2011年4月4日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama opens bid for new term, no longer outsider (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., and his vice presidential running mate Sen. Joe Biden D-Del. applaud at a campaign stop in Springfield, Ill. President Obama formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, April 4, 2011, urging grass-roots supporters central to his first White House run to mobilize again to protect the change he's brought over the past two years. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - No longer the fresh voice of change, President Barack Obama embarked on a bid for re-election Monday by asking a divided, anxious electorate to let him finish the job he won in 2008. He's getting an early start against a Republican field that's still undefined, but he's saddled with an ailing economy that still isn't working for millions of voters

White House defending 'network neutrality' rules (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:26 PM PDT

AP - The White House is threatening a veto against a House Republican bill that would overturn new federal rules aimed at ensuring equitable access to the Internet. The House is slated to vote on Thursday on legislation to repeal "network neutrality" regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission in December.

Blagojevich seeks FBI interview notes with Obama (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, with his wife, Patti, listening at right, talks to the media at the federal building in Chicago after a jury found him guilty on one count of lying to federal agents and were deadlocked on 23 other charges. In the Bonds case in San Francisco, Judge Susan Illston ruled that she would keep the jurors’ names secret until after their verdict on whether the homerun king lied to a grand jury about taking performance-enhancing drugs. Illston cited the decision by federal Judge James Zagel in Chicago last year to withhold the names of the Blagojevich jurors to protect them from media “harassment.”(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - Rod Blagojevich asked a judge Monday to order prosecutors to hand over written summaries of any FBI interviews with President Barack Obama about the ousted Illinois governor's corruption case.

Romney welcomes switch to military terror trial (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Likely Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is praising the Obama administration's decision to scrap plans for a civilian trial of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Germany's Merkel to visit with Obama June 7 (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:54 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting of the Ethic-Commission about the future of nuclear power in Berlin on Monday, April 4, 2011. German Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor Guido Westerwelle had announced to resign as Vice-Chancellor and also that he will not run again for the leadership of his Free Democratic Party (FDP) at the upcoming party convention in May 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Spatzle or kugelhupf anyone?

Former NJ congressman John Adler dead at 51 (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, May 29, 2008 file photo, former Rep. John Adler, D-N.J., talks about rising energy costs at a news conference in Mt. Laurel, N.J. Adler, a New Jersey politician who worked his way up from town councilman to congressman, died Monday. He was 51. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)AP - John Adler, a New Jersey politician who worked his way up from town councilman to congressman, died Monday. He was 51.

Burglary suspect killed in Apple store shootout (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT

AP - A private security guard fatally shot a suspect in a smash-and-grab burglary at an Apple store early Monday in what police said was the latest attempt to steal prized electronic gear from the high-end retailer.

Republicans maneuver for cuts as shutdown looms (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 1, 2011, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama is summoning key lawmakers from both parties to the White House to help speed up budget negotiations and avoid a looming government shutdown at week's end. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Congressional Republicans maneuvered on two fronts Monday in the federal spending showdown, demanding Democrats agree to more than $33 billion in swift cuts and avoid a government shutdown at the same time they readied a separate plan to slash deficits by a staggering $4 trillion over a decade. With little progress evident on the first track, President Barack Obama invited key lawmakers to the White House in search of a deal to avoid a partial shutdown Friday at midnight.

US lawmakers to push for online piracy bill (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:56 PM PDT

Democratic and Republican members of the US Congress pledged Monday to pass legislation that would give US authorities more tools to crack down on websites engaged in piracy of movies, television shows and music and the sale of counterfeit goods. Senator Patrick Leahy, pictured in 2010, said he would introduce a new version AFP - Democratic and Republican members of the US Congress pledged Monday to pass legislation that would give US authorities more tools to crack down on websites engaged in piracy of movies, television shows and music and the sale of counterfeit goods.

Libyan-American poet drops caution, speaks out (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:44 PM PDT

A rebel fighter fixes a Kingdom of Libya flag on top of an electricity pole on the road to the east of Brega, in Libya, April 3, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - For Americans looking to understand Libya, scene of a bloody revolt and the latest U.S. military campaign, the writer and poet Khaled Mattawa has become an unlikely guide.

President Obama Declares for Reelection; Where Are Major GOP Candidates? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:46 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama made it official with a video and an email to his supporters on April 4 that he was running for reelection. At the same time, as noted by CBS News, members of the GOP, who might be potential adversaries in the 2012 election all began vying for sound bites. However, with Obama's official entrance into the presidential race (he also filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission), he remains the only true major candidate in the race. Even though it isn't difficult to tell who might be running for the Republican nomination and several big names have played verbal games of maybe-maybe not with the media for months, none have formally committed to the presidential race as yet.

Pig's foot sent to NY congressman Peter King (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:44 PM PDT

AP - Capitol Police are investigating a bloody pig's foot sent to New York Rep. Peter King's office in Washington.

UN, French forces attack Gbagbo bases in Ivory Coast (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Fire and smoke billows from the Akouedo military camp in Abidjan. French and UN helicopters fired on the Ivory Coast presidential palace and bases of Laurent Gbagbo Monday as elected president Alassane Ouattara launched an all-out push to make him step down.(AFP)AFP - French and UN helicopters on Monday fired at the Ivory Coast presidential palace and bases of strongman Laurent Gbagbo as the country's elected president launched an all-out push to make him step down.

Obama takes aim at second term (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:32 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance during the Youth Inaugural Ball at the Hilton Washington in Washington, DC, in 2009. Obama Monday opened his quest for a second White House term, calling on supporters to rebuild his grass roots powerbase and gird for a fight to protect his crusade of change.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama Monday urged supporters to rebuild the energetic grass-roots powerbase that swept him to power on a wave of hope, in a subdued launch to his 2012 reelection bid.

Republican to call for sweeping Medicare changes (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:24 PM PDT

Reuters - A Republican proposal for sweeping changes to Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs appears unlikely to pass Congress, but could electrify the debate over the budget going into next year's elections.

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