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• Obama on CEO bonuses: He doesn't 'begrudge' wealth (AP)
• Obama, black leaders focus on economic hard times (AP)
• Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 (AP)
• AP sources: FAA eyes hefty fines for American (AP)
• A 'giant' of the house dies at 77 (Politico)
• Debt woes in Europe could infect U.S.recovery (AP)
• Bernanke sees less stimulus, higher rates ahead (AP)
• Scientists seek better way to do climate report (AP)
• Republican wants Toyota exec to testify on Hill (AP)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Jobs bill won't add many jobs (AP)
• Obama doesn't "begrudge" Dimon, Blankfein over pay (Reuters)
• Latest plan to cut farm subsidies in trouble (AP)
• Obama, Palin: Jibes over teleprompters, palm notes (AP)
• DC delegate to request federal funds to clear snow (AP)
• US slaps new sanctions on Iran Revolutionary Guard (AP)
• Man who threatened to kill Obama sentenced (AP)
• Weather forces delay of monthly economic reports (AP)
• Gov't fitness efforts haven't stemmed kid obesity (AP)
• Rep. Ehlers Announces His Retirement (CQPolitics.com)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: War widows' futile fight (AP)

Obama on CEO bonuses: He doesn't 'begrudge' wealth (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:57 PM PST AP - Less than a month after calling bank executives' pay "obscene," President Barack Obama is declining to criticize bonuses received by two top Wall Street chief executives, saying he doesn't "begrudge people success or wealth."

Obama, black leaders focus on economic hard times (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:06 PM PST AP - Prominent African-American leaders pressed President Barack Obama on Wednesday to pursue an economic agenda that includes targeted help for blacks, whose unemployment rate is much higher than the national average and nearly twice that of whites.

Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 05:32 PM PST AP - Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose backroom dealmaking funneled millions of dollars in weapons to Afghanistan, allowing the country's underdog mujahedeen rebels to beat back the mighty Soviet Red Army, died Wednesday. He was 76.

AP sources: FAA eyes hefty fines for American (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 01:02 PM PST AP - American Airlines could face a fine in the ballpark of $10 million for safety violations involving wiring in its large MD-80 fleet, according to a government official familiar with the nearly completed federal investigation.

A 'giant' of the house dies at 77 (Politico) Posted: 08 Feb 2010 11:50 AM PST Politico - Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania powerhouse in Congress for 36 years and an early ally for Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her rise to the top of the House, died Monday afternoon as a result of complications from recent surgery.

Debt woes in Europe could infect U.S.recovery (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 01:04 PM PST AP - The United States, which led the world into recession, may now see its fragile recovery stifled by events across the globe.

Bernanke sees less stimulus, higher rates ahead (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 02:34 PM PST AP - Prepare for the end of record-low interest rates, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says. Just not yet.

Scientists seek better way to do climate report (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:42 AM PST AP - A steady drip of unsettling errors is exposing what scientists are calling "the weaker link" in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning series of international reports on global warming.

Republican wants Toyota exec to testify on Hill (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 02:52 PM PST AP - A top Republican on a House panel investigating Toyota's massive recalls called Wednesday for the company's president to testify before Congress later this month, seeking an "open exchange" before the American public.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Jobs bill won't add many jobs (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:46 PM PST AP - It's a bipartisan jobs bill that would hand President Barack Obama a badly needed political victory and placate Republicans with tax cuts at the same time. But it has a problem: It won't create many jobs.

Obama doesn't "begrudge" Dimon, Blankfein over pay (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 05:18 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said he doesn't begrudge the chief executives of JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs their bonuses but called their pay "extraordinary."

Latest plan to cut farm subsidies in trouble (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:43 PM PST AP - If history and the political lineup are any guides, President Barack Obama's latest effort to cut subsidies for wealthy farmers likely will fare no better than his first try — or his predecessor's attempt.

Obama, Palin: Jibes over teleprompters, palm notes (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:37 PM PST AP - The jokes about Barack Obama's close relationship with his teleprompter have been constant since he became president.

DC delegate to request federal funds to clear snow (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:13 PM PST AP - The District of Columbia's delegate to Congress is asking President Barack Obama to declare a federal emergency to provide funds to help the nation's capital recover from record snowfall.

US slaps new sanctions on Iran Revolutionary Guard (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:51 PM PST AP - The Obama administration on Wednesday slapped new sanctions on several affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps amid stepped-up efforts to get U.N. penalties against Tehran because of its nuclear and missile programs.

Man who threatened to kill Obama sentenced (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:11 AM PST AP - A defense attorney says a man was homeless and drunk when he threatened to kill President Barack Obama as the first family vacationed in Hawaii.

Weather forces delay of monthly economic reports (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 10:40 AM PST AP - A severe snowstorm has forced the federal government to do something it seldom does — postpone release of several monthly economic reports.

Gov't fitness efforts haven't stemmed kid obesity (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 10:05 AM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama isn't the first national leader to try to get America's kids off the couch. President Dwight D. Eisenhower tried more than 50 years ago, and it's been a losing battle since.

Rep. Ehlers Announces His Retirement (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 10:05 AM PST CQPolitics.com - Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., made it official Wednesday, announcing he will not seek re-election this year.

PROMISES, PROMISES: War widows' futile fight (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 10:04 AM PST AP - For a decade, war widows in matching yellow suit jackets and hats quietly and persistently have knocked on Capitol Hill doors seeking an end to the "widows' tax," a government policy that deprives them of benefits from their husbands' military service.

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