Celebs, lobbyists among White House guests (AP)

AP - Celebrities Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Denzel Washington, prominent Democratic fundraisers and heavyweights from the financial services and high-tech industries were among those landing visits with President Barack Obama or others at the White House during Obama’s first months in office.

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TPM joins the pool and makes a splash (Politico)

Politico - Many self-described “progressive” media outlets are increasing their presence at the White House.

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Stimulus saved, created 650,000 jobs, gov’t claims (AP)

AP - Nearly 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan, the government said Friday, and the White House declared the nation on track to meet the president’s goal of 3.5 million by the end of next year.

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New papers detail FBI, CIA wrangle over detainees (AP)

AP - Newly released documents show the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA over how to treat high-value prisoners.

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Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID (AP)

AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI in 2004 he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

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A GOP Civil War in Upstate New York (Time.com)

Time.com - The race in the 23rd is no longer about local issues. It’s about a Republican Party with little current power inside the Beltway searching for a way out of the wilderness

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Year after Obama’s romp, GOP set for Va. comeback (AP)

AP - A year after Barack Obama handed the Republicans their first presidential defeat in Virginia in 44 years with a pledge to restore jobs, the Democrats appear to have squandered the party’s advances.

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GOP identity crisis finds new home: Upstate New York (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The future of the Republican Party will be tested Tuesday in upstate New York.

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More GOP Backing for Hoffman’s Third-Party House Bid in New York (CQPolitics.com)

CQPolitics.com - Tuesday’s special House election in New York’s 23rd District is drawing the attentions of some conservative Republican House hopefuls around the nation, who are publicizing their support for accountant Doug Hoffman — the nominee of New York’s Conservative Party, whose unusually strong third-party bid has catapulted him ahead of state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, a Republican moderate, in polls and has placed him about even with attorney Bill Owens, the Democratic nominee.

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Obama hails expansion of hate crimes legislation (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed and celebrated hate crime legislation that extends protection to people based on sexual orientation, sealing a long-fought victory to gay advocates. The president spoke of a nation becoming a place where “we’re all free to live and love as we see fit.”

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