WASHINGTON – The nation's health care tab will go up – not down – as a result of President Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest. The average annual growt Full Article at Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

An interesting report is out today on U.S. competitiveness, which is slipping. The U.S. has fallen behind Sweden and Singapore in the ranks of competitive economies because of huge deficits and pessimism about government, a global economic group said Thu Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Blogs

NEW YORK (AP) — A hot dog vending cart was wheeled back and forth. Cocktail waitresses hurried past with trays full of beer. Vice President Joe Biden led New York Yankees great Yogi Berra by the arm. Such was the bizarre, red-white-and-blue circus backs Full Article at WPIX.com

LITTLE ROCK President Barack Obama on Wednesday said Republicans are advocating the same “flawed policies” that contributed to the worst recession since the 1930s, and said the nation can’t afford to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Obama sa Full Article at Arkansas Online

Keep tax cuts for most but not for nation's wealthiest, Obama says, standing up to Republicans BP report blames itself, other companies' workers, series of failures for Gulf oil spill Old Farmer's Almanac: Expect colder winter in the East; South to see w Full Article at ABC6

"It appears that the Affordable Care Act will have a moderate effect on health spending growth," said Andrea M. Sisko, the lead author of the closely watched study by independent economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Pushed by a Full Article at Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON The U.S. remains open to negotiations with Iran even as sanctions intended to constrain the country’s nuclear program intensify, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. “Sanctions and pressure are not ends in themselves,” Cli Full Article at Arkansas Online