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• Obama hails lame-duck Congress's respite from partisan squabbling (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Alaska's Lisa Murkowski goes rogue (Politico)
• 'Don't ask, don't tell': When will it be real? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Ground zero workers celebrate political victory (AP)
• Senate Democrats Call for Filibuster Reform (The Atlantic Wire)
• Apple vs. WikiLeaks (The Week)
• Obama to welcome China's Hu Jintao January 19 (AFP)
• Incoming Congress girds for warfare (Politico)
• GOP plans spending cuts 'lock box' (Politico)
• Obama, Medvedev hail nuclear treaty ratification (AP)
• Obama to keep fighting for DREAM Act on immigrants (AP)
• 3 arrested in UK for stealing Stradivarius violin (AP)
• Wilderness rules restored for public lands (AP)
• The Public Knows Everything About Barack Obama (The Atlantic Wire)
• Planned Parenthood plans to expand abortion services nationwide (Daily Caller)
• Will DADT repeal cause problems for American troops serving in Muslim countries? (Daily Caller)
• Action, Hope, 2011 (The Nation)
• The Oprah 'Parade' interview: 6 revelations (The Week)

Obama hails lame-duck Congress's respite from partisan squabbling (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:46 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama at a preholiday news conference Wednesday hailed what he called a “season of progress” made possible by cooperation between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Alaska's Lisa Murkowski goes rogue (Politico) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:33 AM PST Politico - Lisa Murkowski isn’t gunning down caribou on national TV like that other famous Alaskan, but the Republican lawmaker is going rogue in the Senate just weeks after staging the most stunning back-from-the-dead political win of the 2010 cycle.

'Don't ask, don't tell': When will it be real? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:33 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama signed the bill Wednesday to end the 17-year ban on openly gay troops serving in the military, declaring at a White House ceremony that the legislation will “strengthen our national security and uphold the ideals our fighting men and women risk their lives to defend.”

Ground zero workers celebrate political victory (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:00 PM PST AP - The politicians who wrangled a last-minute compromise to provide billions of dollars in aid to 9/11 survivors and responders have gathered at the World Trade Center site to declare victory, even while others say the bill didn't go far enough.

Senate Democrats Call for Filibuster Reform (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:07 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - Returning Democratic senators unanimously support changing the rules for the filibuster after two years of gridlock. Though the senators, who all signed a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid calling for reform, don't have a specific plan in mind, a key change they'll put forward would mean the minority would have to work harder to sustain a filibuster and the majority would have to work less hard to overcome it.

Apple vs. WikiLeaks (The Week) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:33 AM PST The Week - Apple removed an app from its online store that allowed users to view WikiLeaks content. Was it censorship, or is Apple just trying to stop customers from being ripped off?

Obama to welcome China's Hu Jintao January 19 (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:52 AM PST AFP - The United States said Wednesday that it would welcome Chinese President Hu Jintao for a state visit on January 19, as the two sides seek to ease economic spats and tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Incoming Congress girds for warfare (Politico) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:37 AM PST Politico - President Obama shouldn’t be fooled by bipartisan victories of the lame-duck session.

GOP plans spending cuts 'lock box' (Politico) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:32 AM PST Politico - New House rule would set aside budget money.

Obama, Medvedev hail nuclear treaty ratification (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:43 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) are hailing the Senate's ratification of a nuclear arms pact between their nations as a historic event.

Obama to keep fighting for DREAM Act on immigrants (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:58 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says it may be his "biggest disappointment" — the failure to get Congress to pass the DREAM Act. It would offer a path to legal status for young illegal immigrants.

3 arrested in UK for stealing Stradivarius violin (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:06 AM PST AP - Three people were arrested for stealing a 1.2 million-pound ($1.85 million) antique violin from an internationally acclaimed musician while she stopped for a snack at a London sandwich bar, British police said Thursday.

Wilderness rules restored for public lands (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:13 PM PST AP - The Obama administration plans to reverse a Bush-era policy and make millions of undeveloped acres of land once again eligible for federal wilderness protection, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday.

The Public Knows Everything About Barack Obama (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - For history buffs out there, NPR's Linton Weeks has written a fascinating breakdown of presidential exposure over the last 200 years. Weeks shows how the private lives of U.S. presidents have become more public over time, spiking upward in 1955 following President Dwight Eisenhower's heart attack. During that time, Eisenhower staffers published daily reports on his status including details about his "bodily functions and the color of his pajamas."In his piece, Weeks advances the argument that increased exposure leads to less respect for the presidency and ultimately damages a leader's approval numbers. He brings his argument up to today, ticking off a range of Obama trivia: He wears a size 11 or so shoe. And his wife says he is sometimes "too snore-y and stinky" to share the marital bed... He collects comic books. He loves shrimp linguini, berry-flavored tea and Moby-Dick. He hates ice cream. He told elementary students this about his dog, Bo: "Sometimes I have to scoop up his poop."

Planned Parenthood plans to expand abortion services nationwide (Daily Caller) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:43 PM PST Daily Caller - Abortion may soon be more readily available than ever before, thanks to a new requirement from Planned Parenthood that more of its centers nationwide offer the service. At least one local chapter so far has decided to withdraw from the network rather than comply.

Will DADT repeal cause problems for American troops serving in Muslim countries? (Daily Caller) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:45 PM PST Daily Caller - Though President Obama signed the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' Wednesday, critics of repeal say important questions remain about the external problems the new policy may create, such as those revolving around gay troops serving in Muslim countries.

Action, Hope, 2011 (The Nation) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:20 AM PST The Nation - The Nation -- In the wake of the midterm elections, with conservatives and the Tea Party wielding new power in Washington, we have entered a tough period in our politics. But history helps us understand that dark periods come and go, and they can be overcome if—and it’s the critical if—we all do our part.

The Oprah 'Parade' interview: 6 revelations (The Week) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST The Week - With the launch of her own network just over a week away, the queen of talk dishes on Sarah Palin, "Dancing with the Stars," and Colin Powell offering her an ambassadorship

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