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Dems push for torture hearings, ignoring Obama (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - Brushing aside the president's suggestions, congressional Democrats pushed ahead firmly on Wednesday toward investigations into the Bush administration's harsh interrogation of terror suspects including hundreds of instances of waterboarding and other abusive practices.

FDA to allow Plan B birth control for 17-year-olds (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:56 PM PDT AP - Seventeen-year-olds will be able to buy the "morning-after" emergency contraceptive without a doctor's prescription, a decision that conservatives denounced as a blow to parental supervision of teens but that women's groups said represents sound science.

Georgia sends Yoculan out with 10th gym title (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 07:49 PM PDT AP - It was a perfect start and finish for Courtney Kupets, and a perfect ending to Suzanne Yoculan's 26-year career at Georgia.

Pentagon: Insurgent attacks likely to rise in Iraq (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon's top Middle East adviser said Wednesday insurgent attacks in Iraq will probably increase as U.S. forces start to leave, but there's no plan now to delay troop departures.

Conservatives love the Earth, too! (Politico) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:55 PM PDT Politico - While people all over the country celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday by exchanging tips on recycling or how to reduce one's carbon footprint, an altogether different event took place outside Washington, D.C.'s Environmental Protection Agency: An Earth Day designed for conservatives.

Talks on mortgage relief plan hit a snag (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:01 PM PDT AP - Negotiations between the banking industry and Senate Democrats on a mortgage relief plan hit a snag Wednesday after a trade association representing credit unions said it could not endorse the proposal.

Number of Americans who move declined sharply (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:56 PM PDT AP - The number of Americans who moved declined sharply last year, reaching the lowest percentage in 60 years as people grappled with fewer jobs and tighter credit.

Monroe homers twice, has six RBIs for Pirates (AP) Posted: 18 Apr 2009 12:19 PM PDT AP - Craig Monroe hit a pair of three-run homers and Ian Snell allowed four hits in seven-plus innings, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.

Obama seeks a new era of energy exploration in US (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - Marking Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a "new era of energy exploration in America" and argued that his proposal would help the economy and the environment at once.

US wants Iran hostage suit tossed out (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 02:16 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.

Obama must persuade Congress on IMF funds: Pelosi (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:46 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will have some persuading to do to get the U.S. Congress to approve more money for the International Monetary Fund, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday.

U.S. credit card bill advances on eve of Obama meet (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:23 PM PDT Reuters - Legislation to curb credit card fees and limit consumer penalties cleared a congressional panel on Wednesday, a day ahead of a meeting between industry executives and President Barack Obama at the White House.

House GOP want to oust Napolitano (Politico) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT Politico - House Republicans are calling on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to step down or be fired in the wake of a controversial department memo that has sparked indignant battle cries from conservatives and some veterans.

D.C's ghoulish response to suicides (Politico) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:52 PM PDT Politico - It’s the nature of Washington to search for and usually find a politically charged subtext to any news event. But that instinct is never more ghoulish when the event is the sudden death of an important person by his own hand.

Transportation chief rejects secrecy on bird data (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:53 PM PDT AP - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is scrapping a proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration that would make secret its data on when and where birds and airplanes collide.

Clinton defends abortion right worldwide (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:42 PM PDT AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, testifying in Congress on Wednesday, defended the right to abortion worldwide and the Obama administration's decision to finance family planning overseas.

South Africa's ANC takes early lead in election (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - South Africa's ruling ANC took a commanding lead in the early count of Wednesday's election as a new opposition party touted as a challenge failed to make significant headway.

Obama wins on halting F-22s, more fights loom (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration has chalked up a quick victory in its drive to kill an expensive jet fighter better suited for the Cold War than Afghanistan, but more skirmishes with job-rich defense contractors and their allies in Congress are just over the horizon.

Clinton: diplomacy on Iran could lead to sanctions (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - "We actually believe that by following the diplomatic path we are on, we gain credibility and influence with a number of nations who would have to participate in order to make the sanctions regime as tight and as crippling as we would want it to be," Clinton told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Democrats want speedy health care debate (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:09 PM PDT AP - Democrats controlling the House went on record again Wednesday in favor of advancing health care legislation while allowing only limited debate, which would minimize the ability of Republicans to wrest concessions on one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities.

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