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Students hold Kurdish flags as they protest the Turkish military incursion in Kirkuk, Iraq. The Iraqi government denounced Turkish incursion and demanded Turkey's immediate withdrawal from northern Iraq. (Photo by Emad Matti / AP)

After 19 years, Supreme Court to decide on Exxon Valdez case

Nineteen years after an Exxon oil tanker hit a reef and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in Alaska, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the final lawsuit lingering from the environmental disasters.

McClatchy Newspapers

Exxon Valdez

Anchorage Daily News

Clinton starts 5-point attack on Obama

After struggling for months to dent Sen. Obama's candidacy, the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton is now unleashing what one Clinton aide called a "kitchen sink" fusillade against Obama.

International Herald Tribune

US expects 140,000 troops in Iraq after surge

The United States expects to have 140,000 troops in Iraq in July after withdrawing five combat brigades, leaving a force larger than before it began pouring in troops last year.

Reuters

140,000 troop level by July

Yahoo! News

Turkey continues Iraq assault

BBC

NY Philharmonic plays in North Korea

The New York Philharmonic performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" for North Korea's communist elite — a feat of musical diplomacy aimed at improving ties with the isolated country.

Yahoo! News

New York Philharmonic performs in North Korea

NPR

Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes near Sumatra, Indonesia

An earthquake measuring 6.9 hit the Kepulauan Mentawai region near the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the third quake to strike the region in about 12 hours, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Bloomberg

NATION

Probe sought in Marine vehicle delays

The Marine Corps has asked the Pentagon's inspector general to examine allegations that a nearly two-year delay in the fielding of blast-resistant vehicles led to hundreds of combat casualties in Iraq.

ABC News

Calls rise at Pentagon help hotline

The number of troops and their relatives seeking help from a Pentagon employee-assistance hotline has grown 40 percent every year since 2004, say Pentagon officials and hotline operators.

USA Today

POLITICS

Nader's candidacy rankles Democrats

Ralph Nader is back, and the consumer advocate says he's no spoiler.

USA Today

John McCain, prisoner of war: a first-person account

Navy flier McCain was taken prisoner with fractures in his right leg and both arms. He received minimal care and was kept in wretched conditions that he describes vividly in a special report.

U.S. News & World Report

DNC to file FEC complaint against McCain

The Democratic National Committee will file a complaint against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with the Federal Election Commission, charging that the nominee is breaking the law on a public financing agreement.

The Hill

BUSINESS

States may seek Congress' aid as subprime fallout boosts costs

U.S. governors may ask Congress to help reverse rising municipal debt costs stemming from the subprime mortgage market's collapse, Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire said.

Bloomberg

6 ways to thrive during a recession

U.S. News & World Report

Online auction listings down 13 percent in boycott of eBay

The biggest boycott by eBay sellers concluded, capping a week of acrimony after the online-auction site raised fees and changed its feedback policy.

USA Today

Existing home sales decline to 9-year low

Sales of existing homes in the United States fell to the lowest level since records began nine years ago, posing a threat to consumer spending, the largest part of the economy.

Bloomberg

Surprise! Home sales spark hope

Forbes

HEALTH

Games therapy for burn victims

The Nintendo Wii games console is being used as part of physiotherapy treatment for patients in southeast England.

BBC

Study finds depression drugs don’t work

Millions of people taking commonly prescribed antidepressants such as Prozac and Seroxat might as well be taking a placebo, according to the first study to include unpublished evidence.

Times Online

What now for the citizens of Prozac nation? A better pill?

Guardian

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The tragedy of Britney Spears

If there is one thing that has become clear in the past year of Britney's collapse — the most public downfall of any star in history — it's that she doesn't want anything to do with the person the world thought she was.

Rolling Stone

Beyond the fading glitz, a question of hard cash at stake for Britney Spears

International Herald Tribune

Oscars draw record low TV ratings

Films about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to U.S. television viewers as this year's Oscars show hit record low ratings.

ABC News

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova 'Falling Slowly'

YouTube

Special section:

And the winners are...

Vanity Fair

RELIGION

Protestants on the verge of becoming statistical minorities

For four centuries Protestant have been the country's dominant religious group. Now they verge of becoming a statistical minority in the United States.

U.S. News & World Report

Survey: Americans freely change, or drop, their religions

USA Today

Hippies had it right: Kids need spirituality

Four years ago, two American psychologists asked a simple question: What do you want for your children? More than 10,000 adults in 48 countries across six continents responded.

canada.com

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GOOD NEWS

Flood may help revive a river

For 60 hours the Colorado River will reclaim some of its former glory, swelling with floodwaters that will scour and reshape miles of sandy banks on the floor of the Grand Canyon.

Arizona Republic

WORLD

Kenya peace talks reach impasse

Former U.N. Chief Kofi Annan has said rival parties in Kenya appear unable to resolve their differences, despite weeks of talks between the two sides.

BBC

Special section:

People and places: Kenya

National Geographic

Bomb kills policemen and a child in eastern Afghanistan

Five policemen and a 3-year-old child were killed in Afghanistan when the vehicle they were traveling in hit a roadside bomb in the eastern province of Khost, close to the border with Pakistan.

Guardian

Afghanistan

Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic

Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Japan launches experimental satellite

Japan launched an experimental communications satellite as part of a space program that could help ensure super high-speed Internet access in remote parts of Japan and Asia.

Yahoo! News

Robots set to overhaul service industry, low-level jobs

In the next decade, robots will increasingly take over low-level jobs, experts say, displacing human employees.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Dominant Woods reflects on fine line in Match Play game

Moments after dazzling the golfing world with his 63rd PGA Tour victory, the remarkable Tiger Woods pondered the fine line between success and failure in the head-to-head format.

Guardian

Edwards storms to Auto Club 500 win

Under blue skies, some 21 hours after the race had started, Carl Edwards put the finishing touches on the rain-delayed Auto Club 500 at beleaguered Auto Club Speedway.

Sporting News

EDUCATION

Teens losing touch with US history

Big Brother. McCarthyism. The patience of Job. Don't count on your typical teenager to nod knowingly the next time you drop a reference to any of these.

USA Today

Teachers strike back at students

Teachers and principals are fighting back against digital ridicule and slander by their students — often with civil lawsuits and long-term suspensions or permanent expulsions.

Christian Science Monitor

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