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Gonzales: Bush decides my fate

USA Today

Gonzales: "I did make some mistakes"

CNN

No apology from Gen. Pace for gay stance

The Pentagon's top general said he should not have voiced his personal view that homosexuality is immoral and should have just stated his support for the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Forbes

British embassy hostages released

All five of the British embassy hostages abducted in a remote region of Ethiopia almost two weeks ago have been freed.

Guardian

Asian, European stocks plunge

Stocks fell as worries over the worsening subprime mortgage market fueled more caution, setting the Dow Jones industrial average below the 12,000 level for the first time since November.

Yahoo! News

Stocks flat amid mortgage sector worries

Stocks were little changed after comments from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. renewed worries about the mortgage market.

Reuters

Thai women and children shot dead

Nine people, including four women and two children, were shot and killed in one of the most shocking attacks so far in Thailand.

Times Online

Poll: Less than half of Americans think U.S. can win in Iraq

CNN

British troops in Iraq face risk of mental illness

Telegraph.co.uk

U.S. lets whistle-blowers lose jobs

The federal government is sanctioning agreements that cost whistle-blowers their jobs after they expose safety and security lapses at nuclear facilities and toxic waste sites, Labor Department records show.

USA Today

NATION

North Korea 'committed' to disarmament pact

North Korea is committed to a disarmament agreement reached in February but wants sanctions against it lifted first, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.

Malaysia Star

Pakistan-India peace talks move slowly

Pakistan and India have completed their latest round of peace talks in Islamabad on a decidedly upbeat note. There were no specific advances, but both sides say the summit was a positive step forward.

Voice of America

U.N.: Europe is shrinking

By the year 2050, Europe's population will have dropped by 67 million, according to a report by the United Nations.

Deutsche Welle

Unbowed Tsvangirai urges defiance

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says the beating he received at the hands of police should be an "inspiration" for the struggle.

BBC

POLITICS

Bush tries to soothe ties with Mexico

President Bush sought to soothe strained ties with Mexico by promising to prod Congress to overhaul tough U.S. immigration policies.

ABC News

Selling Giuliani to the right

Sacramento Bee

Clinton: Vast right-wing conspiracy is back

The "vast, right-wing conspiracy" is back, presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning, using a phrase she once coined to describe partisan plotting.

MSNBC

SPORTS

Sharapova set to lose No. 1 ranking

Defending champion Maria Sharapova of Russia was knocked out of the Pacific Life Open, a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 loss to Russian compatriot Vera Zvonareva that will cost her the No. 1 ranking.

Toronto Star

NHL's Penguins staying put

The Penguins have a deal on a new arena. And it's in Pittsburgh, not Las Vegas or Kansas City.

USA Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Theory: Saturn moon's heat from decay

Scientists believe heat from radioactive decay inside a tiny, icy Saturn moon shortly after it formed billions of years ago may explain why geysers are erupting from the surface today.

Sci-Tech Today

Sources say Microsoft near deal to buy Tellme

Microsoft is close to acquiring privately held Tellme Networks, a maker of products that bridge the worlds of speech recognition and the Internet, CNET News has learned.

CNET News

HEALTH

California town may ban smoking at home

Dozens packed the Belmont city council chambers for a public airing of a new smoking ban proposal. The law would give Belmont the toughest smoking ban in the nation — possibly in the world.

ABC News

FDA approves Glaxo breast cancer drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved GlaxoSmithKline's breast cancer drug Tykerb, the drugmaker said.

MarketWatch

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Stallone charged with importing banned substance into Australia

An Australian court has charged U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone with importing a prohibited muscle-building hormone into the country on a visit last month.

CBC

Stardust Casino imploded in Las Vegas

The venerable Stardust casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was imploded in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.'s $4.4 billion megaresort Echelon.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Recording labels should negotiate royalty system

San Jose Mercury News

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Halliburton: Dual corporate citizen?

Houston Chronicle

Column:

How did Rudy get his lead?

Evening Bulletin

Editorial:

A rankings revolt

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

Barak Obama and his money

Slate

Column:

Make healthier food available to all

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial:

Gonzales should resign

Philadelphia Inquirer

Column:

Is Gates the Anti-Rumsfeld?

TIME

Column:

The budget and Walter Reed

National Journal

Column:

How pure does Rudy have to be?

Politico

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GOOD NEWS

Good Samaritan comes to Jamie's aid

Four-year-old Jamie Lee Bula will now be able to have surgery after an American author and founder of Fiji charity, the Naqaqa Giving Foundation, decided to donate $10,000.

Fiji Times

Former marine goes dancing in NCAAs

Rich Young's road to the NCAA tournament includes a firefight in Iraq and peacekeeping in Kosovo.

HappyNews.com

NATION

Penalty phase continues in trial of Jessica Lunsford's killer

John Evander Couey is in court again Wednesday as a jury continues to hear reasons he should either be sentenced to death or get life in prison for killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford.

Fox News

Harpers Ferry on list of most endangered battlefields

The National Parks Conservation Association said a $200 million office space and hotel project being proposed on private land near the park would allow incompatible development in the area.

Hagerstown Morning Herald

Hard-bitten New Yorkers want mugger's head

Here's a tip for the guy who beat up a 101-year-old woman in a walker and took off with her purse: Get out of New York. The vicious mugging, caught on surveillance tape, has sparked outrage.

CNN

BUSINESS

Viacom v. Google could shape digital future

The $1 billion question prompted by Viacom Inc.'s suing Google Inc. is how a 1998 law that was supposed to retrofit copyright protection for the digital future applies in the YouTube age.

Moneyweb

OPEC likely to keep output levels steady

OPEC is unlikely to change output levels when oil ministers of the 12-nation organization meet, senior oil officials suggested - comments that reflect producer satisfaction with present prices.

BusinessWeek

GM pulls off a profit

The No. 1 U.S. auto maker reported a profit, after delaying its report in January because of accounting troubles. The company reported fourth-quarter profit of $950 million, or $1.68 per share.

MSN Money

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic impact on global warming lures scientists

The consequences of climate change at the poles affect the whole world, say experts at New Hampshire's Dartmouth College and the organizers of a summit on Arctic science.

Reuters

Will Kyoto Protocol create financial needs?

Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry declared that becoming a direct party to the Kyoto Protocol would cause serious financial requirements for the Turkish economy.

Turkish Press

EDUCATION

States looking to Pre-K to help kids

Children typically enter school at around age 5, when they're ready for kindergarten. But new research is prompting more states to add pre-kindergarten programs.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Business leaders willing to raise taxes for better schools

California's business leaders say they're willing to spend more money on public schools and even raise taxes to pay for them as long as the increased spending is tied to major reforms and accountability.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Celibacy 'obligatory' for priests

Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed that celibacy "remains obligatory" for Roman Catholic priests.

BBC

Pope: Catholic politicians must oppose gay marriage

The Church's opposition to gay marriage is "non-negotiable" and Catholic politicians have a moral duty to oppose it, as well as laws on abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict said.

Reuters

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