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Firefighters standing atop a truck watch Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speak during a campaign stop at the New Albany Fire Department in New Albany, Indiana. (Photo by Elise Amendola / AP)

For two Democratic primaries, several scenarios

The Democratic primaries taking place in North Carolina and Indiana have more delegates at stake than any remaining. In terms of demographics and math, they could reshape the race.

MSNBC

Candidates make their cases in last-day blitz

Indianapolis Star

Economy tops all in Indiana

CNN

China's Hu arrives on Japan tour amid gas, food spats

Hu Jintao arrived in Japan for the first visit by a Chinese president in a decade, marking the culmination of two years of improving relations.

Bloomberg

Asia calls for funding to fight food shock

Reuters

Death toll from Myanmar cyclone soars to 22,500

The death toll is the latest in a steadily escalating official count since the Cyclone Nargis struck, devastating much of the fertile Irrawaddy River delta and the nation's major city, Yangon.

International Herald Tribune

Myanmar bamboo village resists cyclone's wrath

Reuters

Cyclone in video

BBC

Impact of Cyclone

Guardian

Bernanke urges action on foreclosures

More late mortgage payments and home foreclosures pose danger to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned as he urged Congress to take steps to alleviate the problems.

MSNBC

ERs still unprepared for terror attack

The nation's emergency rooms and hospitals are still, nearly seven years after Sept. 11, not prepared to deal with the "surge" of patients that could be caused by a terror attack.

ABC News

Restaurant smoking bans deter teens from starting habit

A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers.

MSNBC

NATION

US drops charges against alleged '20th hijacker' in September 11 attacks

The United States has dropped charges against the alleged "20th hijacker" in the September 11th, 2001, terror attacks on the United States.

Voice of America

Ca. bill targets drivers with pets on lap

Californians who drive with pets on their lap may soon face more than a tail wagged in their face: They'll also see a $35 ticket from a cop.

San Jose Mercury News

POLITICS

Quit or be impeached, Ohio Democrats tell state attorney general

Ohio Democrats said Attorney General Mark Dann must resign because of a litany of failings and ethical breaches that surfaced in an investigation into sexual-harassment charges involving an aide.

Columbus Dispatch

Clinton campaign hits Obama over Teamsters report

The Clinton campaign knocked Barack Obama over a report that he received the Teamsters endorsement as part of a questionable agreeement.

CBS News

BUSINESS

Fannie Mae posts loss, to raise $6 billion

Government-sponsored mortgage giant Fannie Mae posted a big first-quarter loss and said it would raise $6 billion through a stock offering to shore up its balance sheet.

The Street

Oil price crosses $120 per barrel

Oil prices crossed $120 a barrel for the first time following fresh unrest in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, and rising tensions between the West and Iran.

Agence France-Presse

Iraq, Boeing confirm $2.2 billion order

The Iraqi government has ordered 30 Boeing 737 commercial airplanes in a deal worth up to $2.2 billion and has taken options on ten more, the two parties announced.

Agence France-Presse

SPORTS

Steelers RB Mendenhall reportedly robbed at gunpoint

Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft choice Rashard Mendenhall was robbed at gunpoint while walking along the city's lakefront, according to a report.

ESPN

After 4 OT losses, Sharks lament another year of missed chances

While the NHL's top four teams began preparations for the conference finals, the San Jose Sharks had the day off to get ready for one more summer they'll spend feeling like hockey's fifth wheel.

Google News

Eight Belles a casuality of fragile makeup

America's breeding industry is producing increasingly fragile thoroughbreds. They may not break down, but they have shorter and shorter racing careers before going to stud to beget even more fragile offspring.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

After abandoning iTunes, NBC shows up on Microsoft's Zune

After a pricing spat with Apple led NBC to pull its video content from iTunes, the broadcaster has struck a deal with Microsoft's Zune online store.

PC World

Yahoo stock plunges after Microsoft withdraws bid

After Microsoft withdrew its $33-a-share offer for Yahoo, the question was how far Yahoo's stock would drop. The markets gave an initial answer: plenty.

International Herald Tribune

Yahoo investors think company has backup plan

MarketWatch

EDUCATION

'Emotions' urged in sex education

Advice on emotions and relationships should be made a compulsory part of sex education in schools, the British children's charity NSPCC says.

BBC

College grads face tougher job market

Entry-level pay rises, but offers are less plentiful, thanks to economic downturn.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Costa Rica plants more trees to become carbon neutral

Costa Rica will plant seven million trees in 2008 to soak up as many greenhouse gas emissions as it produces, in a bid to become the world's first carbon neutral nation, a top official said.

Yahoo! News

Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle

A team of volunteers is working to attach an artificial beak to the disfigured bird, in an effort to keep her alive.

Yahoo! News

WORLD

Iran rejects tougher nuclear checks, citing hypocrisy

Iran ruled out accepting intrusive nuclear inspections unless there was an end to "double standards" on global non-proliferation that it said benefited nuclear arms powers, including Israel.

Epoch Times

Iraq investigates weapons allegations against Iran