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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's, D-Texas, arm rests on an autographed copy of the bill after the House passed health care reform in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo by Alex Brandon / AP)

Boat made of plastic bottles to sail Pacific

A boat made of 12,000 plastic bottles has set sail on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney to spread awareness about pollution in the world's oceans.

BBC

Special section:

Plastiki

CNN

No building restrictions in Jerusalem

Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said before he left for Washington, despite a clear U.S. demand that building must stop.

ABC News

Netanyahu and Obama will talk

New York Times

Israel lobby wants Iran to top US agenda

TIME

Health care bill aftermath

Rep. Patrick Kennedy hailed the passage of the $938 billion health care bill as Sen. John McCain vowed that Republicans will continue to fight the legislation.

ABC News

Health care reform bill summary

CBS News

Impact of health care bill on Americans

ABC News

House backs Obama's bid to revamp student loans

Federal subsidies to private student loan lenders would stop and the government's role in lending would increase, creating billions of dollars in projected savings that would go in grants to needy students.

Reuters

US House clears major student loan revamp

FOX News

Gold nanoparticles open door for pancreatic cancer treatment

Pancreatic cancer, known as the most fatal cancer with no known effective treatment, requires a radical new therapy. A promising approach may come in the form of tiny gold nanoparticles to kill the cancer.

ScienceDaily

NATION

Making Work Pay credit complicates returns for taxpayers

The Making Work Pay credit basically put up to $400 extra into a worker's paychecks by lowering the amount the employer withheld for taxes. You still need to fill out Schedule M to formally claim the credit.

Baltimore Sun

Pensions may deepen financial crisis

There's a looming U.S. financial problem that's big. From Connecticut to California, pension funds for teachers, firefighters and other public employees are severely underfunded.

NPR

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Retirement

New York Times

POLITICS

Calif. faces shrinking court system

Caught in a California's state budget crisis, the Los Angeles Superior Court laid off 329 employees and closed 16 courtrooms.

TIME

Rally for immigration reform in DC

Frustrated with the pace of action to overhaul the country’s immigration system, thousands of demonstrators descended on the nation’s capital, waving American flags and holding homemade signs.

Boston Herald

Rally for immigration reform

YouTube

Senators set for fight on financial reform

The tactics Republicans deploy as the Senate Banking Committee begins hashing out new rules for financial products, banks and derivatives could signal whether a bipartisan bill will emerge.

Reuters

HEALTH

Gene-manipulation cancer therapy could be a breakthrough

For the first time in humans, scientists have successfully used a gene-manipulation therapy to enter tumor cells and block the production of toxic proteins that are causing cancer, researchers report.

HealthDay

American kids more obese than ever

We've been told repeatedly that childhood obesity is a growing problem, but a study now suggests it's even worse than previously thought.

Consumer Affairs

ENVIRONMENT

Demise of coral, salamander show impact of the Web

The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones.

ABC News

Special section:

Endangered species

Guardian

Artificial wetlands raise hopes for waterfowl recovery in Colo.

After years of declines in the number of ducks visiting Colorado, wildlife advocates are hoping to woo the waterfowl back with artificial wetlands designed to give the birds places to nest and rest.

Denver Post

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Texting, live chatting are redefining sense of being together, apart

Digital communication is allowing people to keep in such constant communication that it has begun to change the sense of what it means to feel together or apart.

Seattle Times

Google traffic dominates the Internet

Like a giant gravity-bending star, Google has grown so massive it is starting to have a measurable effect on Internet traffic flows.

PC World

Facebook tightens its grip on Google

Times Online

China accuses Google of political agenda

Reuters

The rise of the app entrepreneur

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Spring equinox brings balance, at least to eggs, in modern ceremony

Donna Henes, who calls herself an urban shaman, has been conducting public ceremonies in New York City for 35 years. More than 100 people participated in Henes' spring equinox ceremony.

NPR

Growing with aquaponics

Aquaponics has a growing fan base, not least because its advantages seem too good to be true.

San Francisco Chronicle

Willard Wigan's micro art

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder. But with Willard Wigan's work, you need a microscope to decide for yourself.

CBS News

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

New technology allows paralyzed graffiti artist to draw with his eyes

A group of artists and hackers have crafted a low-cost gadget that lets a paralyzed graffiti artist continue making art using only his eyes.

NPR

Judges and lawyers race for good cause

Judges and lawyers raced against each other for a good cause. The 2nd Annual Race to the Courthouse 5k encouraged Tampa, Fla., attorneys to donate pro bono hours.

ABC News

WORLD

US-Russia arms deal days away

A senior Russian diplomat is being quoted as saying that Russia and the U.S. could complete negotiations on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty within days.

CBS News

Iraq election commission rejects calls for vote recount