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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the former pastor of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the Detroit NAACP's 53rd annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit. (Photo by Paul Sancya / AP)

Strikes and rebel attacks push oil prices to record high

Oil prices rose to a record $119.93 a barrel as a strike closed a British oil pipeline and violence in Nigeria renewed supply fears, increasing the burden on consumers and weighing on companies.

International Herald Tribune

Oil giant BP closes British pipeline

Times Online

Motorists' reaction to strike

BBC

UN troops armed DR Congo rebels

The United Nations has covered up claims that its troops in Democratic Republic of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory.

BBC

Jeremiah Wright urges racial understanding

The simple message that being different doesn't mean a person is deficient was delivered with passion, anger, even humor by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the sold-out NAACP Freedom Fund dinner.

Detroit Free Press

Obama feels Wright impact

USA Today

Do Americans factor race in their votes

MSNBC

Audit: millions wasted in Iraq contracts

Lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or other factors, including failed projects that are being falsely described as complete.

CBS News

New U.S. embassy in Iraq short on housing

MSNBC

Hundreds flee wildfire near Los Angeles

ABC News

Wildfires force Californians from homes

CNN

NATION

CIA given leeway on barred interrogation methods by Justice Department

The Justice Department has told Congress that U.S. intelligence operatives attempting to thwart terrorist attacks can legally use interrogation methods that might otherwise be prohibited under international law.

International Herald Tribune

Shark-attack site draws curious, concerned, few swimmers

The curious and the concerned streamed to this tight-knit town, drawn to the site of the first fatal shark attack in San Diego County waters in nearly 50 years.

Union-Tribune

POLITICS

Party leaders fear racial tensions may divide Democrats

Tensions between the campaigns of rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are so uncomfortable some party leaders are openly concerned Democratic voters will not unify after a nominee is chosen.

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Supreme Court rejects voter I.D. challenge

NPR

Experts predict boost to genetic testing from US bill

Americans may be much more willing to get genetic tests showing predisposition to diseases with the expected final passage by Congress of a bill barring discrimination based on one's genetics.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Continental ends talks with United

International Herald Tribune

Payrolls probably shrank, growth slowed

The United States probably lost jobs for a fourth month as the collapse in construction and a slowdown in consumer spending almost stalled growth, according to economists.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Force 1st woman to win Funny Car race

Ashley Force beat her father John in the NHRA Southern Nationals to become the first female driver to win a national Funny Car event.

ESPN

Snap judgments

Musings, observations and the occasional insight as the NFL draft winds down.

Sports Illustrated

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Live draft: Longs go 1-2, Ryan to Falcons at No. 3

USA Today

Nadal continues mastery of Federer on clay, takes Monte Carlo Masters title

Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5 to win the Monte Carlo Masters for a fourth consecutive year.

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mankind's close call with extinction

Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive new genetic study suggests.

CBS News

EU launches 2nd test satellite

The European Union launched Giove-B, the second (and last) test satellite in its $5.3 billion Galileo project.

CNET News

RELIGION

Archbishop leads Zimbabwe protest

The Archbishop of York is leading a day of fasting and prayer in support of the people of Zimbabwe.

BBC

Orthodox faithful celebrate 'real' Easter

The Orthodox maintain that April 27 is the real Easter Sunday. While Catholics and Protestants worldwide celebrated Easter on March 23.

Seacoast

Hundreds of Gaza Christians head to West Bank for Easter

AFP

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GOOD NEWS

Adapting to the possibilities of life

Dr. Donald Rosenstein, the clinical director of the National Institute of Mental Health, learned to find joy in difficult circumstances with the help of his son who is autistic.

NPR

Gene therapy improves vision in patients with retinal disease

In a clinical trial at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers have used gene therapy to safely restore vision in three young patients with a rare form of congenital blindness.

Science Daily

WORLD

Envoy urges tough stance on Mugabe

Comments came as Zimbabwe's electoral commission said it is getting close to releasing results of the presidential vote.

ABC News

Taliban assassins miss Afghan president

Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing.

USA Today

Austrian woman imprisoned, abused by her own father

Austrian police have arrested a man they believe imprisoned his daughter in a windowless basement for 24 years, abused her and fathered seven children with her.

Reuters

Special section:

Timeline: Austrian cellar case

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Amazon seen as food solution

More of the Amazon rain forest should be cut down to make way for farmland to help ease the global food crisis, the governor of a big Brazilian farming state was quoted as saying.

Reuters

Arctic getting wetter due to human-driven warming

In addition to heating up faster than almost anywhere else on the planet, the Arctic has gotten wetter and snowier because of global warming, according to a new study.

National Geographic

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood's trainers shaken after death

Rocky was one of the most gentle animals in Hollywood's menagerie of performing lions, tigers and bears- until the 700-pound grizzly bit down on the neck of a veteran trainer, killing him.

MSNBC

Prince: King of Coachella

The superstar's tremendous performance now stands as the greatest in the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Entertainment Weekly

Director: Funds for ‘Thriller’ were tough to raise

John Landis says no one wanted to pay for Michael Jackson video at first.

MSNBC

EDUCATION

Studies: SAT writing portion good predictor of grades

The controversial new writing portion of the SAT is actually a better predictor of grades for freshmen college students than the older, more-established, critical reading and mathematics portions.

USA Today

Has US abstinence policy failed?

U.S. lawmakers are investigating whether to cut government funding for health education programs that promote sexual abstinence until marriage.

BBC

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When teachers are the dropouts

Truthdig

HEALTH

Study: Pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes doubles

The number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled in seven years, a California study found, a troubling trend that means health risks for both mothers and newborns.

ABC News

Chia seeds, packed with nutrition, have become a health-food fad

Nutritionists say that chia seeds, plucked from a Central American plant called Salvia hispanica, have many beneficial qualities that are making them a trendy choice in the natural supplements aisle.

Sacramento Bee

An alternative to medicinal marijuana

Nerve agents stimulated cannabinoid receptors in mice, offering pain relief without side effects.

HealthDay

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