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Libyan rebel fighters load a truck with ammunition on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya. Rebels stationed on the western edge of that city are currently under attack from pro-Gadhafi forces. (Photo by Ben Curtis / AP)

Dynamic cities key to nation’s future

Vibrant, dynamic cities hold mankind’s best hope for the future despite chronic problems with housing, transportation and crumbling services, according to some big names in public policy.

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog:

Census’ fastest-growing cities of the decade

(Forbes)

New Geographer

Dalai Lama: Clash at Tibetan monastery in China could turn ‘explosive’

A five-day stand-off between monks and armed police at a Tibetan monastery in western China could become “explosive,” the Dalai Lama has warned.

Guardian

Gadhafi forces attack rebels near Ajdabiyah

Moammar Gadhafi’s forces fired rockets on Libyan rebels stationed on the western edge of Ajdabiyah, prompting some residents to flee the strategic eastern town, witnesses said.

Reuters

West seeking country of refuge for Gadhafi

Jerusalem Post

A look at Libyan rebels’ workshop

Al Jazeera

Another air traffic controller is suspended for sleeping

The Federal Aviation Administration suspended yet another air traffic controller for sleeping on the job, the seventh apparent incident this year the agency has disclosed.

CNN

Tornadoes, storms kill at least 17 in South

At least 17 people were killed after a string of violent storms and tornadoes swept the southern United States over two days, including seven in Alabama.

Chicago Tribune

Storm chasers capture tornadoes on camera

MSNBC

NATION

Illegal in the light of day

A movement among students publicly announcing their illegal immigration status is spreading on college campuses across the country as frustration mounts over legislative failures.

Houston Chronicle

Colo. Senate gives initial approval for in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants

Denver Post

Crime pays off for Minneapolis bookstore

When the phone call came, co-owner Pat Frovarp played it cool. The bookstore was busy, and she wasn’t entirely sure what the caller wanted, or what the Raven Award was.

Star Tribune

Special section:

3 queens of crime fiction

PBS

POLITICS

Obama pushes his budget, calls GOP plan ‘wrong for America’

President Obama called Republican House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan’s 2012 “Path to Prosperity” budget “wrong for America,” and pushed his proposal to cut the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years.

ABC News

Obama to GOP: ‘You think we’re stupid?’

CBS News

Stamp takes liberty with US icon

Officials of the U.S. Post Office failed to realize the photo of the Statue of Liberty used on the first-class stamp was of a fiberglass and Styrofoam replica at a gambling casino in Las Vegas.

Guardian

Obama meets with green activists at the White House

President Barack Obama met with a dozen environmental activists at the White House as his energy agenda continues to come under fire from all sides.

Politico

HEALTH

Radiation may help in low doses

The wind whistled innocently through the opening in the sliding glass door. Rushing in from a buttermilk sky, it gave no hint of radioactive traces from damaged nuclear reactors thousands of miles away.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Insurer denied needed medical tests

An investigation looked at cases involving requests for a health insurance company to conduct cardiac stress tests. Findings show that 10 to 15 percent of these requests were denied inappropriately.

MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Why calling 911 can be an emergency

Americans assume we can connect to 911 in all the ways we connect to each other. Unfortunately, the new technologies aren’t compatible with standard 911.

TIME

Artifacts tell the stories of St. Louis

Locked away in vast strongrooms is a priceless cache of more than 150,000 artifacts chronicling St. Louis and the Midwest.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Electronic health records face hurdles

Electronic health records have become increasingly popular. Some U.S. doctors and practices are resistant.

Scientific American

Budget woes bring NASA back to Earth

Houston’s Johnson Space Center confronts mounting long-term uncertainty as the White House and Congress flat-line NASA’s spending.

Houston Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Clash at Tibetan monastery in China could turn ‘explosive," Dalai Lama says

A stand-off between monks and police at a Tibetan monastery in China could become explosive, the Dalai Lama warned as he asked the international community to request Chinese authorities show restraint.

