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Demonstrators under the smoke of a burning car throw stones at police during clashes in the northern German city of Rostock during a demonstration against the upcoming G-8 summit. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)

Informant played key role in foiled plot to blow up JFK

Four men accused of plotting to bomb a fuel pipeline feeding the city's busiest airport were so taken by an informant that they were sure God had sent him to them, authorities said.

Yahoo! News

JFK airport plot fuels concern about spread of extremism

Reuters

U.S. to probe CDC TB expert's role

U.S. health officials will be probing the role played by a government microbiologist in his son-in-law's trans-Atlantic travels with a highly infectious form of tuberculosis.

Forbes

Friends stand by TB patient

Yahoo! News

Nations meet to protect wildlife

Elephants and the ivory trade come under the spotlight as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species summit opens.

BBC

Police injured in Germany during protest

Sporadic violence erupted in Germany as radicals broke from a largely peaceful globalization protest and attacked police with sticks, bottles and Molotov cocktails ahead of the G-8 summit.

San Francisco Chronicle

G-8 protests

Yahoo! News

Putin warns Europe in missile row

Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the U.S. builds planned missile defence facilities in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

BBC

Top three emerge as winners in debate

The three frontrunners in the Democratic race for president - John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - emerged as the winners of the New Hampshire debate.

USA Today

Democratic debate

MSNBC

Democratic underdogs

Yahoo! News

DVRs behind viewer drop

Digital video recorders are a leading reason for the slide in television viewing this year, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Yahoo! News

NATION

Castro shown on Cuban TV with Vietnamese official

For the first time in four months, Cuban leader Fidel Castro was shown standing and talking in video footage that aired on state-run Cuban TV.

CNN

Poverty might re-emerge as an '08 campaign issue

This presidential campaign may offer a test of whether poverty can make a comeback as a political issue.

Baltimore Sun

Gates asks Turkey to avoid military move against Kurds in Iraq

Bloomberg

Report doubts U.S. control of Baghdad

Two thirds of Baghdad remain out of the U.S. military's control, three months after an influx of troops to stabilize the city, the New York Times has reported.

Al Jazeera

POLITICS

Bush's push on immigration tests Republican base

President George W. Bush's advocacy of an immigration overhaul is provoking an unusually intense backlash from conservatives who form the bulwark of his remaining support.

International Herald Tribune

Poverty might re-emerge as an '08 campaign issue

This presidential campaign may offer a test of whether poverty can make a comeback as a political issue.

Baltimore Sun

Bull run faces test

A three-month stock advance could hit some June gloom, as investors move into the tough summer months.

CNNMoney

Wal-Mart lets up on the gas

In an admission that its growth formula has fizzled, Wal-Mart announced that it is sharply dialing back expansion plans in the U.S.

BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Golfer Choi produces brilliant final round to win Memorial

South Korean K.J. Choi produced a brilliant final round to charge to a one-stroke victory at the $6 million Memorial tournament.

Reuters

Cubs' Piniella suspended indefinitely

Lou Piniella was suspended indefinitely and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball following the combustible Chicago Cubs manager's latest dustup with an umpire.

CBC

Insane baseball manager

Break.com

EDUCATION

Cuomo extends his reach

Andrew M. Cuomo, who drew attention to the conflicts of interest between lenders and college officials, cemented his role as industry watchdog in the future.

Inside Higher Ed

In high schools, a 'B' is the new 'C'

At high schools across the country, more and more students are graduating with grade-point averages of A, including some whose averages are well above the traditional 4.0 for an A.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Why catching the 'spam king' won't save your inbox

Even if a judge and jury lock up Robert Alan Soloway for the rest of his natural born life, your inbox will still be inundated with tons of offers for HGH, porn and penny stocks.

InformationWeek

Humans branched out by walking in trees

A new study says humans learned to walk upright in the trees, not on open land.

Scotsman

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GOOD NEWS

Paul Newman donates $10 million to Kenyon College

Actor Paul Newman is giving $10 million to Kenyon College, the Ohio school from which he graduated, to establish its single largest scholarship fund.

Reuters

Japan's evolution from war to peace

Japan, which only 65 years ago was seen as an aggressive war-mongerer, has been ranked as the world's fifth most peaceful nation in a report.

MSNBC

NATION

Pro-war group wants Sheehan's land

After Cindy Sheehan announced she was stepping down as the face of the anti-war movement, a pro-troop organization said it plans to buy her protest site outside President Bush's ranch.

Houston Chronicle

Tornado tears through eastern Iowa

Dozens of residents picked through the shredded remains of homes leveled by a tornado that twisted through three eastern Iowa communities a night earlier.

Star Tribune

Dozens injured when car plows into D.C. street festival

A woman sped through a crowded street festival, injuring about 35 people, including two police officers who drove their motor scooters into the path attempting to stop the driver, authorities said.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Almost 2 years later, debate rages over whether Katrina is still killing

The bodies are no longer being dragged from houses and buildings toppled by Hurricane Katrina, but nearly two years later many in the medical community think the storm is still killing.

International Herald Tribune

German Chancellor to make climate protection top priority at G-8

International Herald Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Artist Damien Hirst says $100 million skull is priced 'right'

Damien Hirst, whose $100 million diamond skull is priced nearly as high as the costliest estate in swank East Hampton, New York, said the artwork has the right value for the market.

Bloomberg

Director of '40-Year-Old Virgin' returns

Move over Spider-Man and Capt. Jack Sparrow. You've already proven yourselves. Now Hollywood wants to know if the man behind a very popular 40-year-old virgin can repeat his success.

Reuters

HEALTH

Healthy diet, exercise might lower chances of cancer's return

In an era of highly complex medications with highly complex mechanisms and even more complicated names, take comfort that some basic lifestyle changes can have an impact on cancer outcomes.

Health Day

Most asthma out of control

Despite treatment and access to health care, more than half of asthma patients can't keep their illness under control.

WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Southern Baptists seek revival as evangelism sputters

When Southern Baptists meet in San Antonio, the focus will be on prayer for revival. But officials also hope to reverse declining baptism rates and lukewarm increases in church membership.

USA Today

Pope names 4 new saints from France, Malta, Netherlands, Poland

Pope Benedict XVI named four new saints from France, Malta, the Netherlands and Poland in a ceremony in St. Peter's Square that was attended by several heads of state and thousands of faithful.

International Herald Tribune

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