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President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers a speech during a reception and dinner at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

Citi, GE beat street's estimates

Citigroup reported a healthier-than-anticipated first quarter, reporting a loss of 18 cents a share. General Electric also beat estimates with a first-quarter profit of 26 cents a share.

Forbes

No party for Citi's owners: you and me

CNNMoney

Obama to regulate 'pollutant' CO2

The U.S. government is to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, having decided that it and five other greenhouse gases may endanger human health and well-being.

BBC

EPA says greenhouse gases a danger

Bloomberg

Obama heads to Americas summit with Cuba focus

After backing Mexico's ongoing battle against drug cartels, President Barack Obama is heading to a Western Hemisphere summit with a sudden spotlight on Cuba.

San Jose Mercury News

Cuba is 'willing to talk to US'

BBC

President Obama's Mexico visit

NPR

Captured pirate to face trial in New York

The pirate captured by the U.S. Navy — one of four who held American captain Richard Phillips hostage off the coast of Somalia — will be brought to New York to face charges.

CBS News

Obama won't charge CIA officers for torture tactics

In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, CIA operatives were allowed to shackle, strip and waterboard terror suspects. Now, President Barack Obama has assured these operatives that they will not be prosecuted.

Examiner

DOJ releases controversial torture memos

ABC News

Obama: no trials over CIA's harsh tactics

MSNBC

NATION

Local changes seen as key to food safety

Efforts to overhaul the U.S. food safety system could suffer unless major gaps in state and local programs are repaired and integrated with changes taking place in Washington, experts said.

Reuters

Is Julissa Brisman's killer finding victims on Craigslist?

Boston Police say the man they believe murdered an actress is also responsible for two other attacks on women and possibly met them through their advertisements on Craigslist.

ABC News

Police search for Craigslist killer

MSNBC

POLITICS

Dems, banks work to limit cramdown bill

Senate Democrats are negotiating with a handful of the nation's largest banks and some credit unions to limit a controversial bill allowing judges to write down the value of home mortgages.

The Hill

Sarah Palin had to 'walk the walk'

In front of an audience of nearly 3,000 anti-abortion advocates, Palin described in detail how she struggled with her fifth pregnancy last year and choked up when she spoke about Trig's birth.

ABC News

HEALTH

Super-strong paint kills superbugs

A team of South Dakota scientists has invented a new super-paint strong enough to kill superbugs that infect hospital patients and kill thousands of people annually, says a new report.

WebMD

Epilepsy drug impairs baby's intelligence

When a pregnant woman takes the epilepsy medication valproate, her child's intelligence may be lowered for at least three years, a new study suggests.

ABC News

EDUCATION

10 years later, Columbine's hold remains just as strong

Gunmen spilled the blood of children before Columbine in Alaska, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oregon. After Columbine, more blood was shed in Minnesota and California, in Germany and Finland.

Associated Press

Columbine high principal: 'I needed to stay'

npr

Half of high schoolers have been hazed

Authors of an ambitious survey of hazing in colleges and universities have turned their attention to high schools and discovered that many freshmen arrive with experience.

USA Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

British singing sensation, Susan Boyle, a huge YouTube star

Hollywood agents and talk-show bookers are jostling for a few minutes with Susan Boyle, a stocky, beetle-browed woman they would not ordinarily have given a second glance on the street.

Newsday

Blog:

Should Susan Boyle have a makeover?

Guardian

Can Harry Potter's magic hold for yet another film?

The makers of the sixth film in the franchise "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" are convinced the boy wizard remains a draw.

USA Today

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Archbishop's trial: not losing Hispanics

When Archbishop Dolan became the leader of the New York Archdiocese, he read a part of his first sermon in Spanish. It made demographic sense — many of the city's Roman Catholics are Latino.

Dailyadvance.com

Women protesters against 'marital rape' law spat on and stoned in Kabul

A group of Afghan women who braved an enraged mob to protest against an “abhorrent” new Afghan law had to be rescued by police from a hail of stones.

Times Online

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column:

The power of India's regions

Guardian

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Obama's truth and reconciliation

Times Online

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Obama derangement syndrome

Economist

Column:

Bad ideas worth thinking about

Arizona Republic

Editorial:

Obama's back door to Iran ties

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

When bigger isn't better

Weekly Standard

Column:

We tortured. We pretended otherwise.

Slate

Editorial:

Long-running case cries out for justice

Des Moines Register

Editorial:

Tea and cacophony

Houston Chronicle

Column:

Popping the balloon theory

Foreign Policy

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Distant neighbors: America and Mexico

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

8 colleges get $45M mystery donation

During the past few weeks, at least eight universities have received gifts totaling nearly $45 million, with only one caveat: the schools had to promise not to try to find out the giver's identity.

NPR

Donors pledge $5 billion aid for Pakistan

International donors meeting in Japan have pledged more than $5 billion in aid for Pakistan to bolster the country's economy and help it fight terror and Islamic radicalism.

CNN

WORLD

International donors pledge $5 billion to stabilize Pakistan, fight terrorism

International donors led by the U.S. and Japan pledged more than $5 billion to stabilize Pakistan's troubled economy and fight the spread of terrorism in the Islamic nation and neighboring Afghanistan.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

US pledges 'down payment' to Pakistan