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President Barack Obama smiles during a working session of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (Photo by Brennan Linsley / AP)

Political stakes high as Congress returns

Barack Obama's presidency has been a wild ride for the U.S. Congress, and lawmakers are bracing for more turbulence when they begin returning to tackle an array of tough issues from healthcare to energy.

Reuters

Lawmakers return to face budget, energy bill

MarketWatch

Obama wants suggestions to cut spending waste

Google News

GM chief: bankruptcy 'probable'

General Motors chief executive said that the automaker still intends to restructure outside of bankruptcy, but a filing is "probable" given all the concessions it must achieve with such a short deadline.

Baltimore Sun

Summit ends on hopeful note for Obama

President Barack Obama is wrapping up a summit with American leaders the same way he began: pledging to reshape the image of the U.S. as a partner in addressing problems in the region.

Associated Press

Chávez hails 'new era' in relations with US

Guardian

US seeks Americas 'partnership'

BBC

International boycotts hit UN racism conference

A major United Nations anti-racism conference was thrown into further disarray when Australia and the Netherlands and other countries joined a U.S. boycott of the meeting.

CNN

US will boycott global racism conference

Christian Science Monitor

Mandela surprises ANC rally

South Africa's former President and anti-Apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has made a surprise appearance at the final African National Congress party rally before next week's election.

ABC News

Lack of services a problem for South Africans

YouTube

NATION

Man kills family, self in Maryland town, authorities say

A Maryland man apparently killed his wife and three young children, then shot and killed himself at the foot of the bed where his wife and 2-year-old daughter's bodies lay, authorities said.

CNN

Goods orders, home sales probably fell

Orders for U.S. durable goods and home sales probably retreated in March after rebounding the previous month, showing any economic recovery will be slow to develop, economists said.

Bloomberg

Bargains aren't luring skittish shoppers

NPR

Fed officials face grilling from Volcker

Two top Federal Reserve officials faced some tough questioning on their policy on inflation, from none other than the inflation-taming former Fed chief Paul Volcker.

Reuters

Private sector vs. public money

Polling Report

POLITICS

CIA torture exemption 'illegal'

U.S. President Barack Obama's decision not to prosecute CIA agents who used torture tactics is a violation of international law, a U.N. expert says.

BBC

Obama: 'No pet projects' in slashing waste

As Republicans signaled that they will target every wasted dollar of President Obama's stimulus plan, the president went on the offensive, naming more aides to oversee government spending.

The Hill

Obama calls for government spending cuts

YouTube

HEALTH

South struggles with cases of HIV

With too few doctors, staggering poverty and a history of inadequate AIDS education programs, the South is now home to half of the 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.

Baltimore Sun

AstraZeneca wins delay in asthma case

AstraZeneca has won a legal battle temporarily preventing the launch of a generic version of Pulmicort Respules, its childhood asthma drug with annual sales of about $1 billion.

Financial Times

ENVIRONMENT

EPA to regulate greenhouse gases

The Obama administration opened the way to regulate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by declaring climate-warming pollution a danger to health and welfare, a dramatic shift from the Bush years.

Reuters

Special section:

Toxic air and America's schools

USA Today

New nano-beads laced with venom slow cancer spread

They're not quite as efficient as Borg technology. But new "nanoprobes" made by combining scorpion venom with tiny metal beads are giving the fight against cancer a big performance boost.

National Geographic

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

McCartney kicks off Coachella

The 10th annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival got off to a great start, thanks to Sir Paul McCartney, who headlined the event with a marathon performance.

Billboard

Penny slots making lots of cents in Mo.

Gamblers may be cutting back like other consumers, but one thing they're not doing is pinching pennies.

MSNBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Greeks celebrate Orthodox Easter

The religious holiday began with an Easter mass where the faithful lit candles from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the site where most Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried.

canada.com

Blog:

It's time to celebrate 'the other Easter'

Vancouver Sun

Hebrew Catholics follow own church

The traditional Jewish blessings over wine and bread, the Kiddush and the Motzi, echoed through the sanctuary in Jerusalem. It was a room of striking simplicity — with just one small cross in brown wood.

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GOOD NEWS

Customers pick up others tabs

Customers at Starbucks shops around Birmingham, Ala. are paying it forward by anonymously picking up the tabs of other customers.

News8.net

Britain’s first billion pound charity donor

The former minister and supermarket tycoon Lord Sainsbury has become the first Briton to give more than £1 billion to charitable organizations in the country.

Times Online

WORLD

Deadly attack on Pakistan convoy

A suicide bomber has attacked a military convoy killing at least 20 people in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan, according to the Pakistani police.

Al Jazeera

Iran jails US journalist for spying