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Palestinian girls participate in a protest calling for an end to the internal fighting between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza City. At least 30 people have been killed in the fighting since last week. (Photo by Hatem Moussa / AP)

At least 4 killed in latest Gaza fighting

International Herald Tribune

Suicide bomber kills 3 in Israel

A Palestinian suicide bomber attacked a bakery in the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat, killing three other people.

CNN

Darfur dominating Africa summit

BBC

NATION

Karzai offers talks with Taliban to end bloodshed

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has offered peace talks with a resurgent Taliban after the bloodiest year since the hardline Islamists were ousted in 2001 and amid warnings of a violent spring offensive.

Reuters

Sinn Fein vote puts peace back on track

Sinn Fein members overwhelmingly voted to begin cooperating with the Northern Ireland police, a long-unthinkable commitment that could lead to a Catholic-Protestant administration for the British territory.

CBS News

U.N. children's fund seeks $635 million

The U.N. children's fund is asking countries to donate $635 million to help women and children suffering in 33 humanitarian emergencies around the world.

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

House speaker Pelosi visits Afghanistan

CNN

Clinton gets mixed reviews in Iowa

On the whole, Hillary Clinton and her campaign advisers may justifiably conclude that she made a positive first impression on Iowa Democratic Party activists.

MSNBC

Lieberman open to backing Republican in '08

AOL

First Catholic priest who served as Congressman dies

The Rev. Robert Drinan, a Jesuit who — over the objections of his superiors — became the first Roman Catholic priest to serve as a voting member of Congress, has died.

CNN

SPORTS

Tiger roars to seventh straight PGA win

Tiger Woods resumed his improbable pursuit of Byron Nelson by winning the Buick Invitational for his seventh consecutive PGA Tour victory.

ABC

Sharapova reclaims top tennis ranking

Maria Sharapova has returned to No. 1 in the tennis rankings, despite her 6-1, 6-2 loss to Serena Williams in the Australian Open finals.

News Chief

HEALTH

Researchers make progress against insomnia

Researchers studying a disease that causes people to suddenly drop off to sleep are trying to turn what they have learned into a new way to help insomniacs get sleep.

Day

New food pyramid offers building blocks to good nutrition

The new and improved U.S. Department of Agriculture's food guide pyramid - called MyPyramid - is helping Americans, young and old, to better understand how to eat healthfully, dietitians say.

HealthDay

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google bombs get dismantled

"Google Bombs," a phrase used to describe manipulation of Google search results by Web-savy pranksters, have been countered by the popular search engine.

CNET News

Apollo 1 astronauts honored at Cape

Back before Columbia and Challenger, three American astronauts died in a flash of fire. The Apollo 1 disaster occurred 40 years ago and knocked NASA to its knees.

Palm Beach Post

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

An immigration compromise everyone can hate

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

MPAA ratings system is not yet honest

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Editorial:

Sticks, stones, and Mr. Obama

Washington Post

Column (Joe Copeland):

Army officer points out our responsibilities

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

The hidden cost of free congressional trips to Israel

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

To attack Iran

Baltimore Sun

Column (Les Payne):

Bush can't dodge Webb's critique

Newsday

Editorial:

Deduction no reduction

Houston Chronicle

Column (Robert Fisk):

World ignores signs of civil war in Lebanon

London Independent

Editorial:

Bush's bait-and-switch

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Dog reunites with family after 6 years

Cujo was a frisky 7-year-old when he sneaked out of his owner's south St. Louis yard in 2000. Now, thinner and grayer and with a tale that would be fascinating if he could tell it, the golden retriever is back.

Yahoo! News

Marcia Wallace honored by cancer center

Marcia Wallace of "The Bob Newhart Show" fame was honored by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute for helping educate Americans about the importance of early cancer detection.

Forbes

NATION

Local governments: FCC not playing fair

The nation's chief telecommunications regulator stands accused of misrepresenting the facts while pushing rules to make it easier for big phone companies to get into cable television.

Detroit Free Press

Corps of Engineers says many levees are faulty

The Army Corps of Engineers has identified 146 levees nationwide that it says pose an unacceptable risk of failing in a major flood.

USA Today

After brief reign, oldest known person dies

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Merrill to buy First Republic Bank for $1.8 billion

Merrill Lynch & Co., the world's third-largest securities firm, agreed to buy First Republic Bank for $1.8 billion in cash and stock to add more wealthy customers and a mortgage business for luxury homes.

Bloomberg

Alternative minimum tax can bite you

In 2006, about 3.5 million taxpayers fell prey to the alternative minimum tax, up from 1.3 million just five years earlier, according to the Tax Policy Center.

MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Mirren, Whitaker take home SAG awards

Helen Mirren of "The Queen" and Forest Whitaker of "The Last King of Scotland" won Screen Actors Guild Awards as best lead players, their latest prizes on the road to the Academy Awards.

ABC News

Celeb fishing buddies raise money for homeless

International rock star Jon Bon Jovi and designer Kenneth Cole teamed up recently for charity at New York's Tribeca Rooftop penthouse.

Showbuzz

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Report warns of obstacles to sustainable biofuels sector

The benefits of biofuel made from beets, sugar cane and other crops may be weakened if the sector continues to expand without trade agreements, an environmental think tank said.

Environmental News Network

Melting ice means global warming report all wet, say some experts

Later this week in Paris, climate scientists will issue a dire forecast for the planet that warns of slowly rising sea levels and higher temperatures. But that may be the sugarcoated version.

USA Today

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Israeli Cabinet approves Muslim minister

Israel was on the verge of installing the first Muslim Cabinet minister in its 58-year history after the government overwhelmingly approved the appointment.

CBS News

A wife is for life: Pope gets tough on marriage

Pope Benedict has warned Vatican judges to get tough on couples who ask the Catholic Church to annul their marriages.

Sydney Morning Herald

EDUCATION

One-third of students in Texas don't graduate

One out of three Texas students don't graduate, and more students drop out than finish high school in the state's largest cities, according to education experts.

Houston Chronicle

UNC congratulates 2,700 prospective freshmen in error

An admissions department e-mail sent from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill congratulated 2,700 prospective freshmen this week on their acceptance to the school.

CNN

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