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Thursday, April 8, 2010 
Top Breaking News
This Morning's Top 25:
Leading Today's News
Kyrgyzstan Rebellion Succeeds . . . President flees capital. Dozens die. BBC
China to Move On Currency . . . Would allow yuan greater variation and a small rise against dollar.
New York Times
Obama, Medvedev Sign Nuke Deal . . . U.S. hopes deal will improve bilateral ties and pressure other countries to renounce nuclear ambitions. Reuters
Politics
Associated Press
Obama May Limit ANWR Drilling . . . Federal wildlife officials to consider putting parts of the Alaska refuge off limits.
McClatchy Newspapers
Bernanke Warns of Fiscal Challenges . . . United States “must begin now to prepare" to pay for aging baby boomers.
New York Times
Two Republican Stars Align . . . Sarah Palin campaigns for Rep. Michelle Bachman in raucous Minnesota rally.
Washington Post
Robert Rubin Returns . . . Behind the scenes, Rubin still wields enormous influence in Barack Obama's Washington.
POLITICO
Spitzer May Return . . . Two years after resigning in disgrace, the former governor of New York is eager to get back into politics.
Fortune
National Security
Taliban Release Footage of U.S. Soldier . . .
Offer to exchange Bowe Bergdahl, the only US soldier in captivity, for "limited number" of prisoners.
Times of London
U.S. Denies War Crimes in Video Killing . . .
US commanders release results of probe
of killing of Iraqi journalists.
Christian Science Monitor
Psychologists Explain the Bloodlust . . . Soldiers in accidental killing joked about their success, but military training is about learning to kill. New York Times
Kyrgyzstan Rebellion Threatens Air Base . . . U.S. use of air base is vital to logistics for the Afghan war. Unclear what will happen to it. Christian Science Monitor
Money
US Air, United in Merger Talks . . . The discussions, aimed at cutting costs and competing with a combined Delta-Northwest, are still at early stage.
Reuters
'We Need to Come Clean,' Wrote Toyota Exec . . . Emails show company was resistant. Associated Press
'It Wasn't My Fault,' says Greenspan . . . Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan blames the banks for the financial crisis. McClatchy Newspapers
GM Moves Closer to Recovery . . . Relatively small loss for second half of 2009 put GM on road to repaying Treasury and going private. Christian Science Monitor
Out of Work? Blame Grandpa . . . Young adults squeezed out of the labor force as older workers delay retirement or rebuild nest eggs. Reuters
International
Thai Protestors Defy State of Emergency . . . Government shuts down satellite TV station, web sites of demonstrators, who stay in streets despite threats.
Associated Press
India's Maoist Rebel Attack Spurs Fury . . . Details emerge about how rebels killed 76 policemen without taking a single casualty. Christian Science Monitor
British Airways and Iberia Merge . . . Deal to create one of the world’s largest airline groups to compete with rivals like Air France-KLM and Lufthansa. New York Times
You Must Also Know . . .
Cigarette Sparks Airline Bomb Scare . . . Mideast diplomat sneaks a smoke on Denver-bound flight. Jet fighters scrambled. Washington Post
Oprah to Go Nocturnal . . . Oprah Winfrey plans to announce that she will host an evening show on her new cable network. Wall Street Journal
Crackdown Planned on Distracted Driving . . . Transportation secretary to escalate efforts to stop texting or talking on mobile phones. Wall Street Journal
Rescuers Begin Searching for Coal Miners . . . Crews begin working their way through a West Virginia mine in search of missing miners. Washington Post
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