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Libyan rebels pose with a car decorated with a pre-Gadhafi flag during a march on behalf of prisoners of war and the missing in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. Sen. John McCain said that Libyan rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s troops are his heroes. (Photo by Alaguri / AP)

Who will go to hell? A debate ignites Christian firestorm

Rob Bell, a young, charismatic pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., suggests that hell doesn’t mean eternal damnation — sinners would get a second chance.

ABC News

Film study shows that men talk and women show skin

Women tend to be seen and not heard in movie roles. An analysis of the 100 top-grossing movies of 2008 shows that men had about 67 percent of the speaking roles while women had only about 33 percent.

USA TODAY

US to deploy armed drones in Libya

Armed U.S. Predator drones are to carry out missions over Libya, giving “precision capability” to the military operation there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

BBC

Sen. John McCain: Libyan rebels are heroes

Houston Chronicle

Libya rebels seize border post

YouTube

Saudi Prince: US mission in Libya is ‘a big shameful act’

MSNBC

College grads finding a better job market in 2011

College graduates are finding a better job market this year. A report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers shows that employers plan to hire 19.3 percent more recent grads this year.

USA TODAY

Japan struggles with how to heal ‘children’s hearts’

A new school year has started for some of the areas affected by Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, highlighting Japan’s struggle to care for young disaster survivors.

NPR

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Spring daffodils adorn the traffic circle garden in front of the North Parish Church in North Andover, Mass. (Photo by Elise Amendola / AP)	A woman looks at painted eggs offered for Easter at an open-air market in Sofia, Bulgaria. (Photo by Valentina Petrova / AP)	An Indonesian artists troupe performs with Pakistani artists to promote cultural activities between the two countries in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary / AP)

NATION

Texas residents view wildfire devastation

Some residents of a fire-ravaged Texas recreational area will be allowed to view the devastation firsthand as they begin to think about whether they can rebuild.

Houston Chronicle

Texas wildfires

Christian Science Monitor

BP to pay 5 Gulf states $100 million each for oil spill cleanup

After the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, rig operator BP agreed to give five Gulf states $100 million each for environmental cleanup.

Detroit Free Press

Special section:

Gulf oil spill

PBS

Expert: FAA long aware of problem with sleeping workers

Several air traffic controllers have been caught sleeping on the job recently, and Mary Schiavo, former Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, says it’s been happening for a long time.

TIME

POLITICS

Sen. John Ensign’s resignation sets off political scramble

Republican John Ensign’s resignation from the U.S. Senate could not only cause a battle for a U.S. House seat outside of Las Vegas, but it could have repercussions for party control in 2012.

USA TODAY

Is Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan like President Obama’s?

Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to reform Medicare — a central part of his 2012 proposal — bears some glaring similarities to President Barack Obama’s plan.

ABC News

Poll: Most Americans oppose raising debt limit

CBS News

HEALTH

Student bullying linked to family violence

Student bullies, their victims and bully-victims — those who are victimized and also engage in bullying — face a broad range of health risks, including family violence, a new U.S. study finds.

HealthDay

Acupuncture eased hot flashes of prostate cancer hormone treatment

Acupuncture provided lasting relief from side effects like hot flashes, anxiety and heart palpitations in men who underwent testosterone treatment for prostate cancer, according to a new study.

Medical News Today

Gut bacteria falls into 3 major types

Just like eye color or blood type, bacteria living in the gut can also be used to categorize humans, new research finds.

HealthDay

Special section:

A sweet source of abdominal pain

New England Journal of Medicine

ENVIRONMENT

Earth Day organizers aim for ‘a billion acts of green’

If the environmental movement has a high holiday, Earth Day is it. This year marks the 41st anniversary of the event, which coincides with Christianity’s Good Friday and Judaism’s celebration of Passover.

MSNBC

Earth Day: the planet’s most extreme places

AOL News

Ozone hole has dried out Australia, scientists find

The Antarctic ozone hole is about one-third to blame for Australia’s recent series of droughts, scientists say.

BBC

EDUCATION

Some unpretentious bragging

Students and administrators at Whitman College have been wrestling with one question recently: Does promoting yourself as unpretentious make you, in fact, just the opposite?

Inside Higher Ed

Job hunting dismal for youth who skip higher education

The nation’s economic upheaval has been especially hard on young people trying to start their working lives with a high school education or less.

Star Tribune

SPORTS

NFL schedule could buy 3 weeks

The recently released NFL schedule leaves open the possibility that there could be no games the first three scheduled weeks, but all 16 regular-season games could still be played.

ESPN

Timberwolves’ Kevin Love wins NBA’s Most Improved Player award

LaMarcus Aldridge was beaten out by Timberwolves forward Kevin Love for the All-Star Game; now, Love is 2-0 vs. Aldridge, swamping him in the voting for the NBA’s most improved player award.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Green taxi company grows fleet and bottom line

Discount Cab, of Glendale, Ariz., has earned a green reputation. When it announced its “GreenCabs for Blue Skies” initiative on Earth Day 2008, the company hoped to acquire 250 Prius taxis.

AOL News

California family approaches zero waste

Meet the Johnson family of Mill Valley, Calif. All of their household trash for the past six months adds up to slightly more than a wineglass.

AOL News

Salt Lake City unveils a new kind of meter to help the homeless

Mayor Ralph Becker and Police Chief Chris Burbank unveiled a unique way to make donations to Salt Lake City’s homeless as part of a new outreach program.

Salt Lake Tribune

WORLD

Israeli agent Pollard to Obama: Set me free for Pessah!