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• Senate negotiators narrow health care differences (AP)
• SPIN METER: Future bailouts are part of the plan (AP)
• Obama warns Wall Street not to block tighter regs (AP)
• New York residences raided in terrorism probe (AP)
• Huckabee: Journalism is dead (Politico)
• Embassy guard photos evoke Abu Ghraib comparison (AP)
• Immigration fee hikes not providing more revenue (AP)
• Showerheads may harbor bacteria dangerous to some (AP)
• Former Carter press secretary Jody Powell dies (AP)
• Rules on Wilson's outburst open to interpretation (AP)
• Obama to Wall Street: Get behind regulatory reform (Reuters)
• Kennedy Senate race shaped by those not running (AP)
• Obama to meet African leaders at UN (AP)
• Obama Sees Progress, Will ‘Walk Congress’ Through Health Care (Bloomberg)
• Obama, Clinton eat Italian after Obama's NY speech (AP)
• Backers of gay marriage want to repeal federal law (AP)
• Analysis: Testing time for Obama on Iran, NKorea (AP)
• Aircraft in Gulf to be tracked using satellites (AP)
• Most US doctors back public health option: poll (AFP)
• Harper, Obama seen pushing for continued stimulus (Reuters)

Senate negotiators narrow health care differences (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT AP - Senate health care negotiators said Monday they've narrowed their differences on a host of difficult issues with just a day or so left to seal an elusive bipartisan deal that could change the course of the contentious debate.

SPIN METER: Future bailouts are part of the plan (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Speaking on the anniversary of the start of the financial meltdown, President Barack Obama warned bankers not to "expect that next time, American taxpayers will be there to break their fall."

Obama warns Wall Street not to block tighter regs (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Lecturing Wall Street on its own turf, President Barack Obama warned financial leaders not to use the recovering economy to race back into "reckless behavior" that could cause a new meltdown. He declared that a bailout-weary public will not break their fall again.

New York residences raided in terrorism probe (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - FBI agents and police on a terrorism task force raided residences in New York City before dawn Monday after a visit from a person believed to be linked to al-Qaida.

Huckabee: Journalism is dead (Politico) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 09:52 AM PDT Politico - Former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee, currently a Fox News talk show host, ripped the media this weekend, claiming that journalism has been reduced to “ink-stained drivel that smeared the pages of paper and the people who attempted to read it.”

Embassy guard photos evoke Abu Ghraib comparison (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:03 PM PDT AP - Photos showing private security guards in various stages of nudity at drunken parties may be as damaging to U.S. interests in Afghanistan as images of detainee mistreatment at Abu Ghraib were in Iraq, members of an independent panel investigating wartime spending said Monday.

Immigration fee hikes not providing more revenue (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:07 PM PDT AP - The government has collected hundreds of millions of dollars less than it thought it would from fee increases imposed two years ago on applications for citizenship and other immigration-related services.

Showerheads may harbor bacteria dangerous to some (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - In what may be the scariest shower news since Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," a study says showerheads can harbor tiny bacteria that come spraying into your face when you wash. People with normal immune systems have little to fear, but these microbes could be a concern for folks with cystic fibrosis or AIDS, people who are undergoing cancer treatment or those who have had a recent organ transplant.

Former Carter press secretary Jody Powell dies (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - Jody Powell, who was White House press secretary and among the closest and most trusted advisers to President Jimmy Carter, died Monday of a heart attack. He was 65.

Rules on Wilson's outburst open to interpretation (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:36 PM PDT AP - Rep. Joe Wilson may have violated good taste when he yelled "You lie!" at President Barack Obama last week. But did he break any specific House rules?

Obama to Wall Street: Get behind regulatory reform (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama warned financial firms on Monday to heed the lessons of Lehman Brothers' collapse a year ago and get behind a regulatory overhaul he wants Congress to pass this year.

Kennedy Senate race shaped by those not running (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - With the clock running on a shortened election calendar, the campaign to succeed Sen. Edward Kennedy has become notable for who's not running, instead of who is.

Obama to meet African leaders at UN (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:36 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will host a lunch for leaders from sub-Saharan Africa during next week's ministerial meeting of the U.N. General Assembly to promote economic and social development, the U.S. ambassador announced Monday.

Obama Sees Progress, Will ‘Walk Congress’ Through Health Care (Bloomberg) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:30 PM PDT Bloomberg - Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he sees progress in the Senate Finance Committee for his bid to overhaul the U.S. health-care system and will work with Congress to get it done.

Obama, Clinton eat Italian after Obama's NY speech (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:16 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton met privately for about 90 minutes on Monday, discussing the global economy over a meal in Manhattan.

Backers of gay marriage want to repeal federal law (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:11 PM PDT AP - Gay marriage supporters are moving to repeal a law that denies federal benefits to same-sex couples, but there's little chance of a vote this year.

Analysis: Testing time for Obama on Iran, NKorea (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - Suddenly the door has opened for President Barack Obama to put his long-shot diplomatic strategy to the test and fulfill a campaign pledge to negotiate directly with North Korea and Iran.

Aircraft in Gulf to be tracked using satellites (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:45 PM PDT AP - Air traffic controllers will begin using satellite technology in December to track aircraft flying over the Gulf of Mexico, a significant milestone in the government's program to replace the nation's radar-based air traffic system, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Monday.

Most US doctors back public health option: poll (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:44 PM PDT AFP - Most US doctors approve of a "public option" to supplement private health care insurance in the United States, as proposed by President Barack Obama, a poll showed Monday.

Harper, Obama seen pushing for continued stimulus (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:39 PM PDT Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama will likely stress the need to keep economic stimulus funds flowing worldwide when they meet at the White House on Wednesday, a Canadian spokesman said.

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