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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a campaign rally in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Tony Gutierrez/ AP)

At least 80 Palestinians killed, Israel to continue Gaza offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will continue its offensive against militants in the Gaza Strip -- an operation that has killed at least 80 Palestinian militants and civilians.

Voice of America

Mahmoud Abbas suspends contact with Israel

Telegraph.co.uk

Mideast conflict

Yahoo! News

Georgia's first black police officers may take pension battle to court

Black officers were blocked from joining a police retirement fund until 1967. Today, white officers who entered the fund before then take home hundreds of dollars more every month than their black counterparts.

CNN

Clinton and Obama tied in Texas, close in Ohio

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are neck and neck heading into a pivotal primary showdown in Ohio and Texas, two delegate-rich states where Clinton held leads just weeks ago, according to polls.

Kansas City Star

Utah home search planned in ricin case

FBI agents hope to search a Utah house linked to a man whose hospitalization led to the discovery of deadly ricin in a motel room he had occupied.

USA Today

European Aeronautic Defense & Space welcomes $40 billion US contract

European Aeronautic Defense & Space welcomed a victory over its archrival, Boeing, in which it secured a multibillion-dollar U.S. military contract, resulting in a rebound from setbacks.

International Herald Tribune

Boeing denied tanker pact

Baltimore Sun

US envoy leaves China with no North Korea meeting

The top U.S. negotiator on North Korea was to leave China without meeting his North Korean counterpart, who he said was "not ready" for talks aimed at a nuclear disarmament plan.

Reuters

NATION

Fiscal woes imperil Schwarzenegger

Four years ago, he left Hollywood to save America's most populous state from "girlie men," now, he finds himself in the same fiscal straits — $16-billion-plus in state debt.

Christian Science Monitor

Bizarre twist in abandoned baby case

Several arrests have been made in connection with the case of a baby who was abandoned in a cab earlier this week. Among those arrested: the livery cab driver.

CBS News

NY attorney general takes on insurers

An investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says insurers systematically low-ball reimbursements to some physicians and hospitals, leaving consumers with too much of the cost.

U.S. News & World Report

POLITICS

Clinton focuses on boosting turnout

With her closing arguments made, Democrat Hillary Clinton turned her attention to the mechanics of delivering voters to the polls in a round of primaries that could hold the key to her future.

Associated Press

Obama, Clinton battle in Texas just days before key primary

CNN

Ohio critical for McCain

For Sen. John McCain, Ohio will be a critical proving ground in his effort to win war-weary voters.

CNN

BUSINESS

Motorola gets $335M pact from Saudi firm

Motorola Inc. said that it received a $335 million contract to supply a communications network and related services to a Saudi Arabian member of Kuwait's Zain Group.

MarketWatch

The housing nightmare hits Main Street

One domino toppling the next. It's been a convenient metaphor for how troubles in the American subprime mortgage market have cascaded into a global financial mess.

U.S. News & World Report

Mortgage woes boost credit card debt

U.S. News & World Report

SPORTS

Report: Moss-Pats talks snagged

While big-name players sign or get traded in headline deals, the first days of NFL free agency leave one huge question mark: What about Randy Moss?

Sporting News

Paul Hamm, Nastia Liukin take early lead in race for Olympic gold

Seventeen-year-old NastiaLiukin won the American Cup at the Garden, the first major gymnastics competition of 2008 leading up to the Beijing Olympics.

NY Daily News

Mets say last season's historic collapse is now out of their sight

It was one of the worst collapses of all time -- the Mets became the first team in history to not make the playoffs after having a seven-game lead with 17 games to play.

ESPN

HEALTH

Genetic cancer link between humans and dogs discovered

Cancer researchers have found that humans and dogs share more than friendship and companionship — they also share the same genetic basis for certain types of cancer.

Science Daily

4-in-1 vaccine ups child seizure risk

ProQuad, Merck's 4-in-1 measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox vaccine, doubles children's seizure risk compared with two separate MMR and chickenpox shots.

WebMD

Interview:

How to treat coughs this flu season

CBS News

Whole grains curb belly fat, inflammation

Cutting calories helps people lose weight, but doing so by filling up on whole grains may be particularly heart-healthy, new research suggests.

Epoch Times

EDUCATION

'Ambassadors' play role in Maryland school reform

Ambassadors are part of a broad reform effort at Annapolis High School in Maryland that won the unanimous support of the State Board of Education.

Baltimore Sun

Proposed legislation sparks protest over sex education

State legislation aimed at improving health education in Connecticut's schools appears more innocuous than it is. Opponents see the legislation as promoting improper classroom lessons about sex.

Newsday

RELIGION

Gutenberg Bible project: A service to God

Surrounded by spools of Swedish linen thread, large scraps of 15th-century-style pigskin leather and 9-foot-high stacks of cotton rag paper, Michael Chrisman feels he's fulfilling a promise to God.

Salt Lake Tribune

Oregon school calls wearing crucifixes 'gang-related behavior'

Two Oregon teenagers were suspended for "gang-related behavior" because they were wearing crucifixes. They say they were only wearing gifts from their mothers.

MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

China considers changing 1-child per family policy

China may consider changing its one-child policy because it has succeeded in helping to slow population growth in the past three decades, a Chinese official said.

USA Today

Study finds dogs, robots cheer elderly

Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws around this one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man's-best-friend department.

HappyNews.com

WORLD

Chavez in Farc raid 'war' warning

BBC

Thousands in Philippines call for Arroyo to resign

In one of the largest demonstrations against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo since she took office in 2001, thousands of Filipinos took to the streets, demanding that she resign over a corruption scandal.

International Herald Tribune

Princes greet Harry from Afghanistan

Prince Harry was welcomed home by his father and brother after he was quickly withdrawn from serving with the British army in Afghanistan because of the media's disclosure of his deployment there.

CNN

Prince Harry's tour of duty

CBS News

Prince Harry serving in Afghanistan

Showbuzz

ENVIRONMENT

Richard Branson's new push, biofuels; coconut oil fueled airliner

Richard Branson made history by becoming the first commercial airliner owner to fuel a flight with a partial load of biofuels.

Environmental News Network

Judge sets new limits for Navy sonar exercises off Hawaii

A federal judge has ordered the Navy to take additional precautions when conducting sonar exercises off Hawaii that environmentalists say can seriously injure or kill marine mammals.

MSNBC

Underwater creatures

National Geographic

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Maya may have caused civilization-ending climate change

Self-induced drought and climate change may have caused the destruction of the Maya civilization, say scientists working with new satellite technology that monitors Central America's environment.

National Geographic

Study: Increased hurricane losses due to more people

Scientists have found that the economic damages from hurricanes have increased in the U.S. due to greater population and wealth on the U.S. coastlines, and not to the number or intensity of hurricanes.

Science Daily

Japanese robots enter daily life

At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust.

USA Today

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Food Network cans 'Impossible' chef

After it was discovered that Robert Irvine lied about his credentials — including having designed Princess Diana's wedding cake — the Food Network will not renew Irvine's contract for future seasons.

TMZ

Black Crowes to start tour with first album in 7 years

After seven years without a new studio album, the Black Crowes are particularly keen to play some fresh tunes.

Reuters

Olsens wanted for Playboy?

Playboy boss Hugh Hefner reportedly is hoping to convince the Olsen twins to celebrate their 22nd birthday in June by stripping off in the magazine.

San Francisco Chronicle

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