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Traffic moves along northbound Interstate 5 through Seattle, Wash. Washington joined two cities, 17 other states and 11 environmental groups in suing the EPA to enforce the Clean Air Act in regards to carbon dioxide release by burning fossil fuels. (Photo by Ralph Radford / AP)

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FAA lax with airlines, whistle-blowers say

Government officials have blocked enforcement of safety rules at major airlines for years because they have a cozy relationship with the companies, according to U.S. inspectors.

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USA Today

China discloses protest in Muslim Xinjiang region

Chinese officials said they were grappling with ethnic unrest on a second front, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims protested Chinese rule late last month.

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International Herald Tribune

States suing EPA to move on global warming

A coalition of states is suing the Bush administration to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked what justices called inaction on global warming.

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National Geographic

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Life in the 'burbs: heavy costs for families, climate

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NPR

Mugabe loses control of parliament, Tsvangirai triumphs

Zimbabwe’s opposition party declared its leader Morgan Tsvangirai the rightful winner of the presidential election as official results showed Robert Mugabe’s party had lost control of the parliament.

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Times Online

No admission fee for celestial animals

A special treat comes early when, on the evening of April 8, the new moon spends three hours passing across the face of the Pleiades star cluster.

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Houston Chronicle

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Queen's University Belfast astronomers help find planets

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BBC

NATION

Bush to finish border fence

The Bush administration plans to use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest U.S. border.

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CBS News

Pentagon releases 2003 'torture memo' justifying harsh interrogation tactics

The Pentagon has released a declassified 2003 Justice Department memo that claimed the president's wartime authority trumps any international ban on torture.

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Fox News

Breakthrough on housing

Senate Democrats and Republicans are edging closer to a bipartisan housing bill after a surprise breakthrough on the top issue facing Congress.

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The Hill

POLITICS

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Obama, Clinton focus on economy in PA

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Reuters

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Clinton, Obama take on Big Oil

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CNN

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Obama's oil spill

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Newsweek

Top Dems seek nominee deal by July 1

Democratics in Congress, fearing a messy fight at the convention, are coalescing around the idea that uncommitted superdelegates should announce which candidate they support early this summer.

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The Hill

BUSINESS

Controversy continues over Air Force and Northrop Grumman contract

The U.S. Air Force surprised many observers by awarding one of the largest procurement contracts in history to Northrop Grumman over its favored rival Boeing.

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Forbes

Bernanke sees risk of economic downturn

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the U.S. economy could shrink in the first half of the year — the closest that the nation's central bank chief has yet come to proclaiming a recession.

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CNNMoney

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Recession is possible

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Reuters

SPORTS

Tigers closing in on Yankees' payroll

The Detroit Tigers opened the season with a payroll of $137.7 million, the largest increase from 2007, according to USA TODAY's 24th annual survey of player salaries.

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USA Today

Special section:

2008 baseball millionaires

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ESPN

HEALTH

Premature babies at higher risk of autism

One out of four toddlers born prematurely showed early signs of autism in a study, and the risk was greatest among those children who were the smallest at birth.

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Reuters

For smokers trying to quit, site is a boon

"Re-learn life without cigarettes." That's the motto of a new bilingual Web site that aims to help smokers kick the habit for good.

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U.S. News & World Report

EDUCATION

A subprime schooling

Add another group to those feeling the impact of the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown: students and educators.

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Forbes

Hard-working Ind. students ‘C’ red over grade glitch

A computer malfunction wiped out a month’s worth of grades at three high schools and a middle school, causing both sighs of relief and moans of frustation.

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Big cities battle dismal graduation rates

Seventeen of the nation's 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland.

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GOOD NEWS

World views US 'more positively'

A BBC World Service poll suggests a slightly more positive view of the United States around the world.

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BBC

Fasting reduces chemo side-effects

A few days of fasting might help protect patients from some of the unpleasant and dangerous side-effects of cancer chemotherapy, researchers reported.

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Yahoo! News

WORLD

Sarkozy appeals for hostages' freedom

The French government was trying to help a woman who has been held hostage by Colombian rebels for more than six years, as her son warned that she needed an immediate blood transfusion to stay alive.

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International Herald Tribune

NATO summit: George Bush abandoned over Ukraine and Georgia

President Bush was being abandoned by his closest allies last night as his appeal for Ukraine and Georgia to be earmarked for NATO membership met with opposition from Britain, France and Germany.

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Times Online

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New French force for Afghanistan

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BBC

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'The transatlantic alliance is shifting east'

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Guardian

Ahern to resign as Irish premier

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has announced he is to resign in May.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

$20M prize for renewable ocean energy

Scotland's head of state unveiled the largest challenge prize to date for spurring advances in marine renewable energy, part of a bid to combat climate change.

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National Geographic

Boxer blasts interior secretary for skipping hearing on polar bears

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Ca., blasted Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne for failing to show up at a hearing on polar bears and global warming.

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CQPolitics

Japan courts poorer nations in bid to end whaling ban

Anti-whaling countries, led by Australia and New Zealand, say the marine mammals still number too few to make commercial harvesting sustainable.

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National Geographic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Smallest known black hole discovered

The newfound black hole is only 3.8 times as massive as the sun and just 15 miles in diameter.

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National Geographic

'First sex' found in Australian fossils?

A new study suggests that nature's first sexual encounter took place among tubular invertebrates called Funisia dorothea, which lived about 565 million years ago.

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National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Remembering Bette Davis

Bette Davis, born 100 years ago, made her first appearance on film in 1931 and her last in 1989, and like every star of her generation she was always ready for her close-up.

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International Herald Tribune

LA wants to whitewash graffiti mural

It was a graffiti artist's dream come true: 10,000 square feet of concrete and a permit to paint. Not everyone was pleased, however.

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Kansas City Star

RELIGION

Houston cathedral offers Vietnamese mass as demographics change

The new Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas, will offer weekly masses in Spanish, Vietnamese and English. The diversity of the congregation offers a glimpse of Catholicism's future.

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Bloomberg

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Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

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Houston Chronicle

Dutch lawmaker to remove Danish cartoon from anti-Quran film

A Dutch lawmaker whose anti-Quran film drew worldwide condemnations will edit out a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad after complaints of copyright infringement.

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Star Tribune

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Dutch film criticizing Islam, Quran angers Muslims

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NPR

Ted Turner comments on religion

Turner, who once called Christianity a "religion for losers," launched a $200 million partnership with Lutherans and Methodists to fight malaria. Now, he called faith a "bright spot" in the world.

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Rocky Mountain News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Arctic ice island breaks in half

The giant Ayles Ice Island drifting off Canada's northern shores has broken in two — far earlier than expected.

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BBC

Photo of the Day

Miles Dean, a 52-year-old social studies teacher in Newark, N.J., rides in downtown Los Angeles on a half-year, 6,000-mile journey from New York to California to heighten awareness of black cowboys and other African-Americans who helped forge American history. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes / AP)

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