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Sally Taylor sits by herself as she joins a group of people protesting the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in Frankfort, Ky. (Photo by Ed Reinke / AP )

13 dead as flooding follows severe storm from Texas to Ohio

Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks in the nation's midsection.

MSNBC

Severe storms hit North Texas

USA Today

Heparin linked to 21 deaths was modified

The main ingredient in recalled Heparin was modified to yield the contaminant linked to as many as 21 deaths among users of the popular blood thinner, the Food and Drug Administration said.

Baltimore Sun

Bush touts Iraq progress; protesters converge on D.C.

As protesters converged on Washington, D.C., to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, President Bush touted the "hard-fought" progress that has been made in the country.

The Hill

Tracking a reborn Iraqi Army

International Herald Tribune

Poll: Most Americans say war not worth it

CBS News

Five years in Iraq

TIME

Justices lean toward individual right to bear arms

Though many Supreme Court justices appeared to lean in favor of an individual right to have a handgun, they diverged over whether such a decision would still allow D.C.'s law to stay in place.

U.S. News & World Report

Fed housing regulator takes new steps to ease home-loan crisis

McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

10 million baby boomers face Alzheimer's, report predicts

An estimated 10 million American baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's disease in their lifetime, placing enormous strains on the U.S. health-care system, a new report predicts.

LiveScience

Cheney again links Iraq invasion to 9/11

Vice President Dick Cheney defended the toppling of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as part of the struggle against terrorism following the 9/11 attacks.

McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Clinton tries to keep revote plan alive

Sen. Clinton’s hopes of new contests in Florida and Michigan grew dim as Florida officially scuttled plans for a new vote and Michigan lawmakers appeared far from a deal.

MSNBC

Plan for new Michigan Democratic primary falters

Reuters

Webb urges McCain to sign onto GI bill

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., is calling on Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to sign on as a co-sponsor to his GI bill, which would improve educational benefits to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Hill

McCain corrects himself on Iran

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Wanted in stores: your tax rebate money

The government's tax rebate stimulus is weeks away. But retailers worried about a consumer slowdown are already planning several ways for you to spend that windfall in their stores.

CNNMoney

FBI subprime mortgage probe expands

Criminal investigations have been launched against 17 companies in the fallout of the subprime mortgage collapse, the FBI disclosed.

ABC News

Stocks Rally Amid Rate Cut

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Are humans meant to be monogamous?

News of politicians' extramarital affairs seems to be in no short supply lately, but if humans were cut from exactly the same cloth as other mammals, a faithful spouse would be an unusual phenomenon.

LiveScience

Microsoft releases Vista SP1

After many rumors as to when Windows Vista would get its much-anticipated first service pack looked improbable, Microsoft has finally dropped SP1 on the masses.

Ars Technica

HEALTH

For amputees, an unlikely painkiller: simple mirrors

Dr. Jack Tsao, a Navy neurologist, was searching for a treatment for amputees suffering "phantom limb pain," when he tried an unusual approach using a simple $20 mirror.

CNN

New Ob/Gyn guidelines stir ethics and legal debates

The Bush administration says new ethics guidelines written by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists may violate federal "conscience" laws.

NPR

EDUCATION

States to get leeway on school sanctions

The Bush administration is trying to address one of the complaints about No Child Left Behind: It treats schools the same, regardless of whether they fail to meet annual benchmarks.

USA Today

Why good students don't reach college

Support during the complex application process is key, a new Chicago study finds.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Iraq 5 years on

Economist

Editorial:

Obama's courageous speech on race and religion

International Herald Tribune

Column:

If you must tap 401(k), a loan is best

Houston Chronicle

Column:

China's pollution nightmare is now everyone's pollution nightmare

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

What if the Fed fails?

Real Clear Politics

Column (Fouad Ajami):

Running on the family name

U.S. News & World Report

Column (Devin Gordon):

Why everybody hates Duke

Newsweek

Column (Fred Kaplan):

Have 5 years accomplished anything?

Slate

Column (Michael Dawson):

Was it too little, too late for Obama?

Root

Column (Lawrence Bobo):

Race in America

Root

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GOOD NEWS

Phone message recovered from man's late wife

An 80-year-old man can hear his late wife's voice again, any time he wants. Verizon has recovered a lost message recorded by Charles Whiting's wife, Catherine, before her death in 2005.

USA Today

WORLD

Protesters 'surrender in Tibet'

More than 100 people have turned themselves in to police following anti-China riots in Tibet's main city, Lhasa, Chinese state media have said.

BBC

Pictures: Tibet rioters face Chinese military

Times Online

US backs Egyptian effort to mediate Israel-Hamas cease-fire

The Bush administration is using Egypt as an intermediary to open a channel between Israel and representatives of Hamas, in what some diplomats say could be a softening of the U.S. stance.

International Herald Tribune

Polish parliament to examine Poland's participation at Beijing Olympics

A total boycott is not the only way to voice a country's displeasure towards an Olympic host, said Polish parliamentarian Karol Karsk.

Epoch Times

ENVIRONMENT

Global warming hastens springtime

The fingerprints of man-made climate change are evident in seasonal timing changes for thousands of species on Earth, according to studies and a report by the Nobel Prize-winning scientists.

MSNBC

Collared greens: how to green your pet

Can we lighten the eco-pawprint of our pets? Today's marketplace offers everything from eco-friendly kibbles, collars and chew toys to beds, leashes and kitty litter.

Grist

States to kill sea lions to save salmon

Washington and Oregon can start killing sea lions that feed on migrating salmon to help preserve dwindling U.S. Pacific Northwest salmon populations, a federal agency said.

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Most expensive champagne in the world

Champagne producer Perrier-Jouët, the world's fourth largest producer with about 2 million bottles produced a year, will soon launch the first tailor-made champagne in history, called "By and For."

ABC News

Author Arthur C. Clarke dies

Author Arthur C. Clarke, whose science fiction and non-fiction works ranged from the script for "2001: A Space Odyssey" to an early proposal for communications satellites, has died at age 90.

CNN

SPORTS

A dented dynasty? Not so fast

Rick Hendrick will spend the first off weekend of NASCAR's Sprint Cup season facing a tough decision on reeling in stiff competition.

USA Today

BoSox end threatened boycott

The Boston Red Sox ended a threatened boycott of their final spring training game in Florida, resolving a dispute over paying coaches for the season-opening trip to Japan.

Sports Illustrated

RELIGION

Christians, Muslims move ahead on global talks

Religious leaders plan to meet this year in the United States, Britain and at the Vatican to defuse tensions.

Christian Science Monitor

Actor quits big break on rabbis' orders

Abraham Karpen, 25, was cast as Natalie Portman's husband in the film "New York I Love You." When his rabbis found out, they ordered him to withdraw from the film or face punishment.

ABC News

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