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Friday, June 19, 2009

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS  Obama Initiatives Hit Speed Bumps On Capitol Hill  President Obama's hopes for quick action on comprehensive health-care reform ran headlong this week into the realities of Congress, as lawmakers searching for the money to pay for a broad expansion of coverage discovered that it wasn't easy to find and descended into partisan -- and intraparty --...  (By Ceci Connolly, The Washington Post)  Lawmakers Balk As Administration Tries to Redefine Central Bank's Role  (By Neil Irwin and Binyamin Appelbaum, The Washington Post)  U.S. Pursues New Way To Rebuild in Afghanistan  (By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post)  Facebook Taps Privacy Hawk as Lobbyist  Former ACLU Counsel Working to Build Technology Firm's Beltway Clout  (By Kim Hart, The Washington Post)  Senate Backs Apology for Slavery  Resolution Specifies That It Cannot Be Used in Reparations Cases  (By Krissah Thompson, The Washington Post)  More Today's Highlights  POLITICS  U.S. Pursues New Way To Rebuild in Afghanistan  The idea to transform a vacant tract near the Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif into a sprawling commercial farm, with miles of strawberry fields and thousands of cashmere goats, began with an entreaty from President George W. Bush to the billionaire chairman of Dole Foods at a 2006 Republican Party ...  (By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post)  Obama Initiatives Hit Speed Bumps On Capitol Hill  High Price Tag For Reform Bill Prompts Sparring And a Delay  (By Ceci Connolly, The Washington Post)  Lawmakers Balk As Administration Tries to Redefine Central Bank's Role  (By Neil Irwin and Binyamin Appelbaum, The Washington Post)  Key Republican Senator Is on the Fence Over Health Reform  Grassley Part of Group Seeking Consensus  (By Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post)  Senate's Health-Care Draft Calls for Most to Buy Insurance, Nixes Obama's 'Public Option'  (By Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post)  More Politics
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NATION  Court Limits Access to DNA Evidence  Prisoners do not have a constitutional right to DNA testing after their conviction, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday, even though the technology provides an "unparalleled ability both to exonerate the wrongly convicted and to identify the guilty."  (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)  Senate Backs Apology for Slavery  Resolution Specifies That It Cannot Be Used in Reparations Cases  (By Krissah Thompson, The Washington Post)  Judge Questions Justice Dept. Effort to Keep Cheney Remarks Secret  (By R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post)  U.S. Pursues New Way To Rebuild in Afghanistan  (By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post)  Flight Lands Safely After Pilot's Death  60-Year-Old Collapsed Midway From Brussels; Jet Carried 247 Passengers  (By Keith B. Richburg and Sholnn Freeman, The Washington Post)  More Nation  WORLD  U.S. Pursues New Way To Rebuild in Afghanistan  The idea to transform a vacant tract near the Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif into a sprawling commercial farm, with miles of strawberry fields and thousands of cashmere goats, began with an entreaty from President George W. Bush to the billionaire chairman of Dole Foods at a 2006 Republican Party ...  (By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post)  Economic Experiment of the Two Koreas Is Fighting for Its Survival  (By Blaine Harden, The Washington Post)  Opposition March Mourns Iranians Killed in Protests  (By Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post)  Militia Adds Fear To Time of Unrest  (By Tara Bahrampour, The Washington Post)  Iran Leader's Top Aide Warns U.S. on Meddling  (By Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post)  More World  METRO  D.C. Fire Captain Guilty of Raping Stepdaughter's Friend  A D.C. fire captain accused of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman who had passed out at a party at his stepdaughter's house has been convicted of second-degree rape, authorities said yesterday.  (By Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post)  Police Seek Suspect in Shooting of 2 Near Metro  (By Theola Labbé-DeBose, The Washington Post)  Vienna Man Dies After Bid to Stop Verizon Van  Unhappy Customer, 79, Grabbed Wheel, Fell in Driveway  (By Allison Klein, The Washington Post)  Woman Indicted in Killing Daughters, Taking D.C. Aid  (By Dan Morse, The Washington Post)  Germantown Residents Describe Invasion, Beating by 3 Intruders  (By Rick Rojas, The Washington Post)  More Metro  BUSINESS  'Cash-for-Clunkers' Bill Passes in Bid To Revive Car Sales  The Senate approved a $1 billion program yesterday to give vouchers to consumers who trade in their gas-guzzling clunkers for more fuel-efficient models -- a move that dealers hope will revive slumping auto sales.  (By Kendra Marr, The Washington Post)  Lawmakers Balk As Administration Tries to Redefine Central Bank's Role  (By Neil Irwin and Binyamin Appelbaum, The Washington Post)  Senate's Health-Care Draft Calls for Most to Buy Insurance, Nixes Obama's 'Public Option'  (By Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post)  Billionaire Financier Stanford Surrenders to FBI  (Bloomberg News, The Washington Post)  Regulatory Reform That Falls Far Short of It  (By Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post)  More Business