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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, stands with Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., during a rally for Obama at American University in Washington. Kennedy was hospitalized after becoming ill at his Hyannis, Mass., home. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

Hezbollah's actions ignite sectarian fuse in Lebanon

After almost a week of street battles, long-simmering Sunni-Shiite tensions have sharply worsened, in an ominous echo of the civil conflict in Iraq.

International Herald Tribune

UAW, American Axle reach deal that may end strike

Collective bargainers for the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement with American Axle that could potentially end an 80-day strike.

Associated Press

US court postpones first Guantanamo war crimes trial

A military judge postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts.

Google News

Interview:

Background of Guantanamo tribunals

BBC

Sen. Kennedy hospitalized in Boston

Senator Edward Kennedy was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for tests after suffering a seizure, Kennedy spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said.

Bloomberg

After the earthquake, Chinese flee new threat of flooding

More than a million people were on the move to escape the new danger of floods in remote areas blocked by earthquake debris in China’s western Sichuan province.

Times Online

30 quake victims pulled out alive

Washington Times

Hope amid the wreckage

Guardian

Energy Department won't add to petroleum reserve

The U.S. Energy Department said it will not add millions of barrels of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a move sought by Congress to battle record fuel costs.

Reuters

Interview:

Cost of expensive oil

Reuters

Trading shrimp for fuel

CNN

NAACP picks activist as new president; youngest ever

Ben Jealous, a 35-year-old former news executive and activist, was chosen by the NAACP's board of directors as the organization's next president and the youngest in its history.

USA Today

The World in Photos .........................................................................
MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain steers his Honda during the GP qualifying session of the French Grand Prix, in Le Mans, western France. (Photo by Michel Spingler / AP)	A newborn American robin opens its beak in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP)	Davenport North's AG Bradford, right, and Des Moines East's Laurel Murphy run in the Class 4A Girls 100 Meter Hurdles in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Steve Pope/ AP)

NATION

DOT proposes slot auctions to reduce congestion at NYC airports

The Department of Transportation has proposed slot auctions that will require carriers to auction off some of their slots over the next five years and potentially retire others.

USA Today

3,000 evacuated after train cars leak hydrochloric acid

More than 3,000 people were evacuated in Lafayette, Louisiana, after two derailed train cars containing highly corrosive hydrochloric acid began leaking.

CNN

Texas officials sue US over border fence

A class-action lawsuit was filed alleging Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff hoodwinked landowners into waiving their property rights for building a fence along the Mexican Border.

USA Today

POLITICS

Clinton presses on with campaign despite long odds

The day of campaigning had barely begun and Hillary Rodham Clinton was already eyeing the whiskey. The Democrat was touring Kentucky's Maker's Mark distillery as she soldiers on despite a difficult week.

Associated Press

Obama will skip visiting Kentucky

McClatchy Newspapers

Obama keeps up criticism of McCain, Bush

During a campaign stop, Obama said McCain and President Bush don’t understand foreign policy and urged voters to support McCain if they want to continue the Bush Administration’s approach to diplomacy.

MSNBC

Obama criticizes McCain, Bush over attacks

YouTube

BUSINESS

Mexico's tax-free shopping incentive

In light of slow economic growth in Mexico, the Tourism Ministry announced a tax credit in the hopes of maintaining tourist interest.

BusinessWeek

Week 3 of rebates: $13.5 billion sent out

CNNMoney

GE plans to exit appliance business

General Electric Co. said it plans to sell or spin-off its century-old appliance business, as part of an ongoing plan to exit "slower growth and more volatile businesses."

CBS News

EDUCATION

Can competitions raise 'cool' factor of math, science?

Math bees and science smackdowns for teen brainiacs are on the rise, along with efforts to fuel interest in those fields.

Christian Science Monitor

Poor performances linked to classrooms

Noisy, hot and poorly lit classrooms impair the performance of pupils, according to research published. Poor conditions affected children's ability to concentrate and to do well in tests.

Guardian

HEALTH

Dairy, dairy, quite contrary

For many consumers, "organic" means food that's healthy, clean, and fair to farmers. Of course, in reality it is more complicated.

Grist

Factors in delaying or declining total knee replacement surgery

A study unveils the reasons why people may initially choose to postpone but ultimately undergo total knee replacement surgery.

Medical News Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Hagee apologizes to Catholics

Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee, who drew sharp criticism for comments critics called anti-Catholic, has written a public letter expressing "deep regret" for causing any harm.

National Catholic Reporter

Putting together faith and political decision

PBS

World Falun Dafa day

From its introduction in 1992 until 1999 when it was banned by the communist regime, approximately 60-100 million people were practicing Falun Dafa in China.

Epoch Times

Cool Video And Audio

The Daily Extra

"If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert."

David Ben-Gurion

Former Prime Minister of Israel

Daily Extra Archives

Columns And Op-Ed

This edition edited by: Vince Winkel, Walton Chiu, Dana Myles, Bryan Panhorst, Mason B. Lane, Max Miller, Steff White-Olson, Eric Connolly, Destinei Waddy, Lisa Zangerl, and Jasmine Jernberg.

GOOD NEWS

New mouthwashes may help take bad breath away

It's a vexing and often taboo topic. Despite shelves full of products to fight bad breath, there's little solid information on whether they really work.

USA Today

US allowed to send aid through private groups in Myanmar

After concerns that Myanmar authorities improperly took some previous relief supplies, Myanmar is now allowing U.S. government aid workers to give aid directly to private aid groups.

CNN

WORLD

Burma 'guilty of inhuman action'

U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned Burma's military government for not allowing international aid to reach the victims of Cyclone Nargis.

BBC

Unexploded landmines leave lethal legacy in Uganda