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Click to View in Browser 04/26/2012 Former Senator Edwards' defense to continue grilling ex-aide GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former Senator John Edwards' defense is set to resume its attack on Thursday of the campaign aide who says his ex-boss directed him to get secret payments from donors to conceal Edwards' pregnant mistress during his 2008 presidential run. Lawmaker urges investment treaty talks with China WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker on Thursday called on the Obama administration to negotiate an investment treaty with China while increasing pressure on Beijing to reform unfair trade and currency practices he said were spreading to other top developing countries. Hundreds march against Arizona immigration law PHOENIX (Reuters) - A few hundred protesters, some toting placards reading "no to racial profiling," marched through downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to block Arizona's two-year-old crackdown on illegal immigrants. California sailing accident survivor urges new safety rules TIBURON, California (Reuters) - One of three survivors from a fatal California yacht wreck said the moments he spent overboard felt like he was in "a washing machine filled with boulders," and that five crew mates who died might have been saved had they worn safety harnesses. U.S. high court appears to back Arizona on immigration WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative justices who hold a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to endorse Arizona's immigration crackdown on Wednesday, rejecting the Obama administration stance that the federal government has sole power over those who illegally enter the United States. Parents of missing Arizona girl plead for her return TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The anguished parents of a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities say may have been snatched from her bed made a tearful public appeal on Wednesday for her safe return, pleading with presumed abductors to "tell us what you want." Ex-altar boy testifies about sexual abuse by Philadelphia priests PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A 23-year-old man testified on Wednesday in the child sex abuse case against the Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocese that he was molested by two priests, one of whom prosecutors said had been known to church officials as a sex abuser years earlier. Financial crises caused by "stupidity and greed": Geithner PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sought on Wednesday to reassure Americans that the Obama administration was doing what it could to rout out the bad actors from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Dad wires autistic son, exposes teachers' verbal abuse NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey school district has fired at least two educators for verbally abusing autistic children after a father sent his 10-year-old autistic son to school wearing a hidden microphone upon suspecting he was being mistreated by staff. George Zimmerman: Prelude to a shooting SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A pit bull named Big Boi began menacing George and Shellie Zimmerman in the fall of 2009. Related Video Deutsche Bank CFO: slower client activity in Q2 Market Pulse: What's Moving Today and Why Great Debate Are we deluding ourselves about Afghanistan? Does America really want a third-party candidate? A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend