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Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al-Qaida

An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with al-Qaida.

McClatchy Newspapers

Special section:

FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq

Reuters

Oil prices hit record high

Oil prices briefly are surging above $109 a barrel for the first time. The International Energy Agency is warning there is unlikely to be much relief due to demand in China and other emerging markets.

AOL News

Gas prices are breaking records and rising

Yahoo! News

NY Gov. Spitzer is expected to resign

The Wall Street Journal reports that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is expected to resign "perhaps as early as today, according to a person close to him."

U.S. News & World Report

Spitzer: Client Number 9

ABC News

Taking risks and hypocrisy

ABC News

Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city

At least 22 people have been killed and 100 injured in two suspected suicide car bombings in the city of Lahore in eastern Pakistan.

BBC

Pakistan's victors form government

McClatchy Newspapers

NASA shuttle embarks on record stay at space station

NASA's Endeavour lifted off before dawn for the International Space Station, beginning an almost 16-day mission that will be the longest by any shuttle.

Bloomberg

Raw video: liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour

Yahoo! News

NATION

Suspect in Auburn death confesses

A man charged with killing an Auburn University student told police he tried to rape her before he shot her, according to documents read in court.

Associated Press

Police seek second 'person of interest' in UNC death

CNN

US House files suit in prosecutor scandal

As promised, the U.S. House’s general counsel has filed a civil lawsuit to try to get information out of the White House which it has refused to provide publicly.

Detroit Free Press

Hate crimes tied to immigration debate?

The national immigration debate is driving up the number of hate groups in the country and fueling attacks against Hispanics, according to a report by a civil rights group.

ABC News

POLITICS

Obama makes final appeal to voters in Mississippi's primary election

Sen. Barack Obama made a final appeal to voters in Mississippi's Democratic primary election before he and Hillary Clinton settle in for a six-week battle to win Pennsylvania.

Houston Chronicle

White House 2008: Democratic nomination

Polling Report

GOP chairman faces ouster attempt

Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich is facing a coup attempt from disgruntled Republicans who say corruption has hobbled the party during his tenure and he needs to go.

Anchorage Daily News

BUSINESS

Stocks rebound sharply after Fed move

Wall Street rebounded sharply after the Federal Reserve and other central banks said they will pump $200 billion into the financial markets to help ease the strain from the credit crisis.

MSNBC

Boeing to file formal protest of Air Force tanker contract award

Boeing said it plans to file a formal protest requesting review of the Air Force's awarding an estimated $35 billion contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.

CNNMoney

SPORTS

Spygate story raises legal issues with Patriots, Herald

In February, the Boston Herald touched off a firestorm by reporting before Super Bowl XLII that the New England Patriots secretly videotaped the final walkthrough practice prior to a Super Bowl XXXVI.

Sporting News

Toyota angry after exclusion by Goodyear

Toyota officials weren't pleased to be the only manufacturer not invited to the Goodyear tire test at Darlington Speedway.

ESPN

EDUCATION

States balk at higher-ed mandate

Efforts to make higher education more affordable are on the threshold of becoming law. The House and Senate have both passed versions of a bill that would increase federal grants for students.

Christian Science Monitor

What is Teach for America really like?

When Teach for America began as an idealistic college senior's last-minute thesis project, it looked like a crazy idea. Since then, it has morphed into one of the biggest players in educational reform.

U.S. News & World Report

RELIGION

In Jerusalem suburb, cultures clash

More ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Harediim, are leaving their cloistered neighborhoods for cheaper housing in the suburbs, leading to rising tensions and sporadic violence with their neighbors.

NPR

Turkish scholars aiming to modernize Islam's Hadith

The Hadith deals with events that took place some 1,400 years ago, but an ambitious Turkish project is aiming to reinterpret them to create a collection addressing modern-day concerns.

Christian Science Monitor

Church to step up climate fight

Leaders of the influential Southern Baptist community in the United States have declared their churches have a duty to stop climate change.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Hamas-Israel: a tiny ray of hope

A rare border exchange has taken place between Israel and Hamas to save the life of a desperately ill Palestinian baby.

Times Online

In Guantánamo waters, scuba inspires wounded soldiers

John Thompson, founder of Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba, started SUDS to teach wounded soldiers how to dive back into life.

Bloomberg

WORLD

Bush administration looks into terror listing for Venezuela

A U.S. government official has confirmed that the Bush administration has asked its lawyers to look into what gets a country on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

McClatchy Newspapers

Zapatero shrugs off bitter election battle to sweep back into power

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the Spanish prime minister, won a second term after a bitter election campaign overshadowed by the brazen killing of a politician in its final hours.

Times Online

Spain PM seeks support after election

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

The dark side of solar: paying the polysilicon piper

Attempts to cut corners while boosting production of polysilicon — an ingredient in manufacturing semiconductors and photovoltaic solar panels — are resulting in severe environmental consequences.

Salon.com

Forgotten victims of climate change

Minorities and indigenous people frequently bear the brunt of the ravages of climate change, but also often come last on the aid list because they are on the margins of society.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Space truck orbits despite fault

Europe's new ATV space truck is up and running, although one propulsion glitch means a back-up system is currently being used.

BBC

Key component of Earth's crust formed from moving molten rock

Earth scientists are in the business of backing into history — extrapolating what happened millions of years ago based on what they can observe now.

Science Daily

Lava flows in Hawaii

Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Madonna, Mellencamp honored at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction

A broad range of newly inducted artists at this year's emotional Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies included John Mellencamp, the Ventures, Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five and Madonna.

Rolling Stone

Billy Crystal to play exhibition game for New York Yankees

Billy Crystal will get to "look mahvelous" in pinstripes. The actor will sign a one-day, minor league contract with the Yankees and play in an exhibition game against the Pirates.

Yahoo! News

HEALTH

Gulf War illness linked to chemical exposure-study

Exposure to pesticides, nerve agents and other chemicals may explain the chronic, multi-symptom health problems experienced by up to one-third of Gulf War veterans, U.S. researchers said.

Reuters

Not all trans fats are equally risky

Trans fats have long been the bane of dietitians because they raise levels of artery-clogging LDL cholesterol and lower "good" levels. Yet natural trans fats don't appear as harmful to cholesterol levels.

WebMD

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