"We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again," Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa. "But over the last six months we've had a run of bad luck." Obama listed three events overseas -- the Arab Spring uprisings, the tsunami in Japan, and the European debt crises -- which set the economy back. - Washington Examiner
Obama: I Reversed Recession Until 'Bad Luck' Hit - Washington Examiner
Fed's Lockhart Says U.S. Recession Risks Have Risen - Reuters
Fed's Lacker: Policy Extension 'Highly Contingent' - WSJ
Global Food Prices Near 3-Year Highs: World Bank - Reuters
Obama Sees Lowest Rated Week of Term - USA Today
Poll: Job Approval for Congress at Record Low - USA Today
Obama Takes Heat from Tea Partiers at Iowa Town Hall - The Washington Times
Obama to Unveil Measures to Boost Rural Jobs - Reuters
Shock, Anger Sweep Iraq After Bloodbath - CBS News
White House Sticks to Iraq Timetable After 70 Killed In a Day - The Hill
America's 'Secret Campaign' Against Al-Qaida - NPR
$360 Million Lost to Insurgents, Criminals in Afghanistan - USA Today
Democrats Deride New TSA Behavior-Detection Program as 'Chat Downs' - The Hill
Credit Card Late Payments Hit 17-Year Low - CBS News
D.C. Enclaves Reap Rewards of Contracting Boom - Washington Post
ACLU Won't Sue Transit Agency Over Cell Shutdown - CBS News
Analysis: China Unlikely to Cool Investment as Its Growth Engine - Reuters
U.N.: Aid to Somalia Won't Decrease Due to Fraud - CBS News
Allen West Considering Senate Run - The Hill