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Obama ends summit by saying deal may not be possible WASHINGTON (AP) — After a day of debate and disagreement, Presi- dent Barack Obama con- cluded Thursday's unprecedented live talk- fest on health care with the bleak assessment that accord between Democ- rats and Republicans may not be possible. He reject- ed Republican prefer- ences for seeking a step- by-step solution or simply starting over. Obama strongly sug- gested that Democrats will try to pass a sweep- ing overhaul without GOP support, by using controversial Senate bud- get rules that would disal- low filibusters. And then, he said, this fall's elec- tions would write the ver- dict on who was right. ''We cannot have another yearlong debate about this,'' Obama said at the end of a 7 1/2-hour marathon policy session. Neither side gave much ground, sticking mostly to familiar argu- ments and talking points. The president urged Republicans to ''do a lit- tle soul searching'' but said majority Democrats would decide quickly how to move forward on a priority that has eluded leaders for half a century. ''This will take courage to do,'' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D- Calif. said in her own closing speech. ''But we will get it done.'' With the conversation veering between mind- numbing detail and flar- ing tempers, Obama and his Democratic allies clashed with congression- al Republicans over the right prescription for the nation's broken health care system. McCain says Obama failing to change Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — Who said the 2008 presidential campaign was over? President Barack Obama upbraided his former Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, on Thursday for resorting to political ''talking points'' at a health care summit Obama organized in hopes of bridging the divide between the two parties. After McCain used his time to complain that Obama reneged on a cam- paign promise to bring ''change in Washington,'' the president bluntly told the Arizona Republican that ''we're not cam- paigning any more. The election is over.'' McCain retorted that he's ''reminded of that every day.'' Nearly two years after his defeat, McCain is fac- ing a primary challenge from the right in his bid for a fifth Senate term. Former Rep. J.D. Hay- worth, a conservative who hosted a radio talk show, is challenging the 73- year-old incumbent, who has an uneasy relationship with his party's right. McCain has been dis- playing his Republican credentials, railing against Democrats for finalizing health care leg- islation behind closed doors despite Obama's promise of transparency for health care negotia- tions. Storm dumps snow in NE P H I L A D E L P H I A (AP) — A slow-moving winter storm brought more snow to the North- east Thursday and also dumped a lot of rain in parts of northern New England, upping the threat of flooding. In parts of southern and mid-coastal Maine more than 3 inches of rain had fallen and forecasters said some areas could get more than 7 inches. The river in the flood-prone New Hampshire town of Goffstown neared flood stage and residents were told to prepare for possi- ble evacuation. Back-to-back storms were blamed for a number of deaths, including a man who was hit by a snow-laden tree branch in Central Park. In upstate New York, state police reported two deaths in traffic accidents on slick roads, one near Rochester and another southeast of Syracuse. Afghan gov installed M A R J A H , Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials raised the national flag over Marjah on Thursday, asserting government control even as Marines searched for militant holdouts. Kabul also con- firmed the arrest of anoth- er top Taliban leader — part of a roundup that could further strain the insurgent movement. About 700 men in tur- bans and traditional caps gathered in a central mar- ket for the flag-raising ceremony, during which Abdul Zahir Aryan was installed as the top Afghan official in this town of 80,000 in Hel- mand province. The provincial governor told the crowd that authorities were eager to listen to requests from the towns- people and provide them with basic services that they didn't have under the Taliban. Taliban fighters still control about 25 percent of the 80-square-mile (200-square-kilometer) area in and around the town nearly two weeks after U.S. and Afghan forces launched their attack to seize Marjah, a major Taliban logistics and supply center and the largest community in the south under insurgent control. Marines and Afghan soldiers slogged through bomb-laden fields of northern Marjah on Thursday in search of an estimated 100 Taliban and foreign fighter holdouts — the last significant pocket of insurgents left in the town. Progress was slowed by difficult terrain with no roads, few tracks and many hidden mines. Several residents told Marines that the Taliban were falling back and try- ing to delay the allied advance with hidden bombs. SeaWorld to work with killer whale ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trainers