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Officials: Gitmo court system likely to stay open (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:38 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration may revamp and restart the Bush-era military trial system for suspected terrorists as it struggles to determine the fate of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and fulfill a pledge to close the prison by January.

US taking `all necessary precautions' on swine flu (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 02:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that the U.S. is taking "all necessary precautions" to be prepared if the swine flu develops into "something worse" and spoke to Mexico's president about how to keep the flu strain from spreading.

What you need to know about the new swine flu (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 02:27 PM PDT AP - As the new swine flu spreads, people have lots of questions about how it affects their day-to-day life. Here are some answers.

GOP group launches listening tour to rebrand image (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:45 PM PDT AP - With its party struggling to define itself, a group of prominent Republicans launched a listening tour Saturday in a bid to boost the GOP's sagging image and regroup for future elections.

GOP leaders launch listening tour (Politico) Posted: 02 May 2009 12:42 PM PDT Politico - With the party at its lowest standing in several decades, Republicans on Saturday launched a listening tour in the heart of the Democratic suburbs, where several of the party’s leading voices steered clear of hot-button issues and instead emphasized the need to advance new policy ideas to revive the party's prospects.

Dems sense opportunity on gay marriage (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 03:57 PM PDT AP - Gay marriage legalization in several states and the public's growing acceptance of same-sex unions have Democrats sensing political opportunity and some Republicans re-evaluating their party's hard-line opposition to an issue that long has rallied its base.

GOP: Obama's first 100 days all spending, taxing (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:40 PM PDT AP - Republicans say President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office can be summed up in three words: spending, taxing, borrowing.

Analysis: Flu control tests Obama balancing skills (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:42 AM PDT AP - There's a fine line at the White House between hand-washing and hand-wringing.

Resistance to Obama high court pick may be modest (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 11:50 AM PDT AP - Awaiting President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court pick, activists expect a less-spirited nomination battle than would have been anticipated if a conservative justice had stepped down or Democrats held a slimmer edge in the Senate.

CDC says a third of US flu cases visited Mexico (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 03:08 PM PDT AP - About a third of the confirmed U.S. cases of swine flu are people who had been to Mexico and likely picked up the infection there, a federal health official said Saturday.

Obamas take a walk, holding hands in the evening (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 06:19 PM PDT AP - The first couple took full advantage of the cool spring night.

Obama: Wall Street will play less dominant role (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 06:09 PM PDT AP - Wall Street is not going to play as dominant a role in the economy as regulations reduce "some of the massive leveraging and the massive risk-taking that had become so common," President Barack Obama says.

Growing pains for Talking Points Memo (Politico) Posted: 02 May 2009 04:29 PM PDT Politico - NEW YORK — The Bush years were very, very good to Joshua Micah Marshall.

Obama says financial sector to shrink (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2009 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - The financial sector will make up a smaller part of the U.S. economy in the future as new regulations clamp down on "massive risk-taking," President Barack Obama said in an interview published on Saturday.

Analysis: New justice may reignite social issues (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 08:21 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has tried to hold off debate on contentious social issues such as abortion, immigration and gay rights as he focuses on the economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Supreme Court vacancy will make that harder to do.

16 militants, 2 Pakistani soldiers die in clash (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 11:43 AM PDT AP - Pakistani forces repelled a mass assault on their outpost near the Afghan border Saturday in a battle that left 18 dead and shook claims by Pakistan's army to have regained control of a critical region.

Regular flu shots this fall, maybe swine jab too (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 06:41 AM PDT AP - Americans might have to line up twice next winter for flu shots — once for the regular jab and again later for swine flu protection.

California's Garamendi Opts for Front-Lawn House Campaign (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 02 May 2009 06:29 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - Home, they say, is where the heart is. But Democrat John Garamendi, the lieutenant governor of California, had unusual leeway in deciding where "home" is, before he announced last week that he plans to run in a pending special House election for the 10th Congressional District seat.

Immigrants push for reforms at rallies nationwide (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:24 AM PDT AP - Thousands of immigrants and their families marched in cities from coast to coast, hoping to channel the political muscle Hispanics flexed last fall as President Barack Obama won election. This time, they hoped to jump-start an old cause: forging a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S.

Doctor: 64 die in shelling of Sri Lanka hospital (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 11:06 AM PDT AP - Sri Lankan forces shelled a makeshift hospital in the war zone Saturday, killing 64 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its battle with the Tamil Tigers, a rebel-linked Web site said.

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