Guardian

Mattress Firm store refuses to sell to Muslim woman

As a Muslim, Syeeda Hussaini covers all but her hands, feet and eyes in public in respect of femininity and her religion. But at Mattress Firm, the manager told her she needed to show her face for service.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Rob Christensen):

Our Founding Fathers were just as crass as today’s politicians

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (John R. Schafer, Ph.D.):

The ethical trap

Let Their Words Do the Talking

(Psychology Today)

Editorial:

Prickly topic

Philadelphia Inquirer

Audio (David Welna):

House’s budget blueprint draws up party lines

NPR

Column (Yuriko Koike):

The sun will rise again in stricken Japan

Al Jazeera

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Hostages

Houston Chronicle

Column (Vincent Carroll):

Gray wolf’s defenders up in arms

Denver Post

Column (Joan Walsh):

Why the dismay over Obama’s remarks to donors?

Salon

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GOOD NEWS

Islanders rescue rockhopper penguins threatened by oil slick

A dramatic rescue is coming to an end on Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic. Thousands of endangered penguins were saved in a month-long operation involving all of the islands’ inhabitants.

Guardian

Healing Hands provides surgery in needy countries

Four friends began their own nonprofit, Healing Hands Foundation. They focused on providing surgical care to underprivileged people around the world.

Baltimore Sun

Daryl Hannah to receive 2011 Environmental Hero award

Actress and filmmaker Daryl Hannah has been selected to receive the 2011 Environmental Hero award at Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival.

Santa Barbara Independent

WORLD

Radioactivity rises in sea off Japan nuclear plant

The rise in radioactivity could have been caused by the installation of steel panels which may have stirred up waste, but the increase in iodine-131 could signal the possibility of a new leak.

San Jose Mercury News

Cuba celebrates 50th anniversary of Bay of Pigs victory

A military and civilian parade led by thousands of young people paid homage to the leaders of Cuba’s revolution on the 50th anniversary of the defeat of a CIA-backed exile invasion.

CBS News

Cuba celebrates 50 years since the Bay of Pigs invasion

BBC

BUSINESS

As feared: Cybercriminals prey on Epsilon data breach victims

People whose identities may have been compromised by March’s massive Epsilon data breach are now facing a new threat to their security. Since the data breach, a phony Epsilon website has sprung up.

MSNBC

Blog:

Epsilon breach: hack of the century?

Computerworld

Very rich nations’ policies merit oversight: IMF members

IMF member nations, acknowledging resistance from emerging markets to limits on capital controls, said rich nations’ policies that spur large capital outflows also need oversight.

Reuters

Taxing the rich: How much do they pay?

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Technology may help make language click for students

In this gateway class to high school reading and writing, Cari Roberts wields every tool available to lift students toward “new literacies,” the confluence of language and technology that’s evolving.

Denver Post

‘Sesame Street’ stars teach kids money management skills

Using videos, games and activities, Sesame Street aims to explain concepts related to making more thoughtful choices about money in a way that preschool children can understand.

San Francisco Examiner

‘Sesame Street’ teaching kids about money

AOL News

ENVIRONMENT

Built Green program works on putting environment 1st

Built Green is steering the Canadian construction industry toward sustainable practices. The organization has more than 700 members, mostly home builders, but also suppliers and manufacturers.

Vancouver Sun

Blog:

‘Solar fuel’ research mimics photosynthesis

(CNET News)

Green Tech

Oil spill chief reflects a year later

Retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen was the face of the government during the 87 days that BP’s Macondo well spewed more than four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Reuters

Gulf oil spill: 1 year later what questions do you want answered?

ABC News

SPORTS

Josh Beckett, Jed Lowrie key as Red Sox win only 3rd game

Josh Beckett had his second straight strong start, holding Toronto to one run over seven innings, lifting the struggling Red Sox to a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays.

ESPN

Red Wings know they must improve mentally to win game 2 vs. Coyotes

As good as the Red Wings’ penalty kill was in game one against Phoenix, having to rely on it so much is ultimately a hard way to win.

Detroit Free Press

2011 NHL playoffs — opening rounds

CBS News

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