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Onna Moniz-John, from East Providence, R.I., holds up a poster of Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., prior to a campaign stop at the Rhode Island College Recreation Center in Providence, R.I. (Photo by Stew Milne / AP)

Israel bombs Hamas prime minister's office in Gaza

Israeli aircraft fired missiles at the office of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City, escalating an offensive aimed at halting Palestinian rocket attacks. Haniyeh was not there.

Voice of America

Aerial tour over Israel and the West Bank

BBC

Mahmoud Abbas suspends contact with Israel

Telegraph.co.uk

US military kills al-Qaida leader

A U.S. military helicopter fired a guided missile to kill a wanted al-Qaida in Iraq leader from Saudi Arabia who was responsible for the bombing deaths of five American soldiers, a spokesman said.

Yahoo! News

US catches Iraqi women bomber trainer

Google News

Clinton and Obama tied in Texas, close in Ohio

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are neck and neck heading into a pivotal primary showdown in Ohio and Texas, two delegate-rich states where Clinton held leads just weeks ago, according to polls.

Kansas City Star

Utah home search planned in ricin case

FBI agents hope to search a Utah house linked to a man whose hospitalization led to the discovery of deadly ricin in a motel room he had occupied.

USA Today

European Aeronautic Defense & Space welcomes $40 billion US contract

European Aeronautic Defense & Space welcomed a victory over its archrival, Boeing, in which it secured a multibillion-dollar U.S. military contract, resulting in a rebound from setbacks.

International Herald Tribune

Boeing denied tanker pact

Baltimore Sun

US envoy leaves China with no North Korea meeting

The top U.S. negotiator on North Korea was to leave China without meeting his North Korean counterpart, who he said was "not ready" for talks aimed at a nuclear disarmament plan.

Reuters

NATION

Daughter, 16, charged in murder of mother, brothers

A teenage daughter's anger over a forbidden romance may have caused the 16-year-old to kill her mother and two brothers, police said.

CNN

Fiscal woes imperil Schwarzenegger

Four years ago, he left Hollywood to save America's most populous state from "girlie men," now, he finds himself in the same fiscal straits — $16-billion-plus in state debt.

Christian Science Monitor

Bizarre twist in abandoned baby case

Several arrests have been made in connection with the case of a baby who was abandoned in a cab earlier this week. Among those arrested: the livery cab driver.

CBS News

POLITICS

Strong words as Democrats traverse Ohio

Sen. Barack Obama sharply questioned Sen. Hillary Clinton's claims of extensive foreign-policy experience, pushing back against her argument that only she is prepared to handle national security.

Seattle Times

Many wait extra 2 hours for Bill Clinton in Wichita Falls

Houston Chronicle

Obama could feel heat from developer's corruption trial

A fundraiser who sold land to presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is facing corruption charges.

San Francisco Chronicle

Obama, Clinton battle in Texas just days before key primary

CNN

BUSINESS

Motorola gets $335M pact from Saudi firm

Motorola Inc. said that it received a $335 million contract to supply a communications network and related services to a Saudi Arabian member of Kuwait's Zain Group.

MarketWatch

The housing nightmare hits Main Street

One domino toppling the next. It's been a convenient metaphor for how troubles in the American subprime mortgage market have cascaded into a global financial mess.

U.S. News & World Report

Mortgage woes boost credit card debt

U.S. News & World Report

SPORTS

Kobe drops 50 to carry Lakers past Mavs

Kobe Bryant scored 30 of his 52 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 108-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

Associated Press

Report: Moss-Pats talks snagged

While big-name players sign or get traded in headline deals, the first days of NFL free agency leave one huge question mark: What about Randy Moss?

Sporting News

Paul Hamm, Nastia Liukin take early lead in race for Olympic gold

Seventeen-year-old NastiaLiukin won the American Cup at the Garden, the first major gymnastics competition of 2008 leading up to the Beijing Olympics.

NY Daily News

HEALTH

Genetic cancer link between humans and dogs discovered

Cancer researchers have found that humans and dogs share more than friendship and companionship — they also share the same genetic basis for certain types of cancer.

Science Daily

4-in-1 vaccine ups child seizure risk

ProQuad, Merck's 4-in-1 measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox vaccine, doubles children's seizure risk compared with two separate MMR and chickenpox shots.

WebMD

Interview:

How to treat coughs this flu season

CBS News

EDUCATION

'Ambassadors' play role in Maryland school reform

Ambassadors are part of a broad reform effort at Annapolis High School in Maryland that won the unanimous support of the State Board of Education.

Baltimore Sun

Proposed legislation sparks protest over sex education

State legislation aimed at improving health education in Connecticut's schools appears more innocuous than it is. Opponents see the legislation as promoting improper classroom lessons about sex.

Newsday

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GOOD NEWS

China considers changing 1-child per family policy

China may consider changing its one-child policy because it has succeeded in helping to slow population growth in the past three decades, a Chinese official said.

USA Today

Study finds dogs, robots cheer elderly

Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws around this one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man's-best-friend department.

HappyNews.com

WORLD

Deal-broker Annan leaves Kenya

Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has left Kenya after helping secure a deal between the country's rival political leaders.

BBC

Colombia's cross-border strike on FARC irks neighbors

Tensions in the Andes are running high after Colombia launched an airstrike on leftist rebels based in neighboring Ecuador over the weekend.

Christian Science Monitor

Farc rebel leader slain

Yahoo! News

Chavez in Farc raid 'war' warning

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Gore: climate crisis getting short shrift in US president race

Former U.S. Vice President and renowned climate change fighter Al Gore said that the global warming crisis is getting short shrift in this year's presidential race.

Yahoo! News

Study: Increased hurricane losses due to more people

Scientists have found that the economic damages from hurricanes have increased in the U.S. due to greater population and wealth on the U.S. coastlines, and not to the number or intensity of hurricanes.

Science Daily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Electric fish advertise their bodies

Male fish can amp up their electric fields to woo females and intimidate rivals, research now reveals.

LiveScience

Underwater creatures

National Geographic

Maya may have caused civilization-ending climate change

Self-induced drought and climate change may have caused the destruction of the Maya civilization, say scientists working with new satellite technology that monitors Central America's environment.

National Geographic

Japanese robots enter daily life

At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust.

USA Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Storm saved Rolling Stones frontman from assassination

Mick Jagger survived an assassination attempt by Hells Angels members nearly 40 years ago because a boat carrying his would-be killers was swamped in a storm, according to a documentary.

Reuters

Food Network cans 'Impossible' chef

After it was discovered that Robert Irvine lied about his credentials — including having designed Princess Diana's wedding cake — the Food Network will not renew Irvine's contract for future seasons.

TMZ

RELIGION

Gutenberg Bible project: A service to God

Surrounded by spools of Swedish linen thread, large scraps of 15th-century-style pigskin leather and 9-foot-high stacks of cotton rag paper, Michael Chrisman feels he's fulfilling a promise to God.

Salt Lake Tribune

Oregon school calls wearing crucifixes 'gang-related behavior'

Two Oregon teenagers were suspended for "gang-related behavior" because they were wearing crucifixes. They say they were only wearing gifts from their mothers.

MSNBC

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