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Peel and weep: Stamps costing 2 cents more Monday (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 01:36 PM PDT AP - Peel it and weep: It'll cost an extra 2 cents to mail a letter starting Monday.

AG Holder says law school grads have duty to serve (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 01:37 PM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder offers this advice for Howard University law school graduates: devote part of your career to public service.

Obama: Send me credit card legislation this month (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 02:04 PM PDT AP - Send me a bill that stops credit card companies from taking advantage of consumers, and do it by month's end, President Barack Obama is demanding of Congress.

Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 01:37 PM PDT AP - Patients and doctors. Small businesses and multinationals. Retirees, workers and insurance companies.

Biggest year yet at Haddad's brunch (Politico) Posted: 09 May 2009 03:18 PM PDT Politico - Walking into Tammy Haddad's now famous garden brunch was a different experience this year:

In swine flu, key moments and decisions lie ahead (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 02:11 PM PDT AP - The most pivotal moments in the swine flu saga are yet to come. Will it sweep through impoverished Southern Hemisphere countries in the next few months? Will it roar back in the rest of the world in the fall? And who will be vaccinated if it does?

Obama hosts US captain once held by Somali pirates (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 01:42 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has met with the captain of a U.S. cargo ship who was held hostage by Somali pirates last month.

Chance for Obama to jab at DC's establishment (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 01:43 PM PDT AP - It's a chance for President Barack Obama to jab at the Washington establishment and perhaps chide his critics.

GOP: Closing Guantanamo prison threatens security (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT AP - Republicans say the White House plan to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay "is a dangerous case of putting symbolism over security."

Barack, Miley move up; baby names Emma, Jacob rule (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT AP - Barack and Miley move up, but the classics still rule. Emma is the top baby name for girls, Jacob for boys.

McConnell: No 'empathetic' Court pick (Politico) Posted: 09 May 2009 05:12 PM PDT Politico - Senate Republicans may have little power, if any, to stop President Obama’s eventual Supreme Court nominee, but on Saturday Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled that the GOP wasn’t going to give in without a fight.

Indonesian president's party named election winner (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - Indonesia's election body says President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's party officially won last month's parliamentary polls.

Complaint over Palin's mining comment dismissed (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 02:55 PM PDT AP - A state panel has dismissed a complaint that accused Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin of breaking election law by taking a public position on a mining ballot initiative days before the vote.

Aide resigns over NYC flyover; probe continues (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 01:47 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon and Air Force are reviewing whether their officials may be partly to blame for a $328,835 photo-op of a jumbo jet used by the president soaring above New York City that has already forced the White House military director to step down.

Notre Dame to pay some police bill for Obama visit (AP) Posted: 09 May 2009 11:02 AM PDT AP - The University of Notre Dame has agreed to pay some of the costs local police departments will face for helping provide security during next weekend's visit by President Barack Obama.

Specter clarifies 'cancer' site (Politico) Posted: 09 May 2009 08:39 AM PDT Politico - Sen. Arlen Specter’s campaign team has changed the layout of its specterforthecure.com Web site to make it clear that the site is aimed at promoting Specter’s reelection to the Senate.

Race for Iran presidency hots up (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2009 08:21 AM PDT AFP - The race for Iran's presidency hotted up on Saturday as the two key moderate challengers to hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad formally registered to stand against him in the June election.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood dismisses Obama speech (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 06:34 AM PDT Reuters - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood dismissed Saturday U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to deliver a speech to the Muslim world from Egypt as part of a plan to keep Arab and Muslim states divided.

From ACORN, a mighty GOP fight (Politico) Posted: 09 May 2009 04:45 AM PDT Politico - It's almost as if the 2008 presidential campaign never ended: The community organizing group known as ACORN continues to find itself in legal jeopardy and the Republican Party continues to spend an inordinate amount of time obsessing about it.

Obama: Time for credit card reform (Politico) Posted: 09 May 2009 04:42 AM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama called on Congress on Saturday to pass a credit card reform bill by Memorial Day, saying that "it is past time for rules that are fair and transparent."

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