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• Sounds of firecrackers mark failure of terror plot (AP)
• Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP)
• House backers of public insurance option may yield (AP)
• Dems to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade (Politico)
• US condemns violence in Iran (AP)
• Obama stresses airline security (AP)
• Airliner-attack investigation moving on 2 fronts (AP)
• Napolitano: No indication of larger terror plot (AP)
• Seniors worry about Medicare Advantage cuts (AP)
• Dems revive 'Party of No' attack (Politico)
• Officials say man on Sunday flight posed no threat (AP)
• Five die in Tehran pro-reform protests (Reuters)
• Republicans Rip Administration Over Terrorist Scare (CQPolitics.com)
• Democrat eyeing Kennedy seat avoids family legacy (AP)
• Apathy and fear as Uzbekistan votes in election (Reuters)
• Homeland security head: The security system worked (AP)
• AP source: US knew of terror suspect (AP)
• Obama advisers consider how terror list used (AP)

Sounds of firecrackers mark failure of terror plot (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:11 PM PST AP - A popping noise, an odor, then flames.

Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 03:48 PM PST AP - The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available — and easily detected — chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts.

House backers of public insurance option may yield (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:43 PM PST AP - Two House Democrats who favor a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, acknowledged Sunday it might have to be sacrificed as negotiators work out a final agreement with the Senate.

Dems to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade (Politico) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 04:10 AM PST Politico - Bruised by the health care debate and worried about what 2010 will bring, moderate Senate Democrats are urging the White House to give up now on any effort to pass a cap-and-trade bill next year.

US condemns violence in Iran (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST AP - The Obama administration on Sunday strongly condemned the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters, offering its support to civilians "seeking to exercise their universal rights."

Obama stresses airline security (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 12:23 PM PST AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has told U.S. officials to maintain heightened airline security.

Airliner-attack investigation moving on 2 fronts (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:00 AM PST AP - The Obama administration is moving forward on two fronts in response to the failed bombing on a Detroit-bound airliner.

Napolitano: No indication of larger terror plot (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 06:39 AM PST AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says there is no indication that the man who attempted to destroy an airliner in Detroit on Christmas Day is part of a larger terrorist plot.

Seniors worry about Medicare Advantage cuts (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:24 AM PST AP - Insurers constantly caution seniors that their Medicare Advantage perks such as hearing aids, dental payments and even gym memberships will fizzle if Democrats get their way and cut government subsidies for them.

Dems revive 'Party of No' attack (Politico) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:56 PM PST Politico - Democrats are retooling and reprising their “Party of No” attack on Republicans in Congress after straight party-line votes in December on financial reform and health care.

Officials say man on Sunday flight posed no threat (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:26 PM PST AP - The same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day saw another security scare Sunday during a confrontation with a sick passenger from Nigeria, officials said.

Five die in Tehran pro-reform protests (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:07 PM PST Reuters - Five people died in Tehran on Sunday when pro-reform protesters clashed with security forces, police said, in the worst outbreak of violence since June's contested presidential election sparked political turmoil.

Republicans Rip Administration Over Terrorist Scare (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST CQPolitics.com - Congressional leaders switched gears from health care to national security on Sunday in the wake of a foiled Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight inbound to Detroit from overseas. While lawmakers from both parties called for enacting tougher security measures in response to the thwarted attack, Republicans accused President Barack Obama of not taking the risk of terrorist attacks more seriously.

Democrat eyeing Kennedy seat avoids family legacy (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:35 AM PST AP - Attorney General Martha Coakley may be the front-runner in the race to fill the late Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat, but she is crafting a campaign largely free of the Kennedy mystique.

Apathy and fear as Uzbekistan votes in election (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:08 AM PST Reuters - Uzbekistan held a stage-managed parliamentary election on Sunday, drawing little Western criticism due to its important role in U.S.-led efforts to contain the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.

Homeland security head: The security system worked (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 06:13 AM PST AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says investigators did not have enough information to keep a terror suspect from boarding a flight bound for Detroit and that the system worked as it should have.

AP source: US knew of terror suspect (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 08:49 PM PST AP - The person accused of the attack on a Detroit-bound airliner had been added to a government list of people with terror ties in November.

Obama advisers consider how terror list used (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:29 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's security teams briefed the vacationing president on threats facing the United States and he directed that heightened airport security measures remain in place as officials investigate a failed terror attack aboard a Detroit-bound plane.

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