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A girl cries near the site of a bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid in a mainly Shiite area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, the Iraqi military said. (Photo by Karim Kadim / AP)

Obama to host credit-card CEOs, pledges new rules

President Barack Obama, appealing to mainstream consumers, is pushing for more legal protection for the millions of Americans who use credit cards.

Examiner

House panel approves new credit card rules

MarketWatch

Bankruptcy talks fuel GM slowdown

General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, sources said.

ABC News

GM to shut many plants for up to 9 weeks

USA TODAY

Iraq al-Qaida boss captured in Baghdad

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, a leader of the 'Islamic State' of Iraq, was being held after a tip-off, said Major General Qasim Atta, Baghdad’s security spokesman.

Times Online

Bombings kill more than 70 in Iraq

CNN

Clinton: Pakistan abdicating to Taliban

Pakistan has abdicated to the Taliban in agreeing to impose Islamic law in the Swat valley and the country now poses a "mortal threat" to the world, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Reuters

Troops sent to Taliban-threatened area

Associated Press

PM: Pakistan may ‘rethink’ Sharia accord

Bloomberg

Global economy to shrink this year

The IMF projected that the world economy is likely to shrink for the first time in six decades, with a forecast 1.3 percent drop in economic growth.

Forbes

IMF warns of 'deeper' recession

BBC

NATION

Feds to release aircraft bird strike data

The federal government is reversing itself and plans to release data on the thousands of incidents in which aircraft hit birds, the Department of Transportation said.

USA TODAY

Freddie Mac Acting CFO David Kellermann found dead

Freddie Mac Acting Chief Financial Officer David Kellermann, was found dead in the basement of his home in a Washington suburb, police said.

Bloomberg

Freddie Mac's CFO found dead in home

MarketWatch

POLITICS

Democrats push for torture hearings

Brushing aside the president's concerns, Congressional Democrats are firmly pushing investigations into the Bush administration's harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects.

MSNBC

Rice approved interrogations as Bush adviser

San Francisco Chronicle

FEMA nominee pledges higher standard for disaster response

Craig Fugate, who oversaw the response to Florida hurricanes, said he would hold the Federal Emergency Management Agency to a “much higher standard of success” than its Hurricane Katrina performance.

Detroit Free Press

Obama talks up alternative energy

Marking Earth Day with his energy plan, President Barack Obama called for a "new era of energy exploration in America" and argued that his proposal would help both the economy and the environment.

CBS News

Obama talks up wind power on Earth Day

Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

US and Mexico hold first border environmental forum

The U.S. and Mexico are holding their first Border States Climate Change Workshop in Monterrey, Mexico to continue collaborative efforts to address climate change.

Environmental News Network

Pollution 'fights global warming'

Air pollution may be helping the fight against global warming by enhancing the ability of plants to absorb carbon dioxide, scientists say.

BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Disney's version of Earth: sunny side up

The new Disney movie features lots of animals — none of them cartoons. The new nature film called "Earth" chronicles a year in the life of the planet, opening in the dead of winter at the Arctic.

TIME

'Earth' trailer

Philadelphia Inquirer

ABC's 'Millionaire' celebrates milestone

ABC is dusting off an old favorite to serve as an August lifeline: "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" will return this summer for a 10th anniversary special event.

Variety

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

School sued over church graduations

A group of students and parents have sued to stop a Wisconsin school district from continuing to hold high school graduations in a Christian megachurch.

Seattle Times

Study: Evangelicals trail other faiths on global warming

While a majority of white evangelicals believe there is solid evidence that the earth is warming, only one in three says human activity is the cause, according to a recent survey.

Beliefnet

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Two highly complex organic molecules detected in space

Scientists have detected two of the most complex molecules yet discovered in interstellar space: ethyl formate and n-propyl cyanide.

Science Daily

'Space blob' baffles astronomers

It might not look like much, but it represents one of the most distant objects astronomers have ever seen, 12.9 billion light years away.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

'Banker to the poor' gives NY a boost

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, known as the "banker to the poor" for making small loans in impoverished countries, is now doing business in the center of capitalism — New York City.

Reuters

Doomed dogs saved by other shelters

Thousands of death-row dogs are getting reprieves every week, plucked from crowded, high-kill shelters and transported to places where there are open cages.

USA TODAY

WORLD

ANC takes lead in election count

Early results have given South Africa's ANC a big lead in the general election, paving the way for controversial party leader Jacob Zuma to become president.

BBC

Election day in South Africa