SPB News for Monday

Sens. Kerry And Graham Call For Bipartisan Action On Climate Change

10,000 applicants for 90 factory jobs

Bush Policy on DNA Test Waivers in Guilty Pleas Reviewed

Telephone Company Is Arm of Government, Feds Admit in Spy Suit --Judge says relationship isn't enough to squash rights group’s open records request By Ryan Singel The Department of Justice has finally admitted it in court papers: The nation’s telecom companies are an arm of the government -- at least when it comes to secret spying... The Electronic Frontier Foundation wanted to see what role telecom lobbying of Justice Department played when the government began its year-long, and ultimately successful, push to win retroactive immunity for AT&T and others being sued for unlawfully spying on American citizens. The feds argued that the documents showing consultation over the controversial telecom immunity proposal weren't subject to the Freedom of Information Act since they were protected as "intra-agency" records.

'Chubby' infant denied health care

Four-month-old's weight problem a 'pre-existing condition.'

White House Counsel Says He Won’t Resign

White House counsel Greg Craig, who has caught blame for mishandling the politics of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility closing, says he’s not resigning.

“I have no plans to leave whatsoever,” Craig tells the National Law Journal in an interview for this week’s edition. “The rumors that I’m about to leave are false. The reports that I’m about to leave are wrong. I have no plans to leave.”

Last week's poll had asked:

Senate Finance Committee will vote on healthcare bill this week. Will the healthcare bill pass on the Senate floor vote? The majority of readers answered
yes. We shall see on Tuesday's vote for the healthcare bill. This week's poll is now up.