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Suffering on Income Tax Day? Look to These Freebies (huliq)
If you are stressed out about the upcoming Income Tax Day in the U.S., some places are offering freebies to suffering taxpayers as the day approaches.

FAA official resigns after sleeping controllers (The Plain Dealer)
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says the agency's top official overseeing the nation's air traffic system has resigned following disclosures of controllers falling asleep on the job.

Parents Threatened by TSA Before 6 Year Old was Groped, (infowars)
Girl then Broke Down in Tears The parents of a six year old girl who was subjected to an enhanced pat-down at the hands of the TSA appeared confused and disturbed in an interview on ABC News' Good Morning America today as they called for a change in security procedures.

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Blagojevich status hearing set for Thursday (KMOV-TV Saint Louis)
This July 28, 2010 file photo shows former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaking to the media at the Federal Court building in Chicago.

Congress To Vote On Budget-Cutting Plan (FOXReno)
The House and Senate are ready to vote on legislation cutting almost $40 billion from the budget for the current year, but President Barack Obama and his GOP rivals are both eager to move on to multiyear fiscal plans that cut trillions instead of billions.

NATO ministers: Libya's future without Gadhafi (CTV.ca)
The effort to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya tops the foreign ministers' agenda at the two-day meeting, which also will address efforts to hand over security responsibility in Afghanistan to local forces.

Obama proposes $4tn spending cuts to tackle deficit (guardian.co.uk)
Curbing defence spending and ending tax breaks introduced by George W Bush for wealthy Americans President's 12-year plan to reduce budget deficit includes curbs on defence spending and Medicare reforms Barack Obama set out his budget deficit proposals in a speech at George Washington University in DC.

Goldman Sachs misled clients, lawmakers on CDOs, Senate panel says (washingtonpost)
Sen. Carl Levin, right, shown here in March, said a Senate panel investigation into Goldman Sachs turned up "a financial snake pit rife with greed, conflicts of interest and wrongdoing." In the case of one CDO, Hudson Mezzanine Funding 2006-1, Goldman Sachs told investors that its interests were aligned with theirs while the firm held 100 percent ...

Officer Who Shot Danroy Henry Gets Police Union Award (nytimes)
A police union has given the officer who shot and killed a Pace University football player during a disturbance in Westchester County last year its Officer of the Year award.

FAA suspends sleeping controllers, adds more staff (wdtn)
Federal officials are adding a second overnight air traffic controller at more than two dozen airports around the country, reacting swiftly after a sleeping controller in Reno forced a medical flight to land unaided.

Poll: Are Your Taxes Fair? Most Say Yes (WMTW)
For all the complaining this time of year, most Americans actually think the taxes they pay are fair.

Santorum announces presidential fundraising effort (KVAL - News - National & World News)
Former Sen. Rick Santorum on Wednesday announced a fundraising committee that allows him to take the first steps toward a presidential campaign.

Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Just like the whole Steroid Era: We'll never really know. Even the one charge that left Barry Bonds a convicted felon didn't specify steroids.

Gingrich calls Obama's tax plan a job-killer (Boston)
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich on Wednesday blasted a budget address by President Barack Obama calling it a job-killer and not a serious proposal.

The False Debate on the Debt (ondreams)
In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful it is a given that there is never to be any expression of remorse or other acknowledgement of the pain they have inflicted on the lesser mortals they so cavalierly plunder. It's convenient for them that the media and the politicians, which they happen to own, rarely connect the dots between the scams that made the rich so rich and the alarming rise in the federal debt that is crushing this nation.