Jeter tops Gehrig, sets Yankees hit record
09/12/2009 1:50:51 AM

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer

Derek Jeter bounded out of the dugout and peered up at the rain-soaked stands, surprised to see so many people on such a miserable night. More>

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September 12, 2009 Compiled: 5:13 AM

Former Federal Official Won’t Face Perjury Charges

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT)

Lawmakers said the former head of the civil rights division of the Justice Department lied to them about whether he politicized hiring decisions. More>

Obama to push health care plan at Minnesota rally

09/12/2009 3:24:47 AM

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Writer

President Barack Obama, citing new government data showing that nearly half of all Americans live without health insurance in a 10-year period, says the situation will only worsen without the overhaul legislation he wants Congress to send him.

CNN: Jessica Seinfeld wins plagiarism case against her

A federal judge on Thursday threw out an author's claims that Jessica Seinfeld, the comedian's wife, plagiarized from her cookbook, but the judge left open claims of defamation against Jerry Seinfeld himself. More>

New York Times: Remembering a Future That Many Feared

The day dawned different and stayed that way. Traffic was thin and sidewalks quiet. The stock exchange didn’t open, nor the airports, the schools, Broadway. People loaded up on bottled water, batteries, canoes. The law enforcement presence was intense: men with machine guns, gunboats circling the harbor. More>

Boston Globe: Harvard endowment posted 27 percent loss

Harvard University's endowment lost 27.3 percent of its value in its most recent fiscal year, or nearly $11 billion, as tumultuous markets ate away at one of the school's main sources of funding and forced a number of cutbacks. More>

9/11 marked with mourning and a spirit of service
By SUZANNE MA Associated Press Writer 09/11/2009 7:17:33 AM

Cold rain mixed with tears as mourners collected under umbrellas and a dreary sky Friday to mark the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with old rituals and a new purpose _ honoring the spirit of those who rushed forward to help. More>

Sept. 11 training exercise sparks confusion in DC

The Coast Guard conducted a training exercise in the Potomac River near the Pentagon amid Sept. 11 commemorations Friday, sparking confusion that scrambled FBI agents … Full Story >

CNN: Assemblyman resigns as extramarital affairs come to light

A Southern California assemblyman resigned Wednesday after a recording of him whispering about sexual exploits to a colleague was made public. More>

Police: Yale student, a bride-to-be, disappears

Police are searching for a Yale University graduate student and bride-to-be who disappeared and was last seen outside a school of medicine building. More>

Obamas lays wreath at Pentagon to observe 9/11
09/11/2009 7:11:18 AM

Vowing to never falter in the pursuit of al-Qaida and its allies, President Barack Obama placed a wreath under rainy skies at the Pentagon in memory of the victims of 9/11 on the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

New York Times: Obama Facing Doubts Within His Own Party on Afghanistan

The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said Thursday that he was against sending more American combat troops to Afghanistan until the United States speeded up the training and equipping of more Afghan security forces. More>

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The Court and Campaign Finance

(NYT)

If a ban on corporate spending in political campaigns is struck down by the Supreme Court, elections could be swamped by special-interest money. More>

CNN: ACORN workers caught on tape allegedly advising on prostitution

Two employees at the Baltimore, Maryland, branch of the liberal community organizing group ACORN were caught on tape allegedly offering advice to a pair posing as a pimp and prostitute on setting up a prostitution ring and evading the IRS.
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Washington Post: Details Still Lacking On Obama Proposal

One day after President Obama pitched his plan for comprehensive health-care reform to a joint session of Congress, administration officials struggled Thursday to detail how he would achieve his goal of extending coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans without increasing the deficit. More>

CNN: Rep. Wilson shouts to Obama during speech: 'You lie'

A Republican House member shouted "You lie" during President Obama's health care speech to Congress on Wednesday, and members of both parties condemned the heckling. More>

CNN: Palin gets tough on Democrats' health care proposals

For the second time since resigning the Alaska governorship more than a month ago, Sarah Palin is adding her voice to the fiery debate over health care. More>

CNN: Sources: Justice examining handling of alleged intimidation case

A Justice Department unit has opened an internal inquiry into how government lawyers handled a controversial case of alleged voter intimidation by members of the New Black Panther Party on Election Day, sources told More>

