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A torn red and white Danish flag is seen hanging on the ruins of the Danish Embassy after a bomb explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Anjum Naveed / AP)

Kennedy undergoing surgery for tumor

Sen. Edward Kennedy said he will undergo surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham N.C., as part of his treatment for a cancerous brain tumor.

ABC News

Brain cancer survivors share their stories

CNN

Study: Kids' cancer rate varies by region

CBS News

From the ruins, Chinese quake victims begin to rebuild lives

The earth took everything from Su Changxian and other students of Pingwu. But seniors are back in class, studying for the critical college entrance exam that determines the rest of their lives.

USA Today

China says it's working to prevent epidemic

Associated Press

Fatal blast near embassy in Pakistan

A car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in an upscale area of the Pakistani capital, killing at least six people, according to reports from hospitals.

International Herald Tribune

In pictures: Islamabad bombing

BBC

Anemia drugs may speed tumor growth in some cancer patients

Blood-boosting erythropoiesis-stimulating agents such as Procrit, Epogen, and Aranesp may speed tumor growth and shorten the lives of cancer victims, a new study suggests.

HealthDay

FEMA boots Katrina victims from trailers at start of hurricane season

The Federal Emergency Management Agency notified residents their deadline to move out was, not coincidentally, the first day of hurricane season.

ABC News

Ridership on mass transit breaks records

More people are riding the nation's buses and trains, breaking records for the first quarter of 2008.

USA Today

NATION

New dangers from ban on drivers licenses for illegals

As licenses issued under the old rules expire, advocates and law enforcement say many illegal immigrants are now driving without licenses or insurance.

Raleigh News Observer

An epidemic of abandoned horses

Rising grain and gas prices have contributed to a virtual stampede of horses turned loose into the deserts and plains of the West to die cruel and lonesome deaths.

TIME

Home from Iraq, Marine fatally wounded

Kansas City Star

Questions after crane collapse

MSNBC

POLITICS

McClellan on 'propaganda campaign'

Continuing the publicity tour for his book, Scott McClellan said the nation was pulled into the Iraq war by a White House with a “permanent campaign mentality” that wasn’t open and forthright.

Politico

Priest apologizes for Clinton mocking

The Chicago priest whose comments mocking Hillary Rodham Clinton re-ignited the controversy over Barack Obama's former church stood before his own parishioners and apologized.

Google News

Democratic party leaders think the fight could end this week

Democratic Party leaders are predicting that the presidential slugfest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will end this week.

ABC News

Clinton wins Puerto Rico, but Obama closer to nomination

Reuters

BUSINESS

Wachovia board forces out CEO

The board of the nation's fourth largest bank asked its CEO, Ken Thompson, to retire due to huge losses from the mortgage crisis.

BusinessWeek

Tata Motors completes acquisition of Jaguar, Land Rover

India's Tata Motors Ltd. paid $2.3 billion in cash to purchase the British brands from Ford Motor Company, which has paid about $600 million to the Jaguar and Land Rover pension plans.

Reuters

An ill wind for gas prices

Traders say that even though you're already paying for the hurricane season, the price could spike to $6 a gallon if catastrophe strikes.

CNNMoney

ENVIRONMENT

Ottawa slams climate pact

Canada's Environment Minister criticized an agreement allowing companies producing fewer greenhouse gas emissions than their maximums to sell their unused quota to emissions-overproducing firms.

Toronto Star

China bans ultrathin plastic bags

China became the latest country to declare war on plastic bags in a drive to save energy and protect the environment.

International Herald Tribune

Playing climate change catch-up

Climate change isn't a problem for tomorrow; the effects are happening now. Already precipitation patterns seem to be changing, making some drier areas even drier and rainy regions even wetter.

TIME

EDUCATION

Tough assignment: Find college loans

College students and their parents are scrambling to line up student loans for the fall amid fears that the broader credit crisis might put the squeeze on such lending.

Wall Street Journal

Visiting cardinal calls for government aid to Catholic schools

The top man for Catholic education called on the U.S. government to financially support Catholic education.

Newsday

HEALTH

‘Best children’s hospitals’ for 2008

Parents now have the possibility to look for the best options when it comes to treating their children thanks to U.S. News and World Report’s list of the nation’s “best children’s hospitals” for neonatal care.

eFluxMedia

Permanent dental implants preferred option for aging bridges

According to American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), these bridges should be replaced with permanent dental implants.

Medical News Today

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GOOD NEWS

Mr. Rogers' memory lives on

Three college students whose studies focus on children's literacy and health have each been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship.

Associated Press

Court gives vets chance to straighten out lives

Buffalo City Court Judge Robert Russell, who created Buffalo's drug treatment court and mental health treatment court, started holding sessions in the nation's first veterans treatment court.

USA Today

Cosby sweaters to raise cash for charity

Not everyone can be Dr. Cliff Huxtable, the quick-with-a-quip dad that Bill Cosby played on TV for eight years. But for the right price, you could dress just like him this Father's Day.

HappyNews.com

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