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A plane passes over the Lindenwood Diner toward John F. Kennedy Airport in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Russell Defreitas, a U.S. citizen native to Guyana and former JFK air cargo employee, was arrested outside of the diner in a plot to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery that runs through populous residential neighborhoods, authorities said. (Photo by Frank Franklin II / AP)

Four charged in plot to blow up New York airport

Four people, including a former member of Guyana's parliament, have been charged in connection with a plot to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. officials said.

Reuters

Plot failed

Yahoo! News

Baghdad mortar attacks kill 8; bridge damaged

A series of mortar barrages killed eight civilians and wounded 25 others in a Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad, police said, while a strategic bridge was damaged by a bomb in northern Iraq.

U.S. News & World Report

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

Protesters attack police after anti-G8 demo

Protesters threw stones and bottles and attacked police officers with sticks in the German port of Rostock after a largely peaceful demonstration against next week's Group of Eight summit.

Reuters

G8 protests

CNN

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Profile: G8

BBC

U.S. shells al-Qaeda village hideout

An American destroyer has bombarded targets in a remote mountain village in north-eastern Somalia, after reports that Islamic terrorists linked to al-Qaeda had set up a base there.

Telegraph.co.uk

Lebanon keeps up siege on militants in Palestinian camp

Six Lebanese soldiers were killed during intense fighting as the army battled again to rout militants from a Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli, a military spokesman said.

CNN

Heavy fighting in Lebanon camp

Yahoo! News

Moqtada al-Sadr: The man America has in its sights

London Independent

NATION

Nigeria militants offer ceasefire

The main rebel group in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region has pledged a one-month ceasefire to allow the new government to create a peace plan.

BBC

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

Biden scolds Dems for skipping out of debates

Joe Biden questioned how his Democratic presidential rivals could skip a debate involving the Congressional Black Caucus.

CBS News

Immigration talk follows McCain to Iowa

Yahoo! News

White House inner circle loses key aide

President George W. Bush lost one of his closest advisers when Dan Bartlett, the White House counsellor, announced his resignation.

MSNBC

Rove linked to prosecution of former Alabama governor

TIME

Senate set to debate immigration bill

The Senate faces a contentious debate next week on immigration, with backers of a compromise overhaul bill hopeful it will hold up.

Wall Street Journal

BUSINESS

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

Google buys RSS firm

Google announced that it bought FeedBurner, a Chicago company focused on distributing digital media through a technology known as RSS, or Really Simple Syndication.

San Jose Mercury News

SPORTS

Coach Woolmer 'was not murdered'

Scotland Yard detectives have told Jamaican police that the former Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, was not murdered, the BBC understands.

BBC

Donovan steps into faster lane with Magic

Billy Donovan has always been about challenges. Next up: overcoming the notion that college coaches just can't make it in the NBA.

Newsday

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

Dutch to grow meat in lab

Dutch researchers are trying to grow pork meat in a laboratory with the goal of feeding millions without the need to raise and slaughter animals.

Environmental News Network

Have sex while you sleep

If you think it’s impossible to have sex while you sleep, think again, according to a new study.

LiveScience

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

New law proposed to save bald eagle

The Fish and Wildlife Service wants to replace four decades of federal protections for the American bald eagle with new rules against disturbing it.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Role reversal

The world's heaviest man is inspiring others to lose weight.

BBC

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

eBay bidders will decide future of 'Camp Casey'

San Antonio Express

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

Texas leads American states in carbon emissions

America may spew more greenhouse gases than any other country, but some states are astonishingly more prolific polluters than others — and it’s not always the ones you might expect.

MSNBC

Solar city sets sights on ending pollution

Times Online

IWC validates commercial whaling ban, condemns Japan's hunt

The International Whaling Commission re-authorized an existing moratorium on commercial whaling. A group of 26 pro-whaling nations, including Japan, did not vote.

Environment News Service

Threats to wild tigers growing

The wild tiger now occupies a mere 7 percent of its historic range, and the area known to be inhabited by tigers has declined by 41 percent over the past decade, according to a recent article.

Science Daily

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

A French collector with a rare eye

There can be genius in art collecting. It is mostly found among those who cast aside the received ideas of their time and broke loose from the conventions of the society into which they were born.

International Herald Tribune

HEALTH

Women warned on iron 'overdose'

Healthy pregnant women should think twice before taking iron supplements, say researchers who have linked high doses to blood pressure problems.

BBC

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

Photo of the Day

An unidentified supporter of Turkey's national team waves a Bosnian flag during the Euro 2008 Group C qualifying soccer match Bosnia vs Turkey at Olympic stadium in Sarajevo. (Photo by Amel Emric / AP)

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