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U.S. President George W. Bush speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem. President Bush criticized the deadly tactics of extremist groups like al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas. (Photo by Ariel Schalit, Pool / AP)

Red Cross: Up to 128,000 people may have died in Myanmar

ABC News

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E-mails from inside Myanmar

Seattle Times

Myanmar's misery

MSNBC

Governor's big gamble with budget

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's unusual proposal to borrow against future state lottery revenue to help erase the state's $17.2 billion budget deficit has drawn sharp criticism.

San Francisco Chronicle

Bush issues veiled attack on Obama

President George W. Bush used a speech to the Israeli parliament to issue a veiled rebuke to Sen. Obama, who has argued that the United States should negotiate with countries like Iran and Syria.

International Herald Tribune

Obama says Bush falsely accuses him of appeasement

Newsweek

China: parents' losses compounded by 1-child policy

As a result of the one-child policy, the massive earthquake that rocked China is producing another tragic aftershock: parents must often cope with the loss of their only child.

CNN

China warns quake death toll could rise to 50,000

International Herald Tribune

In pictures: the Chinese earthquake

ABC News

Farm bill passes with veto-proof majority

The House of Representatives passed the five-year, $289 billion bill with enough votes to override a presidential veto.

Bloomberg

NATION

Police officers to honor fallen colleagues

The 181 officers killed in the line of duty will be honored during services held in cities and counties throughout the United States.

Post-Bulletin

Brooklyn woman pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe

A 32-year-old Brooklyn woman accused of setting up the sex date that destroyed former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political career pleaded guilty to playing a role in an international prostitution operation.

Newsday

Alaska first state to hit $4 a gallon gasoline: AAA

Alaska hit a milestone that could be a sign of things to come around the United States this summer — it became the first state where the average price for regular gasoline reached $4 per gallon.

Reuters

POLITICS

Edwards endorses Obama

The former Democratic presidential contender, John Edwards, has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama's bid for the White House.

BBC

Clinton regrets comment about race

MSNBC

Clinton says, 'I don't believe in quitting'

MSNBC

Evangelical leaders urge step back from party politics

A group of U.S. evangelical leaders called for a pullback from party politics so that followers would not become "useful idiots" exploited for partisan gain.

MSNBC

Republicans fear lost confidence

Republicans must regain the confidence of Americans and recast their message to voters to avoid a catastrophe in the fall congressional elections, top GOP officials have said.

USA Today

EDUCATION

Students are getting a say in commencement speakers

TV celebrities and public officials are popular speakers at commencement ceremonies as colleges increasingly cater to the interests of students.

USA Today

Dropping out to go to work

The number of teens dropping out of high school so they can work has jumped dramatically, and officials suspect the economic downturn is to blame.

Las Vegas Sun

BUSINESS

General Electric to shed appliance unit, people say

General Electric Co. may sell the unit that makes refrigerators and washers, ending more than a century in an industry that helped make GE a household name.

Bloomberg

Median home prices drop in many cities

Median home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the beginning of this year while 46 states reported declining sales, a real estate trade group reported.

CBS News

Consumer prices rise, led by food costs

The Labor Department reported that consumer prices edged up 0.2 percent during the month of Aril, compared to a 0.3 percent rise in March.

ABC News

SPORTS

Suspect pleads guilty in slaying of Redskins' Sean Taylor

One of five suspects charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor has pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder and burglary.

Sporting News

Bryant, Odom help Lakers edge Jazz to take series lead

Kobe Bryant, bad back and all, scored 26 points as the L.A. Lakers held off the Utah Jazz, 111-104, to take a three-to-two lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.

The Sports Network

Specter criticizes NFL, wants independent Spygate investigation

Sen. Arlen Specter called for an independent investigation of the New England Patriots' taping of opposing coaches' signals.

ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Greenhouse gases at highest levels in 800,000 years

Greenhouse gases are at higher levels in the atmosphere than at any given time in at least 800,000 years, according to a new research study.

Environmental News Network

Polar bear now listed as 'threatened' species under EPA

Scientists predict two thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear in the next 50 years because of decline in Arctic sea ice.

CNN

Melting Arctic ice poses security threat, says Pentagon

Grist

Polar bear busted

YouTube

Hope for a desert delinquent

From using cleaner fuels in their fleet of trucks and buses to implementing an environmental purchasing program, officials at Phoenix, Ariz., have taken concrete steps to right past wrongs.

Grist

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GOOD NEWS

Freshman elected mayor of Muskogee

Nearly 70 percent of Muskogee's voters chose a 19-year-old college freshman, Josh Tyler Hammons, to become the city's youngest mayor in history.

Tulsa World

Navy to name ship after serviceman killed in Afghanistan

A U.S. Navy destroyer will be named after Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2005 while seeking help for his platoon members who had come under intense fire from the Taliban.

Newsday

WORLD

Afghan police hit by bomb attack

At least five policemen and two civilians have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in western Afghanistan. A police official in Farah province said a woman on foot had carried out the attack.

BBC

Chavez says Colombia's Uribe trying to spark war