Obama hosts Haitin President Preval for talks (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:12:37 GMT AP - President Barack Obama meets Wednesday with his Haitian counterpart, Rene Preval, who has come to Washington to thank Americans for the massive outpouring of earthquake aid and to outline what still is needed.

Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:10 GMT Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou walks away after talking to the media in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, following a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama pushing on health care end game (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:23:10 GMT US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

Bill Clinton backs Mitchell in Maine (Politico) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:25:03 GMT Politico - Former President Bill Clinton issued his latest endorsement of the 2010 cycle Tuesday, backing Maine State Senate President Libby Mitchell's bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. "As President, I appointed her as the first woman chair of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, where she served with distinction for most of my administration and some of the next," Clinton said of Mitchell in a fundraising email.

Averting another Foley affair (Politico) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:16 GMT Politico - In an Ideas piece, Sloan says Massa’s response to charges has been nothing less than schizophrenic.

Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:27:24 GMT U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, second from right, leaves Camp Blackhorse training grounds aboard a Blackhawk helicopter following a tour, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:20:10 GMT Graphic shows process of determining who gets on the Federal No-Fly list

Female World War II aviators to be honored (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:05:53 GMT AP - The first women to fly U.S. military planes will be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal on Capitol Hill.

Report: States team up on new academic standards (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:13:40 GMT AP - Governors and state education leaders are proposing a new set of standards to define what should be taught in the nation's public schools, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:09:46 GMT FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo, Chief Justice John Roberts sits for a new group photograph with other Supreme Court judges at the Supreme Court in Washington. For a short time Thursday, March 4, 2010, Washington buzzed over a rumor reported exclusively by an online gossip Web site with no particular Supreme Court expertise that Chief Justice John Roberts was considering stepping down. He is not resigning, as even the Radar Online site quickly concluded in backing away from its own story. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)