A.M. Headlines

(Reuters): "Yellen expected to win Senate test vote on Friday to head Fed"

(Washington Post): "Officials’ defenses of NSA phone program may be unraveling"

(The Hill): "Senate hatches last-minute deal"

(USA Today): "Target confirms massive credit-card data breach"

(New York Times): "Secure in power, Putin frees rival, a jailed oil tycoon"