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Sunday, April 18, 2010 
Top Breaking News
This Morning's Top 25:
Leading Today's News
Gates: Obama Lacks Iran Nuke Policy . . . Secret memo sets off a search for new options - including military - should diplomacy and sanctions fail. New York Times
Poland Honors Its Dead President . . . Memorial coincides with growing dismay at a lack of information about what caused the tragedy. Times of London
Europe Air Travel Chaos Continues . . . Scientists say air quality is not improving. Concerns grow over effect on economy and food supplies. The Guardian
Politics
POLITICO
Clinton: No Regrets Over Elian Gonzalez . . . Says not sending child back to Cuba would have imperiled kidnapped U.S. citizens. McClatchy Newspapers
Obama Kicks the Tea Party . . . He says their taxes have gone down. He's right, but they will rise in the future. And why stir a hornets nest? Christian Science Monitor
Lyndon Johnson's Daughter Hospitalized . . . Lucy Baines Johnson may have Guillain-Barre syndrome. Washington Post
White Supremacists Rally in Los Angeles . . . Anti-immigration message draws hundreds of counter-protesters in a tense standoff. Associated Press
National Security
Warnings About Lejeune's Tainted
Water Ignored . . .
For 30 years, Marines and families used water laced with dangerous chemicals.
McClatchy Newspapers
China Pours Money Into Latin America . . . Asian superpower is investing billions and becoming a major economic player in USA's backyard. The Guardian
Obama's Soft Tone on Terror . . . “Rogue states” is being pushed aside in favor of the less confrontational “outliers.” POLITICO
Money
SEC to Wall Street: We're Back on the Job . . . Goldman case a sharp contrast to the agency's blunders in failing to stop Madoff and other mistakes.
McClatchy Newspapers
Banks Will Accept Consumer Agency . . . Agency once viewed as a stumbling block to the bill's passage is now seen as an inevitability. POLITICO
Playing the Trump Card . . . Donald Trump aims to conquer the world hotel market with his family's help. Times of London
International
Pakistan Suicide Bomb Toll at 50 . . . Attacks in Kohat, southern Pakistan, target refugees from area where Army is conducting major offensive against militants.
Times of London
Priests' Secret Children to Sue Church . . . Pope faces a new battle over the children of priests as former lovers and their offspring mount lawsuits. Times of London
Pope Aide Pressured to Take Blame . . . Church officials begged prelate to bear responsibility for abuse scandal in Munich archdiocese. The Guardian
From Dung to Coffee Brew . . . The world’s most expensive coffee beans are found in droppings of the civet, whose digestive tract produces a smooth brew. New York Times
You Must Also Know . . .
The Start of the Green Revolution . . . One U.S. senator and a core of young organizers turned April 22, 1970 into Earth Day. McClatchy Newspapers
Mariel Exodus: From Trickle to Tsunami . . . Three decades ago more than 125,000 Cubans left for the U.S. during the Mariel exodus. Miami Herald
Parole Oversight of Garrido Egregious . . . For nearly a year, agents didn't bother to visit him at home, where he was holding Jaycee Lee Dugard. McClatchy Newspapers
Winfrey Crushes Muckraking Bio . . . Author Kitty Kelley protests as America's talk-show circuit snubs interviews about her exposé.
The Guardian
Catch the Centenarian Spirit . . . The US centenarian population is doubling every decade – and they're redefining aging and longevity. Christian Science Monitor
Steep Drop in Mass. Teen Driver Fatalities . . . Number of fatal teen accidents has dropped 75 percent in the three years since laws were toughened. Boston Globe
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