Health care. “President Obama began a personal effort Tuesday to reclaim momentum for his health-care initiative with a direct rebuttal of what he called 'scare tactics,' rumors, and misrepresentations.”
Death penalty. “North Carolina on Tuesday became only the second state — the other is Kentucky — with a law that allows murder suspects and death-row inmates to try to prove racial bias was behind a prosecutor's decision to seek the death penalty or a jury's decision to impose it.”
Pakistan. “Pakistan’s nuclear facilities have come under attack from the Taliban and other groups, and there is a 'genuine' risk that militants could seize weapons or bomb-making material, an article published in a West Point research group’s newsletter said.”
Quote of the day. "If you don't have an idea that materializes and changes a person's life, then what have you got? You have talk, you have research, you have telephone calls, you have meetings, but you don't have a change in the community." Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, 1921-2009. (USA Today)
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