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• Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health care legislation after a year of contentious debate.

  
  

• Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement (AP)

  AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in East Jerusalem.

  
  

• Internet fraud dollars doubled last year (AP)

  AP - The FBI says the amount of money swindled by Internet frauds doubled last year to about $560 million.

• States scramble after high court election ruling (AP)

  AP - The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of decades-old campaign spending limits gives states scant time to face an election-year dilemma: brace for a flood of new money in politics, or find new ways to rein it in.

  
  

• Freshmen: Massa right about money (Politico)

  Politico - At least one part of former Rep. Eric Massa’s hourlong, train-wreck interview with cable-television host Glenn Beck rang true to his fellow House freshmen Tuesday: the grim description of the intense and time-consuming fundraising pressures that dominate the lives of junior members.

• Would-be Cabinet secretary named to deficit panel (AP)

  AP - A Republican senator whom Barack Obama once tried to make his secretary of commerce will be among the members of Congress to serve on the president's deficit commission.

• Unemployment higher among young war veterans (AP)

  AP - The Labor Department says the unemployment rate for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was 21.1 percent last year.

• Infant deaths prompt gov't warning on slings (AP)

  AP - The government warned Friday that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous, even deadly for their little ones.

  
  

• Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO (AP)

  AP - A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity.

  
  

• For Obama, big agenda and small window for results (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections.

  
  

• Yellen called leading contender for Fed vice chair (Reuters)

  Reuters - San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is a leading contender to be nominated by President Barack Obama as vice chair of the central bank, a senior administration official said on Friday.

  
  

• Official: Obama wants Yellen as Fed vice chair (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama wants to nominate Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, an administration official said Friday.

  
  

• Another hassle for Illinois Senate candidate (AP)

  AP - The Illinois Democrat running for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat faced a new political hassle after one of his major campaign contributors was arrested on charges of defrauding banks by writing bad checks.

• Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating (AP)

  AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.

  
  

• Health bill's prospects abruptly improve; Obama delays trip (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama delayed next week's Asian trip on Friday to seize on suddenly improved prospects for his sweeping health care legislation, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forecast final passage of the overhaul in days.

  
  

• It's time to spring forward again (AP)

  AP - Good evening sunshine, America says hello, you light up our evenings, we light charcoal below.

• Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come (Reuters)

  Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.

  
  

• Iraq PM takes slender lead over rivals (AFP)

  AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals on Friday, preliminary results from the country's general election showed, as opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.

  
  

• Michelle Obama plans to visit Mexico in April (AP)

  AP - Michelle Obama will make her first solo trip abroad as first lady next month when she visits Mexico.

• Newsom declares candidacy for Calif. lt. governor (AP)

  AP - After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is now running for lieutenant governor.