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Obama to meet with Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and other tech CEOs

Darlene Superville
The President is heading west this week to meet with the nation's top technology executives
U. S. Senator John Kerry, left, meets Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Kerry's meeting with Pakistani officials is an indication that the American politician may have a rocky time convincing Pakistan to free a U. S. consulate employee Raymond Davis, allegedly involved in shooting of two Pakistanis.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) (AP)

Sen. Kerry upbeat after talks on Pakistan detention

Heidi Vogt, Munir Ahmed
Kerry met with Pakistani leaders to prevent a "diplomatic meltdown" over controversial detention of American worker
From left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Pentagon Comptroller Robert F. Hale, and others, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, before the HouseArmed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Obama victory as House votes down expensive jet fighter engine

Andrew Taylor
The House of Representatives voted down an expensive next-generation military jet engine in floor vote today

A “House” actress’s chilling pro-choice ad

Mary Elizabeth Williams
In a new campaign, Lisa Edelstein illustrates the stark price of cutting back abortion rights
Justin Bieber poses backstage at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (Jae C. Hong)

Justin Bieber, healthcare wonk

Alex Pareene
Teenage Canadian superstar supports single-payer
This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows an Iranian protestor throwing stone at ant-riot police officers, during an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. Eyewitnesses report that sporadic clashes have erupted in central Tehran's Enghelab or Revolution square between security forces and opposition protesters. The demonstrators were chanting "death to the dictator," referring to the country's hardline president that the opposition believes was reelected through fraud in 2009. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT (AP)

Iranian lawmakers: Opposition leaders should be put to death

Nasser Karimi
Iranian lawmakers call for harsh punishments as Obama decries Iranian government for use of force

Jimmy Kimmel mashes up Peanuts with Jersey Shore fight

Peter Finocchiaro
The latest installment in Kimmel's ongoing cartoon mashup gag softens the blow of Hurricane Ronnie
President Barack Obama

Poll: Majority of likely GOP primary voters are birthers now, apparently

Alex Pareene
It's come to this: The people who will choose Obama's opponent think the president is a secret foreigner
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2011, file photo first lady Michelle Obama, 47, embracing her daughter Sasha, 9, is surprised by her husband, President Barack Obama, and everyone's singing "Happy Birthday" to her during a community service project at a Washington middle school on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. At right is daughter, Malia, 12. Here's Michelle Obama's advice for couples this Valentine's Day: laugh with your partner. She says it's what she and the president do, and it seems to be working. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Breitbart website calls Michelle Obama fat in political cartoon

Peter Finocchiaro
The head-scratching cartoon slams Obama's anti-obesity efforts by showing her gobbling up hamburgers. Wait, what?
Copies of President Obama's 2012 budget are delivered to the Senate Budget Committee, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Deficit makes up biggest share of economy since 1945

Jeannine Aversa, Christopher S. Rugaber
President Obama's $1.6 trillion deficit has some economists worried about a spike in interests rates down the road
Glenn Beck and Bill Kristol

Glenn Beck and Andy McCarthy talk Islam

Alex Pareene
As "mainstream" conservatives attack him, the Fox host interviews a National Review contributor

Rise of the celebrity stoner

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Lady Gaga, Seth Rogen, Zach Galifianakis: Why are so many stars being honest about lighting up?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addresses a question about the new 'Gateway Tunnel' project that was announced in Newark by U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (Julio Cortez)

The GOP’s enormous, gaping 2012 vacuum

Steve Kornacki
When Ron Paul starts winning straw polls, you know there's a problem on the Republican side
President Barack Obama makes a statement on the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in the Grand Foyer at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Who’s really guilty of a power grab?

Alyssa Battistoni
What Republicans really mean when they blast President Obama for going around Congress to make policy
In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2011, the 2012 budget is on display at the U.S. Government Printing Office at Washington. President Barack Obama Obama will send his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Monday, Feb. 14. According to an Office of Management and Budget summary obtained by The Associated Press, the administration will propose more than $1 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade with two-thirds of that amount coming from spending cuts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP)

Obama unveils $3.73 trillion budget for 2012

Martin Crutsinger
The budget shows record high $1.65 billion deficit in 2012, reduces deficit spending by $1.1 trillion over 10 years
An Egyptian boy dressed as an army colonel sits on his father's shoulders in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. President Mubarak refused to step down or leave the country and instead handed his powers to his vice president Thursday, remaining president and ensuring regime control over the reform process, which stunned protesters demanding his ouster, who waved their shoes in contempt and shouted, "Leave, leave, leave." The arabic on the paper reads "I came to give my blessings to the revolution and tell Mubarak to go". (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) (AP)

Today in pictures of countries being reborn: Egypt

Adam Clark Estes
A prehistoric nation prepares for a postmodern rebirth
Egyptians celebrate the news of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, who handed control of the country to the military, at night in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Around the world, applause and hope for Egyptians

Raphael G. Satter
Across Egypt and the world people are celebrating the Egyptian people's triumph over Mubarak's oppressive rule
Mitt Romney speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

Poor Mitt Romney upstaged by fake Sarah Palin

Alex Pareene
A stiff, insult-heavy speech is forgotten when the former Alaska governor's look-alike shows up at CPAC
Anti-government protesters demonstrate in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down or leave the country and instead handed his powers to his vice president Thursday, remaining president and ensuring regime control over the reform process, which stunned protesters demanding his ouster, who waved their shoes in contempt and shouted, "Leave, leave, leave." (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) (AP)

Fallout from Egypt being felt in region

Brian Murphy
An analysis of what the Egyptian revolution signals for other countries in the Middle East
US Senator George Allen during a rally in Springfield Springfield, Va., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (Steve Helber)

How George Allen’s comeback can still fall apart

Steve Kornacki
5 reasons why Jim Webb's retirement may not help the former GOP senator's effort to win back his old seat
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Obama and House GOP leaders promise cooperation

Erica Werner
House Reps. Boehner, Cantor, and McCarthy agree to work with the president on spending, education, tax policy
President Obama and Bill O'Reilly

Bill O’Reilly refused to let the president finish a sentence

Alex Pareene
Barack Obama was interrupted 48 times during his brief, pre-Super Bowl Fox interview
People attend a tea party protest in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Associated Press)

A tale of two Tea Party targets

Steve Kornacki
Threatened with serious primary challenges from the right, two Republican senators take different paths

At CIA, grave mistakes, then promotions

Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman
Wrongful CIA renditions and other fatal mistakes haven't kept careerists from climbing up in the agency hierarchy
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