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Family members of victims of a car bomb react in front of a hospital in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. At least 38 people were killed and 64 wounded in the blast when a car parked in front of a restaurant exploded just before noon. (Photo by Adem Hadei / AP)

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Pope 'ashamed' of clergy abuse

Pope Benedict XVI said he was "deeply ashamed" of the clergy sexual abuse scandal that stained the Catholic church and will work to make sure pedophiles don't become priests.

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USA Today

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Victims: Pope Benedict protects accused bishops

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ABC News

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Pope may find US on his wavelength

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BBC

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Papal preparations

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MSNBC

Sen. Arlen Specter's cancer returns

Hodgkin's disease, which Sen. Arlen Specter, the 78-year-old Pennsylvania Republican battled in 2005, recurs, but early prognosis is helpful and his re-election campaign continues.

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CNN

Bombings kill 60 in Iraq

Bombings killed at least 60 people in three major cities in Iraq. The deadliest attack happened in the Baquba when a car bomb detonated outside a restaurant, killing 40 people and wounding 75.

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CNN

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Iraq violence, in figures

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McCain proposes gas tax cut

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Reuters

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Crude-oil futures, motor gasoline set new records

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MarketWatch

Single parents costing taxpayers $112B

Divorce and out-of-wedlock childbearing cost U.S. taxpayers more than $112 billion a year, according to a study commissioned by four groups advocating more government action to bolster marriages.

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CNN

Air crash in Africa kills more than 80

A plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Goma airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 83 passengers and crew on board, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

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NATION

Battle over sect children begins

More than two dozen women who belong to a reclusive polygamous sect said in a rare public appearance that they felt lied to by state officials and pleaded for their 416 children to be returned to them.

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Mothers tell their side of polygamy story

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MSNBC

Mo. House passes bill that bars federal Real ID compliance

The Missouri House has approved a bill that prohibits the state from complying with the federal Real ID Act, which sets national standards for data included on state driver’s licenses.

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Kansas City Star

Supreme Court turns down appeal from imprisoned boy killer

An imprisoned killer who was 12 years old when he committed a double murder, and then was given a 30-year sentence, was denied a hearing by the Supreme Court.

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Should child rapists be executed? High court to rule

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McClatchy Newspapers

POLITICS

Did Obama's remarks make Pennsylvania voters bitter?

Barack Obama lashed out at his presidential rivals for calling him an elitist, and spent another campaign day trying to explain his comment implying that white gun owners and churchgoers are bitter.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Obama's name in Rezko trial

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Chicago Sun-Times

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Davis apologizes to Obama over 'boy'

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Lexington Herald-Leader

Pa. steelworkers want more than just tough talk on China

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have both promised to get tough with China on trade policy, but steelworkers in Pennsylvania say they want more specifics.

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The Hill

Hillary Clinton to appear on 'Colbert'

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will make her first appearance on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."

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Hillary to Bill: I can take care of myself

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Delta aims for a merger that works

Historically, airline mergers haven't been pretty, but Delta thinks it can beat the odds.

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The Street

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Clear skies for Delta takeover of Northwest

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Reuters

Intel forecast tops analysts' estimates

Intel Corp. posted first-quarter profit that met analysts' estimates and forecast sales that may top projections as demand holds up in the face of an economic slowdown, sending the shares up 8 percent.

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Bloomberg

Foreclosures soar in March

The worst is still to come, as adjustable-rate mortgages will peak in May and June, leading to home losses in second half of year.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

US scientists to study Arctic smog

Scientists from three federal agencies are now engaged in the most ambitious effort yet to measure airborne pollutants in the Arctic and gauge their effect on the region's climate.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Clean air at Olympics 'no problem,' according to China

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SPORTS

NFL announces regular season schedule

The NFL schedule for the 2008 season from the Washington Redskins at the Super Bowl champion New York Giants in early September to the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in Honolulu in February is here.

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ESPN

Roddick puts US in Davis Cup semis

Andy Roddick beats Paul-Henri Mathieu to send the United States past France and into Davis Cup semis.

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GOOD NEWS

At 60, tennis player still nets wins on college level

Phoenix resident Sheila Johnson is the oldest active collegiate tennis player in the country, but that hasn't stopped her from making an impact. She's 11-6 in singles play and 7-10 in doubles.

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WORLD

Colombia volcano forces evacuations

Colombia's Nevado del Huila volcano has erupted in a shower of hot ash, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of people and declare a state of alert.

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CBS News

Carter defends meeting with Hamas

Jimmy Carter has kicked off his tour of the Middle East with a visit to the southern Israeli town of Sderot, saying isolating Hamas was counterproductive.

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Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe police deploy as opposition urges strike

Zimbabwe's police deployed water cannons and military vehicles in the capital, Harare, after the main opposition party called for a general strike to protest the delay in announcing election results.

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Bloomberg

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

J.K. Rowling near tears in fight to halt 'Harry Potter' guide

Feisty Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says a Michigan librarian has cast an evil spell that has left her with a bad case of writer's block.

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Harry Potter encyclopedia is plagirism

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mLive.com

'DC madam' now official

A jury found Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who had been dubbed the "D.C. madam" by the media, guilty of running a prostitution ring here in the nation's capital.

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Graffiti 2.0: high tech and temporary

The artists behind the Graffiti Research Lab have perfected a unique form of temporary high-tech graffiti they call laser tagging that utilizes a laser pointer in lieu of paint, a projector in place of a spray.

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TIME

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Laser tagging in Vienna

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RELIGION

Buddhist bells ring message of peace

Bells tolled in some 80 Buddhist temples in Japan, China and Korea to mark the birthday of a ninth-century itinerant Japanese monk and spread his message of peace.

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Reuters

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Dalai Lama conference ends with call for 'compassionate action'

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Television star rips Scientology

He’s been featured in numerous TV dramas such as "Criminal Minds," "Numb3rs" and "CSI." Now Jason Beghe has left the church and has a lot to say.

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Fox News

EDUCATION

Credit crunch goes to college

Last year, students borrowed $77 billion to pay for higher education, according to a report from the College Board.

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Forbes

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mac clone site back online

PsyStar Corp. said it had "no comment" about how it will address legal issues in Apple Inc.'s licensing agreement that bans installation of Mac OS X on hardware made by others.

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Bubble and bust

A new study links high testosterone levels in male financial traders to profits, but too much of the hormone can have the opposite effect.

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Newsweek

HEALTH

Safety of plastic bottles questioned

The chemical found in many plastic and plastic-lined containers could be linked to health problems according to the Department of Health and Human Services' National Toxicology Program.

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ABC News

Malt-O-Meal recalled cereals linked to salmonella outbreak; 23 people ill

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has linked breakfast cereal recalled by Malt-O-Meal last week to a salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 23 people in 14 states.

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St. Louis Business Journal

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

More graduates lack skills to win jobs

Almost half of leading companies failed to find suitable graduates to fill vacancies last year despite record numbers of students leaving higher education, a new study shows.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Ranger Arnold Nakata from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park approaches a skylight in a lava tube to measure the levels of hazardous gases being discharged from the opening near Kalapana, Hawaii. (Photo by David Jordan / AP)

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