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Karma’s a witch. The New York Post: Bernie Madoff had little to lose by confessing to masterminding the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme — he’s dying of cancer, sources told The Post.

BusinessWeek: A $300 million cash-for-clunkers-type federal program to boost sales of energy-efficient home appliances provides a glimmer of hope for beleaguered makers of washing machines and dishwashers, but it’s probably not enough to lift companies such as Whirlpool (WHR) and Electrolux out of the worst down cycle in the sector’s history. Beginning late this fall, [...]

News Day: President Barack Obama played tennis with his wife and golf with his buddies Monday, starting his first vacation in office on Martha’s Vineyard, a picturesque island known as a refuge for the wealthy and privileged. Obama began the day with a workout at his rented retreat, then tennis with Michelle Obama, White House [...]

MediaIte: Who’s beefing with Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh this week? Hip-hop icon Jay-Z. In his newest song from his upcoming album, leaked today, “Off That” includes a line directed at the Fox News host and radio star. Here’s what Jay-Z says near the beginning of the second verse of “Off That“: This ain’t black [...]

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“Senior White House staff members are already discussing a possible shake-up of top national security officials.” ABC: A “profanity-laced screaming match” at the White House involving CIA Director Leon Panetta, and the expected release today of another damning internal investigation, has administration officials worrying about the direction of its newly-appoint intelligence team, current and former [...]

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Fox News: The Justice Department’s ethics office has recommended to Attorney General Eric Holder that a number of alleged CIA prisoner-abuse cases that were closed under the Bush administration be reopened, FOX News confirms. Holder is considering the guidance as his department is set to make public a 2004 report by the CIA’s inspector general [...]

Washington Post: New Unit to Question Key Terror Suspects Move Shifts Interrogation Oversight From the CIA to the White House President Obama has approved the creation of an elite team of interrogators to question key terrorism suspects, part of a broader effort to revamp U.S. policy on detention and interrogation, senior administration officials said Sunday. [...]

Politico: President Obama’s we-inherited-it defense is getting old, particularly when it comes to Afghanistan, according to … … Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). “A lot of what the Obama administration has been dealt with now they’ve been dealt with by past administrations – Afghanistan is something that arrived on their doorstep with a lot of other [...]

While convicted Black Panthers who tried to deny citizens their vote, walk on Holder’s decision… Washington Post: In appointing a prosecutor to investigate alleged CIA interrogation abuses, including episodes that resulted in prisoner deaths, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday shook off warnings from President Obama to avoid becoming mired in past controversies. [...]

David Limbaugh.Com President Barack Obama has run into a brick wall: the American people, who cherish their liberty and revere their nation and do not want it remade in Obama’s socialist image. Obama’s free-falling poll numbers are not the result of a misinformation campaign from a small sliver of unruly conservative opponents, as the administration [...]

“Part of the change in attitudes that I want to see here in Washington and all across the country is a belief that it is not acceptable for children and families to be without a roof over their heads in a country as wealthy as ours.” — President Barack Obama, March 24. McClatchy: WASHINGTON — [...]

WASHINGTON – Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time since automatic increases were adopted that payments would not rise. The trustees who oversee Social Security are projecting there won’t be a cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next two years. That hasn’t happened since automatic increases were [...]

By Mark Steyn in National Review Online: The other day, wending my way from Woodsville, N.H., 40 miles south to Plymouth, I came across several “stimulus” projects — every few miles, and heralded by a two-tone sign, a hitherto rare sight on Granite State highways. The orange strip at the top said “PUTTING AMERICA BACK [...]

Politico: Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is signaling that he’s nearly ready to give up on bipartisan health care reform talks in favor of options that could be pursued solely by Democrats. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, Schumer made three separate mentions of trying to push a health care bill through the Senate with all [...]

Washington Post: Seeking to ensure that President Obama has a less-than-restful vacation, a group opposed to the White House’s health-care proposals is launching an ad campaign this week that will run locally during his stay at Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Conservatives for Patients’ Rights says it plans to run a spot titled “Surf’s Up” in the [...]