MEMO ACCESS: The Justice Department agreed Wednesday to grant lawmakers limited access to secret memos that authorized CIA interrogation tactics.
WHALE QUESTIONS: An attempt to protect the endangered right whale from being killed by commercial ships has languished for more than a year, in part because Vice President Dick Cheney’s office and White House economists questioned the conclusions of marine scientists, according to internal documents. The documents were released Wednesday by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.).
PARK GUNS? Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proposed regulations Wednesday that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges.
DEGREE FALLOUT: A philanthropic group will no longer donate $2 million in cash and art to West Virginia University because of a scandal over a degree improperly awarded to Gov. Joe Manchin’s daughter, an official said Wednesday.
SETTLEMENT: A bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved a $37 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, and more than 150 people who say they were sexually abused by its priests.
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