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A Pakistani Taliban leaves Buner, Pakistan. Taliban militants began pulling out of a recently seized district of northwestern Pakistan. (Photo by Naveed Ali / AP)

Ford posts $1.4B 1Q loss, uses less cash

Ford Motor Co. reported a first-quarter loss of $1.4 billion, saying it burned through less of its cash than expected, emphasizing that it doesn't expect to seek more government assistance.

ABC News

US stocks gain as Ford Motor, Microsoft rally

Bloomberg

US to release pictures of prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Obama administration is set to intensify the torture debate by releasing up to 2,000 photographs showing abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. The pictures were taken between 2001 and 2006.

Guardian

McCain warns of 'witch hunt'

CNN

Torture controversy heats up

CBS News

March home sales encouraging

Purchases of new homes in the U.S. last month were higher than anticipated, providing further evidence the market may be stabilizing.

Bloomberg

US cities buy foreclosed homes to rebuild

Reuters

Taliban announce key withdrawal

The Taliban say they will withdraw from a Pakistani district where their consolidation of power this week has caused deep concern in the U.S.

BBC

Attacks kill at least 60 at Shiite shrine in Baghdad

At least 60 people have been killed and 125 injured after two suicide bombers struck a Shia Muslim shrine in Baghdad as people arrived for prayers.

Al Jazeera

Column:

Is Iraq unraveling again?

TIME

US journalists charged in North Korea face years in labor camp

Two female American journalists face five years or more in a labor camp, after North Korea announced that they would be prosecuted for allegedly crossing the Stalinist state’s border with China.

Times Online

North Korea to try journalists

CNN

NATION

Which US airport has the highest number of jet-bird strikes?

The FAA has made good on its promise to release for the first time records of where and when airplanes have struck birds over the last 19 years.

USA TODAY

US, Russia start arms talks amid tension

The United States and Russia will begin talks on a new agreement to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expires in December.

NPR

POLITICS

Gingrich vs. Gore on global warming

The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee has added former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to the roster of witnesses for its hearing on a climate bill.

The Hill

Gore: Emission cuts would restore America

CBS News

Geithner to outline banking fix efforts

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to outline the Obama administration's efforts to clean up the U.S. banking system during meetings with finance ministers.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Fuels must clean up act

California became the first state in the nation to mandate carbon-based reductions in transportation fuels in an attempt to cut their overall greenhouse gas emissions.

Sacramento Bee

Fire is an important and under-appreciated part of global climate change

Fire must be accounted for as an integral part of climate change, according to 22 authors of an article published in the journal Science.

Environmental News Network

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Rome to pay tribute to Meryl Streep

The Rome Film Festival will honor Meryl Streep with its Marcus Aurelius lifetime achievement award, while Milos Forman has been recruited as jury president.

Variety

No shampoo, a dirty little beauty secret

Andrea Lynch can’t exactly remember the last time she shampooed her hair. Maybe it was last summer? No, more like September. She thinks.

MSNBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Bishop Tobin slams gay agenda

Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence challenged Catholics to abandon “our abysmal apathy” and “help Rhode Island maintain its moral sanity.”

Catholic Culture

Making music with divine aspirations

Like any pop star, Shidaoxin records albums, poses for the cameras and blogs to stay in touch with his fans. But this Chinese singer and Buddhist monk is making music for a higher cause.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Seal with 'arms' discovered

A newly discovered prehistoric seal with "arms" is the no-longer missing link between seals' land-based ancestors and the ocean-dwelling, flippered creatures we know, a new study says.

National Geographic

A, T, G, C and what?

Turns out life has more essential building blocks to play with than previously thought: researchers at Rockefeller University have discovered a new nucleotide in the mammalian DNA code.

Popular Science

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Health care emphasis gets creative

Houston Chronicle

Blog:

Time to drop the 'expectation of privacy' test

Wired

Column:

The next big thing: a new you

NPR

Column:

Marijuana should be legal, and left alone

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Car-search ruling handcuffs the cops

NY Daily News

Column:

The moral burden

Newsweek

Editorial:

Little to celebrate on Press Freedom Day

Miami Herald

Column:

1929 scams return in Geithner plan

Bloomberg

Column (Irwin Stelzer):

Oh, the changes we'll see

Weekly Standard

Column (Aryn Baker):

Is Pakistan nearing collapse?

TIME

Editorial:

Faced with threat, Pakistan chooses denial

USA TODAY

Column:

US soldiers are heroes, not terrorists

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

MSU's $10 million gift a mystery

The mystery donor who stunned colleges across the country with anonymous donations totaling nearly $70 million has struck again, this time in Michigan.

Detroit News

United Way honors volunteers

Sylvia Campbell was named the Golden Achievement Award recipient at the 2009 United Way of Tampa Bay Volunteer of the Year Award Luncheon.

Tampa Tribune

WORLD

British economy shrinks at fastest rate seen in the last 30 years

Official figures show GDP fell by 1.9 percent in the first three months of this year, the sharpest quarterly decline since 1979, the year Margaret Thatcher came to power.

Guardian

Nearly 6,500 civilians dead in Sri Lanka