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The NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust in the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away. (Photo by NASA / AP)

Hubble team marks 20th birthday with a brand new view

The team behind the Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating the orbiting observatory's 20th birthday with a picture that shows a cosmic pillar of gas and dust piled high in the Carina Nebula.

MSNBC

Interview:

Hubble turns 20, and it's still amazing

Houston Chronicle

Hubble's 1st 20 years

BBC

College graduation to go green with eco-friendly caps and gowns

As colleges strive to go green, it’s getting harder to justify the waste generated amid the circumstance of commencement. Now they can walk the walk by ordering eco-friendly caps and gowns.

Christian Science Monitor

G-20 aims to reassure on recovery despite Greece

World finance leaders will seek to assure markets that the global economy is recovering despite the cloud cast by debt-troubled Greece and its request for a huge bailout.

Reuters

Greece requests EU-IMF rescue

Bloomberg

More Greek protests, EU says bigger debt

YouTube

A renewable energy debate heats up in the Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert in southeastern California is the mother lode of renewable energy. But the Mojave is also valuable to rare plants and animals and the people who want to protect them.

NPR

Blog:

Department of Energy announces $200 million for solar and water power

Green Chip Stocks

10,000 Jewish teens aim to improve world during day of service

Ten thousand Jewish teens from across North America, Europe and Israel will participate in a day of community service projects as they take part in J Serve, a National Day of Jewish Youth Service.

PNNOnline

NATION

US faces choice on weapons for strikes

President Obama will decide whether to deploy a new class of weapons capable of reaching any corner of the earth in under an hour, which would diminish America’s reliance on nuclear arsenal.

New York Times

Air Force launches secretive space plane

Wired

New home sales rise fastest in 47 years, soaring 27 percent

New home sales improved in March at the fastest single-month rate in 47 years, according to a government report, as buyers snatched up properties ahead of the tax credit that's set to expire.

CNNMoney

Murder sites draw, repel home buyers

USA TODAY

New home sales skyrocket

MSNBC

US to WellPoint: Stop dropping breast cancer patients

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer.

Reuters

Is cancer being overdiagnosed?

ABC News

POLITICS

Toughest immigration law in US is signed

Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the toughest illegal immigration law in the country, aimed at identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal immigrants.

New York Times

Special section:

Timeline of US immigration policy

MSNBC

SEC staffers watched Internet porn as economy crashed

As the country was sinking into its worst financial crisis in more than 70 years, Security and Exchange Commission employees cruised porn sites.

CNN

Democrats plan to introduce bill to blunt ruling on political spending

Democrats plan to introduce a bill to sharply limit foreign-connected companies' participation in U.S. politics and requiring greater transparency from corporations, unions and nonprofits buying ads.

Washington Post

EDUCATION

Teacher reform bill inspires many different opinions at Senate hearing

Colorado teachers, principals, superintendents and even the president of the nation's largest labor union offered testimony for more than five hours on a controversial teacher reform bill.

Denver Post

Sallie Mae cuts 2,500 jobs citing student loan law

Sallie Mae says a new law that cuts banks out of the federal student loan business is costing 2,500 workers their jobs.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

NCAA seals new deal with CBS, Turner for 68-team tournament

College basketball's signature event will grow to 68 teams from 65 in conjunction with a new 14-year, nearly $11 billion television agreement with CBS and Turner Sports.

USA TODAY

MLB's barber blends charisma, clips, charm, with benefits

Angel Lucas Pena has no background in baseball and is not a trainer, team executive or agent, but he is trusted by virtually every star in the game. Pena, nicknamed "Monster99," is the barber of baseball.

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists create tiniest 3-D world map

IBM scientists working across three countries have created the smallest-ever 3D map of the world — so tiny that 1,000 maps could fit on a grain of salt.

Aydogan Ozcan has created a miniature microscope, the world's smallest and lightest for telemedicine applications.

ScienceDaily

Flying car for soldiers?

If the Transformer project flies, by 2015 U.S. soldiers will be able to ride into battle aboard a four-person flying car.

LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Idol Gives Back a success for Fox, raising record donations

Fox's Idol Gives Back has raised a whopping $45 million for various charities that it funds including the Children’s Health Fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More and Save the Children’s U.S. Programs.

Monsters and Critics

As consumers get more optimistic, they go shopping

Economists and retail experts say people are releasing their pent-up demand. "Thrift only lasts so long. You eventually have to replace stuff," says David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor's.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Son's autism leads to innovation

The father of a child with severe autism has developed technology to help him communicate. His 11-year-old son, Callum, is non-verbal and uses his father's invention to speak.

BBC

Grant to reduce maternal mortality rates in Southern Sudan

Not On Our Watch has awarded the U.S. Fund for UNICEF a grant of $250,000 to support an innovative program to reduce maternal mortality in Southern Sudan.

PNNOnline

WORLD

Scores killed in Iraq blasts

Up to 60 people have been killed and many more wounded in a series of attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say.

Al Jazeera

Britons stranded in Thai airport

Hundreds of Britons caught up in the ash flight ban remain stranded at Bangkok's airport as anti-government protests take place in the capital.

BBC

Thai protesters set terms for negotiations

CNN

BUSINESS

Warren Buffett has 'great confidence' in Goldman Sachs

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Warren Buffett, who injected $5 billion into Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in 2008, remains comfortable with his investment after regulators sued the bank for fraud.

Bloomberg

Buffett, Goldman 'drawn into' Galleon inquiry

Telegraph.co.uk

Lenovo emerges as leading candidate to buy Palm firm

Lenovo, the world's No.4 PC brand, has emerged as the leading candidate to buy struggling smartphone maker Palm, after the U.S. firm was rebuffed by other potential Asian buyers, sources said.

Reuters

HEALTH

Doctors praise 'world’s 1st full face transplant' operation

Surgeons said a 24-hour full face transplant operation, thought to be the most complex of its kind ever performed in the world, would enable the patient to live a "practically normal life."

Telegraph.co.uk

Fatal fungus sparks fear

The new strain of the well-known Cryptococcus gattii fungus is "worrisome" because it appears to be a threat to otherwise healthy people. But there's no need to sound the alarm, doctors say.

ABC News

Fungal disease spreads

NPR

Naps boost memory; only if you dream

A new study suggests that an afternoon power nap may boost your ability to process and store information tenfold — but only if you dream.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Whaling commission proposes permission to hunt under strict quotas

The first legal commercial whaling in nearly 25 years moves a step closer with a "compromise" between nations such as Japan and the U.S.

Guardian

Earth Day at 40

From grassroots beginnings in 1970, Earth Day has blossomed into a global tradition. Organizers expected more than a billion to honor Earth Day in 2010.

National Geographic

Special section:

Real time CO2 emissions

Breathing Earth

Environment

PollingReport.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican to finance stem cell research

The Vatican will finance new research into the potential use of adult stem cells in the treatment of intestinal and possibly other diseases, officials announced.

USA TODAY

Army disinvites Graham to Pentagon Prayer Day

Evangelist Franklin Graham's invitation to speak at a Pentagon prayer service has been rescinded because his comments about Islam were inappropriate, the Army reported.

Houston Chronicle

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