2011年5月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections


An unknown, Huntsman presses White House bid (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT

RETRANSMITTING TO CORRECT DAY Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. speaks at a Meet and Greet in Lebanon, N.H., Thursday, May 19, 2011.  (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - Republican Jon Huntsman on Friday heard a major hurdle to his White House aspirations summed up in a single voter's question: "Aside from Utah, who are you?"


APNewsBreak: Aide: Pawlenty running for president (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 07:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 14, 2011 file photo, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty appears at the Nashua Area Republican Committee meeting in Nashua, N.H.   The more Republicans get to know their potential presidential candidates, the less happy they are with their choices. Some 45 percent in an AP-GfK poll say they're dissatisfied with the GOP candidates who have declared or are thought to be serious about running, up from 33 percent just two months ago.(AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)AP - Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a laid-back Midwestern Republican who governed a Democratic-leaning state, is running for president and will declare his candidacy on Monday in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa, an adviser told The Associated Press.


Palin on 2012: ‘I do have the fire in my belly’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 19 May 2011 08:17 PM PDT

Daily Caller - The question remains — will former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin run for president, or won’t she?

Ill. lawmakers say gun-permit holder names private (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Illinois lawmakers voted overwhelming Friday to bar the public from knowing who holds a firearm owner identification card, a victory for gun owners who say they have a right to privacy over open-government advocates who say such records should not be secret.

From marijuana to alligator hides, Obama pardons 8 (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:17 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama on Friday pardoned eight people convicted of crimes ranging from conspiring to import marijuana to selling alligator hides.

Gov. Scott Signs Property Insurance, Election Bills into Law (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:02 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - The Florida legislature had a very busy 2011 session. Needing to fill a $3 million budget gap, lawmakers found themselves cutting budgets left and right. But that didn't stop them from sending several controversial bills to the governor's desk.

How the GOP Can Defeat Barack Obama in 2012 (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Former Massachusetts Governor and likely Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks about the healthcare plans he backed as Governor during a stop at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan May 12, 2011. Romney played down on Thursday the healthcare reforms he crafted as Massachusetts governor as he sought the support of conservatives for his party's 2012 presidential nomination.  REUTERS/Rebecca Cook  (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH ELECTIONS)ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | A weak field for the Republicans has emerged after former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and faker Donald Trump decided not to run.


NATO says Libya airstrikes cripple Gaddafi's forces (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT

A Libyan shout slogans during a rally to support rebel fighters and the Libyan National Council (CNT), near the courthouse in Benghazi May 19, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - NATO's bombing campaign in Libya has crippled the government's ability to attack rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi and effectively forced the leader into hiding, the alliance said on Friday.


Israeli rebuke of Obama exposes divide on Mideast (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at his Jerusalem office May 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunReuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told President Barack Obama on Friday his vision of how to achieve Middle East peace was unrealistic, exposing a deep divide that could doom any U.S. bid to revive peace talks.


Obama urges Congress backing for Libya action (AFP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:23 PM PDT

A picture shows damages at the port of Tripoli after NATO's warplanes hit eight vessels of Moamer Kadhafi's navy overnight. President Barack Obama on Friday asked lawmakers to back AFP - President Barack Obama on Friday asked lawmakers to back "limited" US action in the NATO assault on Libya, as he hit a technical 60-day deadline to get official congressional approval for the use of his war powers.


NRC questions new nuclear reactor design (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT

AP - Westinghouse Electric Co. must fix problems with its new nuclear reactor design before regulators decide whether the system can be used for the next generation of nuclear power plants, the chairman of a federal panel said Friday.

White House skips legal deadline on Libya (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT

AP - The White House is skipping a legal deadline to seek congressional authorization of the military action in Libya — but few on the Hill are objecting.

Democrats probe Koch's interest in oil sands pipe (Reuters)

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Democratic U.S. lawmakers have asked Congressional panels to look into whether Koch, an energy company led by brothers who are powerhouses in conservative politics, will benefit if the Obama administration approves a $7 billion pipeline to bring crude from Canada into the United States.

AFL-CIO may reduce support to Democrats (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:44 PM PDT

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club Friday, May 20, 2011 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Prominent labor leaders, frustrated that Democrats in Washington aren't aggressively pursuing the union agenda, are threatening to limit their campaign support for Democrats, an act that would hamper the party's bid to regain control of the House next year and keep a majority in the Senate.


Obama Grants Eight Pardons (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Conveniently timed for a late afternoon Friday release, President Obama has granted eight pardons. Scanning down the list of felons, there's two convicted of marijuana related crimes, another who conspired to distribute methamphetamine, and one man who was "aiding and abetting the possession and sale of illegal American alligator hides" in 1986. Many of the crimes committed were over two decades old, and the most recent was from 2001.

Obama Backpedals on Israel Support, Could Further Compromise Reelection (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | As an Illinois senator, Barack Obama was highly critical of the war in Iraq. In his 2006 A Way Forward in Iraq speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Obama said:

RIAA, MPAA Support Anti-Piracy Legislation that Allows Warrantless Searches (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - In an effort to curb the pirating of music and films, two California state senate committees approved a new bill that would authorize law enforcement personnel to search, without a warrant, facilities that press and duplicate optical discs. The Committee on Public Safety passed bill SB 550 unanimously, while the Appropriations Committee approved it in a five-to-two vote.

FEC clears Fla. US Rep. Rivera in campaign probe (AP)

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT

AP - The Federal Election Commission has cleared U.S. Rep. David Rivera following an investigation into whether he improperly helped an independent group produce an attack against his opponent in last year's election.
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