Beaverton police officers play Santa in restoring boy's stolen Christmas gift (The Oregonian)

Beaverton detective catches the thief who stole a 6-year-old boy's Playstation 2, then replaces the Christmas gift himself.


The house that Brad built (The Sun)

STAR deserves most caring actor Oscar as he rebuilds house for US victims of hurricane


State House Approves $50M To Reduce School Furloughs (KITV Honolulu)

Representatives in the State House approve money that would restore about half the public school furlough days next school year.


9/11 Trials: Can Graham Help Forge a White House Deal? (Time Magazine)

Caught short on civilian trials for terrorism suspects and closing Guantanamo, the Obama Administration is negotiating with Senator Lindsey Graham. But it's not clear he can deliver


Obama coming to Northeast Ohio Monday to promote health care bill (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Details are sketchy, but this is part of the president's pre-Easter break push. Democrats are scrambling in the House to pass, possibly by the end of next week, the same health care bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve.


9/11 Trials: Can Graham Help Forge a White House Deal? (Time Magazine)

Caught short on civilian trials for terrorism suspects and closing GuantÁnamo, the Obama Administration is negotiating with GOP Senator Lindsey Graham. But it's not clear he can deliver


White House Green Eggs (ABC News)

The White House is going green for this year's Easter Egg Roll White House - Egg rolling - Glee - Michelle Obama - Easter


Budget negotiators miss first deadline to reach deal (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Senators are retreating somewhat on fattened court fees to help balance Virginia's recession-wracked budget, but delegates aren't impressed. Ahead of the assembly's scheduled Saturday adjournment, the 13 budget negotiators missed their first deadline to reach a deal—midnight tonight. The latest maneuvering came as the McDonnell administration reported that the state's tax collections continue to ...


Man, 22, found dead at Carnegie Mellon frat house (Austin American-Statesman)

Man, 22, found dead at Carnegie Mellon frat house


Faux White House Intrigue Obscures Deeper Disarray: Albert Hunt (BusinessWeek)

Late last week, the best topic for this column seemed to be warfare inside the White House: dueling op-eds, blogs and articles debated whether Rahm Emanuel was the cause of Barack Obama's winter of discontent, or was it that the president and his other top adviser, David Axelrod, had ignored the chief of staff's sage counsel.