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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 
Top Breaking News
This Morning's Top 25:
Leading Today's News
Obama Changes Nuclear Doctrine No first use against non-nuclear states, even if they attack the U.S. with biological or chemical weapons. New York Times
Blast Kills 25 West Virginia Miners Four unaccounted for. Worst mine disaster in the United States in more than a quarter-century. Charleston Gazette
Video Shows U.S. Killing of Photographer . . . Website releases video of U.S. chopper killing Reuters photographer and driver in 2007 in Baghdad. Times of London
Politics
Washington Post
Dems Special Election Scramble . . . Trajectories of two upcoming House contests have set off alarm bells among top party officials. POLITICO
Obama Reducing Role of Lobbyists . . . Report shows only two dozen senior political appointees lobbied, compared to more than 100 under Bush. USA Today
Unemployment Benefits Expire for Thousands . . . Congress likely to take up issue when it returns from spring break next week.
Los Angeles Times
Obama to Meet Church Leaders . . . President will sit down with 20 black religious leaders to discuss needs of black community.
Washington Post
Republican Wants Detes on Deals . . . Rep. Darrell Issa asks five groups to detail their health meetings with the White House and Dems. POLITICO
National Security
Baghdad Hit With Wave of Bombings . . . Five blasts hit apartment buildings across Baghdad, killing at least 39 people, the latest in a spate of attacks.
Associated Press
Cuban Advisers Bolster Chavez . . .
Cuba's has deployed thousands of technical and military advisers to Venezuela.
Washington Times
Vast Chinese Online Spy Ring Revealed . . . Network breaching servers of dozens of countries and groups, focusing on India and the Dalai Lama. Toronto Globe and Mail
Iran Acquires High-Tech Powerboat . . . Superfast vessel could be used as weapon against ships in Persian Gulf, intelligence sources say. Toronto Globe and Mail
Money
Toyota Slapped With $16.4M Fine . . . Government fines Toyota for delaying by at least four months a recall for accelerator pedals in 2.3 million vehicles.
Detroit Free Press
Wall Street Still Getting Giant Payday . . . CEOs took a big pay cut, but they deflected attention from traders who got largest payday on record. Wall Street Journal
iPad Sales Disappoint . . . Apple sold 300,000, but some analysts had expected up to 700,000. Wall Street Journal
Apartment Rents Rise as Sector Stabilizes . . . Ends five straight quarters of declines and signals worst may be over for the hard-hit sector. Wall Street Journal
Social Networking Gone Evil . . . New website lets you write what you want about others, anonymously. A threat to careers?
Chicago Tribune
International
British PM Brown Calls May 6 Election . . . Launches month-long campaign for what is expected to be one of the most unpredictable elections in Britain for almost two decades. Reuters
Maoist Rebels Kill 72 Indian Soldiers . . . Launch series of attacks on security convoys in central India. BBC
China and North Korea Drifting Apart . . . Kim Jong-Il forced to travel to China to bargain for more support as rift deepens.
Toronto Globe and Mail
You Must Also Know . . .
Failure to Diagnose Adult ADHD . . . About 10 million U.S. adults have ADHD, but fewer than one-quarter of them are aware of it. Wall Street Journal
Elian Gonzalez All Grown Up . . . Cuban found floating off Miami caused standoff between Cuban exiles and US agents 10 years ago. The Guardian
Record for Women in Space . . . Space Shuttle launches into orbit with three women on board. Times of London
Can You Train Your Brain With Video Games? . . . Books and video games that claim to stimulate grey matter are little more than useless. The Independent
Scrabble to Allow Proper Nouns . . . Many will be quaking (21 points) with fury (10 points) because makers of Scrabble are changing sacred rules. Daily Telegraph
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