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• Obama sure Sotomayor would restate 2001 comment (AP)
• North Korea could opt for devastating land assault (AP)
• Gates warns NKorea that US will respond quickly (AP)
• Corruption probe heats up on Capitol Hill (AP)
• Death cases among early issues for new justice (AP)
• Obama to stress renewed US-Muslim ties (AP)
• Michelle Obama visits White House garden helpers (AP)
• White House rewrites curbs on lobbying stimulus (AP)
• Leader of UNITE HERE resigns as labor feud grows (AP)
• Iran official blames U.S. in deadly mosque bombing (Reuters)
• SPIN METER: Sotomayor's contradictory images (AP)
• Bush, Cheney split on Obama (Politico)
• Obama to create White House cybersecurity post (Reuters)
• Obama cheers step toward new nuclear arms pact (AP)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Battling cyber turf wars (AP)
• Obama: Residents must prepare for hurricanes (AP)
• Grand jury subpoenas Visclosky's offices (AP)
• Paper says mistakenly ran ad urging Obama killing (Reuters)
• Meltdown 101: What took GM and Chrysler so long? (AP)

Obama sure Sotomayor would restate 2001 comment (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Friday personally sought to deflect criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who finds herself under intensifying scrutiny for saying in 2001 that a female Hispanic judge would often reach a better decision than a white male judge. "I'm sure she would have restated it," Obama flatly told NBC News, without indicating how he knew that.

North Korea could opt for devastating land assault (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT AP - North Korea's nuclear threats are grabbing the world's attention. But if the North were to strike South Korea today, it would probably first try to savage Seoul with the men and missiles of its huge conventional army.

Gates warns NKorea that US will respond quickly (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its Asian allies. "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in Asia — or on us," Gates said in prepared remarks to an annual international meeting of defense and security officials from Asia and the Pacific Rim.

Corruption probe heats up on Capitol Hill (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - A federal grand jury has subpoenaed a Democratic congressman in a corruption probe, the first concrete indication that a long-simmering Justice Department investigation of a top lobbying firm also has the potential to seriously damage congressional careers.

Death cases among early issues for new justice (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - As a director of a Puerto Rican advocacy group in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was part of a three-person committee that equated capital punishment with racism.

Obama to stress renewed US-Muslim ties (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 05:50 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will stress what the White House calls his personal commitment "based upon mutual interests and mutual respect" to strengthening U.S. ties to the Muslim world in a much-anticipated speech in Egypt next week.

Michelle Obama visits White House garden helpers (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - It was time for Michelle Obama to return the favor.

White House rewrites curbs on lobbying stimulus (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - The White House issued new rules Friday broadening some of its restrictions on lobbying for projects in the economic stimulus package, but retreating on others.

Leader of UNITE HERE resigns as labor feud grows (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 04:28 PM PDT AP - The long-simmering clash between rival factions at the labor union UNITE HERE grew increasingly bitter on Friday as its general president resigned and accused his opponents of breaking into his office to steal sensitive files.

Iran official blames U.S. in deadly mosque bombing (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2009 05:25 PM PDT Reuters - An Iranian official accused the United States on Friday of involvement in a mosque bombing that killed more than 20 people in volatile southeastern Iran, two weeks before a presidential election.

SPIN METER: Sotomayor's contradictory images (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 04:22 PM PDT AP - There are two sides to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor: a Latina from a blue-collar family and a wealthy member of America's power elite.

Bush, Cheney split on Obama (Politico) Posted: 29 May 2009 03:53 PM PDT Politico - Former President George W. Bush is sticking by his promise to leave President Barack Obama alone â€" prompting some second-guessing by allies of Vice President Dick Cheney, who is determined to confront the new president.

Obama to create White House cybersecurity post (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2009 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said he will name a White House-level czar to coordinate government efforts to fight an epidemic of cybercrime, which even touched his presidential campaign.

Obama cheers step toward new nuclear arms pact (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 03:22 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is welcoming an agreement by the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament to open the way to negotiate a new nuclear arms control treaty.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Battling cyber turf wars (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 02:49 PM PDT AP - The digital battlefield is proving to be difficult terrain for President Barack Obama.

Obama: Residents must prepare for hurricanes (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 02:48 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama urged residents of hurricane-prone communities on Friday to take responsibility for their own safety and start planning now.

Grand jury subpoenas Visclosky's offices (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - A federal grand jury has subpoenaed records of an Indiana congressman in a criminal probe involving a top lobbying firm that specialized in funneling federal contracts to defense firms.

Paper says mistakenly ran ad urging Obama killing (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2009 02:06 PM PDT Reuters - A local newspaper in northwest Pennsylvania apologized on Friday for running a classified advertisement that called implicitly for the assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Meltdown 101: What took GM and Chrysler so long? (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 02:05 PM PDT AP - It's no secret General Motors has been in trouble for a long time.

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