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• Gingrich urges talk about his personal failings (AP)
• X factor: 5 questions for the GOP race (Politico)
• Obama tries to fire up frustrated supporters (AP)
• US, Obama's image sour in Muslim nations: poll (AFP)
• Senate blocks bill repealing $2B in oil tax breaks (AP)
• US rep complains of naval ship's Cesar Chavez name (AP)
• Willie Nelson endorses Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson (Daily Caller)
• Santorum: McCain doesn't understand interrogation (AP)
• SPIN METER: On health care, it's Newt vs. Newt (AP)
• Egypt's Rocky Transition to Democracy: By the Numbers (ContributorNetwork)
• APNewsBreak: Giffords set to undergo skull surgery (AP)
• US Senate blocks bill targeting oil firm subsidies (AFP)
• Gingrich hits rough patch early in White House run (Reuters)
• Lawmakers angry with Pakistan warn of cuts in aid (AP)
• Obama administration wants rebate on electric cars (AP)
• Gingriches owed as much as $500k to Tiffany's (AP)
• Geithner: U.S. must deal with budget woes or pay more (Reuters)
• Thompson considerations loom in Wis. Senate race (AP)
• Senators step up oil blame game with refiner probe (Reuters)

Gingrich urges talk about his personal failings (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 04:06 AM PDT AP - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says he has sought God's forgiveness for his personal failings and hopes that evangelical voters take time to talk to him about his two divorces and his affair with the woman who is now his third wife.

X factor: 5 questions for the GOP race (Politico) Posted: 17 May 2011 02:40 AM PDT Politico - A growing list of serious Republicans have now passed on the 2012 election, and so has Donald Trump.

Obama tries to fire up frustrated supporters (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 06:58 PM PDT AP - Angling for a second term, President Barack Obama tried to fire up supporters Monday night, saying failure to get everything they want as fast as they want should motivate and not dissuade them.

US, Obama's image sour in Muslim nations: poll (AFP) Posted: 17 May 2011 04:15 PM PDT AFP - The image of the United States has soured in Muslim nations in the past year, says a poll released two days before President Barack Obama is due to deliver a speech on the pro-democracy revolts sweeping the Arab world.

Senate blocks bill repealing $2B in oil tax breaks (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT AP - The Senate blocked a bill Tuesday that would repeal about $2 billion a year in tax breaks for the five biggest oil companies, a Democratic response to $4-a-gallon gasoline that might fare better when Congress and the White House negotiate a deal later this year to increase the government's ability to borrow.

US rep complains of naval ship's Cesar Chavez name (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 03:46 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Navy's plan to name a cargo ship after the late farmworker activist Cesar Chavez drew sharp criticism from a California Republican congressman who on Tuesday said the decision was unfair to military war heroes.

Willie Nelson endorses Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson (Daily Caller) Posted: 17 May 2011 03:05 PM PDT Daily Caller - Former New Mexico Governor and presidential candidate Gary Johnson has scored an endorsement from none other than Willie Nelson, the Johnson campaign announced Tuesday afternoon.

Santorum: McCain doesn't understand interrogation (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT AP - Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn't know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

SPIN METER: On health care, it's Newt vs. Newt (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 04:55 PM PDT AP - An official presidential candidate for less than a week, Newt Gingrich already finds himself in hot water with conservatives for suggesting he supports health care mandates while at the same time deriding a Republican budget proposal that would replace Medicare with vouchers.

Egypt's Rocky Transition to Democracy: By the Numbers (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 17 May 2011 04:41 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - With long-time Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak forced out of power, the transition period to Presidential elections this fall has proved challenging for the military-led Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Headed by Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the junta has had to contend with rising sectarian violence and demands from activists for a greater stake in the country's political future.

APNewsBreak: Giffords set to undergo skull surgery (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 04:35 PM PDT AP - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will undergo surgery on Wednesday to replace a piece of her skull removed by doctors after she was shot in January. The surgery was confirmed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with Giffords' care. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the information has not officially been released.

US Senate blocks bill targeting oil firm subsidies (AFP) Posted: 17 May 2011 04:29 PM PDT AFP - The US Senate on Tuesday defeated a bill taking aim at some $2 billion in annual subsidies to some of the world's largest and most profitable oil companies amid deep voter anger at high gasoline prices.

Gingrich hits rough patch early in White House run (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2011 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - Republican Newt Gingrich has hit a rough patch early in his U.S. presidential campaign, coming under sharp attack from an unexpected flank -- fellow conservatives.

Lawmakers angry with Pakistan warn of cuts in aid (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 03:01 PM PDT AP - Congressional Republicans and Democrats warned Pakistan on Tuesday that billions of dollars in American aid are at stake if Islamabad doesn't step up its efforts against terrorists, a clear sign of the growing exasperation after the U.S. takedown of Osama bin Laden deep inside Pakistan.

Obama administration wants rebate on electric cars (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 02:47 PM PDT AP - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a group of Nissan executives and workers on Tuesday that the Obama administration wants consumers to be able to get a tax rebate at dealerships when they buy electric cars.

Gingriches owed as much as $500k to Tiffany's (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 02:39 PM PDT AP - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich's family at one point owed as much as a half million dollars to luxury jeweler Tiffany's, according to disclosures his wife filed in her former job as a Capitol Hill staffer.

Geithner: U.S. must deal with budget woes or pay more (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday the country's debt situation was so severe that Congress must deal with it or face the risk the country will be charged much higher interest rates to borrow.

Thompson considerations loom in Wis. Senate race (AP) Posted: 17 May 2011 02:20 PM PDT AP - U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan's decision not to run for Wisconsin's soon-to-be open Senate seat cleared the path Tuesday for other Republicans eyeing a race that will help determine the balance of power in the Senate. Until Tommy Thompson got in the way.

Senators step up oil blame game with refiner probe (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - Democratic senators called for a federal probe to determine if U.S. refiners are cutting gasoline production to keep pump prices high, the latest in a series of political measures seeking to combat $4-a-gallon gasoline that critics say is largely political theater.

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