Fed looks for ways to aid small business lending (AP)

AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stepped up pressure on Monday to get banks to boost lending to the nation’s small businesses, a critical element to spurring the economic recovery and reducing unemployment.

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BP hopes ‘top kill’ to stop oil can start Sunday (AP)

AP - BP PLC says it hopes to start the next phase of its effort to halt the flow of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday or early next week.

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Fed likely to sound confident note on recovery (AP)

AP - Federal Reserve policymakers are likely to deliver a fresh vote of confidence in the staying power of the recovery as signs multiply the economy is strengthening.

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GOP votes ‘no,’ looks to ‘yes’ on their own terms (AP)

AP - Republicans are voting “no” so that some of them can get to “yes” on tightening the reins on Wall Street.

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Democrats send Obama final health measure (AP)

AP - Congressional Democrats sent the final piece of landmark health care legislation to President Barack Obama before heading home to face a skeptical — and sometimes even threatening — electorate.

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Last Haditha defendant seeks to dismiss charges (AP)

AP - Eight Marines were charged in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war. Six have had charges dismissed, and one was acquitted

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Floods recede in Fargo, but other hazards linger (AP)

AP - As the Red River slowly started to recede Monday and fears of major flooding diminished, Fargo residents were left to deal with another problem: environmental hazards that linger long after the waters decline.

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Rep. Delahunt, D-Mass., won’t run for re-election (AP)

AP - Massachusetts Rep.

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Obama urges Dems to seize moment on health care (AP)

AP - Support from his own party in doubt, President Barack Obama summoned more than a dozen House Democrats to the White House Thursday, pleading with them to put aside their qualms, seize a historic moment and vote for his massive health care overhaul.

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Health care odds long, but Democrats push ahead (AP)

AP - Democrats pushed hard to revive President Barack Obama’s stalled health care overhaul on Friday — and pointed to glimmers of hope — but the long odds facing them seemed little changed after Obama’s extraordinary summit with both parties’ leaders.

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