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Democrats pare differences over health overhaul
(AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama delayed next week's Asian trip on Friday to seize on suddenly improved prospects for his sweeping health care legislation, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forecast final passage of the overhaul in days.
Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
(AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health care legislation after a year of contentious debate.
Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement
(AP)
 AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in East Jerusalem.
Pelosi: House vote may be next week
(Politico)
Politico - The speaker vows to stay in session until the chamber comes to a vote on health care reform.
Rove 'proud' of waterboarding
(Politico)
Politico - “Yes, I'm proud that we kept the world safer than it was," former Bush adviser tells BBC.
Sen. Reid's wife hospitalized after serious crash
(AP)
 AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was at his wife's side in a Virginia hospital Friday as she was treated for a broken neck and back suffered in a traffic accident that also injured their daughter, officials said.
Internet fraud dollars doubled last year
(AP)
AP - The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of fraud reported was scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI.
A look at Democrats' health care overhaul
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as next week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Congressional Budget Office that will allow them to finish details. Here are some of the main features as the bill takes shape:
It's time to spring forward again
(AP)
AP - Good evening sunshine, America says hello, you light up our evenings, we light charcoal below.
States scramble after high court election ruling
(AP)
 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.
Highway deaths drop to lowest level since 1950s
(AP)
AP - The roads today are full of hazards: Runaway Toyotas, teen drivers texting, commuters using the rearview mirror to check their hair while juggling cups of scalding coffee. Nonetheless, the number of people dying on the highway is the lowest since the 1950s.
Russia criticizes US, NATO over Afghan drugs
(AP)
 AP - Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's battle with drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying it has led to a surge in heroin smuggling that is endangering Russia's national security.
UN envoy: No indication of widespread fraud in Iraq election
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The United Nations is not seeing widespread fraud that could affect the outcome of the Iraq election, but it is still waiting for details of hundreds of complaints launched by political parties, according to senior UN officials.
Olympic puck stops at White House for Obama press flack
(AFP)
 AFP - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs swallowed national pride and donned a Canadian hockey jersey Friday, to settle a bet he lost when Canada beat the United States for Olympic gold.
Financial regulation bill to be introduced without GOP backing
(McClatchy Newspapers)
 McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Long-awaited Senate legislation that would direct the broadest overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression will be introduced on Monday without any Republican support, despite weeks of bipartisan negotiations.
Pelosi Sets Up Health Care Vote Next Week
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Speaker Nancy Pelosi has outlined provisions of a health care "corrections" bill that she hopes the House will pass next week, setting the stage for final congressional action on Democrats' health care overhaul.
Toyota Criticism Mounts on Eve of Recall Hearings
(Bloomberg)
 Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.âs handling of
recalls came under mounting criticism on the eve of the
automakerâs U.S. congressional testimony, including charges that
the company misled the public on the adequacy of its recalls.
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