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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves as he arrives at the Katunayake airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama / AP)

Spacewalkers pull off toughest Hubble repairs yet

Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a more commanding view of the cosmos by installing a new high-tech instrument, then pulled off their toughest job yet: fixing a broken camera.

Examiner

Hubble's prying eyes

NPR

Some on left souring on Obama

Barely four months into his presidency, Obama is confronting growing dissatisfaction among members of his liberal base, who feel spurned by a series of his early decisions.

Politico

Tamil Tigers announce plan to surrender

The Tamil Tigers appear to have surrendered their fight against the Sri Lankan government, announcing that they will lay down their arms to try to halt the army's assault on the remaining resistance.

Guardian

Q&A: Sri Lanka crisis

BBC

Sri Lankan army claims victory

Reuters

Obama taps Utah gov. for China envoy

With a reach across the political divide for Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman as ambassador to China, President Obama may have sidelined for now a potential White House challenger in 2012.

ABC News

Obama taps Huntsman as envoy to China

YouTube

Anxiety as US prepares to leave Sadr City

The unthinkable is happening in Sadr City as the U.S. military begins to shut down its outposts to meet a June 30 deadline to withdraw from Iraqi cities.

MSNBC

NATION

High court heads to busy finish and Souter's retirement

Justice David Souter's final few weeks will be busy ones for the Supreme Court, which has yet to resolve disputes over a major part of the Voting Rights Act and job discrimination claims by white firefighters.

San Francisco Chronicle

Authorities deny calls were pretext for Texas raid

Law enforcement officers denied they used fake calls to an abuse hot line as a pretext to raid a polygamist sect's ranch or that they prepared to rummage through the complex before a warrant was issued.

Detroit Free Press

POLITICS

Pelosi turns down Sunday morning talk show invitations

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) turned down invitations to be on several Sunday morning talk shows and is instead spending the weekend with her family.

The Hill

GOP plans 450 climate bill changes

House Republicans are considering 450 amendments to climate change legislation. Many would lower environmental standards, or make it more difficult for Democrats to support the bill.

Politico

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Growing old with autism

Despite the successful marketing of the affliction by activists and interest groups, autism is not a childhood condition. It is non-degenerative and non-terminal: the boys and girls grow up.

TIME

Google change could stir more angst

Google announced that it would begin allowing certain companies to purchase advertisements that use trademarks — even ones they don't own — in the text of their ads on Google search results.

CNET News

ENVIRONMENT

Antarctic voyage: climate change upfront

"Our square sails are braced right now for the changing wind that we expect ahead as we cross Drake Passage, between Cape Horn and Antarctica," says Mike Stewart, the boatswain of the Dutch tall ship Europa.

ABC News

Brain-controlling flies to triumph over alien ants?

A decades-long battle against invasive fire ants in the southern U.S. might be turning a corner, thanks to a nightmarish little fly.

National Geographic

HEALTH

How healthy is your 'hood?

An increasing number of health experts say that too many of our neighborhoods are making us sick, contributing to ADD, high blood pressure, cancer, heart disease, lung disease and diabetes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Irregular heartbeat tied to Alzheimer's disease, study finds

The abnormal heartbeat called atrial fibrillation is associated with later development of Alzheimer's disease, a large-scale study finds.

Forbes

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

19 demonstrators arrested protesting Obama at Notre Dame

Nineteen demonstrators were arrested at Notre Dame as they protested against President Obama's scheduled speech, campus police said.

CNN

Yee-haw! Cowboy churches buck tradition with promising results

Pastor Royce Gregory, who was on the rodeo circuit for 17 years before turning his life to God, brings come-as-you-are evangelical Christianity to the boots-and-Stetson set.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Hendrik hertzberg):

Obama at commencements

New Yorker

Blog (Marc Ambinder):

Huntsman to China

The Atlantic

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A Pelosi rope-a-dope?

Economist

Column (Ron Smith):

The high cost of climate fear-mongering

Baltimore Sun

Blog:

When did Americans become such cowards?

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Susan Demas):

Justice Granholm theory is out of order

Detroit News

Blog:

Health care shenanigans

National Review

Column (James Carrol):

The Obama-Notre Dame debate

The Nation

Blog:

Obama, the healthcare Riddler

Salon.com

Column (Jay Ambrose):

Al Gore's hypocrisy astounding

RealClearPolitics

Column (Peter Brookes):

The price of Pelosi's CIA slam

New York Post

Editorial:

Deficit worries

Philadelphia Inquirer

Blog:

Sunny weekend in Cannes

Vanity Fair

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GOOD NEWS

Lawyers make pro bono leap into foreclosure cases

With homeowners trying to stay afloat in the recession, attorneys around the country have been volunteering their services, even if it means diving into an area of law they've never practiced before.

NPR

Habitat for Humanity gets $100 million gift

The housing market may be sputtering, but Habitat for Humanity is getting a $100 million gift from an Atlanta developer.

MSNBC

Blog:

$100 million donor for Habitat for Humanity

Global Atlanta

WORLD

Pakistan: Offensive alleged to kill 1,000+ Taliban fighters

A recent Pakistani military offensive against Taliban fighters in the northwest has killed more than 1,000 suspected insurgents, a top official said after visiting a camp of people displaced by the battle.

Houston Chronicle

Pakistan pressing offensive

CNN

Indian PM claims election victory

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared victory in India's national elections, saying voters had given the Congress party-led coalition a "massive mandate."

TIME

Congress party hails India poll victory

BBC

BUSINESS

GM, Chrysler to drop 1,900 dealers

GM and Chrysler and their dealers are scrambling to reorganize and stay alive in a severe recession that has devastated sales of cars and trucks.

Associated Press

Finding art in Alzheimer's stories

Thirty years ago, after he took a job at a nursing home, David Greenberger started putting the words of elderly people into stories and publishing them in his Duplex Planet magazines — and eventually online.

NPR

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Remember to give back, first lady tells UC Merced grads

Dream big and give back, Michelle Obama told the first graduating class of University of California, Merced in her first commencement speech as first lady.

CNN

Terry Gilliam back on track for 'Quixote'

Thanks to a new partnership with Oscar-winning British producer Jeremy Thomas, director Terry Gilliam will finally bring his version of "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" to the box office.

EW.com

EDUCATION

Online schooling gives kids, parents new options for education

More than 3,000 Utah students attend school online. Some students earn credit using programs monitored by school districts. Others study at virtual schools complete with principals and teachers

Deseret News

In digital age, interest in traditional yearbooks wanes

The nostalgia for yearbooks hasn't faded completely, but students have a growing detachment with the hardbound encapsulation of high school moments.

Texas Cable News

SPORTS

Will Adelman beat Jackson this time?

The Houston Rockets' coach looks to change a historical trend in Game 7 against the Los Angeles Lakers.

ESPN

Rachel Alexandra holds off Derby winner by length, wins Preakness

With an eighth-mile to go in 134th Preakness Stakes, a drama unfolded that could not have existed two weeks earlier.

Courier-Journal

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