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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks in Raleigh, N.C., after winning the North Carolina Democratic presidential primary. (Photo by Gerry Broome / AP)

Clinton narrowly wins Indiana as Obama wins big in N. Carolina

Senator Barack Obama won a commanding victory in the North Carolina primary but fell short in Indiana as Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton prevailed by a narrow margin.

International Herald Tribune

Race crucial, but Wright's impact mixed

NPR

Economic concerns key in N.C.

CNN

FBI raids Bush official's office

FBI agents raided the D.C. offices of Scott Bloch. The Office of Special Counsel was created to protect whistle-blower rights and investigate improper political activity by government employees.

ABC News

As magnitude of Myanmar loss grows, aid arrives

A powerful cyclone in coastal Myanmar that left many thousands of people dead prompted the country's military leaders to allow some foreign aid groups to deliver relief supplies.

International Herald Tribune

Burmese prisoners 'executed after cyclone hit'

Telegraph.co.uk

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

Chicago Sun-Times

Survivors on the lack of water and shelter

Guardian

Analyst warns of oil at $200 a barrel

Crude oil prices could surge to $200 a barrel in the next two years, according to the Goldman Sachs analyst who three years ago correctly predicted a price “super-spike” above $100 a barrel.

Financial Times

Japan, China leaders to take up oil rights, climate change in talks

Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao met Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in summit talks that were expected to address long-disputed oil and gas rights in the East China Sea as well as climate change.

Monsters and Critics

Japanese want stricter policy with China

Angus Reid

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

Iraq war strains US armed forces mental health system

A report by Veterans for America said the mental health care system was not meeting the demands placed on it and had prepared inadequately for the return of more than 3,500 soldiers from Iraq.

Reuters

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

Times Online

Georgia death row inmate executed

A man in the U.S. state of Georgia is the first convict to be executed since lethal injection was ruled constitutional.

BBC

POLITICS

Cheney's chief of staff subpoenaed

A House of Representatives committee has subpoenaed Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff as part of its investigation into the treatment of suspected terrorists.

CNN

McCain courts blue-collar Democrats

With the other party still waist-deep in its presidential nomination fight, John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, has been quietly courting the support of white working-class Democrats.

Christian Science Monitor

McCain lambastes judicial activism

The Hill

Blog:

Did McCain vote for Bush?

Atlantic Online

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

Blog:

Chrysler clings to the past

BusinessWeek

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

Apple strikes first non-exclusive iPhone deals in Italy

Two mobile service providers, U.K.-based Vodafone and Telecom Italia, reached separate deals with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Italy.

Computerworld

Yahoo search to 'battle spyware'

Yahoo is introducing new technology to its search engine which will warn users if they are about to click on a website that hosts viruses, spyware and spam.

BBC

EDUCATION

LA school district removes 2 administrators over sex case

The L.A. school district has removed two senior administrators as part of its investigation into how an employee was transferred to a middle school despite facing sexual misconduct allegations.

San Jose Mercury News

American and German students take cross-ocean class on the Holocaust

Students at Vassar College in the U.S. and the University of Potsdam in Germany share ideas and cultural differences on Germany's "darkest hour".

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column:

Media distracted as the war rages on

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

A disaster in Myanmar

Economist

Column (Joshua Zumbrun):

Feed the world. Let it trade.

Forbes

Blog (John Nichols):

An end, a beginning, or a nightmare

Nation

Column (Richard Wolffe):

Obama, Clinton face a muddled path

Newsweek

Column (Charles Murray):

The age of educational romanticism

The New Criterion

Column (Virginia Postrel):

Superman comes to the museum

Atlantic Online

Blog:

Report: Super Bowl ads will cost $3 million

Sporting News

Editorial:

Democrats neglect their real opponent

Financial Times

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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

WORLD

Volcano erupts in Chile; spews ash 12 miles up

Chile's Chaitén volcano spewed lava and blasted ash more than 12 miles into the sky, prompting a total evacuation of the provincial capital and other settlements.

National Geographic

Major Chilean volcano eruption

YouTube

Medvedev replaces Putin with focus on prices, corruption

Dmitry Medvedev will take the reins of Russia's presidency from Vladimir Putin with promises to fight corruption and inflation in partnership with a predecessor who may try to overshadow him.

Bloomberg

The 'Putvedev' era begins

Spiegel International

One year on, the French turn against President Sarkozy

Amid economic woes, the French president's flashy lifestyle and new celebrity wife add to his political troubles.

U.S. News & World Report

Sarkozy's TV appearance paves way for new image

NPR

HEALTH

More killer germs are resistant to antibiotic medicines

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

McClatchy Newspapers

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

ENVIRONMENT

'Green' banana farming gains more industry appeal

Bananas are a food staple, but growing it has become one of the worst activities for the environment. Now, an innovative agricultural school has decided to grow a banana that's better for the planet.

National Geographic

Solar hot water on the cheap

Simple, low tech, clever products or affordable high tech plug and play technologies may be the key to bringing renewable energy into the home.

Environmental News Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican tells bishops not to share parish information with Mormons

Seeking to stop Mormons from posthumously baptizing their Catholic ancestors, the Vatican has instructed bishops not to share parish registers with Mormon churches.

National Catholic Reporter

Fake topic

Hollywood producers suspend talks with Screen Actors Guild

Major studios and the Screen Actors Guild broke off three weeks of contract talks without agreement, stoking fears of renewed Hollywood labor unrest after a writers strike.

Reuters

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