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Followers of radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr rally in Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq to condemn the previous day's raid. A joint U.S.-Iraqi raid to capture "high-value individuals" left one Iraqi soldier and eight gunmen dead. (Photo by Hadi Mizban / AP)

Bush, EU leaders deadlocked on climate change

President George W. Bush and visiting European leaders agreed to define global warming as a serious problem requiring "urgent" action, but deadlocked on what concrete remedies to apply.

Brisbane Times

Pressure mounting for MI5 inquiry amid terror convictions

As five men were sentenced to life in jail for plotting to build a massive bomb in the UK, the public learned that MI5 had followed two of the 2005 suicide bombers as part of that investigation.

BBC

Intel agents call for Tenet's medal

A group of ex-CIA officials are calling on George Tenet to give back his medal of freedom, branding him 'the Alberto Gonzales of the intelligence community.'

Newsweek

Tenet book says Cheney pressed to pick Iraq leaders

Bloomberg

Tenet discusses book

MSNBC

Suicide bomber kills 32 at Iraq funeral

Reuters

Iraq recruits: underpaid, undertrained, under pressure

CNN

Walls for security in Baghdad

CBS News

Report: terror attacks up sharply in 2006

Terrorist attacks worldwide shot up 25 percent last year, particularly in Iraq where extremists used bombs to target crowds, according to a new State Department report.

Houston Chronicle

14 U.S. troops die in 3 days in Iraq

CNN

Did a rigged bid lead to destruction of New Orleans?

When the Army Corps of Engineers solicited bids for drainage pumps for New Orleans, it copied the specifications from the catalog of the manufacturer that ultimately won the contract, the AP found.

ABC News

Supreme Court: Police can force fleeing suspects to crash

Police officers can end a high-speed chase that threatens innocent bystanders by forcing a fleeing suspect's car to crash, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

Bloomberg

Court backs cops on chase

CBS News

The World in Photos .........................................................................
A member of Sri Lanka's Marxist party, People's Liberation Front drinks water offered by a fellow member during a rally in Colombo. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena / AP)	Special forces of the German police are seen on a helicopter during a training session over Frankfurt, central Germany. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)	FC Barcelona player Samuel Etoo jumps after being tackled by Levante goalkeeper Jose Francisco Molina during their Spanish League soccer match in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Bernat Armangue / AP)

NATION

Turkish PM appeals for national unity as markets plunge

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, appealed for national unity a day after the army threatened to intervene in the presidential poll process.

Times

More than 150 Taliban militants killed in southern Afghanistan

British troops pushed into a Taliban stronghold awash with opium poppies, drawing mortar and machine-gun fire, in the latest drive to take control of southern Afghanistan.

International Herald Tribune

Buddhist rite opens world's tallest pagoda in China

Buddhist dignitaries from across China and abroad gathered to unveil the world's tallest pagoda in eastern China, a symbol of both the country's rising prosperity and a budding Buddhist revival.

San Diego Union-Tribune

China's tallest pagoda

CNN

POLITICS

Gonzales aides had firing authority

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales gave two top aides authority to hire and fire political appointees, according to a Justice Department order obtained by The Associated Press.

Kansas City Star

Governor Corzine released from hospital, asks forgiveness

An emotional Gov. Jon S. Corzine was discharged from a hospital and begged forgiveness for not wearing a seat belt during a crash 18 days earlier in which he sustained critical injuries.

Houston Chronicle

Corzine apologizes for not buckling up

Newsday

Johnson discharged from rehab hospital

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) was discharged from a rehabilitation hospital and is at home with his family. From there, he will continue therapy, meet with staff and work, his office announced.

The Hill

POLITICS

A leaner Delta leaves Chapter 11

Delta Air Lines waved farewell to bankruptcy protection and touted the success of its 19½–month restructuring, a process that featured billions in cost cuts.

BusinessWeek

Supreme Court's rulings dilute power of software patents

The Supreme Court ruled 7-1 that Microsoft Corp., under current federal law, doesn't owe AT&T Corp. U.S. patent royalties on software contained on foreign produced and sold computers.

MarketWatch

SPORTS

Drugging not confirmed in coach killing

The top Jamaican policeman investigating the homicide of Pakistan's cricket coach said he has not confirmed that Bob Woolmer was incapacitated by a drug before being strangled.

