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Monks clear up roads damaged by cyclone in Yangon. Residents of Myanmar's biggest city lit candles, lined up to buy water and hacked through trees fallen in a cyclone that killed more than 10,000 people. (Photo by Xinhua, Zhang Yunfei / AP)

For two Democratic primaries, several scenarios

The Democratic primaries taking place in North Carolina and Indiana have more delegates at stake than any remaining. In terms of demographics and math, they could reshape the race.

MSNBC

Oil price crosses $120 per barrel

Oil prices crossed $120 a barrel for the first time following fresh unrest in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, and rising tensions between the West and Iran.

Agence France-Presse

The politics of gas

CNN

Deadly germs resisting antibiotics

The threat of death-defying bacteria, stubborn organisms that refuse to be conquered by antibiotic medicines, is growing more alarming.

McClatchy Newspapers

Aid offers mount for Myanmar after deadly cyclone

Countries around the globe have promised help for Myanmar after a cyclone left at least 13,000 dead or missing. How quickly aid could move into the country was unclear.

Reuters

Cyclone's afermath

YouTube

Impact of Cyclone

Guardian

Bernanke urges action on foreclosures

More late mortgage payments and home foreclosures pose danger to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned as he urged Congress to take steps to alleviate the problems.

MSNBC

Asia calls for funding to fight food shock

Reuters

ERs still unprepared for terror attack

The nation's emergency rooms and hospitals are still, nearly seven years after Sept. 11, not prepared to deal with the "surge" of patients that could be caused by a terror attack.

ABC News

NATION

US drops charges against alleged '20th hijacker' in September 11 attacks

The United States has dropped charges against the alleged "20th hijacker" in the September 11th, 2001, terror attacks on the United States.

Voice of America

Bush hails graduating class of 18 in Kansas town

Seldom has such a small graduating high school class in Kansas received such a rousing sendoff from such a large crowd or in such strange and evocative circumstances.

Wichita Eagle

Economic losing streak hits Vegas

Sin City used to be recession-proof, but gambling revenues and room rates are down, convention business is off and Nevada has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation.

Newsweek

POLITICS

Clinton campaign hits Obama over Teamsters report

The Clinton campaign knocked Barack Obama over a report that he received the Teamsters endorsement as part of a questionable agreeement.

CBS News

Dems' wins suggest hard road for GOP

For the second time in three months, a Democrat's victory in a House district previously held by Republicans is pointing to a difficult landscape for the GOP this fall.

USA Today

Candidates make pitch to party insiders

In back-to-back speeches before state Democratic activists in Indianapolis, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama each offered themselves as the candidate who can best deliver change.

Indianapolis Star

Obama edging McCain in US campaign

Angus Reid

BUSINESS

Target sells credit card receivable stake for $3.6 billion

Target Corp. said that it has agreed to sell about 47 percent of its credit card receivables to JPMorgan Chase for approximately $3.6 billion.

MarketWatch

Iraq, Boeing confirm $2.2 billion order

The Iraqi government has ordered 30 Boeing 737 commercial airplanes in a deal worth up to $2.2 billion and has taken options on ten more, the two parties announced.

Agence France-Presse

Why US job market has not plunged

Despite the burdens of record oil prices and a housing bust, the U.S. economy has been avoiding a sharp downturn where it matters most — in jobs.

Christian Science Monitor

Retirement plans shrink as economy falters

NPR

SPORTS

Steelers RB Mendenhall reportedly robbed at gunpoint

Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft choice Rashard Mendenhall was robbed at gunpoint while walking along the city's lakefront, according to a report.

ESPN

After 4 OT losses, Sharks lament another year of missed chances

While the NHL's top four teams began preparations for the conference finals, the San Jose Sharks had the day off to get ready for one more summer they'll spend feeling like hockey's fifth wheel.

Google News

Eight Belles a casuality of fragile makeup

America's breeding industry is producing increasingly fragile thoroughbreds. They may not break down, but they have shorter and shorter racing careers before going to stud to beget even more fragile offspring.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

After abandoning iTunes, NBC shows up on Microsoft's Zune

After a pricing spat with Apple led NBC to pull its video content from iTunes, the broadcaster has struck a deal with Microsoft's Zune online store.

PC World

Yahoo stock plunges after Microsoft withdraws bid

After Microsoft withdrew its $33-a-share offer for Yahoo, the question was how far Yahoo's stock would drop. The markets gave an initial answer: plenty.

International Herald Tribune

Yahoo investors think company has backup plan

MarketWatch

Fake topic

Nine Inch Nails offers free album online

Nine Inch Nails, in a surprise move, posted access to a free download of its complete new album, The Slip, on its website.

Toronto Star

Asian Disneyland: the 5th happiest place on Earth

Hoping to boost attendance, Disney will add the "Small World" ride to this theme park, but how will it play in 21st century Asia?

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

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

Paperboy saves woman trapped in home

Ethan Hall, 9, was out on his regular route when a pack of piled-up letters on a woman's front porch caught his eye. He suspected something was wrong.

ABC News

Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle

A team of volunteers is working to attach an artificial beak to the disfigured bird, in an effort to keep her alive.

Yahoo! News

WORLD

Iran rejects tougher nuclear checks, citing hypocrisy

Iran ruled out accepting intrusive nuclear inspections unless there was an end to "double standards" on global non-proliferation that it said benefited nuclear arms powers, including Israel.

Epoch Times

Iraq investigates weapons allegations against Iran

NPR

On China's heels, India vies for its old edge in Africa

India promised to increase lines of credit to Africa to $5.4 billion during a summit in New Delhi last month.

Christian Science Monitor

Two die in Somali currency riot

Somali troops killed at least two people in the capital, Mogadishu after opening fire to halt riots over rising costs and counterfeit money.

BBC

HEALTH

Breast-feed for brainier babies

A new study provides some of the best evidence to date that breast-feeding can make children smarter, an international team of researchers said.

ABC News

Australian doctor proposes paying $47,000 for a kidney

An Australian doctor proposed that the government pay up to $47,000 for kidney donations to overcome a chronic shortage.

Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

US one of the largest ivory markets

The United States is the world's second-largest retail market for elephant ivory products, behind only China, a new study says.

National Geographic

Protected sea lions found shot dead on Columbia River

The deaths of six sea lions are under investigation after the bodies of the federally protected animals were found in open traps on the Columbia River and appeared to have been shot.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sea lions killed

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Jewish Museum opens in Milwaukee

In 1984, the women's division of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation started an archives committee. Now, many of the artifacts collected are on display at the Jewish Museum in Milwaukee.

USA Today

'Time 100' includes 3 religious leaders

Religious leaders Bartholomew I, the Dalai Lama and the Rev. Richard Cizik are named in this year's "Time 100" list of influential people.

USA Today

New mayor of London joins Sikh celebrations in his first outing

London's new mayor Boris Johnson chose to attend celebrations of Sikh community and declared that he will work to "unite all communities," in an attempt to build bridges with the city's ethnic minorities.

The Hindu

EDUCATION

College grads face tougher job market

Entry-level pay rises, but offers are less plentiful, thanks to economic downturn.

Christian Science Monitor

The gap in graduation rates

A recent report finds that many colleges and universities are graduating their black students at rates that are significantly lower than those for their white students.

U.S. News & World Report

Drunken brawl preceded fatal stabbing of Cal student

Berkeley police are investigating how an alcohol-fueled argument outside a U.C. Berkeley sorority house ended in the fatal stabbing of a Cal student.

San Francisco Chronicle

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