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Haiti Lies in Ruins . . . Thousands may be dead. Government unable to help as foreign aid only begins to trickle in. New York Times
Obama to Unveil Bank Tax . . . Would tax banks, insurance firms and broker-dealers $90 billion. Wall Street Journal
Panel Rips Wall Street Titans . . . Congressional committee investigating the financial crisis grills the nation's top bankers.
Wall Street Journal
Politics
Obama Moves to Aid Haiti . . . Facing the first major humanitarian crisis of his presidency, Obama moves quickly to send help to Haiti.
New York Times
New Taxes Considered to Pay for Health Bill . . . White House and Democrats consider applying the Medicare payroll tax to investment income. Los Angeles Times
Battle for Kennedy's Mass. Seat . . . Democratic operatives scramble to help Martha Coakley’s Senate campaign as the state is bombarded with ads. New York Times
White House Seeks Advice From Biz Chiefs . . . Dozens invited to White House today to talk about how to make government function better. Washington Post
National Security
U.S. Just Misses Pakistan Taliban Chief . . . A pair of missiles fired from a drone slammed into a mud-walled compound killing at least a dozen people, but not the target. Wall Street Journal
Three Sought to Ship Nuclear Parts to Iran . . . Charged in scheme to smuggle sophisticated industrial components into Iran.
Los Angeles Times
Afghans Civilian Toll Jumped Last Year . . . But deaths caused by U.S. and allied forces dropped by nearly a third.
Wall Street Journal
Money
Google China Rebuke Highlights Cybersecurity Google’s threat to end its operations in China brought attention to reports of Chinese high-technology espionage.
New York Times
Court Shows Little Support for NFL Exemption . . . Supreme Court skeptical of exempting NFL from antitrust laws, a major goal of sports groups. Washington Post
Immunity Offered to Wall Street Insiders . . . SEC announces new policy to persuade insiders to cooperate with investigations.
Wall Street Journal
International
Haiti Despairs as Death Toll Mounts . . . Cries from victims entombed beneath concrete debris pierced the air of seemingly every street in Port-au-Prince.
Wall Street Journal
Quake Result of Bad Luck and Poor Planning . . . A massive, shallow eruption below a densely populated city with few, if any, building codes. Los Angeles Times
Israel Apologizes to Turkey Over Insult . . . Israeli official insults Turkish ambassador, resulting in firestorm. Associated Press
Warlord's Son Shot Bound Opponents . . . Andal Ampatuan Jr fired the first shots in Philippines massacre order from his father, court is told. Times of London
You Must Also Know . . .
Americans Decide They're Fat Enough . . . U.S. obesity surge may finally have reached a turning point.
Los Angeles Times
Teddy Pendergrass Dies at 59 . . . Was sex symbol of R&B in the '70s and '80s and then an inspirational figure after car accident left him paralyzed. Los Angeles Times
Andy Rooney is 91 and Still Going . . . Ask Andy Rooney about retiring and he responds with his own question: "Retire? From what? Life?" USA Today
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