US News - News April 29, 2011

Court Backs Funding For Stem Cell Research (WISN-TV)
A federal court has given the Obama administration the go-ahead to continue funding embryonic stem cell research.

Hackers claim to have 2.2 million credit card numbers from PSN hack (examiner)
Sony has previously said it wasn't sure if credit card information was stolen in the recent PlayStation Network and Qriocity hack, and thus, it has not offered any free credit monitoring service for customers.

Trump Implies Will Run for President in 2012 (huliq)
Although not making a precise statement on whether or not he will make a run for the presidency in 2012, real estate mogul Donald Trump, speaking in a Las Vegas casino on Thursday night, implied those who support such a move would be happy by his upcoming announcement.

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Wireless Carriers Get Consent to Use Location Data (EDGE)
The nation's four largest wireless carriers say they obtain customer permission before using a subscriber's physical location to provide driving directions, family-finder applications and other location-based services, and before sharing a subscriber's location with any outside mobile apps that provide such services.

As US land borders tighten, drug smugglers fly (The Boston Globe)
The visiting British pilots were training near a naval air station one night this month when their helicopter came within about 150 feet of an ultralight plane flying without lights.

Democrats file complaint over Romney fundraising (WMGI-FM Terre Haute)
The New Hampshire Democratic Party on Friday said Mitt Romney's presidential campaign may have violated election finance laws by funneling "soft money" into the Republican frontrunner's White House bid.

Survivors picking up pieces from deadly twisters (WHDH)
It was bad enough that a tornado obliterated Derrick Keef's house. Worse still was the heartbreaking scavenger hunt for his most priceless possessions strewn across the devastated neighborhood.

Media outlets urge access in Edwards sex tape case (KMOV)
A North Carolina judge will hear from attorneys for media companies that want broader disclosure in a lawsuit over a sex tape described as involving former presidential candidate John Edwards.

Independent political groups hit airwaves over Medicare spending (The Hartford Courant)
Signs protesting U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare plan. sc-dc-0429-politics-ad-wars-20110429 The battle over the future of Medicare and the federal budget has been joined unusually early by independent political groups, providing an indication of the large role they are likely to play in the 2012 campaign and beyond.

Opening statements in Blagojevich retrial could start Monday (WNWN-FM Battle Creek)
The federal judge in the corruption retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich wrapped up the questioning of potential jurors on Thursday, raising the possibility opening arguments in the case could begin as soon as Monday when the court reconvenes.

Giffords: A poignant presence, but out of view (KSL-TV)
It's a sight many Americans would surely love to see: a recovering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watching as her astronaut husband blasts off into space.

Staffers who survived AZ shooting to go to launch (KSL-TV)
When Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watches her astronaut husband get launched into space on Friday, two of her staff members who also survived the Tucson mass shooting will be there, too, thinking about how far they've all come in less than four months.

TV host says NBC knows Trump's political plans (KEPR 19)
NBC was not responding to a challenge by talk-show host Lawrence O'Donnell to disclose whether Donald Trump will return next fall with "The Celebrity Apprentice." "NBC has created a monster and it is called Donald Trump," O'Donnell said in a blistering 15-minute rant on Wednesday's edition of his show, "The Last Word," which airs on MSNBC, a sister ...

Scottish News: BBC rejects Greens' debate appeal (IcNetwork)
The BBC Trust has not upheld an appeal from the Scottish Green Party in its push to be included in the broadcaster's last televised leaders' debate before the Holyrood election.

Somewhat sheepishly, Exxon makes $11 billion (The Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Exxon made almost $11 billion and practically apologized for it. Sensing public outrage over gasoline prices that have topped $4 in some states, the company struck a defensive posture Thursday after posting some of its best quarterly financial results ever.