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Spc. Daniel Collier, from Portland, Ore., secures the area at a check point during a routine patrol at Salman Pak city about 30 miles south of Baghdad.  (Photo by Petros Giannakouris / AP) 13 dead as flooding follows severe storm from Texas to Ohio Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks in the nation's midsection. MSNBC Severe storms hit North Texas USA Today FBI subprime mortgage probe expands Criminal investigations have been launched against 17 companies in the fallout of the subprime mortgage collapse, the FBI disclosed. ABC News Blog: Terrorists on Wall Street Huffington Post   President Bush: Iraq War must go on Five years after launching the U.S. invasion of Iraq, President Bush is making some of his most expansive claims of success in the fighting there. TIME Protests in US cities to mark Iraq war anniversary Google News Poll: Most Americans say war not worth it CBS News Five years in Iraq TIME Protesters 'surrender in Tibet' More than 100 people have turned themselves in to police following anti-China riots in Tibet's main city, Lhasa, Chinese state media have said. BBC Pictures: Tibet rioters face Chinese military Times Online US backs Egyptian effort to mediate Israel-Hamas cease-fire The Bush administration is using Egypt as an intermediary to open a channel between Israel and representatives of Hamas, in what some diplomats say could be a softening of the U.S. stance. International Herald Tribune   NATION Cheney again links Iraq invasion to 9/11 Vice President Dick Cheney defended the toppling of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as part of the struggle against terrorism following the 9/11 attacks. McClatchy Newspapers Detroit Council asks Mayor to reisgn The Detroit City Council called for the resignation of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is being investigated over an alleged affair he swore under oath he did not have. He quickly rejected the request. Associated Press POLITICS Clinton tries to keep revote plan alive Sen. Clinton’s hopes of new contests in Florida and Michigan grew dim as Florida officially scuttled plans for a new vote and Michigan lawmakers appeared far from a deal. MSNBC Plan for new Michigan Democratic primary falters Reuters Obama denounces preacher and urges race healing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama criticized his preacher's racially charged sermons, but said he could not disown him in a speech urging Americans to move past their "racial stalemate." Reuters Obama Confronts Racial Division Associated Press White House e-mail battle heats up The White House has to explain why it shouldn't be required to copy its computer hard drives to ensure no further e-mails are lost, a federal judge ordered. ABC News BUSINESS Wanted in stores: your tax rebate money The government's tax rebate stimulus is weeks away. But retailers worried about a consumer slowdown are already planning several ways for you to spend that windfall in their stores. CNNMoney Fed cuts rates by 0.75 points Stopping short of giving the market everything it wanted, the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by three quarters of one percentage point. MarketWatch Stocks Rally Amid Rate Cut CBS News Delta offers to buy out 30,000 workers Delta Air Lines said it will offer voluntary severance payouts to roughly 30,000 employees and cut domestic capacity by an extra 5 percent this year in an attempt to deal with soaring fuel prices. CNNMoney SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Tail 'key' for gecko acrobatics A gecko's tail is as crucial to the animal's acrobatic ability as its sticky feet, scientists report. BBC Microsoft releases Vista SP1 After many rumors as to when Windows Vista would get its much-anticipated first service pack looked improbable, Microsoft has finally dropped SP1 on the masses. Ars Technica HEALTH Stem-cell therapy in China draws foreign patients with incurable conditions China is gaining popularity among a new breed of travelers: patients with incurable conditions who are visiting the country to receive experimental stem-cell treatments not offered in the United States. NPR Internet addiction could be classified as mental illness The American Journal of Psychiatry says Internet addiction is a common compulsive-impulsive disorder, and that it should be added to psychiatry's official guidebook of mental disorders. AOL News EDUCATION Why good students don't reach college Support during the complex application process is key, a new Chicago study finds. Christian Science Monitor Paper examines Michigan athletes and their academic educations A seven-month-long investigation by the Ann Arbor News now raises serious questions about the education Wolverine athletes are receiving. Sporting News   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Fouad Ajami): Running on the family name U.S. News & World Report Column (Devin Gordon): Why everybody hates Duke Newsweek Column (Fred Kaplan): Have 5 years accomplished anything? Slate Column (Michael Dawson): Was it too little, too late for Obama? Root Column (Lawrence Bobo): Race in America Root Column: Obama's bold gamble on race TIME Column (Gary Kamiya): Of war and cancer Salon.com Column (James Kirchick): Why Obama can't escape his minister Politico   Site edited by: Beverly Stiles, Walt Chiu, Brian Levine, Jasmine Jernberg, Lisa Zangerl, Bryan Panhorst and Andrew McMillan.   GOOD NEWS Phone message recovered from man's late wife An 80-year-old man can hear his late wife's voice again, any time he wants. Verizon has recovered a lost message recorded by Charles Whiting's wife, Catherine, before her death in 2005. USA Today Injured vet comes home — to a new house Sgt. Brian Fountaine, a double amputee, comes home to a new life and a new home thanks to a special organization. Christian Science Monitor Trumpeter to help New Orleans libraries Jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield intends to unveil a plan for a multimillion-dollar library system that reflects the city's identity. It would include a jazz-themed branch housing early recordings. Associated Press WORLD Canadian says US interrogators threatened him with rape In a document from the Guantánamo war court files, Canadian captive Omar Khadr alleges that he was repeatedly threatened with rape as an interrogation technique. McClatchy Newspapers Airbus A380 makes UK debut The world's largest passenger aircraft landed at Heathrow on its first commercial flight into Europe and was greeted by a water cannon salute from fire crews. Times Online Big bird: Airbus A380 CBS News ENVIRONMENT The all-electric Subaru R1e to be tested in New York City The all-electric Subaru R1e will be on display at the New York International Auto Show, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Environmental News Network States to kill sea lions to save salmon Washington and Oregon can start killing sea lions that feed on migrating salmon to help preserve dwindling U.S. Pacific Northwest salmon populations, a federal agency said. Reuters LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT Most expensive champagne in the world Champagne producer Perrier-Jouët, the world's fourth largest producer with about 2 million bottles produced a year, will soon launch the first tailor-made champagne in history, called "By and For." ABC News Author Arthur C. Clarke dies Author Arthur C. Clarke, whose science fiction and non-fiction works ranged from the script for "2001: A Space Odyssey" to an early proposal for communications satellites, has died at age 90. CNN Q&A: Steve Van Zandt The favorite sideman of Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano talks about touring, his favorite songs and why he’ll probably never do another solo album Rolling Stone SPORTS UConn wins NCAA women's top seed Tennessee, Connecticut, Maryland and North Carolina are all familiar powerhouses and are all anchors in the NCAA women's tournament bracket. Sports Illustrated Growth hormone no benefit to athletes People who take human growth hormone in the hope of boosting athletic performance are breaking the law, risking their health and are likely not even achieving their objective. Reuters RELIGION Christians, Muslims move ahead on global talks Religious leaders plan to meet this year in the United States, Britain and at the Vatican to defuse tensions. Christian Science Monitor Actor quits big break on rabbis' orders Abraham Karpen, 25, was cast as Natalie Portman's husband in the film "New York I Love You." When his rabbis found out, they ordered him to withdraw from the film or face punishment. ABC News   IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Big Brother gets bigger, says international privacy study According to a new international privacy report, governments around the world are increasingly monitoring citizens with surveillance, identification systems and archiving private data. CNET News   Photo of the Day A Pakistani man rides his bicycle next to poster of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at the spot where she was assassinated in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.   (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote It's always too early to quit. 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