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People carry a person injured by a suicide bombing during a political gathering in Timergarah, in the Lower Dir district of Pakistan. A suicide bomber killed scores of people and wounded more than 70 at a rally. (Photo by Sherin Zada / AP)

President Obama doesn't bounce historic 1st pitch

President Barack Obama marked a long tradition when he tossed the ceremonial first pitch for the Washington Nationals home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Seattle Times

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Obama pitches in presidential tradition

USA TODAY

Obama delivers 1st pitch in Washington

MLB.com

Secret world of Southeast Asian Vietnamese workers in Russia

Vietnam has a rapidly growing economy, but many people still go and work in Russia, whose ties with the Southeast Asian nation date back to the Cold War era.

BBC

Explosions near US Consulate, 8 killed

A terrorist attack near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, killed two consulate security guards and at least six others, authorities said.

CNN

US consulate attacked by Taliban

Christian Science Monitor

In pictures: Peshawar attacks

BBC

Scientists find clues to how the body fights off HIV

Researchers report that they've gained more insight into how the body fights off HIV, a finding that offers a possible new avenue toward a vaccine against the virus, which causes AIDS.

HealthDay

AIDS travel curbs criticized

Al Jazeera

A class act's next tough dame

The name Holland Taylor may not be familiar, but you've probably seen her a lot. She played the tough Harvard law professor in Legally Blonde — though often you'll find her playing someone's mother.

NPR

NATION

Shuttle Discovery lifts off

Space shuttle Discovery with seven astronauts aboard blasted off on one of NASA's final servicing missions to the International Space Station.

ABC News

NASA clears Discovery for launch

USA TODAY

Astronauts' careers may stall

NPR

California quake magnitude raised to 7.2

A strong earthquake south of the U.S.-Mexico border swayed high-rises in downtown Los Angeles and was felt across Southern California and Arizona.

Fresno Bee

'Power lines were crashing against buildings'

Christian Science Monitor

2 killed, 100 injured in Mexican earthquake

CNN

POLITICS

Tea party's influence still hard to gauge

The tea party movement has been closely linked to Nevada this election year, with members staging a boisterous rally last week in Searchlight aimed at ousting Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid.

San Jose Mercury News

Michael Steele: Black politicians have less room for error

Republican leader Michael Steele, whose leadership has been questioned by some in the GOP, said his job is a little bit tougher because of his race.

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For hoarders, the mess tends to begin in the mind not in home

We've all seen the TV shows and heard the stories: people who collect so much stuff they can hardly move in their own home. Some even sleep in the car or yard because their homes are so crammed.

NPR

Hannibal, Mo., is a 'holy land' for Mark Twain fans

Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, one of America's greatest literary figures, is still drawing visitors to Hannibal, the Mississippi River town of his boyhood.

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Low breast-feeding rates incur billions

Poor compliance with breast-feeding recommendations costs the nation at least $13 billion each year, with nearly all of the cost related to infant morbidity.

MedPage Today

Study: Breast-feeding would save lives

San Jose Mercury News

Study finds that insulin-producing beta cells can be reborn

Certain cells in the pancreas can regenerate themselves into insulin-producing cells after normal insulin-producing cells have been destroyed, as happens in type 1 diabetes.

HealthDay

ENVIRONMENT

Cell phone recycling gets easier

The second annual National Cell Phone Recycling Week starts with more options than ever, some even profitable.

USA TODAY

Better planning for New England floods

Changing rainfall patterns have increased the number and severity of floods. Better forecasts and improved flood management have helped, but planners need to do more to boost community resilience.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A new angle on Supernova

Now, using a simple but powerful technique, a group of astronomers has seen an exploding star or supernova from several angles.

ScienceDaily

Russian spacecraft docks at space station

A U.S.-Russian space team sent their Easter greetings down to Earth after their Soyuz spacecraft docked flawlessly at the International Space Station.

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

Free Plant City berries offer leads to donations to help rural poor

A local farm's decision to offer its strawberries free for the taking led to a more than $6,100 windfall for an organization that provides child care to the rural poor.

Tampa Bay Online

Grants nurture arts spaces and housing

As part of an effort to increase the impact of its giving, the Ford Foundation is to announce a plan to dedicate $100 million to the development of arts spaces nationwide over the next decade.

New York Times

WORLD

South Africa leaders visit Eugene Terreblanche family

South African leaders have visited the family of white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche to pay their respects after he was killed on Saturday.

BBC

Robert Mugabe’s dirty diamonds

Every day millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds leave Zimbabwe from the world’s richest diamond field. But none of that money reaches the country's poor.

Times Online

Dozens rescued from Chinese mine

State television says nine workers have been pulled to safety after spending more than a week trapped in a flooded coal mine in China. About 153 miners have been trapped there for a week.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Stocks on the rise

Stocks rallied as investors returning from the long weekend welcomed last week's jobs report and the strong launch of Apple's iPad tablet computer.

CNNMoney

Apple’s iPad beat estimates

Apple Inc. probably sold more than twice as many iPads in its debut weekend than some analysts estimated.

BusinessWeek

Business leaders weigh in on iPad's importance

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bending yoga to fit worship needs

Many Christian and Jewish yogis are incorporating prayer and religious teachings into the practice. "It allows us to blur the line between the physical and the spiritual," one leader says.

Los Angeles Times

Baltimore church adds over 1,000 new members for 2nd year

At least 1,090 adults were set to join the church at Masses throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore, establishing a new record for the local church for the second straight year.

Baltimore Sun

SPORTS

1992 Olympic champs into Hall of Fame

Scottie Pippen considers himself a double winner, entering basketball's Hall of Fame as an individual and a member of the Dream Team on the same day.

ESPN

Tiger Woods admits he lied and deceived

Tiger Woods took full responsibility for the marital infidelities which have led to his startling fall from grace and admitted he had lied and deceived a lot of people.

Reuters

Woods denies Galea gave him HGH

ESPN

Tiger Woods tees off for a practice round at Augusta National

Hartford Courant

EDUCATION

Community colleges like attention but need more funding

Grappling with soaring enrollment and plummeting state support, community colleges are grateful for the higher profile but disappointed money has yet to materialize to help them meet demands.

Kansas City Star

A weak spot: weeding out poor teachers

Federal reviewers say Minnesota has trouble even figuring out who bad teachers are. That cost the state $250 million in federal money and dented its reputation for school innovation.

Star Tribune

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