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In this image from NASA TV, astronaut Andrew Feustel works to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope during a spacewalk. This is the fifth and final repair mission for the 19-year-old telescope. (Photo by NASA TV / AP)

Sri Lanka rebel leader dead

Sri Lankan military officials say Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed by government forces.

Forbes

Sri Lanka claims rebel chief slain

MSNBC

25 years of civil war

Guardian

NY sees 1st death from swine flu

School assistant principal, Mitchell Wiener, 55, has died, Flushing Hospital Medical Center spokesman Andrew Rubin said.

USA TODAY

Swine flu fears are back

MSNBC

Obama and Netanyahu meet for Mideast talks

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held their first meeting since taking power.

CNN

Poll: 31 percent of Israelis call Obama pro-Israel

The Hill

Blog:

Netanyahu comes bearing gift

ABC News

Hubble's doors close for last time

The last of five spacewalks is underway to make repairs and upgrades to the Hubble Space Telescope.

CBS News

Earthquake near Los Angeles rattles nerves; no major injuries, damage

An earthquake that rolled through the Los Angeles area left behind shattered glass and rattled nerves, but no apparent major injuries or damage.

Baltimore Sun

Gas prices up 25 cents since May 1

The price of crude oil may have fallen 4 percent last week, but the drop is not being reflected at the pump.

Business Journal

NATION

Economy limiting services of local police

The recession is altering local law enforcement in the United States by forcing some agencies to close precincts, merge with other departments or even shut down.

USA TODAY

Mom in MySpace case to be sentenced

Though the Lori Drew case is legally about accessing computers, its emotional pull has always centered around the suicide of Drew's teenage neighbor.

ABC News

POLITICS

Cheers, protests greet Obama at University of Notre Dame

President Barack Obama joined commencement ceremonies at the nation's leading Catholic university, University of Notre Dame, amid protests over support of abortion rights and stem-cell research.

CBS News

Obama urges ‘open’ debate on abortion

Bloomberg

Obama urges understanding in speech

Associated Press

Battle looms as Obama nears court pick

President Barack Obama hopes to tone down the partisan warfare that often surrounds selections to the Supreme Court, but that won't be easy with groups bracing for a fight over issues like abortion.

Reuters

Supreme Court choices you haven't heard of

NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Humans ate Neanderthals into extinction

Anthropologists have long been baffled by the mysterious disapearance of the Neanderthals about 30,000 years ago. But one expert thinks he has the answer — we ate them.

TG Daily

Wolfram Alpha, Google 'rival', launches

Wolfram Alpha, a new search engine and potential Google rival, has launched. Wolfram Alpha filters information and data stored in its own vast databases to answer specific search queries.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

House, EPA to tackle climate policy

The House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to begin work on legislation that would limit the emissions blamed for global warming.

Houston Chronicle

Environmental exposures may damage DNA in as few as 3 days

Exposure to particulate matter has been recognized as a cause of lung cancer, but a new study indicates inhalation of certain particulates can actually cause some genes to become reprogrammed.

ScienceDaily

HEALTH

Six unhygienic summer threats

Infectious disease experts, bacteriologists and parasitologists say some of what seems germy and gross is probably safe, while other summer fun has hidden dangers.

ABC News

Fake cigarettes, fake smoke, real nicotine

Electronic cigarettes are drawing fire, mostly from groups such as the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association.

Baltimore Sun

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Understanding America's shift on abortion

The abortion debate can be twisted by the language pollsters use when they ask people how they feel. So when Gallup announced that more Americans are pro-life than pro-choice, that can mean many things.

TIME

Blog:

Obama abortion agenda solidifies silent pro-life majority

U.S. News & World Report

Station spreads Islam through music

The satellite station, 4shbab, is the brainchild of Egyptian media worker Ahmed Abu Heiba who says his mission is to spread the message that observant Muslims can also be in touch with today's world.

Fresno Bee

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Editorial:

Obama, the realist

Jerusalem Post

Column:

The myth of the parasitical bloggers

Salon.com

Editorial:

Pelosi's burden of truth

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Clive Crook):

The next crisis is on the way

National Journal

Column:

What if the Lakers lose?

ESPN

Column:

Distorting public opinion on torture

Salon.com

Editorial:

Show respect

Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial:

The year for health care

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Shame and redemption

Baltimore Sun

Column:

Now the lady doth protest too much

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Taming of Tamil Tigers

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Store's prom dress sales put money in community schools

Buy a prom dress, get a donation for your high school. It may sound like a gimmick, but for one boutique owner, it's a perfect way to use her business to give back.

San Jose Mercury News

Christian group cleans up neighborhood

Rodney Emmrich and other volunteers roasted under the hot sun as they pulled weeds along South Santa Cruz Avenue in Modesto's airport neighborhood.

Modesto Bee

WORLD

Suu Kyi trial begins in Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's detained opposition leader, has gone on trial on charges that could see her jailed for up to five years.

Al Jazeera

US: Pakistan rapidly adding nuclear arms