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Young Iraqi boys examine a car destroyed in an overnight raid near the house of a close aide of anti-U.S. radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Mohammed al-Tabatabaie, in Kufa, Iraq. According to residents, U.S. troops raided the house overnight and arrested several people. al-Tabatabaie was not at home. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani / AP)

White House spokesman Tony Snow has cancer in abdomen

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has been diagnosed with cancer in his lower abdomen and the disease has spread to his liver, his deputy said.

Bloomberg

Snow's cancer returns

CNN

Truck blasts kill 50 in Iraq town

Insurgents have blown up two trucks in the Iraqi town of Talafar, killing 50 people and injuring 125, police say.

BBC

Gonzales aide won't testify in Senate

Forbes

Timeline: How the U.S. Attorneys were fired

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. show of force in Persian Gulf

The U.S. Navy began its largest demonstration of force in the Persian Gulf since 2003, led by a pair of aircraft carriers and warplanes flying simulated attack maneuvers off the coast of Iran.

CNN

Muted reaction to U.S. Mid-East peace push

BBC

Blair warns Iran of 'different phase'

Britain's British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Tehran of a "different phase" if it did not free 15 British military personnel captured in the Persian Gulf four days ago.

Reuters

Family blasts latest investigation of Pat Tillman's friendly fire death

Pat Tillman's family blasted the latest Army investigation into his 2004 "friendly fire" death in Afghanistan as "shamefully unacceptable," and vowed to press ahead with their own crusade to reveal the truth.

San Jose Mercury News

No criminal charges in Tillman death

Newsday

Senate's Iraq vote may come down to wire

An upcoming Senate vote on the Iraq war could come down to just one or two votes, testing Democratic unity on a proposal to begin bringing combat troops home.

Houston Chronicle

GOP shifts tactics on Iraq pullout

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Myanmar soldiers march in review during ceremonies at Armed Forces Day in the new capital of Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (Photo by David Longstreath / AP)	Aaron Peirsol of the U.S., races to the gold medal in the men's 100-m backstroke final event at the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)	A passer-by walks past homes destroyed in an earthquake after retrieving items from his house, in Wajima city, Japan. (Photo by Koji Sasahara / AP)

NATION

Palestinians killed by cesspool collapse

An embankment around a sewage reservoir collapsed, spewing a river of waste and mud that killed at least five people and forced residents to flee a village in northern Gaza, officials said.

CBS News

Aussie terror suspect admits war crime

Australian suspect David Hicks has pleaded guilty to a crime charge of providing support to terrorism. He is the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to plead guilty at the U.S. Navy base.

Scotsman

Emotional reunion for Hicks family

BBC

Russia likely to veto mediator's call for Kosovo independence

Independence is the "only option" for Kosovo, the U.N. mediator for Serbia's ethnic Albanian province said - and that might set up a Security Council deadlock between Serbia's ally Russia and the West.

Sydney Morning Herald

POLITICS

Democratic lawmakers to reintroduce ERA

Liberal Democrats in the Senate and House plan to resume "the fight for women's equality," when they reintroduce the Women's Equality Amendment.

CNS News

Aides to Bush told not to destroy e-mails

The Republican National Committee and chairman of George W. Bush’s 2004 campaign have been ordered to preserve all e-mails related to White House business of multiple congressional investigations.

Financial Times

Senator Webb says he needs gun for protection

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb said he felt the need to carry a gun to protect himself, a day after an aide was arrested for taking a loaded weapon belonging to the lawmaker into a Senate office building.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Microsoft: Vista intro outsold XP

Sales of Vista during the first month that the newest Windows operating system was available to consumers were more than double the sales that Windows XP racked up in twice the time, Microsoft Corp. said.

PC World

Subprime bust forces families from homes

As the housing market cools, thousands of subprime borrowers are struggling to keep their homes. A number of subprime lenders, saddled by failed loans and a shortage of cash, have folded or staggered.

San Jose Mercury News

New home sales face bad weather

Marketplace

SPORTS

A kinder, gentler Georgetown

With the game ball from the previous night tucked under his arm, John Thompson III stepped off the bus to cheers, chants and a hug from the mayor in front of the old gym on Georgetown's campus.

