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A Boy Scout walks with American flags to place at grave sites for Memorial Day at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, N.J. (Photo by Mel Evans / AP)

Senate vote not last word on Gitmo

With President Barack Obama showing the way, some Senate Democrats are signaling a willingness to permit transferring terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay to prisons in the United States.

Examiner

Military tribunals not like US courts

San Francisco Chronicle

City willing to take Gitmo prisoners?

CBS News

‘Shadow market’ could undercut real estate rebound

Only 30 percent of foreclosed homes are currently on the market nationwide. Could the backlog of hundreds of thousands of empty or rented homes swamp recovery?

Christian Science Monitor

Obama 'confident' GM can thrive after restructuring

President Barack Obama is confident General Motors Co. would thrive after restructuring, but he made no mention as to whether the ailing automaker might have to enter bankruptcy.

Reuters

GM's tough road to avoid bankruptcy

CNN

Iran's Ahmadinejad rallies supporters

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has begun the campaign for June's presidential election with a defiant speech against Iran's enemies.

BBC

US wants to resume talks with Cuba on legal immigration

President Barack Obama is making another overture to Cuba, asking the island's communist government to resume talks that his predecessor halted on legal immigration of Cubans to the U.S.

Forbes

Storms prevent shuttle from landing

Weather delayed the landing of space shuttle Atlantis for the second day and kept the crew circling Earth after a successful repair of the Hubble telescope.

Guardian

NATION

Cigarette makers lose appeal

A U.S. appeals court has largely upheld a landmark ruling that cigarette makers lied about the health risks of smoking.

BBC

Court rules tobacco ads deceive public

ABC News

California high court to rule on Proposition 8

The California Supreme Court announced it will render its ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, leaving many to speculate about the future of the same-sex marriage battle and the legality of unions.

San Jose Mercury News

State Supreme Court to rule on Prop. 8

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Senate GOP waits as retirement questions hover over 2010

Senate Republicans will begin learning about some key potential retirements after recess, with the first in a series of decisions that will loom large over how the 2010 Senate battlefield takes shape.

The Hill

Republicans flock to 'The Huffington Post'

Despite its liberal leanings, Republican members of Congress and their aides have recently begun heading to The Huffington Post to talk up their views.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ancient termite spilled its guts in amber

One hundred million years ago a termite was wounded and its abdomen split open. The resin of a pine tree slowly enveloped its body and the contents of its gut.

LiveScience

Mixed fates for Mars rovers after 5 years

The latest news from NASA's explorers on Mars is good and not so good. One rover, Opportunity, is functioning and discovering new places while Spirit, the other rover, is stuck in the Mars sand.

San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Terminator' takes $13.37 million

"Terminator Salvation" has launched with $13.37 million at 3,480 playdates as the fourth version of the franchise dominated domestic moviegoing.

Variety

Quest for the best barbecue

For city slickers, who live in places where backyard smokers are not viable or even legal, a country jaunt for some finger-licking meat can be an escape.

CNN

HEALTH

For face transplant patients, selection criteria could stiffen in future

As the number of successful face transplant surgeries inches higher, medical ethicists are discussing how to make decisions on if and when patients should be eligible for the procedure.

ABC News

Blog:

Face transplant recipient ‘happy’ with results

USA TODAY

Blog:

Before and after: both sides of face transplant surgery

Newsweek

Study: Many black women refuse breast cancer treatments

Almost 25 percent of black women with advanced breast cancer refuse the chemotherapy and radiation treatments that could save their lives, according to a recent study.

Forbes

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Decoding near-death experiences

Researchers are giving a closer neurological look at near-death experiences and the relationship with the brain asking: Can your mind operate when your brain has stopped?

NPR

Krump gives movement to the spirit’s call

Krump, a frenetic dance combining flashes of modern dance, break-dancing, tribal-like dance, hip hop, “pop lock” steps and free-form motion, has found a nearly religious devotion in its participants.

Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Timothy Rose):

May other states join Iowa in equality

Des Moines Register

Editorial:

Getting Gitmo right

Boston Herald

Column (Mark Steyn):

Statism the only thing being stimulated

Orange County Register

Column (Fred Barnes):

An over-leveraged presidency

Weekly Standard

Column (Jo Comerfield):

$1 trillion and counting

The Nation

Column (Eleanor Clift):

Pakistan’s anger

Newsweek

Column (Fred Barnes):

An overleveraged presidency

Weekly Standard

Column (Ronald Brownstein):

For GOP, a southern exposure

National Journal

Column (DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN):

The terrorists' best US hope

New York Post

Editorial:

A win for corporate honesty

Seattle Times

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GOOD NEWS

WHO: Child deaths drop sharply

Deaths of children aged under five years have dropped by 27 percent globally since 1990, according to the latest World Health Organization estimates.

Joy Online

Homeless youth leave streets to perform on Broadway stage

Homeless youth striving to turn their lives around will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform with some of Broadway's greatest stars on the stage of the Hudson Theatre in New York City.

PNNOnline

WORLD

UN to press for Sri Lankan access

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is to press Sri Lanka to ensure unrestricted access by aid agencies to displaced people in the north of the country.

BBC