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A U.S. soldier controls the area outside the gate of a U.S. base after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Musadeq Sadeq / AP)

Intelligent design eases fear of death

When faced with the thought of death, people are more likely to believe in intelligent design — the idea that features of the universe can be explained by an “intelligent being” guiding the process.

LiveScience

Special section:

Creationism

BBC

A man is wrongfully convicted: Should prosecutors be held liable?

When prosecutors violate the law to deprive a person of a fair trial, is vindication enough, or should the prosecutors be held liable for damages?

NPR

9 dead in Afghan Quran-burning protests

At least nine people have been killed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said, on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Quran by a radical fundamentalist Christian in the U.S.

Reuters

Afghanistan: UN mission rocked by mob killings

Guardian

Protest over Quran burning turns deadly

ABC News

Stepping on the gas

Using a specialized version of a technique called hydraulic fracturing, Mr. Mitchell’s team found an economical way to create or expand fractures in the rock and to get the trapped gas to flow.

Wall Street Journal

Blog:

Obama: Oil drilling alone is not going to cut gas prices

(USA TODAY)

The Oval

FDA proposes calorie counts on menus

Menu labeling proposed by the Food and Drug Administration will require chain restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores and coffee chains to clearly post calorie counts.

ABC News

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Hindu priests send their wish for team victory in the ICC World Cup cricket final by dressing up an idol of a goddess in India. (Photo by Ajit Solanki / AP)	The tail lights of a car traveling down a road during a spring snowstorm leave a light trail in this 30-second time exposure in Freeport, Maine. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty / AP)	Los Angeles Angels’ Jeff Mathis is out at the plate as he collides with Kansas City Royals catcher Matt Treanor when he tried to score on a hit. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

NATION

Southwest to ground 81 planes after hole prompts emergency landing

A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at a military base in Yuma, Ariz., with what passengers described as a 3-foot hole in the fuselage of the Boeing 737.

CNN

US House panel urges Obama to keep National Guard at Ariz. border

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee urged President Barack Obama to extend the deployment of Southwestern National Guard troops at the border beyond the end of June.

Arizona Republic

Survey: Most people using tax refunds to pay down debt

Most people will be using their tax refunds to pay down debt, a survey from the Denver-based National Endowment for Financial Education showed.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Adoption tax credit yields $54,000 for 1 family

CNNMoney

Obama: Economy showing signs of ‘real strength’

Yahoo! News

POLITICS

America’s new electorate

The 2010 census showed that the minority share of the population has increased in the past decade. If the Democrats can convert that growth into new voters they can get a critical boost in 2012 elections.

The Atlantic

Cops, firefighters turn against GOP in ongoing labor fight

Many cops and firefighters, union members who frequently stray from labor’s support for Democrats, have thrown their allegiance to the GOP for years. A host of new Republican governors is changing all that.

Politico

Blog:

Clock ticks on government shutdown

(CBS News)

Political Hotsheet

CRISIS IN JAPAN

Japan’s prime minister enters nuclear exclusion zone

Japan’s prime minister made his first visit to the country’s tsunami-devastated region and entered a nuclear exclusion zone to meet workers grappling to end the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

Reuters

Blog:

A lone ‘Tree of hope’ stands as a poignant symbol in Japan

(NPR)

The Two-Way

Nuclear industry’s other big hurdle

Public outrage over radiation seeping from Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant is a huge setback for proponents of nuclear power.

MarketWatch

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Moon buggy race: Pedal-powered rovers face off

They may not actually be driving on the moon, but 84 teams from the U.S. and three other countries are hoping they’ve got the right stuff to win NASA’s latest rover race.

Space.com

Malicious attack hits a million Web pages

More than one million website pages have been hit by a sophisticated hacking attack that injects code into sites that redirects users to a fraudulent software sales operation.

Reuters

HEALTH

CDC records rise in birth rate for women over 40

The birth rate for women over 40 in the United States rose between 2007 and 2009. Among every other age group, however, the birth rate fell during the same period, according to a report.

CNN

Do at-home genetic tests tell too much and explain too little?

At-home genetic tests, which may offer tantalizing clues about future health risks, are still in their infancy — and genetic counselors are concerned that the results may puzzle or even panic consumers.

HealthDay

SPORTS

NCAA coach Smart has gone far from Wisconsin start

Shaka Smart is in his second season as head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University and has the Rams in the Final Four for the first time in the school’s history.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Special section:

Breaking down the Final 4

Houston Chronicle

Lester, Crawford, Bard let down Red Sox in opener

The Boston Red Sox are counting on Jon Lester, Carl Crawford and Daniel Bard to be among their leaders this season. On opening day, they shared much of the blame for a 9-5 loss to the Texas Rangers.

USA TODAY

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.”

John F. Kennedy

35th president of the U.S.

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GOOD NEWS

Hospital’s 5-transplant kidney swap a Calif. state record

In what is the largest single-hospital kidney swap in California, five patients received new kidneys from five healthy donors in a marathon series of operations.

San Francisco Chronicle

Detroit pastor turns 92, plans to keep working in church

Monsignor Peter Lentine enjoys working so much that even after turning 92, he has no plans to retire from his job. He has been a priest for six decades, spending the last 44 years as pastor of St. Philomena Parish.

Detroit Free Press

At this shelter, art studio helps the homeless paint a brighter future

An art studio doesn’t usually make the list of homeless needs. But when Anita Beaty decided to start painting in the storefront window of a homeless shelter, people were soon looking in and asking to join.

CNN

WORLD

Libya: Coalition air strike kills rebels