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• Political gamble: In taking on Trump, does Obama lend him prestige? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Ryan plan puts elderly vote in play (Politico)
• Obama goes to Chicago for Oprah, NYC for money (AP)
• ExxonMobil: Don't hate our profits (Politico)
• Reid to force vote on Ryan budget (Politico)
• Obama, hoping to end 'sideshow,' offers birth form (AP)
• Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA (AP)
• Belarus closes 2 independent newspapers (AP)
• Oil firm tax breaks must end quickly: Senator Reid (Reuters)
• Gary Johnson and the Hard Truths About Presidential Candidates (The Nation)
• In historic press conference, Bernanke walks careful line on inflation concerns (Daily Caller)
• Cain wants to ‘unravel all unfunded mandates,’ has 100,000 strong ‘boot-on-the-ground’ grassroots campaign activists in place (Daily Caller)
• Obama 'Birther' Issue Laid to Rest; Now Get Back to Work (ContributorNetwork)
• Sarah Palin Bids Katie Couric a Fond Farewell (ContributorNetwork)

Political gamble: In taking on Trump, does Obama lend him prestige? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:08 AM PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Beth Reinhard National Journal President Obama's decision to release even more details of his U.S. citizenship on Wednesday amounted to a political gamble. On one hand, the newly announced reelection candidate was playing smart, hardball politics. Here was bulletproof …

Ryan plan puts elderly vote in play (Politico) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:44 AM PDT Politico - Democrats still smarting from their 2010 mid-term defeat see Republican Rep. Paul Ryan’s controversial plan to overhaul Medicare as political aspirin, a cure for just about everything that ails them.

Obama goes to Chicago for Oprah, NYC for money (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:22 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama flew home to Chicago on Wednesday to help his pal and supporter Oprah Winfrey close out her syndicated talk show with a "big get" — an interview with him.

ExxonMobil: Don't hate our profits (Politico) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:35 PM PDT Politico - The company is out early begging Americans not to be too upset by its eye-popping profits.

Reid to force vote on Ryan budget (Politico) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:59 AM PDT Politico - He sets up a potential litmus test for GOP senators.

Obama, hoping to end 'sideshow,' offers birth form (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT AP - Confronting growing doubts that could undermine his re-election bid, President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered an extraordinary rebuttal to those questioning whether he was born in the United States and eligible to hold office, producing a detailed birth certificate and pleading for a long "sideshow" to end.

Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:05 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next secretary of defense and move Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, into the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the U.S. national security leadership, senior administration officials and other sources said Wednesday.

Belarus closes 2 independent newspapers (AP) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:53 AM PDT AP - Belarus' authoritarian government further tightened the screws on dissent Wednesday by shutting down two independent newspapers and sending another opposition leader to prison for two years.

Oil firm tax breaks must end quickly: Senator Reid (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would move quickly to pass legislation ending tax breaks for major U.S. oil companies, as President Barack Obama requested this week.

Gary Johnson and the Hard Truths About Presidential Candidates (The Nation) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:00 PM PDT The Nation - The Nation -- Last week, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson announced his plans to seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.

In historic press conference, Bernanke walks careful line on inflation concerns (Daily Caller) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:59 PM PDT Daily Caller - Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke made history Wednesday afternoon simply by opening his mouth. For the first time in the central bank’s 98 year history, the chairman held a public press conference and communicated directly with economists, bankers and investors around the world.

Cain wants to ‘unravel all unfunded mandates,’ has 100,000 strong ‘boot-on-the-ground’ grassroots campaign activists in place (Daily Caller) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:25 PM PDT Daily Caller - Potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dismissed concerns about what some see as his campaigns biggest weakness, his lack of political experience, in remarks at a Wednesday Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) luncheon.

Obama 'Birther' Issue Laid to Rest; Now Get Back to Work (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:09 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The likes of Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and the Arizona Legislature can rest easier now they know what sane people already figured out. President Obama is indeed a natural-born American citizen who has the constitutional right to be president.

Sarah Palin Bids Katie Couric a Fond Farewell (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:58 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Katie Couric is departing the anchor desk of the CBS Evening News after a mere five years, in search it is said of a syndicated talk show. No one is happier to see her go or wishes her well in her new gig than does Sarah Palin.

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