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An aerial view of devastation caused by the cyclone Nargis is seen at an unknown location in Myanmar. Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where more than 22,000 people perished, remains largely cut off from the rest of the world. (Photo by AP)

Polls show Clinton and Obama locked in tight races

After zigzagging between Indiana and North Carolina, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama can do little more than wait and see what impact the resurgence of Obama's former minister and the battle over the gas tax holiday will have on voters.

US News & World Report

Candidates make their cases in last-day blitz

Indianapolis Star

Economy tops all in Indiana

CNN

3,500 US soldiers head home from Iraq despite increase in recent attacks

Times Online

Burma cyclone: victims killed by 12-foot tidal wave

Most of the victims of the Burma cyclone were overwhelmed by a 12-foot moving wall of water that bore down on their lowlying villages at the Irrawaddy river delta.

Times Online

Laura Bush urges Myanmar to accept U.S. disaster team, aid

Chicago Sun-Times

Myanmar bamboo village resists cyclone's wrath

Reuters

Cyclone in video

BBC

China's Hu arrives on Japan tour amid gas, food spats

Hu Jintao arrived in Japan for the first visit by a Chinese president in a decade, marking the culmination of two years of improving relations.

Bloomberg

Asia calls for funding to fight food shock

Reuters

Dozens of arrests in University drug sting

Authorities have arrested nearly 100 people and seized guns and drugs in a sting operation at San Diego State University in California, the Drug Enforcement Administration said.

CNN

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

Ca. bill targets drivers with pets on lap

Californians who drive with pets on their lap may soon face more than a tail wagged in their face: They'll also see a $35 ticket from a cop.

San Jose Mercury News

Restaurant smoking bans deter teens from starting habit

A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Quit or be impeached, Ohio Democrats tell state attorney general

Ohio Democrats said Attorney General Mark Dann must resign because of a litany of failings and ethical breaches that surfaced in an investigation into sexual-harassment charges involving an aide.

Columbus Dispatch

McCain lambastes judicial activism

The Hill

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

BUSINESS

General Motors, Toyota, Ford won't follow Chrysler with gas subsidies

Chrysler is offering to subsidize the cost of gasoline for car and truck buyers, but its biggest rivals - General Motors, Toyota and Ford - said they have no plans to match it.

Canadian Press

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Chrysler clings to the past

BusinessWeek

Fannie Mae posts loss, to raise $6 billion

Government-sponsored mortgage giant Fannie Mae posted a big first-quarter loss and said it would raise $6 billion through a stock offering to shore up its balance sheet.

The Street

Cutting costs with online coupon sites

Web sites that offer money-saving discounts are enjoying a resurgence in the current economy, as consumers surf for bargains.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Progress reports could mean tougher penalties for teams

Nearly 150 college teams face possible scholarship losses next season and 26 others are in danger of being banned from postseason play if they don't improve.

ESPN

NBA expected to declare Kobe MVP at news conference

The NBA has scheduled a news conference at a Los Angeles hotel, where Kobe Bryant is expected to be announced as winner of his first Most Valuable Player award.

CBS SportsLine

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons: only different in names

Cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes are powerful, spinning storms collectively called tropical cyclones, which form over warm tropical waters and reach sustained internal wind speeds of 74 mph.

LiveScience

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

EDUCATION

'Emotions' urged in sex education

Advice on emotions and relationships should be made a compulsory part of sex education in schools, the British children's charity NSPCC says.

BBC

College grads face tougher job market

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

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog:

Report: Super Bowl ads will cost $3 million

Sporting News

Column:

With a few timid steps, US dollar shows signs of life

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Democrats neglect their real opponent

Financial Times

Column (William Saletan):

The moral logic of suicide bombing

Slate

Column (Robert Scheer):

No country for old men

CBS News

Column (George Frost):

Obama is wrong about the gas tax

Salon.com

Editorial:

Selling the USA

USA Today

Editorial:

Armed to kill in national parks?

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Michael Tomasky):

Inspiring's fine, but Obama must master the daily grind

Guardian

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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

Scientists find something good about a big bottom

A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. researchers said.

Reuters

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

EU sues Italy over rubbish crisis

A mountain of uncollected trash in Naples has prompted the European Union to announce it is taking Italy to court.

BBC

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

Ibuprofen linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease

Patients who used ibuprofen for more than five years were 40 percent less likely to develop the disease compared with patients who did not use that type of drug at all.

Medical News Today

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

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change may affect insects first

Tropical insects rather than polar bears could be among the first species to become extinct as a result of global warming, according to a new study.

London Independent

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

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

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The TIME 100

TIME

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

Fake topic

Matriarch of racially mixed marriages dies

Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said.

MSNBC

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Loving in black and white

Baltimore Sun

Loving decision: 40 years of legal interracial unions

NPR

Barbara Walters on Barbara Walters

Walters clearly feels her new memoir is a soul-baring work — "In this book I basically bleed for 570 pages," she told columnist Cindy Adams.

Salon.com

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

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