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DFL made concessions, but the governor is still expected to use his line-item veto to trim out some projects. (source: Star Tribune) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

THE opposition says the NBN is “dead in the water” without Telstra’s participation. (source: Australian IT) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

AP – A conservative group’s bashing of several Obama administration lawyers as the “al-Qaida Seven” has struck a nerve in the U.S. legal community, prompting even some fellow Republicans to denounce the group’s attack.

AP – Toyota’s massive recalls are bringing new scrutiny to the government’s auto safety agency, prompting Congress to look at how federal safety officials have lived up to their mission of protecting motorists.

AP – A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president’s signature health care overhaul.

Reuters – The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November.

AP – On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing.

AP – One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax legislation.

Politico – Mike Allen speaks with Karl Rove about his new book “Courage and Consequence.”

Politico – Both Democrats and Republicans are speaking against the ban.