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Young Iraqi boys examine a car destroyed in an overnight raid near the house of a close aide of anti-U.S. radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Mohammed al-Tabatabaie, in Kufa, Iraq. According to residents, U.S. troops raided the house overnight and arrested several people. al-Tabatabaie was not at home. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani / AP)

White House spokesman Tony Snow has cancer in abdomen

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has been diagnosed with cancer in his lower abdomen and the disease has spread to his liver, his deputy said.

Bloomberg

Gonzales aide won't answer queries

Monica Goodling, a key Justice Department official involved in the firings of U.S. prosecutors, will invoke a constitutional privilege against self-incrimination.

CBS News

Pressure on Gonzales grows

CBS News

Senate's Iraq vote may come down to wire

An upcoming Senate vote on the Iraq war could come down to just one or two votes, testing Democratic unity on a proposal to begin bringing combat troops home.

Houston Chronicle

GOP shifts tactics on Iraq pullout

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. show of force in Persian Gulf

The U.S. Navy began its largest demonstration of force in the Persian Gulf since 2003, led by a pair of aircraft carriers and warplanes flying simulated attack maneuvers off the coast of Iran.

CNN

N. Ireland reaches historic power-sharing deal

The leaders of Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties, sitting side by side for the first time in history, announced a stunning deal to forge a coalition of archenemies within six weeks.

Houston Chronicle

A long battle ended by economics

Marketplace

Paisley and Adams statement

BBC

Blair warns Iran of 'different phase'

Britain's British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Tehran of a "different phase" if it did not free 15 British military personnel captured in the Persian Gulf four days ago.

Reuters

‘Dump your children here’ box to stop mothers killing their babies

Desperate mothers are being urged to drop their unwanted babies through hatches at hospitals in an effort to halt a spate of infanticides in Germany.

Times

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Protesters wearing cow costumes symbolizing imported U.S. beef containing mad cow disease participate in a rally against a free trade agreement with the U.S. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / AP)	Knut, the polar bear cub, has its first public appearance in the Berlin Zoo. Television crews jockeyed with excited children to catch a glimpse of the bear. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)	Tourists cover themselves from a sudden hail storm in front of the ancient Parthenon temple as they leave the Acropolis hill. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP)

NATION

Aussie terror suspect admits war crime

Australian suspect David Hicks has pleaded guilty to a crime charge of providing support to terrorism. He is the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to plead guilty at the U.S. Navy base.

Scotsman

Emotional reunion for Hicks family

BBC

Russia likely to veto mediator's call for Kosovo independence

Independence is the "only option" for Kosovo, the U.N. mediator for Serbia's ethnic Albanian province said - and that might set up a Security Council deadlock between Serbia's ally Russia and the West.

Sydney Morning Herald

Candidates target French youth

A new "Marshall plan" for the young in the troubled French suburbs is being promised by right-wing presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkoz.

BBC

POLITICS

Democratic lawmakers to reintroduce ERA

Liberal Democrats in the Senate and House plan to resume "the fight for women's equality," when they reintroduce the Women's Equality Amendment.

CNS News

Aides to Bush told not to destroy e-mails

The Republican National Committee and chairman of George W. Bush’s 2004 campaign have been ordered to preserve all e-mails related to White House business of multiple congressional investigations.

Financial Times

Americans backing Edwards' decision to run

Vowing to be open about his wife's battle with cancer, Democratic presidential contender John Edwards in San Francisco said that he will let Americans be the judge of his decision to run.

San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

Microsoft: Vista intro outsold XP

Sales of Vista during the first month that the newest Windows operating system was available to consumers were more than double the sales that Windows XP racked up in twice the time, Microsoft Corp. said.

PC World

Subprime bust forces families from homes

As the housing market cools, thousands of subprime borrowers are struggling to keep their homes. A number of subprime lenders, saddled by failed loans and a shortage of cash, have folded or staggered.

San Jose Mercury News

New home sales face bad weather

Marketplace

SPORTS

A kinder, gentler Georgetown

With the game ball from the previous night tucked under his arm, John Thompson III stepped off the bus to cheers, chants and a hug from the mayor in front of the old gym on Georgetown's campus.

Yahoo! News

A look at the Final Four matchups

These teams meet one game earlier than they did in last season's NCAA tournament championship game, which Florida won 73-57.

Cincinnati Post

The keys to Florida-UCLA

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Autistic kids may read people's eyes

Autistic children may be able to read people's emotions from their facial expressions, new research shows.

WebMD

Drugs as good as angioplasty for stable heart disease

Aggressive drug therapy appears to be just as good as angioplasty for patients with stable heart disease, a new study finds.

Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Muslims say religion misused by insurgents

Islamic intellectuals and religious leaders have been urged to play a more active role in spreading correct Islamic teachings in strife-torn southern Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Jewish seminary to admit gays

The major seminary and flagship institution of Conservative Judaism said it will start accepting openly gay and lesbian students.

San Francisco Chronicle

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Washington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Aspirin may dramatically lower death risk in women

Aspirin in low to moderate doses may lower the risk of death in women, particularly those who are older and prone to heart disease, a new study suggests.

Seattle Times

Kenya gets $12.7 million grant from U.S.

Kenya has become a recipient of $12.7 million, part of the highly coveted funding of the Millennium Challenge Corporation of the U.S. government.

allAfrica.com

NATION

Manhunts swamped by fugitive alien toll

More than 623,000 fugitive aliens or "absconders" are loose on the streets of America, according to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General.

Washington Times

New York police face questions over surveillance

Civil liberties activists demanded that New York police release details of surveillance operations, suspecting they violated rules when monitoring groups at a Republican convention.

Reuters

Ex-Reagan budget director charged with fraud

David Stockman, a former Reagan White House budget director, was indicted on fraud, conspiracy and other charges.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Study: Climate change will increase extinction risk

Unique climates and the species that inhabit them may disappear from the Earth entirely due to global warming, computer models suggest.

CBC

Nigeria fines firms for nuclear material

The Nigerian government has filed lawsuits against Shell Petroleum Development Co. and three other firms for the illegal transportation of radioactive material across the oil-rich Niger Delta.

Earth Times

EDUCATION

Students solve a sticky situation

Students from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology earned the top award in a national challenge during Entrepreneurship Week. And it all started with Post-it Notes.

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Cuomo sues California student loan company

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said his office plans to sue a California student-loan provider, claiming the company is making illegal kickbacks to schools in exchange for business.

Journal News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

YouTube presents awards to its first stars

With a virtual drum roll, online video-sharing Web site YouTube has announced the winners of its inaugural awards.

Reuters

Anna Nicole Smith died of accidental overdose

Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, authorities said.

MSNBC

Death for Life magazine

Time Inc. has pulled the plug on the latest incarnation of Life magazine, which was relaunched in 2004 as a weekly newspaper supplement and targeted the entertainment biz for ad dollars.

Variety

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rare semi-identical twins discovered

Twins can be identical, fraternal and apparently semi-identical. Researchers discovered twins who are identical on their mom's side but share only half their genes from dad.

Live Science

Sprint to cut mobile phone song price to 99 cents

Sprint Nextel plans to cut its digital music download fee to 99 cents per song, matching prices at iTunes, the leading Internet music service run by Apple.

ZDNet

Survey: One in 10 Brits is victim of online fraud

One in 10 British Internet users fell victim to online fraud last year, losing an average of 875 pounds each, according to a survey.

New Zealand Herald

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Photo of the Day

Young people toss up one of the demonstrators while attending a march organized by the nationalist pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, which is Russian for Ours, in Moscow to mark the 7th anniversary of President Vladimir Putin's election. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev / AP)