WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Washington Post included the following items on its front page on April 25. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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Federal Aviation Administration managers covered up mistakes by air traffic controllers at a Texas facility, making it more difficult for authorities to detect safety hazards in some of the nation's busiest airspace, FAA officials disclosed on Thursday.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A top Taliban leader in Pakistan with links to al-Qaeda has ordered his followers to stop attacking Pakistani forces in the country's troubled northwest region as he negotiates a deal with the new government to end months of political violence, according to Taliban and Pakistani officials.

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Now that he is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, John McCain is marching straight down the party line on tax policies he once opposed. The economic package he has laid out embraces many of the tax policies he once decried.

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LOS ANGELES - Spurred by visions of their cities frying in a warmer world, mayors around the U.S. have grasped a green solution: trees! Like Johnny Appleseed, they have vowed to sow their seeds in great profusion, promising millions of new trees in the coming years.

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