CNN: Obama ready to move on tort reform

President Barack Obama on Wednesday directed his administration to set up demonstration projects in several states to move toward medical malpractice reform, throwing a bone to Republicans who have long called for tort reform to bring down health care costs. More>

SC voters surprised by Wilson's 'You lie' outburst
By SEANNA ADCOX Associated Press Writer

09/10/2009 3:14:50 PM

Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered congressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention. "You lie!" Wilson blurted out during President Barack Obama's health care address to a joint session Wednesday night, an outburst that made some supporters shudder even as others believed it could give Wilson a political boost in his conservative hometown.

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Disgraced California lawmaker denies affairs09/10/2009 2:04:33 PM

By JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press Writer

A pro-family values California lawmaker who resigned after being caught on tape boasting about his sexual conquests denied Thursday that he had extramarital affairs, saying "my offense was engaging in inappropriate storytelling."

September 10, 2009 Compiled: 12:26 AM
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Justices Are Pressed for Broad Ruling in Campaign Case
By ADAM LIPTAK (NYT)

The makers of a political documentary sought a Supreme Court ruling that would reverse precedents allowing restrictions for all sorts of corporations. More>

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USA TODAY: Cellphone radiation levels vary widely, watchdog report says
By Leslie Cauley,
Some cellphones emit several times more radiation than others, the Environmental Working Group found in one of the most exhaustive studies of its kind. More>

The New York Times

Wed, September 09, 2009 -- 3:30 PM ET
Hijacked AeroMexico Jet Lands in Mexico City
An AeroMexico passenger plane was hijacked at the airport in Cancun on Wednesday and flown to Mexico City's international airport. The plane was reported to be carrying 104 passengers.
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Jobs Makes Appearance at Apple Event

Steve Jobs, who had not made a public appearance since his five-month medical leave this year, got a standing ovation at an Apple event in San Francisco on Wednesday. Read More:

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U.S. in Delicate Spot as Fraud Claims Mount in Afghan Vote
By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER

The Obama administration is trying to balance an effort to investigate vote fraud allegations with its interest in maintaining good relations with President Hamid Karzai.. More>

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Iranian Opposition Offices Are Raided
By NAZILA FATHI

Iranian authorities seized documents on prison abuse from the offices of two opposition leaders in Tehran this week. More>

September 9, 2009 Compiled: 12:24 AM
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The Newest Justice Takes Her Seat
By ADAM LIPTAK (NYT)
At a ceremony with a certain pomp, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was formally welcomed to the Supreme Court. More>

Christian Science Monitor: Obama faces a generation gap on healthcare reform

Part of the task facing President Obama in his push for healthcare reform is to bridge a generational divide. More>

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The Newest Justice Takes Her Seat
By ADAM LIPTAK (NYT)
At a ceremony with a certain pomp, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was formally welcomed to the Supreme Court. More>

Washington Post: U.S. 'Unlikely' to Recoup Auto Outlay, Panel Finds

The federal government is unlikely to recoup all of the billions of dollars that it has invested in General Motors and Chrysler, according to a new congressional oversight report assessing the automakers' rescue. More>

CNN: Sheriff: Bone fragment found near Garrido home 'probably human'

Bone fragment found near the California home where Jaycee Dugard is said to have been confined for 18 years is "probably human," a sheriff's spokesman said Tuesday. More>

CNN: Tea Party Express takes aim at lawmakers

Organizers of the Tea Party Express bus tour arriving in Washington later this week planned their route to go though Democratic congressional districts they consider vulnerable. More>

Splits Form Over How to Address Bone Loss
By KATE MURPHY
Some doctors are worried that a disease is being treated unnecessarily with risky drugs. More>

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Aid Group Says U.S. Troops Raided Afghan Hospital

By SANGAR RAHIMI

A Swedish aid agency said that U.S. soldiers stormed through one of its hospitals last week, searching for wounded Taliban fighters, breaking down doors, and tying up hospital staffers and visitors. More>

CNN: Tea Party Express takes aim at lawmakers

Organizers of the Tea Party Express bus tour arriving in Washington later this week planned their route to go though Democratic congressional districts they consider vulnerable. More>

