The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil fraud complaint against Broadcom Corp. via Los Angeles Times

The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramatic declines in sea ice over the last three decades and projections of continued losses. These declines, he told a news conference, mean the polar bear is a species likely to be in danger of extinction in the near future.

Kempthorne also said, though, that it would be "inappropriate" to use the protection of the bear to reduce greenhouse gases, or to broadly address climate change. Read more

AP Photo Actor Dennis Quaid testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 14,2008, before the House Reform and Government Oversight Committee hearing on Food and Drug Administration drug and medical ... via The Olympian

Two Democratic U.S. senators pressured the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday for information surrounding the resignation of a top EPA administrator in the Midwest. via WHIO-AM Dayton

"Transparency brings about accountability and benefits everyone, consumers most of all"

By KEVIN FREKING The Associated Press Tuesday, May 13, 2008; 5:02 PM WASHINGTON -- Legislation that would require prescription drug makers to disclose payments to doctors got a boost Tuesday when Eli Lilly and ... via The Washington Post

"I would have been in favor of banning menthol"

Public health experts say exempting menthol from a ban on flavored cigarettes shows the power the tobacco industry has over the U.S. Congress. via Daily India

By PETE YOST The Associated Press Tuesday, May 13, 2008; 4:20 PM WASHINGTON -- Faced with an unfriendly Congress, the Bush administration has found another, quieter way to make it more difficult for consumers ... via Washington Post

Summer jobs may be hard to find Davenport flood wall debate continues LED lights over the Mississippi River Afternoon News to Go -- May 12, 2008 More Dubuque schools may be closed Associated Press - May 13, ... via WQAD-TV Moline

"This may be the largest political issue the City Council has ever faced."

The Detroit City Council has spent weeks debating what to do with scandal-plagued Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: force his ouster or slap him on the wrist.

That talk could lead to action Tuesday when the nine-member group votes on three resolutions that may ultimately remove a defiant Kilpatrick from the office he's held for six years.

Council members are to consider three possibilities: Remove Kilpatrick from office themselves, ask Gov. Jennifer Granholm to do it, or publicly censure the mayor. Read more

"You can look at the chat piles and see that a lot of the material has blown off"

The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a heavily polluted former mining town where lead-filled waste is piled into giant mounds.The ... via KansasCity.com