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US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme.

Reid's wife undergoes surgery after traffic crash (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday to stabilize serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on an interstate highway.

For Obama, big agenda and small window for results (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections.

Massa media: The week on cable (Politico)

March 13, 2010

Politico - Eric Massa has provided a story line that's proven irresistible to right-wing media.

Clinton's tough talk with Netanyahu (Politico)

March 13, 2010

Politico - Secretary of state expresses opposition to Israel creating settlements in East Jerusalem.

AP Interview: Kerry: Energy bill more about jobs (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - Sen. John Kerry, hoping to win over wavering senators, said he is pushing environmental reforms to create jobs and spark energy independence, with climate benefits along "for the ride."

Yellen at Fed would likely favor low-rate policy (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - President Barack Obama's likely choice of Janet Yellen to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve would favor a policy that stresses low interest rates to ease unemployment over higher rates to curb inflation.

Democrats seek agreement, vote on health care (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.

It's time to spring forward again (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - Good evening sunshine, America says hello, you light up our evenings, we light charcoal below.

States scramble after high court election ruling (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of decades-old campaign spending limits gives states scant time to face an election-year dilemma: brace for a flood of new money in politics, or find new ways to rein it in.