CNN: Motorized parachute crashes into Utah crowd; 6 hurt

A motorized parachute crashed into a crowd at a Labor Day festival in Hooper, Utah, injuring at least six people including children, authorities said. More>

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CNN: Rousing welcome home for Traficant

Former Rep. James Traficant had a triumphant homecoming Sunday night, his first public appearance since being released from federal prison, a local paper reports. More>

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Gold price rises over $1,000 per ounce
September 8, 2009 Compiled: 12:24 AM

Gold prices rose above $1,000 per ounce on Tuesday, the highest since March 2008 _ suggesting investors are wary of the U.S. dollar's weakness and
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OPINION
A Threat to Fair Elections (NYT)

The Supreme Court has upheld the limitations on corporate campaign expenditures in the past. If they open the floodgates now, corporations will have a huge say in who wins federal elections. More>

CNN: Aides: President to be 'very forceful' in Wednesday address

President Barack Obama plans to get much more assertive when he addresses a joint session of Congress Wednesday night at a critical stage in the health-care debate. More>

CNN: Jones' resignation puts focus on criticism of Obama's 'czars'

As one so-called White House czar resigned over the weekend, President Obama announced the appointment of another one Monday, much to the frustration of Republican critics. More>

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CNN: 'Tight pants' woman jailed for not paying fine

A woman put on trial for wearing clothing deemed indecent by Sudanese authorities was jailed Monday for refusing to pay a court-ordered fine, her lawyer said.
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USA TODAY: Chill settles on once-hot solar panel companies

Summer may be winding down, but investors holding solar energy stocks are getting one nasty burn. Shares of companies that make solar panels have flamed out this year, missing out on what's been a significant recovery in the stock market. More>

Washington Post: When Your Insurer Says You're No Longer Covered

The untimely disappearance of Sally Marrari's medical coverage goes a long way toward explaining why insurance companies are cast as the villain in the health-care reform drama. More>

CNN: Palin calls news org 'heartless and selfish'

Sarah Palin is calling the AP's decision to release a battlefield photo of a dying Marine over the family's objection "an evil thing to do." More>

CNN: Dugard's abduction, rescue bring town full circle

It was an eerily familiar sight -- the townspeople of South Lake Tahoe, California, walking arm in arm down the street in support of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard. But this time, things were different. More>

CNN: Jaycee Dugard kidnap suspect used bondage, captivity in past

Fifteen years before the girl was held captive in the shed, there was the woman in the warehouse -- and at least one other woman who escaped capture. More>

McClatchy: As usual, Congress is way behind on budget bills

President Barack Obama earlier this year promised America a new era of fiscal responsibility. But with his first full fiscal year about to begin on October 1, the Democratic-controlled Congress has not passed a single major fiscal 2010 spending bill, and is virtually certain to begin funding the government next month with the same kind of stopgap steady-spending measure used during all eight years of the Bush administration. More>

CNN: Police: Man shoots 4 family members, then himself

A man shot his estranged wife to death, along with their son and grandson, before turning the gun on himself as police closed in, authorities in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, said Sunday. More>

New York Times: Obama Faces a Critical Moment for His Presidency

President Obama returned to the White House from his summer break on Sunday determined to jump-start his struggling presidency by reasserting command of the health care debate and recalibrating expectations that some advisers believe got away from him. More>

CNN: Chavez pledges closer ties with Iran

Iran and Venezuela plan to stand up against "imperialist" foes by strengthening bilateral cooperation on a range of issues, including nuclear power, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday. More>

CNN: Officials: Crack may keep Bay Bridge closed past Tuesday

Crews are scrambling to repair a crack found on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during a planned closure, but officials said Sunday they don't know if the bridge will reopen Tuesday as scheduled. More>

New York Times: Natural Gas Hits a Roadblock in New Energy Bill

The natural gas industry has enjoyed something of a winning streak in recent years. It found gigantic new reserves, low prices are encouraging utilities to substitute gas for coal, and cities are switching to buses fueled by natural gas. More>

CNN: Nearly 1,000 rescued in Philippines ferry accident

Nine people were killed and 957 rescued when a ferry capsized Sunday in the Philippines, leaving crews scouring the waters for survivors, officials said. More>

CNN: Arrest made in slayings of U.S. citizens in Mexico

The Mexican military has detained a suspected leader of a notorious drug-trafficking family in connection with the July slayings of two U.S. citizens. More>

USA TODAY: What will rise at Ground Zero?

