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US loses 20,000 jobs in April; unemployment at 5 percent

The United States lost fewer jobs than forecast in April, and the unemployment rate dropped, signaling that the economic slowdown may be milder than the 2001 recession.

Bloomberg

Bush asks Congress for world food aid

President Bush called on Congress to approve $770 million to help alleviate dramatically escalating food prices that threaten widespread hunger and increasing social unrest around the world.

CBS News

As world grasps for rice, Cambodia's success story

Christian Science Monitor

US kills al-Qaida-linked militant

News of an airstrike on Aden Hashi Ayro came on the heels of the State Department's annual report on terrorism, which concluded that Al Qaeda was rebuilding in Pakistan.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Q&A: Somali conflict

BBC

McCain says no ‘mission accomplished’ in Iraq

MSNBC

Fifth anniversary of “Mission Accomplished”

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog:

McCain's 'mission accomplished' misstep

ABC News

Blast at Yemen mosque kills 15

Around 15 people were killed and more than 60 wounded when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded outside a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada where army officers were praying.

Reuters

Social reforms in Cuba only extend so far

Raul Castro has been liberalizing the economy, but what about the political system?

CBS News

Torch cheered through Hong Kong

Thousands of people turned out to watch the Olympic torch parade in Hong Kong, in a largely trouble-free first stop on the flame's journey through China.

BBC

Minneapolis nears settlement with bridge collapse victims

A negotiator says a deal has been reached to compensate victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse. Victims' attorney says the $38 million plan addresses a key sticking point in the negotiations.

CBS News

NATION

Immigrants march but rallies lose steam

Thousands marched in the United States, but smaller crowds suggested their cause had lost momentum in this election year.

Reuters

Immigration reform protests

CNN

Police: 'DC madam' kills herself in Fla.

A woman convicted of being the "D.C. Madam" hanged herself, apparently making good on her vow never to go to prison for running a high-end prostitution ring.

San Jose Mercury News

POLITICS

Obama, Clinton wield critiques

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton used a mix of personal charm, policy details and scathing TV ads in their drive for every last vote.

USA Today

Some refuse to budge from candidates' corners

Indianapolis Star

Hillary on superdelegate switch

ABC News

Senate panel blocks funding for Iraq reconstruction projects

A Senate panel has agreed to block the Defense Department from funding some Iraq reconstruction projects and to begin to force Iraq to cover costs of training and equipping security forces.

Star Tribune

Obama-Wright rift reveals divided loyalties in black church

Sen. Barack Obama's break with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is putting black pastors and their congregations in a difficult situation.

Associated Press

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Black bloggers: All over the map on Obama vs. Wright

USA Today

BUSINESS

Microsoft poised to take Yahoo bid hostile

Times Online

Car buyers lighten up

Reports released by top automakers affirmed the continuing shift in vehicle sales: Record-high gasoline prices are prompting more consumers to switch to smaller cars.

CNNMoney

Exxon profit rises less than estimated

Bloomberg

On Exxon results

Financial Times

Sun Micro turns in loss of $34 million

Sun Microsystems Inc. said it swung to a fiscal third-quarter loss and that it will cut up to 2,500 jobs as the computer software company said challenges in the U.S. market contributed to its slipping sales.

MarketWatch

SPORTS

Red Wings finish sweep in style

The Red Wings rushed the net, fired from the blue line, scored on power plays, and ended their Western Conference semifinal against the Avalanche in Game 4 with an 8-2 victory.

Detroit Free Press

Tigers, Cabrera club Kennedy, sweep injury-hit Yankees

Miguel Cabrera homered, tripled and drove in three runs, leading the Detroit Tigers past the Yankees 8-4 for their first three-game sweep in New York since 1966.

ESPN

HEALTH

Measles outbreak hits 10 states

The biggest U.S. outbreak of measles since 2001 is unfolding in 10 states, with at least 64 people ranging from infants to the elderly becoming ill — most of them unvaccinated, U.S. health officials said.

Reuters

Measles outbreak

CNN

All in a day's work(out)

Prompted by increasing obesity rates, more companies are trying to instill healthy attitudes and encouraging employees to workout during the workday.

Baltimore Sun

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Buried prejudice: the bigot in your brain

Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: we act on them.

Scientific American

Is the future of TV on the Web?

The future of television is changing before our eyes, as media giants scramble to stake their claims in the wilderness of Internet video, in hopes of grabbing a growing audience of online video viewers.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Study shows low carb diet curbs epileptic seizures in children

Giving children with epilepsy a special low carb diet reduces the number of seizures they experience by 75% compared with children on a normal diet, according to a new study.

Guardian

Shipwreck laden with treasure found off coast of Namibia

The ship was found laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins — and cannons to fend off pirates lurking off Africa some five centuries ago.

CNN

WORLD

Brown's party suffers big losses in local British elections

Britain's Labour Party headed for a crushing defeat at the hands of the Conservatives in local elections depicted as a further dent in the tattered political fortunes of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

International Herald Tribune

All eyes on London mayoral race