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An Oakland police officer walks outside of Oikos University in Oakland, Calif. A suspect was detained in a shooting attack at a California Christian university that sources said has left at least five people dead. (Photo by Noah Berger / AP)

Coolest jobs: hackers for hire

Hackers carry a bit of a stigma, as most blame them for their annoying computer viruses. But what about those who earn an honest living hacking into Fortune 1000 casinos, banks and energy companies?

Ars Technica

Pastebin: where hackers publicize their attacks

BBC

Strip searches backed by high court

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, backed the use of strip searches of newly arrested people, saying that even people held for minor offenses might be smuggling in weapons or drugs.

BusinessWeek

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Guardian

Several dead in Oakland college shooting

A gunman opened fire inside a private university in Oakland, killing several people. Authorities detained a suspect, but would not disclose if the suspect attended the school.

San Francisco Chronicle

6 dead in shooting at Calif. school

USA TODAY

Violence continues in Syria despite agreeing to UN peace plan deadline

Syrian government forces bombarded opposition targets in the city of Homs despite President Bashar al-Assad’s promise to peace envoy Kofi Annan to cease fire and withdraw his tanks.

Reuters

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BBC

Clinton: ‘This is the moment of truth’

CBS News

1940 Census records set to be released

More than 21 million people still alive in the U.S. and Puerto Rico were counted in the 1940 census, which documented a tumultuous time that included upheavals such as the Great Depression.

NY Daily News

1940 census release

San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Feds raid 3 medical marijuana sites

Federal agents converged on Oaksterdam University and two other medical marijuana sites in downtown Oakland, but officials are releasing few details about the raid or any warrants served.

San Jose Mercury News

Florida cases are testing ‘stand your ground’ law’s limits

Since the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin made Florida‘s Stand Your Ground law the subject of national debate, one of the legislators who helped write it has been adamant that it does not apply in this case.

NPR

Young US farmers coax crops from conservation lands

Farmer Justin Zahradka will plant wheat this spring on 40 acres that have been off-limits for 20 years, protected by a conservation program that is shrinking as high crop prices make farmland valuable.

Reuters

POLITICS

Supreme Court health care debate: If the law fails, what’s next?

The Supreme Court has yet to rule on President Barack Obama’s health care law, but court watchers already are handicapping the domino effect if it falls.

Politico

Religion’s new prominence in the 2012 presidential campaign

Whose beliefs matter? From birth control to taxes, religion is playing an unprecedented role in campaign 2012.

Christian Science Monitor

BUSINESS

Federal Reserve seeking to fine firms

Federal regulators are poised to crack down on eight financial firms that are not part of the recent government settlement over home foreclosure practices involving sloppy, inaccurate or forged documents.

New York Times

Stocks rally into second quarter

After a stellar first-quarter performance, investors are hoping the stock market can maintain its momentum.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Stark new torando warnings to be tested

Three out of every four times the National Weather Service issues a formal tornado warning, there isn‘t one. The result is a “cry wolf” phenomenon that’s dulled the effectiveness of tornado warnings.

CBS News

Picky females promote diversity

According to new research in the journal Nature, picky females play a critical role in the survival and diversity of species.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Skin cancer rates on the rise

A dramatic rise in skin cancer rates among young adults is leading health officials to shed light on risk factors such as tanning salons.

Detroit Free Press

Melanoma hits young women hardest

More young adults — particularly young women — are developing melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. But the odds of surviving melanoma have improved over time, a new study found.

ABC News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Tibet self-immolation wave among biggest in history

Dozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the past year to protest Chinese rule, sometimes drinking kerosene to make the flames explode from within.

Huffington Post

Tibetan exile sets himself on fire at anti-China protest in New Delhi

Telegraph.co.uk

Tennessee mom faces jail for baptizing children without husband’s consent

A Shelby County, Tenn., mother faces contempt-of-court charges and possible jail time for baptizing her two children without getting either the knowledge or consent of her ex-husband.

NY Daily News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Suu Kyi is right to ignore the risks

The Independent

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How to raise African-American boys to be careful, not paranoid

Christian Science Monitor

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Sanford’s no Selma, but its reputation is at risk

Orlando Sentinel

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The circus comes to town

Baltimore Sun

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An optimist‘s journey toward dropping the ’D-bomb’

CNN

Editorial:

Nothing to like in Facebook prying

Denver Post

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Lean beef or pink slime? You may find out from the name

USA TODAY

Column (Robert Wright):

Against Elliot Spitzer as Olbermann’s replacement

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Indian man single-handedly plants 1,360-acre forest

A little more than 30 years ago, a teenager named Jadav “Molai” Payeng began burying seeds along a barren sandbar in northern India’s Assam region to grow a refuge for wildlife.

TreeHugger

Cooperative businesses provide a new-old model for job growth

Co-ops worldwide represent much more than hippie grocery stores: They’re a fast-growing way to do business better in fields, from finance to agriculture to industry.

Christian Science Monitor

Trials show promise of human virus to treat head and neck cancer patients

A naturally occurring harmless human virus may be able to boost the effects of two standard chemotherapy drugs in some cancer patients, according to early stage trial data.

LiveScience

WORLD

Russian plane crash kills 31, exposes safety record

A passenger plane crashed and burst into flames after takeoff in Siberia, killing 31 people and putting the spotlight on Russia’s poor air safety record.

Reuters

Plane crash in Siberia

USA TODAY

‘Heroine of Burma’ brings Myanmar a step closer to democracy

Despite no official word from Myanmar’s election commission, the National League for Democracy party is insisting that Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, has won a parliament seat.

Daily Mail

Former ambassador calls for the lifting of Myanmar sanctions

ABC Online

Argentina still wants Brits to give up Falklands, 30 years after war

On the 30th anniversary of its failed war with Britain, the nation is trying a political and economic strategy to get the U.K. to give up control.

Seattle Times

Argentinian Falkland island hero’s brutal past discovered

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

‘Astonishing’ heat in March set temperature records for the month

For tens of millions of Americans living all over the country, this March was the warmest ever in their lifetimes.

USA TODAY

A power plant, cancer and the fears of a small town

Compared to other coal-fired power plants in the U.S., Plant Scherer is colossal. The plant is the largest producer of greenhouse gases in the country.

CNN

EDUCATION

Effect of ‘textisms’ on spelling unclear

A spelling bee to test spelling knowledge found students performed abysmally, but U.K. academics continue to insist texting shorthand helps spelling competence.

EducationNews.org

Leftism at UC leaves many with unbalanced education, study says

According to conservative professors and administrators, the University of California is a hotbed of leftist faculty and politically correct thinking where students are receiving an unbalanced education.

Los Angeles Times

SPORTS

Hunter Mahan becomes first 2-time PGA winner of 2012

Hunter Mahan doesn‘t dwell on bad shots anymore, and he says that’s leading to more good ones.

GOLF.com

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Scores from Shell Houston Open

ESPN

Thomas Robinson’s 2nd chance

By the second game of his first season as Kansas’ No. 1 offensive option, Thomas Robinson had already failed to live up to his own expectations. Actually, in his words: “I was disgusted with myself.”

Sports Illustrated

Kansas-Kentucky flashback

ESPN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Is social media too feminine?

Facebook may be on track to break records with its initial public offering, but there is a possible challenge lurking in its databanks: It may not be a guy thing.

ABC News

Social networking heads to the office

Wall Street Journal

Patti Smith, an artist never at rest

Patti Smith said she never expected to be a rock star, nor did she aspire to become one: “I was brought up at a time where, essentially, rock stars were male.”

CBS News

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