Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists
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AP - One was a drywall contractor and father, another a petite woman who cared for the elderly, another a U.S. military officer. The most alarming thing about a string of recently arrested terror suspects is that they are all Americans.
FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan
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AP - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.
Parliamentarian is rock star in health care debate
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AP - When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office — on call 24/7 as the Senate's Solomon, divining the answers.
Obama, Irish leaders celebrate St. Patrick's
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AP - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen is looking to boost his flagging political fortunes in a St. Patrick's Day meeting with President Barack Obama.
Ed plan shuffles political deck
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Politico - President Barack Obama’s brewing fight with teachers unions over his plans to overhaul education legislation could end up being a political trifecta for liberal Democrats, Republicans and a president eager to demonstrate he can work across party lines.
Late-innings hardball in health care push
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AP - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.
Senate poised to clear jobs bill for Obama
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AP - Companies that hire unemployed workers get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill headed for likely Senate passage Wednesday.
Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial
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AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.
US, Israel to try and heal worst rift in years
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AP - The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their deepest rift in decades, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a test of U.S. and Israeli commitment to peace talks and one another.
Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity to food giants
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AP - Michelle Obama is urging the nation's largest food companies to speed up efforts to make healthier foods and reduce marketing of unhealthy foods to children.