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An army soldier stands guard after a series of explosions near the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Photo by Mohammad Iqbal / AP)

Shuttle Discovery lifts off

Space shuttle Discovery with seven astronauts aboard blasted off on one of NASA's final servicing missions to the International Space Station.

ABC News

NASA clears Discovery for launch

USA TODAY

Astronauts' careers may stall

NPR

Secret world of Southeast Asian Vietnamese workers in Russia

Vietnam has a rapidly growing economy, but many people still go and work in Russia, whose ties with the Southeast Asian nation date back to the Cold War era.

BBC

Pakistani city hit by series of explosions

At least seven people have died after suspected militants attacked the U.S. consulate in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.

BBC

Triple bombing near the US consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan.

CNN

Pakistan: A nation in turmoil

MSNBC

The Obamas host annual White House Easter Egg Roll

President Obama and the rest of the first family host the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, much to the delight of visiting children from across the country.

CNN

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ABC News

Low breast-feeding rates incur billions

Poor compliance with breast-feeding recommendations costs the nation at least $13 billion each year, with nearly all of the cost related to infant morbidity.

MedPage Today

Study: Breast-feeding would save lives

San Jose Mercury News

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Spanish matador Daniel Luque performs with a bull from Nunez del Cuvillo ranch during a bullfight in Madrid. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP)	Tiger Woods walks down the first fairway during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. (Photo by David J. Phillip / AP)	Kevin Wilbur is silhouetted as he supervises the filling of his hot air balloon in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP)

NATION

California quake magnitude raised to 7.2

A strong earthquake south of the U.S.-Mexico border swayed high-rises in downtown Los Angeles and was felt across Southern California and Arizona.

Fresno Bee

'Power lines were crashing against buildings'

Christian Science Monitor

2 killed, 100 injured in earthquake

CNN

US expects accelerating job creation

The Obama administration expects U.S. job creation to quicken but economic recovery has a long way to go despite improved trends, White House officials said.

Reuters

White House braces unemployed for slow job market rebound

ABC News

Romer anticipates 'positive job growth'

MSNBC

San Francisco's crime lab's feral cats

San Francisco's police crime lab, already plagued by a drug scandal, is quietly dealing with another pesky problem: cats.

San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Tea party's influence still hard to gauge

The tea party movement has been closely linked to Nevada this election year, with members staging a boisterous rally last week in Searchlight aimed at ousting Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid.

San Jose Mercury News

Michael Steele: Black politicians have less room for error

Republican leader Michael Steele, whose leadership has been questioned by some in the GOP, said his job is a little bit tougher because of his race.

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

For hoarders, the mess tends to begin in the mind not in home

We've all seen the TV shows and heard the stories: people who collect so much stuff they can hardly move in their own home. Some even sleep in the car or yard because their homes are so crammed.

NPR

Hannibal, Mo., is a 'holy land' for Mark Twain fans

Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, one of America's greatest literary figures, is still drawing visitors to Hannibal, the Mississippi River town of his boyhood.

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Frauds found to abound in medical bills

It's estimated that at least 3 percent of all health care spending — roughly $68 billion — is lost to fraud and billing errors annually.

Denver Post

Study finds that insulin-producing beta cells can be reborn

Certain cells in the pancreas can regenerate themselves into insulin-producing cells after normal insulin-producing cells have been destroyed, as happens in type 1 diabetes.

HealthDay

Benefits of minimally invasive removal for large brain tumors

A minimally invasive endoscopic procedure holds promise for safely removing large brain tumors from an area at the bottom of the skull, near the sinus cavities, clinical researchers have found.

Medical News Today

ENVIRONMENT

Better planning for New England floods

Changing rainfall patterns have increased the number and severity of floods. Better forecasts and improved flood management have helped, but planners need to do more to boost community resilience.

Christian Science Monitor

Haiti rebuilds by recycling debris

Officials planning the reconstruction in Haiti see material to build roads, expand the waterfront and try to make Port-au-Prince better than before the earthquake.

Detroit Free Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Brain remembers 1 fear vs. another

The brain can store and retrieve memories of specific fears, a new study on rats finds. The research suggests the brain distinguishes between fears of, say, a dog and fear of heights.

LiveScience

Russian spacecraft docks at space station

A U.S.-Russian space team sent their Easter greetings down to Earth after their Soyuz spacecraft docked flawlessly at the International Space Station.

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

Free Plant City berries offer leads to donations to help rural poor

A local farm's decision to offer its strawberries free for the taking led to a more than $6,100 windfall for an organization that provides child care to the rural poor.

Tampa Bay Online

Grants nurture arts spaces and housing

As part of an effort to increase the impact of its giving, the Ford Foundation is to announce a plan to dedicate $100 million to the development of arts spaces nationwide over the next decade.

New York Times

WORLD

South Africa leaders visit Eugene Terreblanche family

South African leaders have visited the family of white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche to pay their respects after he was killed on Saturday.

BBC

Robert Mugabe’s dirty diamonds