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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton enter a hall for a news conference after the talks in Moscow, Russia. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the quartet of Middle East peace mediators – the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)

Immigration rally scheduled in DC

Thousands of people are expected to pour into Washington for a rally demanding immigration reform, launching the first public battle over the issue since the announcement of a new bipartisan plan.

CNN

Fargo floods turn fields into lakes

Moorhead, Minn., and next-door Fargo, N.D., are waiting for the Red River to crest at 20 feet above the flood stage. Some of the region's farmland is already under water after smaller rivers overflowed.

ABC News

Flooding in Fargo

MSNBC

Israeli settlement freeze urged

The international Quartet of Middle East peace mediators has called on Israel to freeze all settlement activity.

BBC

Israel hits Gaza after rocket death

Al Jazeera

Untangling the US-Israel clash

YouTube

Stock market signals health reform flop

President Barack Obama's push to pass health care reform will fall short — that is, if the stock market is any indicator.

ABC News

What does healthcare reform mean for President Obama?

Reuters

9 major changes in new health care bill

MSNBC

The workforce: Where will the new jobs come from?

Were the economy to magically start generating jobs at a healthy clip, it would still take 3½ years to return to where we were, never mind the jobs we need for new entrants to the workforce.

TIME

Unemployment claims fall

CNNMoney

NATION

US gas prices hit highest level since 2008

Retail gasoline prices rose on an expected increase in demand and as more expensive spring and summer blends of gasoline make their way to the pumps.

CBS News

Oil addiction: Gas price spikes threaten Americans’ wallets

PNNOnline

Special section:

Oil

New York Times

To battle computer hackers, the Pentagon trains its own

The Defense Department has recognized that no wall is high enough to keep out skilled and determined hackers for keeps and has decided it needs to know what the hackers know.

TIME

Cyber-warfare: challenges of the unknown

CBS News

FAA faulted on Southwest Airlines

A government watchdog faulted the FAA for allowing Southwest Airlines Co. to fly jets that had not undergone mandatory maintenance work, violating stipulated safety rules, the Wall Street Journal said.

Reuters

POLITICS

Senators challenge US Postal Service's 10-year rescue plan

The top Republican on the Senate panel that oversees the U.S. Postal Service said a financial overhaul plan including cutting mail delivery from six days to five could set off a "death spiral" for the agency.

ABC News

Officials warn Clarence Thomas' wife her tea party group is violating law

Virginia officials have issued a warning letter to the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, saying that her advocacy group is improperly soliciting contributions in the state.

Los Angeles Times

BUSINESS

Government rewarded bank auditors with big bonuses

The U.S. government handed out millions of dollars to regulators at agencies that missed or ignored signs that the financial system was on the verge of a meltdown.

Kansas City Star

Toyota's special deals get customers back to showrooms

Toyota's recent, aggressive efforts to offer incentives and special deals to get customers into showrooms and buying cars seem to be working. The latest data show that Toyota sales are rising sharply.

NPR

Viacom, YouTube court fight turns nasty

Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over Internet's copyright laws.

TIME

HEALTH

Kids not only obese, extremely obese

Extreme obesity has reached ''alarming'' levels among children, according to a new study that looked at the weights and heights of more than 710,000 children.

WebMD

Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer

A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.

USA TODAY

Experts warn against at-home smear test

YouTube

Amid growing salt storm, Kraft offers 10 percent cut

Kraft Foods Inc., the country's largest food manufacturer, will cut the salt content of its products by an average of 10 percent within two years, the company announced.

AOL News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Macro-weirdness: 'quantum microphone' puts naked-eye object in 2 places at once

Researchers have demonstrated a device that can pick up single quanta of mechanical vibration similar to those that shake molecules during chemical reactions.

Scientific American

Invisibility cloak created in 3-D

Scientists have created the first device to render an object invisible in three dimensions. The "cloak" hid an object from detection using light of wavelengths close to those that are visible to humans.

BBC

3-D invisibility cloak

Science

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Rolling with the nerd squad at SXSW

The 2010 edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival will go down in the history books. It was the year the 17-year-old festival went completely geek and the year crowd-control officially got out of control.

Star-Telegram

Blog:

SXSW: Smokey Robinson's keynote Q-and-A

Entertainment Weekly

Music by the slice

Austin American-Statesman

In Vietnam, cauldrons on every corner

"You like congealed pigs' blood?" my travel companion asked, pulling me over to a street cart in Ho Chi Minh City. Before I could answer, two bowls of chao and a rice porridge were plopped in my hands.

New York Times

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GOOD NEWS

Facebook co-founder starts philanthropic social-networking site

Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, announced that his next project will be Jumo, a social network that will help people find causes and nonprofit organizations that they care about.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Tapping a keg for a good cause

Kegs for Kids events are taking off nationwide, exemplifying growing efforts by fundraisers to harness the social activism of young adults for charitable donations.

Star Tribune

WORLD

Dutch reject US general's gay theory

Dutch officials have rejected a retired U.S. general's claim that its forces failed at Srebrenica because of poor morale over openly gay soldiers.

BBC

Iran jails former vice president Marashi