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Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care (AP)

March 12, 2010

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)

March 12, 2010

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.

Internet fraud dollars doubled last year (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - The FBI says the amount of money swindled by Internet frauds doubled last year to about $560 million.

Pelosi: House vote may be next week (Politico)

March 12, 2010

Politico - The speaker vows to stay in session until the chamber comes to a vote on health care reform.

Rove 'proud' of waterboarding (Politico)

March 12, 2010

Politico - “Yes, I'm proud that we kept the world safer than it was," former Bush adviser tells BBC.

Would-be Cabinet secretary named to deficit panel (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - A Republican senator whom Barack Obama once tried to make his secretary of commerce will be among the members of Congress to serve on the president's deficit commission.

States scramble after high court election ruling (AP)

March 12, 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.

Another hassle for Illinois Senate candidate (AP)

March 12, 2010

AP - The Illinois Democrat running for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat faced a new political hassle after one of his major campaign contributors was arrested on charges of defrauding banks by writing bad checks.