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South Korean Army soldiers approach a canon during a military exercise near the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / AP)

GM debt gains, plans June 1 bankruptcy

GM, the world’s largest automaker until 2008, plans to file for bankruptcy on June 1 and sell most of its assets.

Bloomberg

Initial jobless claims drop unexpectedly

The tally of newly laid-off people requesting jobless benefits fell last week, the government said, a sign that companies are cutting fewer workers.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Economic indicators are rising

CBS News

High alert on N Korea

South Korean and U.S. troops have gone on higher alert after North Korea said it was scrapping the armistice treaty that ended the Korean War 50 years ago.

BBC

N Korea faces UN sanctions

Reuters

Study says uninsured are costly for all

The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, a new report finds.

Sacramento Bee

Health reform: a $1 trillion question

CNNMoney

Next G-20 summit will be in Pittsburgh

Robert Gibbs has just announced that the next G-20 summit will be Sept. 24 and 25 in Pittsburgh. The G-20 includes the world's leading governments, comprising 85% of the global economy.

USA TODAY

Israel snubs Obama, relations plunge,

Increasingly fractious relations between the U.S. and Israel hit a low unseen in nearly two decades.

Guardian

NATION

Abu Ghraib pics show 'every indecency'

Photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse which President Obama does not want released include images of rape and sexual abuse.

The Daily Telegraph

Stimulus projects bypass needy states

States hit hardest by the recession received few of the government's first stimulus contracts, though the new federal spending was meant to target places with the severest economic pain.

USA TODAY

Blog:

Obama: We're seeing results from stimulus

CBS News

Gay marriage fight isn't over in California, activists vow

Activists are already crafting a new ballot initiative for 2010 to overturn Proposition 8, the voter-approved measure that amended the state's constitution to limit marriage to heterosexual couples.

Christian Science Monitor

California gay marriage ban upheld

Reuters

POLITICS

Senator under fire for opposing Obama on healthcare

Centrist Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson is under attack from an advertising campaign that criticizes his opposition to President Obama’s healthcare plan.

The Hill

Partisan debate over Sotomayor begins

Conservatives are criticizing the nominee over a speech and a court decision. The White House is pushing back hard.

NPR

Interest groups engaged in nominee battle

San Diego Union-Tribune

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tsunami? Apocalypse? No, just the moon

It's only the moon, emergency officials in Puerto Rico are telling nervous islanders who have feared that recent extreme tides portend a tsunami or biblical catastrophe.

MSNBC

Soyuz astronauts head to space station

Three astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station, after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz spacecraft.

InformationWeek

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Pixar builds fan loyalty through its stories

Disney might own Pixar after buying the company for $7.4 billion in 2006. But when it comes to brand loyalty among family moviegoers, Pixar is the new Disney.

Ashbury Park Press

Special section:

Disney Pixar's 'Up'

Disney

Jay Leno's 'Tonight Show' finale

Conan O'Brien, "Tonight's" newest care- taker, is the guest, while the program promises something called "The Extreme Tonight Show Montage." Final musical guest is James Taylor.

Newsday

EDUCATION

Students camp overnight as hunger strike hits 2nd day

UC Santa Cruz students participating in a hunger strike to end cuts to academic programs that attract students of color say they will escalate their actions if university officials don't address their demands.

San Jose Mercury News

Teachers stage hunger strike to protest impending cuts

Several teachers have launched a hunger strike to protest planned layoffs in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

KTLA-TV

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

An old brand tries to be new: Protestant groups put faith in new ad campaigns

The United Methodist Church recently unveiled a $20 million rebranding effort aimed at attracting younger members to the large but diminishing Protestant group.

Star Tribune

Malaysia ban on 'Allah' upheld

The Catholic church in Malaysia has failed in a court challenge to a government ban which prevented the church from using the word "Allah" in its weekly newsletter.

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

'Slumdog' stars to get new flats

"Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle has promised new homes for the child-stars of his Oscar-winning film and has already bought an apartment for one of them, news reports said.

Monsters and Critics

Woman concerned about finances checks old lottery ticket, wins $10M

Concerned about her family's finances, an Australian university student cashed some forgotten lottery tickets this week — hoping the money would help her parents. Their worries are over.

CNN

WORLD

Palestinian president pushing pan-Arab peace with Israel

Top Palestinian officials said President Mahmoud Abbas is working to repackage a 2002 plan that called for exchange of Arab land occupied by Israel in the 1967 war for normalized relations with Arab countries.

Examiner

Powerful earthquake off Honduras coast

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake was reported off the coast of Honduras, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The National Weather Service placed the central American country under a tsunami watch.

CNN

BUSINESS

Chrysler faces more Fiat deal hearings

It may take two more days of testimony for Chrysler to convince a bankruptcy judge that a deal with Fiat is the best way to save itself from liquidation.

Forbes

Has the real estate market hit bottom?

After nearly two years of steep declines, there are small signs that the housing market may be close to finding a bottom.

ABC News

HEALTH

Child diabetes set to 'double'

Researchers from Queen's University, Belfast and Pecs University, Hungary, say cases in older children will rise substantially and argue genetics are not the sole cause.

Healthcare Today

Cancer death rate dropped nearly 20 percent in 15 years

The death rate due to cancer has declined in the U.S. in recent years, largely due to better prevention and treatment. In fact, 650,000 lives were spared from cancer between 1990 to 2005.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

EPA chief praises Netherlands' water policy on fact-finding trip

Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu both praised the Dutch methods of water management during a week-long fact-finding trip.

Tech Herald

Cuckoo included in latest list of Britain's endangered birds

The call of the cuckoo is disappearing from Britain's countryside, according to the latest research that adds the species to a growing "red list" of the country's most endangered birds for the first time.

Telegraph.co.uk

SPORTS

Williams sisters, Jankovic advance

Serena Williams had a much easier time in the second round of the French Open, cruising past Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2, 6-0.

ESPN

Bulls' Derrick Rose tied to NCAA probe

The University of Memphis is responding to NCAA allegations that charge their basketball program with major violations, both of which seem to involve current Bull and Simeon grad Derrick Rose.

Chicago Sun-Times

Report: Rose may have cheated on SAT

ESPN

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