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A protester wearing a Rupert Murdoch mask poses with a puppet of Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron in London. News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch defended his media career, saying that he never called in favors from the powerful people his papers covered. (Photo by Matt Dunham / AP)

The camera continues to defy the smartphone onslaught

While most attention in the gadget world is on the breakneck pace of innovation in mobile phones, tablets and computers, another device has resolutely refused to die: the camera.

Reuters

Google’s drive to dominate your digital life

Sydney Morning Herald

Romney turns toward raising money and reconciling with Santorum

With the Republican presidential nomination all but in hand, Mitt Romney is refocusing his efforts on challenging President Barack Obama, raising cash and reconciling with onetime primary rival Rick Santorum.

San Jose Mercury News

Special section:

Who will run with Romney?

CNN

Rupert Murdoch grilled by British ethics panel

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch testified he held no anger towards Prime Minister David Cameron for setting up the wide-ranging inquiry into media ethics run by one of the country’s senior judges.

CBS News

Gordon Brown ‘was not of balanced mind,’ says Rupert Murdoch

The Independent

Rupert Murdoch evidence — live

BBC

Special section:

Leveson inquiry

Guardian

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile days after India’s launch

Pakistan successfully launched an upgraded ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, days after its neighbor and rival India conducted its own missile test, the Pakistani military said.

CBS News

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Pakistan missile test

Msnbc.com

How to handle little liars

Researchers are taking a new interest in children’s lying, using experiments to explore its role in development and applying the results to court cases pertaining to bullying and other problems.

Wall Street Journal

NATION

Shifts are being detected in support for death penalty

The campaign to abolish the death penalty has been freshly invigorated this month in a series of actions that supporters say represents evidence that America is losing its taste for capital punishment.

USA TODAY

US charges ex-BP engineer obstructed probe after the spill

A former BP engineer has been arrested and charged with intentionally destroying evidence related to how much oil was spilling from the company’s broken well.

Reuters

Special section:

BP oil spill

Guardian

Student debt: How big a risk does it pose to the economy?

Student debt represents a financial challenge for America, some economists say, but in a way that’s different from the big buildup in mortgage debt that led to a deep recession.

Christian Science Monitor

Negotiating the college funding labyrinth

NPR

POLITICS

Supreme Court hears arguments over Ariz. immigration law

Crowds began arriving early at the U.S. Supreme Court as justices prepared to consider the fate of what many consider the toughest state immigration law in the country.

USA TODAY

Arizona’s controversial immigration law arrives at the Supreme Court

NPR

Gingrich to suspend campaign after a tough primary race

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will suspend his presidential candidacy after winning just two primaries and falling behind in the delegate count to Mitt Romney, his party’s presumptive nominee.

BusinessWeek

BUSINESS

Orders for US goods decrease by the most in 3 years

Orders for U.S. durable goods fell in March by the most in three years, indicating manufacturing will contribute less to growth this year.

Bloomberg

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Debt crisis: live

Telegraph.co.uk

The billionaire who wants to remake downtown Las Vegas

Meet Tony Hsieh — a 38-year-old CEO who plans to invest $350 million of his own fortune to remake downtown Las Vegas.

TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

More churches turning to social media

No matter where you live, you can go to church — so to speak — with Christ Fellowship in McKinney, Texas, which is on board with almost every high-tech gambit under heaven.

Huffington Post

Muslims in Europe dogged by violence

Muslims living in Europe face discrimination in education, employment and religious freedom, according to an Amnesty International report.

CNN

Special section:

Islam

Guardian

HEALTH

Mad cow case confirmed in California

The first U.S. case of mad cow disease in six years has been found in a dairy cow in central California, detected before it could enter the human food chain and pose any threat to consumers, officials said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Violence ages children’s DNA, shortens their chromosomes

Violence leaves long-term scars on children’s bodies — not just bruises on the skin — and also alters their DNA, causing changes that are equivalent to seven to 10 years of premature aging.

USA TODAY

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Study: how bullying and abuse may age children prematurely

(TIME)

Healthland

Health care laws leave hospitals overwhelmed by ‘permanent patients’

For Barbara Latasiewicz, home was a hospital room. The Poland native, who had cleaned homes in the Chicago area for 20 years, suffered a stroke while on the job in September 2009.

Msnbc.com

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Charity challenges: These are the getaways that give back

From hiking up volcanoes to biking around Europe, charity challenges have wide-reaching benefits. They’re not just normal holidays; rather they can actually be life-changing adventures.

The Independent

Fear of commitment drives Generation Y

America’s young adults are putting off getting married, buying houses and having kids. Gen Y’s reluctance to commit is now changing how some businesses package their services.

U.S. News & World Report

Generation Y may face least secure retirement

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Smokey Bear picked as the next space crew’s mascot

NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba said that he hopes Smokey, the mascot of the United States Forest Service, will help raise public awareness about the dangers posed by forest fires.

CBS News

Students put tech to good use in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup contest

It looked almost like a scene from an old-time video arcade: teenagers and young adults crowded around computer screens and displays, buzzing excitedly.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Discovery sparks interest in forgotten black scholar

Three years ago, just moments before sledgehammers ripped through an abandoned home in Chicago, the head of a demolition crew decided to save the contents of an old trunk in the attic.

NPR

WORLD

In Afghanistan, underground girls school defies Taliban edict, threats