The five skyscrapers were all supposed to rise by early next decade to replace the ravaged World Trade Center, with the city's tallest towers set in a spiral evoking the Statue of Liberty's torch. More>

Los Angeles Times: Luck runs out on Vegas boom

The Currans of Granada Hills have been taking family vacations on the Las Vegas Strip for years. They weren't about to pass it up just because Jeff Curran's business selling upscale cookware is down sharply. More>

UN watchdog: IAEA, Iran in nuclear 'stalemate'
09/07/2009 4:14:30 AM

By VERONIKA OLEKSYN and WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press Writers

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is locked in a "stalemate" with Iran over the country's suspect nuclear program, the agency's chief said Monday, pressing Tehran to answer lingering questions about its atomic ambitions. More

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CNN: NFL's Merriman arrested, accused of choking Tila Tequila

San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of choking and restraining MTV reality show star Tila Tequila, police said. More>

CNN: Two great white sharks tagged off Massachusetts coast

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has tagged two great white sharks off Cape Cod in an area where shark sightings have been reported, state officials said Sunday. More>

Washington Post: Password Hackers Are Slippery To Collar

When Elaine Cioni found out that her married boyfriend had other girlfriends, she became obsessed, federal prosecutors say. So she turned to YourHackerz.com. More>

New York Times: Out of Work, Too Down to Search On, and Uncounted

They were left out of the latest unemployment rate, as they are every month: millions of hidden casualties of the Great Recession who are not counted in the rate because they have stopped looking for work. More>

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G-20 Ministers Back Stimulus, but Pay Limits Remain Elusive
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and JULIA WERDIGIER
The world's financial ministers vowed to keep their multitrillion-dollar stimulus efforts in place, but at a meeting failed to agree on any firm limits on bankers' bonuses. More>

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Gates Assails News Agency for Publishing Photo of Marine Killed in Afghanistan
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

The father of the dead Marine had asked The Associated Press that the image of his son not be shown, saying it would hurt the family. More>

China Ousts Top City Official in Wake of Unrest
By KEITH BRADSHER and XIYUN YANG

The official in Urumqi was dismissed as police appeared to have brought peace to the city after days of protests. More>

China Oil Deal Is New Source of Strife Among Iraqis

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

The presence of a foreign company with vast resources drilling oil in a poor, rural corner of Iraq has awakened discontent in the area. More>

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Jaycee Dugard's Abduction Haunted Her Young Classmates

Originally posted Saturday September 05, 2009 10:00 AM EDT
Missy McBride calls it the most vivid memory of elementary school – the day the children at Meyers Elementary School found out 11-year-old classmate Jaycee Dugard had been kidnapped. More>

All About Michael Jackson's Final Resting Place
Originally posted 09/05/2009 01:20PM
Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Walt Disney. These and others among Hollywood's all-time A-listers are now Michael Jackson's neighbors for eternity. More>
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Opinion: The M-Word Surfaces in Virginia (NYT)

Virginia voters will have to decide if the Republican Party candidate, Robert McDonnell, has moderated since his start-up days as a conservative firebrand.
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CNN: Freedom Works, Tea Party Patriots head for the Hill

Members of Congress — returning to work after a chaotic August recess — may be welcoming a return to their D.C. offices and a schedule free of visits to town halls, the district-level gatherings that have provided the stage for some of the summer's fiercest faceoffs. But their break is likely to be a short one: Next week, a flood of those town hall protesters are planning to head to the Hill. More>

Wall Street Journal: Obama Urged to Rally Support for War

The White House is facing mounting pressure from lawmakers to work harder to rally flagging public support for the war in Afghanistan. More>

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Emboldened by ’08 Race to Roil Waters at Home
By ANNE BARNARD (NYT)

After the election of Barack Obama, residents of southeast Queens are using their newfound sense of power to challenge the local political establishment.
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High praise for football player who disarmed girl with gun on bus

