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AP source: Soldier in shootings disarmed earlier (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 05:59 PM PDT AP - A senior military official says that an Army sergeant who shot and killed five fellow soldiers Monday at a counseling center in Iraq had been disarmed after an earlier incident at the center but returned with another weapon.

US fires top general in Afghanistan as war worsens (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama fired the top U.S. general in Afghanistan on Monday, replacing him with a former special forces commander in a quest for a more agile, unconventional approach in a war that has gone quickly downhill.

Analysis: Will health care savings add up? (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 12:37 PM PDT AP - The White House trumpeted the news: health care providers taking a $2 trillion scalpel to their costs and pushing the U.S. toward Barack Obama's vision of health coverage for all. But don't line up yet for those insurance cards.

Fed boss: Bank exam results should buoy confidence (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 06:40 PM PDT AP - The government's unprecedented "stress tests" of the nation's 19 largest banks should bolster Americans' battered confidence in U.S. banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday as he defended the rigor of the exams.

W.H. steps up IMF funding (Politico) Posted: 11 May 2009 05:23 PM PDT Politico - The White House has stepped up its efforts to secure new financing for the International Monetary Fund in recent days, with President Barack Obama putting in a personal call to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye about adding the money to a wartime spending bill coming up for a vote on Thursday.

Obama praises health industry's vow to cut costs (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT AP - Barack Obama praised the health care industry's promise to cut $2 trillion in costs over 10 years Monday, taking a sharply different course than President Bill Clinton did 16 years ago in an opening bid to overhaul the U.S. health system.

Pilot training, fatigue issues in Buffalo crash (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 05:43 PM PDT AP - Pilot training and fatigue are expected to be the focus of an unusual public hearing on Tuesday into safety issues raised by the February crash of an airliner near Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 50 people.

Bill to include money for relocating Gitmo inmates (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 01:31 PM PDT AP - A war funding bill headed to the floor next week would provide the $50 million sought by the Pentagon to relocate prisoners from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the top Democrat in the Senate said Monday.

Obama shocked by shooting on Iraqi base (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said he is "shocked and deeply saddened" by news that a U.S. soldier opened fire at a counseling center, killing five fellow soldiers.

Pesticide carbofuran banned for food crops (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 04:18 PM PDT AP - The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule Monday banning the use of the pesticide carbofuran on food crops, saying it poses an unacceptable health risk, especially to children.

Bill would allow return to lower credit-card rates (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 06:41 PM PDT AP - Consumers who are paying more in interest because they have fallen behind on their credit-card bills could regain their older, lower rates if they pay their bills on time for six months, under a compromise proposal reached by senators seeking changes in laws governing the credit card industry.

Pelosi: Torture protest improper in '03 (Politico) Posted: 11 May 2009 06:14 PM PDT Politico - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi learned in early 2003 that the Bush administration was waterboarding terror detainees but didn't protest directly out of respect for “appropriate” legislative channels, a person familiar with the situation said Monday.

Obama to talk court nomination with Senate leaders (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday will meet with key Senate leaders from both parties as he moves closer to choosing a nominee to replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.

Obama toasts hoops Tar Heels at White House (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 03:47 PM PDT AP - A pickup game of basketball last spring brought good luck to the University of North Carolina's basketball team and to Barack Obama, the president said Monday as he welcomed the national champions to the White House.

Obama seeks estate tax hike (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration proposed on Monday to raise nearly $60 billion by closing loopholes including those related to the estate tax, and also revived a bid to cap deductions wealthy individuals can claim.

White House: Stimulus on pace for 3.5 million jobs (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 03:31 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is defending its claim that the $787 billion economic stimulus plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs before 2011 even while conceding that unemployment will likely continue to rise beyond its earlier predictions.

Obama: Health overhaul could save U.S. trillions (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 03:07 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday a coalition of U.S. health groups would cut rising costs by $2 trillion over the next decade, a move he said would encourage Congress to adopt major healthcare reform this year.

Study: Bad boy doesn't always get the girl (AP) Posted: 11 May 2009 03:05 PM PDT AP - Apparently the bad boy doesn't always get the girl. At least in a South American tribe with the highest known murder rate, it turns out that the most aggressive guys end up with fewer wives and children than milder men, according to a report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Franken team pushes certification (Politico) Posted: 11 May 2009 02:47 PM PDT Politico - Former comedian Al Franken's legal team asked the Minnesota Supreme Court Monday to compel Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty to sign an election certificate once it makes a final ruling in the never-ending Senate race.

Boehner flack responds to Obama joke (Politico) Posted: 11 May 2009 02:43 PM PDT Politico - So is John Boehner’s oft-mocked perma-tan a color that’s “not found in the natural world”?

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