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In this file photo, General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner walks off after addressing the media about the company's restructuring plans in Detroit. (Photo by Carlos Osorio / AP)

North Korean rocket seen on launch pad

A North Korean rocket slated for launch sometime early next month can be clearly seen in a satellite photograph.

CNN

US deploys anti-missile ships to N. Korea

Reuters

South Koreans react to possibile missile launch

YouTube

China accused in global computer spying

An enormous electronic espionage program run from servers in China were used to spy on computers in more than 100 countries, according to two reports published by Cambridge and Toronto Universities.

Telegraph.co.uk

Obama: We can't let auto industry vanish

President Obama announced that struggling automotive giants GM and Chrysler will be given a limited period of time to restructure in a way that would justify further "investment of additional taxpayer dollars."

CNN

Overseas markets decline sharply

International Herald Tribune

Fritz Henderson likely to head GM

Detroit Free Press

GM CEO to step down at White House request

YouTube

Lahore police academy recaptured

Pakistani security forces have recaptured a police academy after eight hours of clashes with gunmen who seized the complex during a morning drill.

BBC

As Red River flooding eases in Fargo, a winter storm moves in

As the Red River began retreating from Fargo's levees, the city's residents stared down a winter storm expected to bring up to 14 inches of snow and wind-whipped waves that could worsen the flooding.

ABC News

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A Cambodian Buddhist monk throws flower petals in a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Heng Sinith / AP)	Pastor Jay Wesbrooks delivers his sermon in front of the tornado-wrecked Corinth Baptist Church in Magee, Miss. (Photo by Joe Ellis / The Clarion-Ledger / AP)	Emosi Vucago of Fiji scores against South Africa at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament. Fiji won 26-24. (Photo by Kin Cheung / AP)

NATION

8 killed in nursing home rampage

A gunman burst into a North Carolina nursing home and started "shooting everything," killing seven residents and a nurse and wounding at least three others.

ABC News

New York's school for immigrants

The new Ellis Preparatory Academy in the South Bronx tailors itself to immigrants in their late teens, and is named for Ellis Island where immigrants came seeking a slice of the American Dream.

BBC

POLITICS

Clinton seeks support on Afghan plan, contact with Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was en route to the Hague for her first contact with Iran at an international meeting and seeking support for Washington's new war strategy in Afghanistan.

Reuters

Obama heads overseas to tackle world economy issues

After 10 weeks in office trying to save the U.S. economy, President Obama is ready to tackle the world economy. Whether the world is ready to take on his remedy remains in doubt.

USA Today

HEALTH

Taxpayer-funded surgical robot sits unused in Texas hospital

A $1.75 million surgical robot bought with taxpayer money is collecting dust because too few doctors at the public hospital district know how to use the state-of-the art equipment.

McClatchy

Autism: new clue to earlier detection

A surprise discovery of what captures autistic children's attention led Yale researchers to earlier detection and new therapies for children with autism — possibly beginning in infancy.

WebMD

Cartoons 'could help spot autism'

BBC

EDUCATION

Michelle Obama will speak at UC-Merced's first graduation

The inaugural class of the University of California-Merced is excited to have first lady Michelle Obama speak at its May commencement.

San Jose Mercury News

Texas bill would allow guns at colleges

Officials at three Texas universities say they have serious concerns about a bill to let students carry guns on campus.

MarketWatch

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Madonna to attend adoption hearing

Madonna will face a judge in Malawi in her ongoing quest to adopt another child.

People

Green Day's 'Idiot' heads to the stage

A stage version of the Green Day album "American Idiot" will open the 2009-10 season at Berkeley Repertory Theater.

Variety

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

In times like these, more people go to church for help

Pleas for help — spiritual and financial — are flooding U.S. churches, from tiny congregations to megachurches, as recession woes seep into the pews, a new survey finds.

USA Today

Brazilian archbishop twists the Holocaust

A Catholic archbishop in Brazil minimized the Holocaust and declared that Jews dominate the world media.

Jerusalem Post

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“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

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GOOD NEWS

Statin cuts risk of blood clots

A cholesterol-lowering statin drug can significantly cut the risk of potentially fatal blood clots, U.S. research suggests.

Telegraph.co.uk

The White House going green — again

President Barack Obama will find out two things as he tries to make the White House greener: It's already been done; it needs to be done again.

Environmental News Network

WORLD

The return of the Baathists

For years Saleh al-Mutlaq, the amiable, disheveled parliamentarian, has spoken out for members of Saddam's old party. Now Iraqis are listening.

Newsweek

BUSINESS