Topic - Barack Obama

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  High court appears torn over law that bans lying about medals

  The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday over a law that makes it a crime to lie about having been awarded top military honors.

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  Jagger, King give White House the blues

  The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon President Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them.

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  Officials: Afghanistan, U.S. close to partnership deal

  The U.S. and the Afghan governments are considering pushing through a long-delayed partnership agreement by relegating the contentious issues of night raids and control over detainees to separate negotiations, Afghan and U.S. officials said.

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  Geithner: Obama seeks 28 percent corporate tax rate

  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the current business tax system is bad for business and job creation and that a plan by President Obama to reduce corporate tax rates would make the tax system more globally competitive.

• Economy Briefs

  The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season.

• Common prenatal tests become campaign issue

  First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race.

• FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortages

  Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages _ at least for the time being _ that have left patients and parents frightened about missing life-saving treatments.

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  Clinton heads abroad to push Syria diplomacy

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to ramp up diplomatic efforts against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime on a trip to North Africa this week, as some countries begin to explore the possibility of arming Syria's rebels.

• Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King, to belt out blues

  The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them.

• Obama campaign names 35 national co-chairs

  President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has named 35 national co-chairs, including elected officials, campaign volunteers and a few celebrities.

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  Poll: Santorum surges; Obama leads Republicans

  A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.

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  Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King to belt out blues

  The chief executive just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon President Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them.

• US drafts plan to fight feared Alzheimer's disease

  The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's "one of the most feared health conditions" on Wednesday as it issued a draft of a new national strategy to fight the ominous rise in this mind-destroying disease.

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  HOLT: Achieving American energy independence

  Recently, Rick Santorum secured unexpected victories in a heated Republican primary season when voters remain bitterly divided. In advance of these victories, Mr. Santorum made increasing domestic energy a cornerstone of his campaign, highlighting the issue in remarks he delivered at the Colorado Energy Summit.

• HOLMES: Why so few options in Syria?

  Why are there so few options in Syria? After all, it is not every day that the Arab League favors the overthrow of a fellow Arab ruler.

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