2011年4月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

GOP’s slow-moving race for 2012 producing a ragtag team (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2011, file photo, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas. On Monday, Romney announced his presidential bid, saying it's time to restore America greatness. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Jill Lawrence Mitt Romney's low-key announcement that he's officially exploring a presidential bid is a vivid example of the slow-moving race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Four years ago at this time, the former Massachusetts governor had been …

Budget deal would free up Texas education money (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:58 PM PDT

AP - The federal budget deal negotiated to avoid a government shutdown would remove the strings a Democratic congressman had attached to $830 million in funds for public education in Texas.

Mitt Romney in GOP Race; Time for Others to Declare (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:56 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - Mitt Romney has officially created an exploratory committee to see if he has enough financial backing to be the Republican nominee for president in 2012.

Obama offers support to Ivory Coast leader Ouattara (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the launch of Reuters - President Barack Obama called Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday to congratulate him on assuming his duties and offer support for efforts to unite the country and restore security, the White House said.

U.S. spending deal cuts U.N. funding by $377 million (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:25 PM PDT

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa at the League's headquarters in Cairo March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Lawmakers are poised to cut spending on the United Nations by hundreds of millions of dollars, less than a week after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Congress to ask for continued strong support.

Pawlenty says 'I'm running;" campaign downplays it (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2011 file photo, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks in Waukee, Iowa. Pawlenty moved quickly Tuesday, April 12, 2011, to knock down a CNN story that appeared to show him officially entering the race. During a taping of Piers Morgan Tonight set to air Tuesday night, the talk show host remarked on Pawlenty's low standing in early polls. He asked if Pawlenty would consider being real estate tycoon Donald Trump's No. 2 on a ticket. The former governor laughed and responded, 'I'm running for president.' Spokesman Alex Conant says the quote was taken out of context. He says a formal announcement by Pawlenty about running for president would come later this spring. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty may be running for president, but he's not ready to be official about it.

Republican Tim Pawlenty says he's in presidential race (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty speaks during the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's Spring Event at Point of Grace Church in Waukee, Iowa March 7, 2011. REUTERS/Brian C. FrankReuters - Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said on Tuesday he was entering the race to be the Republican candidate for the White House in 2012 against Democratic President Barack Obama.

Pawlenty announces official US presidential bid (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:39 PM PDT

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, pictured in March 2011, a Republican, announced Tuesday he was making a 2012 run for the White House.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Steve Pope)AFP - Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, announced Tuesday he was making a 2012 run for the White House.

Texas schools get $830 million from federal budget deal (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Schools in Texas will get $830 million of federal aid freed up under a provision in the last-minute Congress' budget deal.

Wolf protections expected to be lifted by Congress (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:01 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a grey wolf. A rider expected to pass on the tails of a federal budget bill that is needed to avert a government shutdown would take gray wolves off the endangered species list across most of the Northern Rockies. (AP Photo/U.S. fish and Wildlife Service, File)AP - An attachment to the federal budget bill needed to avert a government shutdown would take gray wolves off the endangered species list across most of the Northern Rockies.

Wal-Mart shrinks electronics space, adds items (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:09 PM PDT

Customers are seen at a Wal-Mart market in Miami, Florida May18, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - Wal-Mart Stores is cutting the size of its electronics department as popular gadgets shrink and making room to add back dropped items like fishing poles, fabric and full-figure fashions.

Poll: Health care law support dips on budget woes (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Medicare Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)AP - Amid a budget debate that will affect the health care of virtually every family, a new poll finds support for President Barack Obama's overhaul at its lowest level since passage last year.

John McCain, John Kerry introduce contentious U.S. privacy bill (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Senators John Kerry and John McCain introduced a tough new privacy bill on Tuesday that would require companies to notify consumers in clear language when their data is being collected and oblige them to keep that information safe from hackers.

Michele Bachmann Wins Straw Poll: What it Could Mean (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 02:56 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - Tea Party Caucus leader Michele Bachmann has yet to decide if she will run for the Republican nomination for president in 2012, but she got a ringing endorsement from the evangelical Christians at Liberty University in Virginia over the weekend.

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