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Colo. sheriff: balloon boy saga a hoax

A sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in Colorado's "balloon boy" saga, which he described as a hoax to generate publicity for a reality TV show.

MSNBC

The balloon boy incident

CBS News

Afghan challenger open to election deal

The U.S. and other powers struggled to persuade Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai to accept a deal to resolve the dispute over the country's tainted presidential election.

Seattle Times

France to Afghan rivals: Accept election results

ABC News

Suicide bomber kills 29 in bold attack on Iran guards

A suicide bomber killed six senior Revolutionary Guards commanders and 23 other people in one of the boldest attacks on Iran's most powerful military institution.

Reuters

Iranian official blames bombing on US

CNN

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Islamic revolutionary guards

New York Times

Taliban resist Pakistan onslaught

Taliban militants are putting up fierce resistance to the Pakistan army as it attempts to oust them from strongholds in the remote South Waziristan region.

BBC

Militants in Pakistan strengthening

ABC News

NASA photos show moon strike created plume of debris

NASA's much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said.

U.S. News & World Report

Moon strike impact images

NASA

NATION

LA to crack down on marijuana stores

For the first time, law-enforcement officials in Los Angeles have vowed to prosecute medical-marijuana dispensaries that turn a profit, with police officials saying they expect to conduct raids.

Seattle Times

Justice stands by refusal to give interracial couple license to wed

A justice of the peace in Louisiana who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple says he has no regrets about his decision.

CNN

Nursing home CEO pulls in hefty pay, patients' families 'frustrated'

Nursing homes in several Florida counties are funneling more than $1 million a year through a maze of non-profit corporations that chiefly benefit CEO from Okeechobee.

Palm Beach Post

POLITICS

Insuring young adults takes center stage in health care debate

As the country grapples over how to provide coverage to Americans, figuring out how to cover young adults from all income levels has become a tricky and significant subtext in the reform debate.

San Jose Mercury News

Congressional ethics cleanup dragging

Congress is facing a series of difficult tests of the toughened ethics system it put in place to weed out corruption and malfeasance among its members.

Seattle Times

Oklahoma abortion law to put patients' details online

Women seeking abortions in Oklahoma are to be forced to reveal personal information such as the state of their relationships, how many children they have and their race, to be posted on an official website.

Guardian

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Prime-time's top-earning women

Thanks to increasingly diversified portfolios, the stars on our list collectively raked in an estimated $116 million.

ABC News

In pictures: prime-time's 10 top earning women

Forbes

Michael Jackson: After the mourning comes the earning

Just a few months after his death, the King of Pop has a new single, a major movie arriving and new accounts of his life hitting the bookshops of America.

Observer

HEALTH

H1N1's links to pneumonia appear clearer

The virus can cause life-threatening viral pneumonia much more commonly than the typical flu, prompting the World Health Organization to warn hospitals to prepare for a possible wave of very sick patients.

CBS News

As H1N1 spreads, vaccine delayed

MSNBC

New FDA plan may limit US oyster consumption and sale

A new Food and Drug Administration plan to cut deaths from one of the deadliest types of food poisoning means that soon, live U.S.-grown oysters will become much harder to find from May to October.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Yanks walk off to stay perfect in playoffs

It was an instant Yankee Stadium classic, five hours and 10 minutes of refrigerated baseball under the lights in the Bronx.

MLB.com

Day 9: Angels vs. Yankees

NBC Sports

Brazilian GP: Rubens the rain-meister

Rubens Barrichello has always excelled in complicated qualifying sessions with changing conditions and he did it again in Brazil, when he most needed it.

grandprix.com

Canada takes gold in Paris

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir kicked off the Grand Prix figure-skating season in style with an ice dance gold medal at the Trophée Eric Bompard.

CBC Sports

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

3rd person dies after Arizona sweat lodge ceremony led by self-help guru

The attorney for the family of a Minnesota woman who died after being overcome in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony said that he plans to sue over her death.

Baltimore Sun

A new stage for Islam

“The Domestic Crusaders” is the latest in a string of stage plays written by Muslim-Americans, and they’re receiving critical praise at a time when many Americans view Muslims negatively.

Kansas City Star

Churches call African children 'witches'

A number of children in Africa are being accused of witchcraft by pastors and then tortured or killed.

Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Australian teen sets out to sail solo around the world

A 16-year-old Australian steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world.

NPR

Free health care for uninsured

In tough times, many families focus on keeping the roof over their heads, but sometimes there's no money left for health care. This weekend there was a solution to that problem.

News Channel 5

WORLD

Thai billboard with Hitler causes diplomatic flap

A highway billboard using a saluting Adolf Hitler to advertise a Thai wax museum has been covered up after complaints from the Israeli and German ambassadors, the museum's manager said.

Denver Post

China starts resettling for water project

Authorities have started resettling 330,000 people in central China to make way for a massive project to divert water hundreds of miles to the cities in its arid north.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Report: UBS registered mail warns US clients on tax

Swiss bank UBS AG warned U.S. customers that by registered mail, their account details may be given to U.S. tax authorities, a method that could itself breach secrecy laws, a Swiss paper said.

Reuters

Young job seekers hit hard by economy

In 2007, the unemployment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds with bachelor's degrees was just 2.2 percent. Now it is more than four times that, at 9.3 percent.

CBS News

Tipsters aided Silicon Valley insider-trading scheme

The scheme federal authorities call the biggest hedge-fund insider case ever not only targeted some of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies, but involved a network of conspirators.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

E-cigarettes: In need of FDA regulation?

A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the FDA has the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes, which contain nicotine but not tobacco.

Christian Science Monitor

Going green license to lie, cheat, steal?

People who buy goods perceived to be morally good are more likely to go on to lie, cheat and steal, according to a study by researchers at University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Toronto Star

New view of the heliosphere: Cassini helps redraw shape of solar system

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have presented a new view of the region of the sun’s influence, or heliosphere, and the forces that shape it.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Climate policies won’t limit warming enough, US says

Current policies to fight climate change in China, India, the U.S. and other major carbon dioxide emitters aren’t enough to limit global temperature increases of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, a U.S. envoy said.

Bloomberg

Climate change talks ahead of Copenhagen

ITN

Amazon tribe teams with Google to make stand in rain forests

In an effort to rescue ancient rain forests and a dying culture, the chief of an endangered Amazon tribe has partnered with Google Inc.

San Francisco Chronicle

Scientists release new polar ice findings

In London, Catlin Arctic Survey released its results on its study of sea ice, fending off accusations that a flawed expedition couldn't produce good science.

CBS News

EDUCATION

How to repay student loans early

The first question is where to begin — if at all. If you're in a position to pay off debts early, it pays to attack your costliest obligations first.

ABC News

Twitter lessons in 140 characters or less

Teachers are trying the microblogging tool out in the classroom as an efficient way to distribute assignments and to foster collaboration among students.

Education Week

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