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Is Obama looking to buy late Katharine Hepburn's house in Old Saybrook? New Haven Register Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:14 PM PST Rumor has it that President Obama may be interested in buying the late Katharine Hepburn's 8,300-square-foot mansion in Old Saybrook, according to the Connecticut Post. Obama administration expands count of rape victims YNN Austin Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:13 PM PST It's a change supporters say is long overdue. The expansion is important because policymakers and lawmakers use crime statistics to allocate resources for prevention and victim assistance. Obama lunches with campaign contest winners Greensboro News & Record Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" In a sort of power lunch for the not-so-powerful, President Barack Obama broke bread Friday with four winners of a contest for people who give to his campaign in small amounts. The suggested donation to enter the drawing: $3. read more President Obama’s Latest ‘We Can’t Wait’ Initiative: Unpaid Internships The Blaze via Yahoo! News Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:11 PM PST President Barack Obama has announced his latest job creating initiative: “Summer Jobs +” The program was created from two things: a) the president’s desire to invest $1.5 billion on summer and year-round employment for low-income people ages 16-2 and b) his failure to pass his “jobs” bill. Gov't defends core of health care overhaul Seattle Times Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:11 PM PST The Obama administration is defending the health care overhaul in a new filing with the Supreme Court that calls the law an appropriate response to a "crisis in the national health care market." Pity The Billionaire â€" By Thomas Frank â€" Book Review New York Times Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:10 PM PST Thomas Frank argues that conservative politicians and President Obama are governing to please the plutocrats. Week In Politics: Jobs; Recess Appointments; GOP Campaigns NPR Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:09 PM PST Melissa Block speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne, of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks, of the New York Times . They discuss the jobs numbers, Obama's recess appointments and presidential campaign developments. New defense strategy sets Obama's gaze on Asia The Indianapolis Star Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:06 PM PST In recasting his defense strategy, President Barack Obama is looking beyond the wars he inherited to focus on Asian security risks - mainly China and North Korea - that took a back seat to Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. redefines rape; adds men, others as victims Pioneer Press Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:05 PM PST WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Friday expanded the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to count men as victims for the first time and to drop the requirement that victims must have physically resisted their attackers. Obama Plans Change On Illegal Immigration Family Laws KSBW Salinas Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:04 PM PST The new rule would let children and spouses of citizens ask the government to decide on the waiver request before they head to their home country to apply for a visa.

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