Obama: Allow more access to hospital patients (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama is issuing a directive he says will make it easier for hospital patients, particularly gays and lesbians, to receive visitors and choose who will make medical decisions on their behalf.

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Company: Wash. refinery fire kills 1, 3 missing (AP)

AP - Tesoro Corp. says one person died in a fire at its refinery in Anacortes.

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Official says new checks set for travelers to US (AP)

AP - Travelers from 14 countries that have been home to terrorists will no longer automatically face extra screening before they fly to the U.S.

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FBI warns extremist letters may encourage violence (AP)

AP - A federal intelligence note is warning police that an anti-government group’s call to remove dozens of sitting governors may encourage others to act out violently.

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Obama: US would go bankrupt without health changes (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama says he did a full court press for a health care system remake because “this country was going to go bankrupt.”

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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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Analysis: Can G-20 succeed where G-8 failed? (AP)

AP - The world’s most exclusive club has just gotten bigger, and it is promising a lot of big things for the global economy. But it is likely to have just as much trouble delivering results as the smaller group it replaced

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Obama: I’ve every reason to get health care right (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama says he’ll be held responsible for any problems once a health care overhaul becomes law, so he has every reason to get it right.

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2 US troops among 50 killed in Afghan violence (AP)

AP - Nearly 50 Afghan civilians, security forces and militants were killed in a spate of attacks around the war-torn country, including an overnight military raid targeting insurgents in the increasingly violent north, officials said Saturday. A roadside bomb killed two U.S

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China says 140 killed in riots in west (AP)

AP - Violent street battles killed at least 140 people and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China’s volatile western Xinjiang region in decades, and officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise.

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