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Elections
Obama pushing on health care end game
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 12:20am
AP - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast.
Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:05am
AP - It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home.
AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 12:17am
AP - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.
Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 12:19am
AP - Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.
Lights, camera, reconcile!
(Politico)
9 Mar 2010 at 1:46am
Politico - The yearlong debate over health care reform — a titanic contest involving big ideas, passionate convictions and lofty principles — is headed toward a highly unlikely endgame: a clash between parliamentary procedure attorneys.
Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:03am
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.
Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 12:15am
AP - Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments that could give them ammunition for November's congressional elections.
Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 9:11pm
AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped a male staffer in a non-sexual way but later denying any groping.
FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 12:20am
AP - New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.
Biden's West Bank tour clouded by settlement plans
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:09am
AP - Israel's new plan to build 1,600 apartments for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.
First Iraq vote results expected by Thursday: U.N.
(Reuters)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:59am
Reuters - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said Wednesday.
Brown says UK to maintain AAA credit rating
(Reuters)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:38am
Reuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for top civil servants to help tame a record deficit.
Obama to meet Haiti's president, fly to Missouri
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:06am
AP - President Barack Obama meets with the president of Haiti Wednesday morning and later flies to Missouri for another gathering on health care reform.
How the AP-GfK poll on Obama was conducted
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 12:18am
AP - The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Obama, the direction of the country and health care was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,002 adults. Interviews were conducted with 702 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular phones.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new law: spokesman
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 8:29pm
AFP - Myanmar's new election laws mean the opposition National League for Democracy must expel detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi from its ranks ahead of polls this year, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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