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FAA settles with Southwest Airlines for $7.5M (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:58 PM PST AP - Southwest Airlines will pay a fine of $7.5 million for flying planes that had missed critical safety checks — $2.7 million less than government regulators initially ordered.

Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:56 PM PST AP - The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects.

Govt moves to aid AIG yet again; when will it end? (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:39 PM PST AP - A new definition of desperate times: Even as the government threw a stunning new $30 billion lifeline to American International Group on Monday, the beleaguered insurance giant confirmed it had lost more than twice that much, $62 billion, in a single three-month period.

Bush-era memo claims unfettered rendition powers (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:15 PM PST AP - A newly released Bush administration legal memo from 2002 claimed that the president has an unfettered right to transfer suspected terrorists to other governments without regard for whether they would be subject to torture.

Angry McCain slams Obama (Politico) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:54 PM PST Politico - Long delayed but not shrunken with time, a nearly $410 billion omnibus spending bill is fast becoming a great bone in the throat for Democrats and the White House, just when each hoped to put the past behind them and move onto President Barack Obama’s new 2010 budget.

Obama beats early retreat on promise to fight pork (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:48 PM PST AP - Despite campaign promises to take a machete to lawmakers' pet projects, President Barack Obama is quietly caving to funding nearly 8,000 of them this year, drawing a stern rebuke Monday from his Republican challenger in last fall's election.

Congress renews push to regulate cigarettes (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:21 PM PST AP - With support from a president who's been trying to kick the habit himself, lawmakers renewed their efforts Monday to require government regulation of cigarettes.

Former Clinton official to head WH health efforts (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 09:09 AM PST AP - A former Clinton administration official is being tapped to head the White House's office of health reform.

Obama taps Kan. Gov. Sebelius as health chief (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 11:40 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama turned to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Monday to help him overhaul a health care system whose cost has risen four times as fast as people's wages in recent years.

Call for autopsy to unravel tragedy of stillbirth (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:13 PM PST AP - Adding to the devastation of her daughter Clare being stillborn is the fact that Erin Fogarty Owen doesn't know why: What went wrong in a pregnancy that seemed textbook? And that unknown means Owen is facing her new pregnancy with as much fear as joy, repeating what she calls sanity sonograms for reassurance that this baby's still fine.

Clinton expresses doubts on Iran (Politico) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 06:24 PM PST Politico - JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed doubt Monday that Iran would embrace the Obama administration’s offer of better relations, according to a senior U.S. official.

White House helicopter data found on Iranian computer (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:58 PM PST Reuters - Engineering documents about one of two types of helicopters in the U.S. presidential fleet were found on a computer in Iran after they were inadvertently disclosed by an American defense industry executive last year, according to a cybersecurity company.

Trade nominee is 4th Obama pick to owe back taxes (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 06:31 PM PST AP - Another Obama administration nominee has tax troubles. This time, it's Ron Kirk, the president's choice to be U.S. trade representative. Kirk owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes from earlier in the decade and has agreed to pay them, the Senate Finance Committee said Monday.

Senator: AIG bailout a 'tar baby' (Politico) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:53 PM PST Politico - A handful of lawmakers are questioning the decision to spend up to $30 billion in government funds to rescue mega-insurer American International Group, with Sen. Bob Corker saying the money still may not be enough to keep the struggling company afloat.

Obama trade nominee to pay $10,000 in back taxes (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:26 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. trade representative, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, has agreed to pay nearly $10,000 in back taxes after errors were found in his past returns, the Senate Finance Committee said on Monday.

Burris election Web site is up and running (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:09 PM PST AP - Sen. Roland Burris isn't saying whether he'll run for a full term in the Senate next year, but he has laid the groundwork on the Internet.

Steele to Rush: I'm sorry (Politico) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 02:58 PM PST Politico - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he has reached out to Rush Limbaugh to tell him he meant no offense when he referred to the popular conservative radio host as an “entertainer” whose show can be “incendiary.”

White House, GOP avoid direct confrontation (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 02:43 PM PST AP - Congressional Republicans show no desire to demonize President Barack Obama, so they're condemning Democratic leaders instead. Democrats are finished with their favorite target, George W. Bush, so they're linking Republicans to a famous talk show host instead.

Blago lands six-figure book deal (Politico) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 02:42 PM PST Politico - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) has landed a six-figure book, his book publisher announced Monday.

Obama names Sebelius to lead health reform push (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2009 02:39 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama named Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius on Monday to lead his ambitious health reform effort, kicking off a week focused on revamping an inefficient healthcare system whose cost he fears is hurting the U.S. economy.

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