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Leading The News
Court Nullifies Campaign Finance Law . . . Gives interest groups, unions and corporations the right to pour money into issue advertising. Washington Times
Obama Bank Plan Sinks Stocks . . . Obama proposes limits on the size and activities of nation's largest banks. Wall Street Journal
Pelosi Can't Pass Senate Health Bill . . . The Senate will have to change it without a filibuster-proof Democratic majority.
Washington Post
Politics
Boston Globe
Massachusetts Looks Like America . . . It's blue on the edges with a big red swath in the middle. Boston Globe
New Search for Consensus on Health Bill . . . Lawmakers are weighing a pared-back approach that would be less ambitious and less contentious. New York Times
Questionable Political Travel Continues . . . Federal workers like to fly business class. An extra hotel day to fit in some golf. Washington Times
Edwards Admits He Fathered Aide's Child . . . Edwards had repeatedly denied that he might be the girl's father. Now he's in Haiti helping out. CBS News
Air America Declares Bankruptcy . . . The liberal radio network will go off the air. Washington Post
National Security
Pakistan to Pause Taliban Offensive . . . Says it cannot expand offensive against militants for at least six months. U.S. backs off public pressure.
Associated Press
Yemen's Homemade al Qaeda . . . Indigenous character sets it apart from other al Qaeda affiliates and could make it much more difficult to dislodge. Wall Street Journal
Blix Warned Blair Iraq Might Not Have WMD . . . Blix had his doubts after inspections based on tips from Western intel turned up nothing. Daily Telegraph
Man Claims Terror Ties in Soldier's Killing . . . Abdulhakim Muhammad says he's part of Yemeni al Qaeda and calls shooting “a Jihadi Attack.” New York Times
Detainees Will be Held But Not Tried . . . Nearly 50 detainees at Guantánamo Bay are too difficult to prosecute but too dangerous to release. New York Times
Money
Bernanke Faces Tight Senate Vote . . . Ben Bernanke's confirmation for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman will go down to the wire.
Wall Street Journal
Power Shifts From Geithner . . . The "Volcker Rule" is Obama's most visible break yet from Treasury secretary's reform philosophy. Washington Post
Stuck Gas Pedal Causes Major Toyota Recall . . . The quality of the Japanese automaker's fleet continues to be tarnished by serious safety recalls. Associated Press
Burger King to Open Whopper Bar With Beer . . . Burger King will unveil a new concept to compete with casual dining restaurants.
USA Today
International
Evacuation of 400K Haitians Begins . . . Buses dispatched to collect survivors from around the city and shift them out of disaster zone to encampments.
Times of London
Airline Terror Alert in India . . . India tightened airline security after Western intelligence warned of a possible hijack attempt by Islamic militants. Times of London
Eels Disappearing From the London's Thames . . . They're most well known in the form of a Cockney dish dating back centuries, jellied eel. Associated Press
You Must Also Know . . .
China Condemns U.S. 'Information Imperialism' Beijing says a call Hillary Clinton for lifting restrictions on Internet damages bilateral ties. Associated Press
Conan Gets $45B to Get Out . . . That's $33 million for him and $12 million to his staff. And late night civility is at an end. New York Times
New Orleans Rises With the Saints . . . Sean Payton, Drew Brees and Reggie Bush have been the city's saving grace after Hurricane Katrina. USA Today
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