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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, welcomes Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, as House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, watches at center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Susan Walsh / AP)

Clinton: US 'deeply' regrets Afghan deaths

The United States "deeply regrets" the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State, said after US-led air strikes targeting insurgents left more than 100 Afghans dead.

Telegraph.co.uk

Dozens Afghans dead after US bombings

San Jose Mercury News

Bank of America to need $34 billion

Bank of America Corp. has been deemed to need as much as $34 billion in additional capital, according to the results of a government stress test, a source familiar with the results said.

ABC News

Stocks bank on financials

MarketWatch

US keeps Afghanistan at arm's length

The relationship between Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and President Barack Obama greatly differs from the one Karzai enjoyed with President George W. Bush.

CBS News

Column:

Hard questions for Pakistan's Zardari

TIME

Pakistan claims 64 Taliban killed

Reuters

Obama to meet Afghan, Pakistani leaders

MSNBC

20 percent of homeowners 'underwater'

21.8 percent of all U.S. homes were in a "negative equity" or "underwater" position after prices dropped more than 14 percent nationally in the year ending March 31.

CNNMoney

Boston Globe reaches deal with union

The Boston Globe and its largest employees union reached a tentative agreement on concessions that will keep the 137-year-old newspaper publishing.

Houston Chronicle

Boston Globe, union reach agreement

YouTube

NATION

Cops shake down drivers, lawsuit claims

Roderick Daniels was stopped for speeding near the Louisiana state line. He was taken to jail and threatened with money-laundering charges — but offered his release if he forfeited his property.

CNN

Wildfires threaten homes, force evacuations in California, Arizona

An early-season wildfire whipped by high winds forced the evacuation of 1,200 homes around the luxury seaside community of Santa Barbara.

USA TODAY

Strong storms damage NC homes

News & Observer

Fighting fires in California

ABC News

POLITICS

New Democrat Specter loses Senate committee seniority

The Senate passed a resolution that made Arlen Specter the most junior Democrat on the committees on which he serves.

TIME

Democrats poke fun at GOP

U.S. News & World Report

Pelosi: Don't interfere on gay marriage issue

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress should let the District of Columbia pass a gay marriage law if it wants to, without interference.

The Hill

HEALTH

Program helps homeless cut use of emergency services

Providing housing and other assistance to homeless adults with chronic illnesses helps reduce their use of hospitals and emergency departments, a U.S. study finds.

HealthDay

Obama unveils $63 billion global health initiative

Reuters

First US face transplant patient appears before cameras

The United States' first-ever face transplant patient publicly thanked the doctors who performed her surgery after a devastating 2004 shooting incident left her disfigured and unable to eat on her own.

ABC News

Nation's first face transplant

Statesman Journal

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Too fat for the Boy Scouts? New weight requirement angers some

A new weight requirement by the national Boy Scouts of America has some longtime volunteers concerned they will be left out of trips they've enjoyed with their sons for years.

ABC News

Reynolds to star in 'X-Men' spinoff

Twentieth Century Fox has begun development on 'Deadpool,' an 'X-Men' spinoff that will be crafted as a star vehicle for Ryan Reynolds, who played the character in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine.'

Variety

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

A Muslim woman walks into a Unitarian church and...

Farzana Hassan, former president of the Muslim Canadian Congress, was recently hired as the director of spiritual exploration at the Unitarian Congregation in a suburb 15 miles west of Toronto.

Religion News Service

Spanish legislature ponders censure of Pontiff over condom remarks

Spanish bishops are denouncing a proposal to censure Pope Benedict for his recent remarks on condoms.

Catholic World News

EDUCATION

Reading programs may be ineffective

A federal study intended to provide insight on the effectiveness of programs for reading comprehension has found that three such programs had no positive impact, and a fourth had a negative effect.

Education Week

Student-loan program on chopping block

To save $94 billion, the Obama administration wants to end a program that guarantees student loans, but its supporters are fighting back.

Denver Post

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column:

Bank of America and what it really needs

CNBC

Column (Daniel Gross):

Chrysler's bondholders whine about deal

Newsweek

Column (Kathleen Parker):

Fear of flying in the 'Age of Pandemics'

Baltimore Sun

Column:

Opposing view: 'We are at a crossroads'

USA TODAY

Blog:

A room of our own

Beliefnet

Blog:

Americans like their trucks

Economist

Editorial:

A yellow light for electric cars

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

The merits of campaign ads in papers

The Hill

Editorial:

Finally, science isn't endangered

San Francisco Chronicle

Blog:

Only consensus in NBA draft is Griffin

ESPN

Column (Richard Cohen):

Obama's Supreme choice and race

NY Daily News

Column (Eleanor Clift):

Jack Kemp: loyal maverick

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Staying optimistic through the recession, bad weather and flu

Between the bad economy, swine flu and seven straight days of rain, it's not easy feeling optimistic. But some people manage to maintain a rosy outlook no matter what's thrown at them.

NY Daily News

Service helps philanthropists make informed investment decisions

FasterCures announced the launch of the Philanthropy Advisory Service, an online information marketplace that aims to improve access to medical solutions.

HappyNews.com

WORLD

Russia expels diplomats as NATO begins military exercises in Georgia

NATO began a series of controversial military exercises in Georgia following a failed uprising by the Georgian army and Moscow's expulsion of two NATO diplomats.

Guardian

Lone surviving 'Mumbai gunman' pleads not guilty to attacks