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• Bank bill in peril, WH urges part be dropped (AP)
• Toyota to recall 600,000 Sienna minivans (AP)
• Officials: Piracy suspects may be in US for trial (AP)
• Obama asks businesses to get behind climate bill (AP)
• Brown risks rift with right (Politico)
• Thousands hit by stop in flood insurance program (AP)
• Clinton alludes to 1995 bombing, says words matter (AP)
• Obama's expansion of gay rights draws tepid praise (AP)
• Feds indict former Blackwater president, 4 others (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health care fight still rages (AP)
• Republicans blast Obama's appellate court choice (AP)
• U.S. won't share Ft Hood evidence with Senate: Gates (Reuters)
• Obama will focus on energy bill after bank reform (Reuters)
• Obamas to visit North Carolina for weekend getaway (AP)
• Treasury: Drop $50 billion fund from banking bill (AP)
• Romney to endorse Rubio over Crist for Fla. Senate (AP)
• Rating Change: Hawaii Special A Tossup (CQPolitics.com)
• Farmer's daughter Senator takes on Wall Street (Reuters)
• New stamps to honor cowboy heroes (AP)
• Gov't report sees increase in campus violence (AP)

Bank bill in peril, WH urges part be dropped (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - In the face of stiff GOP opposition, Obama administration officials want Senate Democrats to purge a $50 billion fund for dismantling "too big to fail" banks from legislation that aims to protect against a new financial crisis. Republicans contend the provision would simply continue government bailouts of Wall Street.

Toyota to recall 600,000 Sienna minivans (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it was recalling 600,000 Sienna minivans sold in the United States to address potential rusting spare tire cables that could break and create a road hazard in the latest safety problem to strike the beleaguered automaker.

Officials: Piracy suspects may be in US for trial (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - As many as 20 suspected pirates held on U.S. ships off the coast of Somalia may soon be headed to the U.S. for prosecution, according to U.S. officials.

Obama asks businesses to get behind climate bill (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:41 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama wants business leaders to push Congress to pass long-stalled climate legislation awaiting action in the Senate.

Brown risks rift with right (Politico) Posted: 15 Apr 2010 03:06 AM PDT Politico - When an aide to Sen. Jim DeMint used her Twitter account to call out Sen. Scott Brown and other Republicans for breaking ranks on a jobs bill, an annoyed Brown confronted DeMint on the Senate floor after privately suggesting he may have been attempting to stir up trouble with the conservative base. DeMint said it wasn’t so, and the two men are downplaying the spat now.

Thousands hit by stop in flood insurance program (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 01:22 PM PDT AP - Many people trying to buy a house with a riverfront view were up a creek the past few weeks because of the temporary shutdown of the federal program that provides flood insurance.

Clinton alludes to 1995 bombing, says words matter (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton warned of a slippery slope from angry anti-government rhetoric to violence like the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, saying "the words we use really do matter."

Obama's expansion of gay rights draws tepid praise (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:23 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's move to grant same-sex partners full visitation rights in hospitals is the latest example of his making concessions to liberals without getting too far ahead of public opinion.

Feds indict former Blackwater president, 4 others (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:37 PM PDT AP - The former president of Blackwater Worldwide was charged Friday with using straw purchases to stockpile automatic weapons at the security firm and filing false documents to cover up gifts given to the king of Jordan.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health care fight still rages (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - The fight over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul hasn't ended, it's simply shifted to a wider arena.

Republicans blast Obama's appellate court choice (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT AP - Senate Republicans fiercely criticized President Barack Obama's choice for a seat on a San Francisco-based federal appellate court Friday, in an intensifying test of his ability to install an unabashed liberal.

U.S. won't share Ft Hood evidence with Senate: Gates (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:55 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration, facing a subpoena threat from Congress, will not share information that could compromise its prosecution of the suspected gunman in last year's Fort Hood shooting, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.

Obama will focus on energy bill after bank reform (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday his administration would shift its focus to climate and energy legislation after finishing financial regulatory reform, which he said would take a few more weeks.

Obamas to visit North Carolina for weekend getaway (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:27 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to spend next weekend in Asheville, N.C.

Treasury: Drop $50 billion fund from banking bill (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is urging Senate Democrats to drop a $50 billion bank liquidation fund from a financial regulation bill. The money has become a target of Republicans, who have branded the fund a Wall Street bailout.

Romney to endorse Rubio over Crist for Fla. Senate (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:00 PM PDT AP - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will endorse Marco Rubio over Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida's Republican Senate primary more than two years after Crist helped crush Romney's presidential aspirations by endorsing rival John McCain.

Rating Change: Hawaii Special A Tossup (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 02:00 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The special House election in Hawaii ought to be a slam-duck for Democrats. But a free-for-all ballot that pits one Republican against two Democrats has opened up a clear opportunity for the GOP in the Honolulu-based district.

Farmer's daughter Senator takes on Wall Street (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - Senator Blanche Lincoln, a self-styled "farmer's daughter" facing a tough re-election race in Arkansas, had not been expected to become the latest Democrat to rail against the risky practices of Wall Street.

New stamps to honor cowboy heroes (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 01:28 PM PDT AP - Back in the days when there were good guys and bad guys and it was easy to tell the difference, some of the most beloved heroes were movie cowboys.

Gov't report sees increase in campus violence (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 12:36 PM PDT AP - Targeted college campus violence, from serious assaults to the mass shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007, is up sharply over the last two decades.

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