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Consumers pull back in April

Retailers logged a second straight month of sales declines in April as consumers continued to pull back on all types of unessential purchases, the government reported.

Reuters

Macy's posts narrower than expected loss

CNBC

3 days of declines for S&P and Nasdaq

CNNMoney

Trucks torched at NATO terminal

Suspected Taliban members stormed a depot handling supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan and torched eight trucks, as Pakistani troops and warplanes battled militants in a swath of the northwest.

Guardian

Intel fined $1.45 billion in antitrust case

European Union regulators levied a record $1.45 billion fine against Intel Corp., the world’s biggest computer-chip maker, and ordered the company to stop using illegal rebates to thwart competitors.

Bloomberg

AMD faces tough road to benefit from EU aid

Reuters

Intel responds to fine

MSNBC

'They broke him,' accused GI's dad says

The father of Army Sgt. John M. Russella, the U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow troops in Iraq said his son "forfeited his life" but the military bears some responsibility for the rampage.

TIME

Victim said Baghdad suspect had 'issues'

CBS News

Iraq shooting suspect's family

Houston Chronicle

Congress to AIG: We'll trust, but verify

The CEO of bailed-out insurer American International Group told Congress that it has made "substantial" progress in its restructuring efforts, but lawmakers said they wanted more to show for it.

CNNMoney

NATION

Pilot fatigue examined at crash hearing

The National Transportation Safety Board enters the second day of a three-day hearing, looking into the hiring and training of the pilot and first officer behind the controls during the crash in Buffalo.

CBS News

Transcripts released in Buffalo crash

MSNBC

Craigslist to ax 'erotic services' ads

The attorney general of Illinois says Craigslist is getting rid of its "erotic services" ads and will create a new adult category that will be reviewed by employees of the website.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

Obama and Pelosi promise health reform by end of July

President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi re-asserted that the lower chamber would advance healthcare reform legislation this summer.

The Hill

House is working on heath care overhaul

MSNBC

Geithner: Bailout repays expand program

The Obama administration will use bailout money repaid by large banks to provide additional capital infusions to smaller banks, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said.

TIME

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Atlantis collects, cradles Hubble

The space shuttle Atlantis captured the Hubble Space Telescope with its robotic arm, paving the way for astronauts to begin repairing the orbiting observatory.

CNN

Tweeting from space

CBS News

Spacewalker Mike Massimino on space tweets

MSNBC

Google unveils 'smarter search'

Web giant Google has unveiled new products that it says will push the search engine in a new direction, saying that users are always "one click away" from switching to other alternatives.

BBC

Latest Google 'wonder' out of this world

ABC News

HEALTH

Women 'fight off disease better'

Men really do have an excuse for supposedly being wimpy about coughs and colds — their immune systems are not as strong as women's, research suggests.

BBC

ACLU sues over cancer gene patents

Patents on two human genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers are being challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union, which argues that patenting pure genes is unconstitutional.

CNN

ACLU calls to liberate the breast cancer genes

YouTube

ENVIRONMENT

Key coral reefs 'could disappear'

The world's most important coral region is in danger of being wiped out by the end of this century unless fast action is taken, says a new report.

BBC

Somalia facing 'worst drought in decade'

Satellite and ground rainfall research show Somalia is facing its worst drought for at least a decade, says U.N. humanitarian co-ordinator for Somalia Mark Bowden.

BBC

EDUCATION

Graduates struggle to repay student loans

Student loan defaults are at their highest rate since 1998, and likely will go higher. The job market is shrinking, and the sour economy is preventing employers, parents and relatives from helping with payments.

USA TODAY

Testing faces ups and downs

As the recession crimps education budgets, states are beginning to pare the number of standardized tests they give, particularly those that no longer factor into state or federal accountability decisions.

Education Week

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GOOD NEWS

Miners help Red Cross

For Arizona's Red Cross chapters, every dollar you donate is two for those impacted by disasters. Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold announced they would match every donation up to $125,000.

Kingman Daily Miner

Home-schooling in Afghanistan

Sadiqa Basiri Saleem fights to bring education to rural areas and set up schools for girls in Afghanistan despite formidable cultural and logistical obstacles.

Newsweek

WORLD

Report: No proof yet North Korea is producing plutonium

U.S. and South Korean authorities have found no concrete evidence yet that North Korea is reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods to harvest weapons-grade plutonium.

Houston Chronicle

Indian election enters final phase