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Saturday, April 17, 2010 
Top Breaking News
This Morning's Top 25:
Leading Today's News
U.S. Charges Goldman With Fraud . . . Allegedly deceived clients by selling them mortgage securities secretly designed by a hedge fund. Wall Street Journal
Ash Deepens Europe Travel Chaos . . . Volcanic ash disrupts air travel across Europe. Aviation officials warn the situation likely to worsen. BBC
Suicide Bombers Kill 41 in NW Pakistan . . . Attack at refugee camp appears to be retaliation for military's Taliban offensive . Associated Press
Politics
Massa Gave Aide $40K Before Resigning . . . Former congressman wrote check shortly before quitting under sexual harassment cloud. USA Today
Al Sharpton, Obama BFF . . . Activist has had a voice in some of the most important policy debates affecting the black community. Washington Post
Judicial Nominee Gets Senate GOP Grilling . . . Goodwin Liu says he'll be impartial judge despite liberal and sometimes controversial writing as a scholar. McClatchy Newspapers
National Security
New Kyrgyz Leader Says U.S. Base Will Stay Government will extend for a year the lease of a U.S. air base key to the war in Afghanistan.
Associated Press
North Korea Denies Sinking Ship . . . South Korea says ship was sunk by an "external explosion." New York Times
Europe's Hardening Anti-Muslim Sentiment . . . Burka bans show trend toward less tolerance. Associated Press
Money
The Culprit? A Mid-Level Trader, Again . . . Goldman's Fabrice Tourre's star rose when securities backed by risky mortgage loans were hot.
Wall Street Journal
Investor Not Targeted in Suit . . . John Paulson had role in the instrument that caused $1B in losses for Goldman customers. He made billions. New York Times
NBC's Epic Downhill . . . Company loses $223 billion on the Olympics and has to fork out cash to Conan too.
Los Angeles Times
Toyota to Recall 600,000 Sienna Minivans . . . Latest problem involves potential corrosion in a cable that holds the spare tire in place. Washington Post
International
China Seeks to Show Compassion for Tibetans PM Wen Jiabao visits quake site. “Whether you are Tibetans or Hans, you are all in one family.”
New York Times
Why is Israel Banning the iPad? . . . Country says the device's wireless technology threatens to create interference with other products Wall Street Journal
Pakistan to Revive Bhutto Killing Probe . . . UN report blamed Musharraf's military government for failing to provide adequate security. McClatchy Newspapers
Four Dead as Spanish Chopper Crashes in Haiti . . . Four Spanish soldiers on board are killed. Associated Press
Thousands of Poles Mourn Crash Victims . . . Warsaw crowd gathers to remember the 96 people killed in presidential plane crash a week ago. Los Angeles Times
You Must Also Know . . .
Chicagoland Murder Spree . . . Shootings leave eight dead and 16 wounded in a series of attacks authorities said were almost all gang-related. Wall Street Journal
Darryl Gates Dead at 83 . . . Led LAPD for 14 years and was in charge during 1991 beating of Rodney King and the riots that followed. Los Angeles Times
One in Three Fail to Return Census Forms . . . Workers will begin going door to door May 1 to count people who did not return their questionnaires. New York Times
Indian Tribes Seek to Ban Board Game . . .They say the game stereotypes them as savages. Associated Press
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