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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia with President Obama during arrival ceremonies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Hassan Ammar / AP)

US caught in Internet nuclear blunder

A sensitive document providing confidential details of U.S. civilian nuclear sites was accidentally posted on the Internet, the White House has admitted.

BBC

Sotomayor downplays issue of race in meetings with senators

Judge Sonia Sotomayor sought to defuse the issue of race as she met with top senators, her first step to woo the people who will soon vote on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

San Francisco Chronicle

Sotomayor gives answers

CBS News

Obama plans to reach out to Muslim world

President Obama touches down in Cairo on a critical mission: to try to repair U.S. relations with Muslims after a decade of violence and recrimination, and reinforce moderation in a long-volatile region.

USA TODAY

Aim of Obama's Egypt trip

ABC News

UK government in turmoil, ministers quit

British Communities Secretary Hazel Blears announced she was resigning, adding to the impression that Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown was losing control of his party.

MSNBC

Brown stressed as cabinet minister quits

YouTube

US deaths rise in Afghanistan

U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have risen to 65 so far this year, up from 36 over the first five months of 2008.

MSNBC

Locals wary of US-Afghan patrol program

NPR

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The Obama's family dog Bo is seen playing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Haraz Ghanbari / AP)	Members of the Blue Man Group pose for photographers while on their recent tour in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / AP)	Sculptor David Adickes works on his sculpture of President Barack Obama at his studio in Houston. (Photo by David Phillip / AP)

NATION

Gates: US could repel N Korean missile

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the emerging U.S. missile-defense system is capable of repelling an attack from North Korea should the reclusive regime ever threaten American territory.

Bloomberg

Cabinet officials head to hard-hit states

Officials in four Midwestern states badly hurt by the auto industry's woes are lining up to ask the Cabinet secretaries for a better deal when it comes to getting funds from the federal recovery act.

Houston Chronicle

POLITICS

Obama: Health benefit tax 'an option'

President Obama is leaving the door open to taxing health care benefits, which he opposed while running for president.

CBS News

Steele breaks with Cheney on same-sex marriage issue

A day after former Vice President Dick Cheney repeated his support for the idea of same-sex marriage, Republican party chairman Michael Steele restated his opposition to the idea.

CNN

Cheney speaks out for gay marriage

MSNBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

YouTube making jump to TV screens

Like everyone else, YouTube hopes to make its way from the PC to a more prime entertainment location — the TV set. Google's video service is rolling out a new browser feature, called YouTube XL.

CNET News

Twitter silenced in China for anniversary

China appears to have banned Twitter, two days before the sensitive 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Christian Science Monitor

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Eminem/Sacha Baron Cohen stunt reportedly staged

If Eminem wants to extend his acting career beyond "8 Mile," his performance at the MTV Movie Awards ought to help.

ABC News

At E3, Xbox brings together Paul, Ringo

It may be an off-year for video games, but you wouldn't know it by the lines outside Microsoft's annual E3 press conference.

CBS News

Beatles become video game

CNN

EDUCATION

Colleges graduate 53 percent in 6 years

Even as colleges nationwide celebrate commencement season, hundreds of schools are failing to graduate a majority of their students in six years, a report says.

USA TODAY

Who pays for special education: the parents or the districts?

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision soon on the circumstances under which public schools must reimburse the parents of special-education students for private school tuition.

U.S. News & World Report

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

'Real Islam' just a phone call away

A new helpline hopes to combat radicalism in Britain and help ordinary Muslims answer difficult questions about their faith.

BBC

Churches embrace 'greening of religion'

In a movement known as eco-theology, a growing number of faith communities are embracing the desire to discuss and advocate for environmental issues within the context of theology.

Post-Bulletin

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GOOD NEWS

National parks offer fee-free weekends

It's hardly a bailout, but the federal government is hoping that waiving fees at national parks will help boost local economies across the country.

CNN

Master's degree for conservationists

The degree, offered by the environmental non-profit Rare in partnership with the University of Texas-El Paso, has an unusual requirement: "You can't get your degree until you've changed the world."

PNNOnline

WORLD

Bin Laden attacks Obama policies

Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida leader, has accused President Obama of following the policy of his predecessor George Bush in "antagonizing Muslims."

Al Jazeera

French confirm Air France plane debris