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A sign calls for hair to be donated at a hair salon in Kenner, La., The hair is collected to make oil-absorbing booms to aid in the cleanup of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

BP marks 1st success in containing spill

Energy giant BP said it successfully tested a system to siphon oil from a blown-out well, a move the company called an "important step" in containing a spill that threatens environmental disaster.

Reuters

After spill, economy on pause

New York Times

Use Metamucil to clean up oil?

ABC News

Questions rise on airport scanner safety

Privacy isn't the only concern some have about the new X-ray scanners introduced at airports across the country. Some scientists say the amount of radiation the scanners emit may be harmful.

NPR

Ash cloud forces UK airports to close

Britain's two busiest airports have closed as a volcanic ash cloud drifts further south, threatening major disruption to many thousands of people.

BBC

Ash shuts Europe air hubs

Al Jazeera

Doctors give abortion pills by video

Small Planned Parenthood clinics around Iowa are using a first-in-the-nation remote-control pill-dispensing system to make abortions available in areas where few doctors offer them.

Des Moines Register

RI school agrees to rehire teachers

A school district that fired all its teachers from a struggling school announced it had reached an agreement with the union to return all the current staffers to their jobs.

TIME

For Web searching, strategy is key

It's not always easy to search successfully online. But anyone who searches with a strategy in mind and uses some common sense steps should still arrive at his goal.

Earth Times

NATION

The Supreme Court connection to Ivy League law schools

If Elena Kagan is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, it will lead to a court where each of the justices will have attended law school at either Harvard or Yale.

NPR

Blog:

Review set for 160,000 pages on Kagan

Politico

Africans reshape Minn. immigration

For the first time ever, the continent is the source of a majority of Minnesota's legal immigrants, with Somalis topping the list.

Star Tribune

POLITICS

Civil rights vets uneasy with Kagan

Elena Kagan has steered clear of championing the old civil rights positions on race-based programs and preferences.

Politico

Republicans aim for an upset in Penn.

Republicans are gunning for the House seat of the late Democratic Rep. John Murtha in Pennsylvania. They hope Tuesday's special election will replicate Scott Brown's "Massachusetts miracle."

Christian Science Monitor

Voters tilt back toward Democrats

MSNBC

EDUCATION

In schools, a peek at Texas' future

In all but rural areas, Hispanic enrollment is rapidly surpassing that of whites. Hispanic schoolchildren make up nearly 49 percent of Texas' 4.8 million pre-K through 12th-grade students.

Houston Chronicle

New GI Bill fulfills veterans' dreams of higher education

The new Post-9/11 GI Bill is sparking enrollment gains across the nation by making it easier for veterans to pursue graduate degrees and, for the first time, to send their children to college.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New GI Bill targets San Diego marines

KPBS

High lead levels hurt learning for Detroit Public School kids

More than half of the students tested in Detroit Public Schools have a history of lead poisoning, which affects brain function for life, according to data compiled by city health and education officials.

Detroit Free Press

HEALTH

Phone-cancer study inconclusive

A major international study into the link between cell phone use and two types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive, according to a report in a medical journal due to be published later this week.

San Francisco Chronicle

That 'spoonful of sugar' actually works

Giving infants sugar helps reduce the pain of vaccinations, researchers have found. The effect appears to be strong in those up to 12 months old, but weaker in older infants than newborns.

ABC News

Aiming to cure deafness, scientists create functional inner-ear cells

Deep inside the ear, specialized cells called hair cells detect vibrations in the air and translate them into sound.

Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Black Sabbath lead singer dies at 67

Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales broke new ground in heavy metal, passed away according to a statement from his wife and manager.

Star Tribune

French museum's controversial design draws as much attention as its art

It's France's newest architectural wonder, and it looks something like an enormous, white floppy sun hat.

Courier-Journal

Homicide survivors bond, share and let go at special camp

A three-day camp, paid for by the Maddie Clifton Memorial Fund, is designed in part for young homicide survivors to express their feelings among peers in order for the kids to realize they are not alone.

Florida Times-Union

SPORTS

Lookin At Lucky wins Preakness

Lookin At Lucky proved he is more than lucky: He's good. In fact, he just might be the best 3-year-old horse in the country.

San Francisco Chronicle

No tackling, but girls take some hits

Flag football has quietly become one of the fastest-growing varsity sports for high school girls in Florida. A decade after it was introduced, nearly 5,000 girls play statewide.

New York Times

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GOOD NEWS

Derek Paravicini, the human iPod

Blind and autistic, pianist Derek Paravicini is on the brink of international stardom.

Telegraph.co.uk

Walmart launches $2B initiave to feed America's hungry

Walmart launched a $2 billion commitment to feeding hungry Americans, and in the process the retail giant highlighted a growing social challenge.

ABC News

WORLD

Fierce gun battle breaks out in Bangkok

A fierce gun battle, punctuated by explosions, broke out in Bangkok in an area where anti-government protesters have amassed by the thousands, according to CNN reporters near the scene.

CNN

Protests in Thailand turn deadly

Times Online

French deny any deal with Tehran for release of teacher

A French teacher arrested in Iran on spying charges last July flew home, as French officials repeated their denials that her release was part of a deal with Tehran.

New York Times

Lula meets with Ahmadinejad

BusinessWeek

Somali rebels fire mortar bombs at MPs' rare meeting

Islamist rebels attacked Somalia's parliament as it met for the first time this year, in clashes that led to the deaths of at least 11 people.

BBC

BUSINESS

Tech pioneers find fertile soil in Boulder

Boulder, Colo., is breeding tech startups at an attention-grabbing rate, solidifying Boulder's place among the country's up-and-coming tech center.

Denver Post

As the euro wavers in value, the dollar looks better

Both gold and the U.S. dollar have been gaining in value. The dollar recently reached its highest value, compared with the euro, in 18 months.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

How to make online reading easier

A study from the University of Hamburg found that online readers scan about 20 percent of the words on an average Web page. Our eyes don't really bother with the rest.

ABC News

Scientific breakthrough could offer melanoma cure

A long-awaited shot, being hailed as a scientific breakthrough which could offer a cure for cancer, is to be tested on the first British patients within weeks.

Times of India

ENVIRONMENT

Charging gadgets with solar power

Even those who really want to get away from it all often want to take an electronic gadget or two with them. One way to recharge empty batteries underway is to use solar-charging devices.

Earth Times

Species by species, a new ecosystem takes shape

The eruption of Mount St. Helens 30 years ago destroyed so much that often overlooked is what it created. Scientists are witnessing the assembly, species by species, of an entirely new ecosystem.

Seattle Times

Life and lessons in blast zone

The Olympian

Special section:

Rebirth of the blast zone

National Geographic

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

A troubling cultural gap

Young Muslims who go to mosque often look to their local imams for guidance, only to be turned off by the cultural gap that exists between them.

Salon

Thousands flock to Vatican to back pope on abuse scandal

More than 100,000 people filled St. Peter's Square in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI over the clerical sex abuse scandal.

USA TODAY

Hindus flock to marry on auspicious day

Thousands of Hindus across the world will be tying the knot on the same day because it is said to be blessed. Estimates say that in Mumbai, 50,000 weddings have been planned for the day.

BBC

'Knot' so much fun

NDTV

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