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• FBI director outraged by Lockerbie bomber release (AP)
• Military making early detainee notice to Red Cross (AP)
• Group plans TV ads criticizing health care reform (AP)
• Obama calls for honest debate on health care (AP)
• Waxman insurance probe began in July (Politico)
• Chance of Obama visit highlights bond with Kennedy (AP)
• World emerging from deep slump but can it last? (AP)
• Competition lacking among private health insurers (AP)
• Academic: Fed rate boosts should be aggressive (AP)
• AP sources: Internal report tells of CIA methods (AP)
• After a year of crisis, Bernanke's star is rising (AP)
• Drug case against Mexican cartel began with crumbs (AP)
• Obama again tackles "myths" on healthcare reform (Reuters)
• Afghan election fair, but not free: EU (Reuters)
• Top Marine visits US troops in two war zones (AP)
• 'I've never seen anything like this' (Politico)
• Obama to visit China mid-November (Reuters)
• Afghan vote generally fair, not free everywhere: EU (AFP)
• Large Texas bank shut down by federal regulators (AP)
• Obama marks beginning of Muslim holy month (AP)

FBI director outraged by Lockerbie bomber release (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - FBI Director Robert Mueller sharply criticized Scotland's justice minister for releasing the Lockerbie bomber, an act that "gives comfort to terrorists" all over the world. Mueller sent a letter to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who cited compassionate grounds in his decision to let Abdel Baset al-Megrahi return to Libya because he has prostate cancer and was given only months to live by British doctors.

Military making early detainee notice to Red Cross (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 01:54 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military has quietly tightened its detention policy to require that the International Committee of the Red Cross be notified promptly of terror suspects held at a special camp in Iraq and another in Afghanistan, a senior military officer said Saturday.

Group plans TV ads criticizing health care reform (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - A group opposed to President Barack Obama's health-care proposals is planning an ad campaign to run locally while the first family vacations for the week in Martha's Vineyard.

Obama calls for honest debate on health care (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is challenging critics of his push to overhaul the health care system to stop making "phony claims" about proposals now the subject of intense coast-to-coast debate.

Waxman insurance probe began in July (Politico) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:33 PM PDT Politico - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman raised eyebrows this week when he launched a financial probe into the nation’s largest insurance companies, which are at the center of the health reform battle.

Chance of Obama visit highlights bond with Kennedy (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - When Barack Obama's presidential prospects sagged, Sen. Edward Kennedy lifted the candidate with a coveted endorsement. When brain cancer kept the Massachusetts Democrat from delivering his stepdaughter's college commencement address, Obama left the campaign trail and stood in for his then-Senate colleague.

World emerging from deep slump but can it last? (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 02:08 PM PDT AP - Turnabouts in European and Asian economies, along with recent gains in the U.S., are raising hopes that the worldwide recession is drawing to a close. That's not to say the coast is clear.

Competition lacking among private health insurers (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - One of the most widely accepted arguments against a government medical plan for the middle class is that it would quash competition — just what private insurers seem to be doing themselves in many parts of the U.S.

Academic: Fed rate boosts should be aggressive (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 12:16 PM PDT AP - When time comes for the Federal Reserve and other central banks to ward off inflation by boosting interest rates from the current super-low levels, they shouldn't pussyfoot around, an economist and expert on monetary policy warned Saturday.

AP sources: Internal report tells of CIA methods (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - As the Justice Department considers whether to investigate alleged harsh interrogation practices sanctioned by the Bush administration, sources say a soon-to-be-released report by the CIA's inspector general reveals that agency interrogators conducted mock executions of terror suspects.

After a year of crisis, Bernanke's star is rising (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - Last year, as the gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression shook the banking system, Ben Bernanke seemed nearly as beleaguered as the institutions themselves.

Drug case against Mexican cartel began with crumbs (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 04:17 PM PDT AP - Federal agents hunting leaders of a multibillion-dollar Mexican drug cartel began their case with crumbs: a fake container of corn chips and a threat scrawled on a Hallmark greeting card.

Obama again tackles "myths" on healthcare reform (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 11:37 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama hammered away at "outrageous myths" about his healthcare reform plans on Saturday, seeking again to take control of a debate that has tarnished support for his top domestic policy goal.

Afghan election fair, but not free: EU (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 06:17 AM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan's presidential election was generally fair but not entirely free because of Taliban intimidation and violence that kept turnout low in the south, European monitors said on Saturday.

Top Marine visits US troops in two war zones (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 05:37 AM PDT AP - The top U.S. Marine is checking on troops in one war zone as he gets ready to send more to the next.

'I've never seen anything like this' (Politico) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 05:05 AM PDT Politico - MARIANNA, Fla. — Rep Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) is a skilled politician who has pretty much seen it all — a Deep South Democrat who's managed to dispatch all opponents in his conservative-leaning Panhandle district since winning election in 1996.

Obama to visit China mid-November (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 03:28 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will visit China in mid-November, the new United States ambassador to Beijing said on Saturday, setting a date for a big summit likely to tackle the global economy, North Korea and climate change.

Afghan vote generally fair, not free everywhere: EU (AFP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 02:20 AM PDT AFP - Afghanistan's landmark elections this week were generally good and fair, but not free in some parts of the country due to violence and intimidation, the chief EU election observer said Saturday.

Large Texas bank shut down by federal regulators (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 02:19 AM PDT AP - Guaranty Bank became the second-largest U.S. bank to fail this year after the Texas lender was shut down by regulators and most of its operations sold at a loss of billions of dollars for the U.S. government to a major Spanish bank.

Obama marks beginning of Muslim holy month (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 10:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Friday cast U.S. military efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan as part of his drive to forge a new relationship between America and the Muslim world.

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