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Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande holds his ballot before voting for the second round in the presidential election in Tulle, central France. (Photo by Christophe Ena / AP)

I’ll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby

I’ll Have Another looked like just another horse at the Kentucky Derby until the chestnut colt blazed past highly regarded Bodemeister, beating one of the deepest fields in years.

CBSSports

I’ll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby

Denver Post

Occupy movement hopes for spring

The Occupy movement got off to a great start, but living in a tent camp seemed less attractive during the winter. Now that spring is back, activists are hoping for a protest renaissance.

ABC News

France votes in crucial runoff for president

The people of France are voting in the second round of a presidential election expected to be crucial for the future of the country and the European Union.

BBC

France divides — and Europe pays the price

The Independent

France votes 2012

Al Jazeera

Japan shuts down last nuclear plant

Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation’s 50 nuclear reactors, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol.

Christian Science Monitor

Japan nuke-free for the 1st time since 1970

Japan Times

9/11 suspects ignore, disrupt arraignment at Guantanamo hearing

Silence and the odd outburst from accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others turned an arraignment into a 13-hour court session at Guantanamo Bay.

CNN

Blog:

9/11 suspects face Guantánamo Bay hearing: as it happened

(Guardian)

US News Blog

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Seattle Mariners’ Brendan Ryan lays down a sacrifice bunt in a baseball game in Seattle. (Photo by Elaine Thompson / AP)	A pedestrian is reflected on an election poster of the Democratic Alliance party at a bus stop in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Kostas Tsironis / AP)	A Buddhist temple stands illuminated on the eve of the annual Buddhist festival “Vesakha” in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP)

NATION

Conn. Senate passes medical pot bill

Nearly seven failed amendments after Sen. Antonietta Boucher started her final attempt to stop the bill, the Connecticut Senate voted 21-13 to allow use of marijuana by the seriously ill.

Connecticut Post

NC in spotlight of marriage amendment

In North Carolina’s primary, the discourse has been dominated not by candidates, but by a bitterly contested measure known as Amendment 1.

Sacramento Bee

Map:

The gay marriage landscape

Pew Research Center

POLITICS

Warren, Brown pledge keeps attack ads at bay in Mass. Senate race

A civility pledge between the candidates has kept attack ads largely on the sidelines in the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts between Republican incumbent Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren.

NPR

Obama: End the war in Afghanistan and rebuild the US

After more than a decade of war, President Barack Obama called on Americans to turn their attention to the home front and build a country worthy of the sacrifices made in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Politico

BUSINESS

Startups begin to make patents a priority

Software startups have traditionally avoided patenting their innovations, viewing it as an unneeded expense. But today, more companies than ever are choosing to file patent paperwork.

San Francisco Chronicle

Apple wins ruling, sanctions in Samsung infringement suit

Apple Inc. won sanctions against Samsung Electronics Co. for its failure to produce source code in a patent-infringement case in federal court in San Jose, Calif.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Northern California fishermen free entangled whale

Using 12-foot bamboo poles with hooks on the end, Mark Anello and his crew spent 90 minutes freeing the 40-ton whale nicknamed “June” by rescuers who had earlier tried to free it.

TIME Magazine

‘Supermoon’ lights up night sky

If the full moon rising in the East struck you as unusually large, you‘re right — 30 percent larger, in fact. Though it’s hardly a scientific term, it was what’s known as a “supermoon.”

ABC News

Supermoon photos from around the world

SPACE.com

HEALTH

PTSD name change could lessen stigma

It has been called shell shock, battle fatigue and post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Now, military officers and psychiatrists are in a heated debate over whether to change its name again.

Washington Post

Will we ever have an HIV vaccine?

To understand why creating a vaccine protecting us against HIV infection is so hard, we need to understand the virus.

BBC

EDUCATION

Using video games as teaching tools

The Oconomowoc Area School District, in Oconomowoc, Wis., has become a leader in trying out game-based learning models, which has included new classes for students to design games.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Learning that works

Vocational education began to fall out of fashion about 40 years ago, in part because it became a civil rights issue. Clyde McBride revives it in Kayenta, Ariz.

TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

In Spain, the Catholic Church offers more than salvation

Spain has Europe’s highest jobless rate, but the Catholic Church is still hiring. A group of Spanish bishops has produced a recruitment video as they seek to boost the dwindling numbers of priests.

NPR

Sisters, doing it for themselves

The Vatican is cracking down on the activities of U.S. Catholic nuns. Washington social justice lobbyist Sister Simone Campbell talks about what it’s like to be in the firing line.

Globeandmail.com

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Out of touch about Afghanistan

Philadelphia Inquirer

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A little bit of nonsense is the secret to a sane life

The Independent

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The Ferrari with the dragon tattoo

(Wall Street Journal)

Rumble Seat

Column (Thomas L. Friedman):

Lead, follow or get out of the way

San Jose Mercury News

Column (Chris Mooney):

Republicans: wired for homophobia

Salon

Column (Andres Oppenheimer):

Has Brazil become a disoriented giant?

McClatchy Newspapers

Blog (Michael Scherer):

Voters beware: what campaigns don’t tell

(TIME)

Swampland

Column (Rana Foroohar):

Business: learning to hate big tech

TIME

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Washington Post

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ESPN

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Washington Post

Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. May 4 at 2 pm

ESPN

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GOOD NEWS

More than 20,000 expected for Girl Scout centennial celebration

Girl Scouts worldwide are celebrating their group‘s centennial, and the Girl Scouts of Northern California are thinking big. The group’s event is expected to draw more than 20,000 participants.

San Jose Mercury News

Once-abused therapy dog eases pain

Pets have forged strong bonds with veterans’ families who are coping with the effects of wartime military service. A 2011 study reveals that patients report “feeling better” when they interact with an animal.

ABC News

Jogging boosts lifespan up to 6 years, study shows

A new study found that people who regularly jog tack on an average of 6.2 years on a lifespan for a man, and 5.6 years for a woman.

CBS News

WORLD

Life in the city of 1,000 statues