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• Geithner: G-20 near agreement on bankers' pay (AP)
• Analysis: Obama presidency at pivotal moment (AP)
• GOP aides: ACORN misusing contributions (AP)
• Census workers trained to deal with hostile people (AP)
• U.S. officials: Mideast talks on track (Politico)
• Senate boosts EPA, Interior Department budgets (AP)
• GOP to block health nominees in Medicare spat (AP)
• Seniors' hopes, fears at center of health debate (AP)
• Newspaper rep urges tax break to help with losses (AP)
• Forgotten mourners: Soldiers' brothers, sisters (AP)
• Panel says spend more on national parks (AP)
• Mrs. Obama treats G-20 spouses to dinner on a farm (AP)
• US applauds Pakistan aid bill passed by Senate (AP)
• New project seeks US Latinos' oral histories (AP)
• SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Hello, Pittsburgh, may I come in? (AP)
• Tensions on rise in health care debate (AP)
• Schwarzenegger: ready to work for Obama, go green (Reuters)
• DC's new Michelle Melt: Turkey burger with a cause (AP)
• Nastiness Dominates Washington, Anti-Obama Movement (U.S. News & World Report)
• Treasury says US economic recovery just beginning (AP)

Geithner: G-20 near agreement on bankers' pay (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:33 PM PDT AP - Struggling with a contentious issue, world leaders have reached basic agreement on limiting the bonuses of bankers whose risky behavior contributed to the global financial meltdown, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday at a summit of the world's largest economies. In the streets outside, protesters tussled with police on the opening day.

Analysis: Obama presidency at pivotal moment (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:10 PM PDT AP - When President Barack Obama said the United Nations had reached "a pivotal moment," he could just as well have been referring to his own presidency.

GOP aides: ACORN misusing contributions (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:57 PM PDT AP - The embattled community activist group ACORN appears to be collecting charitable contributions through affiliate organizations that it then uses for impermissible lobbying and political activity, says the Republican staff of the Senate Finance Committee.

Census workers trained to deal with hostile people (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:35 PM PDT AP - Violence against census employees is rare, the Census Bureau said Thursday, but it nevertheless trains its canvassers in how to deal with angry or hostile citizens.

U.S. officials: Mideast talks on track (Politico) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:33 AM PDT Politico - Reacting to the tepid response to this week's attempt by President Obama to jumpstart negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, two senior U.S. officials made the case Thursday that critics are obsessing over marginal obstacles while the sides move slowly but surely toward the negotiating table.

Senate boosts EPA, Interior Department budgets (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:47 PM PDT AP - The Senate on Thursday approved big budget increases for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency as it passed a $32 billion spending measure for the budget year that starts next week.

GOP to block health nominees in Medicare spat (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:28 PM PDT AP - The Senate's top Republicans said Thursday they wouldn't allow President Barack Obama to fill health posts until his administration stops barring insurers from telling the elderly how Democrats' health overhaul could affect their benefits.

Seniors' hopes, fears at center of health debate (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:36 PM PDT AP - For the moment, the health care fight is all about older folks.

Newspaper rep urges tax break to help with losses (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:38 PM PDT AP - Facing declining advertising revenues, newspapers should be allowed to recoup taxes they paid on profits earlier this decade to help offset some of their current losses, an industry representative told a joint committee of Congress on Thursday.

Forgotten mourners: Soldiers' brothers, sisters (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - The photo tells one story: brothers Chad and Ian Weikel, all smiles, arms around each other on Ian's wedding day. The tattoos now on Chad's forearms tell another — about his anguish over his brother's death in Iraq.

Panel says spend more on national parks (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - Spending on national parks should be increased by at least $700 million over the next seven years, an independent panel urged Congress on Thursday .

Mrs. Obama treats G-20 spouses to dinner on a farm (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:36 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama was sharing her passion for eating fresh, healthy and locally grown food with the spouses of world leaders at a dinner Thursday on a working farm.

US applauds Pakistan aid bill passed by Senate (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:36 PM PDT AP - Alarmed by persistent anti-American sentiment and rising Taliban influence in Pakistan, the Obama administration hailed Thursday's Senate vote to triple foreign aid to the country.

New project seeks US Latinos' oral histories (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:18 PM PDT AP - Gus Hernandez and his family spent two nights sleeping in their car before Siddiqi Hansoti gave them three weeks' stay in his motel and then, even better, a job.

SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Hello, Pittsburgh, may I come in? (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - If it's Thursday, it must be Pittsburgh. Officials of the Group of 20 major economies have had a busy week, starting for many with the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and then moving to Pittsburgh for two days of talks on fixing the global economy.

Tensions on rise in health care debate (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - Tempers are flaring as the Senate Finance Committee starts its third day of exhaustive deliberations on a sweeping overhaul of the health care system.

Schwarzenegger: ready to work for Obama, go green (Reuters) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 02:26 PM PDT Reuters - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to put his star power to work for President Barack Obama on the environment when his own term ends next year, the former movie actor said on Thursday.

DC's new Michelle Melt: Turkey burger with a cause (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 02:21 PM PDT AP - There's a new burger in town, and it's got Michelle Obama's name on it.

Nastiness Dominates Washington, Anti-Obama Movement (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 01:50 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Civility in public life seems to be fading fast. Take, for example, the insult hurled at President Obama during his address to Congress on healthcare. Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted, "You lie!" after Obama said his plan would not provide coverage for illegal immigrants. Wilson quickly apologized, but the House reprimanded him last week after Democrats argued that Wilson didn't show proper respect for the president. [Read Obama Doesn't Want to Linger on Joe Wilson]

Treasury says US economic recovery just beginning (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2009 01:19 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration on Thursday sent its clearest signal yet that it is prepared to extend its $700 billion bailout for Wall Street for another year, even as lawmakers said they were frustrated that not enough was being done to help the average American.

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