News in 2 Script: March 3, 2010

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PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL RELEASE A NEW HEALTHCARE PROPOSAL TODAY.
ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS, THE PROPOSAL WILL INCLUDE
REPUBLICAN VIEWS. SEVERAL TOP REPUBLICANS SAY THE NEW PLAN ISNT GOOD
ENOUGH. THEY WANT THE PRESIDENT TO CREATE A NEW PROPOSAL. THE
DEMOCRATS BELIEVE PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD FOCUS ON WINNING DEMOCRATIC
VOTES BECAUSE THEY ARENT SURE THE BILL WILL GET A MAJORITY VOTE IN
CONGRESS.

SAME-SEX COUPLES IN WASHINGTON D-C CAN APPLY FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES
TODAY. THE SUPREME COURT RULED TO RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. PEOPLE
AGAINST THE NEW LAW SAY D-C RESIDENTS SHOULDVE BEEN ABLE TO VOTE ON
THE ACT BEFORE IT WAS PASSED. CHEIF J USTICE J OHN ROBERTS SAYS VOTERS
WILL BE GIVEN A CHANGE TO VOTE FOR, OR AGAINST THE LAW ON A SEPARATE
BALLOT. D-C MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY SIGNED A BILL IN DECEMBER, MAKING
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL.

THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE UP FOR SEVEN
BILLIONS DOLLARS IN LOSSES THIS YEAR. THE POSTAL SERVICE IS
CONSIDERING ELIMINATING SATURDAY DELIVERIES. THERE ARE ALSO TALKS OF
INCREASING POSTAGE RATES BY THREE PERCENT THIS YEAR AND TEN PERCENT
NEXT YEAR. THE AGENCY IS ALSO LOOKING TO TRANSITION FROM SIX HUNDRED
THOUSAND FULL-TIME WORKERS, TO MORE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. THE U-S
POSTAL SERVICE HANDLED ONE HUNDRED 77 BILLION ITEMS LAST YEAR, A DROP
FROM TWO HUNDRED 13 BILLION IN TWO THOUSAND SIX. POSTMASTER GENERAL
JOHN POTTER SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SERVICE CUT DOWN TO FIVE DAYS
NEXT YEAR.

THE SUIT O-J SIMPSON WORE THE DAY HE WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDER IN 19-95
WILL NOT BE ON EXHIBIT AT THE SMITHSONIAN. CURATORS AND THE DIRECTOR
OF THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY SAY THE
CLOTHING WOULD BE AN INAPPROPRIATE ARTIFACT. SIMPSONS FORMER SPORTS
AGENT MIKE GILBERT IS DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE DECISION. ATTORNEY DAVID
COOK THINKS OTHER MUSEUMS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DISPLAYING THE SUIT,
LIKE NEWSEUM AND THE MUSEUM OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, BOTH IN
WASHINGTON D-C.

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Anastacia Mebane