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Cold War restriction ties up US-Russia trade (Star Tribune)
Russian and Israeli tourists can now travel visa-free between their two countries, yet U.S.-Russian trade relations continue to be stymied by a Cold War law censuring the Soviets for holding up Jewish emigration.

Bank Takes Swipe at Proposed Debit Card Rules in South Dakota Court Fight (Bloomberg)
Lawyers for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and a regional savings and loan association are squaring off over debit-card fees in a South Dakota courtroom 1,075 miles from the debate in Congress on the same issue.

Three-year-old killed after tragic fall from roller coaster at Illinois amusement park (nydailynews)
A fun day at the amusement park turned tragic for the family of a 3-year-old who tragically plummeted to his death from a children's roller coaster. Jayson Dansby was seated with his twin brother near the front of the "Python Pit" ride when he slipped under the safety bar and tumbled 10 feet to the ground.

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The great Republican bait-and-switch (chicagotribune)
The 2010 midterms? Everybody knows what happened: disenchantment with Obama, tanking economy, soaring unemployment, tea party , Founding Fathers, jobs-jobs-jobs. It was a sweep! A landslide! A shellacking! A mandate! And now 1 million cervical cancer screenings every year are in jeopardy.

Japan nuclear reactor: Fukushima nuclear plant continues to leak radioactive water into ocean (latimes)
Radioactive water continued to seep into the sea Monday after a failed attempt to seal the leak at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant using an absorbent polymer, sawdust and shredded paper.

NTSB: Cracks found in 3 grounded Southwest planes (ctpost)
In this photo provided by passenger Brenda Reese, unidentified passengers take photos with cell phones of an apparent hole in the cabin on a Southwest Airlines aircraft Friday, April 1, 2011 in Yuma, Ariz.

Deepwater Horizon drilling firm hands out safety bonuses to execs (mirror.co.uk)
THE drilling firm responsible for running the Deepwater Horizon disaster rig has given huge bonuses to executives for it's "best year" for safety.

Next battle in Congress heats up (CNN)
Republican Sen. John Cornyn said he will not vote to raise the debt ceiling unless it's accompanied by systematic reforms to address long-term spending and the national debt.