SPB News for Tuesday

Bailout Corruption: Feds Open 20 Criminal Probes Into Fraud, Insider Trading

Senate Still Considering Obama State And Justice Nominees

Poll: New York State Favors Legalizing Gay Marriage

Senate Confirms 3 Justice Department Nominees - Though it waited almost a month to vote on them, the Senate moved swiftly and with near unanimity today in confirming three of President Barack Obama’s nominees...

Dodd Leans Heavily On Wall St. For Reelection Cash

Delegates walk out on Ahmadinejad at Geneva — Article's topics: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Durban 2 — As Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the eradication of Israel in his address to the United Nations anti-racism conference which — opened its week long event in Geneva on Monday …

Nadler: Impeach Torture Memo Author — Rep. Jerry Nadler, a senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called Monday for the impeachment of federal judge Jay Bybee, one of the principal authors of the torture memos released last week by the Obama administration.

Sources: Chrysler Financial Refused Government Loan Over Limits on Executive Pay — Top officials at Chrysler Financial turned away a $750 million government loan because executives didn't want to abide by new federal limits on pay, sources familiar with the matter say.

Binyam Mohamed: MI5 officer gave false evidence in Guantánamo detainee case Lawyers for the government have admitted that a senior MI5 officer gave false evidence to the high court in the case of former Guantánamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed. The admission, combined with an apology, is contained in a letter from Treasury solicitor David Mackie to Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones, who tomorrow will hear fresh demands from lawyers representing Mohamed, and the media, for the disclosure of information about who was complicit in his interrogation and torture.

Iraq arrests children for alleged terror ties Iraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by 'Al-Qaeda' to carry out suicide attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk, an army general told AFP on Sunday. "Special forces units have arrested an organisation of children consisting of four individuals under the age of 14 who call themselves the 'Birds of Paradise'," General Abdelamir al-Zaidi said.

Disney documentary 'Earth' features eye-popping images --Review by James Ward Timed to hit theaters on Earth Day, Disney’s documentary "Earth" certainly achieves its main goal... The film’s most compelling story is that of a polar bear that fruitlessly searches for thick enough ice to hunt seals, the magnificent white animal’s main source of food. But, as the documentary points out, global warming has made the polar bear's quest to find thick ice next to impossible.