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Iraqi troops secure the area around a mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. Clashes erupted between gunmen and U.S. and Iraqi forces around a Shiite mosque in western Baghdad just before the day's prayers, witnesses and local media said. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed / AP)

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Gates: U.S. commitment to war not open-ended

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on a trip to Iraq, delivered a message to the country's political leaders: The U.S. military's commitment to the war is not open-ended.

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CNN

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Baghdad: Shiite convoy ambushed

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CNN

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U.S. forces erect wall between Shiites, Sunnis

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MSNBC

Gonzales fends off call that he resign

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales confronted a fresh Republican call for his resignation as he struggled to survive a bipartisan Senate attack on his credibility.

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MSNBC

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Oklahoma City reaches out to Va. Tech victims

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CNN

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Families cancel interviews over NBC videos

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Reuters

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The investigation and the killer's tape

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ABC News

World Bank board delays decision

The World Bank's board delayed a final decision on bank chief Paul Wolfowitz's role in a promotion he arranged for his girlfriend and referred some issues to a committee for further investigation.

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Reuters

EU to hold new nuclear talks with Iran

The EU foreign policy chief and Iran's top negotiator are to meet for the first time since February in an attempt to break the deadlock over Tehran's nuclear enrichment.

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Guardian

NATION

Russian police question Kasparov

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been questioned by Russia's security service on suspicion of making extremist comments.

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BBC

Threat to food crops as Australia prepares to turn off farmers’ water

Australians have been told to pray for rain or face a ban on irrigation in the main food-growing region so that there is enough water to drink.

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Times Online

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Praying for rain

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Yahoo! News

Shift in winds could bring relief to ice-locked sealers

The Canadian Coast Guard is hoping winds will shift and ease pressure off scores of longliners trapped in massive sheets of ice off Newfoundland's northeastern coast.

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CBC

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Ice traps seal hunt

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BBC

POLITICS

Reid: Iraq war lost, U.S. can't win

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the war in Iraq is "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans, who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops.

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Vermont Senate: Impeach the President

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Examiner

Bush, Democrats fail to resolve Iraq feud in talks

President Bush and Democrats failed to settle their fight over funding for the Iraq war in talks where lawmakers pressed Bush to accept a withdrawal timetable for U.S. troops.

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Reuters

New report drops bombshell in Corzine crash

It was an ominous tale - an erratic driver racing wildly along the road sends the governor's SUV careening into a guard rail. But that story has been debunked by a new state police report

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BUSINESS

Conoco's own inconvenient truth

The chairman and chief executive of ConocoPhillips, the nation's third-largest oil company, acknowledged that fossil fuels - his company's core product - are permanently warming the Earth.

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BusinessWeek

Leading indicators point to slower U.S. growth

Slower growth will persist this summer, the Conference Board said, saying its index of leading economic indicators rose by 0.1% in March after falling the two previous months.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

Buehrle bucks superstitions in no-hitter

Mark Buehrle had one of the best nights of his career, pitching the first no-hitter of the season. Buehrle faced the minimum 27 batters to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 6-0 victory over the Texas Rangers.

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Buehrle tosses no-hitter

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ESPN

Braves' Aybar still missing, suspended indefinitely

Willy Aybar was suspended indefinitely by the Atlanta Braves after the utility infielder failed to report for their game against the Chicago Cubs.

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Va. Tech gunman: warning signs?

Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-hui was a moody loner who took antidepressants and wrote gory fiction, news reports say. But nobody could have predicted that he would commit violent acts, experts tell WebMD.

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WebMD

Record 132 million flu doses planned for fall

Flu vaccine manufacturers expect to have a record 132 million doses ready for the 2007-2008 flu season, and even more could be available if a fifth company joins their ranks, officials said.

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Houston Chronicle

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Survey: Clergy are the most satisfied workers

They may not enjoy the most prestige – and they're certainly not among the highest paid – but members of the nation's clergy are among the happiest of the country's workers.

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Christian Science Monitor

Victims approve $48M clergy sex abuse settlement

Victims of clergy sexual abuse and parishes that will foot part of the bill to pay them have voted to approve a $48 million settlement with the Spokane Catholic Diocese.

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Athletes rescue woman from fire

Four high school athletes sprinted out of a track meet to rescue an elderly woman from a burning home.

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San Jose Mercury News

Pre-Incan metallurgy discovered

Metals found in lake mud in the central Peruvian Andes have revealed the first evidence for pre-Colonial metalsmithing there.

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LiveScience

NATION

Pet-food recall continues to widen

Royal Canin USA said it was voluntarily recalling all of its dry pet food products containing rice protein concentrate after it found a melamine derivative in some products.

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Reuters

New Hampshire Gov. to sign bill allowing same-sex unions

Gov. John Lynch said he will sign legislation establishing civil unions for gay couples in New Hampshire. New Jersey, Vermont and Connecticut have already adopted civil unions.

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KARE

Mayors demand access to sources of illegal guns

In the aftermath of the massacre at Virginia Tech, a nationwide coalition of mayors announced a campaign to lift a congressional restriction on the release of data tracing the sources of illegal guns.

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Newark Star-Ledger

ENVIRONMENT

Chernobyl birds' defects link radiation to human ailments

A new study shows that barn swallows living near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffer from many more birth defects and abnormalities than would ordinarily be expected.

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National Geographic

Amur leopard close to extinction, survey finds

A survey released by conservation groups found few Amur leopards remaining in the wild, with conservationists concluding that logging, building, farming and poaching have virtually killed off the species.

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MSNBC

Al Gore gets permit to go green

Al Gore got what he wanted: Permission to create electricity. The city of Belle Meade, Tennessee said the former vice president can put 33 panels on top of his home to convert sunlight into energy.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Broadway star Kitty Carlisle Hart dies

Broadway theatres dimmed their lights to honor revered stage and screen star Kitty Carlisle Hart, who died after a long battle with pneumonia. She was 96.

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Fox23

Dutch coffee shops say cannabis smoke here to stay

Could a smoking ban spell the end of Amsterdam's world famous coffee shops, where smoking cannabis is one of the main attractions? No chance, says conservative politician Michael Veling.

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Reuters

Bollywood stars prepare a grand wedding

Aishwarya Rai will wear a traditional hand-embroidered sari with intricate goldwork on her wedding day, the actress' favorite designer said. Rai will marry actor Abhishek Bachchan.

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Bollywood royalty to marry

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft slashes software prices for developing nations

The world's largest software company will offer a special suite of Microsoft solutions to children in developing nations for a rock-bottom price of $3.

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Island life may have created 'hobbits'

A tantalizing piece of evidence has been added to the puzzle over "hobbit" hominids found in a cave in a remote Indonesian island.

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EDUCATION

Colleges walk fine line with troubled students

It's an issue colleges have confronted before: the extent to which they should be expected to foresee and take responsibility for their students' actions.

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Christian Science Monitor

Gates offers $3 software for students

Bill Gates has promised to offer a $3 Microsoft software package to poor students both in developing and developed countries.

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EducationNews.org

U.S. universities still a top draw for international students

Around the globe, many say that the Virginia Tech shootings won't affect their plans to study in the U.S.

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Christian Science Monitor

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Scientists discover 'natural barrier' to HIV

Researchers have discovered that cells in the mucosal lining of human genitalia produce a protein that "eats up" invading HIV -- possibly keeping the spread of the AIDS more contained than it might otherwise be.

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Candles, flowers and mementos grace a makeshift memorial at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. (Photo by Chuck Burton / AP)

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