SPB News for Tuesday.

Obama Names DC Real Estate Exec As Housing Director

No Senator Matthews: Hardball Host Inks New MSNBC Contract

Matthews extends contract at MSNBC

AIG changes name in makeover

Franken Traveling To DC To Receive USO Award

Sen. Sanders Blocking Obama Pick Over Deregulation

Obama Announces More Administration Posts

White House Easter Egg Hunt To Focus On 'Healthy Lives'

NY-20 Dem Candidate Focusing On Stimulus -- And Limbaugh

Obama Names Yale Law Dean To State Dept. Post

Transcript: Geithner Briefs Press On Bank Plan

CHINA'S TOP BANKER SEEKS NEW RESERVE CURRENCY: NOT DOLLAR

Obama administration hit with two Gitmo-related lawsuits

Bailed-out JP Morgan buying $120 million private jets

US seeks 'to bypass Afghan president' The US and European allies plan to create a new chief executive role in Afghanistan to bypass President Hamid Karzai, a report says. The Guardian reported on Monday that the creating of the role, possibly a prime ministerial role, will be followed by planting a high-profile figure in the heart of the Kabul government.

US unleashes robots in Afghanistan war --'BigDog' built by Boston Dynamics and funded by DARPA America has called out its new weapon to send into battle in Afghanistan - a terrifying pack of robotic "BigDogs". The state-of-the-art headless four-legged metal beasts have been designed to navigate the country's treacherous terrain. And - as it leaps towards the enemy on animal-inspired articulated legs - the BigDog also lets off an eerie lawnmower buzz.

US tried to gag Binyam Mohamed with plea bargain --US authorities tried to gag Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, by offering him a plea bargain under which he would gain his freedom in return for dropping torture allegations. The deal would have prevented Mr Mohamed suing the US, or Britain, over his alleged ill-treatment and he would have been prevented from revealing his allegations publicly to the media. Mr Mohamed refused the deal and was eventually allowed to return to his adoptive country Britain last month. Documents released by the High Court in London showed the draft plea bargain agreement was put forward last year by US government lawyers and required Mr Mohamed to plead guilty to two charges in return for a lighter sentence... Mr Mohamed would also have been required to abandon a legal attempt to obtain documents which he believed could prove his innocence.

Al Qaeda Terrorism Manual Surfaces on Web Site Terrorism researchers recently discovered a terrorism recruitment manual drafted by al Qaeda on a popular jihadi Web site that may give insight into the strength and strategy of the terrorist organization, according to National Public Radio (NPR). The 51-page manual, "The Art of Recruiting Mujahedeen," was downloaded off of the second most popular jihadi Web site, known as Ecles.

Five Countries Declare Polar Bears Threatened by Climate Change Five countries issued a joint statement on Thursday identifying climate change as "the most important long-term threat" to the bears. Nearly forty years ago, the five countries created a treaty to protect polar bears through limits on hunting. The statement was issued at the end of a three-day meeting in Tromso, Norway, of scientists and officials from the United States, Norway, Canada, Russia and Denmark, all with territory abutting the Arctic Ocean that serves as habitat for the bears.

I Was Followed, Harassed, And Ambushed By Bill O'Reilly's Producer — On March 1, ThinkProgress picked up on a story by News Hounds, which noted that Fox News host Bill O'Reilly — who has made controversial comments about rape victims in the past — was slated to speak at a March 19 fundraiser for the Alexa Foundation.

Bank of America's Bernstein Says Sell Bank Stocks After Rally — Investors should sell bank stocks after they rallied 12 percent today because the Treasury Department's plan to buy toxic assets won't stop profits from dropping, Bank of America Corp.'s Richard Bernstein said.