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Moving east - Historic shift for NATO as ex-Soviet bloc states join alliance, By Judy Augsburger, NBC News

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• PUMP BUSTERS 2004
The year's most fuel-efficient cars.

• U.S. mulls clean-gasoline waivers• U.S. automobile sales rise in March• Gas prices, technology give diesels second chance• Will OPEC output cuts go too far?

U.S. NEWS

• SLEEPY SUNDAY MORNING AS CLOCKS SPRING FORWARD
Americans will lose an hour's sleep Sunday morning as the United States returns to daylight-savings time.

• Unruly elementary students handcuffed• Retired truck driver wins huge lottery• Fiery pileups litter California highway• Colorado wildfire nearly doubles in size

POLITICS

• KERRY AGAIN CHALLENGES BUSH TO DEBATES
John Kerry’s presidential campaign on Thursday again challenged President Bush to one-on-one debates, saying the fiercely negative tone of the White House race has clouded the issues.

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• WP: Kerry fund-raising sets record• New Kerry ad attacks Bush on jobs• Democrats' fiscal outlook improves• White House Derby: Slight edge for Bush

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• ISRAELI POLICE STORM JERUSALEM HOLY SITE
Israeli police on Friday stormed a disputed Jerusalem holy site after Muslim prayers and thousands of worshippers barricaded themselves inside, triggering a two-hour standoff.

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• Bomb found on Spanish rail line• NBC: NATO shifts eastward to old Soviet bloc• Fallujah cleric condemns mutilations• Al-Qaida suspect urges Rome's destruction

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

• ‘NEW INFORMATION’ IN MISSING STUDENT CASE
Investigators looking into the four-day disappearance of a Wisconsin college student who says she was abducted by a knife-wielding man planned a news conference Friday to report “substantial new information” in the case.

• Suspect charged in highway shootings• Accused mailbox bomber incompetent• Gas pump explodes after truck hits station• Five people beaten to death in Detroit

TERRORISM & SECURITY

• AL-QAIDA SUSPECT URGES ROME'S DESTRUCTION
Videotapes of a key al-Qaida suspect urging followers to destroy Rome have reportedly been found by Italian police, heightening concerns about security in Italy and at the Vatican ahead of Easter.

• Rice testimony confirmed for April 8• Report: CIA faced obstacles to killing bin Laden• WP: Focus before 9/11 wasn't terrorism• Crackdown on Turkish militants nets 53

ENVIRONMENT

• GAS PRICES, TECHNOLOGY GIVE DIESELS SECOND CHANCE
If gas prices have got you looking at auto options, European carmakers and even the EPA would like you to consider this: a cleaner and quieter generation of diesels that leave their 1970s brethren in the dust.

• Bush mercury proposal hit on two fronts• Bush officials accused of mining whitewash• Report: Cattle riding herd over Amazon• Walruses, bears face off in Arctic

PECULIAR POSTINGS

• MALFUNCTION CAUSES HUGE SEWAGE SPILL
A malfunction at a north Texas water treatment plant Wednesday caused tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage to bubble up from manholes, form pools in low-lying areas and flow into the Trinity River.

• Canadian MP has margaritas on his mind• Casino pulls ad aimed at those in debt

SPECIAL REPORT

• U.S. YOUTH UNFAZED BY GAY MARRIAGE
Polls indicate that people under 30 are consistently more supportive of marriages between same-sex partners than older people.

• For same-sex pairs, festivities begin• A guide to the marriage controversy

WASHINGTONPOST.COM HIGHLIGHTS

• KERRY FUND-RAISING SIGNALS HOPE FOR PARTY
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) will announce Friday that his presidential campaign has raised more than $43 million in the first three months of this year, smashing Democratic Party records and signaling a party-wide fundraising resurgence for Democrats, according to top party officials.

• Palestinians forge new alliances• U.S. firms keeping billions overseas• Top focus before 9/11 wasn't terrorism• Yosemite seeks to limit human impact

NEWSWEEK NATIONAL NEWS

• THE INSIDER
How Richard Clarke fueled a firestorm over who's to blame for 9/11, why two presidents missed the warning signs—and what we can learn to keep it from happening again

• Spies: Too Little Sharing• Bonds of Steel• Party Of One• The Books: The Kiss-and-Tell Club

• WILSTEIN: HORNUNG SHOULD GET HIS FACTS STRAIGHT
Wilstein: Remarks about black players at Notre Dame belie reality

• Slave descendants sue for $1 billion• Should U.S. apologize for slavery?• Colon Cancer Series: A family's fight

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