A Mississippi high school quarterback is being hailed as a hero for saving a school bus full of elementary and high school students from a gun-wielding girl.
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Washington Post: Justices Discuss A Changing Court

How seriously do they take change over at the Supreme Court? Very seriously. More>

USA TODAY: White House to reveal visitor names

The Obama administration plans to change White House policy by releasing the names of thousands of visitors whose comings and goings traditionally are kept secret by presidents. More>

Michael Jackson reaches his 'final resting place'

Michael Jackson's family and about 200 of their closest friends gathered on a hill Thursday evening for their final farewell to the pop singer, who died 10 weeks ago. FULL STORY

Fire chief shot in back by police officer in Arkansas court over tickets
Friday, September 04, 2009
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

JERICHO, Ark. -- It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn't hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps. FULL STORY
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Pastor fatally shot by police in drug sting

A north Georgia pastor was shot to death by police when he struck an officer with his car after he was seen in a vehicle with a drug suspect, authorities told CNN. FULL STORY

Guest: Many wept during Jackson's Calif. funeral
09/04/2009 2:17:14 AM
By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent
Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with her son's final resting place. More>

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CNN: Florida GOP chair: Obama trying to 'indoctrinate' children

The chairman of the Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday issued a statement to "condemn President Obama's use of taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda." More>

New York Times: Kennedy Memoir Doesn’t Ignore Lows

In a memoir being published this month, Senator Edward M. Kennedy called his behavior after the 1969 car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne “inexcusable” and said the events might have shortened the life of his ailing father, Joseph P. Kennedy.
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CNN: Attorney for kidnap case wife worried by media coverage

The attorney for Nancy Garrido, charged in the Jaycee Lee Dugard abduction case, expressed concern Wednesday that intense media coverage may prejudice his client's ability to get a fair trial. More >

G.O.P. May Be Vital to Obama on Afghan War

By HELENE COOPER

Congressional Democrats are reporting disenchantment among constituents with a long Afghanistan conflict. More>

Washington Post: Fed Optimistic Recovery Is Ahead -- but Unsure How Far and How Strong

Federal Reserve leaders have become more confident that the economy is stabilizing. But they are less sure about what the recovery will look like. More>

Boston Globe: New airport name sought to honor Kennedy

A Massachusetts lawmaker is calling for Logan International Airport to also include Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s name, in what is likely to be one of a series of proposals to memorialize the senator’s nearly half-century of legislative accomplishments. More>

CNN: Former 'Manson family' member denied parole

Former "Manson Family" member Susan Atkins, who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death more than 40 years ago and now is terminally ill, was denied parole Wednesday, prison officials said. More>

CNN: Drug giant Pfizer to pay record $2.3B fine

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to pay a record $2.3 billion settlement to resolve criminal and civil liability for illegally promoting certain pharmaceuticals, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. More>

CNN: U.S. contractor accused of 'deviant hazing'

Some private security guards hired to protect the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan say their contractor has allowed widespread mistreatment, sexual activity and intimidation within their ranks, according to the watchdog group Project On Government Oversight (POGO). More

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Star-filled mausoleum awaits Michael Jackson09/03/2009 1:09:55 AM
By LYNN ELBER AP Entertainment Writer
One month after a lavish public memorial for Michael Jackson, the pop singer's family prepared to inter him privately Thursday in a mausoleum filled with legendary entertainers. More>

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A Justice Slows His Hiring, and Some Wonder About His Future

By ADAM LIPTAK (NYT)

Justice John Paul Stevens has hired only one clerk for the term, setting off speculation that he may be planning to retire. More>

Iran assembly approves most of hard-line Cabinet
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By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writer

President Mahmoud Ahamedinejad vowed Thursday that Iran would not bend to Western deadlines for nuclear talks after his new government won broad backing from parliament _ including a defense minister wanted by Argentina for a deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center. More>

CNN: Powerful earthquake kills 44 in Indonesia, dozens feared buried

Rescue workers late Wednesday were trying to clear the road into the Indonesian town of Cianjur after a major earthquake triggered a landslide, trapping residents inside their homes. More >

New York Times: Conservative Democrats Expect a Health Deal

Like her colleagues, Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, a South Dakota Democrat and leader of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, has been weathering the summer of health care discontent. More>

