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Pro-North Korean protesters shout a slogan during a rally against the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), a U.S.-led program aimed at halting the spread of weapons of mass destruction, in front of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / AP)

Sotomayor's Supreme Court bid in Senate's hands

A history-making selection behind him, President Obama is pressing the Senate to quickly confirm federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.

Newsday

Biased or brilliant? Scrutiny of Sotomayor begins

Christian Science Monitor

Pentagon: Ex-Gitmo detainees turning to terrorism on rise

The Pentagon released information that showed 14 percent of former detainees have turned to, or are suspected of having turned to, terrorist activity since being released from Guantanamo.

CNN

Special section:

Guantanamo: beyond the law

McClatchy Newspapers

N Korea threatens attack if ships checked

North Korea, facing censure for its nuclear test, threatened to attack the South after it joined a U.S.-led plan to check vessels suspected of carrying supplies for weapons of mass destruction.

Reuters

North Korea restarts nuclear plant

Times Online

US urges 'tough' action on North Korea

BBC

California's high court upholds Prop 8

Pledging to keep up fighting for the legal recognition of gay marriage, hundreds of advocates gathered with religious leaders to mourn the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8.

San Jose Mercury News

Same-sex marriage divides views in US

Angus Reid Global Monitor

Prop 8 culture war

CBS News

Stimulus money to accelerate cleanup at Superfund sites

As part of the economic stimulus package, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to spend $600 million to accelerate the cleanup at 50 contaminated properties.

NPR

NATION

Economists: recession to end in 2009

A recovery in the second half of this year will be 'moderate,' according to a National Association for Business Economics report.

CNNMoney

Troops could be in Iraq after 2012

The United States could have fighting forces in Iraq and Afghanistan for a decade, the top Army officer said, even though a signed agreement requires all U.S. forces to be out of Iraq by 2012.

Examiner

Judge: Cancer-stricken boy, 13, to stay with parents, receive chemo

A judge ruled that 13-year-old Daniel Hauser's parents could have custody of their son as long as they agree to treat his cancer with chemotherapy.

FOX News

Ginger found to help nausea in chemo patients

KEYC

POLITICS

President opposes the law that snared Gov. Rod Blagojevich

Obama is opposing an Illinois law that helped ensnare Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a federal indictment for corruption.

The Hill

Obama to visit Saudi Arabia before Egypt

President Obama will visit Saudi Arabia for talks with King Abdullah, prior to visiting Egypt, the White House says.

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New Yorker cover created on an iPhone

The cover for the current issue of the New Yorker was created with an iPhone app. To create the image, artist Jorge Colombo used an application called Brushes.

PC World

Marriage in the GPS age: track cheating

As they have grown more affordable, GPS trackers have become the latest weapon on the marital battlefront. Checking out alibis is easier and cheaper than ever with GPS technology that tracks your every move.

Chicago Sun-Times

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Twitter television show is in development

The social-networking site Twitter has teamed with Reveille Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop a reality television show.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Was the 'American Idol' vote gamed?

AT&T "might have influenced the outcome of this year's competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen."

Appscout

EDUCATION

Community colleges try new formula for remedial classes

Learning communities represent one of several ideas being tried nationwide as educators search for better ways to help more students succeed in college.

USA TODAY

Teacher retirement on hold in Missouri

After two decades at Bierbaum Elementary, in St. Louis County, Mo., after touching hundreds of young lives, this was to be the year that Peggy Fitzpatrick retired.

Education Week

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Sister Madonna Buder balances her love for faith and fitness

At church, the only thing that stands out about Sister Madonna Buder is that she's the only nun wearing workout clothes. But it's not just her outfit — this is not an ordinary nun.

ABC News

Insurgency strains both Buddhists, Muslims in Thailand

A rift is widening in Thailand between Buddhists and Muslims — communities that had lived harmoniously for generations and now share suffering.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Pakistan's mystics under attack

Worshippers still flock to the grave of Rahman Baba, a Muslim mystic. But they now pray at a mound of rubble and twisted steel left from his bombed-out tomb.

San Francisco Chronicle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

It's not about me anymore

Salon.com

Column:

Obama's court pick reflects America

NPR

Editorial:

Teaching tolerance

San Francisco Chronicle

Column:

No good comes from this game

ESPN

Editorial:

Stick it to Blago, but pass reform first

Chicago Sun-Times

Column:

How and why Obama picked Sotomayor

Politico

Column:

A truth commission is not the answer

Baltimore Sun

Column:

Gitmo solutions: Super size them!

The Atlantic

Column:

The greatest swindle ever sold

The Nation

Editorial:

Here we go again with North Korea

Economist

Blog:

The judge who saved baseball

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

4th grade class promised college tuition graduate high school

A nine-year journey ended for about 50 high school students in Kelso, Wash., who, as fourth-graders, were promised college scholarships if they completed high school.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Air Miles supports children’s charity

Air Miles, the world’s leading multi-participant loyalty program, is sponsoring two charity events being held in June with all proceeds going to the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation.

AlbaWaba.com

WORLD

Mexico mayors held over drug links

Mexican security forces have detained 10 mayors and 18 other government officials for allegedly protecting one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels.

Al Jazeera

Pakistani high court lifts election ban on former PM Sharif