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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 
Top Breaking News
This Morning's Top 25:
Leading Today's News
Obama Stays on Offense With Health Bill . . . Sticks to goal of comprehensive changes to the system. Washington Post
Guilty Plea in New York Terrorism Case . . . Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan immigrant, tells a judge he was planning a suicide bombing in the city.
Los Angeles Times
Congress Says Toyota Misled Public . . . Also faults regulators for "cursory and ineffective" investigations due to crippling lack of expertise. Washington Post
Politics
McClatchy Newspapers
Health Plan Gets Chilly GOP Reception . . . Republicans say he shouldn't have put it out before White House "summit" Thursday. Christian Science Monitor
Senate Jobs Bill Moves With GOP Help . . . Five Republicans, including newly minted Mass. Sen. Scott Brown, back the bill. Washington Times
Lawmakers' Ties to Toyota Questioned . . . Watchdog groups question whether connections between lawmakers and Toyota could taint inquiries. New York Times
Cheney Hospitalized With Chest Pains . . . Condition stable but he may have additional treatment today. NBC News
Rahm's CYA Operation . . . Opponents blame him for everything that's gone wrong for Obama. So he's launched an image rescue effort. POLITICO
National Security
Another Taliban Leader Captured . . .
Capture of Mullah Abdul Kabir, reported by Pakistan, would be another blow to the group’s inner circle.
New York Times
Taliban Arrests Could be Harmful . . . Recent detentions of moderates in Pakistan push Taliban further from conciliation, analysts fear. Toronto Globe and Mail
Mullen Concerned About Iran Strike . . .
Joint Chiefs chair frets over "unintended consequences," but doesn't rule the idea out.
Washington Times
Messy Anti-terror Center . . . The National Counterterrorism Center is struggling with staffing flaws and internal cultural clashes, a study says. New York Times
Money
Toyota: No Problems With Electronics . . . Official plans to tell a House panel that the company is confident no problems exist with its vehicles' electronic throttle control systems. Wall Street Journal
Criminal Probe Into Toyota Safety Problems . . . Probe focuses on unintended acceleration of some vehicles and Prius braking system. McClatchy Newspapers
Banks Try to Keep the Fees Rolling In . . . As Feds crack down, they mount aggressive campaign to retain billions in penalty income. New York Times
EPA Delays Start of New Emissions Rules . . . Won't subject greenhouse-gas emitters such as power plants and oil refiners to new regs until 2011. Wall Street Journal
International
Turkey Arrests 50 in Anti-Coup Swoop . . . Former heads of the navy and the air force and five generals are among those held over a suspected anti-Islamist plot.
Times of London
Countless Lost Limbs in Haiti . . . Amputees face living with disabilities in country whose terrain and culture were never hospitable to the disabled. New York Times
Deadly Landslide in Indonesia . . . At least five people killed and dozens missing after a huge landslide buries a village in West Java.
BBC
Iran Captures Militant Leader . . . Suggests he was colluding with United States. Los Angeles Times
Ban on Commercial Whaling to End . . . Japan could resume limited commercial whaling by end of year. Times of London
You Must Also Know . . .
Major Cities on Shaky Ground . . . Tokyo, Cairo and Los Angeles are among a large list of urban centers sitting atop fault lines. Washington Post
Swine Flu Wanes, but Could Return . . . Pandemics sometimes have several waves of varying lethalness.
Washington Post
Panel Sounds Alarm on Hypertension . . . One in three in U.S. have it and 1 in 6 die of it, yet some doctors don't even treat patients' hypertension. Los Angeles Times
Driving Decline Reverses . . . Historic drop in driving that began in 2007 - and the dramatic decline in gridlock that accompanied it - have ended. USA Today
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