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CalFire Battalion Chief Craig Konklin scans the Jesusita fire's eastern flank at sunrise from a mountain top ridge as a heavy fog below envelops the city of Santa Barbara, Calif. (Photo by Michael A. Mariant / AP)

Weather puts wet blanket on destructive California fire

A blanket of damp, cool ocean air draped the coast, keeping a lid on a destructive wildfire and allowing some of the thousands of evacuees to return and see if their homes had survived.

ABC News

California lifts fire evacuations

BBC

Star-studded dinner includes some risky jokes

President Obama’s first White House Correspondents' Association dinner relied on the same Hollywood energy surrounding his Inauguration.

The Hill

Flight from Swat as curfew lifted

Local residents trapped by fighting between troops and Taliban militants have been given a few hours to leave.

BBC

Pakistan claims 180 to 200 insurgents killed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Trapped by Taliban terror

Times Online

Pakistani civilians flee homes

CBS News

Obama aide: It seems no one knows bin Laden's status

President Barack Obama's national security adviser says he isn't sure if Osama bin Laden is dead or alive.

CBS News

Jones: Osama status 'inconclusive'

ABC News

Recession's victims find a disjointed safety net

As millions seek government aid they are finding it dispensed American style: through a jumble of disconnected programs that reach some and reject others, often for reasons of geography or chance.

MSNBC

NATION

More than 25 terror suspects were 'kept awake for 11 days'

More than 25 of the CIA's war-on-terror prisoners were subjected to sleep deprivation for as long as 11 days at a time during the administration of President George W. Bush.

Times Online

Iran appeal due for US reporter

A court in Iran will hear an appeal from jailed U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi two days earlier than expected, according to her lawyer.

BBC

POLITICS

McCain wants more inclusive GOP

Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who carried the flag for his party in the last presidential election, echoed calls to make the GOP more inclusive.

Politico

Cheney picks Limbaugh's version of the GOP

The Hill

Obama's Supreme Court list led by women judges, politicians

President Obama’s first U.S. Supreme Court appointment probably will be drawn from a group of women who have achieved prominence in the law or politics, ensuring more diversity for the high court.

Bloomberg

Obama team retains polar bear policy

The Obama administration will keep a Bush policy on polar bears, declining to crack down on greenhouse-gas polluters.

San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA clears Atlantis for launch to Hubble

After months of delay, NASA cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a launch to the Hubble Space Telescope and weather forecasters gave good odds for the launch.

Associated Press

NASA's last mission to Hubble

Reuters

Study: Electric cars may be more efficient than ethanol

Ethanol from plants can fill up drivers' gas tanks, but people could drive 80 percent farther if we converted those crops into electricity, a study by Stanford and University of California researchers says.

San Jose Mercury News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Actress Mia Farrow ends fast amid serious health concerns

Mia Farrow has stopped her fast in solidarity for the people of Darfur due to "serious health concerns" her doctor raised, the actress said in a statement.

FOX News

Mia Farrow disappointed at ending hunger strike

People

Wanda Sykes knocks 'em dead at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Wanda Sykes may be best known for her TV sit-com roles, but at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, she re-established herself as a mow-'em-down stand-up comic.

Entertainment Weekly

ENVIRONMENT

China poised to go all out with clean tech

China is at a crossroads. This nation of 1.3 billion people is faced with the daunting task of building on its 30 years of unprecedented economic development without further environmental harm.

San Francisco Chronicle

Cities to sizzle as islands of heat

London and other cities could see summer temperatures rise to more than 18 degrees Farenheit above those in the surrounding countryside, according to official British climate change research.

Times Online

EDUCATION

Seattle superintendent fires all city teachers, union claims

The head of the Seattle teachers' union said that the group will sue Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson over a letter she sent out that terminates the contracts of all 3,300 union members.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The trouble with public colleges

Public universities have long been the financial safety plan for high-performing high-school seniors. But now, when families most need low-cost, high-quality schools, State U. is under intense pressure.

CNNMoney

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

The high cost of financing college

News Tribune

Blog (Melinda Katz):

Thoughts from a political mom

Huffington Post

Editorial:

Pelosi's amnesia

Las Vegas Review Journal

Blog:

Big banks may be headed for extinction

CNBC

Blog (James Fallow):

Chinese on Chinese education

The Atlantic

Column:

Who lost the economy and what's next?

The American Prospect

Column:

Can this rally keep going?

Smart Money

Editorial:

Following Souter

The Nation

Column (James C. Capretta & Yuval Levin):

Stop ObamaCare

Weekly Standard

Editorial:

Zuma: man of the people

Economist

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GOOD NEWS

Injured soldier finishes marathon

An Army officer injured in Iraq was presented with a medal by Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave after taking two grueling weeks to complete the London Marathon on crutches.

Telegraph.co.uk

David Hasselhoff, the dog, saves owner from house blaze

A dog, named after former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff, saved his sleeping owner from burning to death.

Thaindian News

WORLD

Sri Lankan 'shelling kills 378'

At least 378 people have been killed by continuing shelling from the Sri Lankan army in the past 24 hours, a health official has told the BBC.

BBC

Sheikh reportedly detained by UAE pending torture investigation