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• National intelligence director resigning (AP)
• Pentagon won't say ship sinking is an act of war (AP)
• EPA demands a less toxic dispersant in Gulf spill (AP)
• The GOP's biggest enemy: itself (Politico)
• Paul tries to defuse controversy on discrimination (AP)
• WWE mogul charges into Conn. political smackdown (AP)
• A step to artificial life: Manmade DNA powers cell (AP)
• Lawmakers slam coal mine official over safety (AP)
• Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote (AP)
• Obama says grateful for Blair's leadership (AP)
• U.S. spells out how it will combat world hunger (Reuters)
• Dems divided on how to use Obama in midterm campaigns (The Newsroom)
• Palin backs candidate in Washington Senate race (AP)
• Obama seeking more nuclear energy loan guarantees (AP)
• Maine Sen. Snowe lauds high court nominee Kagan (AP)
• McConnell: Singed but not burnt by Ky. primary (AP)
• Hopeful for Souder seat says he asked about rumors (AP)
• Rand Paul draws fire for remarks on Civil Rights Act (The Newsroom)
• White House not talking about Sestak's job claim (AP)

National intelligence director resigning (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Thursday he is resigning, ending a tumultuous 16-month tenure marked by intelligence failures and turf wars among the country's spy agencies.

Pentagon won't say ship sinking is an act of war (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 03:33 PM PDT AP - U.S. officials refused on Thursday to call North Korea's torpedoing of a South Korean warship an act of war or state-sponsored terror, warning that an overreaction could cause the Korean peninsula to "explode."

EPA demands a less toxic dispersant in Gulf spill (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 03:31 PM PDT AP - The Environmental Protection Agency directed BP PLC on Thursday to use a less toxic form of chemical dispersants to break up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, one of several steps the government took to crack down on the oil giant.

The GOP's biggest enemy: itself (Politico) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:38 AM PDT Politico - Political history and the mood of the electorate would seem to indicate Democrats are on their way to significant losses this fall.

Paul tries to defuse controversy on discrimination (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - A tea party conservative on a national stage, Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky labored Thursday to explain remarks suggesting businesses be allowed to deny service to blacks without fear of federal interference, declaring, "I abhor racial discrimination."

WWE mogul charges into Conn. political smackdown (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - Linda McMahon has had some infamous moments in the ring — kicking a man in the groin, getting slapped across the face by her daughter, and sitting in a wheelchair, feigning a coma, as her famous husband cavorted before thousands of screaming fans with a scantily clad "Diva."

A step to artificial life: Manmade DNA powers cell (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - Scientists announced a bold step Thursday in the enduring quest to create artificial life. They've produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA. While such work can evoke images of Frankenstein-like scientific tinkering, it also is exciting hopes that it could eventually lead to new fuels, better ways to clean polluted water, faster vaccine production and more.

Lawmakers slam coal mine official over safety (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - The embattled head of Massey Energy Co. went on the defensive Thursday as he faced angry lawmakers who claim the company's indifference toward safety led to the nation's worst mining disaster in 40 years.

Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 05:17 PM PDT AP - In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent.

Obama says grateful for Blair's leadership (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he is grateful for the leadership of his outgoing intelligence director, Dennis Blair.

U.S. spells out how it will combat world hunger (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. global anti-hunger strategy will focus on a small number of countries where collaborative projects can expand local food production and reduce chronic hunger, the Obama administration said on Thursday.

Dems divided on how to use Obama in midterm campaigns (The Newsroom) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:26 PM PDT The Newsroom - What role should President Obama play in the upcoming midterm elections? The Washington Post has a page-one story today quoting congressional Democrats urging Obama to get more aggressive and take a bigger role in the 2010 elections. The money quote comes near the end of the piece, as one endangered Democrat, Virginia Rep. Gerald Connolly, tells the Post he was dismayed to see the White House dial back on its campaigning for Sen. Arlen Specter, who lost his primary bid on Tuesday. "Let me get this straight: If you think I can't win, you're not going to spend political capital on me, even though I spill buckets of blood for you?" Connolly told the Post. "The White House can't be [keeping] distance from people who have walked the plank for them, even when they might lose. Loyalty matters in this business."

Palin backs candidate in Washington Senate race (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 03:51 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed a Senate candidate backed by the tea party, a move that complicates national Republican efforts to recruit their favored choice in the Washington state race.

Obama seeking more nuclear energy loan guarantees (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 03:13 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is poised to ask Congress to agree to $9 billion more in loan guarantees for the nuclear energy industry, a Democratic aide said Thursday, in a renewed push for nuclear power as the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico highlights the risks of fossil fuel production.

Maine Sen. Snowe lauds high court nominee Kagan (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 03:02 PM PDT AP - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan criticized a campaign finance ruling in a case she argued for the Obama administration and considers abortion rights to be settled law, according to a GOP senator who met with her Thursday.

McConnell: Singed but not burnt by Ky. primary (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - Sen. Mitch McConnell, the epitome of an establishment out of favor with voters, is walking through fire this election year as leader of the Republican forces.

Hopeful for Souder seat says he asked about rumors (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - An Indiana state senator and tea party favorite who finished second in the Republican U.S. Senate primary will get a second shot at Washington thanks to the resignation of his former boss, Rep. Mark Souder, who is quitting over an affair with a part-time staffer.

Rand Paul draws fire for remarks on Civil Rights Act (The Newsroom) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:32 PM PDT The Newsroom - Tea party candidate Rand Paul won Kentucky's GOP Senate nomination in part by bucking the establishment, but could his unconventional beliefs hurt him in the general election?

White House not talking about Sestak's job claim (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:14 PM PDT AP - The White House on Thursday refused to say whether U.S. Rep Joe Sestak, the Democratic nominee for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania, was ever offered a federal job if he would drop his primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter.

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