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Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints arrive at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas. Child custody hearings are being held for the children taken from the Yearning for Zion ranch in nearby Eldorado. (Photo by Eric Gay / AP)

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Objections bog down hearing for polygamist-sect children

With objection upon objection upon objection, the biggest child custody case in Texas history is slowly unfolding as a judge decides the fate of 416 children removed from a polygamist sect’s ranch.

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Houston Chronicle

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Where will the kids go?

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Growing up in a cult

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CNN

Debate tense, Clinton attacks

Sen. Barack Obama found himself consistently on the defensive as he and Sen. Hillary Clinton met in a tense debate that left him parrying questions and criticism.

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MSNBC

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TV a big winner in candidate advertising

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Philadelphia Inquirer

McCain comes up even with Dems

Americans are liking what they see and hear from the Republican candidate, drawing him in polls right with Obama and Clinton.

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USA Today

Suicide bomber hits funeral north of Baghdad, killing 50

A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two anti-al Qaida Sunni tribesmen in a town north of Baghdad, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens, police said.

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ABC News

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16 killed by suicide bomb in Afghanistan

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CBS News

First blood: two Marines dead

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South Africa joins call for release of Zimbabwe election results

In a change of tone, South Africa urged Zimbabwe's government to release results from the disputed March 29 presidential election that has thrown the nation into political crisis.

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International Herald Tribune

Second mistrial in Miami al Qaida case

The controversial terrorism prosecution of six South Florida men again ended in uncertainty after the second jury selected to hear the case became so divided over the evidence it deadlocked.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Alaska Airlines 737 evacuated on landing in Seattle

More than 100 people were evacuated from an Alaska Airlines 737 because hazy smoke appeared in the cockpit shortly after the plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, officials said.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

High court clears way for executions by lethal injection

Several states are poised to resume executions after the Supreme Court upheld Kentucky's lethal injection method and effectively ended a national moratorium.

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USA Today

FBI arrests suspect in Vegas ricin case

The FBI arrested and charged a man suspected of keeping the deadly toxin ricin in his Las Vegas hotel room, the agency said.

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Reuters

Immigration agents detain hundreds at poultry plants

Immigration sweeps by were carried out across five states against Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing plant employees for allegedly committing identity theft in order to obtain their jobs, according to ICE.

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CNN

POLITICS

GOP is cool to McCain’s economics

Sen. John McCain’s ideas for resuscitating the sagging economy have been greeted coolly by some of his fellow Republicans, spotlighting the challenge of coordinating a campaign message with them.

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The Hill

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McCain says he can cut Federal spending by $100 B

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Bloomberg

Presidential candidates collect millions, but don't say from whom

Both the Obama and Clinton presidential campaigns have failed to update their Web-posted lists of top fundraisers since January, although the two have received at least $180 million in donations.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Dems try to load up 'money train' war funding bill

Democrats in Congress are seeking to attach tens of billions of dollars in domestic spending to President Bush's latest $108 billion war funding request.

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USA Today

BUSINESS

Fed: economy weakened further

The country's economic health deteriorated further in the early spring as shoppers buckled under the strains of the housing and credit debacles and a weaker employment climate.

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Forbes

More pain for Merrill Lynch

The investment bank missed the lowered estimates for its first-quarter results, reporting a net loss of $1.96 billion. The company also plans to cut about 4,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its workforce.

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CNNMoney

Services, software sales lead IBM earnings growth

IBM Corp. reported a first-quarter profit that rose 26 percent from a year ago as the technology giant recorded strong sales in its global services division and across all its major geographic areas.

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MarketWatch

HEALTH

2 drinks and 20 cigarettes a day raises risk of Alzheimer's

Heavy smokers and drinkers develop Alzheimer’s six to seven years earlier than those who do not smoke or drink, a study presented to a scientific meeting in Chicago has claimed.

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Times Online

Report: US must stem hospital infections

The U.S. government could do far more to force hospitals to prevent infections that kill up to 99,000 people every year, according to a nonpartisan congressional report.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Tiger Woods out for six weeks

News that Tiger Woods had knee surgery after finishing runner-up to Trevor Immelman at the Masters may go some way to explaining his relatively lackluster performance at Augusta National.

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Times Online

Study looks at lead in artificial turf

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has begun investigating potential hazards from lead in some artificial turf sports fields across the country.

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USA Today

High school basketball star Evans signs with Memphis

Tyreke Evans, the No. 1 unsigned high school basketball recruit, committed to play for Memphis, choosing the NCAA national finalists over Villanova.

