Mass Campaign Against Pandemic May Begin in Fall
By David Brown and Spencer S. Hsu, Page A01
School-age children will be a key target population for a pandemic flu vaccine in the fall, and they may be vaccinated at school in a mass campaign not seen since the polio epidemics of the 1950s.
Democrats Accuse Agency of Pattern of Withholding Information From Lawmakers
By Paul Kane and Ben Pershing, Page A01
Four months after he was sworn in, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta learned of an intelligence program that had been hidden from Congress since 2001, a revelation that prompted him to immediately cancel the initiative and schedule a pair of closed-door meetings on Capitol Hill.
$2.4 Million in Executive Payments Due Next Week
By Brady Dennis and David Cho, Page A01
American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor.
F-22's Maintenance Demands Growing
By R. Jeffrey Smith, Page A01
The United States' top fighter jet, the Lockheed Martin F-22, has recently required more than 30 hours of maintenance for every hour in the skies, pushing its hourly cost of flying to more than $44,000, a far higher figure than for the warplane it replaces, confidential Pentagon test results show.
By Ylan Q. Mui, Page A01
Opening more stores wasn't enough for retailers during boom times. They wanted to create new forms of life.
