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Ezra Koenig, right, and Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend perform during the band's set on the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. The festival features a variety of acts, ranging from rapper Kanye West to pop icon Madonna. (Photo by Chris Pizzello / AP)

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Obama launches nationwide voter registration drive

The campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced that it would launch a countrywide voter registration and mobilization drive.

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The Hill

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Prominent black lawmaker scolds Bill Clinton

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CNN

Here's stimulus: what you need to know

A how-to guide for checks that could be coming to your mailbox soon.

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CNNMoney

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Bush: Rebates to battle 'slowdown' on the way

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Inspector general calls for shakeup of DFW air controllers

The inspector general of the Department of Transportation has called for a management shakeup at the FAA's air traffic control operations at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.

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McClatchy Newspapers

British strike forces pipeline closure

A pipeline which carries 30 percent of Britain's output from North Sea oil fields is to be shut down before a threatened strike over pensions.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Drivers urged against fuel rush

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BBC

Probe into deadly crash into Chicago station and bus shelter

Elliott Reed was walking toward the Chicago Transit Authority train station when a tractor-trailer rig exiting a nearby expressway abruptly veered into the busy station and a bus shelter.

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Yahoo! News

NATION

3 NYPD officers cleared in 50-shot killing

They waited for hours, singing spirituals, praying and chanting for justice. In a flash, the crowd gathered outside a Queens courthouse erupted in anger and grief.

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Newsday

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NY police acquittal sparks anger, appeal for calm

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NPR

Western Kansas rides wave of prosperity

While bad economic trends sweep most of the nation, there's one place where things are booming: western Kansas.

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NPR

Veteran triathlete killed by shark off California coast

A marine expert said the wounds appeared to be from a great white shark, an attack he described as “practically unprecedented” in the area.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

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Fatal shark attack causes beach closure

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Yahoo! News

POLITICS

Senate panel slaps Domenici over phone call to US attorney

The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Republican Sen. Pete Domenici for creating an "appearance of impropriety" after he called the U.S. attorney he helped install to inquire about a federal corruption case.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Obama's ex-pastor resurfaces, at potential cost to candidate

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is on a campaign to explain controversial remarks of his that created a firestorm for presidential hopeful Barack Obama, but many believe Wright's fiery remarks could burn Obama once again.

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ABC News

Bordering states key in Indiana battle

Clinton won over Ohio's blue-collar workers, but Obama hails from Illinois.

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MSNBC

First Indiana soundings: Obama, but not by much

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McClatchy

BUSINESS

Continental, United in merger talks

Continental Airlines is in advanced merger talks with United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp., Thomson Reuters reported, citing sources briefed on the situation.

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CNNMoney

US targets China, Russia, 7 other nations on copyrights

The Bush administration is accusing China, Russia and seven other nations of failing to protect American producers of movies, computer software and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy.

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Newsweek

SPORTS

Hansbrough returns; Ellington, Lawson declare for NBA draft

Tyler Hansbrough wants to make one more run at the national championship. The North Carolina star will have to wait a little longer to find out whether two of his high-scoring teammates will be back to help him.

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Yahoo! News

Softball, baseball seek reinstatement for 2016 Olympics

The two sports are among seven that are under consideration for inclusion at the 2016 Summer Games.

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CBC

HEALTH

FDA takes closer look at Lasik

Patients harmed by Lasik eye surgery alternated between fury and despair as they told federal health officials of suffering years of eye pain, blurred or double vision — even of people driven to suicide.

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MSNBC

How culture makes us thin or fat

Our body weight and shape starts with biology, but it is also highly influenced by experience, which is sometimes called "culture" or "environment."

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LiveScience

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GOOD NEWS

Kids in Indiana helping feed Uganda

FreeRice.com is a vocabulary game played over the Internet in which every correct answer means 20 grains of rice is donated to the World Food Programme.

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CBS News

Public and private money announced to aid Yosemite

More public and private dollars will be flowing to Yosemite National Park under a first-of-its-kind effort.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Environmentalists score a win against "invasive species"

The U.S. House of Representatives, by an overwhelming vote of 395 to 7, passed new legislation restricting the discharge of ballast water from oceangoing vessels.

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U.S. News & World Report

WORLD

Laos' deadly harvest of cluster bombs

Children in the Southeast Asian nation are still falling victim to a war that ended a generation before they were born.

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Times Online

Latin American leftist leaders vow to fight food price hikes

Four countries that joined in a trading bloc called ALBA, said they would step up agricultural production efforts.

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Christian Science Monitor

Iran says no confrontation with US in Persian Gulf

Iran denied any confrontation between its forces and a U.S. ship in the Gulf, Iranian after a U.S. official said a ship contracted by the U.S Military Sealift Command fired on an Iranian vessel.

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Reuters

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US ship confronts boats in Gulf

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Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Putting pollution on grocery bills

Consumers around the world have come to expect cheap food imported from everywhere. But the movable feast comes at a cost: transportation pollution.

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International Herald Tribune

Beijing bans smoking for Olympics

Beijing's smog can choke first-time arrivals. Then there's the pervasive cigarette smoke, so much a part of China's culture that more than half of all male doctors smoke. That's about to change.

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USA Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Does your mechanic have the data needed to fix your car?

More independent mechanics say manufacturers deny them access to data, states debate "right to repair" laws.

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Christian Science Monitor

Single celebrities: fame, but no game

Dating with the stars isn't always so glamorous. They have looks, money and fame. But apparently, they don't have game.

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ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hubble images of intergalactic collisions

A series of spectacular images of galaxies crashing into each other has been made public to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope’s coming of age.

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Times Online

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New Images released for Hubble's 18th birthday

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Wired

Seven cloned sniffer dogs named Toppy begin training in South Korea

The world’s first cloned sniffer dogs have begun training and will be ready to report for duty this year, South Korean customs officials have said.

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Times Online

EDUCATION

US pushes states to count graduation rates the same

U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings pushes for a uniform system to calculate and report graduation rates.

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Christian Science Monitor

Seattle teacher says tests kill learning

After agonizing about the effects of standardized testing for years, Carl Chew did something about it. He refused to administer the test, which is the key measure of the No Child Left Behind law.

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ABC News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Flying the friendlier skies? Delta gives air etiquette tips

Delta Air Lines is trying to raise awareness of behavior in the air by creating an animated series of videos showing passengers confronted with delicate social situations.

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CNN

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Several hundred St. Helena school children hold up their umbrellas after taking part in an Umbrellas for Peace march in St. Helena, Calif. Each student painted their own umbrella with their personal representation of peace in the world. (Photo by Eric Risberg / AP)

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