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Pope Benedict XVI, right, shakes hands with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, while Cardinal Edward Egan, center, archbishop of New York, watches on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, N.Y. (Photo by Seth Wenig / AP)

Verdict out on impact of pope's outreach

Some who attended meeting impressed, but others skeptical.

MSNBC

Pope Benedict addresses the United Nations

YouTube

Airline faults shifting rules about safety

American Airlines contends the Federal Aviation Administration has unfairly changed rules on airline compliance with safety orders and is making unreasonable demands about how much interpretation is allowed.

Ledger

US building 'security wall' in Baghdad's Sadr City

Christian Science Monitor

GIs in Sadr City caught between warring Iraqi sides

McClatchy Newspapers

Judge rules to leave sect children in state custody

Houston Chronicle

Pentagon paid $1.7 million to Western US firms of polygamy bosses

CNN

'Barred' Zimbabwe weapons ship moves on to another port

A Chinese ship loaded with arms and ammunition for Zimbabwe sailed away from a South African waters, apparently seeking a more welcoming port to unload its cargo.

CNN

Zimbabwe's children

Times Online

Guantanamo Bay 8 sue Britian

Eight men freed from Guantanamo Bay are suing the British government for millions of pounds, claiming that it was complicit in the process in which they were detained and sent to the camp.

Times Online

Pakistan envoy 'held by Taliban'

Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, who went missing in February, has appeared in a video saying he is being held by Taliban militants.

BBC

NATION

A fighting chance to restore health coverage, get bills paid

Thousands of people whose policies were canceled by California health insurers will have a chance to win back their coverage and get outstanding medical bills paid.

San Jose Mercury News

Ground zero plans found in trash

A homeless man has come forward with two sets of confidential ground zero blueprints that he says were dumped in a Lower Manhattan trash can.

CBS News

News anchors showed stunned reactions to quake

The stunned reactions of the news anchors at four Louisville TV stations that were presenting early morning newscasts when the earthquake hit showed they were rocking like everyone else.

Louisville Courier-Journal

TV station on air during quake

CNN

POLITICS

NC congresswoman wants Carter's passport revoked

North Carolina's Rep. Sue Myrick wants America to "wake up" and stop allowing terrorism to proliferate, even if it means revoking the passport of a former U.S. president.

McClatchy Newspapers

'Other youth vote' is harder to mobilize

Christian Science Monitor

Obama keeps rolling as Clinton running out of time

After a six-week stretch of campaign gaffes, controversies and heightened scrutiny, Barack Obama's presidential bid appears as strong as ever–and Hillary Clinton pins hopes on last primaries.

Reuters

Blog:

McCain's financial non-disclosure

ABC News

BUSINESS

Citigroup shareholders' relief may not last as capital dwindles

Citigroup investors, cheered by a $5.1 billion first-quarter loss that wasn't as big as they feared, now must watch out for asset sales, a dividend cut and an infusion of outside investment.

Bloomberg

Oil rises to record on signs stronger economy may boost demand

Crude oil and gasoline climbed to records in New York as better-than-expected earnings results signaled a strengthening economy that may boost demand.

Bloomberg

Wall Street braces for pink slips

Citigroup Inc, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia announce total of 12,400 job cuts, with more expected at other big firms as economy flags.

Reuters

HEALTH

Canada takes lead in declaring bisphenol A toxic

Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to list bisphenol A as a toxic substance and ban the use of polycarbonate plastic baby bottles made of the controversial material.

Globeandmail.com

Plastic containers removed

The Star

Experimental Alzheimer's drug shows promise

Analysis of early study found cognitive function improved in patients, has potential to reduce an hour of care from caregiver.

HealthDay

Global connections make Silicon Valley a portal in worldwide TB epidemic

Last year, tuberculosis increased in four of the Bay Area's five largest counties according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health.

San Jose Mercury News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PayPal to block older IE, Firefox browsers from site

As part of an effort to combat phishing, PayPal plans to block older versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox and other "unsafe" browsers from accessing the online payment site.

InformationWeek

Era of in-flight mobile phone use begins

Francoise Germain called his secretary. No news here, except he was onboard the first commercial aircraft in Europe to offer passengers the opportunity to use their mobile phones in flight.

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Fallen GI's military dog starts new life

Bo, a 2-year-old black Labrador was wounded by a roadside bomb. His handler, Staff Sgt. Donald Tabb, 29, died in the attack.

CNN

Boy's quick thinking leads to sex offender's arrest

A 13-year-old boy's quick thinking in writing down the vehicle license plate of a man who had been following him led police to arrest a registered sex offender living in Freeport on stalking charges.

Newsday

Little boy; big mountain

No one thought 7-year-old Keats Boyd could climb Kilimanjaro - except for Keats. He did achieve his lofty goal, and became the youngest person to ever summit Mount Kilimanjaro.

CBS News

WORLD

UN seeks $150 million more to help Kenya

The United Nations appealed for a further $150 million to help hundreds of thousands of Kenyans left destitute by recent post-electoral violence.

Reuters

International official: Food shortages can spark war

The head of the International Monetary Fund warns soaring world food prices can topple governments; cites rioting in Haiti and Egypt as a signal.

CBS News

Carter meets with exiled Hamas leader

After closed-door, 90-minute talk with exiled leader Khalid Meshaal, the former U.S. president says he hopes to see a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process in his lifetime.

CNN

Israelis raid West Bank

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Computer sees through passengers as they travel through US airports

Travelers passing through airports in Los Angeles and New York will be subjected to a controversial “virtual strip search” by computer.

Times Online

Morgan Spurlock's search for bin Laden

In his new documentary, Morgan Spurlock sets out to succeed where the U.S. government has failed for seven years: find Osama bin Laden.

San Francisco Chronicle

Gen-X: the ignored generation?

In his new book, Jeff Gordinier argues that Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, aren't slackers. He says being heard over boomers and Generation Y is a challenge and annoying.

TIME

Author Jeff Gordinier discusses 'X Saves the World'

YouTube

SPORTS

Anti-French protests erupt across China

Hundreds of Chinese protested in Beijing and several other big cities against France over its attitude towards Tibet and the Olympic Games, according to police and witnesses.

Google News

Rockies prevail after 22 innings

Troy Tulowitzki's two-out double in the top of the 22nd inning gave the Rockies a 2-1 victory over the Padres as the teams set a franchise record for the most innings in a game, and played for 6 hours, 16 minutes.

MLB.com

ENVIRONMENT

How to win the war on global warming

The steady deterioration of the very climate of our very planet is becoming a war of the first order, and by any measure, the United States is losing.

TIME

RELIGION

Jews prepare for Passover seder

Food is as much symbol as sustenance in the seder, a highly ritualized meal that is freighted with cultural and religious meaning, as well as family tradition, so there is a lot riding on this meal.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Special section:

A guide to Passover

Beliefnet

EDUCATION

Pope to educators: Freedom has limits

Pope Benedict XVI extolled the dedication of the nation's Catholic educators, but warned them to guard against the moral relativism that he said has led to "a lowering of standards."

Newsday

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