Top of the News
Oil Slick Threatens U.S. Gulf Coast / First traces of oil ooze into Gulf's delicate wetlands...
Earlier today - the oil slick approaches the Gulf Coast...
BP's containment problem is unprecedented...
As horrific as the disaster's beginnings were, what might happen over the next weeks or months could prove to be much, much worse...
The rest of the news...
California / the West
You’ve heard of “The Little Train That Could”…how about “The Big, Fat, Expensive, Never-Will-Be-Realized Boondoggle – aka: California High-Speed Rail”…? - Major high-speed bump - State railway plan in trouble after report questions funding of $42B tab, project's lax oversight...
Meg Whitman's lack of public service / Meg Whitman spotted with ... Democrats!
Carly Fiorina: Coming Around Again - Carly Fiorina weathered a very public firing, breast cancer and the loss of a stepdaughter, but can the former boss of Hewlett-Packard win next months California Republican primary? Plus: The long, strange trip of California politics...
California Loses Fight to End Prison Oversight...
California coming up on 39 million people...
Oakland mayor who promised to take 10% pay cut no longer taking pay cut on account of his owing the IRS $252,000...
The Economy / Wall Street
GDP disappointment jolts stocks; Dow off 158...
3.2% GDP growth signals modest, steady recovery - The first-quarter rise is less than the 5.6% increase at the end of 2009, but is a stark improvement over the 6.4% decline in same period last year...
Beware Of The Muni Bond Bubble: States And Cities Can Fail As Well...
U.S. / Politics
Judge Won't Subpoena Obama to Testify...
Obama administration considers challenges to Arizona immigration law...
Immigration law amended - Ariz. guv says changes should lay racial profiling concerns to rest...
Villaraigosa backs boycott of Arizona...
Boehner Says Republicans Could Win 100 Seats - House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said House Republicans could win 100 or more seats in this fall's elections, The Hill reports. "Boehner said he believes there is no seat that the GOP cannot win during this election cycle, judging by Sen. Scott Brown's (R) improbable win in January's special election in Massachusetts." When pressed, Boehner said he believed the GOP could win as many as 100 House seats...
MICKEY KAUS: ” It’s getting highly annoying to hear Obama and Senate Democrats pretend that to have effective border control we have to take a package deal that includes amnesty. They’re worse than the cable company when it comes to package deals.”
CHRIS DODD TALKS TRANSPARENCY, DWELLS IN SECRECY...
China / Asia
China Remains Biggest U.S.-Debt Holder
China says Houston police beat, injured diplomat
Beijing limits home-buyers to one new apartment
International
Putin Calls for Russia-Ukraine Gas Merger...
GOP senators ask Clinton to deny Ahmadinejad entry to U.S. for U.N. event
IRAN TRYING TO STIR UP TERRORISM IN MOROCCO...
United Nations Names Iran to Commission on the Status of Women...
Defense / Terrorism-related
Two Charged With Trying to Aid Al Qaeda...
Gates opposes getting rid of gay ban until Pentagon study done...
UN Gives Prize in the Name of Equatorial Guinean Dictator - Equatorial Guinea's dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, allegedly a cannibal and definitely a tyrant, has given the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) $3m to award a $300,000 grant to scientists in his name...
Health/tech/science/Environment
5 reasons Flash would've rocked the iPhoneHigh winds, tides hamper oil fight - Massive spill oozes into La.'s fragile wetlands - birds, dolphins, turtles, manatees in harm's way...
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