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• Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial (AP)
• Senate rejects freeze on earmarks (AP)
• Chamber, Wall Street lobby seek to alter Dodd bill (AP)
• US, Israel try to back away from the brink (AP)
• Poll: Public attitudes toward US census improving (AP)
• Petraeus says Iran nuke won't happen this year (AP)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Records not so open with Obama (AP)
• US peace envoy cancels trip to Mideast (AP)
• Obama pitching health care reform on Fox News (Reuters)
• Obama fills out tournament bracket again for ESPN (AP)
• Moderate House Democrats under pressure on health bill (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Clinton: Israel must prove commitment to peace (AP)
• A look at Democrats' health care overhaul (AP)
• When tweets can make you a jailbird (AP)
• Obama to speak with Fox News on Wednesday (AP)
• US Senate bill to punish China over currency (AFP)
• U.S. says ties with Israel still strong (Reuters)

Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

Senate rejects freeze on earmarks (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:42 PM PDT AP - The Senate on Tuesday easily killed a move by conservative Republicans to temporarily ban senators from earmarking spending bills with back-home projects like roads, water projects and grants to local governments.

Chamber, Wall Street lobby seek to alter Dodd bill (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - Financial institutions and their allies mobilized lobbyists and fueled their media campaigns Tuesday in a swift response to a Democratic plan to rein in Wall Street and protect consumers in their banking and borrowing transactions.

US, Israel try to back away from the brink (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their deepest rift in decades, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a test of U.S. and Israeli commitment to peace talks and one another.

Poll: Public attitudes toward US census improving (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - With the 2010 census under way, about 1 in 10 people may not participate in the population count, with many saying they see little personal benefit from the government survey or have concerns that it may be intrusive, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Petraeus says Iran nuke won't happen this year (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:58 AM PDT AP - The top U.S. commander in the Middle East says Iran's efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon have been delayed "a bit" and that Iran won't get a nuclear weapon this year.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Records not so open with Obama (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:30 PM PDT AP - One year into its promise of greater government transparency, the Obama administration is more often citing exceptions to the nation's open records law to withhold federal records even as the number of requests for information declines, according to a review by The Associated Press of agency audits about the Freedom of Information Act.

US peace envoy cancels trip to Mideast (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:33 AM PDT AP - The State Department says the Obama administration's special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell, has canceled plans for talks this week with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Obama pitching health care reform on Fox News (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:44 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama is venturing into enemy territory to drum up last-minute support for health care reform ahead of a crucial vote in the House of Representatives.

Obama fills out tournament bracket again for ESPN (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:54 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama predicts Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Villanova to make the men's basketball Final Four.

Moderate House Democrats under pressure on health bill (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:04 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As a historic vote on sweeping health care legislation nears, Democratic moderates in the House of Representatives face relentless pressure as they juggle personal pleas from President Barack Obama, a multi-million-dollar ad barrage and constituents who are fed up with the convoluted congressional process.

Clinton: Israel must prove commitment to peace (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:34 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday said Israel must prove it is committed to the Mideast peace process with actions. But she brushed aside suggestions that relations with the main U.S. ally in the Mideast are in crisis over Israeli plans to build new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem.

A look at Democrats' health care overhaul (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:29 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as this week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Congressional Budget Office that will allow them to finish details. Some of the main features as the bill takes shape:

When tweets can make you a jailbird (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:04 PM PDT AP - Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges.

Obama to speak with Fox News on Wednesday (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:44 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is taking his health care pitch directly to Fox News viewers.

US Senate bill to punish China over currency (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:26 AM PDT AFP - Under election-year pressure over trade-driven jobs, US senators unveiled legislation Tuesday that would impose tough new penalties on China if it failed to revalue its currency.

U.S. says ties with Israel still strong (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Tuesday a U.S.-Israeli dispute over Jewish settlement plans does not alter the United States' long-standing commitment to Israel's security.

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