MLive.com

BBC: Cricket's Woolmer 'poisoned'

BBC

Cardinals return with heavy hearts

With heavy hearts, the St. Louis Cardinals open a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers, a day after reliever Josh Hancock was killed in a car accident.

MSNBC

Tragedy hits Cardinals family

ESPN

HEALTH

More children suffering from tooth decay

Most Americans are taking better care of their teeth, resulting in improved dental health, but tooth decay in baby teeth among children is increasing, according to a new report.

Health Day

Busy pharmacists may overlook potential drug interactions

Researchers found that as the number of prescriptions filled each hour increased, so did the risk that the medicine that might interact harmfully with something else the patients are taking.

U.S. News & World Report

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GOOD NEWS

Celebrity polar bear Knut gets book deal

Knut, the celebrity polar bear cub being hand-raised in a German zoo, is taking on a new role with his own Web site and book to be used in the campaign against global warming.

Reuters

Blind pilot lands safely after 59-day flight

A blind British adventurer has touched down in Sydney after a record-breaking microlight flight from London.

NEWS.com.au

NATION

Virginia closes gun loophole in response to shootings

The Virginia governor closed the loophole in state law that allowed the Virginia Tech gunman to buy weapons despite a court ruling that he was a threat and needed psychiatric counseling.

AOL News

Book on Va. Tech massacre due this summer

ABC News

Minorities fare worse in traffic stops

Black, Hispanic and white drivers are equally likely to be pulled over by police, but blacks and Hispanics are much more likely to be searched and arrested, a federal study found.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tanker fire collapses crucial overpass in S.F. Bay area

East San Francisco Bay Area traffic is expected to be disrupted for months after a speeding tanker truck carrying 8,600 gallons of gasoline crashed and exploded, causing part of an overpass to collapse.

Oakland Tribune

S.F. Bay bridge collapse: Eyewitness sees driver emerge from inferno

San Francisco Chronicle

WHO: Indoor air pollution kills 1.5M people a year

About 1.5 million people worldwide die each year because of health problems linked to indoor air pollution from burning coal, wood or dung for cooking, the World Health Organization said.

CBC

Greenhouse gas sidetracked in oceans' twilight zone

Climate experts have relied on the oceans to absorb enough of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, to slow global warming, but new research shows that the oceans may have little impact.

Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Universal Studios expands theme park kingdom to Dubai

Universal Parks & Resorts said it will develop a 6.5 million-square-foot theme park as part of Dubailand, an expansive 22 million-square-foot development in Dubai, which is part of the UAE.

Los Angeles Business

Universal's Dubailand revealed

Reuters

Love plans to auction Cobain items

Courtney Love, widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, says she plans to sell most of his belongings at a Christie's auction.

MSNBC

Nirvana videos

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Brain processes sense of smell better than previously thought

Brains are able to adjust automatically to the demands of distinguishing between small differences in smell, new research at the University of Chicago shows.

Science Daily

Next-generation toys read brain waves

Engineers at NeuroSky Inc. say a simple game portends the coming of more sophisticated devices that could revolutionize the way people play.

Houston Chronicle

EDUCATION

Schools try radical ways to help students pay for college

Amid the climate of skyrocketing college tuitions and convoluted aid programs, a handful of universities are introducing simple and transparent financial aid programs.

Christian Science Monitor

Students who skip school during rally may be cited

Top school, city and religious leaders came together to warn Los Angeles-area students to stay in school during pro-immigration May Day rallies.

CBS2

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

The military: faith under fire

God can be found or lost in a foxhole, but rarely does war leave someone's faith untouched. Army Chaplain Roger Benimoff is one such person. His is a story of spiritual struggle in the violence of Iraq.

Newsweek

Gay N.H. bishop to make union official

The Rev. V. Gene Robinson became the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop. Now, he and his partner want to officially unite under a soon-to-be-signed civil unions law in New Hampshire.

Bradenton Herald

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Photo of the Day

A couple of toddlers, Rintaro Doi, left, and Hiyori Tsuchiya, right, held by college sumo wrestlers, compete in the baby screaming contest, known as Naki Sumo (Crying Sumo), a traditional ritual performed as a prayer for the good health of children, at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo. (Photo by Koji Sasahara / AP)