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Officials hold Cabinet-level meeting on Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:55 PM PDT AP - Top officials of the Obama administration met privately Monday to discuss how to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Court refuses to expand minority voting rights (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:49 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court limited the reach of the Voting Rights Act on Monday, a decision that could make it harder for some minority candidates to win election when voting districts are redrawn.

Obama orders review of Bush's signing statements (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Monday ordered a review of George W. Bush's guidelines for implementing legislation passed by Congress, at the same time saying that he would employ his own version of how he wants the government to follow the law.

Palin hacker faces new charges (Politico) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT Politico - The University of Tennessee student accused of hacking into Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account picked up three additional federal charges at his arraignment Monday.

GAO reports spike in attacks against Afghan police (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:50 PM PDT AP - Attacks on Afghan security forces increased nearly threefold last year as U.S. officials struggled to find enough military staff to train them, according to a report that details the challenge President Barack Obama faces to stabilize the troubled nation.

US protests 'harassment' by Chinese vessels (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - Chinese ships surrounded and harassed a Navy mapping ship in international waters off China, at one point coming within 25 feet of the American boat and strewing debris in its path, the Defense Department said Monday. The Obama administration said it would continue naval operations in the South China Sea, most of which China considers its territory, and protested to China about what it called reckless behavior that endangered lives.

EPA to study, regulate coal ash waste after spill (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:48 PM PDT AP - The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday launched a review of coal ash storage facilities and said it would draft regulations for coal ash by the end of the year.

Anna Nicole Smith's estate seeks high court help (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:08 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for the late Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith asked the Supreme Court for help Monday in a big money dispute involving her dead husband and his dead son.

Report questions stimulus bill health IT money (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - Billions of stimulus dollars meant to spur doctors to switch to electronic record-keeping may not be enough to do the job, a private consulting firm said Monday.

Lawmaker says Obama mum on French cheese spat (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 04:00 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama has yet to answer a US congressman's plea to spare France's Roquefort cheese from a crippling 300-percent import duty, the lawmaker's office said Monday.

Rush whacks Newt: 'He wishes they were running TV ads against him' (Politico) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:29 PM PDT Politico - Rush Limbaugh responded to Newt Gingrich's shot at him with a broadside at the former speaker on today's show.

McCain, still center stage in U.S., battles big spending (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - John McCain lost the 2008 U.S. presidential election to Barack Obama but has since won a leading role in Republican efforts to rein in Obama's big-spending economic revival plans.

Ill. gov. aide, Cubs deal pro talk `opportunities' (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:52 PM PDT AP - A sports consultant helping Tribune Co. with a potential Wrigley Field sale said in an e-mail to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top aide that the results of the presidential election had put "the opportunities we discussed" in front of Blagojevich, The Associated Press has learned.

McCain Fights an Old Battle with His Party (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:09 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - It must be get old fighting with your own party over campaign finance issues, but Sen. John McCain is squaring off once again with the GOP in a court battle over soft money.

US general says no further withdrawals planned (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:44 PM PDT AP - The United States probably will not pull more forces from Iraq this year beyond those announced over the weekend, the No. 2 U.S. general in Iraq said Monday.

AP INTERVIEW: Salazar pushes for wind energy (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:41 PM PDT AP - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday that the waters off the Atlantic coast hold some of the country's greatest wind energy potential, and he promised to move aggressively to develop plans to exploit the resource.

Obama musters campaign army for economic fight (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:16 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama mustered his powerful campaign army on Monday, calling on his millions of supporters to lobby on behalf of his budget and economic plan.

AP NewsBreak: US extends stay of foreign athletes (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:37 PM PDT AP - The next big Dominican baseball prospect won't face a limit on his playing career in the United States, now that U.S. immigration officials have agreed to let foreign athletes keep playing here as long as they leave the country after 10 years and apply for a new visa.

Obama: Ignore signing statements (Politico) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:56 PM PDT Politico - In another break with his predecessor’s expansive view of executive power, President Barack Obama is ordering federal agencies to disregard so-called signing statements where George W. Bush disagreed with bills he signed.

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