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Some one million people crowd St. Peter’s Square and surrounding streets at the Vatican during the beatification of late Pope John Paul II. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AP)

Faithful jam Vatican to honor Pope John Paul II

Catholic faithful from around the world poured into Rome as the Catholic Church declares Pope John Paul II “blessed,” a step below sainthood.

CNN

The life of John Paul II

TIME

Obama mocks Trump’s presidential ambitions at correspondents’ dinner

President Obama exacted his revenge from his would-be Republican challenger Donald Trump, joking that the wealthy businessman would transform the White House into a casino.

USA TODAY

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Obama’s jokes at correspondent dinner

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Power Play

UN to quit Tripoli amid mob attacks

UN buildings and some foreign missions were targeted by angry crowds following a Nato air strike that reportedly killed a son of Col. Gadhafi.

BBC

Gadhafi family deaths reinforce doubts about NATO’s UN mandate

Guardian

NATO strike kills Gadhafi’s son but leader escapes

ABC News

Obama ramps up recovery help for South

The government ramped up efforts to help thousands of homeless victims of the country’s second deadliest recorded tornado outbreak, which killed at least 350 people.

Reuters

1 family, 2 twisters, 3 deaths

Yahoo! News

Inner-city youth escape causes trouble at urban ranch

Compton, Calif. has been troubled by gangs more than most American cities, reports correspondent Bill Whitaker. But in this city, there’s a ranch where youngsters can escape their problems.

CBS News

NATION

After Times Square scare both normalcy and concerns endure

One year after a militant drove a bomb-laden SUV into the heart of Times Square, New Yorkers, including the street vendor who alerted police, still descend on the square as if it never happened.

Yahoo! News

An artist imagines the White House as it once was

The White House is a home, not a museum, so when presidents move in, they do what any new homeowner would do: they redecorate. Just like the rest of us, they paint, paper and change the furniture.

NPR

Appeals court says plan to blow up levee can proceed

The U.S. Appeals Court in St. Louis denied a request by Missouri’s attorney general to prevent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from opening up an emergency floodway to ease flooding on the Mississippi River.

Wall Street Journal

POLITICS

Buffett remains solid on the American economy

Tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders who descended on Omaha for the conglomerate’s annual meeting got one unmistakable message from Buffett.

Reuters

Symbolism and sympathy: Obama’s risky gasoline strategy

The White House is using mostly symbolic measures to address soaring gasoline prices, but the strategy is failing to resonate with frustrated American voters.

Reuters

BUSINESS

‘Like’ button becomes force in e-commerce

Whether you buy an airline ticket or a pair of jeans online, chances are an Internet search precedes the transaction. Now Facebook hopes to make its online social connections another central ingredient.

San Jose Mercury News

Sony is set to resume some PlayStation gaming services

Sony has said it will resume some services on its PlayStation Network, which was shut down after the theft of personal details of about 77 million users.

BBC

Amazon explains its cloud disaster

Amazon issued a detailed analysis and apology on last week’s massive crash of its cloud service, an event that brought down dozens of websites.

CNNMoney

HEALTH

China, home to 300 million smokers, starts public smoking ban

China, the world’s largest cigarette market, started its first-ever smoking ban in public places in a bid to reduce deaths from tobacco use.

Bloomberg

Checklist may help identify autism earlier on in life

Identifying autism as early in life as possible improves a child’s subsequent learning and development. A new checklist available for parents to complete at doctor’s waiting rooms might well help do this.

Medical News Today

Osteopenia doesn’t mean osteoporosis — so should you treat it?

As women age, they find themselves at greater risk of developing a variety of health problems. Should osteopenia be one of them?

Baltimore Sun

ENVIRONMENT

Sea turtle declines not all due to human impacts but others as well

Humans are pushing sea turtles to the brink of extinction by entangling them in fishing gear, tossing plastic garbage into their habitats and building resorts on nesting beaches — among other affronts.

Environmental News Network

House passes controversial environmental bill in minutes

With head-spinning speed, the Florida House took up and passed a major rewrite of state environmental laws that Florida conservation groups call one of the worst environmental bills in decades.

St. Petersburg Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What secrets do ancient medical texts hold?

The Smithsonian’s Alain Touwaide scours the globe searching for millennia-old medical manuscripts to identify medicines used thousands of years ago.

