Obama offers Medvedev condolences after bombings (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama has phoned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the rush-hour bombings on the Moscow metro.
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AP source: Kandahar offensive to begin in June (AP)
AP - NATO forces in June will make a long-planned assault on the Taliban’s spiritual home in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a senior military official said Monday.
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RNC fires staffer behind controversy (Politico)
Politico - A staffer who accompanied group of young donors to a ‘bondage club’ has been fired.
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Insurance industry agrees to fix kids coverage gap (AP)
AP - After battling President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul the better part of a year, the insurance industry said Monday it won’t try to block his efforts to fix a potentially embarrassing glitch in the new law.
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Clinton: China to play role in Iran sanctions push (AP)
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that China agrees Iran must not become a nuclear weapons power and that the fellow Security Council member will play a role in forging sanctions against the Islamic republic at the United Nations.
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NASA will help probe Toyota acceleration problem (AP)
AP - NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government’s effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota’s massive recalls.
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RNC spent almost $2,000 at bondage-themed strip club (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Under fire from both right and left, the Republican National Committee is investigating how and why it spent nearly $2,000 for “meals” at a bondage-themed strip club in West Hollywood featuring topless dancers simulating lesbian sex.
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Republicans spent $1,946 at topless club (AP)
AP - The Republican National Committee spent $1,946 last month at a sex-themed Hollywood club that features topless dancers and bondage outfits. Now the GOP wants its money back.
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Florida’s Crist and Rubio Face Off in GOP Primary Debate (Time.com)
Time.com - Florida Governor Charlie Crist and former house speaker Marco Rubio butted heads in their first debate for a primary some see as a battle for the soul of the Republican Party
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CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama’s surprising sense of humor (AP)
AP - Addressing House Republicans recently, President Barack Obama said some things are more important than high poll numbers — “and on this, no one can accuse me of not living by my principles.”
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