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A U.S. Military helicopter evacuates an injured person from Enterprise High School after a tornado did severe damage to the school in Enterprise, Ala. Twisters that hit the area killed at least 20 people. (Photo by Rob Carr / AP)

Tornadoes kill at least 20 across South, Midwest

A violent storm system that ripped apart an Alabama high school later tore through Georgia, hitting a hospital and raising the death toll to at least 20 across the Midwest and Southeast.

FOX News

New Orleans files $77 billion claim against Corps

The city of New Orleans filed a $77 billion damage claim against the Army Corps of Engineers for flooding that inundated the city when levees failed after Hurricane Katrina.

CNN

13 accused of trading as insiders

Federal authorities exposed one of the most far-reaching insider trading schemes on Wall Street in decades.

Ledger

U.S. targets $15m insider trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission says it is one of the biggest insider trading rings in 20 years and includes top lawyers and finance firms.

BBC

Stocks head toward lower opening

BusinessWeek

Frenzied trading takes its toll on markets

Financial Times

Cheney warns against Iraq pullout

A quick withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq could allow victorious Muslim extremists to fan out into other countries, with some militants going to Afghanistan, Vice President Dick Cheney says.

Yahoo! News

A thaw in the offing?

Economist

Shortages threaten Guard’s capability

Nearly 90 percent of Army National Guard units in the United States are rated "not ready" - largely as a result of shortfalls in billions of dollars' worth of equipment.

Washington Post

Opposition to Iraq war reaches 64 percent in U.S.

Angus Reid Global Monitor

NATION

Oil prices steady after overnight gains

Oil prices steadied after posting their biggest gain in more than two months on worries about tightening gasoline supplies.

International Herald Tribune

'Progress' in Iran sanction talks

The U.S. has reported progress in talks with major powers on imposing further sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.

BBC

Germany wants talks on NATO missile shield

Germany called for talks on creating a NATO missile defense shield for Europe, a day after the United States vowed to press ahead with its system without alliance approval.

Reuters

POLITICS

Hillary under pressure

As the battle moves to the South, the Democratic primary is turning into a real race.

Economist

House passes pro-labor bill to help workers form unions

Organized labor, shut out during more than a decade of Republican control of Congress, scored a temporary victory when the House voted for legislation that would make it easier for workers to form unions.

San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Cubs seeing error of their ways

Lou Piniella was on the field bright and early at HoHoKam Park, eager to return to the dugout after a self-imposed 17-month exile from managing.

Chicago Tribune

'Fighter' Beckham dreams of recall

Former England captain David Beckham believes he can re-establish himself in the national team despite plying his trade in Major League Soccer with Los Angeles Galaxy.

CNN

HEALTH

FDA probing safety of children's cold medicines

Common children’s cold and cough medicines are coming under scrutiny from federal drug regulators, who say the remedies have not been studied enough in children.

MSNBC

FDA update on peanut butter recall

As a follow-up to the recent Salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is conducting an extensive inspection of ConAgra's Sylvester, Georgia processing plant.

FDA

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Lost Tomb' opens the door on a new Jesus controversy

There's a mountain of money to be made in exploring the history of Jesus Christ, especially if you throw in some interesting leaps and embellishments.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

RELIGION

Scientist calls for alliance with religion

Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist Edward O. Wilson called for a partnership between the religious and scientific communities to save the environment during a lecture this week.

Daily Utah Chronicle

Islam could become Europe's dominant religion

As the Anglican Communion continues to fight over homosexuality and as church attendance plummets, experts say that Islam is on its way to becoming the most dominant religion in Europe.

Crosswalk

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GOOD NEWS

Stephen Hawking plans prelude to the ride of his life

Stephen Hawking, the British cosmologist, professor and author who has spent his career pondering the nature of gravity from a wheelchair, says he intends to get away from it all for a little while.

CNET News

Don't call her 'hiccup girl' anymore

The Florida teenager whose chronic hiccups disappeared just as mysteriously as they began five weeks ago plans to go back to school and get on with her life.

MSNBC

NATION

Child porn charges added to Missouri case

Kidnapping suspect Michael J. Devlin has now been charged with four counts of the production of child pornography and two counts of transporting a minor across state lines for illegal activity.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After years of telling all, 20-Somethings start to clam up

Faced with professional and emotional consequences, many young people are rethinking what they post on the Internet.

ABC News

Budget cutbacks may delay NASA plans

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told Congress on Wednesday that a budget shortfall this year could delay the launch of the space shuttle's successor - probably until 2015.

San Jose Mercury News

BUSINESS

Oracle snapping up Hyperion

It would seem that Oracle's billionaire chairman Larry Ellison excels at two things - ticking off the competition and shopping.

Forbes

Trucks boost sales for GM

General Motors Corp. sold more vehicles than expected in February, reporting a 3.7 percent improvement over a year ago.

Detroit Free Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Saturn as you've never seen it before

The international Cassini spacecraft has beamed back to Earth never-before-seen angles of Saturn from high above and below its majestic rings.

Yahoo! News

Microsoft last in security test

Despite Microsoft Chief Bill Gates claiming that Vista is "dramatically more secure," its Windows Live OneCare has been ranked at the bottom in a group of 17 anti-virus programs.

Economic Times

EU threatens new fines against Microsoft

The European Union has threatened Microsoft Corp. with fines of up to $4 million a day, claiming the software giant has failed to live up to promises to help rivals make software.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

U.N. chief sounds climate alarm

Climate change poses as much danger to the world as war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as he urged the United States to take the lead in the fight against global warming.

Toronto Star

Australia's first wave power plant ready to roll

Its cities are drought-parched and its desert outback drenched by floods, but climate change has not yet killed Australia's famed surf beaches, or their promise of clean eco-power.

Reuters

EDUCATION

‘That’s so gay’ prompts a lawsuit

When classmates razzed Rebekah Rice about her Mormon upbringing, she shot back: "That's so gay" - which landed the high school freshman in the principal's office.

MSNBC

Hard recovery for failed U.S. schools

The last phase of the reform timeline outlined by No Child Left Behind poses challenges for underperformers.

Christian Science Monitor

Photo of the Day

Part of the exhibit "It's Alive" is seen at the Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Mass. The exhibit mixes science with art to explore and comment on the power that biotechnology and other sciences are exerting over fundamental questions of life. (Photo by Adam Hunger / AP)

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