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Giant metal spider La Princesse makes its way through the streets in the Yokohama port 150th anniversary in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Japan. The 37-tonne La Princesse has been built by French company La Machine. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)

International boycotts a blow for UN forum

A major UN conference on racism looks to be in disarray as more countries confirmed they will not take part. Australia and the Netherlands joined the US, Israel, Italy and Canada in boycotting the talks.

BBC

US joins boycott of anti-racism conference

Financial Times

Growing boycott threatens UN racism forum

canada.com

10 years later, Columbine remembers

On April 20, 1999, two students at Columbine High School, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, launched what was then the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.

Denver Post

Obama sees chances of better ties with Cuba

President Barack Obama said he saw "potential positive signs" of better relations with Cuba and Venezuela, but he called on Cuba to back them up by giving its people more political freedom.

Reuters

Obama's new Cuba policy

Politico

Obama at Trinidad summit

CBS News

Mandela surprises ANC campaign rally

Nelson Mandela today proved he is still the giant of African politics when he made a surprise appearance at the African National Congress's final campaign rally before South Africa's elections.

Guardian

Lack of services a problem for South Africans

YouTube

Secure enough to sin, Baghdad goes back to its old ways

Vice is making a comeback in this city once famous for it. Gone, for the most part, are curfews and prowling kidnappers. However, some people are turning to illicit pleasures, or at least dubious ones.

MSNBC

NATION

Under-insured can be as bad as being without insurance

The stories are similar across the nation, where many are finding that their health insurance is leaving them exposed to thousands in out-of-pocket costs each year.

Indianapolis Star

America's underinsured are swelling

NPR

Goods orders, home sales probably fell

Orders for U.S. durable goods and home sales probably retreated in March after rebounding the previous month, showing any economic recovery will be slow to develop, economists said.

Bloomberg

POLITICS

CIA torture exemption 'illegal'

U.S. President Barack Obama's decision not to prosecute CIA agents who used torture tactics is a violation of international law, a U.N. expert says.

BBC

Political stakes high as Congress returns

Barack Obama's presidency has been a wild ride for the U.S. Congress, and lawmakers are bracing for more turbulence when they begin returning to tackle an array of tough issues from healthcare to energy.

Reuters

Lawmakers return to face budget, energy bill

MarketWatch

Obama wants suggestions to cut spending waste

Google News

HEALTH

South struggles with cases of HIV

With too few doctors, staggering poverty and a history of inadequate AIDS education programs, the South is now home to half of the 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.

Baltimore Sun

AstraZeneca wins delay in asthma case

AstraZeneca has won a legal battle temporarily preventing the launch of a generic version of Pulmicort Respules, its childhood asthma drug with annual sales of about $1 billion.

Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT

EPA to regulate greenhouse gases

The Obama administration opened the way to regulate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by declaring climate-warming pollution a danger to health and welfare, a dramatic shift from the Bush years.

Reuters

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Toxic air and America's schools

USA Today

Americans less focused on environment during recession

Americans said the environment ranked low on their list of concerns. A survey taken in Phoenix found two-thirds of those asked said they cared less about the planet this year than last.

Arizona Republic

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

McCartney kicks off Coachella

The 10th annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival got off to a great start, thanks to Sir Paul McCartney, who headlined the event with a marathon performance.

Billboard

McCartney show is pop Olympus

CNN

Hitler farm paintings to be sold at auction

Two watercolor paintings signed by Adolf Hitler will be up for auction in Nuremberg, Germany. Hitler tried to earn his living as an artist when he was a young man.

CBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Greeks celebrate Orthodox Easter

The religious holiday began with an Easter mass where the faithful lit candles from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the site where most Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried.

canada.com

Blog:

It's time to celebrate 'the other Easter'

Vancouver Sun

Hebrew Catholics follow own church

The traditional Jewish blessings over wine and bread, the Kiddush and the Motzi, echoed through the sanctuary in Jerusalem. It was a room of striking simplicity — with just one small cross in brown wood.

Forward

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GOOD NEWS

Customers pick up others tabs

Customers at Starbucks shops around Birmingham, Ala. are paying it forward by anonymously picking up the tabs of other customers.

News8.net

Britain’s first billion pound charity donor

The former minister and supermarket tycoon Lord Sainsbury has become the first Briton to give more than £1 billion to charitable organizations in the country.

Times Online

WORLD

Deadly attack on Pakistan convoy

A suicide bomber has attacked a military convoy killing at least 20 people in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan, according to the Pakistani police.

Al Jazeera

Somali gunman kidnap Doctors Without Borders workers

Gunmen attacked a convoy Sunday in Somalia and took several hostages, including two foreign aid workers from the group Doctors Without Borders.

CNN

BUSINESS

Some banks will need more help

Regulators are putting the 19 largest U.S. banks through tests to determine their ability to withstand worsening economic conditions. The government hopes to make the results public in early May.

MSNBC

Where the banks are failing

CNNMoney

Private sector vs. public money

Polling Report

GM chief: bankruptcy 'probable'

General Motors chief executive said that the automaker still intends to restructure outside of bankruptcy, but a filing is "probable" given all the concessions it must achieve with such a short deadline.

Baltimore Sun

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Medical micro-robots small as bacteria

For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have built micro-robots as small as bacteria. Their purpose is to help cure human beings.

Science Daily

Shuttle's fate nears point of no return

For as many as 10,000 workers — the clock is ticking. As of May 1, when a congressional ban on shutting down shuttle-production facilities expires, NASA will start pulling the plug.

Orlando Sentinel

EDUCATION

SAT-optional: Will trend take or sputter?

If you're one of those students afraid standardized test scores don't paint the full picture of your potential, your options are growing. More and more colleges don't require the SAT or ACT exams.

San Francisco Chronicle

Raising standards in America's schools

National standards have long been the third rail of education politics. The right chokes on the word national. And the left chokes on the word standards.

TIME

SPORTS

Hitchcock looking for 60-minute effort

After two playoff losses, Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock is looking for a 60-minute effort from his team. According to Hitchcock, his team has played well for 72 of 120 minutes.

Detroit Free Press

Hockey scorecard and stars

Sports Illustrated

New park turns into house of horrors: Yankees' blowout leaves fans stunned

The Bronx Bombers lost 22-4 to the Cleveland Indians, one of the worst defeats in the history of the storied club.

NY Daily News

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