Politico - Paterson could be facing criminal charges for witness tampering and obstruction of justice.

Politico - Health Care for America Now asks speakers to drop out of insurance meeting.

AP - Alcohol and marijuana use among teens is on the rise, ending a decade-long decline, a study being released Tuesday found.

AP - More than a year after Lehman Brothers' collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators appear close to resolving a narrow dispute that was holding up broad legislation to set new rules for Wall Street.

AP - Voters are finally getting their chance to weigh in on Texas' long, rough gubernatorial primary.

AP - Consumers would collect on-the-spot rebates of $1,000 or more for buying insulation, water heaters or other equipment to make their homes burn energy more efficiently under a new rebate program to be announced by President Barack Obama.

Politico - He's encouraged by the reaction to the trial balloon he floated a few weeks ago.

AFP - Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan plan to attend an international summit on nuclear security to be hosted next month by US President Barack Obama, officials said on Tuesday.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in earthquake-ravaged Chile on Tuesday to offer the devastated country moral and material support as it recovers from the deadly disaster.

AP - The Supreme Court is declining to release the audio of Tuesday's high-profile argument over gun rights upon its conclusion.

Politico - He'll introduce a $6 billion efficiency incentive program during his visit to Georgia.

AP - Consumers would collect on-the-spot rebates of $1,000 or more for buying insulation, water heaters or other equipment to make their homes burn energy more efficiently under a rebate program President Barack Obama is promoting.

AP - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's pro-Western 'Orange' coalition dissolved Tuesday, losing its majority in parliament and paving the way for Ukraine's new president to consolidate his power.

AP - Turkey this week feels more threatened by a few U.S. lawmakers than it does by its neighbors or alleged coup plots or even Kurdish militants.

CQPolitics.com - After a scant eight months in office, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is breaking out of his shell and positioning himself as an aggressive liberal presence in the Senate -- especially when it comes to one of the most controversial topics in Washington: health care overhaul.

AP - Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood said his agency may recommend that all new vehicles come equipped with brakes that can override the gas pedal.

Politico - Slate’s Mickey Kaus tells LAObserved.com “that he's looking at running against California Sen. Barbara Boxer this year. Kaus, who is 58 and lives in Venice, hasn't posted anything new at Kausfiles since Feb. 24. ‘Technically I've only taken out the nomination papers, to gather the necessary signatures. I haven't returned them yet. I did file a ‘candidate registration and qualification form’

AP - Alcohol and marijuana use among teens is on the rise, ending a decade-long decline, a study being released Tuesday found.

AP - Britain's High Court has quashed the approval of licenses for boxing and wrestling matches at Royal Albert Hall.

AP - Ian Paisley, the hard-line Northern Ireland evangelist who led Protestants into power-sharing with Catholics, announced Tuesday he will retire from the British Parliament after a 40-year career.

Reuters - President Barack Obama wants to move quickly to fill vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Tuesday.

AP - More than a year after Lehman Brothers' collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators are laboring to seal a deal over a consumer protection dispute holding up broad legislation to establish new rules for Wall Street.

Politico - Some tee off on banking chair's latest proposal.

Politico - The senator is losing the support of his party.

AP - Singer Dionne Warwick says it's only fair to make radio stations pay royalties to performers — herself included — when they broadcast music.

AP - The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived an $18 million settlement of a dispute involving payment to freelance writers for online use of their work.

AP - German prosecutors are seeking a life prison sentence for a former member of the Nazi SS who is being tried for killing three Dutch civilians during World War II.

AP - Sounding a familiar clean-energy theme, President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced details of a proposed energy rebate program he hopes will spur demand for insulation and water heaters — and jobs for hurting Americans.

AP - The post office is renewing its drive to drop Saturday delivery — and plans a rate increase — in an effort to fend off a projected $7 billion loss this year.

Politico - The Jim Bunning show may be coming to an end.

Politico - Ideas amount to modest changes, but are a bid by Obama to show serious bipartanship efforts.

