lerner on paid administrative leave after refusing to testify on the hill. thank you. the dow ended the day today off 73. the s&p 500 lost 6. nasdaq gave bass 9. for the week, dropped 1.5%. the s&p 500 fell 1.7 and the nasdaq lost 0.8%. and a friend of president obama is cooperating with federal authorities investigating a kick back theme. eric whitaker denies involvement in a $444,000 scam. his then chief of staff indicted. the prosecutor says president barack obama is not linked to this case. whitaker and the president last played golf together saturday. attorneys are preparing an appeal asaying he is angling fo