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Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden, center, is mobbed by teammates after throwing a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays in a baseball game in Oakland, Calif. (Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP)

Braden pitches perfect game

Oakland's Dallas Braden shut down Tampa Bay in succession to not only lead the A's to a 4-0 victory but record just the 19th perfect game in Major League history.

MLB.com

Braden's perfect game

ESPN

New insights into human brain

A 62-year-old woman is providing new insights into how the human brain works after becoming the first person to be diagnosed with a condition that leaves her unable to recognize voices.

Telegraph.co.uk

Miranda rights may need changes

In the wake of the Times Square bombing plot, the Obama administration said it wants to work with Congress on possible limitations of the constitutional rights afforded terrorism suspects.

RealClearPolitics

Terrorism in the US takes on a UK pattern

NPR

Homegrown terror

CBS News

Relief from rising gas prices on horizon

Gasoline prices at the pump have climbed more than 7 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, but could plummet soon with declining crude oil prices, according to a new survey.

CNN

Breast cancer gene clue discovery

Five genetic clues to why some women have a family history of breast cancer have been identified by UK researchers.

BBC

Cancer costs double

USA TODAY

NATION

Abandoned stores leave grocery graveyards in Denver area

Space and money keep some in Denver area from having a well-stocked neighborhood grocery. The Colorado Health Foundation is trying to craft incentives that could help spark supermarket growth.

Denver Post

Goodbye, stimulus. Hello, budget cuts

Until now, stimulus money spared state lawmakers from making some of the most brutal budget cuts. But with this lifeline running out, officials are looking at making significant cutbacks to public services.

CNNMoney

History and cultural groups fear cuts

Philadelphia Inquirer

GULF OIL SPILL

US failing to tighten ecological oversight, activists say

The Obama administration waived environmental reviews for 26 new offshore drilling projects even as the BP oil disaster spewed crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, environmental activists stated.

Guardian

Chronology of oil spill

Reuters

Setbacks on the Gulf

ABC News

Rig blast survivor: 'I thought I was going to die'

Christopher Choy was one of the youngest men on the crew of the Deepwater Horizon, the oil rig leased by BP and anchored in the Gulf of Mexico.

NPR

Oil blowout preventers known to fail

An investigation into cutoff valves like the one that failed to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster shows repeated failures due to weakened regulations.

CBS News

POLITICS

1st lady echoes Dr. King in speech

Michelle Obama told graduates to prepare to overcome adversity, building on Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1958 commencement address at the same university, when he told students to fight segregation.

TIME

First lady's advice: Tackle challenges

YouTube

Sen. Bennett loses Republican nomination in Utah

Sen. Robert Bennett lost his party's nomination during the second round of voting at the GOP state convention, making him the first incumbent to fall in this volatile midterm election cycle.

Politico

Tea party ousts Sen. Bob Bennett

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

EU finance chiefs race to ready Euro stability fund

European Union finance ministers met to hammer out the details of an emergency fund to prevent a sovereign debt crisis from shattering confidence in the 11-year-old euro.

Bloomberg

Frayed investors eye skittish stocks

The extreme market volatility of recent days has shaken investors, who still are seeking a clear explanation of what sent U.S. stocks into Thursday's dizzying intraday spiral.

Reuters

EDUCATION

Obama to graduates: Education helps us adapt to change

President Barack Obama told a group of college graduates that education "can fortify you against the uncertainties" of the 21st century, both economic and social.

USA TODAY

Triplets to earn law degrees at DePaul

Attorney Daniel Formeller — 1976 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law — will be on stage to hood all three of his children when they follow in his footsteps at DePaul law school's commencement.

Chicago Sun-Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

How siblings define, shape and annoy us

Like it or not, we may know our siblings better than anyone else in the world. So no wonder they are a major force in determining who we are and how we behave.

CBS News

Blog:

Sibling relationships

WebMD

Psychic hot line: clairvoyance or hoax?

The psychic industry is a $2 billion a year business, with millions of customers, even after two decades of lawsuits, bad press and bankruptcies.

ABC News

HEALTH

Southeastern youngsters most likely to be overweight

Youngsters living in the southeastern United States are the most likely to be overweight or obese, while those from the far West are most likely to be thin.

ABC News

New nerve cells — even in old age

Most neurons are formed before birth, after which many excess neurons degenerate. However, there are some cells that are still capable of division in old age — in the brains of mice, at least.

ScienceDaily

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GOOD NEWS

Mother's Day miracle: surgery for her daughter, 15 months

For most mothers, hearing that your 15-month-old daughter needs open-heart surgery would be no Mother’s Day gift. But when Katie Larrison got that news, it was a dream come true.

Detroit Free Press

Mary Granderson is one grand mom

Curtis Granderson signs autographs for fans in his position as center fielder for the Yankees, but his signature is a barely recognizable scribble, and his mother would probably prefer a legible version.

NY Daily News

WORLD

North Korean sub likely sank South Korean ship

Evidence collected indicates a torpedo hit the South Korean Cheonan, and suspicion is growing that it was from a small North Korean submarine. That would make it the most serious attack since 1953's truce.

Star Tribune

Seoul considers reducing imports from Pyongyang if attack suspicions confirmed

JoongAng Daily

Israel and Palestinians enter indirect peace talks

Long-stalled indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians resumed, amid low expectations of success and a public warning from Israel that only face-to-face negotiations could produce an agreement.

Guardian

PLO approves indirect Israel talks

Al Jazeera

Palestinians agree to indirect talks

YouTube

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bonding with offspring grows new neurons in the mouse brain

A new study shows that when a mouse father nuzzles his pups, he develops new neurons that help him remember—and protect—those offspring later in life.

Science

Seeing into planetary systems

Using four of the world's largest telescopes, scientists have found compact discs of rocky and dusty material at distances comparable to that from the Earth to the Sun.

ScienceDaily

SPORTS

Woods withdraws from Players; might have bulging disk

Woods, who said he felt a tingling sensation down his right arm and into his fingers, said he might have a bulging disk in his upper back and will have an MRI. He said he first felt the injury before the Masters.

USA TODAY

Giants beat Mets after blowing 4-0 lead

After Brian Wilson watched Jason Bay's shallow fly take a wild ride in the wind and end up falling in for a leadoff double in the ninth, he changed his approach.

Sporting News

ENVIRONMENT

A third of all plants and animals currently face extinction

Animal and plant species are being killed off faster than ever before as human populations surge and people consume more, a United Nations report is expected to say.

Times Online

Invasive reptile worries biologists in Fla.

As if the latest reports of Burmese pythons, monitor lizards and Cuban tree frogs crawling around Florida are not enough to creep you out, there's a scary new invader in town.

Orlando Sentinel

Lord of the pythons

New York Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Study finds that students who meditate are better off

College students who meditate remain less fatigued and have more "integrated" brains when it comes to dealing with stress in college, according to a new research at American University.

Times of India

Imam’s path from condemning terror to preaching Jihad

After the Sept. 11 attacks, he condemned the mass murder, invited TV crews to follow him and explained his religion. Nine years later, from his hide-out in Yemen, Mr. Awlaki has declared war on the U.S.

New York Times

Muslims pray for world peace on Prophet Mohammed's birthday

Ghana News Agency

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