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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks, with unnamed representatives of Iraqi civil society and embassy staff in the background, at a meeting at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Marko Drobnjakovic / AP)

Obama asks for ideas on curbing federal spending

Think you can do better than your federal boss? President Barack Obama wants to know how. Obama announced a plan for federal workers to propose ways to improve their agencies' and departments' budgets.

Examiner

GM gets another $2B in taxpayer loans

General Motors got another $2 billion emergency loan, and is expected to announce soon it will kill its slow-selling Pontiac brand as it scrambles to slice underperforming units.

USA TODAY

GM ready to scrap Pontiac brand

NPR

Clinton in Baghdad after days of bloodshed

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Baghdad, a day after suicide bombings killed dozens in the Iraqi capital. The one-day visit to Baghdad was not announced due to security concerns.

CNN

Could Iraq violence affect US withdrawal plan?

Christian Science Monitor

The week in Iraq

CBS News

North Korea 'is producing plutonium'

North Korea has started to reprocess spent fuel rods at its nuclear plant, says the country's state media. The reprocessing is a possible move towards producing weapons grade plutonium.

BBC

North Korea begins plutonium extraction

Reuters

Government releases stress test details

The Federal Reserve shed new light on how it's trying to determine whether U.S. banks would survive an even deeper downturn in a report issued on the government's bank "stress tests."

ABC News

For banks, stress tests lead to judgment day

MSNBC

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

FAA cites increased danger of wildlife strikes

NPR

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

POLITICS

Napolitano apologizes to veterans over 'extremist' flap

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano apologized for a department assessment that suggested returning combat veterans could be recruited by right-wing extremist groups.

CNN

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

ENVIRONMENT

Gray whales granted rare reprieve

Conservation groups have won agreement from some oil and gas companies in Russian waters to end seismic work, giving gray whales a chance to breed undisturbed.

BBC

Congo finalizes designation of world's largest wetland

The Democratic Republic of Congo has finalized designation of a vast expanse of equatorial rainforest as the world's largest Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.

Environment News Service

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

Susan Boyle gets a makeover

Singing sensation Susan Boyle, whose dowdy image contrasted so greatly with her angelic voice that she became an instant Internet celebrity, has had a makeover.

Kansas City Star

HEALTH

Mexico swine flu epidemic worries world

Sixty people in Mexico have died of the flu, and so far, 16 of the deaths are confirmed cases of swine flu.

WebMD

Swine flu outbreak concerns

CBS News

Combat harms long-term health of vets

Those serving in the armed forces tend to be in better health than the general population, but for veterans who experienced combat duty, that initial health advantage is erased.

HealthDay

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

NYC archbishop to visit WTC site

The city's new archbishop celebrated Mass at a church across from ground zero and prepared to pay respects at the World Trade Center site.

Newsday

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft follows in the footsteps of McDonald's and Wal-Mart

Microsoft just released earnings that were mediocre but not any worse than was expected. It said that the balance of the calendar year would not be much better.

TIME

Yahoo! closing down its Geocities web hosting service

Geocities is slightly outdated in the current Web 2.0 era, giving users no way to integrate their sites with third-party applications.

Vnunet

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Forgotten Franklin letters offer glimpse into history

A professor doing research in London stumbled across a series of previously unknown letters written by Benjamin Franklin, a find that sheds new light on early U.S. history.

CNN

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

ANC wins South Africa election

The ruling African National Congress has won South Africa's general election but failed to obtain a two-thirds majority, final results show.

BBC

Taliban leader in Pakistan tells fighters to pull back