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AP sources: Obama wants Senate health bill quickly (AP)

AP – Moving forcefully on his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama told a powerful Senate chairman on Monday he wants health care legislation ready in the Finance Committee by week’s end, according to numerous Democratic officials.

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U.S. military boss urges Iraq to settle differences (Reuters)

Reuters – The top U.S. military commander urged rival factions in Iraq’s disputed city of Kirkuk, the heart of a bitter feud over land and oil, to reconcile ahead of the coming U.S. military withdrawal

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Obama team sees jobs growth in health, environment (Reuters)

Reuters – Jobs in the healthcare and environmental sectors are growing at a faster rate than those of the U.S. economy as a whole, President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers will say a report to be released on Monday.

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Republicans contest Obama’s Supreme Court choice (Reuters)

Reuters – President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, promised on Monday to apply the law impartially as Republicans used the first day of her confirmation hearings to repeatedly question her objectivity.

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Disillusioned FBI Launches Nationwide Hunt For Some Kind Of Truth

WASHINGTON—FBI director Robert S. Mueller III announced Monday that the entire manpower of his increasingly disillusioned agency has been diverted into a massive nationwide search for some semblance of genuine, concrete truth.

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Sufjan Stevens Re-Releases Album "Run Rabbit Run"

Sufjan Stevens used to make weird electronic albums inspired by the the Chinese Zodiac, one being an album from 2001 entitled, “Enjoy Your Rabbit.” Stevens is now re-releasing the music under the title, “Run Rabbit Run” including the Brooklyn string quartet Osso, whom also contributed to his “Illinois” album. The album is due out October 6th. added by: amyeliz

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Alabama Physician Chosen as Surgeon General

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. An administration official said Obama will announce the nomination of Dr. Regina Benjamin later Monday

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A national high-speed rail network up and running by 2030 – Yes we can

President Obama strongly supports high-speed rail, environmentalists are behind it (well, at least some of them) and the Federal Railroad Administration is already reaching out to other countries that have had success with it. High-speed rail looks like it’s going to happen.

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A national high-speed rail network up and running by 2030 – Yes we can

Obama considers bailout for small business

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering using money from the $700 billion financial bailout fund to provide further assistance to the nation’s struggling small businesses, in a continuing attempt to find a way to make up for clogged credit. Officials said Friday that no plan had emerged although small business has been a subject of staff level talks in Obama’s economic team

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James Franco’s Rejected UCLA Speech: ‘Who Doesn’t F-ing Fall Asleep in Class?!’

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James Franco’s Rejected UCLA Speech: ‘Who Doesn’t F-ing Fall Asleep in Class?!’