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• White House appears ready to drop 'public option' (AP)
• Go West, Mr. President, to America's wilderness (AP)
• AP ENTERPRISE: Schools gear up for swine flu shots (AP)
• Sebelius: Talk of `death panels' is scare tactic (AP)
• GOP drafts NFL talent (Politico)
• Gov't recommends child care plan if swine flu hits (AP)
• Congressman says Obama able to keep tax pledge (AP)
• Specter: town hall ire not reflect public opinion (AP)
• GOP senator: People have lost confidence in gov't (AP)
• Obama confident health care overhaul coming soon (AP)
• Ahmadinejad plans female ministers in Iran cabinet (Reuters)
• Chavez says Obama "lost in space" on Latin America (Reuters)
• Exiled Afghan general returns as vote looms (Reuters)
• Iran releases French researcher on bail: French presidency (AFP)
• W.H. backs away from public option (Politico)
• US envoy hails Pakistan anti-Taliban gains (AFP)
• Sebelius: Public insurance option not essential (AP)
• Shelby: Insurance co-ops worth looking at (AP)
• Swine flu: How-to tips for school flu vaccinations (AP)
• Obama invokes grandmother's death in health debate (AP)

White House appears ready to drop 'public option' (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 04:36 PM PDT AP - Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama's administration signaled Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.

Go West, Mr. President, to America's wilderness (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 03:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is hardly the consummate Western outdoorsman.

AP ENTERPRISE: Schools gear up for swine flu shots (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 11:12 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of schools are heeding the government's call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio.

Sebelius: Talk of `death panels' is scare tactic (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 06:20 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's health secretary says it's a "horrific" twisting of the facts to say that "death panels" are part of a health care overhaul.

GOP drafts NFL talent (Politico) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 05:03 AM PDT Politico - In Pickens County, S.C., a volunteer assistant high school football coach and newcomer to the county council is mulling a move up, to Congress.

Gov't recommends child care plan if swine flu hits (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 07:20 AM PDT AP - The government is urging parents to have a backup plan for caring for their kids in case they are hit by swine flu once the new school year begins.

Congressman says Obama able to keep tax pledge (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 08:22 AM PDT AP - The chairman of the House tax-writing committee says he thinks President Barack Obama can keep his promise not to raise taxes on most people and still overhaul health care.

Specter: town hall ire not reflect public opinion (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 06:30 AM PDT AP - Sen. Arlen Specter says critics of the Democrats' health care proposals are not representative of the public's view on the issue.

GOP senator: People have lost confidence in gov't (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 08:29 AM PDT AP - An Oklahoma senator says the angry tone of the health care debate is the result of people losing confidence in government.

Obama confident health care overhaul coming soon (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 05:25 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he's confident his drive to overhaul health care will succeed.

Ahmadinejad plans female ministers in Iran cabinet (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday he would propose at least three female ministers in his new cabinet following Iran's disputed election, an unprecedented move in the conservative Islamic state.

Chavez says Obama "lost in space" on Latin America (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 02:28 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama is "lost in the Andromeda" galaxy on Latin American policy, his chief critic in the region, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, said on Sunday, while demanding the closure of U.S. military bases.

Exiled Afghan general returns as vote looms (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 01:14 PM PDT Reuters - Exiled Uzbek leader General Abdul Rashid Dostum, whose supporters could swing this week's presidential election, returned to Afghanistan on Sunday after being given a government all-clear.

Iran releases French researcher on bail: French presidency (AFP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 12:22 PM PDT AFP - Iran released 24-year-old French academic Clotilde Reiss on bail Sunday six weeks after she was arrested on suspicion of spying, the French presidency said, adding that she is in good health.

W.H. backs away from public option (Politico) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 12:02 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama and his top aides are signaling that they're prepared to drop a government insurance option from a final health-reform deal if that's what's needed to strike a compromise on Obama's top legislative priority.

US envoy hails Pakistan anti-Taliban gains (AFP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 06:39 AM PDT AFP - Top US envoy Richard Holbrooke praised Pakistan Sunday for military gains against Taliban insurgents, but his words were tempered by surging pre-election violence in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Sebelius: Public insurance option not essential (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 06:37 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's health secretary is suggesting the White House is ready to accept nonprofit insurance cooperatives instead of a government-run public option in a health overhaul plan. A Republican senator says that is worth looking at.

Shelby: Insurance co-ops worth looking at (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 06:25 AM PDT AP - A Republican senator says a potential administration shift from a government-run health insurance to a privately run cooperative is something that opponents like him should consider.

Swine flu: How-to tips for school flu vaccinations (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 05:29 AM PDT AP - Giving injections to thousands of children — even something as easy and safe as influenza vaccine — is complicated. But there are resources to help schools plan flu-vaccine clinics.

Obama invokes grandmother's death in health debate (AP) Posted: 16 Aug 2009 04:33 AM PDT AP - Now, it's personal. President Barack Obama invoked his own anguish over the death of a loved one as he challenged the debunked notion that Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation's health care would include "death panels."

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