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Good morning, everybody. Apple wants its phone back. Now, your morning constitutional: A limited number of flights in northern Europe, expected to be around half of normal volume, will go ahead today. While some planes are flying from Scotland and Northern Ireland, it is unlikely any planes will depart from London today. Some science behind the flight bans. Rahm Emmanuel wants to be mayor of Chicago. Despite recent allegations of fraud, earnings for Goldman Sachs rose 91% for the first quarter of 2010 to $3.46B from the same period last year. The U.K. Financial Services Authority has...

Good morning, folks, and happy Patriot\’s Day, a day that celebrates that accidental first engagement of Massachusetts militiamen and British Army regulars at Lexington and then Concord. Also, a marathon and a Red Sox game. Now, your morning constitutional: Due to the Icelandic volcanic ash, only about 30% of scheduled flights in Europe will fly on Monday, as Giovanni Bisignani, the head of the airline industry group the IATA, criticizes the way Europe\’s governments have handled the situation. BBC explores the economic impact of the past week\’s airline grounding. A European Commission has criticized the flight restrictions...

Good morning, everybody. Steven Seagal has…troubles. We have your morning constitutional: President Obama on Thursday night announced new rules ordering hospitals that accept Medicare and Medicaid to grant visitation rights to same-sex partners. The new rules also make it easier for patients to allow their partners to make medical decisions on their behalf. Volcanic ash continues to hold up air transport in Europe for the second day, swamping other modes of transport as travelers seek alternate modes of transportation. Poland is hoping to not have to postpone the funeral for late President Lech Kaczyński, as the ash cloud...

Good morning, folks. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the brains behind South Park and Team America: World Police, are writing a Broadway musical about Mormons. We\’re bringing you your morning constitutional: Ash spewing from an Icelandic volcano has shut down all flights in U.K. It also caused shutdowns in Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, and has had a ripple effect of shutdowns and cancellations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It\’s tax day, so, naturally, the tea partiers are out. The 2010 tax day could the best tax day of your life. And, sure, maybe...

Good morning, everybody. Richard Dawkins may want to arrest the Pope, but here\’s your morning constitutional: Hundreds have been killed by an earthquake in western China on Wednesday. The earthquakes hit China\’s Qinghai province, home mostly to ethnic Tibetans. Another sign the economy is rebounding: Retail sales rose for the third straight month in March by 1.6 percent, a higher rise than economists expected. In the first congressional election since the health care reform bill passed into law, Florida state Sen. Ted Deutch, Democrat, easily beat the Republican, Ed Lynch, who had tried to make the special...