Smithsonian Magazine

Will airlines’ onboard Wi-Fi take off?

As the owner of a corporate-communications firm, Meister pays $40 to $50 every month to remain connected with clients on US Airways flights to Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

USA TODAY

Balancing privacy with the benefits of location data

What are the three most important topics in tech? Location, location and location. That, at least, would be the impression of anyone scanning the news, as coverage of Apple’s privacy bungle dominated the headlines.

San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Walter Rodgers):

US and Pakistan: allies with mutual disgust

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Steve Chapman):

Why birtherism is here to stay

Chicago Tribune

Column (Tina Griego):

Libyan students in US feel stranded by a homeland in turmoil

Denver Post

Editorial:

Abuses happen when unions have government friends

Washington Examiner

Column (Maggie Debelius):

5 ways kids can serve communities

PBS

Blog (Eric Schlosser):

Why being a foodie isn’t very ‘elitist’

Washington Post

Editorial:

The majesty of marriage

Baltimore Sun

Column (Brian Palmer):

Cursive writing will never die, so we might as well teach it in schools

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

San Leandro teacher awarded $10,000, honored by President Obama

An elementary school teacher in the San Leandro, Calif. Unified School District was one of 85 educators nationwide awarded $10,000 and honored by President Barack Obama.

San Jose Mercury News

Award-winning kindergarten teacher gets it just right

Kim Edwards Anderson teaches kindergarten at Chase Elementary School in Chicago and is a recipient of this year’s prestigious Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Award.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ohio University to receive a generous $105 million donation

Ohio University will receive a $105 million donation that will help build a medical college in Columbus focused on training family physicians.

Columbus Dispatch

WORLD

Air France crash investigators recover black box from seafloor

Investigators scouring the undersea wreckage of the 2009 Air France plane crash recovered the memory unit from the craft’s black box.

Bloomberg

Syrians protest from rooftops in the night after army action

Women and children in the besieged Syrian city of Deraa chanted from rooftops in the night after troops and tanks intensified a crackdown on the city, a resident said.

Reuters

EDUCATION

State must do more groundwork to make competition work for students

Strip away the frills and Gov. Rick Snyder’s plans to revamp education in Michigan boil down to one word: competition.

Detroit Free Press

Students at online school on edge

BlueSky Online School gave Alexis Mumford a way to study in peace after anxiety and teasing made middle school a nightmare. But state officials say BlueSky has run afoul of graduation requirements.

Star Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Fast Five’ opens with take of $83.6M to capture box office weekend

“Fast Five,” the fifth installment in the series about elite street racers, opened as the top movie in U.S. and Canadian theaters, taking in $83.6 million for Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures.

Bloomberg

‘Fast Five’ biggest opening of year at box office

Reuters

When the words stopped

Their relationship was steeped in language — he was the brilliant academic, she the poet. Then a stroke left Paul West able to utter only a single syllable and his wife had to find a way to keep their love alive.

Guardian

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

John Paul takes step toward sainthood

Lauding John Paul II as a giant of 20th century as well as a hero of the church, Pope Benedict XVI moved one step closer to sainthood in a celebratory Mass that drew more than a million people to Rome.

New York Times

Jews praise John Paul’s beatification

Philadelphia Inquirer

Dalai Lama says he will serve as ‘pure spiritual leader’

The Dalai Lama has said that he would serve as a “pure spiritual leader” after handing over his “legitimate political authority” to Lobsang Sangay, the newly elected Prime Minister.

Times of India

SPORTS

Hearing footsteps? Brady says he plans to play 10 more years

While some believe the New England Patriots drafted quarterback Ryan Mallett to eventually be the heir apparent to Tom Brady, the reigning MVP wants known that he doesn’t plan on stepping down.

NFL.com

Roy toys with Mets from the beginning

Terry Collins didn’t realize what Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay was accomplishing until the New York Mets manager glanced at the scoreboard during the third inning.

ESPN

Phils hold off Mets

YouTube

Bruins pound Flyers 7-3 in Game 1

The Bruins are counting on a few new faces to keep this one for good. The Bruins took out their frustration from one of the great collapses in postseason history with a 7-3 win over Philadelphia.

Sports Illustrated

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