President Obama signed a $214 billion Medicare reform package that will overhaul the entitlement program funding – with strong backing from both political parties. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11464
Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signed House Bill 2258 into law. Kansas families receiving government assistance will no longer be able to use those funds to visit swimming pools, or see movies. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11459
After more than 4,100 orbits around the closest planet to the sun, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft will crash into Mercury’s crater-pocked surface on April 30th. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11463
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reveals breakthrough research in artificial photosynthesis, a "revolutionary leap forward." http://www.infobitt.com/b/11465
The US Senate gave fast track authorization to President Obama so that he can negotiate a trade agreement with 11 other Pacific nations. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11438
A group of Indian technology and internet companies have pulled out of Facebook's Internet.org initiative, fearing it threatens the principle of "net neutrality". http://www.infobitt.com/b/11431
The Centers for Disease Control say high school and middle school kids now use more e-cigarettes than tobacco. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11460
Virginia election officials have decertified an electronic voting system after determining that it was possible for even unskilled people to surreptitiously hack into it and tamper with vote counts. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11436
Etyen Mahçupyan, a Turkish Armenian adviser to Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoğlu who has backed the claims of an Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, is no longer serving in the position. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11455
Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has urged caution over the government’s proposal to switch from the current parliamentary model to a full presidential system. http://www.infobitt.com/b/11425
http://infobitt.com
http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt
http://twitter.com/infobitt
