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Microsoft and Yahoo Agree on Partnership . . . Begin an online search and advertising partnership in an attempt to rival Google. Reuters
Dems May Drop Government Insurance Option . . . Democratic leaders won't guarantee that the "public option" will be in the final version of the legislation. McClatchy Newspapers
Napolitano to Unveil Anti-Terror Plans . . . Expected to outline Wednesday the Obama administration's domestic approach to preventing terrorist attacks. Wall Street Journal
Politics
Senators Agree to Medicare Cuts . . . Independent commission would be empowered to recommend $35 billion in cuts over 10 years and even more afterward. Associated Press
Obama's Doctor Opposes His Health Plan . . . But he wants it moved more to the left, backing a single payer plan. Chicago Tribune
Picnic Table Diplomacy . . . Obama will be just a regular guy having a beer - a Bud - with an old friend and a new one when he hosts Gates and Crowley. Christian Science Monitor
'Birther Movement' Questions Obama Citizenship . . . Conspiracy theorists who say there is no proof he was born in U.S. gaining traction among Republicans. The Guardian
Clinton Political Outfit in Good Shape . . . An eight person team has transformed her debt into two overflowing campaign war chests.
New York Daily News
Powell: Gates Should Have Known Better . . . Retired Gen. Colin Powell chides his friend Henry Louis Gates Jr. for not cooperating with the cops. New York Daily News
Sotomayor Approved by Committee . . . But Republicans on Judiciary panel send a message as just one of them backs her. Los Angeles Times
National Security
Convicted Spy Says He Was a Double Agent . . . Said he spied on Israeli lobby for FBI before Feds pressured him to plead guilty to spying for Israel. Washington Times
Russia and Iran to Hold Joint Naval Exercise . . . For the first time, Russia and Iran will hold a joint naval maneuver in the Caspian Sea.
Jerusalem Post
A Coalition of One . . . Iraq parliament recesses without extending stay of residual British force. New York Times
News on the Money
Speculators Blamed for Oil Price Spikes . . . Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Gary Gensler signals more regulation to prevent repeat. McClatchy Newspapers
Recovery Signs in Housing Market Stir Hope . . . After a plunge lasting three years, houses have become cheap enough to lure buyers.
New York Times
Madoff: I Can't Believe I Got Away With It . . . Tells lawyers he thought several times he was about to be caught. ABC News
Banks Told to Ramp Up Consumer Loan Help . . . Obama officials press banks to speed assistance to distressed borrowers and modify 500,000 mortgages by November. Washington Post
Gadgets Aid Corporate Spying Surge . . . Corporate espionage - using very simple tactics, much of it carried out by trusted insiders - is surging.
USA Today
International
Iran Frees 140 Political Detainees . . . Prisoners released as Khamenei orders Kahrizak jail to be closed because of "poor standards."
The Guardian
Massive Car Bomb in Spain . . . Blast tore the front off a high-rise barracks, injuring 46 people, mainly with flying glass. Basque separatists blamed. BBC
Pakistan Taliban Trained Child Suicide Bombers . . . Swat valley residents say militants abducted about 100 teens to train to blow themselves up. McClatchy Newspapers
Also Today. . .
Schwarzenegger Cuts $500M and Signs Budget . . . He reduces funding to programs for children's welfare and healthcare, the elderly, and for AIDS. Los Angeles Times
Pregnant Women More Susceptible to Swine Flu . . . Should be treated with anti-viral promptly once flu symptoms appear, CDC says.
Wall Street Journal
Arrests in Terror Case Bewilder . . . Daniel Boyd was a rare thing in rural North Carolina - a Muslim. And one who stockpiled weapons and travel abroad for training. New York Times
Witness Describes Killing of Abortion Doctor . . . a man walked up, pressed a gun against the doctor’s head and fired, a fellow church member recalled. New York Times
Today's Video
Colin Powell Holds Forth on Various Issues . . . CNN
