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• Obama's economist pick seen as sign of new agenda (AP)
• APNewsBreak: New first-class stamps are 'forever' (AP)
• Clooney, Google, UN team up to watch Sudan border (AP)
• New laws may not be on the books for very long (AP)
• Judge lifts stay on certifying Alaska Senate race (AP)
• Blizzard blasts Northeastern pols (Politico)
• Rangel starts legal defense fund (Politico)
• France's spy service bulks up amid terror threats (AP)
• Hawaii's governor wants to reveal Obama birth info (AP)
• As New Jersey Declares Emergency, Gov. Christie Enjoys Disney World (The Atlantic Wire)
• Patriotic ‘hackitivist for good’ may be behind takedown of 4chan.org (Daily Caller)
• RNC Chairman Michael Steele will debate rivals on Jan. 3 (Daily Caller)
• Governor: Palin e-mails won't be released 'til May (AP)
• 'Socialist Agenda' in the Obama Administration Part of GOP Ideals Too (ContributorNetwork)

Obama's economist pick seen as sign of new agenda (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:10 PM PST AP - Change is soon coming to the White House economic team, with President Barack Obama set to announce a new top adviser who will have broad influence over the administration's efforts to jumpstart the struggling economy.

APNewsBreak: New first-class stamps are 'forever' (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - Rummaging around for 1- and 2-cent postage stamps when postal rates go up is heading the way of the Pony Express. Beginning in January, all new stamps good for 1 ounce of first-class mail will be marked as "forever."

Clooney, Google, UN team up to watch Sudan border (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:43 PM PST AP - A group founded by American actor George Clooney said Tuesday it has teamed up with Google, a U.N. agency and anti-genocide organizations to launch satellite surveillance of the border between north and south Sudan to try to prevent a new civil war after the south votes in a secession referendum next month.

New laws may not be on the books for very long (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:06 PM PST AP - Revamped gun measures and tougher rules for payday lenders are among the laws set to take effect around the country on Jan. 1. But some of them may not be on the books for long.

Judge lifts stay on certifying Alaska Senate race (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:34 PM PST AP - A federal judge has lifted a stay on certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race, clearing the way for Sen. Lisa Murkowski to be declared the winner.

Blizzard blasts Northeastern pols (Politico) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:04 PM PST Politico - New York, New Jersey face PR problems while Ed Rendell calls the U.S. "a nation of wusses."

Rangel starts legal defense fund (Politico) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 10:10 AM PST Politico - He is soliciting donations to pay lawyers who represented him during his ethics investigation.

France's spy service bulks up amid terror threats (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:33 AM PST AP - There's no French James Bond. But a new push may set the stage for one.

Hawaii's governor wants to reveal Obama birth info (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie wants to find a way to release more information about President Barack Obama's Hawaii birth and dispel conspiracy theories that he was born elsewhere.

As New Jersey Declares Emergency, Gov. Christie Enjoys Disney World (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:13 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - As New Jersey reels from a blizzard that disabled much of the state this week, two people are missing: Governor Chris Christie and Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, who are both on vacation out-of-state, leaving Senate President Stephen Sweeny as the interim governor. Some pundits are calling this a bit of a political faux pas for Christie, who was at Disney World while New Jersey was under a state of emergency. The question of whether it actually matters for New Jersey's ability to handle the crisis seems less controversial, with most observers conceding it doesn't make much difference. But there are two big pieces of political context: Christie's harsh rebukes of state employees and his growing national profile. Over the past month, pundits have branded Christie as an unlikely rising Republican star, a false idol for conservatives, or a viable 2012 challenger to Obama. Here's what they're saying about Disney-World-Snow-Gate 2010.

Patriotic ‘hackitivist for good’ may be behind takedown of 4chan.org (Daily Caller) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:12 PM PST Daily Caller - The cyber-vigilante known as "the Jester" may be behind a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) against the website 4chan.org, an online community that has facilitated coordinated attacks against the websites of corporations that have cut ties with WikiLeaks.

RNC Chairman Michael Steele will debate rivals on Jan. 3 (Daily Caller) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 05:22 AM PST Daily Caller - THEDC EXCLUSIVE – Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has confirmed his attendance at a Jan. 3 debate co-hosted by The Daily Caller and Americans for Tax Reform, setting the stage for a showdown between the embattled incumbent and his vocal rivals.

Governor: Palin e-mails won't be released 'til May (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 02:08 PM PST AP - The Alaska governor's office says it needs until May 31 to release potentially thousands of e-mails sent and received by former Gov. Sarah Palin.

'Socialist Agenda' in the Obama Administration Part of GOP Ideals Too (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:04 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Many people at Tea Party rallies talk about speaking against the "socialist agenda" supposedly prevalent in the Obama administration, according to the Washington Post.

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