Economics stimulants — what’s in it for you? Robber Barons, fraudsters, and Wall St. dips to 12 years lows. The extremes are spectacular: North Dakota House gives fertilized eggs human status and New Hampshire Senate is first US legislative body with women as majority members. Will Obama’s administration keep transparency promise and more odds and ends archived from our “Red Hot News” section.

Go directly to jail: Two money managers arrested on charges of running an estimated $550 million, decade-long swindle.

Fraudster financier Allen Stanford linked to fund run by VP Joe Biden’s family.

Wall Steet circles drain, S&P 500 and Dow slide to 12-year low.

Dear Washington: Stop bleeding the American people dry. There is nothing wrong with Social Security, so get your stinkin’ hands off of it and out of our treasury.

Rights groups worried Obama will not break from Bush secrecy. “Obama has extended Bush-era secrecy over documents authorizing waterboarding and other controversial interrogation techniques, and has resisted an appeal by a terrorism suspect seeking to challenge his arrest and detainment.”

Where’s the outrage: stimulus bill omits aid for Katrina repairs. Dems quiet.

North Dakota House gives fertilized eggs human status; bill poses direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.

From the AP: What the stimulus bill may do for you (vid) and a summary of how the stimulus bill affects you.

Where has the bailout money gone?

New Hampshire Senate is first US legislative body with women as majority members. (h/t Sharyn)

Nitpicking Obama on transparency? You decide.

Obama Commerce nominee, Sen. Judd Gregg R-NH, withdraws name over “irresolvable conflicts,” citing the stimulus and 2012 Census.

Wall Street waxes, Bank CEOs offer few apologies on the Hill … Merrill Lynch “secretly” bumped up bonuses despite amassing billions in losses.

Transparency in action: Obama campaign advisor, David Plouffe, request to speak off the record at the National Press Club pisses off the fourth estate.