issa scheduled a hearing Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, to let business representatives vent their frustration with government requirements issued by unelected bureaucrats. He wants President Barack Obama to include their responses in a review of government regulations the president ordered last month. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - When President Barack Obama asked businesses for advice on creating jobs, he might have anticipated that more than 200 responses would quickly be headed his way courtesy of Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican who once called him corrupt.

US urges Egypt to uphold international treaties (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:14 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (C) makes brief remarks about the situation in Egypt while he walks to the White House after a speech at the US Chamber of Commerce. Obama led pressure Monday on Egypt's future leaders to honor existing treaties, alluding to the peace process as the Muslim Brotherhood joined talks on the Arab nation's political transition.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - The US led pressure Monday on Egypt's future leaders to honor existing treaties, alluding to the peace process as the Muslim Brotherhood joined talks on the Arab nation's political transition.

Michelle Obama visiting Regis and Kelly next week (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:22 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama, center, is Joined by New York City Police Chief Raymond Kelly, second from left, as she speaks to children while promoting her 'Let's Move!' exercise initiative at the Police Athletic League Harlem Center in New York. Obama is paying her first visit to 'Live! With Regis and Kelly.' The show announced Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, that the first lady will be a guest of Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa on Feb. 9, to mark the first anniversary of the Let's Move! campaign to fight childhood obesity. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)AP - Michelle Obama is paying her first visit to "Live! With Regis and Kelly."

Taxes under Obama: What it means to you (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:13 AM PST

AP - Taxpayers at most income levels have seen their federal income taxes drop under President Barack Obama. A comparison of tax bills for 2010, which must be filed this spring, with bills from 2008, the last full year of George W. Bush's presidency:

Why Obama's Silence on Gun-Control Laws Pleases Nobody (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST

Time.com - The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has graded Obama an F on gun control, while the National Rifle Association says the President has a failing record when it comes to gun rights

Obama pledges more help for business, but says companies must create jobs at home and not abroad (Daily Caller)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:38 AM PST

Daily Caller - President Obama continued his campaign to reach out to America's business community on Monday, telling a few hundred business leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce he wanted to repair relations after a rough two years.

Republican Senators press Obama on Bush trade deals (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:53 AM PST

Reuters - Top Senate Republicans on Monday urged President Barack Obama to push for approval of free trade deals with Colombia and Panama in addition to a pact with South Korea he already plans to send to Congress.

Poll: Romney leads Obama; Huckabee draws even (Daily Caller)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST

Daily Caller - Likely Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee could beat Pres. Obama according to a series of polls conducted by Rasmussen.

Obama budget director offers clues to some cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:43 AM PST

Nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew listens to his introduction by U.S. President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The White House budget director offered clues on Sunday to some cuts that President Barack Obama will offer in his fiscal 2012 budget proposal to answer Republican demands for deep spending reductions.

Obama speaking to business leaders (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:44 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama is starting his week with a speech Monday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a group he has had sharp differences with the last two years.

How Obama plays media like a fiddle (Politico)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:44 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses next to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (not shown) during a news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington February 4, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningPolitico - In early November, Barack Obama was one sad sack of a president — his agenda repudiated by midterm voters, his political judgment scorned by commentators, his future darkened by a growing belief he might be a one-time president.

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