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President Bush gives a "thumbs-up" after declaring the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

US sheds 20,000 jobs

The nation's employers shed 20,000 jobs, while wages stalled, leaving Americans struggling to keep up with rising energy and food costs, the Labor Department said.

USA Today

Unemployment data bullish

Bloomberg

Blast at Yemen mosque kills 15

Around 15 people were killed and more than 60 wounded when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada where army officers were praying.

Reuters

Social reforms in Cuba only extend so far

Raul Castro has been liberalizing the economy, but what about the political system?

CBS News

Bush details $70 billion war funding request for 2009

President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, giving the next president breathing room to make his or her own war policy.

ABC News

Fifth anniversary of “Mission Accomplished”

Philadelphia Inquirer

McCain says no ‘mission accomplished’ in Iraq

MSNBC

Twisters hit central U.S., at least 7 killed

Storms rolled across Arkansas, killing at least seven people including a teenager crushed by a tree while she slept, officials said.

MSNBC

Video: Twisters hit central U.S.

MSNBC

Panel wants Rove to testify in Ala. governor's case

The House Judiciary Committee has threatened to subpoena former White House adviser Karl Rove if he does not agree to testify about former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's corruption case.

Denver Post

Tea with Greenspan a bargain at $11,000

How would you like a film role with Johnny Depp, tea with Alan Greenspan or tennis lessons from Andre Agassi? It's all up in an online auction for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a human rights advocacy group.

Reuters

NATION

Minneapolis nears settlement with bridge collapse victims

A negotiator says a deal has been reached to compensate victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse. Victims' attorney says the $38 million plan addresses a key sticking point in the negotiations.

CBS News

Success in the war against drugs — at a certain price

In 2001 no fewer than 589 methamphetamine labs and dump sites were discovered in Pierce county. Last year just 76 were.

Economist

POLITICS

Obama, Clinton wield critiques

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton used a mix of personal charm, policy details and scathing TV ads in their drive for every last vote.

USA Today

Some refuse to budge from candidates' corners

Indianapolis Star

Hillary on superdelegate switch

ABC News

Senate panel blocks funding for Iraq reconstruction projects

A Senate panel has agreed to block the Defense Department from funding some Iraq reconstruction projects and to begin to force Iraq to cover costs of training and equipping security forces.

Star Tribune

Obama-Wright rift reveals divided loyalties in black church

Sen. Barack Obama's break with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is putting black pastors and their congregations in a difficult situation.

Associated Press

Blog:

Black bloggers: All over the map on Obama vs. Wright

USA Today

BUSINESS

Microsoft poised to take Yahoo bid hostile

Times Online

Car buyers lighten up

Reports released by top automakers affirmed the continuing shift in vehicle sales: Record-high gasoline prices are prompting more consumers to switch to smaller cars.

CNNMoney

On Exxon results

Financial Times

Sun Micro turns in loss of $34 million

Sun Microsystems Inc. said it swung to a fiscal third-quarter loss and that it will cut up to 2,500 jobs as the computer software company said challenges in the U.S. market contributed to its slipping sales.

MarketWatch

SPORTS

Red Wings finish sweep in style

The Red Wings rushed the net, fired from the blue line, scored on power plays, and ended their Western Conference semifinal against the Avalanche in Game 4 with an 8-2 victory.

Detroit Free Press

Tigers, Cabrera club Kennedy, sweep injury-hit Yankees

Miguel Cabrera homered, tripled and drove in three runs, leading the Detroit Tigers past the Yankees 8-4 for their first three-game sweep in New York since 1966.

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Akhenaten: the androgynous pharaoh?

Akhenaten wasn't the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead.

USA Today

Buried prejudice: the bigot in your brain

Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: we act on them.

Scientific American

Is the future of TV on the Web?

The future of television is changing before our eyes, as media giants scramble to stake their claims in the wilderness of Internet video, in hopes of grabbing a growing audience of online video viewers.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Notes from the war on terrorism

International Herald Tribune

Column (Shmuel Rosner):

Should we talk to our enemies?

Slate

Column (Walter Shapiro):

The Democrats' God problem

Salon.com

Blog (Marie Cocco):

Mythmaking and democracy

Truthdig

Column:

The decline of the wasp establishment

Vanity Fair

Column (Nicholas Kristof):

Can we be as smart as bats?

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

America’s newspapers face extinction

Economist

Blog (Cherie Black):

Cervical cancer and Merck = $1 million

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Blog:

Superdelegates and the rules of the game

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Applied Physics Lab to build craft that will touch the sun

A.P.L. scientists are preparing for the first ever NASA-funded mission to fly scientific instruments through the sun's million-degree corona and to within 4.1 million miles of its roiling surface.

Baltimore Sun

Study shows low carb diet curbs epileptic seizures in children

Giving children with epilepsy a special low carb diet reduces the number of seizures they experience by 75% compared with children on a normal diet, according to a new study.

Guardian

Shipwreck laden with treasure found off coast of Namibia

The ship was found laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins — and cannons to fend off pirates lurking off Africa some five centuries ago.

CNN

WORLD

Opposition rejects Zimbabwe result

Zimbabwe's main opposition party says it will reject the result of the presidential election, if reports of the outcome are confirmed.

BBC

Costa Rica plants more trees to become carbon neutral

Costa Rica will plant seven million trees in 2008 to soak up as many greenhouse gas emissions as it produces, in a bid to become the world's first carbon neutral nation, a top official said.

Yahoo! News

Torch cheered through Hong Kong

Thousands of people turned out to watch the Olympic torch parade in Hong Kong, in a largely trouble-free first stop on the flame's journey through China.

BBC

Free comic books for the taking

On Free Comic Book Day, participating shops across the country will hand out more than 2 million comics. The free books represent publishers putting their best foot forward.

San Jose Mercury News

ENVIRONMENT

Turning over an old leaf

Only 24 books are produced for every tree felled. But book-swapping websites could provide a solution for the eco-aware reader.

Guardian

Ocean dead zones growing; may be linked to global warming

The world's hypoxic zones — swaths of ocean too oxygen-deprived to support fish and other marine organisms — are rapidly expanding as sea temperatures rise, a new study suggests.

National Geographic

Renewed emphasis on gaps in college success for minorities

Christian Science Monitor

Reading program failing children

The $6 billion reading program at the center of President Bush's signature education law has failed to make a difference, according to the Department of Education.

Baltimore Sun

HEALTH

All in a day's work(out)

Prompted by increasing obesity rates, more companies are trying to instill healthy attitudes and encouraging employees to workout during the workday.

Baltimore Sun

Measles outbreak hits 10 states

The biggest U.S. outbreak of measles since 2001 is unfolding in 10 states, with at least 64 people ranging from infants to the elderly becoming ill — most of them unvaccinated, U.S. health officials said.

Reuters

Measles outbreak

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Theological center calls for greater black church involvement on Darfur

The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta has urged black churches to take proactive steps to address the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Beliefnet

Bush marks prayer day amid controversy

President Bush marked the National Day of Prayer, noting Americans' equality across their diverse faiths even as critics charged that the prayer observances have been "hijacked" by evangelicals.

Religion News Service

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