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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright was an early concern,

After he moved to Chicago in the mid-1980s to work as a community organizer, Barack Obama forged close ties with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright -- joining the pastor’s Trinity United Church of Christ in 1988 and using the topic of a Wright sermon, "the audacity of hope," as the title of his most recent best-selling book.

But more than a year ago -- long before some of Wright’s more incendiary sermons became hot-button videos on YouTube, forcing Obama to publicly renounce his pastor last week -- the Obama campaign had a sense that Wright's sharp tongue might spell trouble for the Illinois senator: Read More from the LA Times

Apple to iPhone devs: Keep on developing for Jailbroken iPhones guys!

By week’s end, almost everyone who had downloaded the SDK and offered to pay the $99 ($299 for enterprises) to become an official iPhone or iPod touch developer had received Apple’s polite but firm rejection letter: Read more on ZDNet by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Many Vet's suffer from PTSD

The family of Eric Hall hopes his story will spark change in how soldiers are treated for PTSD.
Psychiatrist Dr. Omar Rieche tells WINK News he fears the consequences of war are only going to get worse if returning military and their families don't get help for post traumatic stress disorder. Read the full story on winknew by Maggie Crane

Dallas Mom attempts, murder/suicide of herself and two young

DALLAS - A woman threw her two struggling young children from a freeway overpass during Wednesday's morning rush before leaping off herself, police said, but all three survived the 22-foot fall into traffic. Read the full story by the AP on MSNBC

Medical identity theft

Katrina Brooke felt well prepared for the birth of her son, Andrew, three Aprils ago. The only complication was her Caesarean section; otherwise, everything went smoothly. After three days in the hospital, Brooke returned to her home outside of Seattle to recover and enjoy her baby boy. Read the full story on MSNBC By Richard Rys

HSBC asked to drop U.S. banking division

LONDON (UPI) -- HSBC Chairman Stephen Green has been presented with four options by shareholder activist Knight Vinke, all aimed at dropping the U.S. banking business, HFC. The Sunday Times of London said the four proposals come on the eve of the release of the international finance group's full-year results, which are expected to show a record profit of $24 billion. Read more from ArcaMax Publishing