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Pentagon issues blunt warning to China

The Pentagon is warning China in blunt language that despite Beijing’s massive military buildup, it lacks the power for a successful attack against rival Taiwan.

Guardian

Modern China in pictures

MSNBC

Israel pushes Gaza air offensive amid rocket attacks

Israel pressed ahead with an air offensive in Gaza, killing five Hamas militants, and arrested another Palestinian cabinet minister in the West Bank as Gaza militants fired more rockets into Israel.

Reuters

38M Americans will travel over holiday weekend

About 38 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more this weekend, a 1.7 percent increase from last year. But the near-record gas prices are prompting some travelers to take shorter trips.

Times and Democrat

Pain at the pump

CBS News

President Bush signs $100 billion bill funding Iraq war

President George W. Bush signed a bill providing $100 billion to pay for the Iraq war but congressional Democrats who failed to impose a troop withdrawal deadline said their fight was far from over.

Reuters

Clinton, Obama war funding votes draw criticism

CNN

Essential gear not reaching Iraq Marines

The system for delivering badly needed gear to Marines in Iraq has failed to meet many urgent requests from troops in the field, according to the Associated Press.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Gear needed in Iraq

CBS News

NATION

U.S. 'fundamentally opposed' to G8 emissions proposals

The United States appears to have rejected draft proposals by Germany for G8 members to agree to tough measures on greenhouse gas emissions, leaked documents have shown.

Scotsman

U.S. against climate proposals

BBC

Myanmar extends Suu Kyi detention

Myanmar's military regime has extended the detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, police sources said. The latest period of her detention began in May 2003 and was due to expire this weekend.

Al Jazeera

Detention of Burma's opposition leader extended

BBC

Iranian, Europeans meet on nuclear issue

European officials met with a ranking envoy from Iran in what officials described as an attempt to defuse the crisis over Iran's refusal to scrap uranium enrichment.

U.S. News & World Report

POLITICS

McCain slams GOP foes on immigration

Sen. John McCain dismissed Mitt Romney's and Rudy Giuliani's opposition to proposed immigration reform and chastised them for not offering their own proposals to deal with illegal immigration.

Palm Beach Post

Republican debate in South Carolina

ABC News

Suit sheds light on Clinton's relationship with benefactor

As the business practices of longtime Clinton supporter Vinod Gupta, owner of the company infoUSA, come under scrutiny lately, new light is being shed on his relationship with the Clintons.

Ledger

Funny Hillary returns to YouTube

Salon.com

BUSINESS

Existing home sales slowest in 4 years

Sales of existing homes fell more than expected in April while prices slid for a record ninth consecutive month, indicating further troubles ahead for the housing market.

San Jose Mercury News

Good news for home buyers

ABC News

Immigration flight: tech vs. tech

As policymakers in Washington debate immigration reform, a rift is developing within the technology industry about how to handle high-skill workers from other countries who come to the U.S. for jobs.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Beckham recalled to English team

David Beckham was recalled to England's squad for a friendly with Brazil and the Euro 2008 qualifier in Estonia. It is the first time he has been included in the squad since coach Steve McClaren took over.

News24

Milestone night for Smoltz

Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz beat his good friend Tom Glavine at Turner Field, firing seven scoreless innings and striking out five to record win No. 200.

Newsday

Smoltz gets 200th win

ESPN

EDUCATION

How to fix No Child Left Behind

To understand the impact of the 2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, indelibly rebranded as No Child Left Behind, you need to visit a school like Blaine in Philadelphia.

TIME

Second imposter found at Stanford

Stanford University officials, for the second time this week, found themselves dealing with an interloper who has managed to pass herself off as a member of the university community for months.

San Francisco Chronicle

HEALTH

Smoking ban advances in Russia, Germany

Russia's lower house of parliament gave preliminary backing to a new wide-ranging restriction on smoking in public, the latest in a series of legislative measures aimed at regulating Russians' health.

USA Today

Moderate drinking lowers women's risk of heart attack

Women who regularly enjoy an alcoholic drink or two have a significantly lower risk of having a non-fatal heart attack than women who are life-time abstainers, researchers say.

Science Daily

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GOOD NEWS

Private sources in U.S. gave $95B in overseas aid last year

Foundations, individuals, and other private sources in the U.S. provided more than $95-billion in aid to developing countries in 2005, more than triple the amount given by the federal government.

Chronicle of Philanthropy

Iraqi child doing well after facial surgery

The fresh stitches curve across Hamoody's swollen face as he crawls out from the red comforter and asks his foster mother, Julie Robinett Smith, for a hug.

Seattle Times

NATION

Five killed in Texas flood; man missing

Two days of heavy storms and flooding had killed five people in central Texas, and bad weather was expected to continue pounding the Plains over the holiday weekend.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Kansas flooding

CNN

Media coverage of Muslim bombs

According to a Pew Research Center poll, Muslim-Americans are “largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world.”

Newsweek

Report critical of Bush immigration record

Immigration arrests under President Bush are "stagnant and unimpressive" despite massive increases in Border Patrol agents since 2000, a report found.

CNN

Americans support immigration overhaul: poll

Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

And gas saver makes 3 in the driveway

Many drivers are lining up to buy small cars. But instead of giving up anything to downsize, they are simply adding pint-size transportation to their driveways, parked alongside their S.U.V. or pickup.

Ledger

Bipartisan bill would safeguard America's roadless forests

Bills to enshrine the protection of 58.5 million acres of roadless national forests in law were re-introduced in the U.S. House and Senate with bipartisan support and the backing of conservation groups.

Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Journalist asks Mariane Pearl's forgiveness at Cannes

The CNN reporter who asked Mariane Pearl if she'd seen the video of her husband's execution used the press conference surrounding Angelina Jolie's new film to apologize for his thoughtlessness.

Post Chronicle

Pearl's story touched Jolie, Pitt

MSNBC

For indie filmmakers, the trick is finding an audience

In these digital days, anyone can direct. But with hundreds of microbudgeted movies made each year, the competition for exposure is fierce.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

EU challenges Google over privacy concerns

European Union privacy watchdogs have asked Google why it stores personal search engine information for two years amid fears that the search engine giant could become an internet Big Brother.

Telegraph

New shuttle exhibit at Cape Canaveral

A new exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center gives the public a chance to experience what astronauts go through during space shuttle launches.

WCVB

A new mission dawns

Space.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

New Bible-based museum has dinosaurs

Kentucky's new Creation Museum has earned notoriety among skeptics and anticipation from believers who are expected to pack its halls when it opens on Memorial Day.

Guardian

N.Y. hate arrest after Sikh student's hair is forcibly cut

A teenager was arrested for a hate crime after violating a Sikh student's religious beliefs by yanking off the victim's turban and chopping his hair off in a high school bathroom, authorities said Friday.

International Herald Tribune

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