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Bracing for air travel headaches

CNNMoney

Latest airline fee: Pay toilets?

ABC News

Sources: Clinton will quit by end of week

Sen. Hillary Clinton will officially end her campaign for the presidency by the end of the week, say multiple sources.

CNN

Clinton says goodbye to campaign staff

ABC News

Caroline Kennedy among 3 hired by Obama to help decide veep

Detroit Free Press

Former Obama fundraiser found guilty

A prominent political fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering.

TIME

Rezko trial may call on Obama

ABC News

World's hungry look for hope from Rome food summit

African countries and looked to the outcome of a food crisis summit in Rome for a signal that the world will start to produce solutions to stop more people from falling into hunger.

Reuters

At food crisis talks, menu is rich with politics

International Herald Tribune

Special section:

Global food crisis

Christian Science Monitor

Bush calls Iran 'threat to peace'

President George W. Bush told visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that Iran was an "existential threat to peace" and the world must take that danger seriously.

Reuters

NATION

Tomatoes investigated in salmonella cases across 9 states

An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in a total of nine states, U.S. health officials said.

Yahoo! News

6 fixes for pricey gasoline

Ideas to help people ease the burden of high gas prices are swirling in Washington, D.C. Will any of them work?

CNNMoney

Govenor declares drought, orders water sent to worst areas

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought and ordered the state Department of Water Resources to quickly transfer water to areas with the most severe water shortages.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Calif. court clears way for gay marriage to begin on June 17

Gay and lesbians couples around California began planning their nuptials, after the state's highest court refused to hold off on its decision legalizing gay marriage.

San Jose Mercury News

Obama toughens Iran stance, backs Israel on Jerusalem

Reuters

New Jewish group aims to win US hearts and minds

YouTube

BUSINESS

Verizon in discussions to purchase Alltel, sources say

Verizon Communications Inc., seeking to challenge AT&T Inc., is in discussions to buy wireless provider Alltel Corp., according to two people familiar with the talks.

Bloomberg

Oil dips to $121 as reserves grow

Oil prices fell by more than $2 a barrel as latest figures showed U.S. petrol reserves had risen more than expected. Analysts said the increase suggested demand for oil from developing economies was slowing.

BBC

Fertilizer costs alarm US farmers

In part because of surge in demand, the price of fertilizer has skyrocketed 228 percent since 2000, forcing U.S. farmers to switch crops, cut back on fertilizer or search for manure as a substitute.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Biologists excited about low tides

The ebb tides that exposed more than four extra feet of South Sound beaches were the lowest daytime tides of the year. They're also the lowest tides in years.

News Tribune

Berlusconi aims to turn Mediterranean into 'the cleanest sea in the world'

Italy and Egypt will work together to clear the Mediterranean of pollution and make it the "cleanest sea in the world," said Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Earth Times

Elephants caught in Sri Lanka war

The renewed civil war between Sri Lanka's government and the separatist Tamil Tigers is claiming many victims, among them increasing numbers of wild elephants.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hong Kong tops McAfee's riskiest Web domains chart

The security firm McAfee has released a report warning consumers to steer clear of sites with domain name extensions that are havens for scammers. Hong Kong's .hk domain topped the list of undesirables.

TechNewsWorld

Cell phone users secretly tracked in study

Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.

CNN

China likely to beat US back to the moon, NASA says

Chinese astronauts are on schedule to beat the United States back to the moon by two or three years, said the head of NASA's lunar exploration program.

McClatchy Newspapers

EDUCATION

A bid to boost ranks of minorities

In its 14 years, The PhD Project has helped to triple minority presence among the faculty of American business schools.

Christian Science Monitor

University cheats 'not expelled'

A study found only 143 students caught cheating were expelled out of 9,200 cases - despite almost all universities threatening expulsion as a sanction.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Space station residents to fix toilet

Space shuttle Discovery brought up a new pump for the testy toilet, as well as the space station’s newest room, a $1 billion Japanese lab.

Boston Herald

Astronauts prep to add module

YouTube

Prince William takes helm

Prince William earned high marks from commanding officers for his boat-handling skills after he took the helm of a 40-foot craft at the beginning of his two-month stint in the Royal Navy.

Google News

WORLD

China cordons off schools collapsed by recent quake

Authorities cordoned off some schools that collapsed in the earthquake, keeping out grieving parents in a sign that Beijing was becoming increasingly nervous over accusations of shoddy construction.

San Francisco Chronicle

China: Struggling to recover

MSNBC

Fishermen, police clash at EU protest

Riot police armed with shields and batons charged hundreds of protesting fishermen outside the European Union headquarters, after a demonstration over high fuel prices turned violent.

Baltimore Sun

Cop accused of betrayal

A senior Australian police officer, Mark Standen, has been charged over an alleged multi-million dollar international drug ring.

Sydney Morning Herald

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Clothier's bulletproof designs merge style, safety

His racks are lined with bulletproof blazers, women's suede jackets that'll stop a .44 Magnum, T-shirts lined with body armor and guayabera shirts for catching bullets.

NPR

West Point adopts gender-neutral lyrics to school songs

The U.S. Military Academy will now honor its daughters as well as its sons in two of its beloved songs. Gender-neutral lyrics were incorporated into West Point's "Alma Mater" and "The Corps."

San Francisco Chronicle

Tatum O'Neal arrested for drug purchase

O'Neal claims that the police who arrested her for purchasing cocaine near her home prevented her from relinquishing her sobriety.

People

Bonaduce on O'Neal, stardom

MSNBC

SPORTS

IOC picks Chicago among 4 finalists for 2016 games

IOC picks Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio as finalists for 2016 Summer Olympics. Now, Chicago has some hard work ahead to overcome weaknesses in its bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

ABC News

Federer, still seeking first French Open title, reaches semis

Roger Federer lost three of his first four service games, causing a stir among French Open fans, but only briefly delaying his progress to the semifinals.

ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Catholic teens feel guilt's tug weaken

The emotional fallout of transgressing the Catholic Church's long list of sins — venial and mortal — may be a thing of the past.

News & Observer

Former ambassador says US lacks `political will’ on food crisis

Religion News Service

Priest apologizes, but still backs McCain

A prominent Roman Catholic priest issued an apology for endorsing John McCain for president at a Republican fundraiser, but said he'd still do it again — only not during the invocation of an event.

Newsday

HEALTH

Why do so few patients benefit from new melanoma drugs?

When they work, new melanoma treatments can have a stunning effect, in some cases arresting skin cancer for four years. But typically just a handful of patients get that kind of response.

MSNBC

Losing the White House: Depression sets in for Clinton?

Losing ain't easy — especially after almost a year spent tirelessly campaigning to become the first female president in the nation's history.

ABC News

Low-salt diet may not be best for heart

Surprising new research suggests that a diet low in salt may be worse for your heart than eating lots of salt, but don't start eating potato chips just yet.

HealthDay

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