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Members of Virginia Tech's Corps of Cadets stand in salute during the opening convocation at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va., on the campus of Virginia Tech where 33 people, including the suspected gunman, died in shootings the day before. (Photo by Chet White / The News & Advance)

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Storm lingers in Northeast; towns start cleanup

Floodwater still swirled through low-lying communities after a deadly spring storm swept the Northeast, but commuters and air travelers had an easier time.

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MSNBC

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Northeast still reeling from nor'easter

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Yahoo! News

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Spring storm hits Northeast

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Yahoo! News

Natural Balance recalls venison pet foods

Natural Balance Pet Foods recalled two kinds of pet food after receiving reports of animals vomiting and experiencing kidney problems, the Food and Drug Administration said.

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CNN

U.S. drops marine's Haditha charges

The U.S. Marine Corps has dropped all charges against one of the eight marines accused in the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.

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BBC

Professor: student's writing dripped with anger

Before Cho Seung-Hui went on a deadly shooting spree across the Virginia Tech campus, a professor concerned about his anger took him out of a teacher's creative writing class and taught him one-on-one.

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CNN

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Killer's note: 'You caused me to do this'

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ABC News

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Professor died saving lives

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Friends in shock

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Yahoo! News

Olmert not prepared to 'pay any price' for soldier's return

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was not prepared to meet all of the demands of Palestinian militants to secure the release of a captive Israeli soldier.

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Reuters

Why Sudan is now allowing U.N. troops in to stop Darfur violence

Sudan announced it would allow 3,000 international peacekeepers in the country, leading the U.S. and Britain to increase pressure.

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Christian Science Monitor

Nagasaki mayor's murder blamed on Yakuza criminal organization

The mayor of Nagasaki was shot dead in an attack which police said was due to an organized crime chief apparently enraged that his car was damaged at a public works construction site.

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Guardian

NATION

Egypt truck crash kills 16 children on way to school

At least 16 Egyptian secondary school students were killed on their way to school when a truck they were riding in collided head-on with another vehicle south of the Egyptian capital, security sources said.

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MSNBC

Images of North Korean reactor hint at progress of talks

North Korea may be preparing to shut down its main nuclear reactor, renewing hopes that Pyongyang will comply with a disarmament agreement days after it missed a deadline to close the facility.

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International Herald Tribune

Floating nuclear power stations raise spectre of Chernobyl at sea

Russia has begun to build the world’s first floating nuclear power plant despite warnings from environmentalists that it risks creating a disaster.

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Times Online

POLITICS

Obama gets edge on Clinton, Giuliani on Wall Street

Presidential candidate Barack Obama ran ahead of New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, raising cash from the biggest investment banks on Wall Street.

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Bloomberg

Majority expect U.S. will lose in Iraq

A majority of Americans believe the United States will lose the war in Iraq, and a new high — two-thirds — say the war was not worth fighting.

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ABC News

House panel to consider immunity for ex-Gonzales aide

A House panel is considering granting limited immunity from prosecution to force testimony by a former aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

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Bloomberg

BUSINESS

'Fatal' blow to Web broadcasters

U.S. webcasters will face sharp rises in royalty fees that could be "fatal" to the nascent industry, a coalition of Web broadcasters has claimed.

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BBC

Zero launches add up for Coke

Despite concerns that Coke Zero would cannibalize sales from other Coca-Cola brands, its rollout in new markets helped the soft-drink maker's first-quarter earnings pass expectations.

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Forbes

SPORTS

Bullfighting in dock after 14-year-old matador is badly gored

The life of a teenage matador, once billed as the youngest in the world, was in the balance after he was badly gored by a bull in Mexico.

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Times Online

Chiefs Pro Bowl guard Shields retires after 14 seasons

Kansas City guard Will Shields is retiring after 14 NFL seasons, during which he made a record 12 Pro Bowl appearances and anchored one of the top offensive lines in the league.

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HEALTH

Too much bacon 'bad for lungs'

Eating large quantities of cured meats like bacon could damage lung function and increase the risk of lung disease.

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BBC

Chondroitin no help for arthritis pain

Chondroitin, a dietary supplement, works no better than a sugar pill, analysis of clinical data suggests.

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WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Monks call for Buddhism to be Thai national religion

Hundreds of monks rallied in Thailand for Buddhism to be enshrined in the constitution as the country's national religion, amid a worsening Islamic insurgency in the Muslim south.

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International Herald Tribune

Study: Most doctors see religion as beneficial

Most physicians in the United States believe that religion and spirituality have a positive effect on patients' health, according to a survey published last week.

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International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Pet lovers pour cash on burned shelter

The nation saw flames shooting from the top of the building and firefighters freeing dogs from their kennels at the Jacksonville Humane Society, and donations have reached at least $300,000.

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Florida Times-Union

Starlight Starbright honors its National Volunteer of the Year

Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation is proud to announce that Denver resident Brett Shrewsbury has been named the organization’s National Volunteer of the Year.

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PNN

NATION

Bush offers condolences at Va. Tech

Representing America's anguish, President Bush told Virginia Tech students and teachers at a somber convocation that the nation was praying for them and "there's a power in these prayers."

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U.S. News & World Report

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No rush to new gun control

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Houston Chronicle

Ex-con indicted in CNN Center shooting

An ex-con who spent several years in prison for a fatal robbery was indicted on murder charges in the fatal shooting two weeks ago at the CNN headquarters complex.

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CNN

U.S. approves first bird flu vaccine

The vaccine, which in clinical trials proved to be effective about half of the time, will not be available commercially but several million doses are being purchased by the U.S. federal government.

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Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

U.S. rejects call for tougher U.N. environment role

The United States supports moves to strengthen the U.N. Environment Program but sees no need for a new, more powerful U.N. agency, a U.S. official said.

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Reuters

Home Depot to display environmental label

After squabbling over prices for decades, the nation's big-box retail chains are ready to battle in a new arena: the environment.

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CNET News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Stone-throwing fracas mars Madonna's Malawi visit

Malawi police and stone-throwing school students blocked journalists from covering pop star Madonna's visit to an orphanage where the boy she is adopting was due to meet his biological father.

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Reuters

No hobbits, much evil in Tolkien's last dark novel

Now J.R.R. Tolkien fans can now learn what happened 6,000 years before Bilbo Baggins found the One Ring.

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Salon

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Americans mixed about constant Net access, poll finds

Americans are enthusiastic about new tech like mobile video and high-definition broadband but at the same time express trepidation about nonstop access to the Net, according to a new poll.

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CNET News

The robot that thinks it's human - and could find alien life, by Jupiter

An underwater robot which "thinks" for itself is being developed to search for life under the ice on one of Jupiter's moons.

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Scotsman

EDUCATION

Post-Katrina New Orleans embraces charter schools

An estimated 56 percent of students in New Orleans are now in charter schools, making it the only major city where a majority of enrollment is in charters.

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CNN

Sex education clash churns over grants

The debate over sex education funding is headed for a showdown as Congress ponders renewing an $87.5-million-a-year abstinence-only program set to expire June 30.

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USA Today

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Museum combines DNA, fossils to show human ancestry

The traditional museum showpieces of human evolution are being nudged aside at the famed American Museum of Natural History by a newcomer that appears to be an empty test tube.

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Reuters

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Masked Palestinian protesters wearing symbolic handcuffs march demanding the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank village of Bethlehem. The annual Prisoners Day is held in identification with Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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