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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez before the opening session of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (Photo by Marianna Kambon / AP)

Iran jails journalist for spying for the US

An American journalist jailed in Iran has been convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison, her lawyer said, dashing any hopes for her quick release.

MSNBC

Iran jails American-Iranian journalist

Guardian

Iranian leader: No one dares threaten us

CNN

NIH may clear embryos for research

The National Institutes of Health announced that it will provide federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, if the cells are no longer needed for reproduction.

NPR

At summit, Obama gets friendly with Chavez

President Barack Obama extended a hand of friendship to America's neighbors at a summit where he offered a new beginning for U.S.-Cuba relations and accepted a book from Venezuela's leader.

Associated Press

Obama offers Cuba a 'new beginning'

BBC

Cuba ready to talk

CBS News

EPA declares fossil fuel emissions a health threat

The Environmental Protection Agency has declared that the heating of the earth's climate from fossil fuel use threatens human health and the environment.

McClatchy Newspapers

Gloom subsides, enough to lift the economy?

Positive signs, such as April’s surprising consumer confidence figures, indicate that the worst of the recession may be over. But even optimistic forecasts hold that recovery won’t begin until, perhaps, July.

Christian Science Monitor

Bernanke: Oversight must find balance

CNNMoney

US bank failures match total for entire 2008

Reuters

NATION

Plane splits home in half; pilot dies

A small plane sputtered and dove into a house shortly after taking off from a local airport, slicing the home into two charred pieces. The pilot was killed.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Plane crashes into Florida home

Kansas City Star

Plane crash kills pilot

Sun-Sentinel

Work at CIA prisons denounced

The role of health professionals as described in newly released papers has prompted an outcry from ethicists who say the conduct violated basic professional standards.

MSNBC

Bush officials defend interrogation abuse

Guardian

POLITICS

Obama to ask agency heads for cuts

President Barack Obama said he will ask all of his agency heads for specific proposals for cutting their budgets as he searches for ways to streamline government spending.

San Francisco Chronicle

Head of Obama auto task force under fire

Authorities are looking at an investment firm co-founded by President Obama's auto task force head as part of an investigation into an alleged "pay to play" scheme to secure New York pension business.

ABC News

HEALTH

'Phase 0' trials aim to speed cancer drug

The new model, called the "phase 0" clinical trial, promises to streamline drug development, in order to deliver good drugs to people who need them more quickly.

HealthDay

Laughter healthy for diabetes patients

A recent study finds that watching a funny video for 30 minutes per day may help high-risk type 2 diabetes patients improve their heart health.

WebMD

ENVIRONMENT

Forests could become source of warming

The world's forests are at risk of becoming a source of warming emissions instead of soaking them up unless greenhouse gases are controlled, scientists said.

Reuters

Plan to increase popularity of electric cars stalls over subsidy snag

No electric car that is available now, or for at least the next two years, will qualify for the government grants of more than $7,300 announced recently.

Times Online

EDUCATION

New drive for education standards

Representatives from 41 states convened in what organizers hope will be a first, concrete step toward common guidelines in mathematics and English-language arts.

Education Week

Top school hires 'mind gurus' to teach its pupils how to think

Wellington College, one of England's top independent schools, has decided the time has come to teach its pupils how to think.

The Independent

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Music stores hope for sound future

With the aid of a computer, it is easy to buy almost any piece of music that has ever been released. But nothing matches the experience of browsing the shelves of a favorite music shop.

BBC

SAG, producers reach tentative deal

The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said that they've reached a tentative agreement on a deal covering TV programs and movies.

MarketWatch

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Vatican decries reaction to pope's condom remarks

Critics are trying to intimidate Pope Benedict XVI into silence, the Vatican charged, responding to attacks on the pope's AIDS and condom use remarks.

Beliefnet

US monks put faith in wrinkle-cream to raise funds

A few years ago, members of the Teresian Carmelites monastery had nearly run out of ways to raise money for their charitable work. Now, the religious community has started selling a high-end skin cream online.

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Millions in anonymous donations flow to US colleges

Not everyone is willing to take credit for their good deeds: In recent weeks, at least nine American universities have received donations of well more than $1 million each from anonymous donors.

ABC News