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Palin links resignation to 'higher calling' (AP)
Obama's trip: A mission to reshape US image (AP)
Analysis: Palin's resignation raises questions (AP)
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Archives' record-keeping lapse (AP)
Palin fires back at press on Facebook (Politico)
Colin Powell cautions Obama on big government (AP)
Obama, McCain give dueling holiday addresses (AP)
Obama says Iraq will see difficult days ahead (AP)
60 votes not so super for Obama, Senate Democrats (AP)
Zelaya says he's optimist, will return to Honduras (AP)
Obama says U.S. a strong partner of Iraq despite pullout (Reuters)
Biden: I take Palin 'at her word' (Politico)
Obama says supports Kremlin chief on more freedoms (Reuters)
Colin Powell: Celebrate Michael Jackson's art (AP)
Schwarzenegger legacy entwined with fiscal crisis (AP)
McCain says resigning Palin will still play Republican role (Reuters)
Palin shocker a boon to her lieutenant (Politico)
Hardline Iran editor calls for Mousavi to face trial (Reuters)
Group Sotomayor advised fought job tests (AP)
Michelle Obama bringing glamour to Moscow (AP)

Palin links resignation to 'higher calling' (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:10 PM PDT

AP - Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a "higher calling" with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines.

Obama's trip: A mission to reshape US image (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT

AP - Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.

Analysis: Palin's resignation raises questions (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 02:20 PM PDT

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's abrupt and unscripted holiday resignation is an odd way to launch a potential presidential bid and no help for a party battered by scandal and fighting for relevancy.

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Archives' record-keeping lapse (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 02:57 PM PDT

AP - National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building's magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won't find the patent file for the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Palin fires back at press on Facebook (Politico)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 03:42 PM PDT

Politico - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Saturday in a Fourth of July message to supporters that news coverage of her startling resignation announcement reflects "the politics of personal destruction." In the Facebook posting, the governor indicated that she plans to continue to play a role national politics, vowing to "advance this country together."

Colin Powell cautions Obama on big government (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 02:35 PM PDT

AP - Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the additional red tape that will be created.

Obama, McCain give dueling holiday addresses (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 02:46 PM PDT

AP - In dueling holiday addresses, President Barack Obama appealed for public support of his domestic programs and Sen. John McCain said Americans should side with Iranian election protesters.

Obama says Iraq will see difficult days ahead (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:26 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama warned on Saturday "there will be difficult days ahead" in Iraq and said the U.S. will remain a strong partner to Iraq for its security.

60 votes not so super for Obama, Senate Democrats (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 09:11 AM PDT

AP - Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama's top priorities to pass without Republican support.

Zelaya says he's optimist, will return to Honduras (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:08 PM PDT

AP - Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya says he's optimistic and is still planning to return Sunday to his country a week after he was overthrown by a military coup.

Obama says U.S. a strong partner of Iraq despite pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 05:09 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday Iraq faced difficult days ahead after taking control of its towns and cities from U.S. forces but he pledged to remain a strong partner on behalf of the country's security and prosperity.

Biden: I take Palin 'at her word' (Politico)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 04:16 PM PDT

Politico - New York Times reporter Sheryl Stolberg, working as pool, had a short interview with Vice President Joe Biden as he flew out of Bagdhad. Her report:

Obama says supports Kremlin chief on more freedoms (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 04:12 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama has used an interview with a Russian opposition newspaper to support Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev's publicly declared aim of building a freer society in Russia.

Colin Powell: Celebrate Michael Jackson's art (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 03:24 PM PDT

AP - Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated.

Schwarzenegger legacy entwined with fiscal crisis (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 11:49 AM PDT

AP - California voters gave Arnold Schwarzenegger a single, blockbuster-sized mission when they sent him to Sacramento six years ago in an unprecedented election: Fix California's chaotic budget system, once and for all.

McCain says resigning Palin will still play Republican role (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 10:08 AM PDT

Reuters - Republican Senator John McCain issued a statement of support for resigning Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she will play a leadership role in the Republican Party and in America.

Palin shocker a boon to her lieutenant (Politico)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 09:54 AM PDT

Politico - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s sudden announcement Friday that she will resign at the end of July came as a complete shock to the Alaska political establishment. The choreography suggested that was by design.

Hardline Iran editor calls for Mousavi to face trial (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 11:55 AM PDT

Reuters - An editor seen as close to Iran's leadership said on Saturday that opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi should go on trial, and a lawyer said other reformists had already been accused of acting against national security.

Group Sotomayor advised fought job tests (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2009 04:57 AM PDT

AP - A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show.