AP - AFL-CIO leaders say the decision to oppose Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln's re-election bid will send a message to other Democrats who fall out of step with unions.

AP - A Tea Party group is acknowledging that it has little chance of success in ousting a U.S. senator from New Jersey.

AP - The Senate has unanimously confirmed Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

AP - Winston Spencer Churchill, a former member of Parliament and grandson of Britain's wartime leader, died Tuesday, an associate said. He was 69.

AP - One of the most divisive and hotly disputed events in Irish history — the 1641 killings of thousands of Protestant settlers by Catholic natives — is to be examined in forensic detail for the first time, researchers said Tuesday.

CQPolitics.com - A Republican offer to house a consumer protection regulator at the Federal Reserve Board is gaining traction, but a final deal remains elusive, sources said Tuesday morning.

Politico - House Democratic aides say end may be near.

Politico - Massachusetts Dem slams proposal to place consumer protection agency inside the Federal Reserve.

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a study on allowing gays to serve openly in the military must involve troops without ensnaring them in the political debate.

AP - Harold Ford Jr. didn't name names when he said a divisive Democratic primary might help a Republican win the U.S. Senate seat, but a likely possibility is Mortimer Zuckerman, the real estate tycoon and newspaper publisher.

AP - As of Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at least 4,380 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

AP - The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop the District of Columbia's gay marriage law, freeing the city to issue its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples the following day.

AP - Jerusalem's mayor unveiled a plan Tuesday to demolish dozens of Palestinian homes to make room for a tourist center in one of the disputed city's most volatile neighborhoods, drawing criticism from Palestinians and the United Nations.

AP - President Barack Obama's health care overhaul proposal builds on legislation passed Christmas Eve by the Senate and makes some changes to placate Democrats in the House. On Tuesday, he said he was open to incorporating four Republican ideas. Here are some of the main features:

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of Americans think that their federal government is gridlocked by partisan infighting and turf battles and can't accomplish anything, according to a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll.

AP - As the U.S. investigated Blackwater Worldwide contractors for a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, a legal debate was playing out behind the scenes at the Justice Department between two veteran prosecutors. One urged caution. The other aggressively pushed the case forward.

AP - The Obama administration is considering requiring all cars and trucks sold in the U.S. to have brakes that can override gas pedals to prevent sudden acceleration problems like those that led to reports of deaths and the recall of millions of Toyotas, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Congress on Tuesday.

Politico - The president says his new energy initiative is what's right for the future, even if it is not easy politically.

Politico - Memo comes the day before Joe Lieberman will introduce a bill to repeal the policy.

AP - The government took steps Tuesday to highlight the increasing numbers of poor Americans, adopting a revised formula that is expected to double the number of older people classified as living in poverty to nearly 1 in 5.

AFP - The US Supreme Court refused Tuesday to block a law allowing same-sex marriages in Washington DC, clearing the way for the legislation to go into effect Wednesday.

AP - British broadcasters say they have agreed with the nation's three main political parties on the format of an unprecedented series of U.S.-style television debates before the upcoming national election.

AP - Greece's finance minister says the government will announce new austerity measures on Wednesday and expects an 'immediate' assessment of the cuts from the European Union.

AFP - President Barack Obama proposed Tuesday incorporating four Republican suggestions into historic health care reform legislation in a bid to boost support for his overhaul drive.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled details of a proposal that would give rebates at the cash register to people who want to make their homes more energy-efficient.

Politico - The meeting did not yield concrete plans, but did conclude with some areas of agreement.

Politico - The Kentucky Republican is proposing an amendment to the health care bill Tuesday night.

AP - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's pro-Western Orange coalition dissolved Tuesday as her former allies turned against her, setting her up to be ousted in a no-confidence vote.

Politico - Announcement follows acknowldgment police officials had contact with Paterson aide's accuser.

AP - Getting new regulations to govern Wall Street boils down to this: If everybody hates a compromise, can it still work as a deal?

Reuters - New York Democrat Charles Rangel, admonished last week by an ethics panel, will give up the powerful chairmanship of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives, NBC reported on Tuesday.