
	Obama faces fights on health, jobs, war WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. Full Story Panel sets fees for big firms, aims to rein in Fed WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taking aim at Wall Street and the nation’s central bank, a key House committee voted Thursday to assess upfront fees on large financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit of the secretive Federal Reserve. Full Story News in Brief Tough decisions await Obama WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. Full Story Food banks feel burden of high demand in bad economy WASHINGTON (AP) -- Soup kitchen workers are seeing new faces in line and charities are taking more calls for help as the recession makes for a less-than-bountiful Thanksgiving. Full Story Swine flu program plagued by problems ATLANTA (AP) -- When the nation’s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy. Full Story Nintendo’s Mario endures NEW YORK (AP) -- You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. Full Story Panel gives U.S. right to dismantle huge firms WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee voted Wednesday to give the government the right to dismantle financial firms that are so big, interconnected and leveraged that they could harm the economy, even if they are healthy. Full Story Diplomat: Canada handed over Afghans for torture TORONTO (AP) -- A former senior Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan said Wednesday that top ranking Canadian officials ignored evidence that prisoners Canada handed over to Afghanistan’s intelligence service a few years ago were tortured. Full Story Byrd serves longest term in Congress WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Robert C. Byrd became history’s longest-serving member of Congress on Wednesday, earning a formal salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service. Full Story Cops find porn, incest mags in suspect’s home in Mo. INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities investigating six family members accused in a series of sexual assaults involving young relatives dating back to the 1980s seized booklets and magazines depicting incest from a family home. Full Story News in Brief Senate health bill to cost $849B WASHINGTON (AP) -- The political stakes enormous, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched long-awaited health care legislation Wednesday estimated to extend coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans at a cost of $849 billion. Full Story Marines, corpsman to be removed from the military SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday. Full Story Army helps vets with ‘invisible wounds’ SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Richard Martin keeps a rearview mirror on his desk to prevent co-workers from startling him in his cubicle. Full Story Democrats vow jobs bill WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats are looking at swelling deficits further, at least temporarily, on a jobs-producing bill in response to double-digit unemployment and a sense within their ranks that the party needs to do more to put people back to work. Full Story Obama aides: Israeli housing plans dismaying WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House rebuked Israel with heavy criticism Tuesday after the Jerusalem city government moved toward the construction of 900 additional housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim for the capital of their future state. Full Story