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In this file photo, John Lewis, right, hugs his partner, Stuart Gaffney, left, outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco. (Photo by Paul Sakuma / AP)

McClellan: Valerie Plame leak case was turning point

McClellan said that it wasn't until he realized he may have been led to deliver false information regarding Valerie Plame's CIA outing that he knew he would someday have to tell his story.

MSNBC

McClellan: Bush embraced political 'game' too often

NPR

Showdown over Michigan, Florida

An analysis by lawyers for the Democratic Party says party rules call for Michigan and Florida to lose at least half their delegate strength at the party's convention.

Seattle Times

Pelosi vows to prevent fight at Dem convention

San Francisco Chronicle

Convention disaster ahead?

MSNBC

Gay marriage advances in the states of California, New York

Barring a stay of a historic California Supreme Court ruling, gay couples will be able to wed in the state beginning June 17, and those nuptials may soon be fully recognized in New York.

CBS News

San Francisco mayor rides high after gay marriage ruling

NPR

World food prices will dip but stay high

Food prices will remain high over the next decade even if they fall from current records, meaning millions more risk further hardship or hunger, the OECD and the UN's FAO food agency said in a report.

Reuters

Israel's Olmert resists calls for resignation, 2 aides say

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will fight for his political life, resisting calls to resign amid a police probe of allegations he took money illegally, a political aide and the finance minister said.

Bloomberg

Army suicides rose during most violent year yet, Pentagon says

The number of Army suicides increased again last year, Pentagon officials said. The suicides happened during the most violent year yet in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

MSNBC

NATION

2 customs officers arrested at JFK

Federal agents arrested two Customs and Border Protection officers from Long Island and others yesterday and charged them with being part of a Kennedy Airport bribery and drug ring.

Newsday

FEMA closing trailer parks as hurricane season nears

The government has reasons to move families out of Katrina trailers: the start of a new hurricane season, concerns about toxic fumes and the need for residents to find permanent homes.

Houston Chronicle

Global warming to deplete Great Lakes even more

Global warming will likely drain more water from the Great Lakes and pose added pollution threats to the region's vulnerable ecosystem, environmental groups said.

Reuters

POLITICS

Bob Barr is new piece in electoral puzzle

Newly Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr may not be a household name, but he's caught the attention of the GOP's most passionate wing: libertarian-leaning supporters of Rep. Ron Paul.

Christian Science Monitor

Clinton battles on, McCain and Obama battle each other

The general election bout has begun with Democrat Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain sparring with each other, ignoring Sen. Hillary Clinton's efforts to stay in the ring with them.

ABC News

Female VP hopefuls contrast with Clinton

Yahoo! News

BUSINESS

Have terminals, need LNG

The cost of a gallon of gasoline gets all the headlines, but the price of natural gas that will heat many U.S. homes next winter is skyrocketing as the nation falls behind in a global race to secure the gas.

International Herald Tribune

Netflix, Blockbuster mixing it up a little

Like two movies going head to head on opening weekend, Netflix and Blockbuster made rival presentations to investors as each DVD rental company vies to stay competitive in a converging marketplace.

The Gazette

United, US Airways CEOs may meet

The CEOs of United Airlines and US Airways are scheduled to meet as talks aimed at combining the carriers progress despite concerns that threaten to scuttle the deal.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

'Eye-opening' US report looks at impact of climate change

Climate change is increasing the risk of U.S. crop failures, depleting the nation's water resources and contributing to outbreaks of invasive species and insects, according to a federal report.

MSNBC

Warming climate changing US forests

Environment News Service

Green tours' main challenge: the fans

As even the best-intentioned bands are learning, launching a major environmentally responsible tour is virtually impossible.

Rolling Stone

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

The dumbest generation? Don’t be dumb

In Mark Bauerlein's, provocative new book "The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future," he offers the usual indicators, grand and slight.

Newsweek

Networks team up to battle cancer

The big three broadcast networks will set aside an hour of prime-time to raise money for cancer research. A telethon, "Stand Up to Cancer" will air on ABC, NBC and CBS.

NY Daily News

HEALTH

Doctors' house calls on the rise

Once considered on the verge of extinction, the annual number of house calls increased 43 percent from 1998 to 2004, to just over 2 million, according to a new study.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

FDA takes another look at drug warnings

FDA officials proposed streamlining drug warnings for women who are pregnant or nursing, to make it easier for physicians and patients to determine whether it's safe to take the medicines.

Baltimore Sun

C-sections tied to rise in preterm births

One in eight U.S. babies is born prematurely. A dramatic increase in C-section deliveries in the United States is largely responsible for an equally dramatic rise in preterm births.

WebMD

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GOOD NEWS

Monkeys with brain-wired bionic arms give hope to disabled

Monkeys with tiny sensors wired to their brains learned to reach, grip and eat using a robotic arm, an advance that foreshadows bionic limbs that could restore motion for people with disabilities.

Bloomberg

Monkey uses robotic arm to eat

YouTube

US climber scales Everest for 10th time

An American climber has scaled Mount Everest for the 10th time, becoming the first non-Nepalese to achieve the feat, mountaineering officials said.

Associated Press

California resident pens first novel at 98

Osmond Molarsky has been writing all his life. But it wasn't until last year that the 98-year-old California resident wrote his first novel, a contemporary political satire called "The Noah Hour."

San Francisco Chronicle