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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures while speaking during a media conference at a NATO foreign ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Relations with Russia and Afghanistan are the key items on the agenda. (Photo by Virginia Mayo / AP)

Iran will be invited to Afghan conference

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Iran may be invited to an international conference on the future of Afghanistan in another sign of President Barack Obama’s effort to engage adversaries.

Bloomberg

House approves mortgage bankruptcy overhaul bill

Bankruptcy judges could cut homeowners' mortgage debt in bankruptcy court as a last resort to avert foreclosure, under a bill approved by a 234-191 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Reuters

Twelve percent of homeowners behind on mortgage payments

CBS News

Bill would let judges shrink mortgages

NPR

Senate bogs down over $410 billion spending bill

The Senate, tied up in a fight over a huge omnibus appropriations bill, will have to pass a stopgap spending measure to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

UN secretary-general pleads with Sudan over aid ban

The U.N. secretary-general urged Sudan to rethink its decision to expel aid groups from its Darfur region. Ban Ki-moon said the decision could cause "irrevocable damage" to humanitarian aid in Sudan.

BBC

A million face starvation as Sudan shuts down

Times Online

Sudan's president defiant of ICC arrest warrant

Guardian

Obama starts health care overhaul push

President Barack Obama pumped health care allies and skeptics alike for ways to overhaul the nation's system saying there's "a clear consensus that the need for health care reform is here and now."

MSNBC

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Key democrat expresses concerns about Obama health care reform

ABC News

Obama opens health care summit

YouTube

NATION

2010 census in peril, report shows

With the 2010 census approaching, computer glitches, operational missteps and ballooning costs could overwhelm the government's population count.

CBS News

Gay marriage backers grilled by judges

California's Supreme Court justices grilled lawyers seeking to overturn a ban on gay marriage, signaling to some that the court would uphold the state constitutional amendment on same-sex weddings.

Reuters

POLITICS

Treasury secretary’s choice for chief deputy withdraws

The person Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wanted as his chief deputy withdrew from consideration, dealing a setback to the agency as it struggles to address the current financial crisis.

Las Vegas Sun

Sanjay Gupta withdraws name to be surgeon general

President Barack Obama suffered a new blow when Dr. Sanjay Gupta, his pick to be America's next surgeon general, pulled out.

Daily Telegraph

Even with economic crisis, President Obama is more popular than ever

President Obama is more popular than ever, according to a new poll that shows two-thirds of the country feels "hopeful" about Obama's leadership.

U.S. News & World Report

The 'very' scripted president

International Herald Tribune

HEALTH

Mom was right: Eat your broccoli

A compound found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may help prevent respiratory inflammation linked to diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

HealthDay

Live longer with midlife exercise

In terms of your life span, it really does matter that you start exercising, quit the couch-potato habit, and give up smoking.

WebMD

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Adults heading back to comic book stores

The flood of "serious" mainstream superhero films the past decade, including the long-awaited release of "Watchmen," is pulling adults back into comic book stores.

San Jose Mercury News

'Watchmen' is treasure trove for philosophers

Reuters

Jackson announces 'curtain call' concerts

Reclusive pop icon Michael Jackson will perform 10 concerts in London in July in what he described as a "final curtain call."

CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Moon base: location, location, location

NASA’s attempts to figure out how astronauts will survive the frigid, 334-hour lunar night lead it to a sunlit crater rim near the south pole.

Christian Science Monitor

Facebook makeover mimics Twitter

Facebook introduced a redesigned home page and new public profiles for celebrities and organizations in a move widely seen as an attempt to compete with the social messaging offered by Twitter.

InformationWeek

EDUCATION

States' tests for toxic air near schools called into doubt

Environmental officials in Louisiana and Pennsylvania have released results of air monitoring for toxic chemicals near schools and say tests showed no health threats, but some question the findings.

USA Today

Duncan wants DC kids to keep vouchers

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that poor children getting vouchers to attend private schools in the District of Columbia should be allowed to stay there.

Education Week

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GOOD NEWS

NYC cab drivers asked to donate tips to orphaned twins

Almost 100,000 New York City cabbies are being asked to donate one day's tips to help raise and educate 13-year-old twin boys whose parents were killed in a hit-and-run accident.

Newsday

Co-workers at New Jersey insurance company win $216 million

Staffers in the information technology department of Chubb Corp. have been pooling their money for years, hoping to win big with Mega Millions.

NY Daily News

WORLD

North Korea threatens passenger flights

North Korea is threatening South Korean civilian planes flying near its airspace amid heightened tensions on the divided peninsula.

CBS News

Human rights activists killed in Kenya