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'Little Billy's Letters' at a glance (AP)

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AP - Excerpts from the responses by prominent figures to letters from Little Billy, the grade-school alter ego of prankster Bill Geerhart, appearing in the book Little Billy's Letters:

Lawmakers probe lax enforcement of animal rules (AP)

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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2008, file photo, a worker throws a piece of meat among cattle carcass scraps dropped into a truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif.  In May 2008, the Agriculture Department banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand, since so-called 'downer' cows pose an increased risk for mad cow disease, E. coli and other infections. That change came in the wake of the nation's largest beef recall, after the Humane Society of the United States released another video in early 2008 showing the abuse of downers at Hallmark Meat Co. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP - The knives at the slaughterhouse weren't properly sanitized, a government investigator said, and employees at the meatpacking plant didn't know how to test the carcasses of days-old veal calves for a dangerous pathogen. Food safety conditions were so poor at the Vermont processing facility that it should close before someone got sick, officials warned.


Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO (AP)

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010, file photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., arrives to vote on the Senate Jobs Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys  Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity. 'The question is whether or not a very top-heavy organization might be siphoning off federal dollars that should be going to help kids,' said Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity.


Need for results drives Obama's domestic juggle (AP)

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President Barack Obama speaks at the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections.


DeMint courts Tea Party, irks GOP (Politico)

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Politico - DeMint is positioning himself to be the tea party movementrsquo;s best friend in Washington.

Leave yuan to us, China tells Obama (Reuters)

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Reuters - The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime.

'Uncharted 2' nabs 5 trophies at video game awards (AP)

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FILE - In this undated video game file image released by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., a scene is shown from 'Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.' The high-octane PlayStation 3 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog won five trophies at the Game Developers Conference ceremony Thursday March 11, 2010 including game of the year. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., File)AP - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves stole the show at the Game Developers Choice Awards.



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