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Voters wait in a line outside a poling station in Nawabshah, Pakistan. Voters will choose 272 members of Pakistan's National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, for a five-year term. (Photo by Shakil Adil / AP)

Undercover video prompts nation's largest beef recall

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered a recall of 143 million pounds of beef from Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co., which is the subject of an animal-abuse investigation.

ABC News

Largest beef recall in history

CBS News

'Citizen diplomats' honored for volunteering abroad

Six Americans were honored for their accomplishments as a citizen diplomat: an ordinary American taking America's best qualities abroad through activities that improve lives and promote understanding.

Christian Science Monitor

Pakistan vote expected to further weaken President Musharraf

Pakistanis began to vote in parliamentary elections that are expected to diminish President Musharraf further and present Washington with a challenging new political lineup.

International Herald Tribune

Pakistan polls open

Reuters

Fear of violence marks Pakistani elections

NPR

Tornadoes strike South; Midwest struggles with ice

Rescue crews searched door-to-door for people trapped in wreckage after a tornado, part of a wild weekend of weather that also included rain, snow and flooding in the Midwest.

USA Today

Split EU meets to debate Kosovo

EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to seek a joint position on Kosovo's independence declaration. There is some anxiety about the signal that recognition might send to separatists.

BBC

Special section:

From the fall of Yugoslavia to the Kosovo declaration

Guardian

NATION

Nancy Reagan hospitalized after fall

Nancy Reagan, wife of former President Ronald Reagan, fell at her Los Angeles home and is staying overnight at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., for observation.

Reuters

1 online dealer, 2 campus massacres

A Green Bay-based Internet gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter also sold handgun accessories to the man who killed five at Northern Illinois University.

CBS News

POLITICS

Huckabee keeps fighting

Barring an unforeseen development involving John McCain, Mike Huckabee will not be the Republican nominee for president. But that hasn't kept the former Arkansas governor out of the race.

CBS News

Songwriter to Huckabee: Stop using my song

CBS News

Suddenly, superdelegates are important

Being a superdelegate this year may not be so spectacular. But it now looks as if the votes of 796 superdelegates may determine whether Obama or Clinton becomes the party's standard bearer.

Baltimore Sun

Superdelegates in play

MSNBC

Special section:

Latest polls

Yahoo! News

McCain is learning to rein himself in

MSNBC

Will McCain's temper be a liability?

ABC News

BUSINESS

Britain to nationalize Northern Rock

Treasury chief Alistair Darling said that the struggling bank Northern Rock would be nationalized after the government rejected two takeover bids.

International Herald Tribune

Airline mergers could mean fare hikes, fewer routes

A building wave of airline consolidation may bring turbulence for passengers, with less competition, higher ticket prices and a reduction in routes, analysts and consumer groups say.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Stern: Sonics tried to buy out KeyArena lease, cover balance on bond

In his most disparaging and pessimistic remarks regarding the future of the Sonics in Seattle, Wash., NBA Commissioner David Stern termed the Sonics' relocation to Oklahoma City, Okla., as an "inevitability."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Cities jockey for position within NBA

Seattle Times

NASCAR packs punch at Daytona 500

Call it the bump heard around the racing world. Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart start the Daytona 500 on a six-race probation for an on-track altercation during the run-up to the season-starting race.

NY Daily News

EDUCATION

Comparing American students with those in China and India

Two million minutes is the estimated time that students spend in high school. It is also the title of a new documentary film that suggests American students squander too much of that time.

U.S. News & World Report

How to make great teachers

We never forget our best teachers — those who imbued us with a deeper understanding, the ones we come back to visit years after graduating, the educators who opened doors.

TIME

RELIGION

Billy Graham alert after surgery

Evangelist Billy Graham, 89, underwent a 28-minute operation that updated the valve for a shunt regulating pressure in his brain, said a statement from Asheville's Mission Hospitals in Asheville, N.C.

Charlotte Observer

Teddy-bear teacher off to China

A British teacher jailed in Sudan for letting pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad in a class project is heading to China, a friend said.

Edmonton Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Kitten found after 25 days in New York City subway

A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a New York City subway platform has been found after 25 days in the underground tunnels.

ABC News

WORLD

Bush signs $700 million pact in Tanzania

President George W. Bush has been smothered with affection in Tanzania, where he signed a $698 million grant of foreign aid to Tanzania.

International Herald Tribune

Bush sees Africa up close

MSNBC

80 feared dead in Afghan bombing

A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog-fighting competition has killed around 80 people and wounded dozens more, in the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

Times Online

Slideshow: Afghanistan

Yahoo! News

Cyprus' president eliminated from runoff

Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos was knocked out of the race for a second five-year term as president, rekindling hopes for a settlement on the divided eastern Mediterranean island.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Did politics trump law in case of polluting Canadian smelter?

No one is sure who will clean up the 26 billion pounds of hazardous waste from a Canadian smelter that has turned the reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam into an environmental nightmare.

McClatchy Newspapers

Big, hulking SUVs starting to turn green

The latest fad in SUVs is fuel economy, showing that the terms fuel economy and SUV aren't mutually exclusive.

Newsweek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Atlantis to race home out of Navy's field of fire

Space shuttle Atlantis departs the International Space Station to return to Earth as quickly as possible, to maximize the amount of time the Pentagon has to shoot down a dying spy satellite.

USA Today

The science of fairy tales

Are the most magical moments from fairy tales actually possible? Basic physical principles and recent scientific research suggest that what readers might mistake for fantasies could be rooted in reality.

LiveScience

Hacking as an act of faith

Johnny, the Maryland kid who once networked computers in his backyard for fun, has grown up to become a professional hacker.

Baltimore Sun

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Diary of the Dead' just isn't scary

In 1968, George A. Romero released a little indie horror film called "Night of the Living Dead," and, as the saying goes, the rest is history.

San Jose Mercury News

4 smart moves for getting a great deal on a house

For once, qualified buyers have the upper hand not only with sellers, but also with real estate agents, mortgage lenders and even contractors who can bring a house up to snuff.

U.S. News & World Report

HEALTH

9 least effective exercises

When you're trying to make the most of limited exercise time, the last thing you want to do is waste effort on exercises that don't pay off.

WebMD

Bird flu spreads in Bangladesh district

Bird flu has spread to another district in Bangladesh despite massive culling by authorities to control the outbreak, bringing the number of affected districts to 43 out of 64.

Reuters

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