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A Fiat 500 is displayed at a promotional event in New York. Fiat is expected to introduce the retro-styled hatchback in the U.S. late next year, the first fruits of its interest in Chrysler. (Photo by Mary Altaffer / AP)

Chrysler confronts massive challenge in joining Fiat

Chrysler appears to have resolved its legal issues but faces the serious challenge of integrating operations with Fiat and bridging the gap until a new line of small cars is available late next year or in 2011.

MSNBC

Judge to rule on Chrysler dealers

Reuters

Senate GOP members keep pushing action against N Korea

Senators pushing to have North Korea put back on the terrorism list have been undeterred by the sentencing of two U.S. journalists to 12 years of hard labor.

The Hill

US journalists caught in power struggle

MSNBC

Suicide attack shatters Pakistan hotel

A huge blast has partially demolished a luxury hotel in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens.

BBC

Pakistani military, villagers battle Taliban

CNN

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

More stress tests urged for banks

MarketWatch

Repaying TARP

MSNBC

House approves cash for clunkers

The U.S. House approved a plan offering up to $4,500 for owners of gas-guzzling clunkers to trade in their wheels for new models in a bid to boost the lagging market for new vehicles.

Detroit Free Press

A look at 'cash for clunkers' plans in Congress

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

Pilot: I 'couldn't afford to be wrong' about Hudson landing

Saying he "couldn't afford to be wrong," pilot Chesley Sullenberger defended his decision to land U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River.

Newsday

NTSB opens hearing on Hudson River crash

United Press International

Guantanamo detainee in US pleads not guilty

The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to the U.S. for trial has pleaded not guilty in two embassy bombings.

FOX News

Guantanamo detainee stateside

CBS News

POLITICS

Senate democrats unveil healthcare bill

Leading Senate Democrats unveiled a plan to reshape U.S. healthcare that calls for sweeping insurance market reforms and prohibits insurers from denying coverage or charging more due to medical history.

Reuters

Republicans grumble about Sonia Sotomayor's hearing date

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy has forged ahead with a July 13 start date for confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

Politico

Biden: Sotomayor is the real deal

CBS News

Obama fights skepticism on deficits

President Obama sought to fight against the perception that his administration doesn’t care about budget deficits.

The Hill

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Popular giant star shrinks mysteriously

A massive red star in the constellation Orion has shrunk in the past 15 years and astronomers don't know why.

LiveScience

Case closed: Scientists nab birds that brought down airplane

For the first time, researchers have used a sophisticated chemical analysis to finger the fowl that brought down an airplane.

Science

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

US high school graduation rate climbs to 69.2 percent

In 1996, the national on-time graduation rate was 66.4 percent; by 2006, that figure had risen to 69.2 percent.

Christian Science Monitor

US to push school funds

Acknowledging that the huge federal package needs a jump-start, President Obama announced an accelerated spending timetable for a variety of programs.

EducationNews.org

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Psalms exhibit traces King David’s lament

King David is mum and pointing at his tongue. He promised to speak no evil word, writing “I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” And “the wicked” are in very corporeal attendance.

Religion News Service

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

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Rising interest rates worry investors

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

Good news from Lebanon is just a start

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial:

The OAS & Cuba: reform first

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Column:

A warning for Democrats?

Salon.com

Column:

5 questions for Sotomayor

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Why is the right doing so well in Europe?

Slate

Column:

The panic is over

Forbes

Column:

Being Obama matters

Truthdig

Editorial:

A blow for impartial justice

USA TODAY

Column (Sean Gregory):

Barack Obama, stop ruining my marriage

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Treat insomnia without drugs

Two new studies suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy to change people’s attitudes and actions about sleep and using meditation can help insomniacs get a better night’s sleep without pills.

WebMD

Kid caught in gang fire swaps wheelchair for walker to get diploma

The 5-year-old was caught in gang crossfire in May 2008, and badly injured. After nearly a year of physical therapy, Martrell swapped his wheelchair for a walker to accept his kindergarten diploma.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Iran prepares for June election

Reuters

BUSINESS

Whitacre tapped for GM chairman

Naming of former AT&T chairman and CEO signals efforts to bring in top leadership from outside the auto industry.

BusinessWeek

Most US stocks advance as Texas Instruments leads tech rally

Most U.S. stocks rose for the first time in three sessions as a better-than-estimated forecast at Texas Instruments Inc. spurred gains in technology companies.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

WHO on the verge of declaring a swine flu pandemic

The World Health Organization is preparing to declare a swine flu pandemic, saying that the goal now is to prevent countries and populations from panicking.

canada.com

Computers can send you to the ER

Emergency room visits from computer injuries increased sevenfold between 1994 and 2006, according to a report in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

ABC News

Oily fish 'can halt eye disease'

Two or three servings a week of salmon or similar fish can significantly reduce the risk of progression in people with age-related macular degeneration.

MedPage Today

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

After Strasburg, Draft falls into place

There were no surprises in the opening moments of Major League Baseball's 2009 Draft, as Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig announced that the Washington Nationals had selected Stephen Strasburg.

MLB.com

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