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Obama asserts gov't control over the auto industry (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:36 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, bluntly rejecting turnaround plans by General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, demanding fresh concessions for long-term federal aid and raising the possibility of quick bankruptcy for either ailing auto giant.

Obama meets House Democrats to push for budget (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is meeting with House Democrats at the Capitol to urge them to pass his budget plan, which includes extensive changes in health and energy policies.

US agrees to release another Gitmo detainee (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:18 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration has agreed to release another Guantanamo detainee, but officials aren't saying yet where he'll go.

US names religious freedom violators (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:42 PM PDT AP - On its final working day in office, the Bush administration re-designated eight countries as severe violators of religious freedom but waived possible sanctions against Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, officials said Monday.

Obama still a rock star in Europe (Politico) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:03 PM PDT Politico - As President Barack Obama heads to London for the G-20 economic summit Tuesday, a growing number of Europeans are displeased with his plans to deal with the global financial crisis, but they have not tempered their enthusiasm for him personally.

US pledging $40 million for Afghan elections (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:22 PM PDT AP - The United States will pledge $40 million toward smooth elections this summer in war-weary Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday. She did not rule out a rare face-to-face meeting with Iran's representative to an international conference on pacifying Afghanistan.

World's largest laser now ready for use (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:22 PM PDT AP - Engineers have completed the world's most powerful laser, capable of simulating the energy force of a hydrogen bomb and the sun itself.

Obama sends envoy to Darfur (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the crisis in Darfur is not going to be easy to solve, but he says the United States can speak with one moral voice to address the humanitarian problems.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Saving teacher jobs tough (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 09:58 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama promises his economic stimulus law will save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs, but some states could end up spending the money on playground equipment or wallpaper — and the president might not have the authority to stop them.

Private Medicare plans get new rules (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 01:13 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration Monday placed new curbs on private insurance plans that are popular with seniors in Medicare, but have been criticized for marketing abuses and high costs to the government.

DNC chair infuriates abortion backers (Politico) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:44 PM PDT Politico - Tim Kaine, the Virginia governor and President Barack Obama's hand-picked choice as the head of the Democratic National Committee, infuriated abortion-rights groups Monday by signing legislation that gives abortion foes an important symbolic win.

Romney's work puts him in 2012 political spotlight (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:36 PM PDT AP - Mitt Romney doesn't have a job for the first time in his adult life. That hardly means he's not working. In ways both subtle and overt, the 2008 Republican presidential contender, former Massachusetts governor, one-time Olympics chief and high-flying businessman is building toward a 2012 White House campaign by judiciously engaging and disengaging with the national debate.

Experts: Bias didn't skew NH polls against Clinton (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - Polling that ended too early and other technical shortcomings — rather than undetected racial bias — are the likeliest reasons so many surveys incorrectly suggested Barack Obama would defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 New Hampshire presidential primary, a report concluded Monday.

Obama signs Reeve bill on paralysis research (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:06 PM PDT AP - A new law named for "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve will coordinate research on paralysis and rehabilitation.

Super-chemo targets cancer spreading to the liver (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:51 PM PDT AP - Bill Darker grinned as he headed into the operating room for a dramatic experiment: A super-high dose of chemotherapy dripped directly into his cancer-ridden liver, 10 times more than patients normally can tolerate. Not to fear. Working through small puncture holes, doctors sealed off Darker's liver and washed most of the toxic medication from his blood so it didn't poison the rest of his body.

Clinton: New team not using 'war on terror' term (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:31 PM PDT AP - The phrase "global war on terror" is finished, at least as far as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is concerned.

US launches new fight against Afghan drug trade (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - American authorities are planning a broad new campaign to choke off the prime source of financing for terrorists in Afghanistan, sending in dozens of federal drug enforcement agents to disrupt the country's massive opium trade and the money that streams to the Taliban and al-Qaida.

Obama signs landmark U.S. conservation bill (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 01:49 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama signed sweeping land and water conservation rules into law on Monday, setting aside millions of acres as protected areas and delighting environmentalists.

Analysis: Obama tougher on autos than banks (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 01:35 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is dealing with the beleaguered auto industry more sternly than he has with bailed-out banks and insurers as he takes the nation another step into uncharted government regulation of industry.

US welcomes Montenegro election results (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 01:08 PM PDT AFP - The United States said Monday that elections in Montenegro generally met international standards and amounted to another step toward Euro-Atlantic integration.

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