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Stocks around the world tanked after the downgrade by S&P of Greek debt, which also lowered its rating on Portuguese bonds by two notches, indicating Greece's financial troubles are spreading to other eurozone countries. (Photo by Michael Probst / AP)

Comic book publisher praised for reflecting 'tolerance of Islam'

President Barack Obama gave special praise to Kuwaiti publisher Naif al-Mutawa for promoting international understanding with his "The 99" comics.

CNN

Coast Guard to burn Gulf oil slick

Authorities will start burning some of the thickest oil in a massive slick from a rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana, the Coast Guard said.

MSNBC

The tricky cleanup of a deep-water oil spill

TIME

Oil spill spreads in Gulf of Mexico

Reuters

Greece debt woes eclipse all in world markets

Greece's exploding debt crisis eclipsed all else on financial markets, knocking down global stocks and pushing the euro for a time to a one-year low against the dollar.

MSNBC

Greek debt may topple Merkel's government

The Independent

ECB may have to turn to 'nuclear option' to prevent Southern European debt collapse

Telegraph.co.uk

Calls to boycott Arizona grow over new immigration law

The law makes it a state crime to be in Arizona illegally and requires police to check suspects for immigration paperwork. It also bars people from soliciting work or hiring day laborers off the street.

Los Angeles Times

Texas lawmaker to introduce anti-immigration bill

Yahoo! News

Corrections officers lean on faith, each other to handle prisoners, stress

Members of the nondenominational Christian "Corrections Staff Fellowship" attend gatherings in Buena Vista, Colo., where they pray, read Scriptures and talk about not judging prisoners.

Denver Post

NATION

High court rules cross doesn't violate separation of church and state

The Supreme Court ruled that a white cross, erected as a war memorial and sitting on national parkland in the Mojave Desert, does not violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

CNN

Strict abortion measures enacted in Okla.

The Oklahoma Legislature voted to override vetoes of two highly restrictive abortion measures, one making it a law that women listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion.

New York Times

Bad economy delays 'adulthood'

Young Americans, like their counterparts in the early 1900s, are taking their time leaving home and becoming full-fledged adults.

LiveScience

POLITICS

Senators see privacy issue with Facebook

Four U.S. senators want Facebook to make it easier for its 400 million users to protect their privacy as the website develops new outlets to share personal information.

USA TODAY

White House press corps gripes pile up

President Barack Obama and the media actually have a surprisingly hostile relationship—as contentious as any between press and president in the last decade, White House reporters say.

Politico

BUSINESS

Senators confront Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs officials met with confrontation and blunt questioning as senators from both parties challenged them over their aggressive marketing of mortgage-based investments.

New York Times

Goldman's Tourre in the hot seat

Reuters

Unemployment pushes workers into filing for early retirement

For some older Americans who lost jobs in the Great Recession, Social Security is filling the void left when unemployment benefits run out.

NPR

Ford surges to profit

Ford Motor Co. continued to lead major automakers in recovering from the difficulties of a year ago by reporting a better-than-expected first quarter profit.

CNNMoney

Blog:

GM plant upgrades to preserve 1,600 jobs

Detroit Free Press

2010 Focus, Fusion and Taurus

Detroit Free Press

ENVIRONMENT

Cities offer discounts on green mowers to protect air quality

To help improve air quality, communities across the U.S. are offering residents vouchers and discounts toward purchase of electric or non-motorized mowers when they turn in their gas-powered mowers.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Global warming

New York Times

The deaths of lodgepole pine trees have a silver lining

It's not exactly turning a sow's ear into a silk purse, but Cobalt Technologies Inc. is aiming to transform pine-bark-beetle-killed lodgepole pines into motor fuel.

Denver Post

Storm-water ponds are chemical soups

Star Tribune

Visible from space, deadly on Earth: the gas flares of Nigeria

Shell's activities in the West African country are under scrutiny for the destructive and wasteful practice of gas flaring.

The Independent

SPORTS

Washington's Mark Emmert named new NCAA president

University of Washington president Mark Emmert was named as the NCAA's new president, emerging from a field of finalists that included Sen. Evan Bayh.

USA TODAY

Deaf icon Curtis Pride bringing big-league game to Gallaudet

When Gallaudet hired Curtis Pride to coach its baseball team, the move gave deaf athletes nationwide a chance to play for an iconic figure in their community.

USA TODAY

Is the Kentucky Derby still supreme?

Behind the pageantry and spectacle of the 136th Derby, Kentucky is confronting an unwelcome worry. After nearly a century of dominance, is the state losing its grip on the horse racing industry?

TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Lawyers, styles, and the church

It would appear these lawyers — currently pitted against each other in two abuse-related lawsuits — have little else in common. Yet each strives to help unpopular clients get treated fairly.

Religion News Service

What's God trying to tell us?

What do homosexuality, health care reform, and advertising standards all have in common? They've all ticked God off, some religious leaders say, and he's venting his frustration with Iceland's volcano.

NewsOK.com

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GOOD NEWS

Heroes from years past among those to become part of Colo. memorial

Forgotten heroes will be recognized and remembered on the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial this year.

Denver Post

Grocery chain drops trans fats

Hannaford Supermarkets has taken trans fats out of its store-brand foods, joining a global effort to eliminate the artificial ingredient from modern diets.

Portland Press Herald

WORLD

As patrols increase, Somali pirates widen their reach

Somalia's pirates are far from defeated as they pulled off another ambitious capture, seizing three Thai fishing trawlers far out into the Indian Ocean.

TIME

China ends ban on HIV visitors before Shanghai Expo