Social Security, Medicare report cards due Tuesday (Market Watch)
Trustees of the nation s two biggest entitlement programs will issue their annual report on the financial health of Social Security and Medicare on Tuesday, and some analysts are predicting that the programs trust funds will run out of money earlier than projected a year ago.

'Misery breeds violence' in Haiti's seaside slum (CNN)
Roudeline Lamy was 23 when she was shot in the stomach. The impact of the bullet sent the small baby she was holding tumbling to the ground.

Denied Social Security applicants with '240K' permits called back (Saipan Tribune)
The Social Security Administration office on Saipan is calling back all 240K CNMI immigration permit holders whose applications for Social Security cards were not accepted or denied starting January.