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In this file photo, students attend graduation ceremonies at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Republicans overcame party conservatives to push a bill through the House keeping interest rates on millions of federal student loans from doubling. (Photo by Butch Dill / AP)

Blogging, broadcast in China’s black box

The downfall of Bo Xilai, the rising star of the Chinese Communist Party, is China’s biggest political crisis in a generation. Is it a coming of age for the country’s netizens — or a victory for its propaganda czars?

The Global Mail

US economy grows at 2.2 percent annual rate, less than forecast

The U.S. economy expanded less than forecast in the first quarter as a smaller contribution from inventories overshadowed the biggest gain in consumer spending in more than a year.

Bloomberg

Blog:

US economic growth slows in 1st quarter

(Msnbc.com)

Economy Watch

Student loan bill approved by House

A bill to extend low interest rates on student loans was recently passed. The controversial bill provoked a debate over its payment plan which would repeal part of President Obama’s health care overhaul.

CBS News

House GOP intends to curb loan costs for college students

San Francisco Chronicle

CISPA cybersecurity bill passed

On a bipartisan vote of 248-168, the Republican-controlled House backed CISPA, which would encourage companies and the federal government to share information collected on the Internet.

Guardian

House passes cybersecurity bill despite veto threat over privacy protections

Christian Science Monitor

Blog:

How CISPA would affect you

CNET News

Will ‘Gattaca’ come true?

Noninvasive, early fetal tests for sex, paternity and chromosomal conditions will change pregnancy dramatically — and raise tricky ethical questions.

Slate

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A water bird flaps her wings as she bathes in the water at the Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery, Ala. (Photo by Dave Martin / AP)	Assam, a baby Asian elephant bull, plays with keeper Robert Schieritz at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Philipp Guelland / AP)	Umbrellas are displayed for sale by a Pakistani vendor on a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

NATION

Why nearly half do not pay income tax

While the Zero Tax Club includes some very high-income households, it is made up disproportionately of low- and lower-middle-income households.

CNNMoney

Young professionals flocking to Cleveland’s inner city

In Cleveland, thanks largely to young professionals, the inner city is growing faster than the outer city for the first time in modern history, a recent study found.

Plain Dealer

Tornadoes strike southeast Colorado; property damaged, power out

Emergency crews are responding to areas of Kiowa, Prowers and Bent counties after as many as three tornadoes struck overnight in southeast Colorado.

Denver Post

POLITICS

Nebraska battle complicates GOP effort to retake Senate

The Senate Republican primary in Nebraska has turned into a proxy war between conservatives and members of the establishment GOP that could complicate efforts to wrest control from Democrats.

The Hill

Senate votes to renew Violence Against Women Act

Congressional lawmakers from both political parties, along with the White House, agreed to renew the Violence Against Women Act, an 18-year-old law that helps victims of domestic violence.

McClatchy Newspapers

Gender gap persists among political donors

On Politics (USA TODAY)

BUSINESS

Firearms industry jobs up 30 percent from 2008 to 2011

A report released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation said nationally that the firearms industry increased jobs by more than 30 percent between 2008 and 2011.

McClatchy Newspapers

Spanish economy in ‘huge crisis’ after credit downgrade

Spain‘s sickly economy faces a “crisis of huge proportions,” a minister said, as unemployment hit its highest level in two decades.

CNBC

Wal-Mart scandal worries Mexico

As shock waves stemming from Wal-Mart’s corruption case began to ripple across Mexico, the government approved the nation’s first anti-corruption law.

Forbes

Mexico seized 68,000 guns from US since 2006

Virginian-Pilot

HEALTH

Insufficient sleep affects about one third of US workers

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 30 percent of the nation’s workers are sleeping under six hours a day, which is less than the recommended seven to nine.

Medical News Today

Are soft drinks the enemy in the American obesity fight?

About 1 in 4 Americans gets at least 200 calories a day from sugary drinks. Many experts say cutting sweetened drinks would fight obesity or diabetes.

CNN

How Washington went soft on childhood obesity

Reuters

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The mindful society

Mark Greenberg has become an influential champion of research in programs that improve the health and well-being of children using mindfulness and related contemplative approaches.

Shambhala Sun

Sikhs launch mobile app to report profiling at US airports

Sikh civil rights activists will unveil a mobile phone application that they say will allow travelers who believe they have been profiled by airport screeners to file complaints directly from their cell phones.

Religion News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

How soap operas changed the world

Soap operas enrapture millions of viewers. However, unbeknownst to most, they have actually provided valuable “educational entertainment.”

BBC

Managing the Gershwins’ lucrative musical legacy

In the 1920s, it was not uncommon for the Gershwin brothers — composer George and lyricist Ira — to have two shows on Broadway at once. This season, it is happening again.

NPR

Rubik’s Cube being honored ahead of its 40th anniversary with exhibition

It‘s a puzzle, a metaphor and a hit toy — and in a couple of years, the Rubik’s Cube will be a museum exhibition in celebration of its 40th anniversary.

Star Tribune

Rubik’s Cube focus of museum exhibition

Washington Post

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“You don’t just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.”

Barbara Bush

Wife of 41st U.S. President

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

A lesson on leadership from Africa

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Conor Friedersdorf):

Paranoia about CISPA is justified

The Atlantic

Blog (Linda Feldmann):

Obama’s cool factor: what Romney can do to counter it

(Christian Science Monitor)

DC Decoder

Column (Stacy Mitchell):

The Wal-Mart de Mexico scandal: Here is a punishment that befits the crime

Grist

Column (Anya Kamenetz):

Obama should push bankruptcy relief for student loans

CNN

Editorial:

Arrogance unlimited for lawmakers who break the law

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Mike Lux):

Right-wing craziness keeps getting crazier

Huffington Post

Blog (Katie Drummond):

Is the US military ready for women on the frontline?

(Guardian)

Comment is Free America

Live Chats All times are E.T.

Fantasy injuries: Stephania Bell April 27 at 11 am

ESPN

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Washington Post

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ESPN

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Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Radio show helps prisoners spread love to those on the outside

Letters from prisoners arrive at a radio station each week asking for dedications of love songs and shoutouts to girlfriends, boyfriends and wives.

McClatchy Newspapers

Student-run campaign collects peers’ pledges to not drink and drive

A cadre of students has fanned out at Santa Teresa and 19 other South Bay, Calif., high schools, gathering pledges from their classmates to avoid drinking and driving.

San Jose Mercury News

Baby boomers invaluable in volunteer work and helping others

Retiring baby boomers are proving to be valuable volunteers. They are more educated than previous generations, and they bring well-honed skills and years of real-world work and life experience.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

US and Japan agree to Okinawa troop redeployment plan