Monday, September 27, 2010

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Yahoo! News: Politics News


The Fox primary: complicated, contractual (Politico)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:37 AM PDT

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves after speaking at the Republican Party of Iowa's Ronald Reagan Dinner, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Politico - With Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee all making moves indicating they may run for president, their common employer is facing a question that hasn’t been asked before: How does a news organization cover White House hopefuls when so many are on the payroll?


Obama signs small business bill into law (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:05 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a ministerial meeting on Sudan at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama signed a $30 billion small business lending bill into law on Monday, claiming a victory on economic policy for his fellow Democrats ahead of November congressional elections.


Despite economy, Americans don't want farm work (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:21 PM PDT

In this Sept. 24, 2010 photo, Benjamin Reynosa, 49, of Orange Cove, picks table grapes near Fowler, Calif. As the economy tanked over the past two years, the immigration debate has focused on whether immigrants are taking jobs Americans want. Here, amid the sweltering melon fields and vineyards of the nation's top farm state, where one of every eight people is still out of a job, the answer is no.  (AP Photo/Garance Burke)AP - It's a question rekindled by the recession: Are immigrants taking jobs away from American citizens? In the heart of the nation's biggest farming state, the answer is a resounding no.


Report: US would make Internet wiretaps easier (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:25 PM PDT

The Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet, including email exchanges and social networks, The New York Times said Monday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AP - The Obama administration is pushing to make it easier for the government to tap into internet and e-mail communications. But the plan has already drawn condemnation from privacy groups and communications firms may be wary of its costs and scope.


Obama calls for longer school year (The Upshot)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 06:22 AM PDT

The Upshot - President Obama said on the "Today" show Monday morning that American students attend school a month less than kids in other countries -- contending that the school-year gap puts them at a competitive disadvantage in the global economy. "The idea of a longer school year, I think, makes sense," he said, when asked if kids [...]

The Fox primary: complicated, contractual (Politico)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:37 AM PDT

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves after speaking at the Republican Party of Iowa's Ronald Reagan Dinner, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Politico - With Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee all making moves indicating they may run for president, their common employer is facing a question that hasn’t been asked before: How does a news organization cover White House hopefuls when so many are on the payroll?


House bill targeting yuan unfair: China state media (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:26 AM PDT

Chinese currency 100 Yuan notes. The US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill opening the way for punitive measures against China for its undervalued currency, a top Democratic aide said Monday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Draft US legislation that would open the way for retaliation against China over the value of the yuan is "neither just nor fair", the state-run People's Daily said Monday in a commentary.


Spill panel: Federal confusion lost public trust (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Plaquemines Parish, La. President William Nungesser, right, with Richard Harrell of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, makes his remarks at a National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill and Offshore Drilling meeting on response following the BP spill, impacts on the Gulf and approaches to long-term restoration in Washington, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010.    (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The Obama administration's repeated low estimates of the huge BP oil spill undermined public confidence in the government's entire cleanup effort, leaders of a White House-appointed commission declared at an investigatory hearing Monday. One likened the mistakes to Custer's disastrous decisions at Little Big Horn.


Baker closes in on Patrick (Politico)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:14 PM PDT

Politico - The Masschusetts governor's race remains balanced on the edge of a knife.

GOP pushes back at Dems on outsourcing (Politico)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:36 AM PDT

Politico - A key thrust of Democrats’ plea to voters this campaign season has been that their GOP foes are free-traders whose policies ship jobs overseas. Now Republicans are getting ready to hit back.

US 'disappointed' in Israel over settlements (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:23 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration said Monday it was "disappointed" by Israel's refusal to extend a slowdown in settlement construction and dispatched special Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell to the region in an urgent bid to salvage the stalled negotiations.

Obama: Teacher unions can help boost schools (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:18 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says teachers' unions can be part of the solution to problem schools.

UK's Ed Miliband: Time to bury Tony Blair era (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:31 AM PDT

Ed Miliband, left, newly-elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, shakes hands with his brother David Miliband, following David's speech on foreign policy during the party's annual conference, in Manchester, England, Monday Sept. 27, 2010. Labour elected young lawmaker Ed Miliband as its new leader Saturday after he narrowly defeated his older and better-known brother David in a contest to replace former prime minister Gordon Brown. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain's surprise new Labour Party leader Ed Miliband on Monday pledged to bury the era of Tony Blair, promising to guide to power a generation of lawmakers untainted by divisive decisions over the Iraq war and the global financial crisis.


Obama returning U. of Wis. to court young voters (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:02 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama plans a University of Wisconsin rally complete with rock bands to ask young voters who helped propel him to the White House to re-engage and save fellow Democrats from political disaster this November.

Conservative editors spar over GOP ‘Pledge’ report (The Upshot)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT

The Upshot - Daily Caller editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson followed up on Friday's report the House Republicans "prearranged" a National Review editorial supporting the "Pledge to America" with a provocative question on Monday. "Why won't National Review explain how it coordinated with the GOP establishment?" he asked. National Review editor Rich Lowry has now explained the supposed "coordination" on [...]

CBS show CSI jumps in on Tea Party smearing (Daily Caller)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Daily Caller - The Sept. 23 season premiere plot of CBS’s hit drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" involved guest star Justin Bieber attending “right-wing” political events before being targeted as a suspect in bombings of a Las Vegas Police Department funeral.

Manned Spaceflight Changes Waiting on Appropriators (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:55 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - With the fiscal 2011 appropriations endgame still uncertain, President Obama's proposal for reorienting NASA's manned spaceflight program remains in limbo.

Lazio drops out of NY governor's race, helping GOP (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Rick Lazio talks to reporters after speaking to the New York State Associated Press annual meeting in Colonie, N.Y., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010.  Lazio says he'll continue to be a voice in the New York governor's race, but wouldn't say if he'll drop his run on the Conservative party line against surging GOP candidate Carl Paladino and Democrat Andrew Cuomo.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - The unpredictable race for governor in New York got wilder Monday after Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio withdrew, boosting the chances of the tea party Republican who is taking on the once-unassailable Democratic nominee, Andrew Cuomo.


Paul loses polling edge in Kentucky Senate, but tea partiers going strong (The Upshot)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 07:55 AM PDT

The Upshot - Democratic campaign strategists have spent recent weeks arguing that momentum will swing their way soon: General-election voters will chafe at several tea party candidates  in high-profile midterm races once they see that they are "too extreme," the thinking goes. But even as some of the tea party are flagging a bit in recent polls, in [...]

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