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Obama on criticism of Chavez handshake: U.S. interests weren’t harmed »»» Obama to Cuba: Release political prisoners and cut fees on money sent to families from Cuban-Americans »»» Nicaragua’s Ortega, Argentina’s Fernandez de Kirchner voice grievances at Fifth Sumiit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago »»» Chavez gift to Obama: Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano »»» Veins of Latin America climbs to the top of Amazon’s best sellers »»» DUI: Father on cellphone drives car into water-filled ditch, kills 3 of his own kids and 2 others »»» TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee on trial in Pyongyang, North Korea »»» NEW YORK POST: Is Susan Boyle just a big publicity stunt? »»» Elizabeth, NJ: Sen. Raymond Lesniak robbed by two men in his home »»»

TIMESONLINE: Israel ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites »»» U.S. response troublesome to Israel: If Israel wants U.S. help to defuse Iranian threat, start evacuating settlements in the West Bank »»» Obama-Chavez handshake news at the Fifth Summit of the Americas »»» Murder-suicide: Parents, 3 kids found dead in Middletown, Maryland »»» Horace Greeley High School, Amityville, NY: 160 with norovirus stomach flu »»» Jobless rate up in 46 states »»» Great Basin Bank of Nevada closed by U.S. regulators »»» American Sterling Bank closed by U.S. regulators »»» Spies from China: Counterfeit routers and chips, some in U.S. military aircraft »»»

California jobless rate (11.2%) highest since 1976 »»» Barack Obama: United States seeking a “new beginning with Cuba »»» Pirate Bay founders sentenced year in jail for copyright law breach »»» JP Morgan profits beat forecasts »»» J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. sold $3 billion in 10-year senior notes that aren’t backed by FDIC »»» Operation Operation Vigilant Eagle: Watching Iraqi and Afghanistan war vets involved in white supremacy and/or militia sovereign »»» Rasmussen poll: 75% of Texans would not secede »»» Extrication! 60 mph winds topple McDonald’s golden arches in Window Rock, Arizona, injure Naperville couple in their crushed Chevy Trailblazer »»» Las Vegas gets latest snowfall on record »»» Spring snowstorm shuts Colorado and Wyoming roads »»»

Chicago rail-hub radiating 3,000 miles, 110 mph train tracks unveiled »»» 15 gunmen, 1 Mexican dead in shootout in Guerrero state hours ahead of Obama visit »»» Housing starts fall sharply (March -10.8%) »»» Illinois jobless rate hits 9.1% »»» Not necessary now but Perry says Texas could leave Union if necessary »»» Hispanic groups call for census boycott »»» Georgetown covers IHS (Jesus) symbol at White House request »»» General Growth Properties, nation’s second largest mall operator files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy »»» Google beats estimates with cost cuts »»» Economic survivalists take root »»» Suburban heroin deaths double from 2008, illegal trade with Mexican cartels blamed »»» John Madden retires »»»

Anti-tax tea parties »»» CNBC Santelli on Tea Parties: ‘I’m pretty proud of this’ »»» Somali pirates vow to hunt, kill Americans »»» American Legion objects to Homeland Security report on extremists »»» Napolitano stands by ‘extremism’ report »»» OPEC sees ‘devastating contraction’ in oil demand »»» First annual drop in U.S. consumer prices since 1955 »»» Federal Reserve Beige Book report: U.S. economy weak »»» Times Online: French President Sarkozy annoyed by ‘naivety and the herd mentality of the media’ regarding Obama »»» House of Representatives fitness center member contracts MRSA, gym scrubbed clean »»» Mexico National University: Catastrophic sea levels ‘distinct possiblity’ »»» NBC recruits Blagojevich for upcoming reality show »»» Chicago Bears home opener against Super Bowl champs Pittsburgh Steelers »»»

Somali pirates’ response: 4 news ships hijacked, 60 hostages, gunfire to another ship »»» Ukraine arrests three for sale of americium — a radioactive substance that could be used for dirty bomb »»» Department of Homeland Security sends 9-page warning about “rightwing extremist activity” to local police »»» Texas Gov. Rick Perry back House Resolution to affirm state sovereignty under 10th Amendment »»» Surge in delinquent taxpayers »»»

U.S. military considers attacks on Somali pirate land bases »»» Counter-insurgency experts: Pakistand could collapse within months »»» Bangkok, Thailand deadly protests, 2 killed »»» First Dog: Portugese water dog ‘Bo’ gift to Obamas from Sen. Edward Kennedy moves in »»» Clostridium difficile: Life threatening stomach bug spurred by antibiotics »»» Phil Spector Convicted of Second-Degree Murder »»» Adult star Marilyn Chambers, 56, found dead »»» GM recalling 1.5M vehicles over potential fires in certain model years of Oldsmobile Intrigue, Pontiac Grand Prix, Buick Regal, Chevrolet Lumina, Monte Carlo and Impala »»» Schaumburg library bans offensive odor »»» Dead goat found hanging from rope on outstretched arm of Harry Caray statue »»» Apple Store announced for North Avenue, Clybourn, Halsted triangle »»»

