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Protester Tighe Barry, right, holds up a sign during a break in testimony by Lamar McKay, left, President and Chairman of BP American before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

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Some waiting years for 1st payments as more apply for benefits

Nearly 2 million people are waiting to find out if they qualify for Social Security disability benefits. It will be a long wait, even if they eventually win their cases.

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CBS News

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Hawaii's jobless seniors forced to tap Social Security early

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Honolulu Advertiser

Tax bills in 2009 at lowest since 1950

Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes in 2009 since Harry Truman's presidency.

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USA TODAY

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Fingers point while oil spews

The three oil companies primarily involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill blamed each other for the accident that left 11 workers dead.

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CNNMoney

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Federal agency's duties to be split

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Miami Herald

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BP keeping cap on oil leak video?

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CNN

US 'committed to Afghan security'

"We will not abandon the Afghan people. Our civilian commitment will remain long into the future," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, at the start of closed talks with Afghan government leaders.

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Al Jazeera

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Red Cross confirms '2nd jail' at Bagram

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BBC

Fears surround over-the-counter genetic tests for serious diseases

Shoppers at drugstores will soon be able to pick up something new: a test to scan their genes for Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer and other ailments.

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MSNBC

NATION

5 killed in Okla. tornado outbreak

Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Southern Plains in an outbreak of violent weather that killed five people, tossed cars off highways, flipped homes and sent baseball-size hail through windshields.

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Town slammed by tornado

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CBS News

Real estate market's new problem: not enough homes

Despite the housing bust and high foreclosure rates, in some areas real estate agents are complaining that they don't have enough homes to sell.

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Home prices gain in 91 US cities in 1st quarter

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Bloomberg

POLITICS

Political mood promises rough months ahead until midterms

Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas said that he has encountered "a lot of anxiousness and anger toward Washington" as he campaigned for governor.

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Kansas City Star

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3 things to watch in midterm elections

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CNN

Supreme Court confirmations, as Elena Kagan saw them

Elena Kagan once urged aggressive questioning of and candid responses from Supreme Court nominees, but has lately backed off those views. Senate Democrats hail her "diversity of experience."

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Christian Science Monitor

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Kagen nomination jolts Arlen Specter's US Senate campaign

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Elena Kagan, Supreme Court nominee

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BUSINESS

Cause of circuit breaker plunge elusive

A big U.S. exchange operator said there was no "smoking gun" to explain the mysterious market plunge, while regulators solidified plans to adopt circuit breakers.

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Reuters

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Aid plan propels US and global markets

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Toyota waited a year to issue recall

Toyota waited nearly a year to issue a U.S. recall in 2005 over defective steering rods in trucks and SUVs, despite a similar recall in Japan and dozens of reports from American motorists about faulty rods.

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CBS News

Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market?

Nearly 52,000 people were wait-listed as of mid-April for General Motors' electric model, the Volt, due in November. As of March, almost 56,000 people had signed up to reserve Nissan's all-electric Leaf.

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Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Nation has high college remedial rate

Nationwide, about a third of 1st-year students in 2007-08 had taken at least one remedial course, according to the U.S. Department of Education. At public 2-year colleges, that number rises to 42 percent.

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Service grads face dim job market

The tattoo on Christian Berrios' right forearm says "Knowledge is Power." For a high school dropout in a city with shuttered textile plants and 18 percent unemployment, he needs all the knowledge he can get.

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

Friendship could be key to helping depressed older people

A new study suggests that more social contact may be helpful for older people with depression. Social contact could boost mood for people who felt low because of isolation.

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Guardian

Older women exposed to physical and mental abuse suffer poor mental health

Not surprisingly, a new study finds that older women who are exposed to physical and verbal abuse have poor mental health.

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HealthDay

Nuts' effects healthier for some

Eating plenty of nuts can lead to healthier cholesterol levels, but the benefits seem to be greatest for thinner people, those eating less healthy diets, and people with higher levels of "bad" cholesterol.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Magic run over Hawks

Vince Carter scored 22 points to lead another dominating performance by the Magic, which finished off its second straight playoff sweep with a 98-84 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

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ESPN

Woods says neck injury not crash related

Tiger Woods insists there's "zero connection" between the neck spasms playing havoc with his golf swing and his car accident.

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GOOD NEWS

Music City hitting the right notes

Nashville may be the country music capital of the world, but at a time when it's struggling to rebuild from devastating floods, its billing as Music City has never been as fitting.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

How to give away $10,000? It's a lot of work, U-Md. students learn

The philanthropy class, new this year, is one of a small but growing number in which donors write big checks to help students learn how to give.

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Washington Post

WORLD

Iraq bombings death toll rises to 119

The death toll from Iraq's deadliest day this year has risen to 119, after new deaths were reported from bombings that rocked cities both north and south.

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Iraq hit by deadly attacks

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YouTube

Gordon Brown resigns as UK prime minister

Mr Brown has officially tendered his resignation to the Queen at Buckingham Palace, and recommended Conservative leader David Cameron succeed him.

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BBC

Haitian police break up violent protest at presidential palace

Police used tear gas to disperse protesters calling for President Rene Preval's resignation after some demonstrators robbed passers-by and crashed through barricades around the national palace.

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Reuters

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Protesters blast Haiti president

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Arizona Daily Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Staying connected without wires

Cable, phone and satellite companies compete feverishly to deliver high-speed internet and HDTV to homes via wires and dishes. But some remain well connected without those traditional services.

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NPR

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Social networking boosts legal issues

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San Francisco Chronicle

Multicore CPUs move attack from theoretical to practical

Many of us use software firewalls, virus scanners, and other security software on our PCs. We expect this software to make our computers safer, but some research suggests that it contains vulnerabilities.

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Ars Technica

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How to buy security software

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PCMag.com

ENVIRONMENT

Shrinking biodiversity bad for humans

A U.N. report warns governments that the rapid decrease in biodiversity across the world will have implications for humanity.

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ABC News

Could another volcano erupt soon?

As scientists and air travelers keep a close eye on Iceland's ongoing volcanic eruption, some reports suggest that a much bigger volcano could stir in the near future.

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Sex scandal is Church's main threat

The clerical abuse scandal represents the greatest threat to the Roman Catholic Church and the crisis was "born from sins within the church" not outside, Pope Benedict XVI said on a trip to Portugal.

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TIME

Moroccan crackdown surprises missionaries in North Africa

Six years ago, a delegation of evangelical leaders visited the Kingdom of Morocco and hailed it as "open to evangelical Christian outreach." The North African country is apparently open no more.

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Christianity Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The hunt for universal music

A number of musicians, including some notable composers, claim that music is a universal form of human communication, something psychologists intend to study.

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Rescuing art from the rubble

Susan Blakney, a paintings conservator from New York, scrambled up a mound of rubble left by the collapse of the Episcopal Holy Trinity Cathedral in Haiti, searching for small shards of the cathedral’s murals.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

US girds for a fight for Internet freedom

Declaring a kind of soft war on this new information curtain being drawn across the "new iconic infrastructure of our age," the U.S. is now committing itself to undermining censorship.

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TIME

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People wait for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at the Terreiro do Paco square to participate in an open mass in Lisbon. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano / AP)

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