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Saturday, February 20, 2010 
Top Breaking News
This Morning's Top 25:
Leading The News
Justice Clears Bush Lawyers . . . "Torture Memo" authors should not have law licenses revoked, despite flaws in reasoning of legal memos. McClatchy Newspapers
Diabetes Drug Harms Hearts . . . Hundreds taking Avandia suffered heart attacks and heart failure, but some say drug should remain available. New York Times
FBI Closes 2001 Anthrax Case . . .
Investigators conclude late U.S. government researcher Bruce Ivins acted alone.
Los Angeles Times
Politics
New York Times
Pawlenty Repeats False Teleprompter Tale . . . Untrue story making rounds that Obama used teleprompter speaking to grade school students. McClatchy Newspapers
Al Haig in Critical Condition . . . Former Reagan secretary of state and Nixon adviser is at Johns Hopkins with undisclosed condition.
CNN
Obama Goes All Elvis on Vegas . . . Tries to patch things up with the city he dissed, telling local Chamber of Commerce he "loves Vegas." Christian Science Monitor
National Security
Marines Dropped Behind Enemy Lines . . .
Killer squads of elite troops move in to take out deadly Taliban snipers who work closely with militants who are springing ambushes. The Independent
Marines Storm Taliban HQ . . .
Insurgents who had been using the field office just south of Marjah's town center abandon it.
Associated Press
Afghan Push Goes Beyond Military Goals . . .
It is a campaign meant to shift perceptions as much as to alter the military balance.
New York Times
Money
Bloomberg Shifts $5B From Friend's Firm . . . The NYC mayor is moving his fortune from Quadrangle Group 10 months after a scandal with the state pension fund.
New York Times
Camry Complaints Grow . . . Some Toyota models involved in deadly runaway crashes have not been recalled by the company.
Washington Post
Fewer Missing Mortgage Payments . . . Number of borrowers falling behind on their mortgage payments dropped sharply at the end of last year. Associated Press
New Credit Card Traps . . . A new law allows some aggressive lender tactics to continue. Wall Street Journal
International
Dutch Government Falls in Afghan Row . . . Government collapses in a battle within the governing coalition over extending troop deployments in Afghanistan.
BBC
Ukraine PM Accepts Poll Defeat . . . Tymoshenko drops her legal challenge against her rival's victory in Ukraine's presidential election.
BBC
Former UN Chief May Seek Egypt Presidency . . . Mohamed ElBaradei is shaking up Cairo's entrenched political elite by considering a run. McClatchy Newspapers
Miracle Rescue at Sea . . . All 48 students and 16 staff make it to safety after teaching vessel goes down off Brazil's coast.
Toronto Globe and Mail
Minaret Falls in Morocco, Killing 36 . . . Heavy rain blamed for the collapse of a minaret at a crowded mosque in the historic city of Meknes. The Independent
You Must Also Know . . .
Tiger Says He's Sorry . . . Somber golfer admits he screwed up, bashes the media, gives no date for return to golf. Tightly controlled appearance. New York Times
Dolphins Offer Hope for Diabetics . . . They develop diabetes but can switch their insulin resistance off before it becomes damaging. Times of London
Sex Hormone Trial for Head Injuries . . . Progesterone could save patients' lives and reduce damage to their brains. BBC
For Texas Pilot, Rage Simmered Unseen . . . “I never saw Joe angry about anything,” said bandmate of man who rammed plane into Austin building. New York Times
Twenty Hurt by Flight Turbulence . . . Bumpy ride on flight from U.S. to Japan. Most injuries were bruises, but at least one may have fractured a leg. USA Today
Man Dies in Fall From Miami-Bound Jet . . . He climbed into the wheel well of a cargo jet while plane was on a ramp in the Dominican Republic. Sun Sentinel
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