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• Hawaii bill would charge $100 for Obama birth info (AP)
• Former Time journalist to be Obama press secretary (AP)
• Ind.'s Pence won't run for president, mum on gov. (AP)
• Former reporter Carney next White House spokesman (Reuters)
• Lawmaker says race played role in GOP's 2010 wins (AP)
• Sotomayor touts bipartisan seating at Obama speech (AP)
• Obama: drug abuse requires broader policy response (Reuters)
• US prepares new sanctions against Belarus (AFP)
• Mike Pence decides against Republican 2012 race (Reuters)
• Obama: Even program that work face budget cuts (AP)
• First lady: Army health initiative may be a model (AP)
• Obama picks former Time reporter Jay Carney to replace Robert Gibbs (Daily Caller)
• House panel wants details of information requests (AP)
• Obama seeks new path to environmental goals (AP)
• Obama: Budget proposal to end up saving $400B (AP)
• Evans Retracts Obama Birth Certificate Statement, but Drama Continues (ContributorNetwork)
• Santorum to headline Catholic group event in Mass. (AP)
• Obama touts investment plan on middle America trip (Reuters)
• Mark Salter: I've Got No Talent for Fiction (The Daily Beast)
• Michelle Obama honors military families on Oprah (AP)

Hawaii bill would charge $100 for Obama birth info (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 05:07 PM PST AP - Hawaii's government would charge $100 for a copy of President Barack Obama's birth records under a bill introduced in the state Legislature by five Democrats. The bill would change a privacy law barring the release of birth records unless the requester is someone with a tangible interest, such as a close family member or a court.

Former Time journalist to be Obama press secretary (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 05:07 PM PST AP - Jay Carney, who built a career covering politics and presidents before joining the White House himself, on Thursday became President Barack Obama's choice as his next press secretary and chief defender. A broad, weeks-long shakeup of the administration settled into place as Obama sought to rejuvenate and reshape his staff for the rest of his term.

Ind.'s Pence won't run for president, mum on gov. (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST AP - U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, a former talk show host and one of the more outspoken conservatives in Congress, said Thursday he won't seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012 because he wants to focus on issues "closer to home" — a message some supporters are interpreting as his clearest sign yet that he'll run for Indiana governor.

Former reporter Carney next White House spokesman (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:17 PM PST Reuters - Former Time Magazine reporter Jay Carney will become President Barack Obama's new top spokesman, White House officials said, rounding out a staff shake-up spurred by Democratic losses in last year's election.

Lawmaker says race played role in GOP's 2010 wins (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 04:12 PM PST AP - Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia is saying his party's November election losses were partly due to voter antagonism toward a black president.

Sotomayor touts bipartisan seating at Obama speech (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 03:22 PM PST AP - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') says she liked the bipartisan seating arrangement in Congress this week for the president's State of the Union address.

Obama: drug abuse requires broader policy response (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 03:10 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that fighting drug abuse demanded a broad public health effort to curb demand for narcotics, but repeated his opposition to outright decriminalization.

US prepares new sanctions against Belarus (AFP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 02:52 PM PST AFP - The United States is preparing new sanctions against Belarus following the post-election crackdown against the country's opposition, a senior US official disclosed Thursday.

Mike Pence decides against Republican 2012 race (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 02:48 PM PST Reuters - Conservative U.S. Representative Mike Pence on Thursday ruled out a 2012 run for the Republican presidential nomination but left the door open for a campaign to become Indiana's governor.

Obama: Even program that work face budget cuts (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:45 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday that even government programs that work will face cuts as he looks for ways to bring down the nation's mounting deficits.

First lady: Army health initiative may be a model (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:38 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that the military's push to turn recruits into health-conscious warriors could be a model for making people across the U.S. more focused on fitness and nutrition.

Obama picks former Time reporter Jay Carney to replace Robert Gibbs (Daily Caller) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:34 PM PST Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerU.S. Chamber: Obama's energy plan unrealistic Indiana Rep. Mike Pence says 'no' to presidential runFirst meeting of the Senate Tea Party CaucusFormer Gov. Mark Sanford's romantic weekend with Argentine girlfriendChris Christie on 2012 presidential run: 'In my heart I know I'm not'

House panel wants details of information requests (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:18 PM PST AP - The new Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is demanding details of every request for federal records made by citizens, journalists, companies and others during the last five years under the Freedom of Information Act.

Obama seeks new path to environmental goals (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 12:27 PM PST AP - Facing a Congress that is more hostile to environmental regulation, President Barack Obama is moderating his environmental goals: a clean energy standard that mixes nuclear, natural gas and "clean coal" with renewable sources such as wind and solar.

Obama: Budget proposal to end up saving $400B (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:56 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the budget he plans to send to Capitol Hill next month will trim spending with a scalpel, not a chain saw, and that it will save about $400 billion.

Evans Retracts Obama Birth Certificate Statement, but Drama Continues (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:43 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The melodrama surrounding President Barack Obama's place of birth continues as Mike Evans, a celebrity journalist, has backed off of statements that the governor of Hawaii told him that President Obama's Hawaii birth certificate did not exist.

Santorum to headline Catholic group event in Mass. (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:12 AM PST AP - Possible Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is headlining a benefit for a Massachusetts Catholic group.

Obama touts investment plan on middle America trip (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:01 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama pressed his case on Wednesday for investment to grow the U.S. economy out of its budget woes, a job made tougher by a forecast that the deficit will surge 40 percent this year.

Mark Salter: I've Got No Talent for Fiction (The Daily Beast) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:47 AM PST The Daily Beast - Former McCain adviser Mark Salter, alleged to be the author of the anonymous novel about Obama, told The Daily Beast months ago about his failures at writing fiction.

Michelle Obama honors military families on Oprah (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2011 08:47 AM PST AP - Michelle Obama made a stop on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to salute America's military families.

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