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Despite rescuing hundreds of children from a sect, police are still in the dark. Andrew Gumbel reports

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/zion-raid-the-ranch-has-not-yet-revealed-all-its-secrets-808370.html

As state officials prepare planes to spray the San Francisco Bay area with pesticides to fight an invasive moth, politicians are starting to worry not only about the endeavor’s potential impacts on human health, but on local commerce.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/10/financial/f162313D98.DTL

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/890259,trib041108.article

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_NASA_Probe_Takes_Hi_Res_Photos_of_Mars_Moon_Phobos_16226.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/04/10/mixed.family.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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Breaking news.

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The Big Apple has a new logo, and Apple says: Drop dead.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2008/04/apple_vs_apple

Suspect sought after store video catches him in the act

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23940033/

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_FAA_Inspectors_Say_the_Agency_Ignored_Violations_15932.html

Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7326839.stm

Starbucks barista donates one of her spares to good customer in need

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23917493/

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_John_Cusacks_Stalker_Charged_15921.html

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About 1 in 50 U.S. infants are victims of nonfatal child abuse or neglect in a year, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/04/03/infant.neglect.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_MySpace_Finally_Announces_Online_Music_Store_15926.html

No-brainer findings uncover hidden truths in conventional wisdom

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Ten people were trapped and killed and two managed to escape early Thursday from a house engulfed by flames near Brockway, a town of about 2,000 people situated about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, authorities said.

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_10_Killed_in_Pennsylvania_Fire_15925.html

A former stripper-turned-soccer-mom convicted of plotting to kill her former fiance 12 years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 99 years in prison.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/03/linehan.trial.ap/index.html?iref=hpmostpop

WARREN, Michigan (AP) — The lithium-ion batteries to be used in General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt electric car will soon be installed and tested in specially-equipped versions of the Chevrolet Malibu, the company said.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/03/autos/bc.na.fin.com.us.gm.volt/index.htm?cnn=yes

Elizabeth Agin’s professional popularity is simple and deep: The Tennessee-based cemetery science investigator knows where the bodies are buried — and she can find out where there are more.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/04/bodies

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They say it’s what’s inside that counts. Hogwash. It’s the suit that makes the man — or the cyborg, as the case may be.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2008/03/pl_screen

More than 55,000 people have been hit by dengue — a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne virus — around Rio de Janeiro in the last four months, Brazilian authorities said Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/04/03/brazil.dengue/index.html

Every 11 years or so, the sun gets a little pissy. It breaks out in a rash of planet-sized sunspots that spew superhot gas, hurling clouds of electrons, protons, and heavier ions toward Earth at nearly the speed of light. These solar windstorms have been known to knock out power grids and TV broadcasts, and our growing reliance on space-based technology makes us more vulnerable than ever to their effects.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-04/st_spaceweather

You’ve probably read articles about fighting traffic tickets — but the reality is many of us (probably most of us) just don’t have the money to hire a lawyer — or the time/expertise (let alone gumption) to actually challenge a ticket on our own.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/04/02/aa.ticket.fighting/index.html

The Pentagon on Tuesday released a now-defunct legal memo that approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects, saying that President Bush’s authority during wartime trumps any international ban on torture

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23908619/

 NASA scientists have identified the smallest black hole ever found — less than four times the mass of our sun and about the size of a large city.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080401/sc_nm/space_blackhole_dc

Not much new happens in this sleepy little southeast Alaska fishing community, and the locals seem to like it that way.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/02/alaska.stabbings.ap/index.html

As far as hard jobs go, it’s up there with air-traffic controller and crane operator. Stepmothers preside over a minefield of hidden hurts, half-concealed traditions and occasional tugs-of-war. Want the job?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/04/01/stepmother.never.say/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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35-year-old still in pain from medical procedures, family members said

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Dozens of high schoolers forced to take breath tests

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BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) — Baltimore police say three children found dead in a hotel room on Sunday had been drowned in the bathtub by their father.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/31/children.killed.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/28/interstate.shootings.ap/index.html?iref=topnews

Woman demands apology, says ‘no one deserves to be treated this way’

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MIDDLEBURY, Vermont (AP) — The more the snow melts, the more the mystery deepens: What happened to Nicholas Garza?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/28/missing.student.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/28/science.project.scare.ap/index.html

“A lot of perfectly good food is thrown away,” says Nelson, a spokeswoman for Freegan.info, a New York City group that promotes “freeganism,” which eschews conventional commerce in favor of a lifestyle that uses minimal resources.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/03/27/free.commerce/index.html

 – A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists said Tuesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/25/antartica.collapse.ap/index.html

None of the 232 passengers or crew hurt on Australia-bound jetliner

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23790476/