Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law (AP)

AP - The fight over Arizona’s immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.

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Gulf oil leak video could haunt Obama (AP)

AP - Will the Gulf oil leak cam engulf President Barack Obama?

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Watch lists grow; Obama to meet with security team (AP)

AP - The government has added dozens of people to the ominous lists of suspected terrorists and those barred from U.S.-bound flights, a crackdown that comes as President Barack Obama is poised to announce changes to the nation’s watchlists.

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US health spending grew to $2.3 trillion in 2008 (AP)

AP - The recession dramatically slowed U.S. health care spending to $2.3 trillion in 2008, but it still grew much faster than the economy as a whole, accounting for more than 16 percent of the nation’s economic output, says a new federal analysis.

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Obama orders 30,000-troop increase for Afghanistan (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, and told an impatient American public he hopes a gradual withdrawal can begin within 18 months

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Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama’s eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of jobs and open new markets for American goods in the future.

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Obama warns of a ‘double dip’ recession (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama says he’s worried that spending too much money to help revive the economy could undermine a fragile U.S. recovery and throw the economy into a double-dip recession.

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Ida’s torrents dump floods along Atlantic coast (AP)

AP - Relentless rain drenched much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, pelting communities from North Carolina northward with gusty winds and heavy rains, inundating streets and stranding drivers in hard-hit Virginia.

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Obama faces daunting challenges in Far East tour (AP)

AP - Facing a daunting array of Asian challenges, President Barack Obama left Thursday on his first major trip to the region, where a surging China and newly assertive Japan are chipping away at America’s standing on diplomacy and trade.

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Obama embraces House financial overhaul bill (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday embraced a House bill that would give the government unprecedented power to seize bank holding companies and other large financial firms teetering on the brink of collapse and stick their competitors with the cost.

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