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• Ensign's parents gave mistress's family $96K (AP)
• AP source: Burris won't run for full Senate term (AP)
• Swine flu shots at school: Bracing for fall return (AP)
• Health care overhaul bill suffers another setback (AP)
• Ensign's parents paid mistress $96k (Politico)
• NTSB blames downdrafts in Steve Fossett crash (AP)
• House passes bill to boost food stamp spending (AP)
• GOP to call on firefighter Sotomayor ruled against (AP)
• Analysis: Mixed reviews greet Biden as a diplomat (AP)
• Experts work to untangle US, Korea cyber attack (AP)
• Obama's healthcare, climate goals hit speed bumps (Reuters)
• DNC fundraiser tapped as ambassador to Germany (AP)
• Senate votes to block release of detainee photos (AP)
• Baucus lays out plans to pay for health care (Politico)
• Keep them playing: Stimulus money aids orchestras (AP)
• House Democrats likely to alter intel bill (AP)
• Supermax prison: Obama's books objectionable (AP)
• Hastert son running for Congress (AP)
• Burris Won't Run For Senate Seat (CQPolitics.com)
• House Democrats, White House at odds over CIA briefings (McClatchy Newspapers)

Ensign's parents gave mistress's family $96K (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:56 PM PDT AP - Sen. John Ensign said Thursday his parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 "out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," providing his first public acknowledgment that the woman received payments tied to the affair.

AP source: Burris won't run for full Senate term (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:54 PM PDT AP - Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The move increases Democrats' chances of holding on to the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama.

Swine flu shots at school: Bracing for fall return (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children among the first in line — at their local schools — the Obama administration said Thursday as the president and his Cabinet urged states to figure out now how they'll tackle the virus' all-but-certain resurgence.

Health care overhaul bill suffers another setback (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:55 PM PDT AP - The drive to remake the nation's health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded numerous changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast track.

Ensign's parents paid mistress $96k (Politico) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 01:11 PM PDT Politico - Sen. John Ensign's parents shelled out big bucks to pay off their son's mistress, the latest twist in an unfolding scandal that has upended the political career of the one-time rising GOP star.

NTSB blames downdrafts in Steve Fossett crash (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:53 PM PDT AP - The aircrash that killed entrepreneur Steve Fossett, famed for his daredevil aerial feats, probably was caused by downdrafts that exceeded the ability of his small plane to recover before slamming into a California mountainside, federal safety officials said Thursday.

House passes bill to boost food stamp spending (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:10 PM PDT AP - With rising unemployment forcing millions of additional people onto food stamps, the House on Tuesday passed a bill to boost the program's budget by 14 percent.

GOP to call on firefighter Sotomayor ruled against (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:56 PM PDT AP - Republicans will use next week's high-profile Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to raise concerns about her record on race, gun rights and abortion while Democrats work to defend President Barack Obama's first high court choice as a mainstream judge who sticks to the law.

Analysis: Mixed reviews greet Biden as a diplomat (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:04 PM PDT AP - Joe Biden, the vice president who might have been secretary of state, is widening his role as globe-trotting diplomat, drawing praise on some fronts and puzzlement on others.

Experts work to untangle US, Korea cyber attack (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:18 PM PDT AP - U.S. authorities trying to unravel the widespread cyber attacks against government Web sites in the United States and South Korea this week are facing a lengthy, complex investigation that may never identify a culprit, at least not one they would be willing to reveal.

Obama's healthcare, climate goals hit speed bumps (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:46 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama suffered a double-barreled setback in Congress on Thursday when members of his own party moved to apply the brakes on his top legislative priorities, healthcare and climate change.

DNC fundraiser tapped as ambassador to Germany (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:36 PM PDT AP - President Obama plans to nominate Philip Murphy, a former finance chairman for the Democratic National Committee, to be ambassador to Germany, the White House announced Thursday.

Senate votes to block release of detainee photos (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:25 PM PDT AP - The Senate has again voted to allow the Obama administration to refuse to release new photos showing U.S. personnel abusing detainees held overseas.

Baucus lays out plans to pay for health care (Politico) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:19 PM PDT Politico - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) presented his members Thursday with more than a dozen ways to pay for health care legislation, ranging from new fees on industry to an income-tax hike on couples making more than $1 million a year.

Keep them playing: Stimulus money aids orchestras (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - Dozens of orchestras around the nation can keep playing for now, kept in tune by federal stimulus dollars aimed at saving jobs.

House Democrats likely to alter intel bill (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - Congressional aides said Thursday that Democratic leaders are prepared to soften a proposal that more lawmakers be briefed on secret CIA operations to make an intelligence bill more acceptable to the White House.

Supermax prison: Obama's books objectionable (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - The federal government's most secure prison has determined that two books written by President Barack Obama contain material "potentially detrimental to national security" and rejected an inmate's request to read them.

Hastert son running for Congress (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:44 PM PDT AP - The Illinois congressional seat that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert once held for 20 years may see a Hastert comeback.

Burris Won't Run For Senate Seat (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:41 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Appointed Illinois Sen. Roland W. Burris will not seek election in 2010.

House Democrats, White House at odds over CIA briefings (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:40 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — House Democrats were working Thursday to avert a showdown with President Barack Obama and the CIA over whom in Congress should receive sensitive information on the agency's covert activities.

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