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Ivy Preparatory Academy sixth grader Colby DeWindt, center, raises her hand as teacher Jacob Cole, right, leads a class on the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Norcross, Ga. Cole designed the lesson to help the students understand why bin Laden’s death was celebrated. (Photo by David Goldman / AP)

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Is the end nigh? We’ll know soon enough

Brian Haubert grabs some pamphlets and marches toward the flea market in Palmyra, N.J. Armed with a poster that trumpets Judgment Day, he braces for rejection.

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NPR

Feeding world stirs hot debate

The numbers have become a familiar refrain: 9 billion people by 2050. For aid organizations and policymakers, the figures raise an alarming question: How to feed them all?

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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How many people are in the world today?

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Grist

How Osama bin Laden changed America

For the United States of America the question now may be whether an era that began on 9/11 ended as the eddies stilled and the ocean closed over the corporeal remains of Osama bin Laden.

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Christian Science Monitor

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What’s next in the war for Afghanistan?

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Al-Qaida vows to carry out revenge attacks

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Guardian

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Newly-released videos show Osama bin Laden’s hidden life

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NPR

Animal Kingdom captures Kentucky Derby

In his first race on a dirt surface, Animal Kingdom roared from the back of the pack to capture the 137th Kentucky Derby.

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50 years later, students retrace 1961 Freedom Ride

Students retrace the original 1961 Freedom Ride and pay tribute to those who helped win the civil rights that their generation enjoys.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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The Freedom Riders

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LIFE

NATION

‘Do not track’ legislation is on the move

A draft bill would amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to tack on an additional “do not track” clause designed to protect the personal information of children.

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PC Magazine

Residents brace for more flooding as Mississippi River swells

As the Mississippi River gushes downstream with no clear boundaries, flooding continues to deluge parts of Tennessee as residents farther south brace for what will come.

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CNN

Toughest economic woes in US

Which economic problems should President Barack Obama tackle first, and how should he go about it? Economists and other experts give their take.

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ABC News

Sticking to clean energy

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(USA TODAY)

The Oval

POLITICS

Can lawmakers crack a deal before debt ceiling deadline?

With the debt ceiling deadline looming over Congress, Democrats and Republicans appear to be inching closer together to a plan that would keep the country from spiraling into default.

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ABC News

Obama’s pledged trip to Pakistan is less than certain to occur

President Barack Obama‘s promised trip to Pakistan this year, once seen as a reward for a key ally in the fight against terrorism, is now turning into a looming headache for the White House.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

DEATH OF BIN LADEN

Taliban: Bin Laden’s death reinvigorates war against US

The Taliban, one of Osama bin Laden’s closest allies, has confirmed that the founder of al-Qaida had been killed by U.S. commandos during a raid in Pakistan.

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CNN

Special section:

Osama bin Laden: How al-Qaida’s No. 1 lived, died

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NPR

Osama bin Laden’s agents: Who are they?

Pakistani officials say the Obama administration has demanded the identities of some of their top intelligence operatives as the U.S. tries to determine whether they had contact with Osama bin Laden.

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MSNBC

President Obama meets bin Laden raiders, promises victory over al-Qaida

President Barack Obama met with members of the military team responsible for conducting the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound, and promised a war-weary nation victory over al-Qaida.

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CNN

BUSINESS

BP opens Rosneft Arctic deal to TNK-BP

BP has agreed to cede its share of an Arctic oil exploration pact with Rosneft to its half-owned affiliate TNK-BP in a compromise with Russian partners who have fought for a slice of the action.

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Reuters

In business or philanthropy, the key is treating people as valued ‘clients’

Selling inexpensive products in the developing world is one way to lift living standards. But whether it‘s capitalism or philanthropy you’ve got to listen to and involve your customer.

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Christian Science Monitor

Mother’s Day flowers war

Mother’s Day flowers: Those words have been typed into search engines by countless Americans lately. What few realize is that an online war is being waged by the country’s largest flower sellers.

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ENVIRONMENT

Hundreds of water voles released near Llangorse Lake in Wales

Hundreds of endangered water voles have been released near a Welsh lake in a project to boost their numbers.

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BBC

The world’s farmers feel the effects of a hotter planet

Scientists have long predicted that eventually temperatures and altered rainfall caused by global climate change will take a toll on four of the most important crops in the world: rice, wheat, soy and corn.

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NPR

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Philippine city holds mass circumcision

Hundreds of boys in a Philippine city turned out for a daylong “circumcision party” to provide a safe, free procedure for what is seen as a rite of passage that most local males undergo as preteens.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

2 Muslim clergy were recently told to exit plane headed for NC

Two Muslim religious leaders on their way to a Charlotte conference on “Islamophobia” said they were removed from a commercial flight because the pilot refused to fly with them on board.

