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• The Fast Fix: Can Newt Gingrich win in 2012? (The Fast Fix)
• AP-GfK poll: Obama approval hits 60 percent (AP)
• No Trump presidential announcement on Celebrity Apprentice finale (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• AP-GfK Poll: Bin Laden killing was justified (AP)
• A chosen few see bin Laden photos as the rest wait (AP)
• Herman Cain jumps to second among Republican candidates, according to Zogby poll (Daily Caller)
• Obama: Congress needs incentives for deficit cuts (AP)
• Hill panel seeking documents on Libya operations (AP)
• Obama tells Dems to be flexible in budget talks (AP)
• Nassau County doubles down with casino and arena (Reuters)
• Medical marijuana wins final vote in Delaware (AP)
• California man admits threatening congressman (Reuters)
• Syria, under pressure, drops bid for UN rights council. Is that progress? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Congress has plenty of deficit-cutting plans, but can any of them fly? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Don't Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Sick and Elderly (ContributorNetwork)
• Bill Clinton to Haiti inauguration (AFP)
• Volunteers: Peace Corps insensitive to rapes (AP)
• Mitt Romney says overturning health law "first act" (Reuters)
• Syrian tanks shell towns with at least 19 killed (Reuters)

The Fast Fix: Can Newt Gingrich win in 2012? (The Fast Fix) Posted: 11 May 2011 05:48 AM PDT The Fast Fix - Newt Gingrich is officially in the presidential race for 2012, but does he stand a chance of winning? Newt Gingrich is running for president. The former Speaker of the House has been eying the race for months and has removed any doubt about his plans with an announcement via YouTube and Twitter. But is Gingrich [...]

AP-GfK poll: Obama approval hits 60 percent (AP) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years — 60 percent — and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

No Trump presidential announcement on Celebrity Apprentice finale (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 11 May 2011 08:46 AM PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Lindsey Boerma National Journal Reset your DVRs! You can make that Sunday night dinner with mom after all: Contrary to his own personally advanced hype, Donald Trump will not be making any kind of announcement about his presidential plans …

AP-GfK Poll: Bin Laden killing was justified (AP) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT AP - Was the U.S. right to kill Osama bin Laden? Absolutely, and about time, Americans say. A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows the nation supporting the raid with rare unanimity, and the glow from the operation is also boosting approval for President Barack Obama's handling of terrorism and the war in Afghanistan.

A chosen few see bin Laden photos as the rest wait (AP) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT AP - Select members of Congress are making appointments at CIA headquarters to view graphic photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse. But the American people might have to wait decades to see images of the al-Qaida leader who was killed in Pakistan by Navy SEALs during a daring middle-of-the-night raid.

Herman Cain jumps to second among Republican candidates, according to Zogby poll (Daily Caller) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:57 PM PDT Daily Caller - Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain placed a surprising second in a Zogby poll of likely Republican primary voters released Tuesday.

Obama: Congress needs incentives for deficit cuts (AP) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:47 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that lawmakers may have to rely on automatic spending cuts and tax hikes in order to reach a deal on deficit reduction.

Hill panel seeking documents on Libya operations (AP) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT AP - Lawmakers who believe President Barack Obama didn't properly consult with Congress before launching air strikes on Libya are pressing the Pentagon for documents and material on all communications.

Obama tells Dems to be flexible in budget talks (AP) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama told Senate Democrats on Wednesday not to adopt unyielding positions in budget talks with Republicans and to stay unified even as more painful spending cuts lie ahead before lawmakers and the White House can reach a deal on deficit reduction.

Nassau County doubles down with casino and arena (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - New York's Nassau County on Wednesday announced plans to boost its economy with a new ice hockey arena and a racetrack casino, but both would be subject to voter and state approval.

Medical marijuana wins final vote in Delaware (AP) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:15 PM PDT AP - All that's left to make medical marijuana legal in Delaware is the signature of the governor who has said he would make it law.

California man admits threatening congressman (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - A California man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to threatening to kill Congressman Jim McDermott in phone messages that railed against the Washington state Democrat's opposition to extending federal tax cuts.

Syria, under pressure, drops bid for UN rights council. Is that progress? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:08 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Syria ended its quest to join the United Nations’ Human Rights Council on Wednesday, bowing to pressure from the United States and other Western powers who had railed against a government seeking the seat even as it carries out a repressive campaign against its own citizens.

Congress has plenty of deficit-cutting plans, but can any of them fly? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:45 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With the two parties dug in miles apart, Capitol Hill is bubbling with competing plans to bring down the deficit and raise the debt ceiling. And President Obama is taking a stronger hand to close the gap.

Don't Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Sick and Elderly (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:28 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - FIRST PERSON | OLATHE, Kan. -- Everyone seems concerned about our federal deficit. However, solutions are difficult and require some hard and, perhaps, unpopular (at least to Congress) decisions. Even though, according to polls, the majority of Americans do not support cutting costs on most programs and do support eliminating subsidies for the richest corporations and increasing taxes on the wealthy, few conservatives will discuss these options. Instead, they want to balance the budget by cutting spending for social programs, such as Medicare.

Bill Clinton to Haiti inauguration (AFP) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:20 PM PDT AFP - Former president Bill Clinton will lead the official US delegation to the inauguration this weekend of Haiti's president-elect Michel Martelly, the White House said Wednesday.

Volunteers: Peace Corps insensitive to rapes (AP) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:13 PM PDT AP - It was an extraordinarily dramatic scene, even for Congress: three Peace Corps volunteers raped while serving overseas, along with the mother of a fourth who was murdered in Benin, complaining to lawmakers about one of the government's most revered agencies.

Mitt Romney says overturning health law "first act" (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - Republican Mitt Romney said on Wednesday that reversing healthcare reforms passed in 2010, a signature element of President Barack Obama's agenda, would be a top priority if he were elected president in 2012.

Syrian tanks shell towns with at least 19 killed (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 02:57 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian tanks shelled residential districts in two towns on Wednesday and at least 19 people were killed across the country, rights campaigners said, as President Bashar al-Assad's forces fought to crush a seven-week uprising.

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