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In this photo released by the Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, is seen during a visit to the Israeli navy in the northern port city of Haifa. (Photo by GPO Moshe Milner / AP)

Boy Scouts sue Philadephia to stay in HQ

The Boy Scouts of America's Philadelphia chapter has sued the City of Philadelphia in federal court to block the city's deadline for the scouts to open membership to gays and atheists, or vacate their headquarters.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Supreme Court sides with employees

The Supreme Court sided with employees who faced retaliation after complaining about race and age discrimination in rulings that drew support from conservative and liberal justices.

CBS News

Roadblocks ahead for gay marriage

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CNN

Turkey revives stalled $32 billion GAP dam and irrigation project

The initiative is designed to boost the restive southeast, where rebels have capitalized on residents' economic grievances to build support.

Christian Science Monitor

Key witness testifies in Olmert inquiry

A Long Island fund-raiser and businessman testifying in a corruption investigation told an Israeli court that he gave $150,000, mostly in cash, to the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert.

International Herald Tribune

Iowa town torn apart by deadly twister

A tornado that leveled half a town in northeast Iowa and killed seven people was the strongest to hit the state in 32 years, the National Weather Service said.

MSNBC

Tornado damage

ABC News

Civilians, police officers dead as violence erupts in Afghanistan

Violence erupted across Afghanistan, with eight civilians and four police officers dying in roadside bombings and several militants killed in a coalition forces operations.

CNN

China 'quake lake' area evacuated

Another 80,000 Chinese people are being evacuated from near a lake formed by landslides in this month's huge earthquake, state media report.

BBC

Chinese sub base prompts concerns in India

NPR

NATION

NYPD: 7 shot on busy Harlem street; police seeking gunman

At least seven people were injured during a shooting spree in the heart of Harlem. Police believe a man who had been jumped may have headed down Lenox Ave. to take revenge on his attackers.

NY Daily News

Report warns on transracial adoption

Adoptions that are "color blind" do not adequately prepare families for what they will encounter after adopting a child of a different race, a new study concluded.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Probe: US ports vulnerable to terrorists

A Department of Homeland Security program to strengthen port security has gaps terrorists could exploit to smuggle weapons of mass destruction in cargo containers.

CNN

POLITICS

McCain proposes trip to Iraq with Obama

Republican John McCain sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together.

CBS News

Obama has turned his attention to McCain

International Herald Tribune

Obama looks westward on electoral map

In New Mexico, Sen. Obama talked about honoring veterans, but his campaign aides came here believing they could win back the Mountain West from the Republicans.

Politico

McCain takes aim at Obama on financial aid for veterans

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Do Republicans want Bush's help?

President Bush has made it clear he is excited to get out on the campaign trail this election year to help Republicans keep the White House and retake Congress — but do they want his help?

Reuters

McCain campaigns with Bush, seeing pluses, minuses

Google News

BUSINESS

Consumer confidence worst since '92

Conference Board's measure falls more than expected amid concerns about a weak labor market and poor business conditions.

CNNMoney

Special section:

Extreme consumerism

MSNBC

Home prices see steepest drop in 20 years

U.S. home prices dropped at the sharpest rate in two decades during the first quarter, a closely watched index showed, a somber indication that the housing slump continues to deepen.

ABC News

Special section:

Home price changes in US metro areas

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Bush eyes conservation program

The Bush administration is considering launching one of the biggest conservation programs in U.S. history.

NPR

Extinction claims unique Chinese subspecies of ape

The white-handed gibbon, or lar gibbon, an ape subspecies that once roamed China's Yunnan province, has disappeared, a Chinese-Swiss research team has concluded.

Environment News Service

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

007's 'Q' inspires real-life innovators

While 007 is adored by millions for his fictional feats of spydom, Bond would be nothing without his enduring and endearing gadget man, Q.

NPR

US director Sydney Pollack dies

Legendary director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack died from cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 73.

BBC

HEALTH

Food banks see greater costs, need

Amid rising gas and food prices, there are a growing number of "nontraditional" food pantry clients across the country.

MSNBC

Terminally ill patients want access to experimental drugs

In an unusual alliance, Republican Sen. Sam Brownback and Democratic Rep. Diane Watson introduced legislation that would force the government to speed up its drug-approval process.

McClatchy Newspapers

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Celebrities, religious groups often go it alone in charity

These days, it seems nearly every celebrity has a pet cause, using their fame to do the kind of work that has been central to the religious community for years. But why not work together?

National Catholic Reporter

Florida Muslims sue Feds over delays in processing citizenship applications

Over two dozen Muslims joined a statewide lawsuit against Citizenship and Immigration Services and the FBI for what they called unusually lengthy delays in processing their citizenship applications.

Beliefnet

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GOOD NEWS

Obesity battle among US children may have peaked

The percentage of American children who are overweight appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.

Newsweek

Doctors try to regrow vet's finger

In an operating room in Texas, a wounded American soldier underwent a procedure that could help him regrow the finger that was lost to a bomb attack in Baghdad.

CNN

Psychiatrists offer free service to troops

Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems because the military is short on therapists.

Associated Press

WORLD

Somali pirates hijack Dutch ship

A Dutch shipping company has been in contact with Somali pirates who hijacked a ship with nine crew members as it traveled through the Gulf of Aden.

CNN

Myanmar cracks down on opposition as Suu Kyi release deadline looms

Police in Burma detained more than a dozen members of the main opposition party as the country's junta faced a deadline on whether to free the party's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Guardian

Peacekeepers 'abusing children'

Children in post-conflict areas are being abused by the very people drafted to help look after them, says Save the Children. The charity proposed an international watchdog be set up.

BBC

Report: Sex abuse by aid workers widespread

MSNBC

SPORTS

Closing arguments: Prosecutors say Graham liar, schemer

Track coach Trevor Graham orchestrated a doping scheme for his elite track athletes then lied to federal investigators about his role in it, the prosecution said in closing arguments of Graham's trial.

ESPN

Pistons beat Celtics, tie series 2-2

The Detroit Pistons provide plenty of fodder for those who want to criticize them for only playing their best when down or doubted. Antonio McDyess doesn't.

Sports Illustrated

Lakers look to rebound after loss to Spurs

NBC Sports

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws

"Amphibian horror" isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws.

New Scientist

NASA preparing Phoenix dig on Mars

After pulling off a landing on Mars, the team behind the Phoenix mission will begin making sure its equipment is ready to begin searching for the raw ingredients necessary to support life on the planet.

USA Today

Entry, descent and landing

YouTube

New chemicals may beat DEET

The study looks at another approach to find something more potent, but with less worrisome side effects, than DEET.

NPR

EDUCATION

Study: Public schools just as good as private schools

Students in public schools have math scores that are just as good if not better than those of students in private schools, according to a new national study.

LiveScience

Wake Forest University to drop ACT, SAT

Wake Forest will become the only top-30 national university in the U.S. News & World Report ranking to make the standardized tests optional.

News & Observer

Arkansas to require colleges to ask about immigration status

All Arkansas two-year and four-year colleges and universities must ask potential students if they legally live in the country, said the director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.

Education Week

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