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April 17, 2009 file photo. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, widely credited with taking aggressive action to avert an economic catastrophe, will be nominated by President Barack Obama for a second term. (Photo by Alex Brandon, File / AP)

Detainee interrogation documents released by CIA

The CIA released the documents that former Vice President Dick Cheney requested in his attempt to prove that using enhanced interrogation techniques on terror detainees saved U.S. lives.

ABC News

Holder's pick for CIA investigation known as tough, diligent

Washington Post

Opening the CIA interrogation box

Reuters

Unplugged: Uncovering CIA interrogations

CBS News

Bernanke to be nominated for 2nd Fed term

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who led the biggest expansion of the central bank’s power in its history, will be nominated to a second term by President Barack Obama.

Bloomberg

Fed's Bernanke picked for 2nd term

Kansas City Star

Jackson probe deepens

The investigation of Michael Jackson's death revealed that the pop star died from an injection of a powerful anesthetic, possibly compounded by other sedatives.

USA TODAY

Anesthesia expert: drug combo concerning

YouTube

Karzai expected to gain election victory

Preliminary results of the Afghan presidential contest are expected to show that President Karzai is heading for a comfortable first round victory, amid widespread allegations of electoral fraud.

Times Online

Karzai rival claims fraud in Afghan vote

CNN

NATION

New deficit projections pose risks to Obama's agenda

President Barack Obama's domestic policy proposals will face the reality of skyrocketing deficits when officials release two government reports projecting huge budget shortfalls over the next decade.

Reuters

Federal deficits: $9 trillion and counting

CNNMoney

Bernard Madoff 'dying of cancer'

The convicted fraudster told inmates at his North Carolina prison that he does not have long to live.

Telegraph.co.uk

Prison: Madoff doesn’t have cancer

Bloomberg

Shuttle to deliver 'hot and cold'

The Shuttle Discovery is all set for its latest mission to the International Space Station to deliver equipment, including a new freezer to store biological samples and a furnace for baking materials.

BBC

POLITICS

Obama, Democrats urged to find unity on health care reform

With health care negotiations stalled until Congress comes back from August recess, a top Democratic strategist says President Obama and his party need to seize control of the debate.

CNN

Challenges of Obama health care reform

YouTube

GOP offers seniors health bill of rights

Republicans are targeting older Americans worried about President Barack Obama's health overhaul plans with a "seniors' health care bill of rights."

TIME

Obama considers bypassing Republicans on reform

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Reports of liver injury prompt FDA review of diet drug

The FDA said it has received 32 reports of serious liver injury, including six cases of liver failure, among users of diet drug Orlistat, which is sold as an over-the-counter diet aid named Alli.

MedPage Today

H1N1 poses 'serious' threat, group says

The H1N1 flu virus won't resemble the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, but it still "poses a serious health threat" to Americans.

CBS News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Swiss official demands Google take Switzerland off street view maps

A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any "Street View" images of Switzerland.

Washington Examiner

New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once

Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer and instantly run thousands of chemical reactions.

ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Unassisted triple play seals Phillies' victory

In a blink, the second baseman pulled off one of the rarest occurrences in the wacky game of baseball — a game-ending unassisted triple play in a 9-7 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia Phillies 9, NY Mets 7

Star-Ledger

Moore claims 1st PGA win in Wyndham

Ryan Moore claimed his first win on PGA Tour with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden death playoff to beat Kevin Stadler at the Wyndham Championship.

Denver Post

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

US Jews protest Catholic document concerning salvation

Major Jewish groups and rabbis from the three largest branches of American Judaism said their relationship with Roman Catholic leaders is at risk because of a recent bishop's statement on salvation.

USA TODAY

Migrants Council affirms humanity's right to be helped

There is a human right to be welcomed and helped, says the president of the Vatican's council on migrants, lamenting the deaths of North Africans who died in the Mediterranean trying to reach Italy.

Catholic.net

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (John Bolton):

Was the Lockerbie release bad diplomacy?

Telegraph.co.uk

Column (Caroline Baum):

Market and the health care

Bloomberg

Editorial:

Fight for the 'public option'

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (james surowiecki):

Status-quo anxiety on health care

New Yorker

Column:

Cash for Clunkers helped car dealers

Slate

Blog:

Showdown: Baldwin vs. Lieberman

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Could abortion imperil health care reform?

TIME

Column:

What are your economic beliefs?

RealClearPolitics

Column:

Tips to treat tired eyes

WebMD

Column:

What went wrong on health care?

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Man lends a hand to Paraguay

Alberto Yanosky is a man who rarely stops in his crusade to protect Paraguay from an onslaught of entrepreneurs and private landowners who are slicing, dicing and selling its lands away.

Christian Science Monitor

2 brothers, no fears and an empire

Michael and Steven Roberts didn't have two quarters to rub together a couple of decades ago. Now, the two African-American business leaders estimate their holdings are worth $1 billion.

CNN

WORLD

Fires near Athens recede after inferno

Dying winds helped firefighters beat back wildfires that swept through suburbs of Athens, forcing thousands to flee and putting the government on the defensive before an expected snap election.

Reuters

Fires close in on Athens

ABC

Malaysia delays caning beer woman

The caning of a Malaysian woman for drinking beer has been delayed until after Ramadan, officials have said

BBC

Malaysian to be caned for drinking beer

YouTube

BUSINESS

Extra time for clunker reimbursements

Car dealers were given an extra day to apply for Cash for Clunkers reimbursements since the federal computer system that permits the federal trade-in allowances crashed.

Newsday

'Cash for Refrigerators' next?

ABC News

Reader's Digest files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Reader's Digest Association Inc., known for its namesake magazine, said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its U.S. businesses as part of a prearranged plan with lenders to cut debt.

Reuters

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

For Fido and friends, times aren't 'ruff'

Despite the recession, Americans are expected to increase their spending on pets to $45.4 billion, up $2.2 billion, according to the American Pet Products Association.

NPR

'Inglourious Basterds' tops box office

Tarantino's film about Jewish-American soldiers who hunt down and scalp Nazis, which opened atop the box office with an estimated $37.6 million, is one of several with a name that's tripped people up.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

California to mandate recycling for businesses, apartments

California residents not living in permanent housing may no longer have to deal with searching for recycling options.

Environmental News Network

Africa seeks climate change cash

The leaders of 10 African countries are gathering in Ethiopia to try to agree on a common position on climate change, months before a crucial U.N. meeting.

BBC

EDUCATION

US school districts cut yellow buses

It is a dilemma facing thousands of parents across the country, as cash-strapped school districts from California to Florida have cut bus routes to decrease spending.

NPR

The college rankings season opens

The U.S. News college ranking issue is out again, with the usual suspects on top and the same chorus of administrators, professors and think tanks attacking the study's methodology.

The Atlantic

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