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• Obama presses Israel, Palestinians on West Bank (AP)
• Sotomayor's views on abortion rights are unknown (AP)
• Packing on too many pounds during pregnancy (AP)
• Army chief: US able to fight NKorea if necessary (AP)
• Generals back W.H. on abuse photos (Politico)
• Report chronicles abuse of federal travel cards (AP)
• Multiracial people become fastest-growing US group (AP)
• Obama moves to curb road-building in forests (AP)
• Gates: No reason to build up US troops in Korea (AP)
• Justice Dept. asks judges to block abuse photos (AP)
• Obama says health care changes must come this year (AP)
• Obama bobbleheads stalled in US Customs (AP)
• Sotomayor no fan of campaign cash (Politico)
• Obama meets Abbas, presses Israel on settlements (Reuters)
• Duncan: States could lose out on stimulus cash (AP)
• Obama says will talk to Saudis about oil prices (Reuters)
• Photos of a young Obama reveal a campus hunk (AP)
• Obama: It's necessary to reduce dependence on oil (AP)
• Obama to outline outreach to Muslims next week (AP)
• Suicide attack, market blasts hit Peshawar (AP)

Obama presses Israel, Palestinians on West Bank (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - Gingerly trying to advance Mideast peace, President Barack Obama on Thursday challenged Israel to stop settlement construction in the West Bank on the same day the Israelis rejected that demand. Obama pushed Palestinians for progress, too, deepening his personal involvement.

Sotomayor's views on abortion rights are unknown (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - One of the few things conservatives and liberals agree on when it comes to Sonia Sotomayor is that her views on abortion rights are a mystery — and one that must be solved before she can be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice.

Packing on too many pounds during pregnancy (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 02:45 PM PDT AP - Eating for two? New guidelines are setting how much weight women should gain during pregnancy — surprisingly little if they're already overweight.

Army chief: US able to fight NKorea if necessary (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 05:09 PM PDT AP - The United States could fight an old-fashioned war against North Korea if necessary, even while newer forms of conflict against terrorists and extremists continue, the Army's top officer said Thursday.

Generals back W.H. on abuse photos (Politico) Posted: 28 May 2009 04:18 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama is enlisting two of his top generals to justify his decision to reverse course on the release of photos of detainee abuse, as the Justice Department pleads with a federal court to withdraw an order to disclose the photos.

Report chronicles abuse of federal travel cards (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 05:52 PM PDT AP - Laser eye surgery may improve one's visual horizons, but it doesn't qualify as a travel expense, a congressional office says in a report on abuses of the federal travel card system.

Multiracial people become fastest-growing US group (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 03:46 PM PDT AP - Multiracial Americans have become the fastest growing demographic group, wielding an impact on minority growth that challenges traditional notions of race.

Obama moves to curb road-building in forests (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 05:49 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is ordering a one-year moratorium on most road-building and other development on about 50 million acres of remote national forests.

Gates: No reason to build up US troops in Korea (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 06:14 PM PDT AP - While worrisome, North Korea's nuclear and missile tests have not reached a crisis level that would warrant additional U.S. troops in the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

Justice Dept. asks judges to block abuse photos (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration asked a federal appeals court Thursday to halt the release of disturbing images of detainee abuse, saying the photos could incite violence in Pakistan as well as in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama says health care changes must come this year (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 06:14 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama warned Thursday that if Congress doesn't deliver health care legislation by the end of the year, the opportunity will be lost, a plea to political supporters to pressure lawmakers to act. "If we don't get it done this year, we're not going to get it done," Obama told supporters by phone as he flew home on Air Force One from a West Coast fundraising trip.

Obama bobbleheads stalled in US Customs (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 06:12 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama bobbleheads that are supposed to be given away at a minor-league baseball game apparently haven't gotten the nod from customs officials.

Sotomayor no fan of campaign cash (Politico) Posted: 28 May 2009 05:40 PM PDT Politico - Sonia Sotomayor may not have a long paper trail on hot button social issues, but in one area of the law—campaign finance—she has staked a position that could have far-reaching political consequences.

Obama meets Abbas, presses Israel on settlements (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday ratcheted up pressure on Israel to freeze settlements as he sought to reassure visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of U.S. support for Palestinian statehood.

Duncan: States could lose out on stimulus cash (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - States will hurt their chance to compete for millions of federal stimulus dollars if they fail to embrace innovations like charter schools, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday.

Obama says will talk to Saudis about oil prices (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2009 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would discuss oil costs when he meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah next week and plans to say that big price rises are not in Riyadh's interests.

Photos of a young Obama reveal a campus hunk (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 03:36 PM PDT AP - He was tall and stunningly good looking, a guy who could appear pensive and serious one moment and then, with smoke from an unfiltered cigarette swirling around his face, morph into the hippest looking dude this side of James Dean.

Obama: It's necessary to reduce dependence on oil (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 03:18 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S. and Saudi Arabia must take steps to reduce dependence on oil to boost their economies and reduce threats to the planet from climate change.

Obama to outline outreach to Muslims next week (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he will use next week's speech in Egypt as an effort to improve the United States' image in the Muslim world.

Suicide attack, market blasts hit Peshawar (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - Militants detonated two bombs in a busy market and attacked two police checkpoints in northern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, wounding scores more and testing the resolve of the government as it takes on the Taliban in the Swat Valley.

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