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A group of nuns walk wearing surgical masks in the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City. Mexico City canceled hundreds of public events as authorities tried to contain an outbreak of a deadly new form of swine flu. (Photo by Gregory Bull / AP)

Obama's first 100 days: rising hopes, partisan politics

President Obama approaches the 100-day mark with rising economic hopes, the best job approval rating at this point in 20 years, and half of Americans saying the country's headed in the right direction.

ABC News

How Obama's first 100 days stack up

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama's efforts changes Washington's ways

NPR

Tamil Tigers declare ceasefire

Tamil Tiger rebels declared a unilateral ceasefire as a top U.N. official pressed Sri Lankan leaders to let aid into the northeastern war zone where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped.

Associated Press

Sri Lanka rejects rebel's ceasefire call

Al Jazeera

CDC confirms NYC swine flu cases

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that the human swine influenza has infected at least eight students of a high school.

MSNBC

Fear of pandemic as killer flu strain spreads

Times Online

Swine flu outbreak fears

CBS News

Swine flu prompts global quarantine plans

YouTube

Pentagon to release abuse photos

The Pentagon said it will release hundreds of photographs from investigations into prisoner abuse but insisted they did not reveal a policy of mistreatment.

Reuters

ANC scores landslide win in South Africa

The African National Congress secured an expected landslide victory in South Africa's general elections, paving the way for Jacob Zuma to become president, according to official results released.

CNN

Fed releases 'stress-test’ criteria

Regulators delivered a simple but important message: Some of the biggest U.S. banks don’t have enough of a capital cushion to fulfill their “critical role” in the economy.

Christian Science Monitor

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Derek Drouin clears the bar during the high jump event at the Drake Relays meet, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall / AP)	South Korean Christians pray at a service for the unification of the Korean peninsula in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / AP)	An emu chick is seen walking next to its father's legs in the Berlin zoo. The chick only recently hatched. (Photo by Maya Hitij / AP)

NATION

Senate to sink mortgage relief plan

The centerpiece of President Barack Obama's plan to keep thousands of people from losing their homes amid the worst economic crisis in decades is headed for defeat in the Senate.

TIME

Nationwide search on for Ga. professor suspected in shooting

Authorities from Georgia to Texas had little to go on as they searched for a University of Georgia professor suspected of shooting his ex-wife and two other men to death outside a theater near campus.

Star Tribune

Massive SC wildfire linked to yard blaze

South Carolina officials believe a yard fire rekindled four days later, igniting the massive wildfire that had destroyed 70 homes and was still burning.

Charlotte Observer

POLITICS

Obama's immigration plan may wait

The long campaign to overhaul U.S. immigration laws may be derailed for yet another year, this time by the economy.

Bloomberg

Lobbyists ask White House to ease limits

Lobbyists asked the White House to drop the ban on discussing economic stimulus projects with administration officials, but got no promises for change.

Fresno Bee

Secretary Clinton: US troop withdrawal is still on schedule

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a surprise trip to Iraq. Top issue dominating her agenda was the violence that has recently swept the country.

ABC News

Sec. Clinton makes first Baghdad visit

Politico

Clinton to Iraqis: US will not abandon you

YouTube

ENVIRONMENT

How to fix a climate emergency

As forecasts for global temperatures grow increasingly dire, scientists are taking a serious look at an idea once considered crazy: re-engineering the atmosphere.

Newsweek

California adopts a world's first low-carbon fuel standard

California air regulators approved the world's first plan for reducing carbon emissions from transportation fuels after concessions to the biofuels industry and the state's battered economy.

Scientific American

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86

Beatrice Arthur, the Tony award winning actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls," passed away.

Associated Press

TV star Bea Arthur dies

YouTube

Susan Boyle: not quite out of nowhere

The story of Susan Boyle is completely irresistible. Fished, seemingly, from the bottom of the pond by "Britain's Got Talent," she was suddenly found to be capable of creating things of astonishing beauty.

TIME

HEALTH

Scientific consortium from 25 countries sequences cow genome

A consortium of more than 300 researchers in 25 countries has succeeded in sequencing the entire genome of the placid, farm-dwelling cow.

Forbes

Vitamin D may lower asthma severity

New research on asthma is giving tantalizing hints that it may be possible to diminish symptoms of the debilitating breathing disorder by using vitamin D.

Globeandmail.com

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

China's decade-long ban on Falun Gong holds firm

Now entering its second decade, China's relentless drive to obliterate the Falun Gong spiritual sect has left a human toll ranging from the deaths of followers in custody to the self-exile of others and more.

Guardian

Falun Gong rally against China

Straits Times

Pope Benedict XVI names 5 new saints

Pope Benedict created five new saints, including Portugal's national hero Nuno Alvares Pereira, a medieval warrior-friar credited with securing Portugal's independence from Castile.

Reuters

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Alexander Pope

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GOOD NEWS

Grade-school entrepreneurs get to work

In recent years, precocious youngsters have a handle on the laws of supply and demand - by the time they crack double digits. Their cherubic appeal comes in handy, too.

Forbes

100 Club to honor heroes of public safety

In an annual ceremony the 100 Club will honor 10 unsung heroes of public safety, including one special unsung hero to receive the Al Brandt Award, named for the late founder of the organization.

The Capital

WORLD

Jailed US journalist on hunger strike

The Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for spying, has gone on a hunger strike, her father said.

CBC News

Birthday wishes for imprisoned journalist