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Pat Thomas, left, and her daughter Rhiannon Thomas, second from left lying under a blue blanket, both from Birmingham, England, are stranded at JFK International Airport in New York due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland. (Photo by Tina Fineberg / AP)

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Drug addicts getting sterilized for cash

Individuals coping with drug addiction have opted to seek help from Project Prevention in the form of tubal ligations or vasectomies. The organization hopes to prevent births in those severely addicted to drugs.

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TIME

High unemployment not the 'new normal'

White House economist Christina Romer said the signs were improving but the economy is still suffering from a shortfall of aggregate demand as it emerges from what has been termed the Great Recession.

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Reuters

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Md. adds most jobs in nation

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Volcano continues to delay flights

A lingering volcanic ash plume forced extended no-fly restrictions over much of Europe, as Icelandic scientists warned that volcanic activity had increased.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Tracking the cancellations

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Volcanic disruption spreads

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ABC News

Fresh crisis without new financial rules

The U.S. is destined to endure a new economic crisis that sticks taxpayers with the bill unless Congress tightens oversight of the financial industry, President Barack Obama said.

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Houston Chronicle

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Dems say Goldman suit bolsters case for rules

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Doing a manly job

The Rev. Hattie Horne started True Love Church in Minneapolis after a male minister told her that women were not qualified to be pastors.

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Star Tribune

NATION

GE: 7,000 tax returns, $0 US tax bill

General Electric filed more than 7,000 income tax returns in hundreds of global jurisdictions last year, but when push came to shove, the company owed the U.S. government a whopping bill of $0.

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CNNMoney

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GE earnings

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CNBC

Boise's farmers market hopes to reach new families by accepting food stamps

A certain cliche hounds farmers markets: that they serve an affluent clientele. But one Boise booth started quietly undermining that idea by accepting food stamps.

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Idaho Statesman

POLITICS

Obama asks businesses to get behind climate bill

President Barack Obama wants business leaders to push Congress to pass long-stalled climate legislation awaiting action in the Senate.

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Cleveland Plain Dealer

Destruction of interrogation videotapes raised concerns at CIA

Top Central Intelligence Agency officials were concerned over whether it was proper to have destroyed videotapes showing the interrogation of terrorism suspects, according to internal documents.

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Wall Street Journal

HEALTH

Structure of protein is key to hearing and inherited deafness

Rising from the top surface of our inner ears are cilia that can move to wisps of sound no larger than a molecule — but can shear at sounds that are larger than life.

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ScienceDaily

Public defibrillators save lives

Placing automatic external defibrillators in public places across the United States and Canada could save the lives of 474 people who otherwise would die of cardiac arrest each year, researchers report.

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HealthDay

EDUCATION

Truancy court in Oakland is for parents

One by one, mothers stepped forward to face Alameda County Superior Court Judge Cecilia Castellanos and explain why their children have repeatedly failed to show up to elementary school.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Government report sees increase in campus violence

Targeted college campus violence, from serious assaults to the mass shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007, is up sharply over the last two decades.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

SPORTS

Predators get 1st road playoff win by knocking off Blackhawks

J.P. Dumont called it a lucky goal, but the unexpected score allowed the Nashville Predators to tie the game early and changed the momentum in their direction.

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ESPN

League says cap will likely shrink, but not as much as expected

NBA teams could find more money to spend during shopping season. Commissioner David Stern said that the league is projecting the salary cap to be higher than it expected.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Smithsonian taxidermist: a dying job title

Every natural history museum worth its stuffing used to have a whole crew of taxidermists working behind the scenes. And many of the animals now displayed date from that era, many decades ago.

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NPR

The best summer festivals for your buck

Since Woodstock in 1969, festivals sporting music's biggest names have become popular all over the world. These festivals can give fans the chance to see hundreds of their favorite bands at a fraction of the price.

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San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Views are night and day on federal judge's prayer ruling

Drawing mixed reviews in Jacksonville, a federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional because it's government-supported prayer.

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Florida Times-Union

German Bishop convicted of denying the Holocaust

British Roman Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson has been convicted in a German court of denying the Holocaust in a television interview.

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CBC News

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GOOD NEWS

6th-grader to play piano at Carnegie Hall

Eleven-year-old Nadia Azzi took her first piano lesson before she turned 5. Now, she is scheduled to play at Carnegie Hall.

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St. Petersburg Times

Boy's NBA-size dream comes true

4-year-old Ezra Frech was born with a rare condition that caused his left arm and leg to form improperly, which hasn't stopped the boy from doggedly doing what he loves most, playing basketball.

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ABC News

WORLD

Feds indict ex-Blackwater president

The former president of Blackwater Worldwide was charged with using straw purchases to stockpile automatic weapons and with filing false documents to cover up gifts given to the King of Jordan.

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BusinessWeek

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Monks hit hard by earthquake

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Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Housing starts, permits rise as US builders gain confidence

Builders broke ground on more U.S. homes in March than anticipated and took out permits at the fastest pace in more than a year, a sign of growing confidence that sales will stabilize.

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BusinessWeek

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US house repossessions hit 5-year high

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Telegraph.co.uk

Goldman capitalized on mortgage-security boom

Fabrice Tourre, the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. employee at the center of a case alleging securities fraud, is a mid-level trader who rose when complex securities backed by risky mortgage loans were hot.

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Wall Street Journal

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Investor who made billions not targeted in suit

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ENVIRONMENT

Which US cities are least wasteful?

San Francisco wins the title of America's "least wasteful" city, followed by Seattle, New York and Portland, Ore., according to a survey of the 25 largest cities.

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USA TODAY

Top 10 National Parks

During National Park Week — April 17 through April 25 — the National Park Service is waiving the standard entrance fees to the parks, with special promotions being offered in many parks.

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ABC News

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Hidden park gems

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National Geographic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Helicopter tests radar for Mars landing

In recent tests, a helicopter carried a test model of the landing radar for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory on simulated descent paths.

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ScienceDaily

Yahoo beats Feds in e-mail privacy battle

Yahoo prevailed over Colorado federal prosecutors in a legal battle testing whether the Constitution’s warrant requirements apply to Americans’ e-mail.

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Wired

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Vexing bugs in the global trading system

As global trade has mounted, more goods are coming in from overseas, sometimes bringing with them the accidental cargo of destructive bugs and plants.

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Wall Street Journal

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A couple sits on a bench seen through the red colored water of a fountain in Bucharest, Romania. All fountains in downtown Bucharest had their water colored red to mark International Hemophilia Day. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda / AP)

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