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• Obama, Jeb Bush to visit Miami high school (AP)
• NJ congressman tops 'Jeopardy' computer Watson (AP)
• Calif AG asks court to lift gay marriage stay (AP)
• Top Obama aide rejects CEO's anti-business charge (Reuters)
• Daley fires back at 3M CEO for Obama criticism (AP)
• House passes bill to avert government shutdown (Reuters)
• Tucson park renamed for 9-year-old shooting victim (AP)
• Gov't shutdown averted as House votes $4B cuts (AP)
• NEA and Michelle Obama to Team Up for Read Across America (ContributorNetwork)
• The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program (ContributorNetwork)
• Pentagon is cautious on military moves in Libya (AP)
• States question Obama citizenship with legislation (AP)
• FACT CHECK: Huckabee claims Obama grew up in Kenya (AP)
• Senate votes to give patent office more authority (AP)
• Senate votes to strip down patent reform bill (Reuters)
• Western Republicans decry Obama wilderness policy (AP)
• Partisan politics threaten pending US trade deals (AP)
• Social Security reform debate stirs in Congress (Reuters)
• What is Included in Gov. Walker's Budget Repair Bill? (ContributorNetwork)
• White House to hold anti-bullying conference (AP)

Obama, Jeb Bush to visit Miami high school (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:13 PM PST AP - When President Barack Obama and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush stand side by side at a Miami high school, it will be an opportunity for the Democrat to show a bipartisan approach to education reform while allowing the Republican to push his own nationwide message on the issue.

NJ congressman tops 'Jeopardy' computer Watson (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:03 PM PST AP - Turns out it really does take a rocket scientist to beat Watson, the "Jeopardy"-winning computer.

Calif AG asks court to lift gay marriage stay (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:59 PM PST AP - California's attorney general on Tuesday joined lawyers for two same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco in asking a federal appeals court to allow gay marriages to resume while the court considers the constitutionality of the state's voter-approved ban.

Top Obama aide rejects CEO's anti-business charge (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:42 PM PST Reuters - A top aide to President Barack Obama pushed back hard on Tuesday against an accusation that the president was "anti-business," bluntly calling out Obama's critic by name.

Daley fires back at 3M CEO for Obama criticism (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:36 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's chief of staff is rebutting claims by the chairman and chief executive of the 3M Co. that the president is anti-business.

House passes bill to avert government shutdown (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PST Reuters - The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend government funding for two more weeks, a move that would avert a federal shutdown but do nothing to resolve a bitter debate over the federal budget.

Tucson park renamed for 9-year-old shooting victim (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:55 PM PST AP - The youngest victim of the Tucson shootings has a park named in her honor.

Gov't shutdown averted as House votes $4B cuts (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PST AP - The House passed emergency short-term legislation Tuesday to cut federal spending by $4 billion and avert a government shutdown. Senate Democrats agreed to follow suit, handing Republicans an early victory in their drive to rein in government.

NEA and Michelle Obama to Team Up for Read Across America (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Beloved children's author Dr. Seuss (born Theodor Geisel) would have celebrated his 107th birthday on Wednesday. In honor of his work and to foster the love of reading in children, the National Education Association will host the 14th annual Read Across America celebration. The NEA created the event in 1998, choosing to host it on Dr. Seuss' birthday given the author's universal childhood appeal.

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PST ContributorNetwork - The EB-5 is an employment-based visa that Congress created in 1990. Unabashedly pay-for-play, it opens the welcome gates for wealthy immigrants who can afford to invest in a new business that not only grows America's economy but also creates -- at least -- 10 full-time jobs. This visa program is the darling of big business and Democrats, but there are also dissenting voices.

Pentagon is cautious on military moves in Libya (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST AP - Top Pentagon officials strongly suggested Tuesday that American military intervention in Libya is unlikely, even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a congressional panel that the Obama administration was looking at "every single lever it can use" to push Moammar Gadhafi out of power.

States question Obama citizenship with legislation (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:58 PM PST AP - Georgia is the latest state to propose legislation that questions whether President Barack Obama was born in the U.S., joining 10 other states who have measures that want more proof before his name is put on the 2012 ballot.

FACT CHECK: Huckabee claims Obama grew up in Kenya (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:52 PM PST AP - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee suggested in a radio interview that President Barack Obama's childhood in Kenya shaped his worldview — even though Obama did not visit Kenya until he was in his 20s.

Senate votes to give patent office more authority (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:26 PM PST AP - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would gain power over the revenue it collects under an amendment the Senate approved Tuesday, a step seen as critical to reducing the lengthy backlog in processing patent applications.

Senate votes to strip down patent reform bill (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:08 PM PST Reuters - The Senate voted on Tuesday to strip controversial provisions out of a bipartisan bill to revamp the U.S. patent system and clear a years long backlog of patent applications.

Western Republicans decry Obama wilderness policy (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:07 PM PST AP - Republican governors and members of Congress vowed Tuesday to fight an Obama administration plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection.

Partisan politics threaten pending US trade deals (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:01 PM PST AP - The Obama administration cast international trade as an essential element of economic growth and job creation Tuesday as it tried to resolve partisan wrangling that threatens to derail a pivotal trade agreement with South Korea.

Social Security reform debate stirs in Congress (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PST Reuters - While Congress brawls over how to shrink a $1.6 trillion budget deficit this year, an even tougher battle has begun over cutting popular Social Security retirement benefits to achieve long-term savings.

What is Included in Gov. Walker's Budget Repair Bill? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:42 PM PST ContributorNetwork - Wisconsin Senate and Assembly Bill 11, known as the Budget Repair Bill, has been the source of demonstrations and debate since its introduction on Feb. 11. Fourteen Democratic senators left the state preventing the bill from being passed by the Republican majority in the Senate. These senators remain in neighboring Illinois and the bill is on hold. It passed the Republican controlled Assembly on a voice vote.

White House to hold anti-bullying conference (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will host a White House conference next week on preventing bullying.

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