Your customized headlines for Thu, Apr 5, 2012

JPMorgan Chase illegally allowed Lehman Brothers, the investment bank whose 2008 bankruptcy brought the financial system to the brink of collapse, to count customers' money as its own, according to federal regulators.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned Wednesday that his country was facing "extreme difficulty" as its cost of borrowing money on global markets jumped and doubts increased about whether the government can stick to the strict austerity program designed to bring its debt under control.

When lawmakers added a subsection to the tax code called the 401(k) more than three decades ago, they could not have imagined that this string of three numbers and a letter would become a fixture in the financial lexicon.

Banks and lenders have maintained and marketed foreclosed properties far better in white neighborhoods than in minority neighborhoods, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Fair Housing Alliance.

President Obama signed into law a bill strengthening the ban on insider trading by members of Congress and other government officials who might profit on private knowledge they gain from their work.

"We were sent here to serve the American people and look out for their interests, not to look out for our own interests," Obama said at a signing ceremony in Washington, joined by Republican and Democratic members of Congress. "There is a deficit of trust between this city and the rest of the country."

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned Wednesday that his country was facing "extreme difficulty" as its cost of borrowing money on global markets jumped and doubts increased about whether the government can stick to the strict austerity program designed to bring its debt under control.

Leave it to Mitt Romney to restrict press access at a newspaper convention.

Just before his speech Wednesday to the American Society of News Editors, word emerged that the Republican presidential front-runner would not allow photographers to get closer than 150 feet while he spoke.

— Is Ryan Gosling history's greatest monster? Either way, he's now a pretty wonky Internet meme.

— Dartmouth will name its medical school after the much-esteemed physician, Dr. Suess.

— "It's the color of mucus. It's the color of infection. It's the color of old piano keys."

A very popular Internet meme gets very wonky:

The biennial conference hosted by the General Service Administration's western outposts has always been a team-building affair. Employees exchange ideas, share best practices and, for four days, have some fun.