April 17, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
U.S.
- Miss. Man arrested in ricin scare (CNN)
- After blast horror, many Bostonions extend kindness to runners (Reuters)
- Supreme Court to consider adoption case of American Indian girl (Reuters)
- Japanese Car Makers Recall Millions Of Vehicles Over Faulty Airbags (NPR)
- AP source: Immigration bill could exclude many (Sacramento Bee)
- Postal Service backs down on cutting Saturday mail (Sacramento Bee)
- Pentagon study: N. Korea can launch nuke missile (Jerusalem Post)
- U.S. offers to help Iran after deadly quake (Reuters)
- Poverty plagues Obama’s America; press based in booming cities shrugs (Daily Beast)
- FOIA documents suggest IRS may have ignored court ruling on email privacy (Raw Story)
- Even 'Highly Motivated' Students Aren't Ready For College (NPR)
- Bailed-Out Banks Used Billions Meant For Small Business Aid To Repay TARP Funds (Huff Post)
- A Legal Twist In The Effort To Ban Cameras From Livestock Plants
- Idaho restricts drone use by police agencies amid privacy concerns
- Checks Threaten Gun Rights (Reason)
- Internet-based attacks hit emergency call centers. What's the damage? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Secret Service investigating hack of director's information (Reuters)
WORLD
- Anonymous 'hacks' North Korea pages (BBC)
- Volcano spews ash in central Mexico (U-T San Diego)
- Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad resigns (U-T San Diego)
- Some 50,000 flee Sudan into Chad after Darfur clashes (Reuters)
- New leak found at Fukushima plant water storage pool: regulator (Reuters)
- Report: Soil sample confirms WMD use in Syria (Jerusalem Post)
- Hungary promises changes after EU threat in amendment row (Reuters)
- 23,085 soldiers have fallen protecting Israel (Jerusalem Post)
- Palestinian funerals draw thousands in tense West Bank (Reuters).
- Turkish police uncover plot to bomb synagogue (Jerusalem Post)
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