WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a move he called a first step toward fulfilling a campaign pledge to provide insurance for all Americans.

It was a victory for Obama a day after his nominee to shepherd his broad healthcare agenda stepped aside amid tax problems.

Obama used an ebullient East Room signing ceremony to push his plan that would provide universal health insurance, even as he spent much of the previous day admitting he "screwed up" in naming former Sen. Tom Daschle to spearhead the healthcare overhaul.

TYLENOL KILLINGS CASE REOPENED

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Federal agents yesterday searched the home of a man linked to the fatal 1982 Tylenol poisonings in Illinois that caused a nationwide scare and led to dramatic changes in the way food and medical products are packaged.

No one was ever charged with the deaths of seven people who took the cyanide-laced drugs. The FBI would not immediately confirm the search at the apartment of James W. Lewis was related to the Tylenol case, only that it was part of an investigation.

Lewis served more than 12 years in prison for sending an extortion note to Johnson & Johnson demanding $1 million to "stop the killing."

The FBI's Chicago office cited "advances in forensic technology" in announcing that it, along with Illinois State Police and local departments, was reviewing all evidence in the case.

CHURCH GUNMAN TO PLEAD GUILTY

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire in a Tennessee church will plead guilty to killing two people and wounding six others, his attorney said yesterday.

Jim D. Adkisson, 58, will enter guilty pleas to all counts Monday in exchange for a sentence of life without possibility of parole, Public Defender Mark Stephens said. Adkisson faces two counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted first-degree murder in the July 27, 2008, shooting at a Knoxville church.

GITMO CAMPS UNDERGO REVIEW

A fact-finding team led by a senior Navy official was on the ground at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, yesterday, checking the prison camps' compliance with the Geneva Conventions by order of President Obama.

At issue is whether the camps provide humane detention.