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Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks during an Earth Day rally in front of the Old Capitol at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall / AP)

Police: Gunmen line up, execute 23 Kurds in Mosul

CNN

Bombs kill 13 near Baghdad police station

MSNBC

Report: Pressure increases on World Bank

A group of top former World Bank executives has urged Paul Wolfowitz to resign, as the bank's watchdog warned his actions were undermining the ability of the institution to carry out development work.

Reuters

Deadly fire in Bosnia orphanage

Three baby boys and two girls died from smoke inhalation when a blaze began in their bedroom, the fire brigade said.

BBC

Fresh Somali clashes 'kill many'

At least 47 people have been killed in Mogadishu in fresh fighting between Ethiopian-backed Somali forces and Islamists, a human rights group says.

BBC

Va. Tech classes resume with talks, hugs

Chemistry professor Joe Merola tried to give a lecture, but looking out at 100 Virginia Tech students' faces — and the sweatshirt he'd placed on the seat of a wounded student — he couldn't do it.

Roanoke Times

Students: We must return to campus

CNN

Police seek clues from Tech victim's laptop

CNN

Navy identifies fallen Blue Angel aviator

One day after a U.S. Navy Blue Angels pilot died when his jet crashed during an airshow, the airshow continued with a memorial to the 11-year Navy veteran, Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis.

CNN

Sarkozy, Royal appeal to center as campaign resumes

French presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal went back to the campaign trail as they battled for votes from the undecided.

Reuters

Specter: Gonzales hurt administration

ABC News

Bloomberg announces plans to prepare for New York population boom

With New York City's population expected to keep booming, city officials have created a wide-ranging plan to make the city livable and prepare for the swell.

New York Sun

NATION

Observers criticize Nigeria vote

Nigeria's election was a failure and must be rerun, local observers said, but the government said coup plotters were trying to discredit the poll.

Reuters

Group: Yahoo assisted China with torture

A human rights group launched a campaign against Yahoo Inc. on grounds the company assisted China's government with torture by revealing information that led to the arrest of dissidents.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Millions face famine due to crop disease

Scientists say millions of people face starvation following an outbreak of a deadly new strain of crop disease which is spreading across the wheat fields of Africa and Asia.

Observer

POLITICS

Congresswoman Millender-McDonald dies of cancer

Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, a seven-term congresswoman from southern California, has died of cancer. Her chief of staff says Millender-McDonald died at her home in Carson. She was 68.

San Jose Mercury News

Bush to Little: 'Absolutely perfect'

President George W. Bush skipped the customary presidential comedy routine at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington.

United Press International

Surprise visit by Tony Snow at media dinner

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart's midlife crisis

CEO Lee Scott faces declining growth, increasing competition, and not an easy fix in sight.

BusinessWeek

Paulson says China must yield 'tangible results' on Yuan, trade

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said China must accelerate its commitments on trade and a market-set exchange rate to head off protectionist legislation in Congress.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Barry Bonds launches home run No. 740

Nobody looks more lively at the plate than 42-year-old Barry Bonds, who hit a solo home run for the second day in a row to increase his career total to 740, only 15 shy of Hank Aaron's record.

USA Today

Nadal tops Federer to win third straight Monte Carlo title

Rafael Nadal became the first player in over 30 years to win three straight Monte Carlo titles by besting world No. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets.

Sports Network

Crosby played with broken foot from mid-March on

NHL scoring champion Sidney Crosby played the final 2 1/2 weeks of the regular season and the playoffs with a broken left foot.

Yahoo! News

NHL playoffs coverage

Yahoo! News

HEALTH

California Universities re-examine mental health programs

The University of California system needs a massive increase in spending for student mental health services to remedy two decades of underfunding, a key administrator said.

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area doctors promote Pap test for gay men to battle cancer

Some Bay Area doctors are promoting Pap tests for gay men to reduce rising rates of anal cancer.

San Jose Mercury News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican report abolishes concept of limbo

Limbo has been in limbo for quite some time, but is now on its way to extinction.

San Francisco Chronicle

Immigrants often abandon faith in U.S.

A growing number of Hispanics give up regular churchgoing, research indicates.

The Ledger

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GOOD NEWS

Russia targets hunting to try saving polar bear

On the frozen edge of the country's Arctic expanse, Russia has embraced a counterintuitive method of trying to preserve dwindling populations of polar bears: hunting them, legally.

Scotsman

Chocolate: Good, and good for you

Who hasn't been heartened — literally — with the news from scientists that chocolate is more than just a treat?

CBS News

NATION

Earth Day: Regular folks join Gore's fight to rescue the planet

About 1,000 foot soldiers for Al Gore's message about global warming are receiving training to spread the message themselves.

San Francisco Chronicle

Earth Day

Yahoo! News

Gasoline prices: up, and rising

Gas prices rose more than eight cents in the past two weeks to a national average of $2.87 per gallon of self-serve regular—and are expected to rise further—according to a national survey.

CNNMoney

Performance review may have sparked NASA shooting

Police said that a bad performance review may have led a NASA contractor to fatally shoot his supervisor and take another employee hostage before killing himself.

CNN

Slain NASA engineer loved to tinker

Houston Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

NYC pledges 1 million new trees by 2017

One million new trees will join the urban landscape of New York City by the year 2017 to reduce air pollution, cool temperatures and help improve the city's long term sustainability, officials said.

Yahoo! News

Mountain gorilla population rebounds in Uganda

The population of mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park — one of only two place in the world where the rare gorillas exist — has increased by 6 percent since 2002.

LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Final edition: Life magazine stops publication

For generations of Americans, Life magazine was a window to the world. This weekend, Life is ending its run — but not without leaving us with an incredibly rich diary of our times.

ABC News

Renoir's audacious flights into abstraction

The admirable show "Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883" on view at the National Gallery stakes out a metamorphosis that upset a long-established order.

International Herald Tribune

New Orleans hearts fried chicken

Willie Mae, the matriarch of Creole cooking, lost everything in Katrina. Now the 91-year-old is frying drumsticks again, thanks to John Currence and other top Southern chefs.

Salon.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Earth Day downloads

Ring in Earth Day 2007 right with this collection of eco-conscious downloads and start taking steps to reduce your carbon footprint. Al Gore will be proud.

CNET News

Sun is like a giant pipe organ in the solar atmosphere, scientists say

Astronomers have found that the atmosphere of the Sun plays a kind of heavenly music.

Science Daily

EDUCATION

Colleges expect 20 percent rise in hiring

Job recruiters have come knocking at campuses in record numbers. They're seeking eager students with passion - and sense.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Tears for victims, fears on campuses

For school officials and law officers across Western Washington, it has been a long four days since the killings at Virginia Tech shocked the nation.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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