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In this file photo Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., from left, with Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., take part in a news conference about climate change legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Harry Hamburg / AP)

A yoga manifesto

Yoga is definitely big business these days. A 2008 poll estimated that spending on yoga classes and products had almost doubled since 2004, from $2.95 billion to $5.7 billion.

New York Times

Miss. tornado kills 10

Rescuers combed neighborhoods in Mississippi, ferrying the injured on all-terrain vehicles where roads were impassable after a tornado sliced through the state and killed at least 10 people.

Chicago Sun-Times

In pictures: Miss. tornado

BBC

Tornado kills at least 10 in Miss.

NECN

Graham pulls support for climate bill

Senator Lindsey Graham has issued a protest over what he says are Democratic plans to give priority to a debate on immigration policy rather than the Senate's comprehensive energy and climate bill.

New York Times

Ariz. immigration law: Embarrassment or way forward for Republicans?

Christian Science Monitor

Iran test-fires 5 missiles in Gulf war games

Iran's Revolutionary Guards test-fired five missiles during war games in a waterway crucial for global oil supplies, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.

Reuters

US confident it could intercept an Iranian missile

Google News

Wall Street Journal revs up old rivalry with NY Times

Rupert Murdoch is racheting up the challenge his Wall Street Journal poses to The New York Times. The Journal will be launching a metro section that will vie for readers and advertisers on the Times' turf.

Kansas City Star

NATION

Guantanamo court to review Canadian's torture claim

The first Guantanamo tribunal of the Obama era will examine whether U.S. forces tortured a confession from a Canadian accused of murdering an American soldier in Afghanistan.

Reuters

US renews call for Iran to release hikers

The Obama administration renewed calls for Iran to release three American hikers detained for nine months and also appealed to the Iranian government to issue their families visas to visit them.

TIME

POLITICS

Senate GOP wants spotlight on White House-focused lobbying

Senate Republicans have discussed putting greater scrutiny on lobbying activities focused on the Obama administration.

The Hill

Obama speaks for miners after W.Va. mining disaster

Coal has helped divide President Barack Obama from the people of this heavily Democratic state. For one day, however, it will bring the president and West Virginians together, at least briefly.

MSNBC

Wall Street still bullish on Massey despite recent mine blast

NPR

HEALTH

Redefining longevity

Garnett Beckman says she'd prefer to just be known as a little old lady who walks. Telling her age proved to be an impediment when she wanted to hike the Grand Canyon at age 75 — no one would take her.

ABC News

No gaming of hospital 'report cards' seen

Fears that hospitals would try to boost their published quality ratings by turning away sicker patients have not been borne out, at least in one large state, researchers said.

MedPage Today

SPORTS

Mauer power: AL MVP gets 5 hits as Twins rally past Royals in 12

Joe Mauer matched a career high with five hits, Denard Span singled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning and Jon Rauch finally closed out the Twins' 9-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

USA TODAY

Twins' disputed final out

MLB.com

Sharks close out 5-2 win over Avs

Joe Pavelski scored two goals to lift the San Jose Sharks to a series-clinching 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

'Last and best shot' at climate change bill hangs by a thread

President Barack Obama's hopes for winning climate change legislation in this Congress appeared to be hanging by a thread.

The Hill

Colo. law will retire, or retrofit, coal-fired power plants

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed into law the Colorado Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act which requires Xcel Energy to cut nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 80 percent by the end of 2017.

Environmental News Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope will make historic apology for abuse

Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make the first general apology for the abuse of children and minors by Roman Catholic priests at the climax of the International Year for Priests, Vatican sources say.

The Independent

Tennesseans to flout federal court's ruling on National Day of Prayer

Despite a Wisconsin federal judge's ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional, all scheduled events will go on in Murfreesboro and Smyrna, Tennessee, this year.

The Tennessean

National Day of Prayer legal?

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Study: Bullies home in on gays

A groundbreaking new Harvard study has found that gay people are far more likely to be tormented as youngsters, often leading to years of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Boston Herald

'America: The Story of Us' gives a docudrama sheen to US history

The History channel, a traditional source of the grand historical narrative, launches its most ambitious effort to date — a 12-hour, six-part survey covering 400 years of American history.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Army of volunteers spruces up neighborhoods, schools

About 55 volunteers spent the morning picking up garbage in the Ville neighborhood in St. Louis as part of St. Louis Serves Day.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Denver Health opens fun center catering to ill kids

A 3,300-square-foot, state-of-the-art therapeutic and education play area was unveiled at Denver Health Medical Center, designed to be a place where sick children can simply be kids.

Denver Post

Students hope they're making secret donors proud

More than 1,500 graduates of Kalamazoo Public Schools in Michigan have shared in $17 million from a program called the Promise, which covers or defrays tuition for students in the district.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

UN effort to end malaria deaths