2011年4月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

2012 in sight, Obama looks back to Chicago again (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Nov. 4, 2008 in Chicago, President-elect Barack Obama walks on stage with his family to speak at his election night party at Grant Park. A week after formally launching his second White House bid with an understated email and online video, Obama is returning to Chicago Thursday, April 14, 2011, to raise money. And he's setting up his campaign headquarters in a downtown high rise near Grant Park. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - President Barack Obama's relationship with his hometown may be best described as a long-distance love affair. He lavishes attention on it from afar and proud Chicago pines for its hometown hero, though the two rarely see each other.

GOP presidential field sees budget wars from afar (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:18 AM PDT

In this photo taken April 5, 2011, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., touts his 2012 federal budget at the Capitol in Washington. In the absence of a Republican president or clear-cut party leader, the little-known Wisconsin congressman seized the initiative. Ryan wrote a far-reaching spending plan that right away framed the debate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Republicans are pressing ahead with one of the most ambitious and risky long-term spending agendas in memory, yet the dozen or so potential White House hopefuls are nearly invisible on the issue.

Obama Budget Cuts to Be Felt Everywhere; GOP Disagrees (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Aides say President Barack Obama, pictured on April 9, will lay out plans to reduce the soaring US budget deficit on Wednesday, setting the stage for a major battle that could define his reelection campaign.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)ContributorNetwork - President Barack Obama plans to have a major policy speech Wednesday regarding the federal deficit.

Sarah Palin Tacitly Supports Donald Trump's Birther Campaign (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:44 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - In an interview on Fox News on Saturday night, former Alaska governor and potential presidential candidate Sarah Palin dipped her toe ever so gingerly into the Barack Obama birther controversy maelstrom, currently being whipped up by Donald Trump.

Gulf states push for Yemen's Saleh to leave (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University April 10, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Gulf Arab countries have stepped up their push for Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power, pressuring him and opposition representatives to meet to negotiate an orderly transition.

Pro-Life Lawmakers Show Inconsistencies (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 11:04 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Planned Parenthood funding at the federal level was saved in the fiscal 2011 budget deal pending final passage from Congress this week. The yearly funding is some $363 million despite the opposition from pro-life lawmakers, even though 97 percent of Planned Parenthood's activities aren't abortion-related nor is federal funding allowed for abortions.

Sessions on pending Obama speech: start over with a new budget (Daily Caller)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 02:54 PM PDT

Daily Caller - A top-ranking Republican senator on spending issues is calling on President Obama to submit an entirely new budget to Congress following news that the president plans a speech outlining changes to entitlement spending that are driving the government’s huge deficits now and into coming decades.

White House: Obama to lay out spending plan (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT

In this photo released by NBC David Plouffe, White House Senior Adviser, is interviewed on NBC's 'Meet the Press' in Washington Sunday, April 10, 2011. Plouffe said President Barack Obama will lay out new plans this week to reduce the federal deficit in part by seeking cuts to government programs for seniors and the poor. 'You're going to have to look at Medicare and Medicaid and see what kind of savings you can get,' Plouffe said of health care programs for the elderly and needy. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.AP - One budget deal down, President Barack Obama and Congress began to pivot Sunday from the painful standoff over this year's spending to a pair of defining debates over the nation's borrowing limit and the election-year budget.

Obama to set out budget plan on Wednesday (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Aides say President Barack Obama, pictured on April 9, will lay out plans to reduce the soaring US budget deficit on Wednesday, setting the stage for a major battle that could define his reelection campaign.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Aides say President Barack Obama will lay out plans to reduce the soaring US budget deficit on Wednesday, setting the stage for a major battle that could define his reelection campaign.

Nigerian ruling party loses ground in poll (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 01:09 PM PDT

A woman's thumb is marked after verifying that she has a voter's card during parliamentary elections in Suleja, Niger state April 9, 2011. REUTERS/Afolabi SotundeReuters - Nigeria's ruling party looked set to see its strong grip on parliament weakened as votes emerged on Sunday from an election that observers said was the fairest for decades in Africa's most populous nation.

British, Dutch announce litigation after Icesave 'no' vote (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:49 PM PDT

An official counts votes in a referendum on whether to approve a renegotiated deal to compensate Britain and The Netherlands over the 2008 collapse of Icesave bank at City Hall in Reykjavik on April 9. Britain and The Netherlands said Sunday they would return to the courts to get Iceland to refund them billions of euros after voters there said AFP - Britain and The Netherlands said Sunday they would return to the courts to get Iceland to refund them billions of euros after voters there said "no" in a referendum to the reimbursement plan.

Fervor of Wis. debate shifts to recall elections (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 11:02 AM PDT

FILE -This April 1, 2011 file photo shows Chris Taylor, left, and Peppi Elder, right, joining demonstrators calling for the recall of State Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-LaCrosse, outside the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board in Madison, Wis. Nearly a month after the Wisconsin standoff over union rights ended, some of the fervor from that debate has shifted to recall efforts targeting lawmakers in both parties — Republicans who voted to cut back collective bargaining and Democrats who fled the state to try to stop them. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart, File)AP - Nearly a month after the Wisconsin standoff over union rights ended, some of the fervor from that debate has shifted to recall efforts targeting lawmakers in both parties — Republicans who voted to cut back collective bargaining and Democrats who fled the state to try to stop them.

Maine Woods National Park idea faces challenges (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2011 file photo, the East Branch of the Penobscot River is seen near land owned by conservationist Roxanne Quimby, the founder of Burt's Bees cosmetics company. The river flows through some of the thousands of acres that Quimby wants to donate to the federal government for the creation of a North Woods National Park. Members of Maine's congressional delegation have reacted cooly to Quimby's proposal. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)AP - Judging by the reaction of Maine's congressional delegation, a wealthy conservationist has some convincing to do if she's to sell her idea of another national park in Maine.

Mubarak faces questioning over protest crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Egypt's public prosecutor on Sunday ordered ousted president Hosni Mubarak, pictured in February 2011, and his sons to be questioned over violence against protesters and alleged corruption, MENA state news agency reported(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Egypt's public prosecutor on Sunday ordered ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his sons to be questioned over violence against protesters and alleged corruption, MENA state news agency reported.

Obama aide dismisses Trump 'sideshow behavior' (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:35 AM PDT

AP - A senior White House aide says real estate tycoon and prospective GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is displaying "sideshow behavior" in questioning President Barack Obama's American birth and respect for the Constitution.

Obama to announce plan to reduce long-term deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama will lay out his approach for long-term deficit reduction later this week, his senior adviser David Plouffe said on Sunday.

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