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A member of the Virginia Tech corps of Cadets guard the memorial for the 32 shooting victims during a candle lighting ceremony at the school in Blacksburg, Virginia. (Photo by Steve Helber / AP)

Top US officials of all faiths welcome Pope Benedict

There are more Roman Catholics in Congress than any single denomination: 1 in 4 senators and nearly 1 in 3 representative members. But top officials of all faiths will take part in the pageantry.

U.S. News & World Report

The Popemobile: his Holiness hits the road

NPR

China hosts Iran nuclear talks

Delegates from the U.N. Security Council and Germany are set to discuss in Shanghai whether to offer Tehran, Iran, more incentives to curb its nuclear work.

Al Jazeera

A year later, Virginia Tech is still healing

They do not use the words massacre, or shootings or rampage. They call it "April 16th," and sometimes not even that. To say "four-sixteen" is enough. Everyone knows.

MSNBC

Tragedy at Virginia Tech

USA Today

Special section:

Guns on college campuses

CNN

Tibetans in India mobilize for torch

Tibetan protesters were arrested in Delhi after they stormed through barricades and ran with banners toward the Chinese Embassy, taking heavy security in the diplomatic heart of the city by surprise.

International Herald Tribune

3 dead in Colorado wildfires

Three people, including a slurry pilot, were killed and an entire town was evacuated as dry conditions and high winds fueled large wildfires across Colorado.

Denver Post

Colorado wildfires

Yahoo! News

NATION

Oil prices steady above $113 a barrel after rising to record

Oil prices steadied above $113 a barrel after setting a new record on growing concerns about insufficient global supply.

International Herald Tribune

McCain proposes gas tax cut

Reuters

Sen. Arlen Specter's cancer returns

Hodgkin's disease, which Sen. Arlen Specter, the 78-year-old Pennsylvania Republican battled in 2005, recurs, but early prognosis is helpful and his re-election campaign continues.

CNN

POLITICS

Bitter as hell in Pennsylvania

Folks agree with Sen. Barack Obama in at least one Pennsylvania trailer park. But will angry voters help or hurt Democrats in swing states this fall?

Salon.com

Clinton doesn't enjoy 'bitter' bounce

Newsday

Davis apologizes to Obama over 'boy'

Lexington Herald-Leader

Pa. steelworkers want more than just tough talk on China

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have both promised to get tough with China on trade policy, but steelworkers in Pennsylvania say they want more specifics.

The Hill

Hillary Clinton to appear on 'Colbert'

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will make her first appearance on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."

ABC News

BUSINESS

Hedge fund managers get huge paydays

Hedge fund managers, those masters of a secretive, sometimes volatile financial universe, are making money on a scale that once seemed unimaginable, even in Wall Street's rarefied realms.

International Herald Tribune

Delta aims for a merger that works

Historically, airline mergers haven't been pretty, but Delta thinks it can beat the odds.

The Street

Intel forecast tops analysts' estimates

Intel Corp. posted first-quarter profit that met analysts' estimates and forecast sales that may top projections as demand holds up in the face of an economic slowdown, sending the shares up 8 percent.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Vitamins may shorten your life

Research has suggested vitamin supplements do not extend life and could even lead to a premature death.

BBC

Japanese pay less for more health care

Japan produces cars and computers, but it also produces the world's healthiest people. It has the longest life expectancy on Earth and spends half as much on health care as the United States.

NPR

Safety of plastic bottles questioned

The chemical found in many plastic and plastic-lined containers could be linked to health problems according to the Department of Health and Human Services' National Toxicology Program.

ABC News

SPORTS

Woods to miss 4 weeks after surgery

After his quest for a Grand Slam fizzled at the Masters, Tiger Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee for the second time in five years and will miss at least four weeks while he recovers.

Sports Illustrated

NFL announces regular season schedule

The NFL schedule for the 2008 season from the Washington Redskins at the Super Bowl champion New York Giants in early September to the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in Honolulu in February is here.

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Solar systems like ours

Scientists found two gas giants orbiting a star, which ups our chances of discovering another Earth.

Popular Science

Mac clone site back online

PsyStar Corp. said it had "no comment" about how it will address legal issues in Apple Inc.'s licensing agreement that bans installation of Mac OS X on hardware made by others.

Computerworld

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GOOD NEWS

Renters in Cuba to get title to homes

In the latest of a series of economic reforms, the Cuban government announced that workers who've been paying rent to the government for years will get a chance to own their properties.

McClatchy

Crime to prime-time for mistreated Bosnian bear

A Bosnian bear who fell into the hands of mobsters and almost died from starvation and solitude travels to a French sanctuary for a life of luxury with two female companions.

Yahoo! News

WORLD

Indonesians flee as volcano erupts

Breathing masks and clean water have been rushed to the eastern island of Flores in Indonesia where Mount Egon erupted.

Sydney Morning Herald

Iraqi unit flees, despite American's plea

A company of Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions in Sadr City, defying American soldiers who implored them to hold the line against Shiite militias.

International Herald Tribune

Special section:

Iraq violence, in figures

BBC

Air crash in Africa kills more than 80

A plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Goma airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 83 passengers and crew on board, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Prosecutors want prison and fines for Wesley Snipes

Federal prosecutors filed documents arguing actor Wesley Snipes, convicted on charges that he failed to file several years' worth of income tax returns, should go to prison and pay $5 million in fines.

ABC News

Single parents costing taxpayers $112B

Divorce and out-of-wedlock childbearing cost U.S. taxpayers more than $112 billion a year, according to a study commissioned by four groups advocating more government action to bolster marriages.

CNN

'DC madam' now official

A jury found Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who had been dubbed the "D.C. madam" by the media, guilty of running a prostitution ring here in the nation's capital.

Baltimore Sun

ENVIRONMENT

Methane plants: China's clean energy

One of China's leading experts on coal and methane, Huang Shengchu, adopted the idea a decade ago to use captured methane to produce power in China.

NPR

Clean air at Olympics 'no problem,' according to China

MSNBC

US scientists to study Arctic smog

Scientists from three federal agencies are now engaged in the most ambitious effort yet to measure airborne pollutants in the Arctic and gauge their effect on the region's climate.

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION

Coach banned from student prayers

New Jersey school board was within its rights to tell a football coach he cannot kneel and bow his head as members of his team have a student-led pre-game prayer, a federal appeals court ruled.

CBS News

Buddhist bells ring message of peace

Bells tolled in some 80 Buddhist temples in Japan, China and Korea to mark the birthday of a ninth-century itinerant Japanese monk and spread his message of peace.

Reuters

Dalai Lama conference ends with call for 'compassionate action'

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Television star rips Scientology

He’s been featured in numerous TV dramas such as "Criminal Minds," "Numb3rs" and "CSI." Now Jason Beghe has left the church and has a lot to say.

Fox News

EDUCATION

‘Things can’t go back’

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has had the thankless task of being the primary spokesman for No Child Left Behind. But her commitment has never wavered.

Newsweek

Student's view of campus safety

College students are faced with many challenges. It's tough to balance a job with hours of homework, and to pay attention in class while planning an escape route from a lecture hall seat.

CNN

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