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Britain’s Prince William drives his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, away from Buckingham Palace in a vintage Aston Martin Volante convertible after their wedding at London’s Westminster Abbey. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP)

Crowds cheer newly-wed royal couple

Prince William and Kate Middleton were cheered by thousands of well-wishers who gathered outside the palace, as RAF planes flew past in honor of the new royals.

BBC

Photo highlights from royal wedding

CNN

Watch the wedding vows

YouTube

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Royal wedding

The Telegraph

Big Oil’s $38 billion defense

The world’s six largest publicly traded oil companies reported a combined $38.1 billion in first-quarter profits.

CNNMoney

Obama visits Alabama as South reels in aftermath

President Barack Obama arrived in Alabama, the hardest-hit of six states ravaged by a series of storms and tornadoes that killed nearly 300 people and left entire neighborhoods in ruins.

CNN

Why have tornadoes become so frequent?

Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

Stats on the deadly tornado outbreak in the South

Scientific American

Crowds arrive early to witness final launch of space shuttle ‘Endeavour’

Despite morning showers, space junkies turned out in droves to grab choice viewing spots for the last launch of the space shuttle Endeavour.

St. Petersburg Times

‘Endeavour’ set for historic last launch

ABC News

Thai-Cambodia clashes continue despite recent truce

A brief cease-fire between Thailand and Cambodia has broken down, shattering hopes for a quick end to the border conflict, as the two sides exchanged fire and the death toll rose to 16.

Al Jazeera

NATION

Social Security to begin phase out of paper checks

Everyone who applies for Social Security or other federal government benefits will be required to arrange for direct deposit of their payments. The government plans to phase out paper checks entirely by 2013.

USA TODAY

Ben Bernanke goes on record to warn US deficit ‘not sustainable’

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke used his historic first conference to warn that the U.S. deficit is “not sustainable” and tell political leaders they must address it “as quickly and effectively as they can”.

Guardian

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke holds first fed press conference in history

ABC News

Next immigration fight: ‘anchor babies’

While the political dialogue was hijacked over the issue of President Obama’s birthplace, bubbling below the surface is the fact that a U.S. born child of illegal parents could one day be president.

CNN

POLITICS

GOP bill would require birth certificates from presidential candidates

A GOP lawmaker will introduce legislation in the coming weeks to require any candidate running for president to file a copy of his or her birth certificate with the Federal Election Commission.

The Hill

Who, what, why: Why the II in Obama’s name?

BBC

Politician’s comments on blacks, women draw fire from NAACP

Republican Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern disparaged blacks and women during a recent debate on an affirmative action bill, prompting the head of the state NAACP to demand her resignation.

CBS News

What the security team shuffle means

President Barack Obama is getting serious about cutting defense spending. That’s the main signal being sent with his new choices to lead his national security team, analysts say.

NPR

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Obama officially names Panetta, Petraeus to top security posts

(PBS)

Rundown

HEALTH

Injuries among older workers on the rise

More Americans over age 55 are working later in life. Work-related injuries in this group continue to climb, up from 12 percent in 2003 to 17 percent in the latest tally, federal health officials report.

HealthDay

Government: sugary foods not so great

The Federal Trade Commission has offered what it calls “voluntary principles" to help guide the food industry in marketing healthful foods to kids.

NPR

EDUCATION

Teaching group offers recruits

A national nonprofit education group that places college students as teaching assistants in underprivileged schools announced that 30 of its recruits will teach in rural schools in the next school year.

Forbes

Should teaching be outsourced?

Inside Higher Ed

Proportion of students falling short on AYP rises, report says

The proportion of schools failing to make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act last school year rose to 38 percent, up five percentage points from the year before.

Education Week

ENVIRONMENT

Rights for rhinos rangers will cross South Africa on foot

Two game rangers dedicated to rhino conservation will walk from the northern border to the southern tip of South Africa. Their goal is to raise public awareness and funds to fight the poachers.

Environment News Service

‘Tase-and-release’ wildlife? Don’t dare try it in Alaska

You never know who will pick up a stun gun and decide to “tase-and-release” a wild animal with it. In Alaska, starting July 1, it will be illegal to do just that.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Animals have personalities just like us

Some people are outgoing while others are shy. Increasingly, scientists are discovering that animals are no different.

ScienceDaily

Boom and bust could be a signal for ecosystem collapse

An experiment in Peter Lake, Wis., suggests that signals, such as rapid swings in the density of certain organisms, could be used to predict ecosystem collapses.

BBC

Record number of girls to take part in Tech Challenge 2011

Despite women being historically under-represented in science and engineering, girls will make up 45 percent of the 263 teams at the annual science competition, Tech Challenge in San Jose, Calif.

San Jose Mercury News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Cartoon (Steve Sack):

Editorial cartoon

Star Tribune

Blog (Amy Davidson):

WikiLeaks are the secrets that aren’t

(The New Yorker)

Close Read

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Political leaders need to give economy a confidence boost

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cartoon (David Horsey):

Birther bugs

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column (Anonymous Anonymous):

Are sky-high gas prices good?

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Debra J. Saunders):

Happy birth certificate, Mr. President

Creators Syndicate

Blog (Steve Kornacki):

Another fun Pat Robertson theory about lesbianism

(Salon)

War Room

Column (Marco Evers):

A fairy tale wedding? Really what nonsense!

Spiegel International

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GOOD NEWS

Ill. National Guard goes green with new Shiloh readiness center

Green is a color long favored by the Army. And that may be one more reason why the Illinois Army National Guard has embraced energy efficiency.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla joins ‘Giving Pledge’ to donate half of fortune

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and his wife, Neeru, are among the latest round of billionaires who have pledged to give half of their vast fortunes to charity.

San Jose Mercury News

Royal wedding gift fund benefits little-known charities

Rather than inviting presents, the couple have asked wedding guests and members of the public to dip into their pockets to support 26 organizations that comprise the couple’s charitable gift fund.

Guardian

WORLD

US and China seem to be miles apart on human rights