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• Obama says not worried by Muslim "rumors" (Reuters)
• Americans spend a bit more as economy limps along (AP)
• Brewer demands Clinton remove Arizona from human rights report (The Upshot)
• Folksy Warren is symbol in debate over Wall Street (Reuters)
• Obama visits injured troops at Walter Reed (AP)
• Two mosques far from Ground Zero get hate messages (The Upshot)
• NASA sends experts to help Chile miners (AFP)
• Barbara Bush poses for Terry Richardson fashion spread (The Upshot)
• Obama hits GOP for stalling bill (Politico)
• Coburn: Newt 'last person I'd vote for' (Politico)
• Obama's goal: End Iraq war, then win Mideast peace (AP)
• Intelligence chief tells his spies to zip it (AP)
• Prosecutors say Croatia ethnically cleansed Serbs (AP)
• Rights groups challenge Obama on targeted killings (Reuters)
• Americans Don't Think Palin Could Be an 'Effective President' (The Atlantic Wire)
• Cornyn to Miller: NRSC to Stay Neutral in Alaska Primary (CQPolitics.com)
• Competing rallies in Washington highlight nation's divisions (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Novice Johnson Must Establish Himself in Feingold Territory (CQPolitics.com)

Obama says not worried by Muslim "rumors" (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:18 AM PDT Reuters - A public opinion poll showing Americans are increasingly convinced, wrongly, that he is Muslim does not trouble him, President Barack Obama said on Sunday.

Americans spend a bit more as economy limps along (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 01:47 PM PDT AP - Americans are spending a little more this summer, but hardly enough to rejuvenate the weakening economy.

Brewer demands Clinton remove Arizona from human rights report (The Upshot) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:34 AM PDT The Upshot - Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer is demanding that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remove an Arizona passage from the State Department's report on human rights in America. The State Department said in its report (PDF) that Arizona's immigration law "has generated significant attention and debate at home and around the world" and that the federal [...]

Folksy Warren is symbol in debate over Wall Street (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:23 AM PDT Reuters - Elizabeth Warren is folksy and plain-spoken and favors cardigans over Washington power suits. Many on Wall Street view her as their worst nightmare but she is a hero to liberal activists and consumer groups.

Obama visits injured troops at Walter Reed (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:55 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is meeting privately Monday with wounded U.S. soldiers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Two mosques far from Ground Zero get hate messages (The Upshot) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:02 AM PDT The Upshot - At least two faraway mosques have received menacing messages in the past week opposing the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero. Many of the high-profile opponents of the mosque project in New York insist that their objection is limited to the proximity of the building to the site of the 9/11 attacks. But the messages [...]

NASA sends experts to help Chile miners (AFP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:02 AM PDT AFP - A team of NASA doctors and scientists will travel to Chile this week to lend its expertise to efforts to keep 33 trapped miners fit and healthy, the US space agency said Monday.

Barbara Bush poses for Terry Richardson fashion spread (The Upshot) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:41 AM PDT The Upshot - Former First Daughter Barbara Bush has kept a low profile since her father left the White House nearly two years ago. But the 28-year-old recently posed for celebrity photographer Terry Richardson in a '70s-inspired photo shoot of New York socialites for an upcoming issue of V Magazine. Bush, who runs a public health charity in [...]

Obama hits GOP for stalling bill (Politico) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:08 AM PDT Politico - He picks up where he left off, accusing Republicans of playing politics in blocking a jobs bill.

Coburn: Newt 'last person I'd vote for' (Politico) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:03 AM PDT Politico - Oklahoma senator pours cold water on the idea of former House speaker running for president.

Obama's goal: End Iraq war, then win Mideast peace (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - Firmly and finally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama will have but a moment before trying to hasten peace nearby between Israelis and Palestinians. Left unclear is whether winding down the war that inflamed Arab passions will do anything to help long-shot Mideast talks.

Intelligence chief tells his spies to zip it (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT AP - The director of national intelligence is telling his people to zip it, after a string of recent leaks to the media.

Prosecutors say Croatia ethnically cleansed Serbs (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:16 AM PDT AP - U.N. war crimes prosecutors said Monday that Croatian forces shelled civilians and torched their homes in a deliberate effort to expel tens of thousands of Serbs during a lightning 1995 campaign to seize back land occupied early in the Balkan wars.

Rights groups challenge Obama on targeted killings (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - Civil liberties groups sued the Obama administration on Monday over a program they said illegally tries to kill U.S. citizens believed to be militants living abroad, like the anti-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

Americans Don't Think Palin Could Be an 'Effective President' (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:36 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - A new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll finds that Americans don't really know who Emily Post was, and are just as likely to see Mel Gibson's movies despite learning that the actor abused his former girlfriend and indulged in racist-slur filled rants. It also finds a majority of Americans don't think Sarah Palin "would have the ability to be an effective president." It's this last factoid political bloggers find interesting (regrettable, perhaps, for those more concerned with etiquette). While 60 percent of respondents think Palin is not qualified, self-identified conservatives are about evenly split, while Republicans lean slightly in Palin's favor. Here are political bloggers' attempts to translate the results:

Cornyn to Miller: NRSC to Stay Neutral in Alaska Primary (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:19 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) spoke with Joe Miller over the weekend and assured him that the NRSC will stay neutral in the Alaska GOP Senate primary and support whoever wins, according to Republican sources.

Competing rallies in Washington highlight nation's divisions (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 04:16 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Standing on the hallowed ground of the nation's civil rights icons, the leading conservative luminaries of the tea party movement on Saturday called on tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall to turn to the values of the founding fathers to restore what they say is a deficit of honor in America.

Novice Johnson Must Establish Himself in Feingold Territory (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 08:14 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Two versions of Republican Senate candidate Ron Johnson are being introduced to Wisconsin voters. One is a successful businessman who embodies the hard-working spirit of the upper Midwest. The other is an extremist and elitist, a right-winger who doesn't know the issues.

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