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Today's Politics News: Obama calls $18B in Wall Street bonuses 'shameful' Iraq, Afghan auditors discuss rebuilding from wars Senate passes bill to expand child health coverage Smith: Blago: Si se puede! Blago: Si se puede! Education chief: Schools crucial to recovery Senate GOP leader says party must change Senate roll call: Children's health insurance bill Feds: Ex-CIA spy, son renewed Russian contact Obama signs pay equity law London's Saatchi Galley shows Middle Eastern Art Obama calls $18B in Wall Street bonuses 'shameful' Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:10 pm PST AP - President Barack Obama issued a withering critique Thursday of Wall Street corporate behavior, calling it "the height of irresponsibility" for employees to be paid more than $18 billion in bonuses last year while their crumbling financial sector received a bailout from taxpayers. Full Story Top Iraq, Afghan auditors discuss rebuilding from wars Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:22 pm PST AP - The often chaotic and wasteful $125 billion Iraq rebuilding effort will face new trouble and uncertainty this year despite the decline in violence there, a new audit report says. Full Story Top Senate passes bill to expand child health coverage Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:34 pm PST AP - The Democratic-controlled Congress moved a step closer to handing President Barack Obama an early health care victory Thursday as the Senate passed a bill extending government-sponsored health insurance coverage to about 4 million uninsured children. Full Story Top Smith: Blago: Si se puede! Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:38 pm PST Politico - Blog: An amateur videographer captured the scene outside Rod Blagojevich's Chicago home tonight, where he greeted a visiting minister, posed for a picture Full Story Top Blago: Si se puede! Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:38 pm PST Politico - An amateur videographer captured the scene outside Rod Blagojevich's Chicago home tonight, where he greeted a visiting minister, posed for a picture with a young boy, and switched into Spanish for the Latino media. Full Story Top Education chief: Schools crucial to recovery Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:29 pm PST AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the economy won't improve without the billions of dollars for schools in President Barack Obama's recovery plan. Full Story Top Senate GOP leader says party must change Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:54 pm PST AP - After crushing defeats in back-to-back elections, the top Senate Republican warned Thursday that the GOP risks remaining out of power in the White House and Congress unless it better explains its core principles to woo one-time faithful and new loyalists. Full Story Top Senate roll call: Children's health insurance bill Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:32 pm PST AP - The 66-32 roll call by which the Senate on Thursday passed a bill to add 4 million lower-income children to government insurance programs. Full Story Top Feds: Ex-CIA spy, son renewed Russian contact Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:15 pm PST AP - An imprisoned ex-CIA spy and his son have been charged with renewing contact with the father's former Russian handlers to get more money — and perhaps a "pension" — for his espionage. Full Story Top Obama signs pay equity law Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:56 am PST Reuters - President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law on Thursday, handing his labor and women's rights backers a victory by reversing a 2007 Supreme Court decision that made it harder to sue for pay discrimination. Full Story Top London's Saatchi Galley shows Middle Eastern Art Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:51 am PST AP - Hirsute, paunchy men recline voluptuously against each other, dressed in flimsy scraps of pink. In another room, shimmering rows of veiled women modeled from twisted and scrunched aluminum foil kneel in anonymous submission. Full Story Top

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