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Former Justice Department White House liaison Monica Goodling testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo by Lawrence Jackson / AP)

Ex-aide: Gonzales discussed firings of U.S. attorneys

A former senior aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told lawmakers that Gonzales sought to review with her his recollections about U.S. attorneys' firings after a congressional investigation began.

McClatchy Newspapers

Bush declassifies bin Laden terror intel

Trying to defend his war strategy, President Bush declassified intelligence asserting that Osama bin Laden ordered a top lieutenant in early 2005 to form a terrorist cell to attack the United States.

MSNBC

Bush's intelligence on al-Qaeda in Iraq

President Bush declassified portions of a 2005 intelligence assessment that alleges that Osama bin Laden authorized allies in Iraq to plan operations both in and outside of that country targeting the U.S.

TIME

Growing pressure for Democrats

Yahoo! News

Iran continues to defy U.N. on nukes

Iran continues to defy U.N. Security Council demands to scrap its uranium enrichment program and has instead expanded its activities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

MSNBC

U.N. warns of `deteriorating' atomic inspections in Iran

Bloomberg

Nine U.S. soldiers killed in five Iraq attacks

Nine U.S. soldiers were killed in five attacks in Iraq in the past 48 hours, most of them by roadside bombs, the U.S. military said.

Reuters

Soldier's body found in Iraq is Calif. man

San Francisco Chronicle

Palestinians flee Lebanon refugee camp

Thousands of Palestinians fled a badly damaged refugee camp after a fragile truce halted fighting between the Lebanese army and al-Qaeda-inspired militants.

Reuters

Rice says Lebanon in the right

Yahoo! News

Senate votes to slash guest workers allowed by immigration bill

The Senate overwhelmingly voted to cut in half the number of guest workers that would be allowed into the United States under a controversial immigration overhaul backed by the White House.

CNN

FDA upholds lifelong ban on gay men as blood donors

Gay men remain banned for life from donating blood, the government said, leaving in place a 1983 prohibition meant to prevent the spread of HIV through transfusions.

CBS News

Search for an HIV Vaccine Expands

NPR

NATION

World Health Organization reaches bird flu vaccine deal

The World Health Organization says it has reached a framework agreement to ensure all countries share samples of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.

BBC

Mall bomb shocks Turkish capital as elections approach

A powerful bomb exploded outside a busy shopping mall in Turkey's capital, Ankara, killing at least six people, injuring 100 and heightening tensions in advance of contentious national elections.

Sydney Morning Herald

Special section:

Chronology of recent bombings in Turkey

Reuters

Twelve convicted in assassination of Serbian prime minister

A Serbian court found two former paramilitary police officers guilty of the assassination of Zoran Djindjic, the pro-reform prime minister who was gunned down in Belgrade in March 2003.

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

House votes to punish gas gouging

The House, eager to do something about record high gasoline prices in advance of the Memorial Day weekend, voted to approve stiff penalties for those found guilty of gasoline price gouging.

TIME

Memo urges Clinton to bypass Iowa

Hillary Rodham Clinton's deputy campaign manager wrote a memo this week making the case for the Democratic presidential candidate to bypass the Iowa caucuses.

Forbes

Dodd, Romney launch new TV ads

CBS News

BUSINESS

Canada’s dollar reaches 30-year high

The Canadian dollar climbed to a 30-year high, propelled by strong commodity prices and forecasts that the Bank of Canada might need to hold up interest rates to contain accelerating inflation.

Financial Times

Paulson, Wu cool China growth; local leaders add fuel

Talks between U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi on curbing China's runaway growth and smoothing trade frictions will have to take Huang Yong into account.

Bloomberg

NYSE gets shanghaied

ABC News

SPORTS

Giambi meets with MLB, union officials

New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi met with Major League Baseball officials regarding his recent comments about steroids to USA TODAY, Giambi's agent confirmed.

USA Today

Trail Blazers nab first pick in NBA draft

The Portland Trail Blazers beat the odds and won the right to settle the Greg Oden-Kevin Durant debate.

Houston Chronicle

EDUCATION

Abstinence-only program funds to be cut

Congressional Democratic leaders said they will not reauthorize the Title V abstinence education program, which expires June 30.

Medical News Today

Iraqi kindergarten: smiles, vows to fight

A report issued by UNICEF, the United Nations' children organization, says Iraq's children are "caught up in a rapidly worsening humanitarian tragedy."

CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope tries to quell anger over speech he gave in Brazil

Pope Benedict XVI worked to quell anger over recent comments on the conversion of natives, conceding that "unjustifiable crimes" were committed in the conquest of the continent 500 years ago.

International Herald Tribune

Pew study: Muslim Americans assimilating

Muslim Americans have integrated into society far better than European Muslims, but there appear to be significant pockets of disaffection — especially among the young and religious.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

$1 billion to support health research, care and education

The charity formed last year by oil and gas industry leader and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens announced its largest gifts yet - $50 million each for two University of Texas health care institutions.

PNN

Oregon scientists release octopus

After rehabilitating a 45-pound giant Pacific octopus, the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Oregon released it this week at Newport's South Jetty.

KGW

Giant octopus released

Yahoo! News

NATION

More than 100 suspected illegal workers arrested in poultry plant raid

Federal immigration agents raided a poultry plant and arrested more than 100 workers who are believed to be illegal immigrants.

ABC News

Labor shortage on U.S. farms

Yahoo! News

60-year-old N.J. woman delivers twins

Frieda Birnbaum is believed to have become the oldest mother in the United States to give birth to multiples when she delivered a pair of boys.

MSNBC

Rescuers step up efforts to push injured delta whales toward ocean

The humpback whales trapped in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are still swimming around just north of the Rio Vista Bridge and their health appears to be deteriorating.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

15 percent of Europe's mammal species face extinction

Dozens of European mammals, including the Iberian lynx, the elusive Saiga antelope and the Mediterranean monk seal, face extinction unless immediate measures are taken to protect them.

Environmental News Network

Elephants at risk from gangs, eBay

Efforts to protect African elephants from the threat of extinction are being undermined by an ivory smuggling network run by Asian crime gangs and by the Internet trade in illegal ivory.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Venezuela giving Danny Glover $18 million to direct film on epic slave revolt

Venezuela will give actor Danny Glover $18 million to make a film about a slave uprising in Haiti, with President Hugo Chávez hoping the film will mobilize opinions against imperialism.

Guardian

Litvinenko film to premiere at Cannes

A new documentary about Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned Russian ex-spy, will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

Times Online

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Captive shark had 'virgin birth'

Female hammerhead sharks can reproduce without having sex, scientists confirm.

BBC

Sprint debuts Pandora's personalized streaming radio service

Sprint Nextel Corp. has teamed with Pandora Media Inc., a popular online music service, to deliver personalized streaming radio to its mobile phone users.

San Jose Mercury News

HEALTH

The best things in life are free, like a walk in the park

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have found that parks rich in species are not only beneficial for the environment but also for people's general well-being.

Medical News Today

Viagra could aid jetlag recovery

Viagra could be used to help people flying eastwards recover from jetlag, animal research suggests.

BBC

Avandia users seek answers

Many people with type 2 diabetes are wondering whether to keep taking their medication now that a new report suggests Avandia, used to help control blood sugar, can raise heart attack risk.

USA Today

Advocacy group says FDA knew Avandia’s risk

MSNBC

Photo of the Day

A Giant African Millipede perks up on an entomologist's hand at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Cockrell Butterfly Center. The new interactive exhibit of live exotic insects will open to the public May 25. (Photo by Pat Sullivan / AP)

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