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Dr. Erica Miller, left, and Danene Birtell with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research work to help a Northern Gannet bird, normally white when full grown, which is covered in oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at a facility in Fort Jackson, La. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)

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New method based on gait helps to diagnose fibromyalgia

A researcher from the University of Granada has designed a reliable method that helps to diagnose fibromyalgia on the basis of patients' gait.

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ScienceDaily

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Obesity may raise risk of fibromyalgia

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WebMD

US economy expanded in 1st quarter

The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the first quarter as households spent more freely, setting the stage for gains in employment that may help the recovery broaden and accelerate.

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Bloomberg

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Business update: Recovery continues

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Reuters

Oil company assailed over response to spill

Coast Guard officials were investigating reports that oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico had washed ashore, threatening fisheries and wildlife in fragile marshes and islands along the Gulf Coast.

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6 Fla. counties declare state of emergency

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Gulf of Mexico oil slick spreads

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Oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico

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Examiner

Dems spark alarm with call for national ID card

A plan by Senate Democratic leaders to reform the nation's immigration laws ran into strong opposition from civil liberties defenders before lawmakers unveiled it.

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The Hill

A child's cells may help or harm the mother long after delivery

A pregnant woman knows she is shaping her child's future from the moment of conception. But she might not realize that the baby is already talking back.

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Scientific American

NATION

US Navy allows women on submarines‎

The Navy formally announced its plan to integrate female officers into submarines, ending one of the last men-only bastions that have floated beneath the water's surface for 110 years.

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Christian Science Monitor

Massey offers $3M each to dead coal miners' families

The owner of the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia, where 29 miners died in a massive explosion, is offering cash settlements to the families of the victims.

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NPR

US subpoenas Times reporter over book

The Obama administration is seeking to compel a writer to testify about his confidential sources for a 2006 book about the CIA, a rare step that was authorized by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

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POLITICS

Hawaii lawmakers approve same-sex civil unions, send bill to governor

A bill allowing same-sex civil unions that prompted some of Hawaii's biggest protest rallies is headed to the governor after the state House of Representatives gave it final legislative approval.

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USA TODAY

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Lawmakers pass civil unions bill

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KHON2

Police officer sues over immigration law

A police officer in Tucson, Ariz., asks that local law enforcement be exempt from enforcing the state's new immigration law in a lawsuit filed in federal court.

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CNN

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Immigration law cutting into Hispanic hires

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Phoenix Business Journal

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Genetically, frogs surprisingly like humans

African clawed frogs have more in common with humans than you might think, according to their newly sequenced genome, which shows a surprising number of commonalities with the human genome.

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LiveScience

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Pea aphids create their own coloring

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NPR

Did Earth's water come from space?

According to studies in Nature, the large asteroid 24 Themis is rife with water ice and organic molecules, more evidence that the water so precious to life on Earth came to our planet on board such rocks.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

World's nature target 'will not be met'

The world's governments will not meet their agreed target of curbing the loss of species by 2010, a major study confirmed.

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BBC

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10 species near extinction

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TIME

Iowa closing caves to help protect bats from illness

Iowa will close three public caves to help fight the spread of a disease that has killed a million bats across the eastern United States in the past several years.

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Des Moines Register

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White-nosed syndrome

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SPORTS

Ky. Derby represents a 'humbling, challenging race'

The Kentucky Derby, celebrated as the most exciting two minutes in sports, might also be the most confounding event.

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USA TODAY

Historic homestand brings hope for Mets

After their 7-3 win over the Dodgers at Citi Field, the Mets tied the 1969 and 1988 teams for the best homestand in team history, winning nine of 10 games, including seven in a row.

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Dodgers' GM on Matt Kemp

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MLB.com

EDUCATION

Science education vs. research: a zero-sum game?

The U.S. has the largest economy in the world and spends a disproportionately large percent of its GDP on scientific research, so why aren't our students excelling in science?

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Ars Technica

Iowa still has doubts on teacher merit pay

Iowa has courted merit pay for about a decade, largely through studies involving school districts. Teachers unions historically have opposed the idea.

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Des Moines Register

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GOOD NEWS

Foundations seek to leverage education innovation funding

A dozen foundations that have been key players in efforts to improve schools are pledging $506 million to spur innovation.

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Rescuing girls from sex slavery

Maiti Nepal is a group that fights to prevent sexual trafficking of women and girls. More than 12,000 Nepali women and girls have been rescued and rehabilitated since 1993.

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WORLD

Iraq government demands return of secret Jewish archive

With secret archives sitting in an office building, the Iraqi government demands they be shipped back, saying they are the property of the Iraqi people.

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Suspected antiquities smuggling ring arrested

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Earth Times

Man stabs 28 children in China nursery school attack

Twenty-eight children and three adults have been injured by a man with a knife at a nursery school in eastern China, the third such attack in a month.

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BBC

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Timeline: deadly school attacks in China

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Google News

Israel slows building in east Jerusalem

Where someone builds in Jerusalem — and why — is at the center of an ongoing diplomatic tussle between Israel and the Obama administration.

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BUSINESS

Protesters descend on Wall Street

Labor union members led by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka marched on Wall Street to demand taxes on bonuses as securities workers said the protesters should go to work and stop demonstrating.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Goldman scrutinized by US prosecutors

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BusinessWeek

HP, Palm merger could shake up PC industry alliances

Hewlett-Packard's bid to gobble up Palm Inc. could shake up alliances in the personal computer industry, as other players in the sector figure out their play in a rapidly-changing smartphone arena.

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MarketWatch

Is Motorola next in line to be acquired?

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CNET News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Jay Leno, the man in the middle

This will be Jay Leno's fifth appearance at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner — he's appeared during every administration since Reagan's.

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Politico

Long after Cold War, artists' paintings of Soviet weapons remain

During the Cold War, Defense Intelligence Agency artists painted pictures of Soviet missiles to build support for defense spending. The paintings remain at a Smithsonian museum.

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Christian Science Monitor

Political satire rocks the boat in Syria

A sharp political comedy is taking the Syrian capital by storm by pushing the envelope of acceptable government criticism to a point seldom seen on the stage in Arab countries.

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CBS News

HEALTH

Study finds multiple benefits in teaching babies to swim

Teaching babies to swim turns out to be more than just fun. Babies who are taught to swim have better balance and are also better at grasping at things than non-swimmers.

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Medical News Today

Stanford bioengineer explores own genome to check health risks

A Stanford bioengineer has become the first scientist in the world to decode his own DNA with a machine he invented, allowing him to peer into his genetic blueprint to see his risk for disease.

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San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US defense of global religious freedom

A bipartisan national commission finds President Barack Obama lacking when it comes to defending and promoting global religious freedom. The commission also names 13 countries as serious violators.

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Christian Science Monitor

India's Catholic bishops frame new sex abuse rules

The Roman Catholic church in India has recommended a zero-tolerance policy on sexual abuse complaints against priests.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Japan's whalers are at sea again, harvesting meat that few will eat

In an annual ritual as seemingly unstoppable as the tides, Japan's whaling fleet is again plowing the ocean hunting and killing whales.

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The Independent

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Fireworks light up the Shanghai skyline during the opening ceremony for the Shanghai 2010 World Exhibition. (Photo by Philippe Wojazer,Pool / AP)

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