A.M. Links: Eric Holder Says He Can Do What He Wants, Medicare Paying Millions of Dollars to Thousands of Doctors, Russia Denies Planning Invasion of Ukraine

At a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee,
Attorney General
Eric Holder insisted he had a “vast amount of discretion” in
deciding which federal laws to enforce and how to enforce
them.
In the first such data released in more than 30 years,
Medicare is shown to pay out at least $1 million a year to
4,000 doctors. The average Medicare payout for a participating
doctor is $77,000 a year.
Up to twenty students may be injured after reports of multiple
stabbings at a Pittsburgh area
high school.
Security researchers say they’ve found a massive breach of
Internet security, which they have dubbed
Heartbleed. Millions of passwords, credit card numbers, and
other personal data may have been exposed for several years.
Brandeis University reversed its decision on awarding an
honorary degree to the the Islam critic and women’s rights activist

Ayaan Hirsi Ali after facing criticism about the commencement
speaker.
Authorities in
Ukraine promised to use force to remove demonstrators from
government buildings, while Russia dismissed
claims it was planning to invade the country.