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Buffalo plane crash kills 49 on board, one on ground; cockpit audio tape

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Cockpit tape from Buffalo plane crash.

Plane horror this morning outside Buffalo. A Continental commuter plane from Newark smashed into a house, killing one person inside and all 49 on plane, according to reports.

Additional info: One of the victims was a 9/11 widow. See earlier links.

Now, the rest of the stories on other stuff — the stimulus plan, the futile effort by same-sex couples to marry, more Madoff-related news, grim economic news from Europe, and so on…

NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

Newsday: ‘Hundreds of same-sex couples attempt to marry in NYC’

Wall Street Journal: ‘2 Madoff Employees Questioned ‘

N.Y. Daily News: ‘President Obama turns attention to home foreclosures’

N.Y. Times: ‘Stimulus Offers Glimpse of Obama’s Battle Plan’

N.Y. Post: ‘Brooklyn Brew-Haha Over “Barack” Beer’

N.Y. Daily News: ‘Obama stimulus plan may mean huge infusion of funds to city for jobs, schools, Medicaid’

N.Y. Post: ‘Mogul’s $cam Is Dreck: Wife’

Wall Street Journal: ‘Following Apple, Microsoft Plans Stores’

N.Y. Post: ‘PUT GUILTY BIRDS IN GOOSEGOW’

N.Y. Daily News: ‘Brit says Bernie Madoff Ponzi scam led to father’s suicide’

N.Y. Post: ‘Anguish Of Drag Victim’s Family’

Wall Street Journal: ‘SEC Looks at Hedge Funds’ Trades’

N.Y. Post: ‘CITY’S $8M TAB FOR ‘PRIVATE’ PENSIONS’

City taxpayers are supporting the pensions of 1,500 employees who don’t even work for the city in 28 cultural institutions, as part of a little-known deal struck 47 years ago, officials said.

Wall Street Journal: ‘Markets Remain In a Rut’

N.Y. Daily News: ‘Friends of fat cats? Suddenly, 3 Dem pols look like they may be protecting rich from taxes’

N.Y. Post: ‘Master Of Our Own “Domain”‘

Wall Street Journal: ‘Next Challenge: Spending Money’

The Energy Department and other agencies key to Obama’s stimulus may need an overhaul to handle the workload heading their way.

N.Y. Daily News: ‘Intel czar sees new threats as Afghan situation worsens’

N.Y. Post: ‘UNHOLY TERRORS STEAL CATHOLIC-SCHOOL CASH’

Wall Street Journal: ‘Mexican Immigrants Look Homeward’

N.Y. Post: ‘DOC “OC” WOE STRIKES A 2ND TIME’

He IVF’d up again. Dr. Michael Kamrava, the in-vitro fertilization specialist responsible for Octomom, has over-impregnated another woman – this time with quadruplets. The 49-year-old patient of Kamrava’s, a mother of three who is still pregnant, has been hospitalized as a result, according to the Los Angeles Times.

N.Y. Daily News: ‘Church saves six schools, closes eight others in Brooklyn & Queens’

Wall Street Journal: ‘On Street, Reluctance to Blow the Whistle’

A key question to emerge from the Madoff scandal is whether Wall Streeters should more-readily report concerns about possible fraud to regulators.

Wall Street Journal: ‘States Recruit Worried Californians’

Jurist: ‘Federal court rejects cases linking childhood vaccines to autism’

N.Y. Daily News: ‘Con Ed must open books after $1M bribery scheme’

Wall Street Journal: ‘Bharara Seen as U.S. Attorney Pick’

The Obama administration is expected to nominate Preet Bharara as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

N.Y. Daily News: ‘Gotti enforcer Charles Carneglia ID’d as Queens teen’s killer’

N.Y. Times: ‘Ailing Banks May Require More Aid to Keep Solvent’

Reuters: ‘Global stocks, commodities up on hopes of U.S. loan plan’

CNN: ’35 women, children killed near Iraq festival’

Wall Street Journal: ‘Toyota Offers Buyouts, Ends Bonuses’

Wall Street Journal: ‘State: Madoff Wife Withdrew Funds’

International Herald Tribune: ‘Europe’s economic slump deeper than expected’

N.Y. Daily News: ‘Judd Gregg withdraws as President Obama’s Commerce Secretary nominee, after Richardson before him’

Wall Street Journal: ‘Wave of Bad Debt Swamps Companies’

Wall Street Journal: ‘Clinton Signals Asia Is U.S. Priority’

 

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