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White House already on a hunt to replace Souter

A process that started months ago among White House lawyers to compile a list of possible Supreme Court picks has accelerated with word Justice David Souter plans to step down from the bench.

CNN

A Supreme Court change

ABC News

Resistance to high court pick may be modest

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Buffett says US is doing the right things

Billionaire Warren Buffett said the U.S. government is taking the right actions to help the economy and should be given some benefit of the doubt.

Associated Press

Swine flu deaths ebb but virus spreading

Mexico has reported no new deaths from swine flu — more reason to be optimistic that the worst is over at the epicenter of the outbreak. But the virus keeps spreading around the world.

MSNBC

Flu death toll 'less than feared'

BBC

CDC races to find vaccine

CBS News

Asia on H1N1 alert

Reuters

Fiat head to discuss Opel takeover

The head of Italian carmaker Fiat SpA, which is in the process of acquiring U.S. automaker Chrysler, is continuing talks with German officials about a possible takeover of General Motor's Opel unit.

Kansas City Star

Chrysler then and now

CNNMoney

US military says 3 troops killed In Iraq

Three U.S. troops have been killed in fighting west of Baghdad, the military said, making April the deadliest month for American forces in Iraq since September.

NPR

NATION

Immigrants push for reforms at rallies

Immigrants gathered at rallies across the country to push for changes to U.S. immigration policy, but the recent flu outbreak caused attendance at some events to be smaller than organizers hoped.

MSNBC

Police: Wanted professor's vehicle found

Authorities intensified their search for a fugitive University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two other people at a community theater near the university campus in Athens, Ga.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

GOP targets lone Democrat in Louisiana

Republicans are looking to Louisiana, a state that has bucked national trends to turn a deeper shade of red, to counter the GOP’s disastrous performance in the last two election cycles.

The Hill

GOP tries to get back on track

CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Windows 7 could launch soon

Although Microsoft Corp. refuses to name a delivery date for Windows 7, it could launch the new operating system as early as August, according to timeline comparisons for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Computerworld

Low vitamin D causes problems for acutely ill patients

A group of endocrinologists in Sydney have observed that very sick patients tend to have very low levels of Vitamin D. The sicker they are, the lower the levels.

ScienceDaily

EDUCATION

Southern states urged to tackle adolescent literacy

The Southern Regional Education Board is advising its 16 member states to devise a comprehensive set of policies to improve reading for middle and high school students.

Education Week

High-schoolers have made little progress since the 1970s, study says

Americans aren't performing any better in reading and math than their counterparts in the early 1970s. That's one conclusion from the latest round of a national test tracking long-term educational trends.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

FDA recalls dietary supplements

U.S. health officials are warning consumers to stay away from Hydroxycut dietary supplement products, because of reports of liver problems resulting in one death.

Forbes

Dieters warned: Don't use Hydroxycut

MSNBC

Chemicals may show up in blood

Up to 48 toxic chemicals commonly used in everyday consumer products have shown up in blood and urine samples of five prominent women environmental activists, according to a study.

WebMD

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Trial forces France to confront its anti-Semitism demons

When a young Jew was found near death three years ago, the French police were reluctant to call it a hate crime. But their conclusion sent shock waves through a country haunted by anti-Semitism.

Globeandmail.com

US panel: Religious freedom ebbing in Russia, Turkey

A congressionally backed panel said that religious freedoms were deteriorating in nations that were added to a watch list of countries where people's rights to worship at all are at risk.

Hartford Courant

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

PETA pitches to Vick

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column (Bernard Whitman):

Same-sex marriage is inevitable

Forbes

Blog (Tom Goldstein):

Will Obama move the Court?

The New Republic

Column (Anne McFeatters):

Obama’s 100 days nothing to sneeze at

Boston Herald

Column (Mary Beth Crain):

Pandemic pandemonium

Salon.com

Column (William Kristol):

Don't despair, Republicans

Weekly Standard

Editorial:

The next Supreme

New York Post

Column (Ronald Brownstein):

Is the GOP a coalition or a club?

National Journal

Column:

California EPA: problems with ethanol

Examiner

Column:

Torture and accountability

RealClearPolitics

Column:

Specter's epilogue

The American Prospect

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GOOD NEWS

Youth to fight obesity with world's largest exercise class

Millions of children across the globe will walk, jog, bike or play games as a part of Project ACES Day, designed to decrease the prevalence of childhood obesity.

PNNOnline

School clinics have a booster

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet visited Adams City Middle School to pitch a bill that aims to make health care available to uninsured and underinsured children.

Denver Post

WORLD

Despite Taliban turmoil, Pakistan expands nuke plants

Pakistan is expanding its nuclear weapons program as Islamic extremists in Pakistan advance in the direction of several nuclear-related sites, U.S. officials said.

McClatchy Newspapers

Sri Lanka admits bombing safe haven

Sri Lanka has admitted bombing a "safe haven" created for up to 150,000 civilians fleeing fighting between Tamil Tiger fighters and the army.

Guardian

BUSINESS

Investor activism gains momentum

U.S. big businesses are being pushed by lawmakers and regulators to expand shareholder democracy in the wake of the financial crisis.

Reuters

Stress test push banks to raise money

U.S. regulators may compel as many as 14 of the nation’s largest banks to raise common equity based on financial stress tests, said an analyst.

Bloomberg

Buffett says Berkshire profit falls

Berkshire Hathaway Inc's first-quarter operating profit fell about 12 percent from a year earlier, as the recession depresses results at most of the company's businesses.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

New grid may be needed, but so is smarter use

Power companies are planning to beef up the nation's electricity transmission grid. At the same time, conservationists are trying to reduce the vast amount of power wasted in Americans' homes and offices.

NPR

Southern California beetle killing oaks

Scientists have completed a study on a beetle that was first detected in Calif. in 2004, but has now attacked 67 percent of oaks in an area east of San Diego.

Environmental News Network

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Coldplay to give away free album

Coldplay is to give away a free CD at every remaining live show in 2009 as a "mark of gratitude" to their fans.

BBC

Vegas performer Danny Gans dies at 52

Singer-actor-impressionist Danny Gans, who spent more than a decade as one of the most popular entertainers in Las Vegas, has died. He was 52.

TIME

Special section:

Danny Gans

Las Vegas Sun

SPORTS

BCS: playoff system a threat to bowls

The coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series told Congress that a switch to the fan-favored playoff system would threaten the existence of celebrated bowl games.

Sporting News

Favorite scratched from Derby

Jeff Mullins rarely spoke publicly about I Want Revenge, the horse he was training for the Kentucky Derby. When he did, it was to stress the things that went right.

Denver Post

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