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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has been talking about bipartisan cooperation, ahead of a lunch today with 16 top-ranking lawmakers from both parties. Before meeting with his Cabinet this morning, Obama told reporters that good ideas don't necessarily come from one party. And he said cooperation is possible, as long as a Republican-run Congress and the White House can "set politics aside for a moment."
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Will there be a recount in the Virginia Senate race? Republican Ed Gillespie is trailing Democratic incumbent Mark Warner by nearly a percentage point -- and if those numbers hold, he'd be entitled under state law to ask for a recount. He'd have to pay for it himself. Gillespie has scheduled a news conference for this afternoon. He has faced questions about whether he will concede the race.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — There's a not-guilty plea today from a Russian man charged with leading a Taliban attack against U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Irek Hamidullin was arraigned on 12 terrorism counts in federal court in Virginia. He's the first military detainee from Afghanistan to be brought to the U.S. for trial. It's the latest attempt by the Obama administration to show that it can use the criminal court system to deal with terror suspects.
BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels in northwestern Syria who are backed by the United States are losing ground to other rebels who are backed by al-Qaida. Activists say the fighters linked to al-Qaida have captured at least three villages from the Western-backed rebels. The advances by the Nusra Front are exposing the weakness of the more moderate factions, which the U.S. has hoped to forge into an effective fighting force.
KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) — State police say a man who tried to pass counterfeit $20 bills at a yard sale wasn't able to fool the woman running the sale. She's a bank teller -- and a state trooper says the woman is trained to know the look and feel of real money. Teller Amy Miller tells a newspaper (The Kittaning Leader-Times) that the bills weren't printed on "money paper" -- and that they were "really white." Police say the money was printed on resume paper. The suspect's in custody on charges including forgery.
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