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A member the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stands outside the Tom Green County Courthouse during a short break from a child custody hearing in San Angelo, Texas. (Photo by Tony Gutierrez / AP)

Rice visit to Iraq intended to promote gains

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said her latest trip to Iraq is intended to promote fresh political gains she says are flowing from government-led assaults on radical militias.

ABC News

McCain: a question of temperament

MSNBC

McCain faces accusations of hypocrisy

Financial Times

Lawsuit: Veterans Affairs has failed to prevent suicides

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs isn't doing enough to prevent suicide and provide adequate medical care for veterans, a class-action lawsuit that goes to trial this week charges.

ABC News

Sect moms, young kids to be separated

Adult mothers who have been allowed to stay with their young children since they were taken from a polygamous sect will be separated from them after DNA sampling is completed.

USA Today

Judge rules to leave sect children in state custody

Houston Chronicle

Polygamist moms face DNA tests

CBS News

Iraqi forces take last Basra areas from Sadr force

Iraqi soldiers took control of the last bastions of the cleric Moktada al-Sadr's militia in Basra.

International Herald Tribune

Cleric Sadr threatens 'open war'

Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened an "open war" against the Iraqi government unless it halted a crackdown by Iraqi and U.S. security forces on his followers.

ABC News

US building 'security wall' in Baghdad's Sadr City

Christian Science Monitor

US seeks to widen Pakistan attacks

American commanders in Afghanistan have urged a widening of the war that could include American attacks on Pakistani militants in the tribal areas inside Pakistan, according to United States officials.

International Herald Tribune

China urges 'rational' protests

China has urged its citizens to be calm amid further anti-Western protests in the country, focused on French supermarket chain Carrefour.

BBC

NATION

Bush meets South Korea's Lee, vows to push trade deal

President George W. Bush, meeting with South Korea's Lee Myung Bak, said he'll push for congressional approval of a free-trade agreement vowed to maintain pressure on North Korea.

Bloomberg

Firefighters brace for wind in New Mexico

Crews in central and southern New Mexico are bracing for strong wind and hot temperatures as they battle two wildfires.

USA Today

Environmental groups challenge border fence plan

The U.S. Supreme Court may get a chance to join the fractious debate over building fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Detroit Free Press

POLITICS

Obama hits out at Clinton for negative campaign

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Clinton of shifting positions and waging a negative campaign as the two candidates sped across Pennsylvania.

Reuters

'Other youth vote' is harder to mobilize

Christian Science Monitor

Clinton, Obama ad wars heat up ahead of Pa. vote

NPR

NC congresswoman wants Carter's passport revoked

North Carolina's Rep. Sue Myrick wants America to "wake up" and stop allowing terrorism to proliferate, even if it means revoking the passport of a former U.S. president.

McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Global authorities lose patience with collapsing dollar

Jean-Claude Juncker, the E.U.'s "Mr. Euro," has given the clearest warning to date that the world authorities may take action to halt the collapse of the U.S. dollar.

Daily Telegraph

Citigroup shareholders' relief may not last as capital dwindles

Citigroup investors, cheered by a $5.1 billion first-quarter loss that wasn't as big as they feared, now must watch out for asset sales, a dividend cut and an infusion of outside investment.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Danica Patrick makes IndyCar history with IRL victory

Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.

MSNBC

Anti-French protests erupt across China

Hundreds of Chinese protested in Beijing and several other big cities against France over its attitude towards Tibet and the Olympic Games, according to police and witnesses.

Google News

Beijing gags anti-Western online anger

Guardian

Rockies prevail after 22 innings

Troy Tulowitzki's two-out double in the top of the 22nd inning gave the Rockies a 2-1 victory over the Padres as the teams set a franchise record for the most innings in a game, and played for 6 hours, 16 minutes.

MLB.com

HEALTH

Yoga's appeal broadening to disabled

A middle-aged woman arrives at yoga class, a guide dog beside her wheelchair. She slides onto a mat on the floor and begins warming up with help from the instructor.

CNN

Canada takes lead in declaring bisphenol A toxic

Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to list bisphenol A as a toxic substance and ban the use of polycarbonate plastic baby bottles made of the controversial material.

Globeandmail.com

Plastic containers removed

The Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists: Midwest quakes misunderstood

Scientists say they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that rumbled to life under southern Illinois, but some of what they do know is unnerving.

Yahoo! News

Microsoft quietly offering ad-funded Works

After years of exploring the matter, Microsoft has finally started offering an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works in some countries.

CNET News

PayPal to block older IE, Firefox browsers from site

As part of an effort to combat phishing, PayPal plans to block older versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox and other "unsafe" browsers from accessing the online payment site.

InformationWeek

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GOOD NEWS

Cop wrestles with python, saves pet store owner

After a 12-foot Burmese python attacked a pet store owner in Eugene, a patrol officer turned into a local hero.

CBS News

Fallen GI's military dog starts new life

Bo, a 2-year-old black Labrador was wounded by a roadside bomb. His handler, Staff Sgt. Donald Tabb, 29, died in the attack.

CNN

WORLD

Pakistan envoy 'held by Taliban'

Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, who went missing in February, has appeared in a video saying he is being held by Taliban militants.

BBC

Guantanamo Bay 8 sue Britian

Eight men freed from Guantanamo Bay are suing the British government for millions of pounds, claiming that it was complicit in the process in which they were detained and sent to the camp.

Times Online

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Kingdom' rules over box office

Lionsgate and the Weinstein Co.'s Jet Li-Jackie Chan starrer "The Forbidden Kingdom" opened No. 1 at the box office, ahead of Universal's risque romantic comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."

Variety

Computer sees through passengers as they travel through US airports

Travelers passing through airports in Los Angeles and New York will be subjected to a controversial “virtual strip search” by computer.

Times Online

Morgan Spurlock's search for bin Laden

In his new documentary, Morgan Spurlock sets out to succeed where the U.S. government has failed for seven years: find Osama bin Laden.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Bikini Atoll's nuked coral reef rebounding

Half a century after the atomic blasts that devastated Bikini Atoll, vast expanses of corals in the area seem to be flourishing once again, much to the surprise of scientists.

FOX News

How to win the war on global warming

The steady deterioration of the very climate of our very planet is becoming a war of the first order, and by any measure, the United States is losing.

TIME

RELIGION

US church needs purification, pope says

Pope Benedict urged the U.S. Catholic Church during Mass in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral to overcome its divisions and seek "purification" and the truth following its sexual abuse scandal.

Reuters

Excitement over pope

MSNBC

Jews prepare for Passover seder

Food is as much symbol as sustenance in the seder, a highly ritualized meal that is freighted with cultural and religious meaning, as well as family tradition, so there is a lot riding on this meal.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

A guide to Passover

Beliefnet

EDUCATION

Hundreds march to protest California education cuts

Teachers, parents and students marched by the hundreds in San Diego, Calif., to protest proposed budget cuts and teacher layoffs that are threatening schools across the state.

San Diego Union-Leader

Pope to educators: Freedom has limits

Pope Benedict XVI extolled the dedication of the nation's Catholic educators, but warned them to guard against the moral relativism that he said has led to "a lowering of standards."

Newsday

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