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• Obama goal: 'Putting the economy into overdrive' (AP)
• Why Obama and Hu's Talks Won't End U.S.-China Tensions (Time.com)
• The Fast Fix: Obama Rising (The Newsroom)
• House GOP moves to end public financing of campaigns (The Ticket)
• House Republicans launch healthcare law push (Reuters)
• Obama celebrates JFK's 'unfinished life' (AP)
• Foreign officials shower Obamas with gifts (The Ticket)
• Is Meg Whitman plotting a political comeback? (The Ticket)
• At GE, Obama brings SOTU themes to life (Politico)
• Ethanol decision fuels action (Politico)
• House Budget Committee head Ryan to speak for GOP (AP)
• MDGs: Make the Most of the Next Five Years (OneWorld.net)
• Obama warned Hu to pressure NKorea (AFP)
• What's Next for Tunisia? (The Atlantic Wire)
• Rep. Michele Bachmann to deliver Tea Party response to State of the Union (Daily Caller)
• Metro pirates raid train on Washington’s Orange Line (Daily Caller)
• US Rep. Bachmann brings tea party message to Iowa (AP)
• Todd Palin Affair to Alaska Madame Alleged by Enquirer (ContributorNetwork)

Obama goal: 'Putting the economy into overdrive' (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST AP - More than half the nation disapproves of President Barack Obama's policies to reduce stubbornly high unemployment, a new Associated Press-GfK poll said Friday as Obama refocused his job-creation efforts on a business-friendly vision emphasizing innovation and exports to other countries.

Why Obama and Hu's Talks Won't End U.S.-China Tensions (Time.com) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST Time.com - With tricky leadership changes under way in both Washington and Beijing over the next two years, more confrontational voices in both capitals may hold sway

The Fast Fix: Obama Rising (The Newsroom) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:10 AM PST The Newsroom - The president's approval rating is over 50 percent, the highest it's been since 2009. Will it last? Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix newsletter. …

House GOP moves to end public financing of campaigns (The Ticket) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 06:42 AM PST The Ticket - In what the GOP is billing as a cost-cutting move, the House will vote next week on legislation that would end public financing of presidential campaigns and national party conventions. The program, which Congress enacted during the aftermath of Watergate, is funded via voluntary $3 contributions when taxpayers file their annual federal income taxes. "Eliminating [...]

House Republicans launch healthcare law push (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:16 AM PST Reuters - Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday launched a plan to replace President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul "branch by branch" with measures they say would bring down soaring costs.

Obama celebrates JFK's 'unfinished life' (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:07 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday paid tribute to the "unfinished life" of John F. Kennedy and said his inauguration 50 years ago and his accompanying call for Americans to serve their country still "inspires us and lights our way."

Foreign officials shower Obamas with gifts (The Ticket) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:51 AM PST The Ticket - Foreign officials typically shower Barack and Michelle Obama with all manner of keepsakes at state meetings in Washington and abroad. Fancy jewels, artwork, jackets, gold watches, and portraits upon portraits of themselves in any medium imaginable -- the first couple sees it all. The State Department this week released the catalog of foreign gifts (PDF) [...]

Is Meg Whitman plotting a political comeback? (The Ticket) Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:32 AM PST The Ticket - Meg Whitman has said little about her failed gubernatorial bid in California last year â€" a race that cost her a record-breaking $141 million of her own cash. But as the former eBay chief prepares to make her first speech since losing the election, "several in the know" tell the San Francisco Chronicle's Carla Marinucci [...]

At GE, Obama brings SOTU themes to life (Politico) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:07 PM PST Politico - Choice of GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt to head new economic board even draws praise from GOP.

Ethanol decision fuels action (Politico) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:27 AM PST Politico - The Obama administration moves to allow a higher blend of the corn-based additive.

House Budget Committee head Ryan to speak for GOP (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:28 PM PST AP - Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee and a leading advocate of cuts in federal spending, will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech next week, party leaders announced Friday.

MDGs: Make the Most of the Next Five Years (OneWorld.net) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Jan 20 (IRIN) - A decade after world leaders adopted the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there is no consensus on what impact they have had on global poverty.

Obama warned Hu to pressure NKorea (AFP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:40 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama warned Chinese President Hu Jintao he may be forced to redeploy US forces in Asia, as he pressed for a stronger Chinese stance on North Korea, an official said Friday.

What's Next for Tunisia? (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:49 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - Pundits have hailed the Tunisian uprising that forced out longtime dictator Ben Ali as a potential turning point for the Arab world's long-autocratic politics. But Tunisia's fight for democracy is far from over. A caretaker government, led by officials from Ben Ali's regime, is promising to hold the country's first free and open elections in six months time. That hasn't stopped the country's protest movement, however, which continues to rally and to pressure -- often successfully -- for government officials associated with Ben Ali to resign. The earlier violence that claimed 78 lives has receded, but this is still a difficult time for Tunisia. What happens next?

Rep. Michele Bachmann to deliver Tea Party response to State of the Union (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:06 PM PST Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerVermont governor wants state single-payer system by 2014Rep. Michele Bachmann to deliver Tea Party response to State of the UnionMetro pirates raid train on Washington's Orange LineBureau of Labor Statistics report shows union membership in declineEmo boyfriend breaks into girlfriend's house, urinates in her wine bottle

Metro pirates raid train on Washington’s Orange Line (Daily Caller) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 11:54 AM PST Daily Caller - Read more stories from The Daily CallerRep. Michele Bachmann to deliver Tea Party response to State of the UnionMetro pirates raid train on Washington's Orange LineBureau of Labor Statistics report shows union membership in declineEmo boyfriend breaks into girlfriend's house, urinates in her wine bottleCritics say NLRB pursuing card check outside legislative process

US Rep. Bachmann brings tea party message to Iowa (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 02:36 PM PST AP - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann will bring her tea party message and possible presidential ambitions to Iowa on Friday night, speaking before an influential anti-tax group that shares many of the Republican's views.

Todd Palin Affair to Alaska Madame Alleged by Enquirer (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:43 PM PST ContributorNetwork - The National Enquirer reported today that Todd Palin, husband of former Alaska Gov. and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, has been engaged in an illicit affair with a massage therapist-cum-madam.

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