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S. Korean protesters rally against N. Korea's missile in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea fired a rocket over Japan, defying those who suspect the launch was cover for a test of its long-range missile technology. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / AP)

Obama in Turkey to strengthen ties

President Barack Obama set off an internal European fight by endorsing Turkey's membership in the European Union.

Christian Science Monitor

Media to witness return of war casualty

The media will be allowed to cover the arrival of an airman killed overseas, the first such opportunity since the Obama administration overturned an 18-year ban on news coverage of returning war dead.

Star Tribune

First photos of fallen soldier ends era

ABC News

No decision from UN meeting on N. Korea

The United States and allies sought to punish North Korea's defiant rocket launch that apparently fizzled into the Pacific at an emergency U.N. meeting in response to the "provocative act."

MSNBC

'Satisfaction' from Kim over N. Korea launch

CNN

North Korea launches rocket

Reuters

US demands UN action

Globeandmail.com

US prepared to oust bank chiefs

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner warned that the government would consider ousting board members at American banks as a condition for giving the institutions assistance in the future.

Financial Times

Geithner: bank executives could be replaced

Houston Chronicle

GM CEO says bankruptcy not inevitable

Bankruptcy is not inevitable for General Motors Corp, said the automaker's new chief executive, who is under White House orders to win more concessions from bondholders and workers' unions.

Reuters

NATION

Iowa marriage ruling spurs activists

Gay couples will likely be getting married soon in Iowa, and activists on both sides of the issue claim the sight of same-sex unions in the nation's heartland will spur other states to take action.

Google News

Iowa: gay marriage in the heartland

TIME

Binghamton gunman had body armor, ammo, but shot self as cops neared

The tormented Vietnamese immigrant who massacred 13 people planned for a blazing gunfight with police — but instead killed himself at the first sound of sirens.

NY Daily News

Binghamton reels from deadly shootings

NPR

POLITICS

Ken Salazar's quest to clean up the Department of the Interior

Ken Salazar wants windmills in the ocean, but first he has to save the Interior Department from ruin.

Westword

Obama's sheriff

Rolling Stone

Congress' budget blueprint contains a warning to Obama

The $3.5-trillion plan approved this week is close to the president's, but it shows that lawmakers are wary of trying to do too much at once on healthcare, energy, education and the economy.

Los Angeles Times

Both House and Senate pass budget plan

Associated Press

Special section:

The Obama tracker

NPR

HEALTH

DVT cause linked to grapefruit

Grapefruit appears to have been the proximate trigger for one woman's case of severe deep venous thrombosis, suggesting that a "healthy diet" can have unforeseen consequences.

MedPage Today

GE threatens Philips with push into home health care

General Electric Co.’s push into home health care threatens Royal Philips Electronics NV’s market leadership.

Bloomberg

Intel, GE form $250M health-care alliance

Sacramento Business Journal

EDUCATION

Hispanic Americans travel rough road to higher education

Hispanic Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group in America, but the least likely to enroll in college.

Houston Chronicle

Colorado budget panel votes to cut higher education by $300 million

Lawmakers who develop Colorado's budget recommend cutting another $300 million from colleges and universities to close the state's budget gap.

Forbes

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Europe hails the new first lady's style, grace - and bangs to boot

Michelle Obama is zipping around Europe with her husband almost a half-century after Jackie Kennedy gave the Old World capitals a jolt of White House pizzazz.

Toronto Star

G-20 fashion: Michelle Obama to Russell Brand

Guardian

Tarantino makes a comeback at Cannes

Hollywood's most controversial director hopes to reignite his career through a return to the famous festival with a Nazi epic starring Brad Pitt.

Guardian

'Inglourious Basterds' trailer

Huffington Post

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

India's failing secularism

In a supposedly secular state, India's religious minorities find themselves in an increasingly precarious position.

Guardian

Cardinal Edward Egan hospitalized

New York Cardinal Edward Egan will undergo surgery to implant a pacemaker after being rushed to the hospital with stomach pains.

NY Daily News

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GOOD NEWS

Charities support Las Vegas food bank

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation awarded a $9.4 million grant for a new building for a Las Vegas food bank.

San Jose Mercury News

Volunteers clean up neighborhoods

Thousands of volunteers worked at nearly 100 sites in Philadelphia chosen by neighborhood groups for this year's theme of "building sustainable communities."

Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Chavez seeks 'rational' relations with US

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he hopes to "reset" relations with the United States at an upcoming summit in Trinidad and Tobago.

CBS News

Fidel Castro appeals over summit

BBC

Sri Lankan civilians trapped as Tamil Tigers face annihilation

Sri Lankan government forces say they have killed at least 420 Tamil Tigers and driven the remaining rebels into a “no-fire zone” packed with tens of thousands of civilians trying to flee the conflict.

Times Online

BUSINESS

Dark cloud over US jobless data

The Labor Department said the national unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 percent, the highest since November 1983. March's losses were in line with Wall Street's expected drop of 661,000.

Forbes

Special section:

Unemployment trends by sector

MSNBC

Special section:

Unemployment: Where does your state rank?

CNNMoney

Might more stimulus be needed? Not yet, says Geithner.

The Obama team won't seek another spending jolt for the US economy, the Treasury secretary said, until it assesses effects of the first one.

Christian Science Monitor

Investing in innovation in a downturn

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Climate clock is ticking

In the summer of 2007, a large portion of Arctic Sea ice simply vanished. That wasn't supposed to happen. Not yet.

Environmental News Network

Guantanamo's wild side: huge boas, 'banana rats,' more

Detainees may be leaving the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but a host of rare animals are there to stay, protected by the same razor wire fences that keep prisoners in.

National Geographic

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Robo-scientist 'Adam' performs landmark solo experiment

A machine successfully carried out a science experiment without human aid. 'Adam,' as it's known, carried out genetic experiments, and reached conclusions based on their results.

TechNewsWorld

Hidden ingredient in new, greener battery: a virus

Scientists at MIT developed a new, more environmentally friendly way to make lithium batteries. Their approach employs an unusual component: genetically-engineered viruses.

NPR

SPORTS

Miller scheduled to talk with Arizona AD

Xavier coach Sean Miller was expected to meet Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood in Albuquerque to discuss the Wildcats' opening.

ESPN

South Florida defeats Kansas for WNIT basketball championship

When the University of South Florida was snubbed by the NCAA Tournament, senior guard Shantia Grace said the Bulls could prove they deserved an NCAA bid by winning the WNIT.

Tampa Tribune

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Swimmers plunge into the water in the Travessia dos Fortes swimming competition in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes / AP)

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