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Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets supporters after speaking at his Virginia primary watch headquarters in Alexandria, Va. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Hezbollah's most wanted commander killed by Syria bomb

Hezbollah leader Imad Moughniyah, on the United States' most wanted list for attacks on Israeli and Western targets, was killed by a bomb in Damascus, the Lebanese group said.

Reuters

Profile: Imad Mughniyeh

Guardian

Lakes Mead and Powell could run dry

Lake Mead and Lake Powell, which supply water and power to millions in the American Southwest, stand a 50 percent chance of running dry by 2021, according to a new study.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama and McCain remain on a roll

Sen. Barack Obama rolled to victory by big margins. While Sen. John McCain, won in Virginia over former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, all but eliminating any threat that Huckabee might have posed.

International Herald Tribune

Special section:

2008 election map

NPR

Obama, McCain sweep Potomac

CBS News

Interrogators can inflict pain, Scalia says

Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, said in an interview broadcast in Britain that interrogators can inflict pain to obtain critical information about an imminent terrorist threat.

AOL News

Berezovsky partner's death treated as 'suspicious' by UK police

U.K. police are treating as "suspicious'' the death of Badri Patarkatsishvili, a Georgian businessman accused of plotting a coup against pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Bloomberg

NATION

GM posts biggest annual US auto loss

General Motors Corp. reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyout offers to workers.

Associated Press

GM's woes

MSNBC

Marines can stay in Berkeley, without an apology from City Council

The Berkeley City Council attempted to make nice with U.S. Marines' recruiters by taking back a letter it planned to send calling the Corps "uninvited and unwelcome intruders" in the city.

San Jose Mercury News

POLITICS

Senate approves legal immunity for telecoms in eavesdropping

International Herald Tribune

Bush's controversial decisions to be back in spotlight in 9/11 case

Harsh interrogations, secret prisons, the war against al-Qaida and Iraq. On issue after issue, President Bush has shown little indication that he will shrink from his most controversial decisions.

International Herald Tribune

Huckabee hangs in despite the odds

GOP front-runner John McCain has all but sealed his party's presidential nomination, but instead of focusing on his national campaign, the Arizona senator is still contending with Mike Huckabee.

CNN

BUSINESS

Skirmish may start long Yahoo! war

Microsoft and Yahoo! exchanged words, following the script in an unfolding acquisition drama that may run to several acts. Yahoo! formally and unanimously rejected Microsoft's public buyout offer.

Seattle Times

Fed auction aims to ease credit crisis

The Federal Reserve, seeking to combat the effects of a serious credit crisis, said it had auctioned $30 billion in funds to commercial banks at an interest rate of 3.01 percent.

CNNMoney

What does Fed rate cut mean for you?

CNN

SPORTS

Selig: No third-party drug testing needed

Bud Selig says Major League Baseball doesn't need to turn its drug testing over to a third party but should increase the amount of independence of the doctor who currently runs it.

Sporting News

Congress must play when sports cheat

NPR

Sports doping issues

Yahoo! News

Isles halt skid, Philly does not as New York tops Flyers

Trent Hunter had a goal and two assists, as the New York Islanders got back into the win column with a 4-3 decision over the slumping Philadelphia Flyers at Nassau Coliseum.

Sports Network

NHL power rankings

Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Facing blistering criticism, Blue Cross stops doctor letters

Blue Cross of California quickly halted its practice of sending letters to doctors asking them to report conditions it could use to cancel new patients' medical coverage after a wave of criticism.

San Jose Mercury News

Return of the plague

Like no other disease, plague evokes terror. Yet the plague is not just a disease of the distant past. The World Health Organization (WHO) now classifies plague as "re-emerging."

TIME

EDUCATION

Universities seek more research funds, saying science is threatened

Scientists and university leaders are seeking $500 million in emergency spending for basic research, an investment they say will save jobs and the nation's standing.

McClatchy Newspapers

Russia closes university

The Kremlin was accused of mounting an unprecedented attack on academic freedom after one of Russia's top universities was closed.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

American pumps up Third World farmers' crops, income

For 25 years, Paul Polak has been the Johnny Appleseed of the treadle pump, a simple foot-powered irrigation device that's enabled millions of farmers in the Third World to produce bigger crops.

McClatchy Newspapers

Internet helps Americans save more energy every year

For every kilowatt-hour of power that Internet-linked computers use, they save at least 10 times that amount, a recent study finds.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

East Timor's road ahead uncertain

Before President José Ramos-Horta was shot outside his home, the Nobel Peace laureate was not overly concerned about his personal security in a country with a history of sudden eruptions of violence.

International Herald Tribune

Danish newspapers reprint Prophet Muhammad cartoon