Palin beats press to blog claim  —  Sarah Palin's spokeswoman Saturday took the unusual step of posting a statement on Facebook denying an anonymous blog report that the former Alaska governor was getting a divorce and moving to Montana.  —  “Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided …

Pilot's Remains Found in Iraq After 18 Years  —  WASHINGTON — Navy officials announced early Sunday that Marines in western Anbar Province, Iraq, had found remains that have been positively identified as those of an American fighter pilot shot down in the opening hours of the first Gulf War in 1991.

Geithner Won't Rule Out New Taxes for Middle Class  —  To get the economy back on track, will President Barack Obama have to break his pledge not to raise taxes on 95 percent of Americans?  In a “This Week” exclusive, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told me, “We're going to have to do what's necessary.”

Honesty and TV Booking  —  House Democrats have the congress considering a bill that involves around $540 billion in new taxes, along with several hundred billion in offsetting spending cuts, in order to pay for a substantial expansion of health insurance coverage in the United States.

Stimulus 2?  W.H. may extend jobless aid  —  President Barack Obama's top economic officials said in interviews aired Sunday that the administration may support an extension in unemployment benefits.  —  Some on Capitol Hill view that as a second stimulus package, although it is unlikely …

Prolonged Aid to Unemployed Is Running Out  —  Over the coming months, as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits, ending what for some has been a last bulwark against foreclosures and destitution.  —  Because of emergency extensions already enacted …

With Health Care Talks Uncertain, Democrats Consider a Last Resort  —  WASHINGTON — With bipartisan health care negotiations teetering, Democrats are talking reluctantly — and very, very quietly — about exploiting a procedural loophole they planted in this year's budget to skirt Republican filibusters against a health care overhaul.

Small Beer, Big Hangover  —  THE comforting thing about each “national conversation on race” is that the “teachable moment” passes before any serious conversation can get going.  —  This one ended with a burp.  The debate about which brew would best give President Obama Joe Six-Pack cred …

McCain: Obama flunks bipartisanship  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says in a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that President Barack Obama needs to “be more specific” about his prescription for health reform.  —  “I think they may have over-learned the lesson …

How a Little Inflation Could Help a Lot  —  BECAUSE fiscal stimulus has not yet been a striking success, perhaps it's time to consider new monetary remedies for the economy.  —  That is the argument of Prof. Scott Sumner, an economist at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. …