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AP Top Political News At 10:32 p.m. EST

House kills Republican health overhaul bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has used a near-partyline vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill....

High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack....

Iran, North Korea top Clinton's overseas agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall....

Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected....

Obama asks House to vote on health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats steered landmark health care legislation to the brink of passage in the House late Saturday night, spurred by a summons from President Barack Obama to "answer the call of history" and expand coverage to millions who lack it....

2010 elections: Tables have turned on Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave....

Shortage of military therapists creates strain
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides....

Pelosi: Obama visit inspired Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation....

Obama prods House to pass health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system....

Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post....

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Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims

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Shortage of military therapists creates strain

House kills Republican health overhaul bill

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2010 elections: Tables have turned on Democrats

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