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Dan Bartlett, one of President Bush's most trusted advisers and his longest-serving aide is resigning to begin a career outside of government. (Photo by Ron Edmonds / AP)

Top Bush aide Bartlett resigns

Dan Bartlett, a key member of President George W. Bush's inner circle and an aide for him going back more than 13 years, announced he is resigning as White House counselor effective July 4.

Reuters

IAEA chief warns of 'crazies' seeking war in Iran

The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief warned against the “new crazies” advocating military action to halt Iran’s nuclear program and said he did not want to see another war like that in Iraq.

Khaleej Times

Abducted BBC Gaza reporter says he's well in Web video

Kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston said he was in good health and being treated well in a video just released, the first since militants abducted him in the Palestinian enclave 11 weeks ago.

Reuters

Alan Johnston video

BBC

Lebanon launches new attacks

Tanks rolled towards the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli and an artillery attack sent plumes of smoke into the air as Lebanon's military again attacked Islamic militants holed up inside.

CNN

New fighting breaks out in Lebanon

MSNBC

White House completing new torture guidelines

The White House is close to completing a new set of guidelines on the use of "enhanced interrogative techniques" by U.S. agents, even as critics say such techniques are "immoral."

Christian Science Monitor

Amnesty speaks out

Reuters

U.S. trying to open a dialogue with al-Sadr, commander says

The U.S. military is seeking talks with Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr directly and through the government of Iraq, according to a top American general.

McClatchy Newspapers

U.S. mulls long-term stay in Iraq

Al Jazeera

Plans for U.S. embassy in Iraq posted online

Telegraph

TB patient: Officials said I posed no risk

An Atlanta lawyer infected with a rare, often fatal form of tuberculosis said he has a recording made before he flew to Europe that shows health officials told him he was not a risk to others.

CNN

NATION

Chinese vice premier dies at 68

Vice Premier Huang Ju, a key ally of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin who climbed the ranks of Shanghai politics to join the Communist Party's inner sanctum of power, died. He was 68.

CNN

Korea talks break up without deal

High-level talks between North and South Korea have broken up without agreement after a rift over Seoul's decision to delay rice aid shipments.

BBC

Pakistan's President Musharraf increasingly isolated

When Pakistani President Perez Musharraf survived back-to-back assassination attempts in 2003, he might have thought the worst lay behind him.

Toronto Star

POLITICS

Edwards launches plan to increase ethanol use

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards unveiled an energy proposal that rivals plans by fellow candidates in the race toward boosting the use of ethanol in the United States.

Yahoo! News

NH governor signs civil union law

Gay couples in New Hampshire can start applying for many of the rights and responsibilities of marriage as early as January under a law Gov. John Lynch signed establishing civil unions.

TIME

Special section:

Gay marriage interactive map

NPR

Hillary, Inc.

Clinton vows to defend Americans against the privileged and powerful, but her ties to big business compromise her populist promises.

The Nation

Hillary Clinton brings innovation agenda to Silicon Valley

San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

Dow Jones says it will consider options for sale

The family that controls Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal and one of the great names in American journalism, has announced that it would consider selling the company.

International Herald Tribune

U.S. markets hit highs, but world stocks are soaring

Small investors aren't eagerly swapping stock tips as they were in 1999. But it's a bull market all the same, and one that's global in scope.

Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Venus falls as Serena, Henin win on Day 6

Venus Williams was knocked out of the French Open, losing to fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the third round.

USA Today

A soaring LeBron lifts the Cavaliers

Minute after hypnotic minute, LeBron James lifted into the air, suspended in a stratosphere where only he could breathe and only he could see the basket.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Taking action to admit

UCLA tweaks its admissions process to stop the black student enrollment decline.

U.S. News & World Report

Alumni gives U. of Chicago $100M for low-income scholarships

A graduate of the University of Chicago gave an anonymous donation of $100 million to his alma mater, the latest in a series of massive gifts to colleges around the country.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

U.S. Iraq embassy plans put on net

Plans for the new U.S. embassy in Baghdad have been posted online by the architects, but had to be removed amid fears they could compromise security.

BBC

What search engines know about us

The search engines that power our journey through the internet know a lot about us.

BBC

Google photos stir a debate over privacy

A new online feature of Google Maps called Street View is stirring up a debate over privacy concerns on the Web.

Ledger

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GOOD NEWS

In rural America, philanthropy thrives

Enthusiasm for rural giving springs in part from concern for the future of small towns.

Christian Science Monitor

Love warriors

A 94-year-old Baptist Minister and his 35-year-old grandson soothe lonely hearts with online hugs through a Web site called HugNation.com.

Yahoo! News

NATION

Tropical storm kicks off Atlantic hurricane season

A tropical storm bearing down on Florida formed in the Gulf of Mexico, just in time for the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

Reuters

Suicide bid causes major NYC backup

A man climbed the George Washington Bridge and began slashing his arms with a box cutter in an apparent suicide attempt before police were able to rescue him and take him into custody.

CBS News

Kevorkian out of prison after 8 years

Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist dubbed "Dr. Death" for claims that he participated in at least 130 assisted suicides, left prison after eight years still believing people have the right to die.

ABC News

Kevorkian walks out of jail

MSNBC

The spam bust that wasn't

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Dead whale reported; is it one of the wayward humpbacks?

The U.S. Coast Guard was looking in San Francisco Bay for a whale carcass, fearing it might be one of the two wayward whales that had swum up the Sacramento River by accident.

MSNBC

Bush's emission plan 'a delaying tactic'

Environmental groups condemned George Bush's proposed global plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, labeling it a stalling tactic lacking concrete details.

Guardian

Is Bush emissions plan a smokescreen?

Yahoo! News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Lucky stars

Ocean's Thirteen is the second sequel of a remake of a movie that was lightweight even by the standards of a lightweight era.

TIME

Future book sales look flat

According to the latest report from the Book Industry Study Group, dollar sales and the number of books sold will increase by small levels through 2011, rising by 3 percent or less each year.

Yahoo! News

HEALTH

Sunlight exposure may increase lymphoma risk

In women, ultraviolet radiation exposure from time spent in the sun appears to boost the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Reuters

Discrimination linked to health problems among minorities

Routine, even subtle, racial discrimination places significant mental stress on minorities that may provoke the development of chronic illness, new research suggests.

Health Day

Should you have surgery for back pain?

Persistent back pain is one of the most common ailments, but surprisingly little has been known about how best to treat it.

U.S. News & World Report

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Post-Falwell, Religious Right still strong

U.S. evangelist Jerry Falwell has been laid to rest but it is premature to write the political obituary of the conservative Christian movement he once led.

Reuters

American Muslims seek new leadership

Muslim congregations in the United States are beginning to seek native imams who can talk about religious and social issues that seem relevant to young people, like dating and drugs.

International Herald Tribune

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