Partisanship comes in waves at US turning points (AP)

AP - The current partisan divide is as stark and nasty as any in recent history and on almost every issue — from health care to energy independence to reviving the economy — there’s little or no effort to find common ground.

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Pentagon shooter little known by neighbors (AP)

AP - John Patrick Bedell was a brilliant and seemingly gentle computer whiz, yet so withdrawn that people in this rural community where his parents and grandparents are civic leaders knew little about him — until he opened fire at the Pentagon this week.

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Obama urges nervous Dems to fight for his agenda (AP)

AP - Democratic lawmakers must soon decide whether President Barack Obama is leading them toward statesmanlike courage or political folly with his take-no-prisoners reassertion of an ambitious social agenda.

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4 men accused of phone plot had conservative ties (AP)

AP - The four men accused of trying to tamper with Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office phones share a common experience as young ideologues writing for conservative publications.

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Obama heads to Hill to push on health bill (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama is paying a rare visit to Capitol Hill to urge Senate Democrats forward as they work through the weekend to try to resolve their differences on his sweeping health care overhaul.

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Vt. health reform: manage chronically ill patients (AP)

AP - What could play a central role reforming the nation’s health care system happens in a small conference room of the Aesculapius Medical Center — two patients learning the basics of managing their diabetes.

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Mideast talks anchor Obama’s 12 hours of diplomacy (AP)

AP - No one in the White House, the Israeli government or among Palestinian officials is publicly predicting a breakthrough out of the three-way Mideast meeting that President Barack Obama is hosting here. And yet the session Tuesday is seen as a crucial step for Obama.

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FACT CHECK: Coverage requirement enforced with tax (AP)

AP - Memo to President Barack Obama: It’s a tax. Obama insisted this weekend on national television that requiring people to carry health insurance — and fining them if they don’t — isn’t the same thing as a tax increase.

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Emotion, few details, in Obama’s health care pitch (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday. Fighting back tears, Debby Smith, 53, told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job.

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Teen clung to Comoros plane wreckage for 13 hours (AP)

AP - The lone survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash, who clung to wreckage for 13 hours before being rescued, lay in a hospital bed with a broken collarbone Wednesday, asking for little — except for a chance to see her mother.

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