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Floodwaters from the Mississippi River surround mailboxes and a house in Foley, Mo. At Foley, more than half of the homes in the town of 200 residents were under water. (Photo by M. Spencer Green / AP)

Morgan Tsvangirai takes refuge in Dutch embassy

Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwe opposition leader, has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy in Harare as President Robert Mugabe's security forces tighten the screw on his Movement for Democratic Change.

Times Online

Zimbabwe: It is Mugabe versus the world, Britain says

Telegraph.co.uk

Oil rises past $136 despite Saudi pledge to boost output

Oil prices rose as traders shrugged off a pledge by Saudi Arabia to increase its production and focused on disruptions to Nigerian supply and heightened Middle East tensions.

USA Today

Saudis: Supply is not the problem

ABC News

Forecaster: End is near to Mississippi River rise

The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded towns and those protected by levees and sandbags can see an ending: The river is cresting.

ABC News

Levees hold back Mississippi River

Reuters

Iowa could lose $3 billion in crops

CNN

Search goes on for ferry passengers

At least 38 people from a ferry that sank during a typhoon in central Philippines have been found alive, but up to 800 more are still missing and feared drowned.

Al Jazeera

Philippine ferry tragedy

BBC

Panel issues 'Framework for Academic Quality' for public charter schools

The National Consensus Panel on Charter School Academic Quality released its inaugural report recommending four essential indicators of academic quality in public charter schools.

PNN

NATION

Last call, Bohemia

Every successful society needs its Bohemia. With the heart of New York’s West Village threatened, London, Paris and San Francisco have a message for Manhattan: Don’t do it!

Vanity Fair

Immigration crackdown may boost jobs

More than 9,000 illegal immigrants were prosecuted in March, a big hike from last year.

Christian Science Monitor

Brokaw to moderate 'Meet the Press' through the election

One anchor handed off to another as "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams announced on "Meet the Press" that veteran Tom Brokaw would take the moderator's chair.

USA Today

POLITICS

Sen. McCain offers $300 million prize for new auto battery

The presidential nominee is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology.

Sacramento Bee

GOP loses candidate In N.Y. district

Franics "Frank" H. Powers, the Republican congressional candidate in the 13th congressional district suffered a fatal heart attack, further complicating an already bizarre race.

NY Daily News

Obama camp closely linked with ethanol

When it comes to domestic ethanol, almost all of which is made from corn, Barack Obama has advisers and prominent supporters with close ties to the industry.

MSNBC

Obama to crack down on oil speculation

Reuters

Obama, Clinton look to set aside differences, campaign together

ABC News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Comic pioneer George Carlin dies at 71

George Carlin, an extraordinary standup comedian whose dark social satire won him popularity and a starring role in the most famous broadcast obscenity case of modern times, died in Los Angeles.

NY Daily News

A remembrance: iconoclast George Carlin

NPR

A life in comedy

MSNBC

Amy Winehouse has emphysema

Amy Winehouse has been diagnosed with emphysema, thought to have been caused by smoking crack cocaine, her father has revealed.

Times Online

HEALTH

New clue to Alzheimer's found

Researchers have uncovered a new clue to the cause of Alzheimer's disease. The brains of people with the memory-robbing form of dementia have a plaque made up of beta-amyloid, a sticky protein.

Kansas City Star

Comfy new commuter bikes

A concerted effort is underway to attract casual bike riders into the fold. The lure is a range of new commuting bikes that promise to make everyday travel by bicycle as comfortable and fashionable as it is cheap.

U.S. News & World Report

That annoying buzz means mosquito season is here

Public health officials are reminding people to take precautions against mosquitoes, which can carry diseases such as West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis virus.

Florida Times-Union

ENVIRONMENT

Are artificial reefs good?

With more artificial reefs being lowered in the ocean now than ever before, some scientists worry that commercial interests may result in an underwater junkyard.

Newsweek

Trash-fed generator deployed in Iraq

The U.S. Army is testing two prototype generators in Iraq that run on garbage, rather than diesel fuel. The Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery was deployed at Victory Base camp in Baghdad.

CNET News

EDUCATION

The next big thing: smaller schools

Across the nation, urban school districts are breaking up large schools and replacing them with smaller ones.

Baltimore Sun

Texas weighing tougher standards to certify teachers

Programs that certify more than half the new teachers in Texas each year would adopt stricter standards under a proposal that some school districts fear will deepen its struggle to fill classroom jobs.

Houston Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Can the planting season be salvaged?

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

US president has less power than alleged

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Federal agency performance

Star Tribune

Column:

Putting the brakes on justice

NY Daily News

Column (Dahlia Lithwick):

The Supreme Court matters next election

Slate

Column:

The Scott McClellan sideshow

Salon.com

Column:

The food crisis is over (if we want it)

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

An alternative energy world

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Column:

Decades of putting up with OPEC have not reduced oil prices.

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

With friends like Angelo ...

Real Clear Politics

Column (George Will):

Nudge against the fudge

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Pill may improve stroke treatment

A highly effective leukemia pill may reduce complications and boost the effectiveness of a treatment for the most common type of stroke.

MSNBC

Clinton fulfills promise to graduate

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fulfilled a pledge to a young supporter by speaking at the teenager's high school graduation.

Google News

WORLD

Fidel Castro denies he's disgruntled with new Cuban government

On the official Cubadebate Web site, Fidel Castro denied rumors that he's leading an extreme Communist faction that's allegedly rebelling against reforms introduced in Cuba by Raul Castro.

Times of India

Israel to free 1,000 prisoners for Shalit