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Arkansas Senate Democratic candidate, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter places his ballot in the tabulating machine after voting in North Little Rock, Ark. Halter is looking to unseat Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. (Photo by Carlos Osorio / AP)

Entrepreneurs enter space race

Four years from now, a Nevada company plans to launch modules to be assembled into the solar system’s first private space station — allowing paying customers to arrive a year later.

New York Times

Oil spills escalated in this decade

The number of spills from offshore oil rigs and pipelines in U.S. waters more than quadrupled this decade, a trend that could have served as a warning for the massive leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

USA TODAY

Oil spill's erratic geography fuels angst

CBS News

Obama 'would have fired BP chief'‎

BBC

Democrats, Republicans face angry and unpredictable electorate

Anxious incumbents made their final pitch to primary voters, mindful that they could be the next to fall in an unpredictable election year that has claimed several veteran lawmakers.

MSNBC

Special section:

Hot races 2010: interactive map

CBS News

America's frustration index

ABC News

Russia, Turkey and Iran meet, posing test for US

Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran convened at a security summit meeting in Istanbul in a display of regional power that appeared to be calculated to test the U.S.

New York Times

Ahmadinejad warns West not to miss last Iran nuclear 'opportunity'

Christian Science Monitor

New sanctions against Iran?

CNN

US behind Libya in Global Peace Index

The 2010 Global Peace Index is an attempt to quantify which countries are the most secure. New Zealand is No. 1, Iraq is last, and the U.S. is in the middle.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

US soldier arrested over Iraq video

A U.S. soldier serving in Iraq has been arrested for allegedly leaking a classified combat video to a whistleblower website, Wikileaks, last year.

Al Jazeera

10 foreign troops killed in Afghanistan

Guardian

1 killed in Texas gas explosion

A large natural gas line in north Texas erupted after utility workers accidentally hit the line, sending a column of fire into the air and leaving one worker missing hours after the blast, officials said.

MSNBC

Counting on medicaid money, states face fiscal shortfalls

At least 30 states will have to close larger-than-anticipated shortfalls in the coming fiscal year unless Congress passes a six-month extension of increased federal spending on Medicaid.

New York Times

POLITICS

Spending fears threaten Dem agenda

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heard gripes from members not happy about having to vote on a big spending measure at a time when many voters think government growth and deficits are out of control.

Politico

Helen Thomas retires after Israel flap

Longtime Washington journalist Helen Thomas abruptly retired as a columnist for Hearst News Service following remarks she made about Israel that were denounced by the White House and her colleagues.

San Francisco Chronicle

BUSINESS

Small businesses turn more optimistic

U.S. small businesses are slightly more optimistic about their economic outlook than they have been in the last two years but are still not ready to expand staffs and boost capital spending.

CNBC

Airlines halt 3-year slide in consumer-satisfaction ratings

North American airlines ended three years of declining customer-satisfaction ratings as fares dropped, more flights arrived on time and fewer bags were lost, according to a J.D. Power & Associates survey.

BusinessWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA Rover finds clue to Mars' past

Rocks examined by NASA's Spirit Mars Rover hold evidence of a wet, non-acidic ancient environment that may have been favorable for life.

ScienceDaily

Earth and moon formed later than thought

The collision that formed the Earth and moon is now believed to have happened up to 150 million years after the formation of the solar system.

ScienceDaily

On newest iPhone, additional camera

Apple unveiled a 4th generation of its iPhone, called the iPhone 4, that contained an additional camera and a gyroscope that may unlock new uses for the device.

New York Times

Next smartphone battleground: video chat

CNBC

iPhone gets a facelift

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Clearing Haiti's streets of rubbish means clearing crime too

Piles of concrete rubble from destroyed buildings block the streets and turn the twisting, congested roads into a nightmare of honking horns and exhaust fumes.

Environment News Service

The gowns are green — philosophically

Animo Venice Charter High School is among a number of campuses that are adopting environmentally friendly graduation garb made from either renewable wood fibers or recycled plastic bottles.

Los Angeles Times

Denver has busted the urban farming’s yuppie stereotype

This year the nonprofit Denver Urban Gardens will support the construction of its 100th community garden. The gardens are a kaleidoscope of ages, ethnicities, socio-economic strata and motivations.

Grist

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GOOD NEWS

Auction Napa Valley loosens up

Wine Country's biggest annual charity event celebrated its 30th anniversary over the weekend with a haul of $8.51 million, a good rebound from 2009's $5.7 million.

San Francisco Chronicle

Abandoned Vietnamese churches get new Texas home

Two years ago, Austin developer Whit Hanks found himself the proud owner of a disassembled Vietnamese church. The chapel at Camp Lucy was purchased in Vietnam and reassembled in Texas.

USA TODAY

WORLD

Global jitters as Britain, Germany announce severe spending cuts

Europe's debt crisis sent more shockwaves around the world as Britain's new prime minister announced drastic cutbacks in government spending and Germany went ahead with its own austerity plans.

Los Angeles Times

Spanish public sector on strike against austerity plan