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The Hill: The Obama administration is grappling with implementing the unpopular healthcare reform law in the weeks leading up to the midterm election. Some regulations establishing the rules of the various pieces of the health overhaul passed by Congress have been issued, and others will be released in the years to come. But the threat [...]

Bloomberg: The dollar dropped below 82 yen for the first time in 15 years as the U.S. payrolls report showed employers cut more jobs last month than economists forecast, heightening concern the economic recovery is stalling. The greenback was headed for a fourth weekly decline against the euro in the longest stretch of losses since [...]

Fox News: A Senior Defense official says the characterization in Bob Woodward’s “Obama’s Wars” book of Defense Secretary Robert Gates saying Tom Donilon replacing General Jones “would be a disaster” is outdated. The official says Gates did have concerns late last year during the Afghanistan-Pakistan review process, but suggests they have been addressed and overcome. [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Potential flaws in foreclosure documents are threatening to throw the real estate industry into a full-blown crisis, as Bank of America on Friday became the first bank to stop sales of foreclosed homes in all 50 states. The move, along with another decision on foreclosures by PNC Financial Services Inc., adds to [...]

Politico: New polling out of Nevada is unnerving Democrats who fear Republican Sharron Angle’s campaign is surging despite enduring millions of dollars’ worth of TV ad attacks from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The three most recently released public polls show Angle with a nominal edge, though all have been within the margin of error. [...]

LAS VEGAS (AP) – U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told a crowd of supporters that the country needs to address a “militant terrorist situation” that has allowed Islamic religious law to take hold in some American cities. Her comments came at a rally of tea party supporters in the Nevada resort town of Mesquite last [...]

The Hill: Gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid (D) said Thursday that the new health reform law could hurt Nevada.

Arizona Republic: MEXICO CITY – When Gustavo Sánchez became mayor in January of Tancítaro, in the heart of Mexico’s drug country, he knew the job made him a target of the violent drug cartels that have been targeting elected officials. A tae kwon do instructor, he liked to joke that he had assembled a city [...]

Fox News: It seems nearly unimaginable that history could repeat itself so soon, but in this “anything goes” election year, if you look at most projections for Senate control, it’s quite possible the Senate could end up in a dead split right down the middle, even-steven Republicans to Democrats, a bittersweet, intensely ironic outcome in [...]

Politico: Gen. James Jones is resigning as National Security Advisor and will be replaced by his deputy, Tom Donilon, a senior administration official said. Jones’ resignation will take effect in two weeks. President Obama will make an announcement in the Rose Garden Friday afternoon. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser James Jones is [...]

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