Subpoenas issued to financial firms in expanded probe (Reuters)
Reuters - The Justice Department issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial institutions as part of a new effort to investigate misconduct in the packaging and sale of home loans to investors, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.
Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists (AP)
AP - Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political.
Ship carrying rocket parts hits Ky. bridge (AP)
AP - The voyage of a cargo boat that carries space rocket components to Florida's coast for NASA and the Air Force has stalled in a western Kentucky river after it slammed into an aging traffic bridge.
GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)
AP - Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall.


