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Obama to seek $1.35 billion more for education Tue, 01/19/2010 - 11:35am
President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $1.35 billion in his 2011 budget proposal to extend an education grant program for states, although the Education Department remains months away from announcing its first round of awards, senior administration officials said.
Gates says US not planning policing role in Haiti Tue, 01/19/2010 - 11:35am
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the U.S. forces in Haiti for earthquake relief can defend themselves and innocent Haitians or foreigners if lawlessness boils over.
Report: FBI illegally collected phone records Tue, 01/19/2010 - 11:25am
The FBI violated the law in collecting thousands of U.S. telephone records during the Bush administration, The Washington Post reported Monday.
Obama honors slain civil rights leader Tue, 01/19/2010 - 11:19am
President Barack Obama served plates of steaming hot lunches to the needy Monday, one of several ways the nation's first black president paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.
Magazine raises questions over 3 detainee deaths Tue, 01/19/2010 - 11:19am
Three Guantanamo Bay detainees whose deaths were ruled a suicide in 2006 apparently had been transported from their cells hours before their deaths to a secret site on the island, an article in Harper's magazine asserts.

Obama to seek $1.35 billion more for education (AP) Tue, 01/19/2010 - 4:30am
AP - President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Tuesday for $1.35 billion to extend an education grant program for states, senior administration officials said.
Massachusetts Special Goes Down to the Wire (CQPolitics.com) Tue, 01/19/2010 - 4:23am
CQPolitics.com - Massachusetts voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide the contentious Senate special election, and Democratic insiders are hoping the party's well-established infrastructure is strong enough to hold off the energy and momentum of state Sen. Scott Brown's (R) campaign.
Gates: US seeks stability between India, Pakistan (AP) Tue, 01/19/2010 - 3:29am
AP - The United States would like to help India and Pakistan focus less on each other and more on the terrorism threat, but the two countries prefer to settle their differences themselves, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.