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• Catholic hospitals support health care bill (AP)
• Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects (AP)
• Obama promise: Focus on getting kids to college (AP)
• US mom: Daughter held in Ireland 'lost her mind' (AP)
• Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill (AP)
• Divided party? It's not just GOP, but also Dems (AP)
• Young appeals court nominee raises liberal hopes (AP)
• New Sen. Brown bashes Obama's 'bitter' health push (AP)
• US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting (AP)
• Fiorina assails Washington, Boxer as out of touch (AP)
• Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession (AP)
• Judge faces election after unpopular decision (AP)
• Obama to submit new education initiative (AFP)
• Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, a big election prize (Reuters)
• Obama's plan for education reform: short on specifics, so far (The Christian Science Monitor)
• AP Source: Colo. woman held in terror probe (AP)
• Will House healthcare reform vote come next week? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Catholic hospitals support health care bill (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 04:51 PM PST AP - A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama's health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive role.

Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.

Obama promise: Focus on getting kids to college (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 02:37 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground lost against youngsters in other countries.

US mom: Daughter held in Ireland 'lost her mind' (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 05:25 PM PST AP - Before her daughter disappeared last fall, Christina Mott recalls that the 31-year-old who had been held in connection with an alleged assassination plot announced she had converted to Islam and told them they'd go to hell if they didn't follow in her steps.

Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 05:27 PM PST AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she's confident the House will pass health care legislation and dismissed Republican criticism that she did not have enough votes for the measure.

Divided party? It's not just GOP, but also Dems (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 02:31 PM PST AP - For all the evidence of a divided GOP, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour.

Young appeals court nominee raises liberal hopes (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 02:27 PM PST AP - Thirteen months into his presidency, Barack Obama finally gave liberal supporters the kind of judicial nominee they had sought and conservatives feared.

New Sen. Brown bashes Obama's 'bitter' health push (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 05:27 PM PST AP - Newly arrived Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts accused President Barack Obama and Democrats on Saturday of a "bitter, destructive and endless" drive to pass health overhaul legislation that Brown warned would be disastrous.

US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 01:27 PM PST AP - A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme.

Fiorina assails Washington, Boxer as out of touch (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PST AP - Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Saturday attempted to win over California Republicans by attacking two of their strongest dislikes — incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and a federal government she says is broken.

Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 03:42 PM PST AP - Utah's House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after acknowledging he paid a woman $150,000 to keep quiet about a nude hot-tubbing incident that took place a quarter century ago when she was a teenager.

Judge faces election after unpopular decision (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 01:25 PM PST AP - The judge didn't believe the father was a threat and denied the mother's plea to keep him away from their 9-month-old son. It was a seemingly routine ruling in a busy family law court called on too often to referee passionate fights between broken young families over the care of babies.

Obama to submit new education initiative (AFP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 11:00 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama announced Saturday he will be sending to Congress a new education initiative designed to better prepare high school graduates for college and a professional career.

Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, a big election prize (Reuters) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:01 AM PST Reuters - Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a wide lead on Saturday in early results from Baghdad, the major prize in a tight election race that Iraqis hope will bring stability after years of sectarian conflict.

Obama's plan for education reform: short on specifics, so far (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 08:27 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama will send the outlines of an education overhaul bill to Congress on Monday, promising sweeping changes to a faltering American education system.

AP Source: Colo. woman held in terror probe (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 07:50 AM PST AP - A U.S. official says a Colorado woman has been detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch offended many Muslims.

Will House healthcare reform vote come next week? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 03:25 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - With President Obama delaying a trip to Asia until March 21 to rally support for healthcare reform, House Democrats are stepping up the pace to get a bill to the Oval Office by the end of next week.

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