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Obama welcomes allies, skeptics to health summit (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 11:33 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama summoned allies, skeptics and health care figures of all stripes to the White House Thursday to debate ideas for overhauling the nation's costly system and declared, "The status quo is the one option that is not on the table."

Both parties play the blame game for economic woes (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 12:42 PM PST AP - Sen. John McCain deployed heavy sarcasm. Fellow Republican Marsha Blackburn trotted out a chart. A group of conservative House Republicans mocked: "'Deficit we inherited?' ... Spare us the false outrage." The war between Republicans and Democrats to frame the blame for the economy erupted in earnest this week.

Allies find agreement on ties with Russians (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 10:36 AM PST AP - NATO agreed after an intense internal debate Thursday to restore normal relations with Russia seven months after it froze ties in response to Moscow's invasion of Georgia.

Bankruptcy home loan bill heads for House passage (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 12:40 PM PST AP - A plan to give debt-strapped homeowners a chance to win lower mortgage payments through bankruptcy courts headed for House approval Thursday as a new report revealed that foreclosures and past-due home loans hit a record 5.4 million last year.

Obama's safety net: the TelePrompter (Politico) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 10:04 AM PST Politico - President Barack Obama doesn’t go anywhere without his TelePrompter.

Senators sketch health reform bill strategy (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 09:31 AM PST AP - As President Barack Obama convenes a health care summit at the White House, leaders of a Senate committee have announced plans to shape his goals into a bill and pass it before the end of July.

Clinton seeks international meeting on Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 09:50 AM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed on Thursday a high-level international conference on Afghanistan to be sponsored by the United Nations and attended by a wide range of countries including Pakistan and possibly Iran.

Piracy attacks drop as nations step up patrols (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 12:37 PM PST AP - Two months into an international anti-piracy campaign off the Somalia coast, the number of attacks against cargo ships is down sharply, senior military and diplomatic officials said Thursday.

Michelle Obama serves lunch at soup kitchen (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 10:27 AM PST AP - The mystery server at lunch was ... Michelle Obama.

FACT CHECK: Obama 'tax hikes' a matter of words (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 10:42 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he would lower taxes on 95 percent of Americans now and raise them on the rich in 2011. Republicans say he will increase taxes for all and in the midst of a recession to boot.

Both parties stew over Obama infrastructure changes (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 12:23 PM PST Reuters - Barely a week after President Barack Obama released his first federal budget, members of both political parties in the U.S. Congress are spoiling for a fight over changes to infrastructure funding.

Obama cabinet members check Gulf Coast recovery (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 12:11 PM PST AP - Two members of President Barack Obama's cabinet said Thursday they are disturbed by the extent of damage that remains 3 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina and pledged to speed the pace of rebuilding across the Gulf Coast.

Obama to make 1st Europe trip as president in March (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 11:37 AM PST Reuters - Barack Obama will make his first trip to Europe later this month as U.S. president, visiting Britain, France, Germany and the Czech Republic, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.

Obama opens healthcare drive with White House forum (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 11:20 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama opened his drive for a healthcare overhaul at a White House forum on Thursday, seeking momentum to change a costly and inefficient system he says is dragging down the U.S. economy.

Recession, tax plans worry donors and nonprofits (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 11:12 AM PST AP - Chicago philanthropist Richard Kiphart contributed generously to Barack Obama's campaign and is glad he backed a winner.

Dems sketch ambitious timetable for Obama agenda (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 11:11 AM PST AP - Congressional Democrats laid out an ambitious timetable for President Barack Obama's agenda, with action on the budget later this month in the House and a vote on health care by late summer.

Earliest domesticated horses dated 5,500 years ago (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 12:35 PM PST AP - People and horses have trekked together through at least 5,500 years of history, according to an international team of researchers reporting in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

Obama team working hard on GM, auto woes: White House (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 10:38 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's administration is working "around the clock" to form an approach to the challenges facing General Motors Corp and the auto industry, a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Frank pushes for punishment for crisis (Politico) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 10:19 AM PST Politico - House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is pressing state and federal authorities to seek criminal and civil penalties on financial actors that helped cause the current crisis.

EPA urged to reverse Bush-era auto emission ruling (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 10:03 AM PST AP - The head of California's air pollution agency on Thursday urged federal regulators to reverse a Bush-era decision that blocks the state's efforts to set its own limits on greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.

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