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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)AP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.
Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident (AP)
AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said.
Report: Obama to tap Yellen to be Fed vice chair (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is planning to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of central bank in Washington, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Dodd tries to beat the clock with bank reform (Politico)
Politico - Dodd says Dems can’t keep waiting for GOP.
Loan bill could give Obama twin win (Politico)
Politico - Democrats and the Senate Budget Committee are signaling support for the move.
Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill (AP)
AP - With one eye on the calendar and the other on elusive bipartisanship, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd plans to offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support.
Pa. GOP picks Burns as nominee for Murtha's seat (AP)
AP - Republicans in Pennsylvania have nominated a political newcomer to fill the congressional seat of the late Rep. John Murtha.
Utah state GOP leader says he paid off woman (AP)
AP - The majority leader of Utah's House of Representatives says he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago.
Author assumes guise of 10-year-old to punk famous (AP)
AP - Over the years, "Little Billy" learned much from the country's top minds.
Ginsburg endorses end to local judicial elections (AP)
AP - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is endorsing an end to the election of judges at the state and local levels.