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• Cristina Fernandez's distrust of the press reflects the atmosphere in which her country is deeply polarized by her rule.
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• 9. WHY NEW YORK'S FAST FOOD IS A BIT HEALTHIER
• New findings suggest its ban on trans fat in restaurant food may be another key to curbing our obesity epidemic.
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• 10. BOGUS BOMB THREAT SHUTS DOWN A LINK FROM U.S. TO CANADA
• Detroit police said the 911 call caused them to close a bridge to Windsor on the Canadian border for more than five hours.
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AP News in Brief
Activists say Syrian troops using helicopter gunships battle rebels in Damascus
• BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say Syrian government forces have used helicopter gunships to battle rebels in the capital Damascus.
• The activists say that helicopters fired heavy machine guns during overnight clashes in the neighborhoods of Qadam and Hajar al-Aswad.
• They say Damascus has been relatively quiet since 8 a.m. Tuesday after three days of intense clashes between troops and rebels.
• The fighting has been the most sustained and widespread in the capital since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad 16 months ago.
• The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Damascus-based activist Maath al-Shami said the fighting concentrated in Kfar Souseh, Nahr Aisha, (Continued on page 29)
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