POLITICO: Under fire, Obama shifts strategy

Aides to President Barack Obama are putting the final touches on a new strategy to help Democrats recover from a brutal August recess by specifying what Obama wants to see in a compromise health care deal and directly confronting other trouble spots, West Wing officials tell POLITICO. More>

First Candidate Steps Up for Kennedy Seat
By KATIE ZEZIMA (NYT)

Attorney General Martha Coakley of Massachusetts began the formal process toward running for the vacant United States Senate seat. More>

CNN: Attorney to seek wrong-way driver's exhumation

The attorney for a man whose wife's wrong-way accident killed eight people on New York's Taconic Parkway in July says he will ask authorities to exhume her body in order to prove she wasn't drinking at the time of the accident. More>

Washington Post: New Coalition Targets Policies Of Wal-Mart

Labor groups renewed their campaign against Wal-Mart on Tuesday, launching a coalition that calls for improvements in the company's wages, health care, and environmental and labor policies. More>

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CNN: Hurricane Jimena loses power on approach to Baja

Hurricane Jimena weakened Tuesday evening as the still-dangerous Category 3 storm closed on the Mexican peninsula of Baja California and the resort town of Cabo San Lucas. More>

Washington Post: Report Details Misbehavior by Kabul Embassy Guards

Private security contractors who guard the U.S. Embassy in Kabul have engaged in lewd behavior and hazed subordinates, demoralizing the undermanned force and posing a "significant threat" to security at a time when the Taliban is intensifying attacks in the Afghan capital, according to an investigation released Tuesday by an independent watchdog group. More>

C.I.A. Resists Disclosure of Records on Detention
By MARK MAZZETTI (NYT)

The Central Intelligence Agency is refusing to make public internal documents about the agency’s now defunct detention and interrogation program. More>

Afghan spy boss killed in Taliban suicide attack 09/02/2009 3:35:05 PM

By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer

A Taliban suicide bomber attacked officials leaving a mosque east of the capital Wednesday, killing the country's deputy intelligence chief and 22 other people in a major blow to Afghanistan's security forces. More>

CNN: No love for Harry Reid on the Tea Party Express

As the Tea Party Express rolls out of Las Vegas, there is at least one person who may be glad to see it go: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. More>

Hurricane Jimena makes landfall on Baja California
09/02/2009 5:20:22 PM
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Hurricane Jimena plowed over Baja California on Wednesday, tearing off roofs, knocking down power poles and bringing welcome rainfall to a drought-stricken state. More>

Big speech: Obama wants control of health debate

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CNN Poll: Afghanistan War opposition at all-time high

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Seven months after taking office, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is reshaping the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division by pushing it back into some of the most important areas of American political life, including voting rights, housing, employment, bank lending practices and redistricting after the 2010 census. More>

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A coroner's report says that a man arrested in the violent aftermath of Iran's presidential elections died from beatings, Iranian media reported Monday in what appeared to be the first official confirmation of a detainee's death from mistreatment. More>

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Voters in Japan will turn out for parliamentary elections Sunday in what poll after poll shows will be a historic shift in political power to oust the ruling party. More>

Cops Admit They Blew Chance to Rescue Jaycee Lee Dugard in 2006

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In Kennedy, the Last Roar of the New Deal Liberal
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Edward M. Kennedy’s vision of government as guardian reached back to the Roosevelt era and never wavered. More>

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Jaycee Dugard, held captive by Phillip Garrido for 18 years, was introduced to visitors at her captor’s home. More>

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Couple faces 29 felony counts, life in jail in kidnapping

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Mourning for Sen. Edward Kennedy continues with another chance for the public to pay their final respects.
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CNN: Ted Kennedy visitation begins at JFK Library

A bell tolled atop Boston's Faneuil Hall on Thursday as the body of Sen. Edward Kennedy passed through the streets, while mourners lined up outside his late brother's presidential library for a chance to say goodbye. More>

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$7.5 mil payout backed in S.F. police case

San Francisco officials have agreed to pay out $7.5 million to two men who spent nearly 14 years in prison before their murder convictions were overturned by a judge who ruled that evidence was withheld.
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