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Today's Politics News: Obama hails auto bailout as good news in Michigan Obama: Rangel case troubling; some Dems say resign Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration Obama Mocks Polls But Spends More On Them ($4.4M) Than Bush Did Immigration Debate: Border Cities See Less Violent Crime Conservatives doubt Sherrod’s case against Breitbart Rod Blagojevich's Trial: A Look at the Court's 12 Jurors Anthony Weiner Goes Ballistic At GOP For Killing 9/11 Responders Health Care Bill (VIDEO) The Hotline that's now lukewarm The new tea party bible AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now Army: Rising suicide rate reflects risk-taking UNESCO declares Everglades endangered site US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo EDUCATION REFORMS WILL HELP POOR KIDS GET BETTER TEACHERS Connecticut's McMahon No.4 All-Time Self-Funder When will spill be cleaned up? Maybe never House to Vote on Easing Drilling Moratorium Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City Obama hails auto bailout as good news in Michigan Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:01 pm PDT AP - A year after the government's big auto-industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting U.S. economy. But his upbeat assessment can't mask daunting challenges for U.S. automakers and painfully high unemployment. Full Story Top Obama: Rangel case troubling; some Dems say resign Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:59 am PDT AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges. Full Story Top Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:30 pm PDT AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo. Full Story Top Obama Mocks Polls But Spends More On Them ($4.4M) Than Bush Did Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:45 pm PDT Huffington Post - With Reporting By Julian Hattem Full Story Top Immigration Debate: Border Cities See Less Violent Crime Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:40 pm PDT Time.com - The crime rates in large U.S. cities near the border, contrary to the fears that lie behind Arizona's tough new immigration law, are among the lowest in the country Full Story Top Conservatives doubt Sherrod’s case against Breitbart Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:06 pm PDT The Upshot - Shirley Sherrod caused liberals to rejoice Thursday by telling a San Diego audience that she'll "definitely" sue conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart. But are things so bad for Breitbart, a media provocateur who appears to thrive off controversy? Despite posting the misleading clip of Sherrod that led to her resignation,  Breitbart hasn't apologized and continues using [...] Full Story Top Rod Blagojevich's Trial: A Look at the Court's 12 Jurors Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:40 am PDT Time.com - A brief look at the six men and six women who are tasked with deciding whether the guilt or innocence of the ex-governor of Illinois and his brother Full Story Top Anthony Weiner Goes Ballistic At GOP For Killing 9/11 Responders Health Care Bill (VIDEO) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:04 am PDT Huffington Post - House Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to those sickened by toxins resulting from the 9/11 attacks. Full Story Top The Hotline that's now lukewarm Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:02 pm PDT Politico - The sense of cutting-edge technology and unique content is gone from the political giant. Full Story Top The new tea party bible Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:05 am PDT Politico - Tea partiers rally around "The Starfish and the Spider" as they struggle to maintain their impact. Full Story Top AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:41 pm PDT AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor. Full Story Top Army: Rising suicide rate reflects risk-taking Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:30 pm PDT AP - An Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend reflects a rise in risky behavior including drunken driving and drug abuse in a military stretched to the breaking point by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Full Story Top UNESCO declares Everglades endangered site Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30 pm PDT Reuters - A U.N. panel has declared the Florida's Everglades to be an endangered World Heritage site due to the wetlands' continued degradation, officials said on Friday. Full Story Top US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:06 pm PDT AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo. Full Story Top EDUCATION REFORMS WILL HELP POOR KIDS GET BETTER TEACHERS Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:57 pm PDT Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- Living in Indonesia with her second husband, Ann Dunham Obama Soetoro couldn't afford a fancy private school for her son, Barack, but she made up for her lack of funds with discipline and dedication. Obama was only 9 years old when she supplemented his education with a U.S. correspondence course. Full Story Top Connecticut's McMahon No.4 All-Time Self-Funder Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:34 am PDT CQPolitics.com - Only three Congressional candidates in history have donated more personal money to their campaigns than Connecticut Senate hopeful Linda McMahon, and she's hardly done spending yet. Full Story Top When will spill be cleaned up? Maybe never Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:51 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - After more than three months, BP appears finally to have gotten a firm grasp on its runaway Deepwater Horizon well. Now the big question in the Gulf of Mexico is how, and if, an environmental mess of unprecedented scope can be cleaned up. Full Story Top House to Vote on Easing Drilling Moratorium Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:22 am PDT CQPolitics.com - The House will vote Friday on a measure that would ease the Obama administration's temporary ban on new deepwater drilling. Full Story Top Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:47 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - DETROIT _ Out to convince voters that the bailout of the U.S. auto industry has been a success _ and to build buzz for its controversial poster child, Chevy's Volt electric car _ President Barack Obama on Friday drove a car publicly for the first time in more than three years and implored consumers, "Don't bet against the American people." Full Story Top

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