AP - From terrorism to the economic meltdown, problems menacing the United States' security and economy also threaten an increasingly interconnected world, President Barack Obama said Saturday.
Reuters - Switzerland will start negotiations with the United States over its existing double-taxation treaty at the end of April, the Swiss ambassador to the United States told Swiss television late on Friday.
AP - President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and two dozen other NATO leaders walked across a bridge separating Germany and France in a moment of unity Saturday before a summit likely to see disagreements about Afghanistan and the alliance's future.
Cynthia Tucker - First Lady Michelle Obama's easy charm is so infectious that she melted the famously stiff and formal Queen of England, Elizabeth, who embraced Mrs. Obama -- it was a demure, hand-on-the-back gesture -- during a G-20 reception last week.
AP - North Korea said preparations to launch a satellite were complete Saturday and liftoff was imminent, as U.S., Japanese and South Korean warships with radar plied waters near the communist nation to monitor what they fear is a long-range missile test.
AP - National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair is replacing the agency's inspector general with his own pick, an attorney from the Justice Department, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
Politico - A week after his predecessor was ousted by the Obama administration, new General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson will try to outline his company’s turnaround on this week’s Sunday talk shows.
AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calls them "green shoots" ? the rising housing sales and factory orders and small market gains that signal an economy coming out of its downward spiral.
AP - Unemployment zoomed to 8.5 percent last month, the highest in a quarter-century, as employers axed 663,000 more workers and pushed the nation's jobless ranks past 13 million. The hard times were only expected to get harder ? a painful 10 percent jobless rate before long.
AP - Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans ? popular here ? to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming.
Politico - As he prepared to take a job in the White House at the end of last year, David Axelrod sold the political consulting firm that helped elect President Obama for $2 million to a group of consultants who helped steer Obama’s campaign.
Reuters - Chrysler LLC's lenders are in talks with the U.S. government to reduce the automaker's debt by swapping some of it out for equity, new debt or a lesser amount in cash, sources familiar with the talks said on Friday.
PC World - hoo has quietly updated its Yahoo Image Search preview page with a friendlier interface that displays larger images, and makes it easier to browse related thumbnails. Is it easier to use than Google Image Search? My first impression is yes.
AP - President Barack Obama's startling call Friday for a "world without nuclear weapons" brings to mind Ronald Reagan's idealistic, unfulfilled dream of eliminating the threat of nuclear annihilation.
AP - Chief Justice John Roberts has granted the Obama administration's request to the Supreme Court to block the release of certain sex offenders who have completed their federal prison terms.
AP - Unemployment zoomed to 8.5 percent last month, the highest in a quarter-century, as employers axed 663,000 more workers and pushed the nation's jobless ranks past 13 million. The hard times were only expected to get harder ? a painful 10 percent jobless rate before long.
Reuters - Continuing bonuses paid to employees at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are offensive since taxpayers are helping keep the mortgage-finance companies afloat, a leading Senate Republican said on Friday.
AP - A lobbyist was sentenced Friday to three years probation for destroying evidence about her ties with former Pennsylvania congressman Curt Weldon, who is under FBI investigation.
Reuters - A U.S. Senate vote this week rejected an effort to put climate-change legislation on a fast track, making it harder for Congress to put limits on greenhouse gas emissions this year.
AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calls them "green shoots" ? the rising housing sales and factory orders and small market gains that signal an economy coming out of its downward spiral.
Reuters - Top Federal Reserve officials pledged on Friday to use all the tools at their disposal to spur lending and a U.S. economic recovery, but warned a rebound could be slow in coming.
Politico - STRASBOURG, France — President Barack Obama offered a gentle rebuke to star-struck Europeans Friday that it’s time for them to stop blaming the United States for all the world’s ills — especially now that they’ve got an American president they can embrace.
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