Captain Phillips rescued, three pirates killed, one in custody >>> Chicago doctor may exposed hundreds to tuberculosis at Northwestern Memorial, Children’s Memorial and Evanston Hospital »»» Israel’s President Shimon Peres: Possible Strike on Iran »»» GM told to prep for bankruptcy »»» UK News of the World: Obama brother accused of UK sex assault »»» Obamas Easter at St. John’s Episcopal in Washington’s Lafayette »»» Cricket signs 10-year agreement and joins Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular in offering service in CTA Red Line and Blue Line subways »»»

Sunday school teacher charged with murder of Sandra Cantu of Tracy, California »»» Second hijacking in Gulf of Aden: Italian tugboat with 16 crew seized Saturday »»» Wildfires destroy two Texas towns: Stoneburg and Sunset »»» One of Colorado’s biggest banks, New Frontier Bank closed by state regulators »»» Crime photos mug shots from ShamWow guy Vince Shlomi hotel room fight with alleged prostitute »»» Germany: Microsoft fined $11.8m for rigging MS Office price »»» Afghanistan marriage law: Illegal for Shia Muslim woman to refuse sex after four days »»» Restored vintage aircraft crash near Sandwich Airport in DeKalb County kills two »»»

Suicide truck driver detonates 1 ton of explosives near Mosul police headquarters, 5 US soldiers, 2 Iraqis killed »»» Richard Phillips recaptured after escape attempt, pirates say they will kill their hostage if attacked »»» Tornado kills 3 in Mena, Arkansas »»» Two killed in Texas wildfire »»» Mother and infant killed, at least 41 injured by tornado in Murfreesboro, Tennessee »»» UK Anti-terror chief Bob Quick resigns with lucrative pension after walking in public with secret document exposed, photographed by media »»» Karl Rove regarding Joe Biden’s boast to have rebuked Bush 46: He is a serial exaggerator »»» LA Times runs an ad that looks like a story on the front page »»» Off-duty Chicago detective charged with DUI after rear-end crash that burned, killed two »»»

Obama’s top economic adviser Lawrence Summers: ‘free-fall’ ending »»» Rick Santorum: Obama has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions »»» Petraeus: US will increase presence near pirates near Horn of Africa »»» USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) on the scene: Somali pirates keep Maersk Alabama freighter Richard Phillips hostage »»» Another bossnapping incident at French auto parts maker »»» San Jose Police: Sabotage, fiber optic cables cut in manhole disrupt Santa Clara, Santa Cruz counties, 9-1-1 »»» Angels Nick Adenhart killed in DUI hit-and-run crash »»» Joliet Emperss Casino closed until mid-to-late-June »»» Obama’s team virtually all Chicago millionaires »»» Meijer pulls ‘Save My Planet’ ferret pet toy after one toy found infested with worms »»»

Crew regains control of hijacked freighter ship off Somalia, captain held hostage by pirates in lifeboat »»» Kevin Phillips, author of Bad Money, predicts 1970’s style inflation ahead »»» “Severity off the charts: Chinese, Russian spies hacked into electric grid with computer programs that could disrupts service »»» Hawaii suffering tourism drop »»» White House on Obama dip or bow that caused the king to look down: “It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah” »»» 10 Holy Cross priests object to Notre Dame invitation »»» Rep. Jackson under scrutiny by ethics panel regarding Obama’s senate seat »»» First “If you seek Amy” song banned, now ‘ILVTOFU’ plate banned in Colorado »»»

Chinese financier Le Fan Wei, 37, indicted: Setting up fake companies to secretly sells nuclear materials to Tehran; New York banks unwittingly helped »»» Obama: goal of “world without nuclear weapons” … “perhaps not in my lifetime” »»» Turkish National Police arrest man with Obama assassination plot »»» Turkey native steals Cessna 172 in Canada, lands in Missouri while tracked by fighter jets »»» Partisan Gap in Obama Job Approval Widest in Modern Era »»» Tearful Allen Stanford denies Ponzi scheme, drug cartel connection »»» U.S. Information Systems for Equifax Inc: 7 percent of homeowners have mortgages at least 30 days late in February »»» Detroit Cheers, Ithaca Hours, Plenty, BerkShares: Local currencies encourage local commerce »»» GM, Segway to make PUMA (Personal Urban obility and Accessibility) »»»

L’AQUILA, Italy earthquake (6.3 MAG): death toll 92 and rising, 1,500 injured »»» FOREWARNED! But Italy scientist Giuliani silenced for “spreading alarm” »»» Obama in Strasbourg: America “arrogant, dismissive, and derisive” regarding Europe »»» Bolton on Obama speech: how poor his knowledge of history is … needs some additional schooling »»» Krauthammer on Obama’s Strasbourg comments: He denigrated his country in a way that I think is disgraceful »»» Obama careful on Armenian genocide question while visiting Turkey »»» Michael Jordan elected to basketball Hall of Fame »»» IOC commission tours potential sites for Chicago Olympics 2016 Summer Games »»»

Obama in Prague: North Korea broke the rules … now’s the time for a strong international response »»» Suicide bomber kills 22 in Chakwal, Pakistan Shiite mosque »»» Six gay men shot to death in two incidents in Sadr City of Baghdad »»» Richard Daley, Pat Quinn Outline $200 million spending plan for Chicago streets »»» New York Time Co threaten to close Boston Globe if unions don’t concede $20 million »»» Farrah Fawcett reportedly hospitalized, fighting anal cancer 3 years »»» Fire destroys 5 South Lawndale homes on Springfield Avenue »»» DUI crash on I-90 between Route 72 and 47 injures seven »»»