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Charlotte Observer

Pope Benedict XVI visits Venice

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Venice for a two-day pastoral visit, the first such visit by a pope since his predecessor John Paul II 26 years ago.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

SPORTS

Golf legend Seve Ballesteros dies of cancer at age 54

Severiano “Seve” Ballesteros, the dashing, charismatic Spaniard who left his mark on the golf world with one wondrous golf shot after another, has died at the age of 54.

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USA TODAY

Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks push Lakers to brink of elimination

Just when they were about to make things interesting, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers blew it. They were unable to stop Dirk Nowitzki and fell 98-92 to the Dallas Mavericks.

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USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Lawrence Blum and Leon Hoffman):

Mothers and Mother’s Day

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(Psychology Today)

Beyond Freud

Column (Ronald Brownstein):

Obama’s presidency after Osama bin Laden

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The Atlantic

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The ultimate Mother’s Day gift

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Christian Science Monitor

Firefighter deal

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Las Vegas Review Journal

Column (Peter Roff):

Bin Laden death photo debate shows Obama credibility problem

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U.S. News & World Report

Column (Michael Signer):

Is Donald Trump a demagogue? He doesn’t have the chops.

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The New Republic

Driven to distraction by Trump

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Indianapolis Star

Column (Pat Reber):

Bin Laden death boosts Obama, but budget headaches loom

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Monsters and Critics

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GOOD NEWS

Older students are taking zigzag path to college graduation

About 16 years ago, after all five of her kids had earned college degrees, Kay Mullally decided that one more diploma was needed around the house: her own.

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Orlando Sentinel

Mothers of slain children work to put an end to the violence

Ask Lucinda Jackson about her son and her weary eyes light up. The Antioch woman is quick to share how the gregarious young man reluctantly became a dedicated father.

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San Jose Mercury News

Marine gets a hero’s welcome

To his friends and family, U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter McGuinness is a true American hero, as he returned home after spending seven months in one of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan.

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WORLD

Taliban launch assault on Kandahar

Militants staged attacks on government buildings in the restive southern Afghan city of Kandahar, in a brazen Taliban onslaught designed to seize or kill the provincial governor.

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CNN

Syrian tanks enter ‘protest hub’ Baniyas

Syrian troops backed by tanks swept into Baniyas, a hub of anti-regime protests, as residents formed human chains in a bid to halt the military operation, according to human rights activists.

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Al Jazeera

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Thousands protest in Syria

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Reuters

EDUCATION

Calif. educators warn lawmakers about dangers of further cuts to schools

A blunt message was delivered to five members of the state Senate budget committee at Microsoft’s campus: Either stop the cuts to public education or watch California’s economy die.

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San Jose Mercury News

Chicago study finds mixed results for AVID program

Individual interventions intended to improve academic skills, such as the popular Advancement Via Individual Determination program, or AVID, may not secure a student’s path to graduation.

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HEALTH

Are morgellons a hidden epidemic or just a mass hysteria?

So it’s new, frightening and profoundly odd. But if you were to seek the view of the medical establishment, you’d find the strangest fact about this disease: morgellons doesn’t exist.

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Guardian

Pediatric liquid acetaminophen is one concentration to prevent overdose risk

Having various concentrations of pediatric liquid acetaminophen medications has the disadvantage in that parents may give their child excessive doses.

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Medical News Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Why do we insist on judging mothers?

Who can blame the modern mom for fantasizing about breezy afternoons sipping martinis on the patio with absolutely no idea what her kids are up to.

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Globeandmail.com

Mother’s Day: what moms really want

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Huffington Post

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Are you my mother?

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Houston Chronicle

Industry troubles? Free comic books to the rescue!

For comic book fans around the world, the first Saturday of May marks an annual holiday — Free Comic Book Day. Started by a small shop in California, the event has spread around the world.

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NPR

Free Comic Book Day is bigger than ever

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New mineral found inside meteorite

Officially called krotite, the mineral had never been found in nature before, although it is found in man-made concrete.

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ScienceDaily

US military launches new missile warning satellite into space

A new U.S. military satellite launched into orbit on a mission to enhance the country’s missile defense and detection capabilities.

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Space News

Malaria mosquitoes accurately find their way to smelly feet

African malaria mosquitoes use their olfactory organs to search for their hosts. However, at a certain point the mosquitoes are diverted toward the feet, their preferred place to bite.

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ScienceDaily

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Moms who take folic acid, iron have smarter kids

Children in rural Nepal whose mothers were given iron and folic acid supplements during pregnancy were smarter than children whose mothers did not get them, researchers said.

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Reuters

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Buddhists wearing traditional dresses carry lanterns during a festival to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / AP)

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