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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

Pentagon helps steer military analysts behind the scenes

Records and interviews show how the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks.

Houston Chronicle

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

Special section:

Pakistan in crisis

CBS News

Pope visits ground zero, calls for peace

Bloomberg

Pope's US trip stirred immigration debate

International Herald Tribune

Pope prays for 9/11 victims

Newsday

Clinton, Obama attack each other for being too negative

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama haven't crossed paths yet in Pennsylvania, but they have invoked each other's names at virtually every stop during the final blitz before the state's primary.

CNN

The push for Pennsylvania

Christian Science Monitor

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

Fear in Sadr City as cleric threatens war

Times Online

NATION

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

Former sect members recall family unity, oppression

Houston Chronicle

Polygamist moms face DNA tests

CBS News

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

POLITICS

McCain questions Obama radical ties

Sen. John McCain stoked debate over a ’60s radical’s ties to Sen. Barack Obama on ABC’s “This Week,” saying Obama’s defense “borders on the outrageous.”

Politico

McCain: a question of temperament

MSNBC

Bush asks Pelosi to reverse course on Colombia FTA

President Bush called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring the Colombian free trade agreement to a vote, saying her move to block it is “unprecedented and extremely unfortunate.”

The Hill

Bush plan to cut pollution falls flat abroad

President Bush has finally set a target date for reining in U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases but the plan is falling flat in the international arena.

Baltimore Sun

BUSINESS

General Motors plans first hybrid car sales in China

General Motors Corp. will sell its first gas-electric hybrid cars in China in July, introducing a model created in part by GM's Shanghai design center, the company said.

Yahoo! News

In California, the global rice shortage hits Asian consumers

As word of food riots in Asia reached California in recent weeks, worried shoppers have been buying up hundreds of pounds of rice at a time from the Asian supermarkets that line Sacramento's Stockton Boulevard.

McClatchy Newspapers

Rising food prices on the menu

MSNBC

5 signs stocks have bottomed out

Are we there yet? That's what investors want to know as they search for a bottom after six punishing months for stocks. People are understandably eager to be done with this downturn.

MarketWatch

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

Duncan's shot helps Spurs over Suns

Duncan got the best, sending the game sprawling into a second overtime from which the Spurs would emerge, white-knuckled and nauseous, with a 117-115 Game 1 victory.

San Antonio Express

Broadcaster John Marzano found dead

John Marzano, the former Temple University star who became a major-league baseball catcher and a sports broadcaster, was found dead in his home.

Philadelphia Inquirer

HEALTH

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

Alzheimer's vaccine study suspended

Elan Corp. said that a mid-stage clinical trial of an Alzheimer's vaccine being developed with Wyeth has been suspended while the companies look into a side effect suffered by one patient in the study.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Soyuz spacecraft lands off-target

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying So-yeon Yi, South Korea's first astronaut, overshot its target in Kazakhstan by 295 miles.

Orlando Sentinel

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

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GOOD NEWS

Rare giant turtle found in Vietnam

Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam, giving scientists hope for the species they believed was extinct in the wild.

National Ledger

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

WORLD

Hamas rejects ceasefire deal with Israel

Hamas has rejected an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement with Israel because it would mandate a referendum in order to ratify the deal, a spokesperson for the organization announced in Gaza.

Jerusalem Post

Zimbabwe recount deepens crisis

Christian Science Monitor

British race relations organization warns of race ‘cold war’

The head of Britain’s race relations watchdog says lack of control over immigration has led to a racial “cold war” among rival ethnic communities.

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

The 20 greatest fights scenes ever

Rotten Tomatoes

Sandra Bullock's car hit by drunk driver on Cape Ann

A drunk Massachusetts woman plowed into Sandra Bullock's car in Gloucester, Mass., where she is filming a movie.

Monsters and Critics

ENVIRONMENT

As Earth Day approaches, some wonder if their efforts help

While the desire and effort to save Mother Earth has never been greater, among some people it has also created an unintended backlash, what some term “green fatigue.”

McClatchy Newspapers

How earth day became ... so every day

ABC News

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

RELIGION

Dalai Lama teaches US youth to preserve religious traditions

When the Dalai Lama addressed a crowd of 8,000 at the University of Michigan, he urged those gathered to make efforts to preserve their own religious traditions and respect the beliefs of other people.

eFluxMedia

40 days for Rwanda

Rwandans by the tens of thousands are taking part in Forty Days of Purpose, a campaign Saddleback Church's Rick Warren kicked off with 19,000 people in Kigali.

Christianity Today

Indonesian Muslims rally for ban on Ahmadiyya sect

More than 1,000 Indonesian Muslims gathered in front of the presidential palace to press the government to ban a Muslim sect that has been branded heretical by most Muslims.

Reuters

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

Study: Denver nonprofits cite education as a top concern

The state of public education is cited more often than any other problem in a study by more than 200 Denver-area nonprofit executives and other community leaders.

Denver Business Journal

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