will continue working with a killer whale that grabbed one of their colleagues and dragged her underwater, killing her, but SeaWorld said Thursday it is reviewing its procedures after the attack. People lined up to get into the park a day after the whale named Tilikum killed veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau as a horrified audience watched. Tilikum had been involved in two pre- vious deaths, including a Canadian trainer dragged under water by him and two others whales in 1991. Killer whale shows are suspended indefinitely in Orlando and at the park's San Diego location. ''We have every inten- tion of continuing to interact with this animal, though the procedures for working with him will change,'' SeaWorld said in a post on its blog. Chuck Tompkins, who is in charge of training at all SeaWorld parks, said Thursday that Tilikum will not be isolated from the Orlando location's seven other whales. Tilikum fathered some of them and will continue mating with others. Pressure mounts for Paterson to end campaign ALBANY, N.Y (AP) — Calls for Gov. David Paterson to abandon his election bid mounted Thursday as the state attorney general announced he would investigate whether the administration or state police committed a crime in talking to a woman who had filed a domestic violence report against a top aide to the governor. Paterson's top criminal justice Cabinet member resigned Thursday over the burgeoning scandal, saying conduct by the state police was ''distress- ing'' for an administration that has devoted itself to reducing domestic vio- lence. Elected officials and other candidates for office clamored for Paterson to end his campaign — for- mally launched just five days ago — as the turmoil mushroomed around longtime adviser David Johnson. A police report detailed in The New York Times discusses a con- frontation between John- son and a woman over her Halloween costume. The New York Times reported Wednesday on court papers showing a phone call between state police and the woman. Paterson's office acknowledges he talked to the woman but says she placed the call, and a spokesman for the gover- nor denied anyone tried to keep the woman from pursuing a domestic vio- lence case. The state police said in a news release that they won't comment on any aspect of the case during the investigation by the office of Andrew Cuomo, the popular attorney gen- eral whom many would like to see run as the Democratic candidate for governor instead of Pater- son. Judge in trial OKs child support for Palin's son PALMER, Alaska (AP) — A judge on Thursday approved child support for Bristol Palin and set a trial date to force the issue along, while urg- ing her and the father of her son to work out a res- olution outside of the courtroom. Judge Kari C. Kris- tiansen encouraged Palin and Levi Johnston, both 19, to work with a judge who specializes in such matters in a settlement conference and not go to trial. She set a court date for Sept. 23-24. Kristiansen approved child support for Palin retroactive to the day the child was born. That amount still needs to be determined. Bristol Palin is seeking nearly $1,700 a month in child support to care for their son, Tripp. She had asked for retroactive pay- ments to the boy's birth, or $19,232 total. That does not include $4,400 Johnston has already paid in child support. Palin, a daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, attended the 20-minute child support hearing in Palmer Superi- or Court, but her former fiance did not appear or participate by phone. 80-year-old woman gets 3 years for burglary TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — An 80-year-old woman with a criminal record stretching back to 1955 has been sentenced to three years in state prison for ransacking and stealing cash from a Southern Cali- fornia medical office. Doris Thompson thanked a judge Wednesday for not sending her to Los Angeles County jail, which she doesn't like, and said she deserved a longer sentence. She also told the judge, ''God bless you.'' State records show Thompson, who has used 27 aliases, has repeatedly been arrested during the past 55 years, mainly for petty theft and burglary. She's gone to jail several times. Thompson slipped into the medical office on Dec. 19 and stole money from drawers. She pleaded guilty to burglary and was ordered to pay about $1,400 in resti- tution. She will be eligible for parole in about 18 months. NYPD investigating Seinfeld placard NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department is investigat- ing why a Bronx police placard was displayed in comedian Jerry Seinfeld's car. Seinfeld spokeswoman Elizabeth Clark Zoia on Wednesday said the per- former wasn't aware of the parking placard, which belonged to Seinfeld's longtime driver, a retired police officer. She says the driver became concerned for Seinfeld's safety when he arrived with the comedian to the studio where his new show is being filmed and found a crowd out- side. 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