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Philadelphia Daily News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Feds ponder how to police Internet traffic

Federal communications regulators will examine the ways Internet service providers have been blocking and slowing Web traffic for some of their customers.

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CBS News

'The Sims' sales pass 100 million copies

With more than 100 million units sold since its launch in 2000, "The Sims" is the world's best-selling computer game.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Fundamentalist Mormons stress polygamy above all

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USA Today

China bends on Taiwan, why not Tibet?

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Christian Science Monitor

What will they really do about Iraq?

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Salon.com

A libertarian surge?

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Newsweek

Bush misses chance to lead on global climate change

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San Jose Mercury News

Column (Michael Sean Winters):

The stupidity of banning gay priests

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Slate

Column (Andrew Cohen):

The Justices Deliver Fuzzy Ruling

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CBS News

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Casualties of the campaign

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Real Clear Politics

China bends on Taiwan, why not Tibet?

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Christian Science Monitor

Obama takes hits but hasn't lost ground

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Compensation is doubled for air travelers bumped to other flights

Under a new Transportation Department rule, travelers forced onto another flight that arrives more than two hours after their original time will be paid the full price of their fare.

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International Herald Tribune

The bypass effect on diabetes, cancer

Gastric bypass surgery can send type 2 diabetes into complete remission, in some cases almost instantly.

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CBS News

DNA frees man who spent almost 23 years in prison for rape

After spending nearly 23 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, Thomas Clifford McGowan, 49, won his freedom after a DNA test this month proved that he did not rape a Dallas-area woman in 1985.

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Yahoo! News

WORLD

Carter to meet with Hamas officials

Former President Carter is expected to meet with two senior Hamas officials in the Cairo, an encounter he calls a necessary step toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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CNN

Odinga sworn in as Kenyan premier

Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga has officially become prime minister at the swearing-in of a coalition cabinet.

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BBC

India torch relay meets protests

The Olympic torch snaked through New Delhi along streets purged of spectators, as 15,000 police kept protests from the world's largest community of exiled Tibetans far from the route.

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Guardian

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Cindy McCain to co-host 'The View'

Republican candidate John McCain's wife will be a co-host on the ABC daytime chat show on April 21. She'll give conservative host Elisabeth Hasselbeck a rare ally in the show's political conversations.

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CBS News

The new 'scuppies'

First came hippies, followed soon by yippies, then preppies, yuppies, buppies and guppies. Now meet the "scuppies:" socially conscious upwardly mobile persons.

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USA Today

Puff Daddy: Broadway changed my life

If he is to be believed, his rambunctious past was all an act, and the Sean Combs of today is a polite, quietly spoken — almost humble — would-be actor trying to learn his trade.

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Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Corn ethanol's downsides: high food prices, more pollution

The nation's new energy law means that corn is likely to rule the U.S. ethanol industry, but scientists and others are wondering whether corn-for-fuel is the wrong alternative.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Rising oil brightens solar energy outlook

The energy sector has been hot lately, but the sun has been shining brightest this week on some power players in the alternative energy market.

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CNNMoney

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Solar-powered home show

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PBS

Bush sets climate change goal; scientists say it falls short

President Bush set a new target date for stopping the growth of U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions by 2025; a strategy that the scientific community says is too little, too late.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Climate expert says he underestimated threat

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Reuters

RELIGION

Church, society both at crossroads, pope tells faithful

Pope Benedict XVI told 45,000 worshipers that the Church and society are each at a crossroads, showing great promise yet allowing polarization, alienation and increased violence to penetrate daily life.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Nuns facing a grim retirement

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Newsday

Not your grandma's Passover dish

Free of relatives' expectations that Passover dinner will include Bubbe's matzo balls and Aunt Bea's kugel, couples and singles relish the opportunity to create their own culinary traditions.

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San Francisco Chronicle

EDUCATION

Many community colleges opt out of federal loan program

About a quarter of community colleges don’t participate in the federal student loan program, leaving more than a million students without access to the lower- and fixed-interest loans.

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Inside Higher Ed

Virginia principal bans tag in playground

The physical dangers of tag and the aggressive way her students play were enough to convince a principal in McLean, Va., to curb the game, at least for now.

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ABC News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Qualified buyers can make smart moves and get a great deal on a house

For once, qualified buyers have the upper hand not only with sellers, but also with real estate agents, mortgage lenders and even contractors who can bring a house up to snuff.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Camels stand in River Yamuna as a photographer takes pictures. The Taj Mahal is seen in the background in Agra, India. (Photo by Pawan Sharma / AP)

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