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Workers load oil booms onto a crew boat to assist in the containment of oil from a leaking pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana. The leak resulted from the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / AP)

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FDA approves 1st cancer vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first vaccine to treat prostate cancer — or any cancer — the culmination of decades of research into harnessing the immune system to fight tumors.

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USA TODAY

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Surviving prostate cancer

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WebMD

Ky. miners found dead

Rescue teams have found the bodies of two miners killed in an underground collapse at a western Kentucky coal mine, state and federal safety officials said.

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CNN

Oil spill worries grow

The oil flowing from a Gulf Coast rig is now a "spill of national significance," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said as concerns grew about damage to the coast.

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NPR

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Leaking oil well lacked safeguard device

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Wall Street Journal

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Wildlife at risk

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Gulf oil slick encroaches on shoreline

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Russia and US to discuss adoption

U.S. and Russian negotiators are to meet in Moscow to discuss the adoption of Russian orphans by American families, which were suspended this month.

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BBC

Financial reform bill 101

The big financial reform bill now under consideration in the Senate could affect how average Americans acquire credit cards, mortgages, bank accounts and other ordinary features of monetary life.

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOP drops opposition to debate on banking bill

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NATION

Census takers to return to homes

An army of 600,000 census takers across the country are being trained to go to some 48 million addresses where nobody mailed back a census form.

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Washington Post

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Low census mail results could be trouble for 5 states

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MSNBC

Ariz. law energizes Hispanics, Democrats

Hispanics and Democratic lawmakers expect huge weekend rallies across the United States, piling pressure on President Barack Obama to overhaul immigration laws in this election year.

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Reuters

2 local miners trapped after roof falls

Mine officials say two underground Dotiki Mine employees were trapped when a piece of the mine's roof fell unexpectedly.

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POLITICS

Alternate plan devised for immigration

Senate Democrats appear set on moving comprehensive immigration reform even if it comes without GOP support, and they began the groundwork for a Democrats-only alternative to a bipartisan deal.

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Roll Call

Crist likely to run for Senate as independent

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will bolt the Republican party and seek election to the U.S. Senate as an independent, according to two close confidants.

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Crist to run as independent

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NPR

BUSINESS

Goldman, other banks to face munis case

Goldman Sachs & Co., Citigroup Inc. and other high-profile banks must defend against allegations by 15 California cities and counties that they conspired to rig bids for municipal investment contracts.

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Reuters

Hewlett-Packard to acquire Palm for $1.2B to step up competition in phone market

Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s biggest personal-computer maker, agreed to acquire Palm Inc. for about $1.2 billion, stepping up efforts to compete in the smartphone market with a "low risk" move.

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BusinessWeek

Federal Reserve to keep low rates

Federal Reserve officials restated their intention to keep the benchmark interest rate near zero for an "extended period" and saw signs of life in the labor market.

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Bloomberg

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Fed keeps rates at record lows

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ENVIRONMENT

Hong Kong pollution levels reach 'very high'; cause health warning

Hong Kong air pollution reached "very high" levels at all roadside monitoring stations, prompting the government to advise people with heart or respiratory problems to avoid long stays in traffic.

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BusinessWeek

Calif. dominates American Lung Association's most-polluted cities list

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CNN

Boom clearing Baltimore river of trash

Baltimore County, Md., installed a heavy-duty vinyl boom last month at a cost of $80,000 to combat water borne trash on the Back River.

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Mormon church building construction going green

The Mormon church — which begins a new construction project on every work day of every week — is looking to lessen its imprint on the environment.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

China stripped of Olympic medal

China has been stripped of a bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics for fielding an underage female gymnast, with the women’s team medal now going to the United States.

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MSNBC

Zimbabweans to protest North Korean soccer team visit

A Zimbabwean opposition group said it will protest against North Korean soccer players training there for the World Cup because of North Korea's role in the massacres of tens of thousands of Zimbabweans in the 1980s.

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CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

In Spain, church candles go digital

A digital candelabra, which consists of a computer screen mounted on a stand decorated with the Cross of Saint James, allows the faithful to light a virtual candle to a favorite saint through a website.

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TIME

Health insurance through faith

A growing number of Americans are members of faith-based "health sharing ministries" where members directly pay for each others' medical bills.

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Miami Herald

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GOOD NEWS

Donations fly to aid of World Bird Sanctuary and its hospital

The World Bird Sanctuary's call for help has inspired $70,000 in donations that will keep its hospital open at least a year and buy time to rebuild its finances.

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One Laptop Per Child reaches Gaza Strip

The U.N. in the Gaza Strip has begun distributing thousands of laptop computers to local school children.

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BBC

WORLD

Report: encouraging trends in Afghanistan despite rise in violence

Despite the increase in violence, and a 240 percent spike in roadside bomb attacks — a major factor in overall violence statistics — some officials said they are seeing encouraging trends.

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CNN

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Afghans protest

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Rights groups attack Israeli bill to shut down military critics

Israeli human rights groups say they are deeply concerned about a newly proposed bill that could shut down any organization that investigates and mounts legal challenges to abuses by the military.

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Guardian

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Alvin Ailey Company names a new leader

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater said that it would entrust its future to Robert Battle, a 37-year-old outside choreographer who has had a long association with the company.

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China rules the world at Expo 2010

On May Day more than a million visitors will come to the banks of Shanghai's Huangpu River to inaugurate the opening of Expo 2010, the most expensive and well-attended World's Fair in history.

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The Atlantic

HEALTH

Graco and Simplicity cribs recalled

The federal government has recalled thousands of Simplicity and Graco cribs, warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them.

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CBS News

Happy Meals to be banned in Silicon Valley restaurants

Silicon Valley, the undisputed leader of the technology revolution, is seeking to add a new accolade to its reputation by becoming the leader of the fight against obesity induced by fast food.

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Asteroid may contain keys to life on Earth

For the first time scientists have discovered evidence of water ice, as well as organic compounds, on an asteroid — findings that bolster a leading theory for the origins of life on Earth.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Water ice detected on asteroid's surface

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BBC

Nanodot chips hope to revolutionize data storage

A researcher at North Carolina State University has developed a computer chip that can store an unprecedented amount of data — enough to hold an entire library's worth of information on a single chip.

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Wired

Giant NASA balloon crashes to earth during take-off

A giant NASA science balloon crashed during take-off in Australia, destroying its multi-million-dollar payload, toppling a large car and narrowly missing frightened observers.

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Times Online

EDUCATION

Is teacher tenure still necessary?

Tenure is under attack. The century-old system of protecting experienced teachers from arbitrary dismissal — long viewed as sacred — has triggered hot political debates in several states.

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NPR

Ind. district pulls Toni Morrison book from hands of students

Students at Franklin Central High School in Franklin, Ind., had to return an award-winning but controversial novel, "Song of Solomon," after complaints surfaced about its appropriateness.

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Indianapolis Star

India has made education a right, but will Indian girls be able to go?

The Right to Education Act makes it a law that no one can stop a child from attending school, but it does not protect the children from being taken out of school for agricultural or house work.

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TIME

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Study: Rotavirus vaccine could save millions of lives

A vaccination campaign to combat rotavirus in the world's poorest countries could save the lives of thousands of children, according to a pair of new studies.

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The Independent

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A Bangladeshi laborer climbs a palm tree to cut away old growth on a farm in Budaiya, Bahrain, west of the capital of Manama. (Photo by Hasan Jamali / AP)

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