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Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton brief reporters about the Nuclear Posture Review Report at the Pentagon. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Foreclosure crisis hits building inspectors

Few people experience the dirty underbelly of the home foreclosure crisis on a daily basis like Kyle Caluya, one of four field inspectors assigned to the city of Sacramento's vacant building program.

Sacramento Bee

With caution, Americans still want a house

CNNMoney

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Foreclosures

New York Times

Calif. attitudes toward illegal immigration change drastically

In a dramatic turnaround from 16 years ago, Californians now overwhelmingly favor giving illegal immigrants a "path to legalization," a recent poll indicates.

San Jose Mercury News

Obama limits US nuclear arms use

President Barack Obama's administration has unveiled a defense policy to significantly narrow the circumstances in which the U.S. would use nuclear arms.

MSNBC

US unveils new nuclear weapons strategy

CNN

Al-Qaida kills dozens in Baghdad

Seven bombs placed inside apartment buildings across Baghdad killed at least 49 in an onslaught that U.S. security officials blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants.

Christian Science Monitor

Baghdad blasts kill scores

YouTube

US teen birth rate drops

The rate at which teenage girls in the U.S. are having babies has dropped, raising hopes that an alarming two-year increase in teen births was an aberration.

HealthDay

Being older is being wiser

It turns out grandma was right: Listen to your elders. New research indicates elders are better at dealing with conflicts, accepting life's uncertainties and change.

CBS News

NATION

25 dead in W.Va. coal mine explosion

An explosion at a coal mine with a history of safety problems killed 25 workers and at least four others were still missing more than a thousand feet underground in the worst U.S. mine disaster since 1984.

San Francisco Chronicle

Mining company previously fined for safety

CBS News

Mine tragedy 'part of our history'

CNN

US service sector is expanding

The service sector grew at its fastest pace in two years, suggesting the economic recovery is expanding from factories to shops, restaurants, hospitals and other jobs.

TIME

Report illustrates economic revival

Wall Street Journal

POLITICS

The Pentagon springs a WikiLeak

At least one Pentagon insider leaked a bloody video that appeared to show the killing of two reporters by a U.S. helicopter gunship in Baghdad to WikiLeaks, an independent Web site.

TIME

AP source confirms video of Baghdad firefight

YouTube

Stevens weighs retirement

Justice John Paul Stevens is expected to announce by month's end whether he will retire from the Supreme Court, sources close to him say.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Off-roaders in search of trails

The dustup between all-terrain vehicle enthusiasts and land conservationists is intensifying this year as more people go in search of places to ride and more groups race to protect portions of public lands.

USA TODAY

Ham radio growing in the age of Twitter

Only a few years ago, blogs listed ham radio alongside 35 mm film and VHS tape as technologies slated to disappear. They were wrong. Nearly 700,000 Americans have ham radio licenses — up 60 percent from 1981.

NPR

Need privacy? Grow a living fence

Good fences do make good neighbors. Trees and shrubs add long-term interest and privacy to your property, while providing cover for birds, pollinators, and other wandering critters.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Prescription drug deaths increase

The number of deaths and hospitalizations caused by prescription drugs has risen precipitously in the past decade, with overdoses of pain medications.

Scientific American

Doctors face board specialty expiration

For the first time since leaving medical school, doctors are having to take tests to renew specialty board certification.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Measure hastens adoption of solar power

Maryland is moving to require utility companies to accelerate their use of solar power — an idea rankling some lawmakers who are concerned it would needlessly raise the price consumers pay for electricity.

Baltimore Sun

China rejects Mekong River dam criticism

China has rejected claims that its dams on the Mekong River are to blame for record low water levels in downstream nations.

BBC

EDUCATION

Death of the liberal arts

The recession and unemployment are making schools and students rethink the value of an education in the humanities.

Newsweek

Hispanic-serving institutions best at increasing Latino success, report says

To increase the number of Latino students with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, a new report recommends improvements in transfers to Hispanic-serving institutions.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Good child care invaluable: ELC creates new tool for parents

The Early Learning Coalition, a nonprofit created under Florida law to implement, coordinate and administer school readiness programs, is assessing about 290 providers surrounding Tallahassee.

Tallahassee Democrat

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GOOD NEWS

Tuition-free colleges stand their ground against costs

Even as the price tag of a four-year college degree outpaces inflation, a handful of U.S. colleges and universities are picking up full tuition for every student they enroll.

USA TODAY

American Academy of Pediatrics offers sound advice on autism

Parents who receive a diagnosis of autism in their child face a daunting set of questions. American Academy of Pediatrics has created a series of audio interviews to provide guidance and support

Medical News Today

WORLD

General Election 2010: Gordon Brown and David Cameron set the stage

Gordon Brown has called the U.K.'s General Election for May 6 and launched his campaign by calling for a "mandate" to restore the trust between voters and the politicians elected to represent them.

Telegraph.co.uk

Political parties prepare for election

BBC

Indian police killed by Maoist rebels

Left-wing Maoist rebels in India have killed at least 70 paramilitary police in an attack in the central state of Chhattisgarh, officials have said.

Al Jazeera

Maoist rebels kill 70 police troops in ambush

Telegraph.co.uk

How big is the Maoist threat in India?

Reuters

BUSINESS

US seeks max penalty against Toyota

The U.S. Department of Transportation will seek a $16.4 million penalty against Toyota Motor Corp. for failing to alert regulators of its "sticky pedals" in a timely way.

MarketWatch

Oil surges to 17-month high on signs of US economic growth

Crude oil surged to the highest level in 17 months as growth in American jobs and service industries signaled that the economy is recovering from the worst recession since the 1930s.

Bloomberg

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Bending yoga to fit worship needs

Many Christian and Jewish yogis are incorporating prayer and religious teachings into the practice. "It allows us to blur the line between the physical and the spiritual," one leader says.

Los Angeles Times

Mormons counseled to cling to church teachings at conference

Mormons should cling to their faith and church teachings to weather the problems and temptations they face in a tumultuous world, the church's president said.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

Duke survives Butler in classic to win 4th title for Coach K

Butler won the hearts of thousands across the nation. Duke won the national championship — barely — by defeating the relentless Bulldogs 61-59 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

USA TODAY

Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas on Duke's win

ESPN

President Obama doesn't bounce historic 1st pitch

President Barack Obama marked a long tradition when he tossed the ceremonial first pitch for the Washington Nationals home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Seattle Times

Blog:

Obama pitches in presidential tradition

USA TODAY

Obama delivers 1st pitch in Washington

MLB.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Braille displays promise to deliver the Web to the blind

A team of North Carolina State University researchers has taken the first steps toward developing a device that would allow the blind to take better advantage of the Web and other computer applications.

Scientific American

Likewise among animals: leaders, followers and schmoozers

The effort to understand why individual members of the same species can be so mulishly themselves, and so unlike one another on a wide variety of behavioral measures, is growing.

New York Times

Physicists may have found most magnetic material on earth

A more powerful magnetic material may have emerged to topple previous record-holder iron cobalt, until now the most magnetic material on Earth.

Popular Science

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