BP relief well ready 'this week,' Obama praises progress (AFP)

AFP - BP's relief well Monday was days away from intercepting the blown-out Macondo well shaft and conducting the "bottom kill," as US President Barack Obama welcomed news that the battle with the undersea gusher "is just about over."

Obama on the road to promote higher-ed, raise cash (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama's late-summer dash for campaign cash is picking up with two high-dollar fundraisers in Texas for the Democratic Party.

Medicare's private eyes let fraud cases get cold (AP)

AP - They don't seem that interested in hot pursuit. It took private sleuths hired by Medicare an average of six months last year to refer fraud cases to law enforcement.

Obama says employment growth 'needs to come faster' (AFP)

AFP - President Barack Obama on Friday hailed new private sector job creation figures as a "good sign," but acknowledged that "progress needs to come faster" for Americans facing high unemployment levels.