2011年2月14日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

NASA chief: Giffords welcome at husband's launch (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 04:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., takes part in a reenactment of her swearing-in, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Experts say recovery for Giffords will be a long, tough journey. Patients can make remarkable progress. But experts caution that they shouldn't expect to return to exactly the way they were before, and it’s too early to know if Giffords might be able to return to Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - NASA's chief expressed hope Monday that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be able to attend her husband's shuttle launch in two months amid new signs of progress for the wounded congresswoman.

How Would Mitt Romney Stack Up Against Barack Obama? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 04:35 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Mitt Romney came in second to Ron Paul in the CPAC straw poll released Feb. 11. The second-place slot is not a bad place to be in Indy racing, and also in Presidential politics.

US House votes extension of anti-terrorism powers (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 04:34 PM PST

The US House of Representatives on Monday voted to extend controversial counter-terrorism surveillance powers at the heart of the Patriot Act adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - The US House of Representatives on Monday voted to extend controversial counter-terrorism surveillance powers at the heart of the Patriot Act adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

House votes to extend anti-terror provisions (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 04:11 PM PST

Reuters - The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Monday to extend expiring surveillance provisions of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act, overcoming unanticipated early opposition.

Obama's Pentagon budget hits divided Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:59 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with troops at Bagram Air Base, in this December 3, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama sent Congress a $671 billion defense budget on Monday with $13 billion in program cancellations and a smaller war budget that drew immediate fire from a divided Congress.

Billion dollar boost for US health research? (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:34 PM PST

A researcher feeds stem cells at the University of Connecticut's (UConn) Stem Cell Institute in 2010. Health and science research would get a billion-dollar boost under the 2012 budget proposed Monday by US President Barack Obama, including a major new project to speed lab advances into cures.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - Health and science research would get a billion-dollar boost under the 2012 budget proposed Monday by US President Barack Obama, including a major new project to speed lab advances into cures.

Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:28 PM PST

Copies of the U.S. Government budget for Fiscal Year 2012 are stacked up at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.

Obama budget: Some cuts, not the slashes GOP asks (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:24 PM PST

Copies of President Obama's 2012 budget are delivered to the Senate Budget Committee, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Putting on the brakes after two years of big spending increases, President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.7 trillion budget plan Monday that would freeze or reduce some safety-net programs for the nation's poor but turn aside Republican demands for more drastic cuts to shrink the government to where it was before he took office.

Former House candidate sentenced to year in prison (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:16 PM PST

AP - A former California congressional candidate convicted of lying about a mailer sent to Latino voters in 2006 warning that immigrants could not vote was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in prison.

Ariz. congressman announces US Senate bid (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:07 PM PST

AP - U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona has announced he is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012.

Obama Budget Slashes, Boosts Environmental Programs (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:06 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - The Obama administration released its budget on Monday, and the details show the difficulties of balancing environmental funding. Obama's $3.7 trillion blueprint for the nation's budget attempts to gain momentum for the development of alternative energy research, but proposes slashes elsewhere in what could be one step forward and one step back for the environment.

Obama's NASA Budget Proposal for FY2012 -- Business as Usual (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - Unlike last year, President Barack Obama's proposed budget for NASA in the coming fiscal year includes no great policy changes. In keeping with the President's propose to freeze domestic spending it comes out to $18.7 billion dollars for fiscal year 2012.

Report: Is Marriage in America Obsolete? Many Americans Think So (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST

Time.com - CBS poll finds that 70% of respondents think the institution of marriage is weaker today that it was 20 years ago

Alaska Senate passes bill on write-in votes (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:21 PM PST

AP - The Alaska Senate has unanimously passed a bill clarifying the procedure for counting write-in votes following a closely watched Senate race in which Sen. Lisa Murkowski ran as a write-in candidate.

Ron Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll -- by Far (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:21 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | As the 2011 Conservative Political Acton Conference (CPAC) drew to a close Sunday, attendees participated in the straw poll vote of who they believe would be the best candidate for president.

First lady says laughter is best for marital unity (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama dances with first lady Michelle Obama at the Midwestern Ball on the night of his inauguration in Washington. Here's the first lady's advice for couples this Valentine's Day, Monday Feb. 14: laugh with your partner. She says it's what she and the president do, and it seems to be working. It also helps that her husband is 'very romantic'. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Here's Michelle Obama's advice for couples this Valentine's Day: Laugh with your partner.

Civil unions in Hawaii head toward final vote (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:21 PM PST

Lesbians Sara Cohello (L) and Yovana Solis, who are both Peruvian citizens, are showered with rice after their wedding ceremony at a civil registry office in Buenos Aires, February 14, 2011. Cohello and Solis, both residents in Argentina, said they are the first Peruvian gay couple to get married. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA - Tags: SOCIETY)AP - Hawaii's Legislature is poised to pass a bill allowing same-sex civil unions and send it to the governor, who plans to sign it.

US seeks to renew Andean trade preferences (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:11 PM PST

President Barack Obama's administration on Monday urged Congress to renew as soon as possible Andean trade preferences that expired last week.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - President Barack Obama's administration on Monday urged Congress to renew as soon as possible Andean trade preferences that expired last week.

Illegal migration fight is spared Obama budget ax (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:08 PM PST

U.S. Border Patrol agents drive along the porous U.S.-Mexico border fence which stretches through the Sonoran Desert on January 18 in Arizona. President Barack Obama's 2012 budget blueprint aims to cut overall US spending, but would dig deeper to shore up border security and combat illegal immigration, the US Department of Homeland Security said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AFP - President Barack Obama's 2012 budget blueprint aims to cut overall US spending, but would dig deeper to shore up border security and combat illegal immigration, the US Department of Homeland Security said Monday.

Maine lawmakers press campaign for whoopie pie (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:07 PM PST

Reuters - Maine's lawmakers are one step closer to naming the whoopie pie as the official state treat -- but not the state dessert as originally proposed.

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