2011年3月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

GOP's 2012 playbook: Cuts blaze trail (Politico)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:39 AM PST

Former Massachusetts Gov. MItt Romney works the tables like a presidential candidate Sunday, March 6, 2011 in Bartlett, N.H, where he was the keynote speaker at the Carroll County Republican Committee Lincoln Day Dinner. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)Politico - The Republican Party is undergoing a messy but unmistakable 20-month transformation from fanatically anti-Obama to fanatically anti-spending, providing top party officials a new and intriguing playbook for recapturing the White House in 2012.

The Fast Fix: How Tim Pawlenty can win (The Newsroom)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 05:45 AM PST

The Newsroom - Tim Pawlenty's biggest strength in the race for the 2012 GOP nomination may be his lack of weaknesses. To watch more episodes of "The Fast Fix", click here. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for …

'Tightening noose' on Gadhafi, weighing more steps (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 03:57 PM PST

President Barack Obama answers questions during a press conference on the White House complex in Washington, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Pledging a relentless drive to kick Moammar Gadhafi out of power, President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. and the world community are "slowly tightening the noose" on the leader of Libya and will keep up the pressure. But he would not commit to intervening at any cost, warning of potential perils in military action.

GOP budget targets agency that warned of tsunami (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 03:49 PM PST

Severely damaged boats are seen in the Keehi Small Boat harbor, Friday, March 11, 2011 in Honolulu. A tsunami generated by the Japan earthquake hit Oahu causing damage around the island. The harbor's piers and many boats were severely damaged by the tsunami. Many boats were freely floating in the harbor. Several were sinking. (AP Photo/ Marco Garcia)AP - A spending plan being pushed by Republicans would slash funding for the agency that warned Hawaii and the West Coast about the devastating tsunami in Japan.

EPA: Abandoned Calif. mercury mine a toxic hazard (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 03:47 PM PST

AP - An abandoned mercury mine that for decades has sent polluted, orange waste into a creek that eventually feeds into San Francisco Bay is a threat to human health and should be added to a list of the nation's worst polluted places, federal environmental regulators say.

1,000 feared dead in Japan quake-tsunami disaster (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 03:56 PM PST

Tokyo residents were forced to drive or walk home after the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake closed the city's sprawling subway network. The strongest quake on record to hit Japan Friday unleashed a terrifying 10-metre tsunami that claimed hundreds of lives, with a nuclear plant and petrochemical complex among multiple sites set ablaze.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - More than 1,000 people were feared dead after a monster tsunami unleashed by a massive quake which wreaked destruction across northeast Japan and triggered an emergency at a nuclear power plant.

Alaska House urges TSA to reconsider pat-downs (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PST

AP - The Alaska House of Representatives passed a resolution Friday urging the Transportation Security Administration to reconsider its use of full-body pat-downs and calling on Congress to exercise greater oversight over the agency.

Rep. Michele Bachmann seriously considering presidential campaign (Daily Caller)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:55 PM PST

Daily Caller - Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann arrived in New Hampshire Friday for a two day visit. The trip renewed speculation that the chairwoman of the House Tea Party Caucus will run for president.

Obama: Treatment of WikiLeaks suspect appropriate (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:44 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama said Friday that the Pentagon has assured him that the Army private believed responsible for the largest leak of classified American documents ever is being held under appropriate conditions. He commented after the State Department's top spokesman made waves by describing the military's treatment of the suspect as "ridiculous" and "stupid."

Maryland gay marriage bill dies with no final vote (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 04:37 PM PST

AP - A bill to legalize gay marriage in Maryland fell short Friday after supporters failed to find enough votes to overcome Republican opposition and misgivings by some Democrats in the deeply Catholic state.

Giffords makes 'leaps and bounds' in recovery (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 04:11 PM PST

Dr. Imoigele Aisiku, right, speaks as Dr. Gerard Francisco, left, and Dr. Dong Kim, center, listen as they give a medical update on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords during a news conference Friday, March 11, 2011, in Houston. Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been told by her husband that she was shot, but has no memory of the episode. Medical staff for the congresswoman provided an update on her progress Friday at a news conference in Houston. They said she is making 'leaps and bounds' in her recovery, and is walking and talking in complete sentences. Giffords was shot in the head Jan. 8 at a political event outside a grocery store in an attack that killed six people and wounded 12 others. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - She can talk, even saying short sentences. With some help, she can walk. She also knows that she was shot.

Obama congratulates new Irish prime minister (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 04:10 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama has congratulated new Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on his rise to power and says he looks forward to seeing him at the White House on St. Patrick's Day.

Obama vows to stabilize fuel prices, calls for reform (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 02:15 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at TechBoston Academy in Boston, March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The United States cannot drill its way out of its energy problems and must begin reforms now to reduce oil dependence, President Barack Obama said on Friday, pledging to do all he could to stabilize fuel prices.

Shot US lawmaker has no memory of event: doctor (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:43 PM PST

This undated handout image courtesy of Giffords For Congress website shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords has begun speaking in full sentences and walking with assistance, but does not remember being shot during a political event in January, doctors said Friday.(AFP/GFC/HO/File)AFP - US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has begun speaking in full sentences and walking with assistance, but does not remember being shot during a political event in January, doctors said Friday.

Obama prepared to tap petroleum reserve if needed (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:22 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - President Barack Obama said Friday he's prepared to tap the country's emergency oil reserve if necessary. But as gas prices climbed toward $4 a gallon, the president said the U.S. must adopt a long-term strategy of conservation and domestic production to wean itself off foreign oil.

SC GOP primary filled with uncertainty (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2010, file photo former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks during a book signing in Columbia, S.C. By this point every four years, South Carolina expects to see a flood of White House hopefuls crossing the state. This time the tea party has upended the political landscape as Republicans weighing presidential bids have all but ignored the state that in modern history has played an outsized role in GOP nomination fights. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic, File)AP - This time, there's been a mere trickle.

Federal cuts could hit US housing agencies (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:33 PM PST

In this March 8, 2011 photo, Kevin Gaines shows reporters where a hot water pipe broke and was subsequently patched in his apartment in New York. Proposed federal cuts could decimate New York City’s housing enforcement efforts, forcing tenants who live in hazardous conditions and decaying apartments to wait longer for help and preventing the city from paying for emergency repairs and suing negligent landlords. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Kevin Gaines and his family got rashes soon after they moved into their new apartment. His son kept getting nosebleeds. The dust made it hard to breathe. When Gaines, a liver transplant recipient, saw yellow mold creeping over the ceiling, he said doctors warned it could cause him to reject his new organ.

New power on site at stricken Japan nuclear plant: WNA (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:07 PM PST

Reuters - New power supply cars to provide emergency electricity for systems that failed at Japan's Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant after a massive earthquake have arrived there, the World Nuclear Association said on Friday.

Dean Heller prepares to jump into Nevada Senate race (The Ticket)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:00 PM PST

The Ticket - After months of speculation, GOP Rep. Dean Heller is preparing to jump into Nevada's Senate race as soon as next week. Sources tell the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Laura Myers that Heller is working out the final logistics of his campaign announcement. At the same time, Nevada Republicans are privately trying to convince other potential candidatesâ€"including [...]

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