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• AP sources: FBI eyes terror suspect's travel talk (AP)
• Senate Democrats agree to extend jobless benefits (AP)
• Proposals to create jobs add up to second stimulus (AP)
• AP source: Obama focusing on al-Qaida, not Taliban (AP)
• Whodunit? Sneak attack on U.S. dollar (Politico)
• Analysis: Health care progress, now a challenge (AP)
• Congress acts to extend hate crimes to cover gays (AP)
• AP Interview: White House expands climate campaign (AP)
• Chuckling, joking in control tower before NY crash (AP)
• INSIDE WASHINGTON: GOP raising money from docs (AP)
• House approves defense policy bill over objections (AP)
• Dalai Lama shrugs off apparent snub by Obama (Reuters)
• Republicans take aim at Ore. congressman over SUV (AP)
• Obey casts doubt on troop surge (Politico)
• Poll: GOP has 9-point lead in Va. governor's race (AP)
• Vilsack: USDA must sharpen its research focus (AP)
• Senate sends agriculture spending bill to Obama (AP)
• AP NewsBreak: Congress to look into Vikings case (AP)
• Lawmakers play hoops with Obama at White House (AP)
• FEC Announces Coordinated Spending Rule-Making (CQPolitics.com)

AP sources: FBI eyes terror suspect's travel talk (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - An Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terror attack in New York City contacted accomplices there while making a cross-country drive from Denver, raising concerns among investigators that he was sending instructions to purchase more bomb-making chemicals, officials familiar with the case said.

Senate Democrats agree to extend jobless benefits (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:06 PM PDT AP - Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless workers across the country who are in danger of running out of assistance by the end of the year.

Proposals to create jobs add up to second stimulus (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Confronted with big job losses and no sign the U.S. economy is ready to stand on its own, Democrats are working on a growing list of relief efforts, leaving for later how to pay for them, or whether even to bother.

AP source: Obama focusing on al-Qaida, not Taliban (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is prepared to accept some Taliban involvement in Afghanistan's political future and will determine how many more U.S. troops to send to the war based only on keeping al-Qaida at bay, a senior administration official said Thursday.

Whodunit? Sneak attack on U.S. dollar (Politico) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 10:43 AM PDT Politico - It’s the biggest mystery in global finance right now: Who conducted a sneak attack on the U.S. dollar this week?

Analysis: Health care progress, now a challenge (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:24 PM PDT AP - More than nine months in the making, the health care bill soon to emerge from the Senate Finance Committee is the only one judged so far to meet President Barack Obama's conditions for significantly expanding insurance coverage without raising federal deficits, at the same time it slows the rise in medical costs.

Congress acts to extend hate crimes to cover gays (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:08 PM PDT AP - A House vote Thursday put Congress on the verge of significantly expanding hate crimes law to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation. The legislation would bring major changes to law enacted in the days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968.

AP Interview: White House expands climate campaign (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:11 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's so-called green team has undergone a growth spurt.

Chuckling, joking in control tower before NY crash (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - The air traffic controller banters and chuckles, engrossed in a teasing phone call with a giggling friend, unaware that two aircraft are on a collision course over New York's Hudson River.

INSIDE WASHINGTON: GOP raising money from docs (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:21 PM PDT AP - The Republican Party is harnessing the furious debate over health care to raise campaign cash from doctors, dangling the promise of including donors' names in advertising that attacks President Barack Obama's overhaul plan.

House approves defense policy bill over objections (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:17 PM PDT AP - Despite a vague veto threat by President Barack Obama, the House on Thursday easily passed a major defense policy bill that calls for continued development of a costly alternative engine for the Pentagon's next-generation fighter jet.

Dalai Lama shrugs off apparent snub by Obama (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled religious leader, on Thursday shrugged off an apparent snub by President Barack Obama, saying he was assured Obama would raise Tibetan issues when he visits China next month.

Republicans take aim at Ore. congressman over SUV (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - Republican campaign officials took aim on Thursday at an Oregon congressman who has pushed for tougher vehicle emission standards, touting a YouTube video of the environmentally friendly Democrat driving what they called a gas-guzzling SUV in Washington, D.C.

Obey casts doubt on troop surge (Politico) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:52 PM PDT Politico - The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee cast serious doubts on whether Democrats can back a major military expansion in Afghanistan, calling the country’s government “almost useless” and drawing a comparison with Vietnam.

Poll: GOP has 9-point lead in Va. governor's race (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:38 PM PDT AP - Republican Bob McDonnell holds a lead of 9 percentage points over his Democratic rival in Virginia's governor's race 27 days before the election, according to a Washington Post poll published Thursday.

Vilsack: USDA must sharpen its research focus (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:17 PM PDT AP - The USDA must sharpen the focus of its science and research efforts to emphasize areas where it can make an impact on society, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday.

Senate sends agriculture spending bill to Obama (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:09 PM PDT AP - Dairy farmers suffering from low milk prices would benefit from $350 million in emergency funding approved by the Senate on Thursday as it cleared a $121 billion agriculture spending bill for President Barack Obama's signature.

AP NewsBreak: Congress to look into Vikings case (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - The House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to conduct a hearing next month on the case of two professional football players whose suspensions were blocked by a federal appeals court.

Lawmakers play hoops with Obama at White House (AP) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 02:55 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has invited members of Congress and four Cabinet secretaries to play basketball Thursday night at the White House.

FEC Announces Coordinated Spending Rule-Making (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 08 Oct 2009 02:12 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - More than a year after its day in court, the Federal Election Commission announced it is going back to the drawing board to rewrite spending regulations mandated by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

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