Most important news story of the week (ending April 24, 2009)

[ColbertWatcher]

Poll question: Most important news story of the week (ending April 24, 2009)

Most important news story of the week ending April 24, 2009

A: Parts of North Dakota still flooded, some towns begin cleanup

B: Pakistani Taliban advance beyond Swat Christian Science Monitor

C: Senate Intelligence Committee releases a report called http://intelligence.senate.gov/pdfs/olcopinion.pdf">Declassified Narrative on DOJ Office of Legal Counsel's Opinions on the CIA Detention and Interrogation Program (pdf); Phillip Zelicow "comes clean" the day before the Washington Post publishes a possible reason why

D: FDA expands access to Plan B for 17-year-olds MSNBC

E: Bayer safety lapses 'could have eclipsed Bhopal' West Virginia Gazette; AIG faces inquiry over medical care for US contractors Los Angeles Times

F: HEALTH NEWS: A group of African First Ladies meet in Los Angeles to discuss health issues Los Angeles Times; stem cells cure repair corneal damage Modern Medicine

G: North Korea to charge 2 US journalists VOA News; Iran sentences Roxana Saberi to 8 years Los Angeles Times

H: delegates from 30 European nations http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/20/racism.conference/">walk out as Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinajad delivers a speech at the Durban Review Conference, which the U.S. did not attend; Turkey, Armenia say they're ready to talk

I: One of the last-minute "incidents" that are a part of the Friday document dump (please see which in my reply)

J: Other (please see my pick for most important new story in reply)

[Staph]

1. The Bayer plant

is about a mile from my home, so the most important story for me is obvious.

Imagine the Bhopal disaster, in the capitol and most populous area of an American state. Considerably more than 4000 people would have been killed. While it was happening, the company wouldn't give any useful information to first responders. And they are still stonewalling, refusing to share information based on a 9/11 law that allows the company to hide information that could be "used by terrorists".

At least this travesty is getting Congressional review. Maybe someone outside West Virginia will start viewing us as something other than a third-world nation.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. I still can't believe something like that almost happened in the U.S.

Of course, I couldn't believe my eyes August 29, 2005 either.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Countdown kick. n/t