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Major League Baseball Celebrates 2011 Jackie Robinson Day (huliq)
Major League Baseball sent out emails on Friday, reminding subscribers to its email distribution lists that April 15 is not just about income taxes, but is also Jackie Robinson Day.

House to vote on $6T spending cut plan (WTHI-TV Terre Haute)
A bold but politically risky plan to cut trillions of dollars from the federal budget is coming to a House vote, with insurgent Republicans rallying behind the idea of fundamentally reshaping the government's role in health care for the elderly and the poor.

Tough immigration bill headed to GA gov (WWLP)
The Georgia Legislature has passed an immigration bill that contains some parts similar to an Arizona law being challenged in court.

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TSA Gropes 8-Year Old Boy, In Front Of Outraged Mother (infowars)
Following the emergence of a video of a TSA agent subjecting a scared and confused 6-year old girl to an invasive full body pat down this week, another incident has come to light today in which an 8-year old boy was recently groped in the same way.

5 killed as severe storms hit Okla., Ark (seattlepi)
KRISTI EATON, Associated Press Published 05:55 a.m., Friday, April 15, 2011 Storm clouds pass north of Kiefer, Okla., on Thursday, April 14, 2011.

Likely GOP Contenders Plot Tea Party Plans (Click2Houston)
It's a tricky time of courtship. As the tea party turns 2, the still-gelling field of Republican presidential contenders is the first class of White House hopefuls to try to figure out how to tap the movement's energy without alienating voters elsewhere on the political spectrum.

Ariz. Legislature OKs 'Birther' Bill (WDSU-TV New Orleans)
The Arizona Legislature gave final approval late Thursday night to a proposal that would require President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove they are U.S. citizens before their names can appear on the state's ballot.

Obama unplugged: Where are the cool phones? (KansasCity)
Turns out President Barack Obama would like a phone upgrade.The president, in an unscripted moment with donors in Chicago, was talking about the need to innovate in technology."The Oval Office, I always thought I was going to have really cool phones and stuff," he said during a small fundraising event at a Chicago restaurant.

FAA tries to quell sleeping controller controversy (KOTA Television)
Publicly fuming, the FAA chief collected Thursday the resignation of the head of the U.S. air traffic system, doubled controller staffing at more than two dozen airports and ordered a sweeping review of the entire system that ensures planes fly safely, as the government sought to reassure the public that air travel is safe despite at least four ...

Wisconsin governor defends hobbling unions (MaineToday - Morning Sentinel)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defended his school of union hobbling as a route to fiscal discipline to budget-weary Washington on Thursday, telling a House committee that protracted, nail-biting negotiations in tough economic times can produce inaction and bad policy.

City, Federal Officials Probe Detroit Mosque Fire (Digtriad Piedmont Triad, Winston-Sale...)
Federal and local authorities are trying to figure out what caused a fire at a Detroit mosque.

Endless War and Empire: Your Tax Dollars at Work (ondreams)
Death and taxes are the only certainties in life. And these days, they go hand in hand. While our fiscal woes have led Congress to slash food aid this year to the world's poor -- rest assured, fellow Americans -- the U.S. government will keep using your tax dollars to kill them. For while John Boehner and Barack Obama might disagree on some things, there's one area they can agree on: War. And the need for more of it.

Protesters Target BP Annual Meeting (ondreams)
BP executives faced angry protesters as shareholders prepared to vote at its annual meeting in London, which is taking place a few days before the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion.

Woman Dies After Becoming Stuck in Basement Window (huliq)
A Lebanon, OH woman who locked herself out of her house was found dead on Tuesday evening; she became stuck in her basement window when she tried to find an alternative way into her house and suffocated.

Berkley announces bid for US Senate (Nevada Appeal)
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley will run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by embattled Nevada Republican John Ensign, who is retiring.