Yahoo! News

A look at the Final Four matchups

These teams meet one game earlier than they did in last season's NCAA tournament championship game, which Florida won 73-57.

Cincinnati Post

The keys to Florida-UCLA

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Autistic kids may read people's eyes

Autistic children may be able to read people's emotions from their facial expressions, new research shows.

WebMD

Drugs as good as angioplasty for stable heart disease

Aggressive drug therapy appears to be just as good as angioplasty for patients with stable heart disease, a new study finds.

Health Day

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Column (Debra Saunders):

Mrs. Edwards' class act with cancer

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Jonathan Turley):

Justice? What a joke.

USA Today

Blog (Peter Rothberg):

Exxon's shame

Nation

Editorial:

In the new Europe, unity is the best defense

International Herald Tribune

Column (Gary Kamiya):

How Bush helped the GOP commit suicide

Salon.com

Editorial:

Clerics' lawsuit threatens security of all passengers

USA Today

Column:

Son follows dad to Final Four

Newsday

Editorial:

Now playing in Washington: gridlock

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

The 50-year itch

Slate

Column:

The hill is alive with the sound of hearings

Foreign Affairs

Column:

Now is not the time for Mideast "peace" plans

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Unfriendly fire

San Francisco Chronicle

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Washington Post

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Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

iPods help doctors recognize heart problems

Doctors can greatly improve their stethoscope skills and therefore their ability to diagnose heart problems by listening repeatedly to heartbeats on their iPods.

LiveScience

Persistence paid off for paralyzed dad

In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he'd lost the chance to be a father.

HappyNews.com

NATION

Court rules against whistle-blower

The Supreme Court left a retired engineer without a penny to show for his role in exposing fraud, in a ruling that makes it harder for whistle-blowers to claim cash rewards.

BusinessWeek

Manhunts swamped by fugitive alien toll

More than 623,000 fugitive aliens or "absconders" are loose on the streets of America, according to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General.

Washington Times

Americans backing Edwards' decision to run

Vowing to be open about his wife's battle with cancer, Democratic presidential contender John Edwards in San Francisco said that he will let Americans be the judge of his decision to run.

San Jose Mercury News

ENVIRONMENT

San Francisco supervisors vote to ban plastic bags in stores

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to make the city the first in the nation to prohibit petroleum-based plastic checkout bags in large markets and pharmacies.

San Francisco Chronicle

Study: Climate change will increase extinction risk

Unique climates and the species that inhabit them may disappear from the Earth entirely due to global warming, computer models suggest.

CBC

EDUCATION

Students solve a sticky situation

Students from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology earned the top award in a national challenge during Entrepreneurship Week. And it all started with Post-it Notes.

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Cuomo sues California student loan company

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said his office plans to sue a California student-loan provider, claiming the company is making illegal kickbacks to schools in exchange for business.

Journal News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Eddie Griffin wrecks rare $1.5 million Ferrari

Eddie Griffin crashed a rare Ferrari Enzo worth $1.5 million into a concrete barrier while practicing at a racetrack, destroying the car but escaping uninjured.

CNN

Video: Griffin crashes rare Ferrari

CNN

YouTube presents awards to its first stars

With a virtual drum roll, online video-sharing Web site YouTube has announced the winners of its inaugural awards.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rare semi-identical twins discovered

Twins can be identical, fraternal and apparently semi-identical. Researchers discovered twins who are identical on their mom's side but share only half their genes from dad.

Live Science

Sprint to cut mobile phone song price to 99 cents

Sprint Nextel plans to cut its digital music download fee to 99 cents per song, matching prices at iTunes, the leading Internet music service run by Apple.

ZDNet

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Mysterious nun at heart of John Paul sainthood bid

A French nun cured of Parkinson's disease after praying to the late Pope John Paul will attend ceremonies marking the end of the first phase of the process to make him a saint.

Reuters

Muslims say religion misused by insurgents

Islamic intellectuals and religious leaders have been urged to play a more active role in spreading correct Islamic teachings in strife-torn southern Thailand.

Bangkok Post

BITS AND PIECES

Photo of the Day

Students participate in the 500 days countdown ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Hong Kong. Hong Kong will hold the equestrian event for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Photo by Kin Cheung / AP)