Wednesday, April 28, 2010

STORIES OF THE DAY (4-28-2010)

AM STORY LINKS

Paris to Atlanta flight diverted to Bangor; Passenger detained after claiming to have explosives. (Bangor Daily News)
"LiveFreePA" fund-raiser and candidates' forum in Lancaster County (PA) offers attendees the chance to "fire a few rounds". (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Henry Rollins question Arizona immigration law. (The Daily Caller)


NOON STORY LINKS

At the first meeting of the bipartisan commission to tackle the federal deficit Tuesday, nothing was taken 'off the table'. (Christian Science Monitor)
A teacher wielding a knife breaks into a primary school in southern China and stabs 15 students and a teacher. (MSNBC)
China is stripped of a bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics for fielding an underage female gymnast, US awarded medal. (NPR)

BONUS! The New York Post weighs in on the language used at the Goldman Sachs congressional hearing:




EVENING STORY LINKS

Charlie Crist has told major donors he'll abandon the August primary and run for U.S. Senate as an independent. (Tallahassee Democrat)
“Government Sachs,” as the well-connected Goldman Sachs is known, is called to account by the actual government (Maureen Dowd). (New York Times)
As Coast Guard burn of oil slick begins, BP official blames Gulf explosion on oil rig owner. (CNN)



LATE NIGHT STORY LINKS

The scientific consensus on geoengineering — a manipulation of the environment to counteract climate change — has come a long way in the past few years. (Washington Independent)
Republicans in the Senate have dropped their objection to a debate on the most significant reforms to financial regulations since the 1930s (BBC News)
Obama v. Constitution: Your Friends at GOP.com Did Some Spring Cleaning. (Vanity Fair)

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