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Residents and firefighters gather at the scene where a suicide car bomber crashed into an Iraqi police checkpoint at an entrance to Sadr City, a Shiite district in Baghdad. Four large bombs exploded in mostly Shiite areas across Baghdad, killing at least 157 people and wounding scores. (Photo by Hadi Mizban / AP)

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Storm lingers in Northeast; towns start cleanup

Floodwater still swirled through low-lying communities after a deadly spring storm swept the Northeast, but commuters and air travelers had an easier time.

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Northeast still reeling from nor'easter

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U.S. drops marine's Haditha charges

The U.S. Marine Corps has dropped all charges against one of the eight marines accused in the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.

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BBC

Nagasaki mayor's murder blamed on Yakuza criminal organization

The mayor of Nagasaki was shot dead in an attack which police said was due to an organized crime chief apparently enraged that his car was damaged at a public works construction site.

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Guardian

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Police probed complaints against VT shooter

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CNN

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Cops pick up BU student over ‘VT’ Web threat

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Massacre at Virginia Tech

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Guardian

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Friends in shock

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Bombings in Baghdad kill scores

Bombers in Baghdad killed 127 people in a series of attacks, including 82 in a strike at the Sadriya market.

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CNN

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U.S. soldiers kill 5 suspects

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Major Taliban offensive fails to materialize

An anticipated spring offensive by insurgents in Afghanistan has not materialized on a large scale, but violence in the country could still reach last year's level, a NATO commander said.

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International Herald Tribune

Olmert not prepared to 'pay any price' for soldier's return

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was not prepared to meet all of the demands of Palestinian militants to secure the release of a captive Israeli soldier.

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Reuters

NATION

Egypt truck crash kills 16 children on way to school

At least 16 Egyptian secondary school students were killed on their way to school when a truck they were riding in collided head-on with another vehicle south of the Egyptian capital, security sources said.

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MSNBC

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.

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Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Obama gets edge on Clinton, Giuliani on Wall Street

Presidential candidate Barack Obama ran ahead of New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, raising cash from the biggest investment banks on Wall Street.

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Bloomberg

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.

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ABC News

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.

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Bloomberg

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.

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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.

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Forbes

SPORTS

Sosa blasts career home run No. 591 in return to Chicago

Sammy Sosa answered the boos with his bat and made his return to Chicago a memorable one.

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Text messages to be banned from college recruiting?

Responding to complaints from harried athletes, a top NCAA panel voted to eliminate the use of text messaging in college recruiting.

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USA Today

Bullfighting in dock after 14-year-old matador is badly gored

The life of a teenage matador, once billed as the youngest in the world, was in the balance after he was badly gored by a bull in Mexico.

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Times Online

HEALTH

U.S. approves first bird flu vaccine

The vaccine, which in clinical trials proved to be effective about half of the time, will not be available commercially but several million doses are being purchased by the U.S. federal government.

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Forbes

Too much bacon 'bad for lungs'

Eating large quantities of cured meats like bacon could damage lung function and increase the risk of lung disease.

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BBC

Chondroitin no help for arthritis pain

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

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WebMD

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.

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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.

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International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Good Samaritan saves senior stuck on railway tracks

An elderly woman on a scooter narrowly avoided being hit by a train in Winnipeg, thanks to the quick action of a stranger passing by.

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Partnering for primates

Jane Goodall announced that her institute has partnered with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to help a group of 2,700 small-scale coffee farmers in Tanzania and protect chimpanzee habitat.

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NATION

Top court upholds ban on abortion procedure

The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.

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MSNBC

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."

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U.S. News & World Report

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No rush to new gun control

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Houston Chronicle

Ex-con indicted in CNN Center shooting

An ex-con who spent several years in prison for a fatal robbery was indicted on murder charges in the fatal shooting two weeks ago at the CNN headquarters complex.

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CNN

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.

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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.

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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.

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Reuters

No hobbits, much evil in Tolkien's last dark novel

Now J.R.R. Tolkien fans can now learn what happened 6,000 years before Bilbo Baggins found the One Ring.

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Salon

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Surprise: Ethanol as deadly as gasoline for now

Fuels high in ethanol may pose an equal or greater risk to public health than regular gasoline, new findings suggest.

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LiveScience

New imaging approach promises insights into multiple sclerosis

Researchers have developed a way to use three types of microscopic imaging techniques simultaneously to analyze living tissue and learn more about the molecular mechanisms of multiple sclerosis.

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EDUCATION

From pro football to Harvard Yard

NFL players swap their pads for laptops in the off-season, taking classes at Harvard Business School to prepare for life after football.

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Christian Science Monitor

Post-Katrina New Orleans embraces charter schools

An estimated 56 percent of students in New Orleans are now in charter schools, making it the only major city where a majority of enrollment is in charters.

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Museum combines DNA, fossils to show human ancestry

The traditional museum showpieces of human evolution are being nudged aside at the famed American Museum of Natural History by a newcomer that appears to be an empty test tube.

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Reuters

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Masked Palestinian protesters wearing symbolic handcuffs march demanding the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank village of Bethlehem. The annual Prisoners Day is held in identification with Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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