Obama says no crisis in US-Israeli relations (AFP)

AFP - President Barack Obama denied a crisis was rocking US-Israeli relations as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Thursday in Moscow for a meeting of the Middle East quartet.

Poll: Boxer in tough fight to keep CA Senate seat (AP)

AP - California Sen. Barbara Boxer's re-election campaign is shaping up as the fight of her political career, according to a Field Poll released Thursday.

AP IMPACT: Gov't bank auditors got big bonuses (AP)

AP - Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.

Clinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks (AP)

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks.

Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill (AP)

AP - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul.

Obama says no crisis in US-Israeli relations (AFP)

AFP - President Barack Obama denied a crisis was rocking US-Israeli relations as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Thursday in Moscow for a meeting of the Middle East quartet.

A symbol of the slave trade joins US and Cuba (AP)

AP - Days from now, a stately black schooner will sail through a narrow channel into Havana's protected harbor, its two masts bearing the rarest of sights — the U.S. Stars and Stripes, with the Cuban flag fluttering nearby.

Obama back to campaign-style politics, a strength (AP)

AP - After a rousing campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine last summer, President Barack Obama flashed a broad smile to an aide as he boarded his helicopter back to the White House.

AP IMPACT: Gov't bank auditors got big bonuses (AP)

AP - Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.

Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill (AP)

AP - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul.

Clinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks (AP)

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks.

Obama back to campaign-style politics, a strength (AP)

AP - After a rousing campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine last summer, President Barack Obama flashed a broad smile to an aide as he boarded his helicopter back to the White House.

Clinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks (AP)

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks.

Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill (AP)

AP - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul.

A symbol of the slave trade joins US and Cuba (AP)

AP - Days from now, a stately black schooner will sail through a narrow channel into Havana's protected harbor, its two masts bearing the rarest of sights — the U.S. Stars and Stripes, with the Cuban flag fluttering nearby.

AP IMPACT: Gov't bank auditors got big bonuses (AP)

AP - Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.