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Obama to unveil education plan, no new legislation (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:43 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is promoting tighter standards for teachers and a reduced dropout rate for students as part of an education plan that, at least for now, lacks any new legislative component.

Biden warns of 'deteriorating' Afghan situation (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 05:31 AM PDT AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged NATO members to jointly confront al-Qaida and other extremist groups in Afghanistan where he said instability threatens all of the alliance's members equally.

Lawmakers defend attacks against pet projects (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:28 AM PDT AP - The idea of devoting $1.8 million to research controlling the smell of pig dung stinks to high heaven to opponents of Congress' proclivity for pork-barrel projects.

PROMISES, PROMISES: House fails to zero out carbon (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:17 AM PDT AP - It was a bold promise: the House would "lead by example" to fight global warming, becoming the first legislative body in the world to zero out its carbon impact on the planet.

Attacks on Obama fall short (Politico) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:31 AM PDT Politico - The sharp tone House GOP leaders have recently taken toward President Barack Obama may appeal to the conservative base, but don’t expect the whole conference to follow suit. With nearly three dozen Republicans sitting in congressional districts carried by the president in 2008, there’s still quite a bit of reticence when it comes to Obama-bashing.

Obama decision on stem cells cheers scientists (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:26 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's decision to lift the contentious Bush-era restraints on stem-cell research came with a larger message for all scientists: Follow the data, not political ideology.

House considers money for border, Mexico drug war (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:18 AM PDT AP - House subcommittees are considering spending requests for security along the U.S.-Mexico border and ways to help curb Mexican drug violence.

Runway safety improvements lag at busy airports (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 12:06 AM PDT AP - Six-year-old Joshua Woods was singing Christmas songs on Dec. 8, 2005, when a runaway plane at Chicago's Midway Airport crashed through a fence and collided with his family's car, killing the boy. The tragedy underscores what the government says is an urgent safety problem.

Less body armor might be the answer in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 02:52 AM PDT AP - Heavy layers of body armor, a proven lifesaver of U.S. troops, also may be an impediment to winning the fight in Afghanistan, where 17,000 additional American forces are being sent to quell rising violence.

FDA seeks rapid test for salmonella (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 12:05 AM PDT AP - Wanted: Salmonella detector. Must work fast.

Congress, agencies move as stem cell limits lifted (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 05:14 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama signed an order lifting eight years of restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research on Monday as scientists gushed, activists cheered and shares in stem cell companies rose.

Taliban say Obama's call on moderates "illogical" (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:17 AM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan's Taliban on Tuesday turned down as illogical U.S. President Barack Obama's bid to reach out to moderate elements of the insurgents, saying the exit of foreign troops was the only solution for ending the war.

Obama takes on teachers' unions (Politico) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:59 AM PDT Politico - After weeks of pleasing Democrats by overturning policies set by the previous administration, President Barack Obama Tuesday will for the first time confront a powerful constituency in his own party: teachers’ unions.

Obama to address U.S. education woes in speech (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:05 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will mark his seventh week in office on Tuesday by proposing reforms to the U.S. education system, which has one of the worst high school dropout rates in the industrialized world.

Not all quiet on the foreign front (Politico) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:26 AM PDT Politico - On the foreign front, President Barack Obama has had a remarkably quiet first 50 days in office. But Monday offered stark reminders that he cannot rely on international calm forever, and any number of overseas crises could derail the administration’s nearly single-minded focus on repairing the economy.

Protests at Chamber for card check (Politico) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:24 AM PDT Politico - You’ve probably seen the ads and heard the rhetoric on the House and Senate floor, but now the protests over the Employee Free Choice Act are under way. A spokeswoman for the Service Employees International Union said the organization dispatched 300 labor union members to protest outside the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, which opposes legislation — also known as card check — that would make it easier to unionize.

GOP urges rookies to go for the dough (Politico) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:17 AM PDT Politico - House GOP leaders are tired of throwing good money into lost causes on the campaign trail, so they’ve got a new message for rookie Republicans: You’re going to have to raise cash early and often.

Reckoning day: Firms stuck with tab (Politico) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:12 AM PDT Politico - Of the $353 billion in new business taxes in President Barack Obama’s 10-year budget plan, about two-thirds — $234 billion — is aimed at just three targets: hedge funds, foreign firms and U.S. companies that play on the world stage.

A dash of science: Now that's change (Politico) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:11 AM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama did a lot more than lift the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research Monday. He came to the startling conclusion that scientific research should be based on science.

Stem cell decision ignites right's ire (Politico) Posted: 10 Mar 2009 01:06 AM PDT Politico - He called for reducing abortions and seeking common ground on one of the nation’s most divisive issues — promises that led some on the right to think maybe, just maybe, Barack Obama was a different kind of Democrat.

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