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President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, after his visit to Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago. (Photo by Jose Luis Magana / AP)

UN says North Korea could restart its nuclear facilities

North Korea could restart its nuclear facilities within months, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned, but negotiations on halting its nuclear ambitions could be revived.

Houston Chronicle

IAEA urges talks with North Korea, Iran

Reuters

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North Korea wants talks with South Korea

Christian Science Monitor

Obama seeking $100 million in cuts

Obama will gather his full Cabinet together for the first time as president and challenge it to cut a total of $100 million in the next 90 days, two senior administration officials said.

CNN

Obama: Reaching out to enemies strengthens US

Barack Obama's mission to Latin America was about goodwill, and he came home claiming progress, backed by leaders from the region who took a liking to his here-to-listen style. But the real test awaits.

Examiner

Travels of the Obama presidency

ABC News

Gunman hijacks Canadian jet in Jamaica

A gunman was holding six crew members hostage aboard a Canadian commercial jet at the airport near the Jamaican resort city of Montego Bay after he forced his way past security.

CBS News

Jamaica plane hijacker surrenders

BBC

Bank of America profit triples

Bank of America reported net income more than tripled to $4.2 billion in the first quarter, ahead of analysts’ expectations.

Financial Times

Extremist tide rises in Pakistan

A top Islamist militant leader, emboldened by a peace agreement with the federal government, laid out an ambitious plan to bring a "complete Islamic system" to the entire country.

MSNBC

NATION

Summers: End of Cuba embargo 'way down the road'

Economic adviser Larry Summers argued Obama's lifting of the travel ban for Cuban Americans and easing of restrictions on telecommunications were a big steps, but said what happens next depends on Cuba.

The Hill

Concerns raised on pace of stimulus

The federal government has committed $60 billion for projects from the $787 billion economic stimulus package, prompting concerns that the money isn't moving fast enough to halt the deepening recession.

USA Today

POLITICS

Obama torture policies slammed by critics

A top U.N. official has charged that President Obama violated international law with his decision not to prosecute Central Intelligence Agency agents who tortured detainees.

Christian Science Monitor

Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security

CNN

Some in GOP call for gay marriage rights

Gay marriage has long been a divisive issue with the Republican Party. In the wake of recent state decisions in favor of gay marriage, some high profile members of the GOP are trying to change that.

ABC News

HEALTH

Distressed? Not so much in Hawaii

It's rarer to have string of stressed-out days in Hawaii than in any other state, a new study shows.

WebMD

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

ENVIRONMENT

Surprising clouds form due to lead in air

Lead in the air is causing clouds where there shouldn't be any—in conditions typically too warm and dry for cloud formation—according to scientists who've "bottled" clouds and even grown their own.

National Geographic

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

US military enlists iPod Touch

Apple's iPod Touch is proving to be a valuable tool to members of the U.S. military. A report notes that the iPod performs many functions in this time of "networked warfare."

CNET News

Apple's seeds of innovation

Newsweek

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

Sikhs celebrate spring harvest festival

In the Sikh religion, Baisakhi carries a special significance — a commemoration of the day, 310 years ago, when Guru Gobind Singh gathered followers in Punjab, India, and established the Sikh principle of purity.

News Journal

Vatican in new rift with Jews

Pope Benedict's decision to send a Vatican delegation to a U.N. conference on racism has opened a new rift in relations with Jewish groups who fear it will be used as a platform to attack Israel.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

What's vital is freedom of speech

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Cash for old cars is a clunker of an idea

Denver Post

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Talking softly with Hugo Chavez

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

Climate is right to fight warming

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Square one, Ground Zero

NY Daily News

Editorial:

Beating the pirates

Boston Herald

Column (Sherman Frederick):

Beware of 'twisted' veterans?

Las Vegas Review Journal

Column (Timothy Bledsoe):

The solution: Revise term limits

Detroit Free Press

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Cuba: an unclenched fist?

Economist

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GOOD NEWS

Mountaintop mining activist wins award

In Maria Gunnoe's 11-year war over the strip mining she says has ruined her homestead, there have been casualties. Yet she keeps fighting to stop mountaintop removal mining.

Examiner

Obama vows crackdown on banks fees

Millions of Americans are saddled with high debt. Now, the White House says it will back new legislation cracking down on credit card companies for surprise fees and sudden rate hikes.

CBS News

Congress set to tackle credit cards, health care

USA Today

WORLD

Thailand searches for a political exit plan

One week after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva declared a state of emergency to put down violent protests by opponents, the shock waves are still rippling through a polarized, shaken nation.

Christian Science Monitor

UN chief: Economic crisis threatens rise in global racism

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the world needs to rally against the threat of rising intolerance as a result of the economic crisis.

Guardian

International boycotts a blow for UN forum

BBC

Iranian president says reporter must get full appeal

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered a potential olive branch to the United States over the spying conviction of an Iranian-American journalist by urging a full defense be allowed at her appeal.

Telegraph.co.uk

Obama says US journalist in Iran is no spy

The Hill

BUSINESS

Big week to test investors

An intense week of earnings reports will tell whether Wall Street can extend its rally — or see its gains pop like a bubble.

MSNBC

Obama vows no tax money for bank 'black hole'

MarketWatch

Exxon Mobil tops Fortune 500

Exxon Mobil shoved aside Wal-Mart Stores to retake the top place on the Fortune 500, proving that Big Oil was king of the economy last year.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Silicon Valley rallies behind CTO pick

Many technology leaders are rallying behind President Barack Obama's surprising choice for the nation's first Chief Technology Officer: Virginia Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra.

BusinessWeek

Treasures point to Cleopatra's tomb

Archaeologists will begin excavating sites in Egypt in an attempt to uncover what is thought to be the tomb of Cleopatra, a queen of ancient Egypt, and her lover, Roman general Mark Antony.

CBC

Archeologists hope to find tomb of Cleopatra

YouTube

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

EDUCATION

13-year-old's school strip-search case heads to Supreme Court

The case of a 13-year-old Arizona girl strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain-reliever will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

CNN

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

SPORTS

Team that lost 21 horses withdraws from US Polo Open

The Lechuza Caracas Polo team has withdrawn from the U.S. Open Polo Championship after 21 horses died before a polo match.

Palm Beach Post

Ainge told not to watch Celtics

Celtics GM Danny Ainge was released from a Massachusetts Hospital, two days after suffering a minor heart attack and having arterial surgery.

ESPN

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