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• Transcript: Controller joked about barbecuing cat (AP)
• Not so secret: UBS to divulge Swiss account names (AP)
• 'Special interests' on both sides in health fight (AP)
• FACT CHECK: Health overhaul myths taking root (AP)
• W.H. looks at Dems only health bill (Politico)
• Analysis: President wants Palestinian concessions (AP)
• Firms with Obama ties profit from health push (AP)
• AP source: Deficit to be $1.58 trillion this year (AP)
• GOP unmoved as Obama renews health care push (AP)
• New gov't study shows mercury in fish widespread (AP)
• Afghan vote could aid war effort but not end it (AP)
• Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate (AP)
• Kennedy missed as Dems face health bill (Politico)
• Obama turns to faith leaders (Politico)
• Poll: Most say Afghanistan war not worth fighting (AP)
• Mallahan ekes out lead in Seattle mayor's race (AP)
• Former NM secretary of state indicted (AP)
• Florida man pleads guilty to threat to kill Obama (Reuters)
• Fighting false health care claims, Obama repeats one of his own (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Karzai calls on Afghans to defy Taliban and vote (Reuters)

Transcript: Controller joked about barbecuing cat (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 07:24 PM PDT AP - An air traffic controller was joking on the phone about barbecuing a dead cat minutes before a small plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, transcripts obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press show.

Not so secret: UBS to divulge Swiss account names (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:12 PM PDT AP - The U.S. pulled back the veil on Switzerland's famed tradition of banking secrecy Wednesday, winning an agreement for banking giant UBS AG to disclose the names of 4,450 American clients suspected of hiding assets in Swiss accounts.

'Special interests' on both sides in health fight (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:34 PM PDT AP - As public pitchman, President Barack Obama accuses special interests of fighting to block his health care overhaul. "They run their ads. And let's face it, they scare people," he told one weekend audience.

FACT CHECK: Health overhaul myths taking root (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:43 PM PDT AP - The judgment is harsh in a new poll that finds Americans worried about the government taking over health insurance, cutting off treatment to the elderly and giving coverage to illegal immigrants. Harsh, but not based on facts.

W.H. looks at Dems only health bill (Politico) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:41 PM PDT Politico - Once, it seemed like the absolute last resort for getting a health reform bill.

Analysis: President wants Palestinian concessions (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:41 PM PDT AP - Now it's the Palestinians' turn. With Israel having issued no new housing settlement contracts for months, President Barack Obama is beginning to make headway in his Mideast peace strategy.

Firms with Obama ties profit from health push (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:45 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's push for a national health care overhaul is providing a financial windfall in the election offseason to Democratic consulting firms that are closely connected to the president and two top advisers.

AP source: Deficit to be $1.58 trillion this year (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 07:34 PM PDT AP - The White House plans to announce the federal deficit will be about $262 billion less than officials predicted earlier this year — in part because the administration has provided less aid than expected to Wall Street.

GOP unmoved as Obama renews health care push (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:35 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is broadening his push for overhauling health care even as congressional Democrats quietly pursue ways to achieve their goals without any Republican help.

New gov't study shows mercury in fish widespread (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:35 PM PDT AP - No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the country.

Afghan vote could aid war effort but not end it (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:38 PM PDT AP - Thursday's election in Afghanistan won't end the eight-year fight against the Taliban, bring U.S. troops home sooner or ensure a competent democratic government.

Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:24 PM PDT AP - The images are striking: One congressman's office defaced by a swastika, other congressmen heckled at public meetings, videos and placards likening Barack Obama to Hitler, private citizens with guns joining anti-Obama protests.

Kennedy missed as Dems face health bill (Politico) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:50 PM PDT Politico - With their dreams of health care reform imperiled by a party split over the public option, Democrats are keenly feeling the absence of Ted Kennedy, the liberal lion felled by a brain tumor that has kept him away from the Capitol for much of the last 15 months.

Obama turns to faith leaders (Politico) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:32 PM PDT Politico - With his health reform efforts on the ropes, President Barack Obama is courting the religious community with an unabashedly moral message that played little role in the White House’s earlier arguments for changing America’s health care system.

Poll: Most say Afghanistan war not worth fighting (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - A majority of Americans say the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting, according to a poll released on the eve of that nation's elections.

Mallahan ekes out lead in Seattle mayor's race (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:31 PM PDT AP - Elections officials have released further results from Tuesday's primary, and things aren't looking any better for Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels.

Former NM secretary of state indicted (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - The New Mexico attorney general says a grand jury has returned indictments against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others, alleging misuse of public money.

Florida man pleads guilty to threat to kill Obama (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - A Florida man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to threatening to kill President Barack Obama in an e-mail that said "the blood of Obama will run down the streets" of the U.S. capital, a federal prosecutor said.

Fighting false health care claims, Obama repeats one of his own (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 03:49 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama participated in a scripted online discussion of his health care overhaul with a friendly audience of religious voters and pastors Wednesday. It ended with him bemoaning those who bear "false witness" against his plans — and then making a claim of his own that's been widely shown to be false.

Karzai calls on Afghans to defy Taliban and vote (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 03:30 PM PDT Reuters - President Hamid Karzai called on Afghans to defy Taliban threats and vote, hours before polls opened in an election on Thursday that could prove the toughest test yet of his own mandate and his nation's fragile democracy.

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