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• US officials eye North Korea in cyber attack (AP)
• US, other wealthy nations vow global warming cuts (AP)
• Schumer: Immigration bill to be ready by Labor Day (AP)
• Generals: More forces needed for Afghan offensive. (AP)
• G-8 climate deal elusive for Obama (Politico)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Politics shadow Obama's pledge (AP)
• Obama names gene guru Francis Collins NIH chief (AP)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge unrealistic (AP)
• Stimulus money targeted to help the homeless (AP)
• From pythons to fungus, species invading US (AP)
• Watchdog: FEMA still lacks housing plan (AP)
• Coburn knew of Ensign's affair (Politico)
• A glance at Obama's overseas itinerary (AP)
• GOP candidates in Va., NJ wary of Palin (AP)
• House considers increase for food stamp program (AP)
• G8 unanimously express 'serious concern' on Iran: US (AFP)
• Retiring US commander predicts easy Karzai win (AP)
• House Dems look at surtax on the wealthy (AP)
• US to host nuclear security summit in March (AP)
• White House threatens to veto intelligence bill (AP)

US officials eye North Korea in cyber attack (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - U.S. authorities on Wednesday eyed North Korea as the origin of the widespread cyber attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and South Korea, although they warned it would be difficult to definitively identify the attackers quickly.

US, other wealthy nations vow global warming cuts (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 03:09 PM PDT AP - Targeting global warming, President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world's richest industrial countries pledged Wednesday to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to slow dangerous climate change. Setting a marker for success, they agreed for the first time that worldwide temperatures must not rise more than a few degrees.

Schumer: Immigration bill to be ready by Labor Day (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - The lead Democrat steering an immigration overhaul through the Senate said Wednesday he expects to have a bill ready by Labor Day that is more generous to highly skilled immigrant workers than those who are lower skilled and is tough on future waves of illegal immigration.

Generals: More forces needed for Afghan offensive. (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - Senior U.S. generals said Wednesday that more Afghan and NATO soldiers are needed to expand the fight against a Taliban-led insurgency in southern Afghanistan, although current military plans make such increases unlikely.

G-8 climate deal elusive for Obama (Politico) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 01:07 PM PDT Politico - L’AQUILA, Italy—President Barack Obama is likely to come home from a series of back-to-back international summits here without agreement on the crux of a global deal to limit climate change, after developing countries balked at setting numerical targets to reduce their carbon emissions, U.S. officials said.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Politics shadow Obama's pledge (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama made the world his boldest promise yet Wednesday in the battle to slow the heating of the planet, committing the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gases by 80 percent by mid-century.

Obama names gene guru Francis Collins NIH chief (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 03:10 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code — and is known for finding common ground between belief in God and science — to head the National Institutes of Health.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge unrealistic (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 03:16 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama promised to fix health care and trim the federal budget deficit, all without raising taxes on anyone but the wealthiest Americans. It's a promise he's already broken and will likely have to break again. Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress have already increased tobacco taxes — which disproportionately hit the poor — to pay for extending health coverage to 4 million children in working low-income families.

Stimulus money targeted to help the homeless (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 03:58 PM PDT AP - The U.S. expects to send $1.5 billion in stimulus money Thursday to hundreds of communities around the country to prevent homelessness, including $1 million for Fresno to dismantle tent cities and move residents into privately owned apartments.

From pythons to fungus, species invading US (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade: a nonnative species that is wreaking havoc in the Everglades, threatening people, the environment and native wildlife.

Watchdog: FEMA still lacks housing plan (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - The government could end up repeating mistakes seen after Hurricane Katrina without a better plan for housing people after a catastrophe, the Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog told lawmakers Wednesday.

Coburn knew of Ensign's affair (Politico) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:19 PM PDT Politico - Sen. Tom Coburn knew more than a year ago that his Republican colleague John Ensign was having an affair with a staffer – and he reportedly urged Ensign to end the relationship and pay a substantial sum of money to the staffer and her husband.

A glance at Obama's overseas itinerary (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - A glance at President Barack Obama's itinerary for his overseas trip:

GOP candidates in Va., NJ wary of Palin (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor was driven in part by her wish to help Republican candidates across the country, associates say.

House considers increase for food stamp program (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - The House took up a bill on Wednesday that funds a 14 percent increase for food stamps as more people become eligible for the program because of rising unemployment.

G8 unanimously express 'serious concern' on Iran: US (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 03:54 PM PDT AFP - The Group of Eight leaders meeting here unanimously expressed "serious concern" about Iran's post-election crackdown and its suspect nuclear program, the White House said Wednesday.

Retiring US commander predicts easy Karzai win (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 03:37 PM PDT AP - The former top U.S. commander in Europe predicted Wednesday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai will easily win re-election in August, but warned that Afghans will quickly lose faith in him, and his U.S. backers, if he does not provide better leadership.

House Dems look at surtax on the wealthy (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - A plan to raise taxes on the wealthy is emerging as the leading option among House Democrats looking to finance health care legislation that President Barack Obama wants.

US to host nuclear security summit in March (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 02:42 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is planning to host a nuclear security summit in Washington next March.

White House threatens to veto intelligence bill (AP) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 02:22 PM PDT AP - The White House is threatening to veto a bill that would require the president to dramatically increase the number of lawmakers who must be notified about covert CIA activities.

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