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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., takes a tour of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Jindal is believed to be on the shortlist of McCain's potential running mates. (Photo by Bill Haber / AP)

Clinton, Obama camps converge in Florida

The two Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning in Florida, but in pursuit of different goals.

CNN

Obama: nomination within reach

CBS News

On the campaign trail

USA Today

Brazil environment agency seizes Amazon soy, corn and rice

To curtail criticism for unregulated expansion at the cost of the environment, Brazil's environmental agency Ibama seized 4,740 tons of soy, corn, and rice.

Reuters

US told to revamp dollar notes

The United States government has been told to change the size or texture of its banknotes, because it is difficult for blind people to tell the notes apart.

BBC

McCain to meet with potential running mates in Arizona

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is scheduled to meet with presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, fueling speculation that Jindal is among a small group being considered as running mate.

Times-Picayune

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McCain's Veepstakes Survivor: 9 Couples, 3 Contenders, 1 Weekend

ABC News

Kennedy has malignant brain tumor

Sen. Ted Kennedy has been released from the hospital, one day after being diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor that experts say is almost certainly fatal.

Examiner

Kennedy family crisis

Yahoo! News

Bush vetoes farm bill

President Bush vetoed the $300 billion farm bill, calling it a tax increase on regular Americans at a time of high food prices. But the president's veto faces a near-certain override by Congress.

ABC News

Bush signs genetics anti-discrimination law

Reuters

Operation in Sadr city is an Iraqi success, so far

Iraqi forces rolled unopposed through the huge Shiite enclave of Sadr City, a dramatic turnaround from the bitter fighting that has plagued the Baghdad neighborhood for more than two months.

International Herald Tribune

NATION

US to allow Americans to send cell phones to Cuba

President George W. Bush announced an easing of restrictions to allow Americans to send cell phones to their families in Cuba, in what he portrayed as a test of the country's economic reforms.

Reuters

New York governor undergoes laser surgery for glaucoma

New York Gov. David A. Paterson underwent successful laser surgery for acute glaucoma in his left eye and planned to recuperate at his Harlem apartment.

Boston Herald

Court strikes down Virginia late-term abortion ban

A Virginia law banning a type of late-term abortion is still unconstitutional, even though a similar federal ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal appeals court ruled.

Google News

POLITICS

Clinton wins in Kentucky as Obama looks to general election

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., picked up a double-digit win in Kentucky, but her victory could not stop Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., from winning in Oregon and capturing the majority of pledged delegates.

ABC News

Bush to veto farm bill; White House expects override

The White House said that President Bush will veto the recently passed farm bill, but conceded that the overwhelming vote count means a veto override is “likely.”

The Hill

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A win for digital distribution as Netflix set-top box debuts

Netflix introduced the Netflix Player by Roku, a small piece of hardware that can play any Netflix titles available for Internet streaming.

Ars Technica

Supernova birth observed for first time

With the observation of a strange, bright, five-minute burst of X-rays, astronomer Alicia Soderberg and her colleague became the first astronomers to catch a star in the act of exploding.

Space.com

BUSINESS

Home Depot's domestic problem

Atlanta-based Home Depot has seen its stock lose 25.8% of its value over the past year. The home improvement retail sector, naturally, has been one of the hardest hit by the housing crisis.

Forbes

Janitors go on strike at Silicon Valley

Hundreds of janitors walked off the job in the Silicon Valley, leaving the local offices of technology giants like Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Yahoo Inc. without their usual cleanup crews.

BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

Education stocks slip

Shares of for-profit education companies slumped after an analyst downgraded four stocks and forecast a tough fall enrollment period because of student lending troubles.

Forbes

Worldly 10-year-old rolls through college

With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.

USA Today

HEALTH

'Detergent suicide' rattles Japan

A Japanese epidemic of suicides has become very lethal in the last year with the introduction of a new method: mixing store-bought detergents and chemicals to create toxic hydrogen sulfide gas.

ABC News

Teen blood donors have complications

A new study shows that an important source of current donations, 16- and 17-year-olds, are more likely to bruise, faint or experience other complications when they donate.

U.S. News & World Report

S.F. sues McKesson over drug prices

San Francisco filed a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical wholesaler, McKesson Corp., for conspiring to artifically inflate the prices of hundreds of brand-name drugs.

San Francisco Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

After warning, family of autistic teen attends different church

The mother of a 13-year-old autistic boy who was banned by a court order from attending services at a Roman Catholic church in Bertha, Minn., woke up Sunday determined to take her son to mass.

Star Tribune

Muslim Chaplain offers an American brand of Islam

For three years, Maj. Khalid Shabazz has been a Muslim chaplain at Fort Hood. He's a big part of the religious life of the Muslim soldiers on base, and he offers them a very American brand of Islam.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Alaskan arctic wilderness lake closed to oil and gas leasing

The Bureau of Land Management said it would not open environmentally sensitive Teshekpuk Lake and its islands to leasing, a possibility that has prompted years of objections from conservationists.

Environment News Service

Lost parrot tells veterinarian, but not police, his address

When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.

Associated Press

WORLD

Lebanese factions make deal to end 18-month-long crisis

Rival Lebanese factions reached an agreement to resolve their 18-month political crisis after five days of intense talks in the Gulf state of Qatar.

CBS News

Israel and Syria confirm peace talks

Israel and Syria have said they are holding indirect talks to reach a comprehensive peace agreement.

BBC

US soldiers did 'dirty work' for Chinese interrogators at Guantanamo

U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come to the island facility to interrogate the men.

ABC News

White House ignored FBI concerns on prisoner abuse probe

Reuters

FBI clashed with CIA and military over interrogation tactics

International Herald Tribune

Morgue on screen in Iraq

Yahoo! News

SPORTS

NFL owners vote unanimously to opt out of labor deal

The NFL officially notified its players union that it will opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement, which could lead to a season without a salary cap in 2010 and a possible lockout in 2011.

ESPN

What it means: Possibilities abound for uncapped NFL year

USA Today

NFL Falcons sign QB Matt Ryan to $72 million deal

The third pick in the NFL draft signed a six-year, $72 million contract with the Falcons, with a guarantee of $34.75 million.

Seattle Times

Draft preview: Matt Ryan

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Japan environment chief says industry may face tough pollution limits

Japan's environment minister, Ichiro Kamoshita, will host a meeting of environment ministers from major industrialized countries to discuss Japan's Kyoto Protocol reduction goals.

International Herald Tribune

'Reverse evolution' discovered in group of tiny Seattle fish

When a historic cleanup helped clear the waters of a polluted lake near Seattle, a population of tiny, spiny fish called sticklebacks may have "evolved in reverse" to survive.

National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Both ‘Idols’ struggled with voice woes

David Archuleta may have been the judges’ pick to win “American Idol,” but the teenager’s performances were in danger of never happening after he lost his voice leading up to the show.

MSNBC

Did anyone really stand a chance against Kristi Yamaguchi?

Another season of “Dancing with the Stars” is over and Kristi Yamaguchi stands victorious. Her expected first-place finish marks the first win for a woman since the show’s premiere.

MSNBC

Free-range kids

For Lenore Skenazy, who coined the term, the idea blossomed after her decision to allow her 9-year-old son to ride the New York subway from midtown Manhattan to her home just off 34th Street.

Christian Science Monitor

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