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Members of Virginia Tech's Corps of Cadets stand in salute during the opening convocation at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va., on the campus of Virginia Tech where 33 people, including the suspected gunman, died in shootings the day before. (Photo by Chet White / The News & Advance)

Deadly storm lingers in Northeast

Floodwaters swirled through low-lying communities and evacuated residents waited for rivers to crest as a deadly spring storm lingered in the Northeast for a third day.

CNN

Spring storm hits Northeast

Yahoo! News

Flooding emergencies across tri-state area

Yahoo! News

Natural Balance recalls venison pet foods

Natural Balance Pet Foods recalled two kinds of pet food after receiving reports of animals vomiting and experiencing kidney problems, the Food and Drug Administration said.

CNN

Mayor of Japanese city Nagasaki shot

The mayor of Nagasaki, Japan was shot, a city official said, and media reports said he was unconscious and his heart had stopped.

Reuters

Professor: student's writing dripped with anger

Before Cho Seung-Hui went on a deadly shooting spree across the Virginia Tech campus, a professor concerned about his anger took him out of a teacher's creative writing class and taught him one-on-one.

CNN

Killer's note: 'You caused me to do this'

ABC News

Professor died saving lives

San Francisco Chronicle

Friends in shock

Yahoo! News

Images of North Korean reactor hint at progress of talks

North Korea may be preparing to shut down its main nuclear reactor, renewing hopes that Pyongyang will comply with a disarmament agreement days after it missed a deadline to close the facility.

International Herald Tribune

Iraq dean, professor killed

CNN

Why Sudan is now allowing U.N. troops in to stop Darfur violence

Sudan announced it would allow 3,000 international peacekeepers in the country, leading the U.S. and Britain to increase pressure.

Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Iraq PM mulls candidates after Sadr government pullout

Iraq's cabinet debated who would replace six ministers loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr after they quit a day earlier, and officials said non-sectarian technocrats would likely be chosen.

Reuters

Floating nuclear power stations raise spectre of Chernobyl at sea

Russia has begun to build the world’s first floating nuclear power plant despite warnings from environmentalists that it risks creating a disaster.

Times Online

U.S. wants Sudan to accept more U.N. troops in Darfur

The United States said Sudan was not doing enough to implement a peace accord in its conflict-torn Darfur region and urged Khartoum to allow a 17,000-20,000 strong U.N. peacekeeping force there.

Reuters

POLITICS

Majority expect U.S. will lose in Iraq

A majority of Americans believe the United States will lose the war in Iraq, and a new high — two-thirds — say the war was not worth fighting.

ABC News

Bush urges Dems to set aside Iraq pullout date

Reuters

House panel to consider immunity for ex-Gonzales aide

A House panel is considering granting limited immunity from prosecution to force testimony by a former aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

Bloomberg

Gonzales hearing postponed because of Virginia Tech shootings

Guardian

BUSINESS

'Fatal' blow to Web broadcasters

U.S. webcasters will face sharp rises in royalty fees that could be "fatal" to the nascent industry, a coalition of Web broadcasters has claimed.

BBC

Zero launches add up for Coke

Despite concerns that Coke Zero would cannibalize sales from other Coca-Cola brands, its rollout in new markets helped the soft-drink maker's first-quarter earnings pass expectations.

Forbes

SPORTS

Chiefs Pro Bowl guard Shields retires after 14 seasons

Kansas City guard Will Shields is retiring after 14 NFL seasons, during which he made a record 12 Pro Bowl appearances and anchored one of the top offensive lines in the league.

CBS SportsLine

Astronaut completes her own Boston Marathon

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams sailed past the finish line of her own private Boston Marathon today, striding out the 26.2-mile race aboard the international space station.

Houston Chronicle

Cleared Duke lacrosse players could sue

Now that the charges have been dropped against the three Duke lacrosse players who were accused of rape, many wonder what recourse David Evans, Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty will have.

CBS News

HEALTH

Chondroitin no help for arthritis pain

Chondroitin, a dietary supplement, works no better than a sugar pill, analysis of clinical data suggests.

WebMD

Canada MDs to endorse HPV vaccine

A group representing Canada's 2,500 pediatricians and other specialists is set to endorse having little girls vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

canada.com

HPV vaccine: Early sexual life booster?

Playfuls

EDUCATION

Sex education clash churns over grants

The debate over sex education funding is headed for a showdown as Congress ponders renewing an $87.5-million-a-year abstinence-only program set to expire June 30.

USA Today

U.S. worried by lenders' mining of student data

Some lending companies with access to a national database that contains confidential information on 60 million student borrowers have repeatedly violated rules on its use.

San Francisco Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

Pet lovers pour cash on burned shelter

The nation saw flames shooting from the top of the building and firefighters freeing dogs from their kennels at the Jacksonville Humane Society, and donations have reached at least $300,000.

Florida Times-Union

Starlight Starbright honors its National Volunteer of the Year

Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation is proud to announce that Denver resident Brett Shrewsbury has been named the organization’s National Volunteer of the Year.

PNN

NATION

Bush offers condolences at Va. Tech

Representing America's anguish, President Bush told Virginia Tech students and teachers at a somber convocation that the nation was praying for them and "there's a power in these prayers."

U.S. News & World Report

Padilla trial starts; feds' credibility at stake

Nearly five years after FBI agents arrested Jose Padilla, America's most notorious terror defendant — also dubbed the "dirty bomber" — will stand trial in a Miami federal courtroom.

Seattle Times

Corzine remains sedated, on ventillator

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, critically injured in an April 12 car accident, remains sedated and on a ventilator after a third surgery, doctors said.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

U.S. rejects call for tougher U.N. environment role

The United States supports moves to strengthen the U.N. Environment Program but sees no need for a new, more powerful U.N. agency, a U.S. official said.

Reuters

Home Depot to display environmental label

After squabbling over prices for decades, the nation's big-box retail chains are ready to battle in a new arena: the environment.

CNET News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Stone-throwing fracas mars Madonna's Malawi visit

Malawi police and stone-throwing school students blocked journalists from covering pop star Madonna's visit to an orphanage where the boy she is adopting was due to meet his biological father.

Reuters

Austin writer wins Pulitzer for al-Qaeda book

Writer Lawrence Wright won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, for his book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," it was anounced this week.

Austin American Statesman

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Americans mixed about constant Net access, poll finds

Americans are enthusiastic about new tech like mobile video and high-definition broadband but at the same time express trepidation about nonstop access to the Net, according to a new poll.

CNET News

The robot that thinks it's human - and could find alien life, by Jupiter

An underwater robot which "thinks" for itself is being developed to search for life under the ice on one of Jupiter's moons.

Scotsman

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Monks call for Buddhism to be Thai national religion

Hundreds of monks rallied in Thailand for Buddhism to be enshrined in the constitution as the country's national religion, amid a worsening Islamic insurgency in the Muslim south.

International Herald Tribune

Study: Most doctors see religion as beneficial

Most physicians in the United States believe that religion and spirituality have a positive effect on patients' health, according to a survey published last week.

International Herald Tribune

Photo of the Day

Ryan Libby, of Scarborough, Maine, wades across a flooded parking lot after retrieving lobster traps that floated away from his lobster boat at the height of a severe nor'easter in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty / AP)

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