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President Barack Obama makes an appearance during the daily press briefing to speak about the upcoming retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Flu fighters warn against complacency, seek clues

The leader of an international team helping face down the swine flu outbreak said it should soon learn whether the epidemic is really stabilizing, but many questions about the disease still need to be answered.

Las Vegas Sun

Flu death toll 'less than feared'

BBC

More schools close in US as swine flu spreads

Sacramento Bee

Investor activism gains momentum

U.S. big businesses are being pushed by lawmakers and regulators to expand shareholder democracy in the wake of the financial crisis.

Reuters

Obama pledges careful choice to replace Souter

President Obama promised to work quickly and deliberately to name a replacement for retiring Justice David H. Souter. Obama's selection will be the first high court nomination by a Democrat in 15 years.

Examiner

What comes next for the high court

Austin-American Statesman

Justice Souter set to retire

ABC News

Despite Taliban turmoil, Pakistan expands nuke plants

Pakistan is expanding its nuclear weapons program as Islamic extremists in Pakistan advance in the direction of several nuclear-related sites, U.S. officials said.

McClatchy Newspapers

Chrysler bankruptcy won’t interrupt warranties, treasury says

Chrysler LLC’s bankruptcy filing won’t keep it from honoring warranties on its vehicles, the Treasury Department said after President Obama assured car buyers that the government would backstop claims.

Bloomberg

Hedge funds reject blame for Chrysler saga

CBS News

Chrysler then and now

CNNMoney

NATION

Immigrants push for reforms at rallies

Immigrants gathered at rallies across the country to push for changes to U.S. immigration policy, but the recent flu outbreak caused attendance at some events to be smaller than organizers hoped.

MSNBC

Heavy rain floods northeast Oklahoma

Heavy rains flooded homes, roads and businesses in some areas of northeastern Oklahoma, forcing authorities to rescue stranded residents and motorists.

USA TODAY

POLITICS

GOP targets lone Democrat in Louisiana

Republicans are looking to Louisiana, a state that has bucked national trends to turn a deeper shade of red, to counter the GOP’s disastrous performance in the last two election cycles.

The Hill

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Group wants Senate to get 'techy'

A bipartisan group of seven senators is asking the Senate Rules Committee to reverse the Senate's policy of refusing to publish the electronic data, or XML files, behind Senate roll call votes posted online.

Politico

Windows 7 could launch soon

Although Microsoft Corp. refuses to name a delivery date for Windows 7, it could launch the new operating system as early as August, according to timeline comparisons for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Computerworld

Low vitamin D causes problems for acutely ill patients

A group of endocrinologists in Sydney have observed that very sick patients tend to have very low levels of Vitamin D. The sicker they are, the lower the levels.

ScienceDaily

EDUCATION

Southern states urged to tackle adolescent literacy

The Southern Regional Education Board is advising its 16 member states to devise a comprehensive set of policies to improve reading for middle and high school students.

Education Week

High-schoolers have made little progress since the 1970s, study says

Americans aren't performing any better in reading and math than their counterparts in the early 1970s. That's one conclusion from the latest round of a national test tracking long-term educational trends.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

FDA: Dieters should stop Hydroxycut use

Government health officials warned dieters and body builders to immediately stop using Hydroxycut, a widely sold supplement linked to cases of serious liver damage and at least one death.

ABC News

Dieters warned: Don't use Hydroxycut

MSNBC

Cholesterol drugs may help in cardiac emergency, study finds

Giving patients a cholesterol-busting statin drug during a coronary emergency can save lives and reduce the incidence of longer-term problems, Czech researchers say.

HealthDay

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Baptists mark 400th anniversary

Members of the Baptist Union are gathering to celebrate their 400th anniversary. With four centuries of growth behind them, what are the challenges facing believers in the next 100 years?

BBC

Walking in the Messiah's footsteps: Israel opens Jesus trail

The forty-mile-long Jesus Trail is a spiritual and cultural journey. Recently completed, its route winds through the towns and villages of the Galilee region in northern Israel.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Tom Goldstein):

Will Obama move the Court?

The New Republic

Editorial:

The next Supreme

New York Post

Column (Anne McFeatters):

Obama’s 100 days nothing to sneeze at

Boston Herald

Column (Mary Beth Crain):

Pandemic pandemonium

Salon.com

Column (William Kristol):

Don't despair, Republicans

Weekly Standard

Column (Ronald Brownstein):

Is the GOP a coalition or a club?

National Journal

Column:

California EPA: problems with ethanol

Examiner

Column:

Torture and accountability

RealClearPolitics

Column:

Specter's epilogue

The American Prospect

Column:

Cheney vs. Obama

Weekly Standard

Column:

Gunning for an upset

Sports Illustrated

Editorial:

Chrysler bankruptcy may be messy

Detroit News

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GOOD NEWS

Youth to fight obesity with world's largest exercise class

Millions of children across the globe will walk, jog, bike or play games as a part of Project ACES Day, designed to decrease the prevalence of childhood obesity.

PNNOnline

Mystery donor makes $7 million donation to Alaska school

The University of Alaska Anchorage has been given $7 million by a mystery donor who has now gifted at least $81.5 million in total to 15 colleges run by women.

MSNBC

WORLD

Big rise in Iraq deaths in April

Iraq's government says that 355 Iraqis were killed in April, making it the bloodiest month so far this year. Eighteen Americans also died, the highest number since last September.

BBC

Sri Lanka admits bombing safe haven