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Virtual reality makes real-world cash, boosts self-esteem

Worldwide, millions are offering up their credit cards to create their own avatar in "Wee World," advance their criminal empire in "Mafia World," or explore, interact and travel in a virtual world in "Second Life."

ABC News

Can the Web, social networks improve metropolitan Detroit region?

Detroit Free Press

Goldman Sachs charged with $1B fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Goldman Sachs Group Inc., accusing the company of defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts that contributed to the financial crisis.

Bloomberg

Thai protest leaders elude capture

Thai commandos staged a raid to capture some leaders of the anti-government protests that have gridlocked parts of Bangkok for more than a month, a senior government official said.

New York Times

Thai PM delays speech after botched arrests

Reuters

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Protesters settle into city

BBC

Federal judge strikes down National Day of Prayer statute

A federal judge in Wisconsin struck down the federal statute that established the National Day of Prayer, finding it in violation of the constitutional ban on government-backed religion.

CNN

Earth's missing heat could haunt us later, report reveals

The rise in greenhouse gases means far more energy is coming into Earth's climate system than is going out, but half of that energy is missing and could reappear as another sign of climate change.

Reuters

NATION

Obama widens some medical rights for same-sex partners

President Barack Obama ordered new rules issued aimed at granting hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners, and making it easier for gays and lesbians to make medical decisions on behalf of their partners.

New York Times

Special section:

Read the memo

NPR

Tea party names its heroes and targets

Leaders of the Tea Party Express marked Tax Day by celebrating their efforts over the last year and unveiling a list of "heroes" and "targets" for November's midterm elections.

CNN

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Tax Day tea parties

Huffington Post

Budget, taxes, economic policy

Polling Report

Teachers reach agreement on deal with New York City on misconduct system

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the city’s teachers union have agreed to do away with “rubber rooms” and speed up hearings for teachers accused of wrongdoing.

New York Times

Crist vetoes bill on teacher merit pay

Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Supreme imbalance: Court leans heavy on Harvard and Yale

When Justice John Paul Stevens retires this summer, the eight remaining members of the Supreme Court will be comprised entirely of legal minds trained at two law schools: Harvard and Yale.

McClatchy Newspapers

The cost of 'no'

The Republican Party has assumed the mantle of "the party of no." But at what cost to taxpayers? Here's a breakdown of the most expensive word in American political history.

Vanity Fair

HEALTH

E. coli declines, but other foodborne illnesses a worry

U.S. officials report a continuing decline in food-related illnesses caused by several common bacteria, including the most virulent form of E. coli.

HealthDay

H1N1 fading, but not gone

MedPage Today

Health insurance companies' fast food holdings raise red flag

The investments of large insurers of health, disability and long term care in fast food chains like McDonald's and Pizza Hut have raised the interest of a study in the American Journal of Public Health.

CBS News

EDUCATION

San Jose State to lay off 76 staff and eliminate 49 positions in budget crunch

Faced with an $18 million shortfall, San Jose State announced that it will lay off 76 staff members, eliminate 49 vacant positions, reduce part-time faculty and cut operating expenses.

San Jose Mercury News

Advocates push for a new definition of career readiness

As educators push schools to produce high school graduates who are ready to succeed in college or good jobs, an association is trying to influence policy by defining what it considers to be "career readiness."

Education Week

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

More people are turning to the Web to watch favorite shows

TVs come in all shapes and sizes, but more and more viewers aren't getting their fill of sitcoms from televisions at all. They're getting it online.

Houston Chronicle

Broadcasters team up for mobile TV service

CNET News

Hate speech flying like bullets in games

Online game players trade racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic insults so frequently that game makers are taking steps to tone down the rhetoric.

Sydney Morning Herald

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Private libraries scramble to rescue endangered books from time's ravages

Inside a locked reading room atop a staircase at the Salem Athenaeum, hundreds of theological books — including some that are nearly 500 years old — are once again stirring up debate.

Religion News Service

Africa goes to church, the mosque and the witch doctor

In his cramped hut at the end of an alleyway in the coastal Tanzanian town of Bagamoyo, traditional healer Dr. Msilo treats patients for a variety of mental and physical problems.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Heroic NYC Transit driver helps man escape burning SUV

A Staten Island bus driver was hailed a hero for helping a man escape from an SUV that burst into flames after a crash.

NY Daily News

Heimlich maneuver by fan saves woman at Yankee game

Army medic John Stone was enjoying a game at Yankee Stadium when he and his brother spotted a commotion ten rows in front of them: A woman was choking.

CBS News

WORLD

Vote counting on after Sudan poll

Sudan has begun counting millions of ballots after five days of voting in its first multiparty elections in 24 years.

Al Jazeera

How soccer could sway Britain's election