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In this aerial photo in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

Thousands march in Armenia to remember mass killings

Thousands marched in the Armenian capital on the eve of the 95th anniversary of Ottoman-era mass killings of Armenians and amid fresh tensions with Turkey over stalled peace efforts.

Montreal Gazette

Turkey-Armenia relationship strains further

Deutsche Welle

Goldman Sachs messages show it thrived as economy fell

As the mortgage crisis gained momentum and many banks were suffering losses, Goldman Sachs executives traded e-mails saying they were making “some serious money” betting against housing markets.

New York Times

Goldman Sachs players: faces in fraud case

ABC News

Oil drilling injuries prompt safety rules

The U.S. Minerals and Management Service is developing regulations aimed at preventing human error, which it identified as a factor in many of the offshore oil drilling accidents in recent years.

Detroit News

Ripple effects after an offshore oil rig explosion

TIME

Special section:

Deadly oil rig accidents

Associated Press

Will Arizona immigration law stop in Washington?

Immigration has shot to center stage in Washington, following the signing by Gov. Jan Brewer (R) of Arizona of legislation that makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally.

Christian Science Monitor

Ariz. law: 'Open season' on non-Anglos?

CBS News

Immigration crackdown brings protests

MSNBC

Obama hails auto industry turnaround

President Barack Obama heralded signs of recovery at General Motors and Chrysler in his weekly radio address, saying their rescues show the need for the financial reform bill.

Detroit Free Press

NATION

US military launches mystery space plane on secret mission

An unmanned Atlas rocket carrying a miniature space shuttle blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a technology test flight that could last as long as nine months.

CNN

Blast off for X-37B military spaceplane

BBC

Fixing Detroit: a laboratory for saving America's cities?

Detroit is a city in crisis, but it is hardly alone. From San Jose to Atlanta, cities are grappling with budgets that clearly show that the effects of this recession are far from over.

TIME

White-collar crime floods Twin Cities

Authorities are accelerating investigations exposed by the credit crisis, and U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones said that he expects the housecleaning to continue.

Star Tribune

POLITICS

Toughest immigration law in US is signed

Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the toughest illegal immigration law in the country, aimed at identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal immigrants.

New York Times

Special section:

Timeline of US immigration policy

MSNBC

SEC staffers watched Internet porn as economy crashed

As the country was sinking into its worst financial crisis in more than 70 years, Security and Exchange Commission employees cruised porn sites.

CNN

Democrats plan to introduce bill to blunt ruling on political spending

Democrats plan to introduce a bill to sharply limit foreign-connected companies' participation in U.S. politics and requiring greater transparency from corporations, unions and nonprofits buying ads.

Washington Post

HEALTH

Doctors praise 'world’s 1st full face transplant' operation

Surgeons said a 24-hour full face transplant operation, thought to be the most complex of its kind ever performed in the world, would enable the patient to live a "practically normal life."

Telegraph.co.uk

Mom undergoes surgery to get new face

ABC News

Schools can dish out help in battling childhood obesity

Some schools are doing great things with school lunches, but an unrelenting focus on obesity can have a serious downside.

Denver Post

SPORTS

NCAA seals new deal with CBS, Turner for 68-team tournament

College basketball's signature event will grow to 68 teams from 65 in conjunction with a new 14-year, nearly $11 billion television agreement with CBS and Turner Sports.

USA TODAY

Clausen lands in Carolina; McCoy falls to Browns in 3rd round

Jimmy Clausen waited longer than anticipated to hear his name announced during the 2010 NFL Draft, as the Notre Dame quarterback was taken with the 48th overall pick by the Carolina Panthers.

Sports Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Green tech wilting under patent scrutiny

It's been a slow start for the U.S. Patent pilot program to fast-track the evaluation of patent applications for green technology, with the agency approving about one-third of the requests it has received.

Scientific American

Hubble team marks 20th birthday with a brand new view

The team behind the Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating the orbiting observatory's 20th birthday with a picture that shows a cosmic pillar of gas and dust piled high in the Carina Nebula.

MSNBC

Interview:

Hubble turns 20, and it's still amazing

Houston Chronicle

Early warning system for monitoring bridge rust developed

Concrete bridges have to be strong enough to cope with a wide variety of different impacts: frost, heavy traffic and emissions all take their toll on these structures.

ScienceDaily

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Online comic books pull fans to the Web

The comic-book industry has begun to lurch away from print and toward a future where comics fans will consume them online.

Christian Science Monitor

Idol Gives Back a success for Fox, raising record donations

Fox's Idol Gives Back has raised a whopping $45 million for various charities that it funds including the Children’s Health Fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More and Save the Children’s U.S. Programs.

Monsters and Critics

What the data crunchers know about you

How do companies know things about you? Because they’re becoming increasingly adept at using the mountains of credit card and other data they collect on you to predict how you’re likely to behave.

Toronto Star

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GOOD NEWS

Hero dog brings help to burning home

Buddy the German shepherd was hailed as a hero for guiding Alaska State Troopers through winding back roads to a fire at his owners' workshop.

Hartford Courant

Dog leads police to burning building

MSNBC

10,000 Jewish teens aim to improve world during day of service

Ten thousand Jewish teens from across North America, Europe and Israel will participate in a day of community service projects as they take part in J Serve, a National Day of Jewish Youth Service.

PNNOnline

Surgeries create a new life for Iraqi boy

Black hair covers the scars that disfigured Mohammed's head as an infant. He's grown nearly four inches, added 26 pounds to his once-undernourished frame and discovered a love of baseball.

Detroit News

WORLD

Mumbai's Oberoi hotel reopens after deadly 2008 attack

The Oberoi hotel, one of the best-known landmarks in Mumbai, is due to reopen — 18 months after being badly damaged when militants stormed the Indian city.

BBC

Tyranny of high expectations plague Shanghai expo

After an eight-year build-up, the final countdown is on for Shanghai's World Expo. Crowds and endless queues marked the $45 billion extravaganza's opening, but it's already receiving complaints.

NPR

BUSINESS

Bailout cost may total just $87 billion

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling Congress that the administration believes the final cost of the government's heavily criticized financial bailout effort could be as low as $87 billion.

Kansas City Star

Greek crisis overshadows IMF meeting

The debt crisis in Greece looks set to dominate a meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

A renewable energy debate heats up in the Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert in southeastern California is the mother lode of renewable energy. But the Mojave is also valuable to rare plants and animals and the people who want to protect them.

NPR

Blog:

Department of Energy announces $200 million for solar and water power

Green Chip Stocks

College graduation to go green with eco-friendly caps and gowns

As colleges strive to go green, it’s getting harder to justify the waste generated amid the circumstance of commencement. Now they can walk the walk by ordering eco-friendly caps and gowns.

Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

College students are Internet-addicted

American college students are hooked on cell phones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addictions.

MSNBC

Moms push for stronger parent voice in failing schools

Two mothers formed a friendship over a shared concern and are now faces of a controversial proposal under consideration by the Connecticut legislature, which gives parents more power to fix failing schools.

Hartford Courant

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pro-religion groups, atheists lobby over Day of Prayer

Groups across the country rallied both for and against the Day of Prayer by e-mailing, sending letters and planning the use of billboards to convince state and local leaders to see things their way.

Baltimore Sun

YMCA re-emphasizes Christian roots

For almost 157 years, the YMCA has moved steadily away from overt displays of Christian principles. In St. Louis, that's about to change.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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