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Saturday, March 27, 2010 
Top Breaking News
This Morning's Top 25:
Leading Today's News
Forty Six Korean Sailors Missing . . . Fears of war with North Korea subsides as officials rule out involvement ship explosion.
Reuters
Allawi's Victory Begins Uncertain Period . . . Challenges to the outcome could threaten plans to withdraw U.S. troops. New York Times
Congress to Face Voters Lawmakers recess and get ready to defend votes on health bill.
New York Times
Politics
Arizona Republic
Palin's Loud Megaphone . . . She has 1.4 million people reading her every word on Facebook, a best-selling memoir, and a slot on Fox. McClatchy Newspapers
GOP Eating Its Own . . . Sacking of David Frum at conservative think tank points to purity tests on the right. Times of London
States Ponder Financing Health Law . . . Concern about how to finance expansions in Medicaid. New York Times
Passions on Health Bill May Fade . . . Medicare and Social Security were fiercely opposed. POLITICO
National Security
Russia and U.S. Etch Arms Pact . . . Long road to a deal marked by overestimation by Obama of his powers of persuasion - but error by Russian on how far they could push him. New York Times
Obama's Second TSA Pick Bows Out . . . Ret. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Hardin withdraws over questions over his background as a defense contractor. Associated Press
Battlefield Kandahar . . . The Taliban, bracing for a U.S. offensive in the Afghan city, have intensified a campaign of fear.
New York Times
Chicago Cabbie Accused of Backing al Qaeda . . . Charged with attempting to provide funds for explosives and discussing a bomb attack on a stadium. Associated Press
Money
New Obama Mortgage Plan Has Holes . . . The effort, an acknowledgement of danger housing still poses to economy, may save at best only a third of the homes facing foreclosure. McClatchy Newspapers
Government Gets Rich on Citi . . . Government will sell its stake in the formerly troubled bank for an $8 billion profit.
Washington Post
Second Loans Hurt Homeowners . . . Catalyst of housing boom emerges as key obstacle to federal efforts to help borrowers dig out of debt. Washington Post
Mad Cash Rush . . . After a bag of cash fell from an armored car in Columbus, Ohio, a piranha feeding frenzy ensues. Ananova
International
Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza . . . T
Jerusalem Post
Obama at Loggerheads With Netanyahu . . . President won't back down on housing issue and may begin a major peace push.
McClatchy Newspapers
Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest's Abuse . . . The young victims of the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy began alerting the authorities in the mid-1950s. New York Times
Thai Red Shirts Confront Army . . . Tens of thousands gather in front of army positions in Bangkok to demand fresh elections.
BBC
You Must Also Know . . .
Hacker Gets 20 Years . . . Stiffest sentence ever for hacker delivered to man who stole data from millions of credit card holders. Wall Street Journal
Kentucky Highway Crash Kills 11 . . . They were a large, close Mennonite family, traveling to a wedding celebration. Louisville Courier-Journal
Terminally Ill Dennis Hopper Gets Star . . . Emotional ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for 73-year-old actor said to be ill with cancer. Daily Telegraph
Time's Up for '24' . . . The current season of "24" will be the show's last. Jack Bauer and his associates will bow out for good May 24. Chicago Tribune
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