FIRST LOOK: Lawmakers in three states move to restrict abortion

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• Politicians in three states moved to restrict abortion rights yesterday. (Reuters)

• Christina Romer calls focusing on cutting the budget instead of the unemployment crisis "shameful." (Politico)

• But Romer and nine former chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers signed a letter urging action on deficits. (Politico)

• Two planes had to land on their own at Reagan airport when the air traffic control tower went silent. (Washington Post)

• The BP oil spill was 1.4 inches away from never happening. (Wall Street Journal)

• Public support for nuclear power in U.S. slips. (Reuters)

• China renews a push to ban smoking. (AP)

• An explosive package spent three weeks in the lost-and-found in a Detroit federal building. (CNN)

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