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Obama details broader housing plan (AP)

President Barack Obama holds up a proposed mortgage application form as he speaks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Obama outlined a proposal he proposed in his State of the Union address to allow homeowners with privately held mortgages to take advantage of record low rates, for an annual savings of about $3,000 for the average borrower.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP – President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to make it easier for millions of additional homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even if they owe more than their homes are worth. He conceded that his administration’s housing plans so far have not lived up to their promise.


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Obama to detail broader housing refinance plan (AP)

President Barack Obama, sitting next to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – The Obama administration is trying to fix a stubborn drag on the economy by allowing millions of more homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even if they owe more than their homes are worth, tackling a difficult issue of vital concern in states key to President Barack Obama’s re-election.


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Gingrich’s moon base plan a ‘cheap trick’: experts

Gingrich, we have a problem. That’s what space experts in Florida are saying about Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s plan to establish a permanent base on the moon.

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College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Michigan's Al Glick Field House, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Ann Arbor, Mich.  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – Public university presidents facing ever-increasing state budget cuts are raising concerns about President Barack Obama’s plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition prices or face losing federal dollars.


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Twitter’s new censorship plan rouses global furor (AP)

This screen shot shows a portion of the Twitter blog post of Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in which the company announced it has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands into new countries in an attempt to broaden its audience and make more money. But Twitter sees the censorship tool as a way to ensure individual messages, or 'tweets,' remain available to as many people as possible while it navigates a gauntlet of different laws around the world. (AP Photo/Twitter)AP – Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.


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Cuomo vows to veto GOP’s redistrict plan 

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo vowed to veto the Legislature’s redrawn district lines unveiled Thursday.“At first glance, these lines are simply unacceptable and would be vetoed by the governor,” Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said. “We need a better process and product.”

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User-friendly health plan summaries at risk (AP)

AP – Consumer groups are scrambling to salvage a popular provision of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul that suddenly seems to be in question.

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