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Convicted terror conspirator Jose Padilla sentenced

Jose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive "dirty bomb," was sentenced to 17 years and four months on terrorism conspiracy charges that don't mention those initial allegations.

Star Tribune

Next primaries tougher yet

As the presidential nomination battles head into their next venues — Florida for the Republicans, South Carolina for the Democrats — candidates on both sides have much to prove.

Christian Science Monitor

Americans ponder Hillary, Obama in national race

Angus Reid

Fed cuts rate 0.75 percentage point

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate in an emergency move for the first time since 2001 after stock markets tumbled from Hong Kong to London.

Bloomberg

Fed races to ease market fears

Christian Science Monitor

Asian markets plunge for second day

Financial Times

Fed rate cut

MSNBC

'No Country,' 'There Will Be Blood' each get 8 Oscar nominations

"No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" each picked up eight nominations to lead the Oscar field, while "Atonement" and "Michael Clayton" got seven nominations apiece.

San Jose Mercury News

List of 80th annual Oscar nominees

Yahoo! News

Actor Heath Ledger found dead

Actor Heath Ledger, one of the stars of "Brokeback Mountain," was found dead in his bed in his Manhattan apartment, New York City police said.

Newsday

NATION

FBI joins search for 'abducted' teen

The FBI has joined the investigation into what police now say was likely the abduction of a teenage woman from a friend's Reno, Nev., home.

ABC News

Drivers vs. DMVs

About 9.3 million vanity license plates blare the personal peccadilloes, passions and politics of drivers throughout the USA. It's up to the states to ferret out the acceptable from the offensive.

USA Today

Deep freeze grips northern Maine

Temperatures dropped to breathtaking levels, well below zero, in extreme northern sections of Maine.

CBS News

Brr! It's cold out there

ABC News

POLITICS

Thompson quits White House race

Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson has withdrawn from the Republican presidential race, after a string of poor finishes in early voting rounds.

BBC

Attorneys probe deepens

The federal investigation into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys could jolt the political landscape ahead of the November elections, according to several people close to the inquiry.

The Hill

Comity in Congress — for how long?

Congress watchers may feel a little unsettled when the Senate returns to work. In recent days there has been a spate of oddly bipartisan comments, even a can-do tone among lawmakers.

TIME

BUSINESS

Oil prices fall below $88

Oil prices fell further on mounting concerns that the U.S. economy may be heading toward a recession that would likely dampen demand for crude.

BusinessWeek

Oil prices attempt recovery from steep losses

AFP

Apple posts nice Q1, pessimistic on Q2

Apple's first quarter hit on all cylinders, as the company continued its financial run on the strength of its Mac business.

CNET News

SPORTS

Sharapova tops Henin; Serena loses

Maria Sharapova ended Justine Henin's 32-match winning streak in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, while defending champion Serena Williams was upset by Jelena Jankovic.

Sporting News

The Open in pictures

Sporting Life

Shaky Brady sporting cast on foot

The Patriots hopes for a Super Bowl win and a 19-0 season certainly hit a major speed bump, as Tom Brady was spotted wearing what appears to be a walking cast on his right foot.

Boston Herald

HEALTH

Folk medicines contain lead

Health departments around the country say traditional medicines used by many immigrants from Latin America and Asia are second only to lead paint as a source of lead poisoning in the United States.

Detroit Free Press

As abortion rate drops, use of RU-486 is on the rise

The French abortion pill RU-486, on the market since 2000, has become an increasingly common alternative, making abortion less clinical and more private.

MSNBC

'Human life' amendments latest challenge to Roe

NPR

RELIGION

Islam-West rift widens, poll says

Most people in Muslim countries and the West believe divisions between them are worsening, a Gallup poll for the World Economic Forum (WEF) suggests.

BBC

Saudi couple still fighting forced divorce after 2 years

Two years ago Fatima and Mansour al-Timani's marriage was annulled in absentia by a judge after some of Fatima's relatives sought the divorce on grounds she had married beneath her.

Houston Chronicle

Saudi's ease rules for women in hotels

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Doing philanthropy the Google way

With its funding of renewable energy and early warning systems for drought and infectious diseases, Google.org is innovating and disrupting the world of corporate philanthropy.

CNET News

Maine woman, 87, gets a sweet response

When Elizabeth Emerson confessed to a newspaper that her only real indulgence has been an occasional chocolate bar during her 87 years, she wasn't prepared for the sweet response that followed.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Israel eases restrictions on Gaza

Israel has temporarily relaxed its blockade of Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were left without power and essential supplies.

BBC

Saudi prince offers Israelis a vision of peace

International Herald Tribune

Canada stiffens border checks

Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to get into Canada, as border agents with better access to American criminal databases are turning people away for various offenses.

USA Today

Italian government verges on collapse

After the loss of a key ally, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will now submit his wide-ranging center-left government to what may be its final test by asking parliament for a vote of confidence.

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Architect Foster sees future in green desert city

Imagine a city of 50,000 with no cars, no carbon, no waste: a green city of the future. Now imagine it in the Gulf desert, where 24-hour air conditioning is a way of life.

Environmental News Network

Sundance Film Festival turns deeper green

MSNBC

Pollution runoff is eroding Alaska's coast

In some of Alaska's most isolated spots, toxic waste and old community dumps are in danger because of the increased rate of erosion in many areas along Alaska's coast, state officials say.

Anchorage Daily News

Whole Foods sacks plastic bags

Whole Foods will announce plans to stop offering disposable, plastic grocery bags in all 270 stores in the USA, Canada and United Kingdom by Earth Day — April 22.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Don't judge a book by its cover, or size

At Telstra's day-long good news deluge last November, there was good news aplenty from its directories business, Sensis. But its flagship Yellow Pages directory seems to be shrinking.

iTWire

Northwest looks to develop geothermal energy from volcanoes

Deep beneath the Cascades Mountains in the Northwest, where molten magma heats the Earth's crust, lurks an energy source that scientists think could be tamed to help power the region.

McClatchy Newspapers

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Apple set to move into movie-rental market in Europe

After introducing an online film rental service for American consumers, Apple said the program would be expanded to international markets this year.

International Herald Tribune

Lohan, Murphy lead Razzie nominations

Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy scored multiple nominations for the Razzies, which sort out the worst that Hollywood dredged up the previous year.

AOL News

EDUCATION

New York expands inquiry into US study-abroad programs

The study-abroad programs at Harvard, Brown and Columbia are among the now 15 colleges and universities being investigated by the New York attorney general's office, a senior lawyer says.

International Herald Tribune

Mont. high school cancels climate speech by Nobel laureate

A climate scientist's speech to high school students in Choteau, Mont., was canceled because members of the rural community were concerned the message on climate change would be "anti-agriculture."

Kansas City Star

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