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Protesters burn a North Korean flag during a rally in support of American journalists detained in North Korea, at a park in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / AP)

Source: 1st Gitmo detainee arrives in US

An official says the first Guantanamo Bay detainee has arrived in the United States. Ahmed Ghailani will be held in U.S. law enforcement custody until his trial in New York City.

Examiner

Guantanamo detainee stateside

CBS News

CIA urges court not to release Bush-era detainee documents

The CIA is urging a federal judge not to release Bush-era documents that detail videotaped interrogations of CIA detainees at secret prisons.

USA TODAY

FBI director defends use of mosque informants

Modesto Bee

Treasury okays 10 biggest banks to repay bailout funds

Treasury officials gave 10 of the nation's biggest banks approval to pay back a combined $68 billion of taxpayer money provided to combat the credit crisis.

Guardian

Fiat reassures Chrysler despite delay

Fiat has vowed to go through with its deal with Chrysler even if the sale of the U.S. car maker's assets is held up by the Supreme Court.

Times Online

Opponents move to block Chrysler-Fiat deal

YouTube

Pakistani military, villagers battle Taliban

Hundreds of Pakistani villagers, who have formed an anti-Taliban militia, battled for the fourth day to remove the Islamic militants from a region of northwest Pakistan.

CNN

UK hacker asks judges to stop his extradition to US

A British man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers is asking a court to halt his extradition to the United States.

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Dueling protests square off near Bush's Dallas home

Across the street from former President George W. Bush's new home, eighth-grader Steven Rasansky watched anti-war protesters and Bush supporters square off with only a city street dividing them.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

NTSB opens hearing on Hudson River crash

Safety issues raised by the "Miracle on the Hudson" landing US Airways Flight 1549 will be reviewed in a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board hearing.

United Press International

Number of Americans missing credit card payments on the rise

Credit card holders who in ordinary years might have used their tax refunds to pay down their balances apparently spent the money elsewhere as the recession deepened in the first quarter.

ABC News

POLITICS

Senate to vote on tougher tobacco laws

The Senate could pass a bipartisan bill that would require larger health warnings on cigarette packs, ban the use of claims such as "light," and further restrict advertising.

USA TODAY

Supreme Court rejects challenge to military ban on gays

The Supreme Court refused to review Pentagon policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.

ABC News

Court rejects 'Don't ask, don't tell' challenge

MSNBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

US, Europe look to Mars partnership

Budget woes are pushing NASA toward a joint venture with Europe. By 2016, the United States may unite with the European Space Agency for future Mars trips — a move that would mark a big shift for NASA.

San Jose Mercury News

Sprint breaks its record with Palm Pre

Sprint Nextel executives said the launch of the much anticipated Palm Pre hit a new sales record for the company, saying that the launch exceeded all expectations.

CNET News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Woodstock box set packed with unreleased Dead, Who tracks

While festivities celebrating Woodstock’s 40th anniversary are still being hammered out, there’s no shortage of special releases coming out to recognize the event.

Rolling Stone

Poison frontman Bret Michaels knocked flat in 2009 Tony Awards performance

Rock singer Bret Michaels had a run-in with some stage scenery at the Tony Awards. As Michaels exited the stage, a descending set piece smacked him on the head and knocked him to the ground.

NY Daily News

EDUCATION

The online push in California schools

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has unveiled a plan to save money by phasing out school textbooks in favor of Internet aids.

BBC

California crisis slams K-12 hard

Education Week

Bargain cost of local college looks good to class of 2009

Anecdotal evidence about the Class of 2009 shows there are plenty of students whose post-high school lives have been influenced by the lingering recession.

Detroit Free Press

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Conservatives say ballot is key to winning marriage fight

The message from gay marriage opponents is clear: pillar institutions of American democracy are hopelessly compromised and not to be trusted, at least not with one of the biggest social issues of our time.

Religion News Service

Study finds no similar abortion rates among religious students

Unwed young women who attend or have attended religious schools are more likely to have abortions than their public school peers, according to a new study.

Beliefnet

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column:

What happened to skepticism?

New York Times

Editorial:

A blow for impartial justice

USA TODAY

Column (Sean Gregory):

Barack Obama, stop ruining my marriage

TIME

Column (Anne Applebaum):

Why is the right doing so well in Europe?

Slate

Column:

Sharpie uncaps its creativity

Chicago Sun-Times

Column:

Congratulations, graduates?

NPR

Column:

Don't fall for North Korea's trap

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Inflation, deflation or both?

RealClearPolitics

Editorial:

A vital election in Iran

Telegraph.co.uk

Editorial:

A tough round of European elections

Economist

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GOOD NEWS

Cancer knocked down by drug punch

In the battle against cancer, new research has yielded a new approach to treating leukemia, one that targets leukemia-proliferating cells with drugs that are already on the market.

ScienceDaily

Mobile science labs to travel to a school near you

Designed specifically to travel to schools that don't have the resources to teach modern science, mobile laboratories that bring science education to students are expanding across the country.

USA TODAY

WORLD

In Lebanese vote, hopeful signs for US

There were many reasons voters handed an American-backed coalition a victory in Lebanese parliamentary elections — but analysts also attribute it to Obama’s outreach to the Arab and Muslim world.

MSNBC

Lebanese vote in tight contest

Reuters

Mass rallies before Iran election

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran in a mass show of support for their candidates in the upcoming presidential election.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Globe union rejects new contract

The Boston Globe's main union narrowly rejected a new contract containing major concessions to the newspaper's parent, New York Times Co., the Boston Newspaper Guild said on its Web site.

MarketWatch

Timeline of Times Co. battle

Boston Herald

Shell, Nigerian families settle for $15.5M

A civil lawsuit against giant oil producer Royal Dutch Shell over the execution of protesters in Nigeria in the 1990s will be settled for $15.5 million, a lawyer for the families of those executed said.

Reuters

HEALTH

Lack of sleep can raise blood pressure

Middle-aged adults who don't get enough sleep are at increased risk of developing high blood pressure, a new study finds.

HealthDay

Obama push for public health care plan stirs controversy

President Obama insists that any new health care plan will be paid for and will not add to the deficit. But Republicans are suspicious, in part because Obama has been working only with Democrats.

FOX News

House Democrats consider taxing benefits

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

ENVIRONMENT

Oceans need rescue from carelessness

Human activities are taking a "terrible toll" on the world's oceans and seas, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned in a message marking the first United Nations World Oceans Day.

Environment News Service

Airlines call for CO2 targets, climate fund

Some of the world's largest airlines called for the industry to set global emissions targets as part of efforts to include aviation in a broader climate agreement at the end of the year.

Reuters

SPORTS

Twitter hits it big with LPGA

The Web-based communication tool is an increasingly popular way for athletes to get around the media filter and speak directly to their fans, or to one another.

Baltimore Sun

Twitter hype punctured by study

BBC

Dwight Howard eyes Game 3

Dwight's not dunking. His Magic teammates are missing open shots. And Orlando is down 2-0 to L.A. It can't get any worse ... can it?

ESPN

Game Two recap

NBA.COM

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