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A Supreme Court without Protestants?

For most of American history, a Supreme Court with no Protestant Christian judges would have been unthinkable. Nearly three quarters of all justices who've served on the nation's high court have been Protestant.

CNN

Special section:

Who will replace Justice Stevens?

MSNBC

Large distributors slow to embrace local food movement

Local produce and meat are projected to be the two most popular items on restaurant menus this year, according to the National Restaurant Association.

NPR

Iran, US take nuclear cases to UN stage

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brings his nuclear case to N.Y., turning a U.N. conference into a stage for Tehran's long-running showdown with the Western powers over its uranium enrichment program.

ABC News

The US braces for Ahmadinejad's visit

TIME

Special section:

Iran nuclear chronology

CBS News

Left sees chance to beef up bank bill

Sensing the political wind at their backs, activist groups on the left are planning a push this week to shape the Wall Street reform bill on the Senate floor.

Politico

Blog:

Regulatory rounds

New York Times

Consumer spending up, savings at 18-month low

U.S. consumer spending rose in March for a sixth straight month as households pushed savings to a 1 1/2 year low, evidence consumers were taking a bigger role in the manufacturing-led recovery.

Reuters

NATION

Huge water pipe breach imperils Boston

An unprecedented break in a 10-foot pipe deprived 2 million Boston residents of clean drinking water and sent health officials and law enforcement racing to deploy emergency conservation and boil orders.

Boston Herald

Drinking water to be restored within days

Patriot Leger

Owner of NYC car bomb SUV traced

Police investigating a terror attack that could have set off a deadly fireball in Times Square focused on finding a man who was videotaped shedding his shirt near the SUV where the bomb was found.

CBS News

Storms kill at least 15 in Tenn., Miss.

A devastating and deadly line of thunderstorms rocked Tennessee and northern Mississippi, killing at least 11 people.

Houston Chronicle

Tour of record flooding in Tenn.

The Weather Channel

POLITICS

Financial overhaul likely to be major highlight in Dodd's political career

Scarcely four months after helping to shepherd the health care overhaul through the Senate, Christopher J. Dodd is once again at the center of the most urgent item on the president's agenda.

Hartford Courant

UK election: Vote battle intensifies for final 3 days

David Cameron has claimed he "has the momentum now" as the parties begin the final few days of campaigning ahead of the general election.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FCC Chairman Genachowski expected to leave broadband services deregulated

The FCC Chairman wants to keep broadband services deregulated, even as a federal court decision exposed weaknesses in the agency's ability to watchdog over companies providing access to the Web.

Washington Post

Web’s users against its gatekeepers

New York Times

IPad appears to be clicking with seniors

Apple's new gizmo appears to be resonating well with older adults, who see the 10-inch computer as a device that speaks to their particular needs.

San Francisco Chronicle

Woolly mammoth's survival secret: antifreeze blood

Mammoths had more than woolly coats to protect them from the frigid conditions of their stomping grounds. They had a form of antifreeze blood that kept them supplied with oxygen in the sub-zero temperatures.

Guardian

SPORTS

Kobe takes over late as Lakers rally to beat Jazz in game

Bryant scored 11 of his 31 points in the final four minutes, and the Lakers blew a late lead before rallying for a 104-99 victory.

ESPN

Wigginton propels Baltimore Orioles to sweep of Red Sox

Ty Wigginton doubled home the winning run following a throwing error by Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 victory and their first three-game sweep of the Red Sox.

Baltimore Sun

Sharks bite Red Wings again, lead series

Joe Thornton's third-period goal and Joe Pavelski's two power play goals led the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings in their second Western Conference semifinals game.

Detroit Free Press

NHL second round playoffs

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

ADB to lend 70 million dollars for Thailand solar plant

The Asian Development Bank approved a loan of 70 million dollars to finance a 73-megawatt solar power plant in central Thailand, the bank announced.

Earth Times

BP vows to clean up US oil slick

Oil giant BP has acknowledged it is "absolutely responsible" for cleaning up a huge oil spill after an accident at one of its wells off the U.S. coast.

BBC

EDUCATION

School tries to prove doubters wrong

On the east side of Waterloo, a town northeast of Des Moines, Iowa, two schoolhouses stand together, the symbols of a troubled school's past and future.

Des Moines Register

Student foresaw webcam troubles

In hindsight, the e-mail looks eerily prophetic. A high school student expressed his concern to the top technology administrator well before the district began handing out laptops to students.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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GOOD NEWS

Act of kindness in kids' Springfield, Mo., garden lifts young volunteers' spirits

The Daisy Scout Troop populated the flower bed near the school entrance with 100 tulip, daffodil and hyacinth bulbs, plus pansies, ferns and a flowering dogwood.

STLtoday.com

Harley workers garden, help the hungry

Because of T.J. Dixon's February labors, hundreds of hungry people in Kansas City will benefit this summer — one of the toughest seasons for food donations.

Kansas City Star

WORLD

Norway builds humane prison

Unlike many American prisons, the air isn't tinged with the smell of sweat and urine. Instead, in Norway's newest prison, the scent of orange sorbet emanates from where inmates take cooking courses.

TIME

Israel to open peace talks with security, water demands