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People chant anti-American slogans during a rally to condemn the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Multan, Pakistan. Pakistan criticized the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden as an “unauthorized unilateral action.” (Photo by Khalid Tanveer / AP)

Shakespeare helps anti-bullying message in schools

At first glance, a play set in 1599 might not seem relevant to school bullying in 2011, when social networks and cellphones — not quill pens — are used to harass and taunt.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NH seeks to turn back clock on anti-bullying law

Philadelphia Inquirer

Levee explosion may cost Mo. farmers $300M

When the Army Corps of Engineers blew up the Birds Point levee in southeast Missouri, water gushed onto 130,000 acres of farmland, drowning crops — and hopes for a good farming season.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

US revises story on bin Laden raid

U.S. officials issued a revised version of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, including additional details that revealed other options were on the table before settling on the assault.

CNN

World ‘failed to track’ bin Laden

BBC

Americans on terrorism

Polling Report

Inside the world of the Navy SEALs

Slate

Remaking Medicare: saving money or shifting costs?

There’s no debating that the budget blueprint passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would make major changes to the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled.

NPR

Palestinian factions mark unity deal

Representatives of Palestinian factions gathered in Egypt to mark a reconciliation agreement. The leader of the Hamas movement and the Palestinian president met along with other world leaders.

Al Jazeera

NATION

The long war against deadly tornadoes

The recent tornadoes that caused massive destruction and loss of lives across U.S. echoes another era more than 100 years ago — a time when humans began trying to outwit and even defeat tornadoes.

NPR

FEMA seeks to redeem agency reputation

Cape Cod Times

Many Americans ignore ‘overly cautious’ US travel alerts

Many Americans who venture abroad do not listen to U.S. State Department travel alerts because they feel the advisories are “overly cautious” and too vague to offer practical information.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Sources: Treasury suggests $2 trillion raise to US debt cap

The Treasury has told lawmakers that a roughly $2 trillion increase in the legal limit on U.S. federal debt is needed to ensure the government can keep borrowing through the 2012 presidential election.

Reuters

The new voting majority

For the first time, Americans 45 and older make up the voting majority, giving older Americans wider influence in elections as the U.S. stands divided over curtailing Medicare and other benefits for seniors.

Star Tribune

DEATH OF BIN LADEN

White House struggles to get story right on raid

Killing Osama bin Laden was a big victory for the U.S., but how exactly the raid went down is another story.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Controversy in death: 7 questions about Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea

Christian Science Monitor

Pervez Musharraf: Bin Laden hideout not Pakistan ISI’s fault

CBS News

Photo captures Obama, aides during Osama bin Laden raid

Taut and riveting, the photo takes the world inside history: Around a lacquered table in the Situation Room, the president and his team are watching a heart-pounding hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Arizona Republic

Blog:

Bin Laden reading guide: How to cut through the coverage

(ProPublica)

The ProPublica Blog

BUSINESS

Hero or zero: Is a powerful CEO good news or bad?

When it comes to corporate governance, what’s best for a company may also be what’s most difficult to put into practice, according to a new study examining the impact of “dominant” chief executives.

Globeandmail.com

US sues Deutsche Bank for $1B over ‘reckless’ mortgages

The U.S. government is suing Deutsche Bank for more than $1 billion, alleging that Germany’s biggest bank lied repeatedly to secure the valuable government-backed insurance for mortgages that it sold.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Perennial corn holds hope for cutting environmental damage

Scientists want to develop perennial versions of corn, wheat, rice and other crops that don’t need to be planted every year and wouldn’t likely cause environmental damage.

Des Moines Register

Climate change: New report offers strategies to adapt

The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association released a report recommending that officials make plans for the economic, environmental and public health impacts of increasing temperatures.

San Francisco Chronicle

Phage therapy could prevent the spread ‘ghostly’ reefs

A mysteriously healthy patch of coral reefs in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf might provide scientists with ways to protect the rest of the world’s reefs.

Popular Science

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US Holocaust Memorial Museum to digitize vast archive for web

A “trove” of historic Holocaust records is now online. Rare, fragile documents were scanned and users of the site can submit identification for people whom they recognize in photos.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Economic bell tolls for church steeples across the nation

Across the nation, church steeples are taking a beating. The bell tolls for bell towers too, as these landmarks of faith are hit hard by economic, social and religious change.

Religion News Service

SPORTS

Late run lifts Heat to lead over Celtics

The Boston Celtics face a difficult problem. Limit Miami Heat forward LeBron James? Possible. Slow Heat guard Dwyane Wade? That’s doable.

USA TODAY

NFL gets expedited hearing for appeal

A federal appeals court agreed to expedite the NFL’s request to put its labor lockout in place until a new deal is finally worked out.

ESPN

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Bud Kennedy):

Bin Laden’s death brings justice for mother of USS Cole victim

McClatchy Newspapers

Editorial:

Freedom riders stood up for justice

Observer

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Osama bin Laden’s death

USA TODAY

Column (Richard Falk):

Is limitless freedom of expression possible?

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Smoother flying ahead?

Houston Chronicle

Editorial:

Lesson in levee battle is that Mother Nature always wins

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (William J. Dobson):

A victory for Democratic foreign policy

The New Republic

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GOOD NEWS

Mo. organization directs animal rescue 6,000 miles away in Japan

From her small office in University City, Mo., Brenda Shoss coordinates a search and rescue effort to save dogs, cats and other animals separated from their families in the recent Japanese disaster.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Philadelphia, an incubator for students’ startup ideas

On a recent afternoon, two young entrepreneurs were brainstorming names for the online dress shop they were starting, playing off each other’s strengths.

Philadelphia Inquirer

New development aims to make Detroit a popular port of call

The project mirrors efforts of other Great Lakes port cities looking to maximize their waterfronts, including Cleveland — but critics doubt that Detroit has the demand to match the cost.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Prime minister returns to Ottawa after majority win