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President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Automakers, Obama announce mileage, pollution plan

President Barack Obama wants drivers to go farther on a gallon of gas and cause less damage to the environment — and be willing to pick up the tab.

Guardian

Americans look ahead to leaner, cleaner cars

MSNBC

Bill Clinton to be UN Haiti envoy

Bill Clinton will be the new U.N. special envoy to Haiti, a spokesman said. He will work to help Haiti rebuild after last year's tropical storms, which claimed nearly 800 lives and caused $1 billion in damage.

BBC

Netanyahu will receive pressure to stablish Palestinian state

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to face questions on Capitol Hill on his refusal to endorse the cornerstone of international Mideast policy — the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Obama, Netanyahu discuss US and Israel

CNN

Obama calls for two state solution

Reuters

Credit card reforms up for Senate vote

Lawmakers are hoping to give voters some breathing room in the economic downturn by banning arbitrary rate hikes and excessive fees from credit card companies.

Examiner

House clears financial fraud crack down

Kansas City Star

Biden begins landmark Balkan tour

Joe Biden, the U.S. vice president, has arrived in Bosnia to begin a three-day tour of the Balkans, aimed at strengthening Washington's ties with the region.

Al Jazeera

NATION

US home starts rise to 520,000 units in April

The rate of groundbreaking for new homes is expected to rise, but will be tempered by a glut of unsold homes that will probably keep many home builders off the job.

Reuters

FBI infiltrated Iowa anti-war group before GOP convention

An FBI informant and an undercover sheriff's deputy spied on political activists in Iowa City last year before the Republican National Convention.

Des Moines Register

Supreme Court blocks September 11 detainee lawsuit

The Supreme Court ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller can't be sued by the Muslim men sent to maximum security prison in the wake of the 2001 attacks.

USA TODAY

Groups seek disbarment for top Bush administration lawyers

CNN

POLITICS

Senators offer options for health reform

If the route to healthcare reform will be determined by how much it costs and how to pay for it, the Senate Finance Committee may have issued the roadmap.

The Hill

House committee begins debating climate change bill

A key committee in Congress kicked off what promises to be a rollicking debate as Democrats aimed to advance a bill to slow global warming and Republicans began maneuvering to kill a central part of it.

Reuters

Military ties energy to national security

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hubble refitted for golden years

Five days of work on the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope ended with the release of what one astronomer said is "in many ways ... a brand new telescope."

Baltimore Sun

Mockingbirds can distinguish humans

Mockingbirds may look pretty much alike to people, but they can tell us apart and are quick to react to people they do not like.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Weddings go green

Green weddings share an effort to conserve resources and reduce waste, and to make a commitment to the planet the newlyweds will live on as they make a lifelong commitment to each other.

Christian Science Monitor

EPA greenlights 42 mountaintop removal mining permits

Environmentalists called on the Obama administration to intervene in the permitting process of 42 new mountaintop removal coal mining sites in Appalachia.

SustainableBusiness.com

HEALTH

Lose weight with a good night's sleep

A new study found a link between sleep and weight. Study participants who were short sleepers (less than six hours per night) tended to have on average a higher body mass index than long sleepers.

WebMD

H1N1 vaccine production delayed

Making an H1N1 vaccine may be more difficult than first thought, the WHO acknowledged as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and WHO chief Dr. Margaret Chan met with pharmaceutical companies.

CBS News

NY sees 1st death from swine flu

USA TODAY

Swine flu fears are back

MSNBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

The God chemical: the brain and mysticism

Some researchers are using new technologies to try to understand spiritual experience. They're peering into our brains and studying our bodies to look for circumstantial evidence of a spiritual world.

NPR

Carla Bruni accuses the Pope of 'damaging' developing countries

French First Lady Carla Bruni launched an astonishing attack on the Pope, accusing the Catholic Church of "damaging" countries like Africa with its birth control proclamations.

Daily Mail

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GOOD NEWS

Finnish teacher unlocks music for special-needs students

For the 170 people with intellectual or developmental disabilities who take music classes with Markku Kaikkonen each week, it's a place where their talents, not their special needs, take center stage.

Christian Science Monitor

Young hero to continue life of helping

Just call him "Dr. Rocky." Martin Anthony Lyons Jr. has three years to go before completing his residency requirement, but he has officially become a doctor.

Montgomery Advertiser

WORLD

Pakistan deals with 1.5 million refugees

Pakistan said it was racing to help refugees fleeing a military offensive against the Taliban in its northwest — an exodus of some 1.5 million.

ABC News

Sri Lankan president says country is free from terror