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Alleged terror plot disrupted

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York City officials have arrested four men who allegedly planned terrorist attacks against Jewish and military targets.

Christian Science Monitor

Profiles of New York City terrorism suspects

Kansas City Star

Arrests in New York attack plot

BBC

Increase in top indicators show growth

The recession will be less intense in the near term, and there could even be some growth in the second half of the year, the Conference Board said.

MarketWatch

UAW has tentative deal With GM, government

The United Auto Workers union has agreed on a tentative deal with the government and General Motors Corp. that would cut labor costs, close factories and change the way a union-run trust is funded.

ABC News

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GM bankruptcy looms regardless

Auto Blog

When car dealerships are closed

CBS News

Obama, Cheney offer competing views on national security

President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney offered competing views on how to keep America safe in back-to-back speeches, each taking time to scold the other repeatedly.

CNN

Point-counterpoint of speeches

FOX News

Accused Somali pirate pleads not guilty

A Somali teenager accused of holding a U.S. ship captain hostage in the Indian Ocean after an attempted hijacking pleaded not guilty to 10 charges, including piracy and kidnapping.

Reuters

NATION

Controversy continues over Pelosi CIA interrogation allegations

Controversy continues over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's allegation that the CIA misled Congress about interrogation methods used on suspected terrorists.

Voice of America

US arrests 88 suspected gang members in huge sweep

Police and federal agents arrested 88 people linked to a notorious Southern California street gang in raids that capped the largest such sweep by the U.S. Justice Department, authorities said.

Reuters

POLITICS

House Democrats block Republican bid for probe of Pelosi’s CIA claims

House Democrats blocked a Republican push for a bipartisan investigation of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the Central Intelligence Agency misled her in 2002 about interrogation tactics.

Bloomberg

Senate to approve war funding

President Barack Obama is likely to get a sweeping bipartisan endorsement when the Senate votes on his request for continuing military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Las Vegas Sun

Addition to war spending bill raises questions

USA TODAY

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sony considers music downloads for PSP

Sony is considering offering music on the PlayStation Network. Such a move could place the PSP in direct competition with other multiuse music players, most notably the iPhone.

CNET News

Google CEO Eric Schmidt rules out newspapers, sticks with advertising

Google has decided against moving into the newspaper business, instead choosing to work with publishers to optimize their Web sites for online advertising, according to Eric Schmidt, its chairman and CEO.

Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

Grading 529 college savings plans

Many hope to benefit from tax-free fund designed for a college savings fund called a 529 plan, but the plans have some serious flaws.

NPR

End is near in a fight on teaching English

After 17 years of litigation, the United States Supreme Court will decide whether Arizona is complying with federal laws requiring public schools to teach children to speak English.

EducationNews.org

HEALTH

We're all lying liars: why people tell lies, and why white lies can be OK

A growing body of research shows that people lie constantly, that deception is pervasive in everyday life. Researchers have recently discovered that some fibbing might actually be good for you.

US News & World Report

AIDS report: failing women and children

A report accuses U.N. agencies, governments and donors of not doing enough to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the AIDS virus.

Voice of America

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Laid-off religious workers denied unemployment benefits

Religions may provide, but the state may not when it comes to unemployment benefits for employees laid off by tax-exempt religious organizations.

Religion News Service

Mainline clergy OK with gay rights, cautious on gay marriage

Mainline Protestant clergy are generally likelier than most Americans to endorse gay rights, but only one in three supports same-sex marriage, a study finds.

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

Crime in US drops significantly, despite economic downturn

States across the country are tallying lower crime rates. Even in 2009, amidst economic downturn, cities like Los Angeles, Dallas and New York have seen a dramatic reduction in violent crime.

Good News Network

For Lilly employees, a day of service to better the world

Thousands of Eli Lilly and Co. employees took to the playground, the interstate and the underpass to beautify and better Indianapolis on Lilly's second annual Global Day of Service.

Indianapolis Star

WORLD

Photos are fresh evidence of growing Pakistani nuclear program

New evidence has emerged that Pakistan is "greatly expanding" its nuclear weapons program even as Islamic insurgents advance toward the country's heartland from the Afghanistan border.

McClatchy Newspapers

Sri Lanka to resettle most refugees

Sri Lanka plans to resettle most of the 280,000 refugees who fled the war with the defeated Tamil Tigers within six months, the government said after meeting visiting Indian officials.

Reuters

Paramilitaries 'abducting children from camps'

Times Online

BUSINESS

San Francisco home prices fall 41 percent on foreclosures

San Francisco Bay Area home prices fell 41 percent in April from a year earlier as foreclosures accounted for almost half of all sales, MDA DataQuick said.

Bloomberg

Post-bankruptcy Chrysler takes shape

With the selection of C. Robert Kidder as chairman and key rulings from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez, Chrysler LLC's bankruptcy reorganization gathered momentum.

Detroit Free Press

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

MLK bio coming to the big screen

DreamWorks has acquired the life rights to Martin Luther King Jr. and will soon be bringing a biopic on the slain civil rights leader to the big screen.

Variety

Green Day lashes out at Wal-Mart policy

Green Day has the most popular CD in the country, but you won't be able to find it at your local Wal-Mart.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Wading bird numbers in rapid decline across Europe, Africa and Asia

More than half the species of wading birds in Europe, Africa and west Asia are declining in numbers more steeply than ever, conservationists have warned.

Telegraph.co.uk

Bay Area water scores high on quality

It's safe to go into the water, according to a new health report card for California's beaches, the vast coastal playground for millions who swim, surf and dive.

San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Big Papi ends long homerless drought

The much-dissected drought finally ended in the bottom of the fifth inning at Fenway Park, when Red Sox slugger David Ortiz had his first Big Papi moment of 2009.

MLB.com

Ortiz homers as Red Sox crush Blue Jays

ESPN

Economic woes cast cloud over motor sports' big weekend

Sights and sounds on the midway during this month's NASCAR weekend at Richmond International Raceway showed the sport's recession struggles.

USA TODAY

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