Debt Ceiling Deadline Pushed Back: Newspaper Roundup for Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Fox News:
Cheney says enhanced interrogation probably led to bin Laden's death
Fox News:
Islamic scholars question Bin Laden's sea burial
Washington Times:
Obama gets praise for bold action
Politico:
Osama bin Laden raid yields trove of computer data
Fox News:
U.N. postponing $38-Million Syrian aid plan
Washington Post:
Deadline to raise U.S. debt ceiling pushed to Aug. 2, Geithner says
Reprieve stems from higher tax revenues than anticipated
Washington Times:
Economy still key concern for 2012; Likely to flatten bin Laden ‘bump’
Politico:
States turn to work-arounds on health insurance exchanges
Some states have vetoed health exchange bills
San Francisco Chronicle:
PG&E finds some SmartMeters erred when too hot
Flawed meters can misread electricity usage when their internal tempetops 100 degrees
Houston Chronicle/AP:
Shell to submit new Arctic offshore drilling plan
Boston Globe:
Dartmouth president leading national initiative to reduce binge drinking
Thirteen other colleges and universities have signed on to the project
Politico:
Beyonce teams up with first lady Michelle Obama in urging kids to dance
Part of campaign to keep kids active
Politico:
Senate to vote on symbolic resolution marking bin Laden's death
Washington Post:
In farewell speech to Senate, resigning Ensign apologizes for ‘arrogance’
Chicago Tribune:
Gas prices set record in Chicago
Politico:
EPA tries to win back farm states
BBC:
South Africa killing of lesbian called 'a hate crime'
Activists say gay South African women are targeted for "corrective rape"
Washington Post:
Arab response to bin Laden’s death is muted
Fox News/AP:
Boy Scout Troop Missing in Arkansas Forest After Floods
USA Today:
Nation's highest-paid federal workers include doctors, lawyers, dentists
Annualized salaries totaled $180,000 or more in September 2010
Fox News:
Gerald Ford: The Man Who Aspired to Become House Speaker
Politico:
89 arrested in Medicaid plan protest on Capitol Hill
USA Today:
Bin Laden killing reflects agency cooperation
Politico:
Rush Limbaugh mocks: 'Thank God for President Obama'
Arizona Republic:
ASU cites budget cuts in ending golf-management program
New York Times:
U.S. Business Has High Tax Rates but Pays Less
U.S. may end up with the highest corporate tax rate in the world
Denver Post:
Colorado homeless, HIV programs get $1.8 million from HUD
South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Three DMV employees accused of taking payoffs for driver's licenses
Up to 100 people may have used fake papers to get licenses
San Francisco Chronicle/AP:
Rick Springfield arrested on suspicion of DUI
Philadelphia Inquirer/AP:
Bin Laden targeted by TV's late-night humorists
Providence Journal:
Chafee puts R.I. marijuana dispensaries on hold
After U.S. Attorney for R.I. warns he might take civil action against the centers
New Jersey Star-Ledger:
N.J. Tax Freedom Day arrives, nearly last in U.S.
Palm Beach Post:
Historic Breakers resort asks Palm Beach County for 600k tax break after renovation
New York Times:
Ownership of TV Sets Falls in U.S.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Broward School Board considers 'gut-wrenching' $81 million school cuts








