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Aerial view of the freeway interchange that funnels traffic off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that authorities said collapsed onto another highway ramp in Oakland, Calif., after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and caught fire. (Photo by Paul Sakuma / AP)

Section of Bay Area freeway collapses after truck explosion

The heat of a dramatic gasoline tanker fire destroyed an overpass and closed two major roadways in the MacArthur Maze at the East Bay access to the Bay Bridge.

San Francisco Chronicle

Chopper flies over collapse

NBC11

Firefighters report progress, gain more control over Georgia blaze

Firefighters have managed to contain about 70 percent of the largest wildfire in Georgia history, which had charred 100 square miles of forest and swampland, officials said.

USA Today

Worst wildfire season to come?

CBS News

Ninth Ward residents demand aid

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Mayor Ray Nagin led hundreds of marchers to the crumbling houses in the Lower 9th Ward to draw attention to the area’s slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

MSNBC

U.S. didn’t accept most foreign Katrina aid

MSNBC

4 dead in Kansas City shootings

A man driving a dead woman’s car shot a police officer, then opened fire in a parking lot and a mall, authorities said. By the end of the day, four people, including the gunman, were dead.

MSNBC

More than 80 inmates cleared but still held at Guantanamo

More than a fifth of the approximately 385 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been cleared for release but may have to wait months or years for their freedom, according to defense lawyers.

MSNBC

Major problems in Iraqi rebuilding effort

Inspectors for a federal oversight agency found that in a sampling of eight projects the U.S. declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed.

International Herald Tribune

Iraq: another new way forward

CBS News

Iran agrees to join talks on insurgents

Iran agreed to participate with the United States and other countries in a conference about Iraq that aims in part to get surrounding countries to stop aiding the insurgency.

USA Today

Sri Lanka panic at rebel air raids

The Sri Lankan capital was enveloped in panic as Tamil Tiger air attacks forced World Cup cricket fans to flee parties for safety.

The Age

NATION

Afghans protest after U.S. raid

Guardian

U.S. troops come under attack

Yahoo! News

London protesters: end Darfur crisis

canada.com

Actors help highlight Darfur

BBC

Iranian tip-off may have led Americans to al-Qaeda leader

British diplomats are checking secret reports that elements within Iran, normally hostile to the West, helped the American secret services to capture a senior al-Qaeda militant.

Observer

Saudi plot may show vital al-Qaeda

ABC News

POLITICS

Defense in D.C. prostitution case makes power brokers uneasy

Randall Tobias, the top foreign aid adviser in the State Department, became the most prominent person on Deborah Jeane Palfrey's client list to be publicly identified when he resigned.

International Herald Tribune

Gonzales heckled at Harvard reunion

A small group of student protesters heckled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he posed with old classmates during their 25-year Harvard Law School reunion.

ABC13

Gonzales heckled at Harvard reunion

WBZ

Ex-senator injured in Chicago mugging

Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun suffered a broken wrist when a mugger tried to steal her purse, authorities said.

Forbes

POLITICS

Why this slump is different

Foreclosures are rising fast, investors are sweating, and lenders are now bending over backwards to keep bad loans alive.

BusinessWeek

AT&T CEO Whitacre says he will retire

Edward Whitacre Jr., the blunt-talking Texan who led AT&T Inc.'s growth from the smallest of the Baby Bells into the nation's largest telecommunications company, announced he will retire in June.

Houston Chronicle

SPORTS

Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock killed in car crash

Josh Hancock, a key member of the bullpen that helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series last season, was killed in a car crash.

CBS4

Cardinals' Hancock dies in accident

ESPN

Raiders send unhappy Moss to Pats for fourth-round pick

The Oakland Raiders cut ties with Randy Moss after two unproductive seasons, sending the former Pro Bowl receiver to the New England Patriots for a fourth-round draft pick.

Sports Illustrated

Randy Moss traded to the Patriots

ESPN

HEALTH

Scientists restore lost memory in Alzheimer's-like mice

In a new study, mice bioengineered to mimic the fading memory of Alzheimer's patients got their memories restored, either by being placed in stimulating environments or receiving a drug.

Health Day

FDA: no sign of human illness from hogs exposed to melamine

Pork products from hogs fed salvaged pet food contaminated with the chemical melamine have a "very low" likelihood of harming human health.

Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

Missing Oregon hiker rescued

Rescuers say a man who fell down a cliff on the popular Eagle Creek Trail has been recovered and is responsive after falling an estimated 60 feet.

KGW

Oregon hiker found alive

Yahoo! News

Gaza's ancient treasures revealed

A new exhibition showing off the archaeological riches of the Gaza Strip has just opened in the Swiss city of Geneva.

BBC

NATION

Memorial honors Native American victims of massacre

More than 142 years after a band of state militia volunteers massacred 150 sleeping Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, a memorial to the event was officially dedicated.

AOL News

Philadelphia Zoo favorite heads to greener pastures

After 41 years at the Philadelphia Zoo, Dulary the elephant is headed for retirement because the zoo is closing its elephant exhibit, reacting in part to pressure from animal rights groups.

CBS News

Scotty beamed up in final space voyage

Actor James Doohan, who played the starship Enterprise's chief engineer Scotty on Star Trek, finally made it to space as a rocket with some of his ashes was launched in New Mexico.

New Zealand Herald

Mountain gorillas on the rebound

A new census proves that the mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are slowly but surely recovering from habitat loss, disease and poaching.

Scientific American

Comparing alternative fuels for cars

Norwegian scientists have drawn up a table of alternative car fuels based on a well-to-wheel approach that takes into account manufacturing, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Science Daily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Elvis on 'Idol': how it was done

Those who say Elvis Presley is dead must have missed the latest "American Idol."

ABC News

Celine performs with Elvis

Yahoo! News

Russia buries cellist and campaigner Rostropovich near Yeltsin

Cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich was buried close to late President Boris Yeltsin as Russia bade farewell to a musical genius and lover of freedom.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

News Corp. reaches deal to bring MySpace to China

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has signed a deal to bring its popular online social networking site, MySpace.com, to China.

International Herald Tribune

We're not firing on all neurons at birth

There is evidence brain cells are produced in an ongoing process that could be used to repair damaged circuits.

Scotsman

EDUCATION

Utah allows concealed weapons at colleges

As states and colleges nationwide review their gun policies in light of the Virginia Tech tragedy, many in Utah are proud to have the nation's only state law allowing concealed weapons at public colleges.

Chicago Sun-Times

Schools banning iPods to beat cheaters

Schools across the country are targeting digital media players as a potential cheating device.

Philadelphia Inquirer

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

PBS stalls airing film on Islam

The production of the film "Islam vs. Islamists: Voices from the Muslim Center" has highlighted different views about the state of Islam in the U.S., and showcased the sensitivity that remains.

Baltimore Sun

Gul defiant as secular Turks rally

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's bid as the country's next president has raised concerns among Turkey's secular establishment over growing Islamist influence within the government.

CNN

Photo of the Day

Atlanta Braves' Andrew Jones, left, is tagged out by Colorado Rockies catcher Chris Iannetta in the eighth inning of the Rockies' 9-7 victory in a baseball game in Denver. (Photo by David Zalubowski / AP)

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