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State and local police wait for a building to be cleared by police on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., following a shooting incident. Police said the shootings have left at least 20 people dead and a similar number injured. (Photo by Don Petersen / AP)

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Conservatives to Bush: Fire Alberto Gonzales

In what could prove embarrassing for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, a group of longtime Bush supporters called for his resignation.

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TIME

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Gonzales: I did nothing wrong

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Concord Monitor

'War on terror' phrase unhelpful: U.K.

The international development secretary, Hilary Benn, will reinforce Britain's opposition to the phrase "war on terror", saying it can actually strengthen insurgent groups.

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Guardian

Survey: knowledgeable Americans watch 'Daily Show' and 'Colbert'

The new survey shows that knowledgeability has not improved since 1989. Scoring particularly low: Fox News watchers.

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Editor & Publisher

Police chief: 22 dead in Virginia Tech shooting

Gunfire erupted in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech today, killing 22 people, the police chief said. The gunman was among the dead.

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Houston Chronicle

Huge storm rips across East Coast

One of the nastiest spring nor'easters in years roared over the East Coast early Monday, bringing umbrella-breaking wind and relentless rain that forced evacuations from New Jersey to West Virginia.

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CNN

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Violent Weather Hits East Coast

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FOX News

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Sadr bloc quits Iraqi government

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Al Jazeera

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Dozens killed, many wounded in bombings across Iraq

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CNN

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U.S. antiterror tactics crimp terror case

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Christian Science Monitor

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Closely-watched terror trial to begin in Miami

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CNN

NATION

Trauma severe for Iraqi children

About 70 percent of primary school students in a Baghdad neighborhood suffer symptoms of trauma-related stress such as bed-wetting or stuttering, according to a survey by the Iraqi Ministry of Health.

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USA Today

ElBaradei backs calls for no-nukes Middle East

UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei called on Iran and Israel to join a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East and urged other countries not to resort to military action against Tehran.

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Daily Star

EU worried by Wolfowitz affair

The European Commission has raised concerns over the controversy surrounding World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and hopes it would not hit plans to boost cooperation between the two aid bodies.

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Reuters

POLITICS

Multibillion dollar textbook scandal reaches Congress

A slow-motion scandal surrounding a federal multibillion-dollar reading program has its first congressional hearing this week.

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USA Today

Web spurs revolution in race for president

Blogs, videos and homemade ads are shattering the old notions of how to run a campaign.

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Orlando Sentinel

U.S. challenged on action against key bank

Charges by the U.S. Treasury Department that a small bank in Macau knowingly laundered counterfeit U.S. currency on behalf of North Korea have no basis in fact, according to a confidential audit.

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McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

U.S. Economy: Retail sales increase, helping growth

Retail sales in the U.S. rose in March by the most in three months, enabling the economy to expand in the face of downturns in manufacturing and housing.

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Bloomberg

Negotiators say Sallie Mae to be sold for $25 billion

Sallie Mae agreed to be sold to JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and two private equity firms for $25 billion, said people involved in the negotiations.

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International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Jackie: The legacy of No. 42

On this day in 1947, before what the New York Herald Tribune described as a "solemn crowd" of 25,623 at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, Jackie Robinson tore down the color line in major-league baseball.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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The breakthrough

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Sports Illustrated

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Did the DA in Duke case commit a crime?

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Slate

HEALTH

Over the limit?

As more of us crave caffeine and other stimulants, experts fear people are pushing the limits of self-medication.

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U.S. News & World Report

Study links cured meats to lung disease

Researchers have demonstrated a possible link between a diet rich in cured meats - such as hot dogs, bacon and deli meats - and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Health Day

Study adds data that vegetables reduce cancer risk

New research is strengthening evidence that following mom's admonition to eat your vegetables may be some of the best health advice around.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

Private lenders have an edge in U.S. student loan market

Private banks and lenders have waged a successful campaign to limit a federal program intended to make borrowing less costly.

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International Herald Tribune

Is cursive writing cursed?

Under pressure to meet testing standards, teachers are devoting less time to penmanship practice.

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GOOD NEWS

Botox to the rescue for ailing pianist

Next to slicing off a finger in the kitchen, it was the scariest experience a concert pianist could have.

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Dallas Morning News

Solar power comes of age

It may have taken 30 years to become fashionable in the U.S., now 85 percent of new home solar power systems in the country are installed on roofs in California.

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San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Short on storage, FEMA let millions of meals spoil in 2006

The Federal Emergency Management Agency more than doubled its estimate of the number of prepared meals lost during the 2006 hurricane season due to storage problems from 6 million to 13.4 million.

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Star Tribune

Fluid removed from Corzine's lung area

Gov. Jon Corzine underwent a procedure to remove fluid that had collected outside his left lung.

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Newark Star-Ledger

Military disputes Marines' version of suicide attack

A preliminary U.S. military investigation indicates that more than 40 Afghans killed or wounded by Marines after a suicide bombing in a village near Jalalabad last month were civilians.

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ENVIRONMENT

Endangered Species Act in danger?

An environmental battle in the Supreme Court will test how states manage natural resources.

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U.S. News & World Report

Feds ask for national climate service

Federal officials want to establish a National Climate Service to focus on things such as long-term weather patterns, seasonal drought forecasts and future warming trends.

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Denver Post

The long road to ruin for the Amazon forest

$350 million plan to pave 600 miles of Brazilian track exacerbates the conflict between settlers and environmentalists.

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Observer

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Leave William and Kate alone, says Blair

The Prime Minister appealed for Prince William and Kate Middleton to be left alone after a barrage of weekend media speculation about why the couple had broken up after five years.

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Telegraph.co.uk

With Imus ousted, will other shows clean up their acts?

Click on talk radio or cable news. Do you expect the chatter to be any less crass now that CBS Radio gave Don Imus the boot for his comment about the Rutgers' women's basketball team?

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San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Documents: Millions to shuttle survivors

NASA paid $26.6 million to family members of the astronauts who died on the space shuttle Columbia in 2003, a newspaper reported, citing recently released documents.

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ABC News

Chimps knocked off top of the IQ tree

Orangutans have been named as the world’s most intelligent animal in a study that places them above chimpanzees and gorillas, the species traditionally considered closest to humans.

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Sunday Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope Benedict celebrated at 80

The music-loving pope will be guest of honor at a concert, and he will host a dinner for his cardinals. Tributes will be paid, and commemorative stamps will be issued.

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BBC

More Hispanics in U.S. abandon religion

A wave of research shows that increasing percentages of Hispanics are abandoning church, suggesting that along with assimilation comes a measure of secularization.

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Ledger

Brazil, world's biggest Catholic country, to get its first native-born saint

The canonization of Antonio de Sant'Anna Galvaoan, an 18th-century Franciscan monk and Brazil's first native-born saint, will be the centerpiece event when Pope Benedict XVI visits Brazil next month.

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McClatchy Newspapers

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

DNA clue to presidential puzzle

DNA tests carried out on two British men have shed light on a mystery surrounding the ancestry of Thomas Jefferson, America's third president.

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BBC

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Participants holding flags are seen at a remembrance day event to mark the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, eastern Germany. (Photo by Gordon Schmidt / AP)

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