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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• BUSH PICKS DANFORTH AS U.N. ENVOY
President Bush said Friday that he had chosen Republican former Sen. John Danforth of Missouri to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, succeeding John Negroponte, Bush’s choice to be ambassador to Iraq.

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• North Korea opens border for trade• Baghdad blast kills 2 U.S. soldiers• Alleged Al-Zarqawi aide arrested• Gulf War POW judgment overturned

POLITICS

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• STUMPING FOR KERRY
Whatever happened to Howard Dean? The former front-runner is working hard for Sen. John Kerry.

• WashPost: Kerry plan could cut premiums• Unlikely leader for anti-Bush offensive• Kerry opens formal bid for veterans' votes• In Colo. Senate race, a struggle for identity

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

• MAN WHO BULLDOZED THROUGH COLO. TOWN IS DEAD
A Colorado muffler shop owner who plowed his makeshift armored bulldozer into several buildings over a dispute with city officials was found dead in the machine, authorities said.

• Man gets 24 years for torching cars• Baby stabbed to death outside stores• Nichols defense details arguments• Witnesses detail Laci Peterson’s activities

U.S. NEWS

• REAGAN DIES WITH FAMILY BY HIS SIDE
Former President Ronald Reagan died Saturday at his California home with his family by his side after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

• Calif. levee break threatens fresh water• Bush picks Danforth as U.N. envoy• Gulf War POW judgment overturned• Indiana boy wins National Spelling Bee

TERRORISM & SECURITY

• 9/11 FAMILIES HEAR TAPES FROM PLANES
Family members of victims of the 9/11 hijackings Friday got to hear audio tapes of cell phone calls made from those planes. The session was conducted during a closed-door briefing by the Justice Department held at a New Jersey hotel.

• U.S. seeks help tracking missiles• Relatives of 9/11 victims see new failure• Rumsfeld expects more 'successful attacks'• Tenet resigns as CIA director

ENVIRONMENT

GREEN MACHINES | MORE

• U.N.: COLD WATER CORALS FACE DIRE THREATS
The United Nations sounded the alarm over the health of the world’s oceans on Friday, warning that aggressive fishing threatens little-understood corals that may hold the key to new medicines.

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• Alaska orca pod to get special protection• Big Northwest timber sale scaled back• Senate OKs easing nuclear sludge rules• Scientists tie ancient warming to 'belch'

PECULIAR POSTINGS

• ARTIST USES A PALETTE OF CHEESE AND HAM
Cosimo Cavallaro's installation uses 312 pounds of ham tossed on a four-poster bed.

• Ethiopian, president for 7 days, dies• Dutch church officials upset over nude cyclists• N.J. bans bar discounts on ‘ladies nights’• Mom, son accused of planting mouse in soup

SPECIAL REPORT

• 2 MARINES PLEAD GUILTY TO SHOCKING DETAINEE
Two Marine privates pleaded guilty to giving electric shocks to an Iraqi prisoner in early April, months after the Abu Ghraib abuse, military officials said Thursday.

• ‘Following orders’ defense likely• Report: U.S. tried to curb Red Cross• Guilt and innocence in uniform

WASHINGTONPOST.COM HIGHLIGHTS

• WARS PUT STRAIN ON NATIONAL GUARD
With almost 40,000 troops serving in the unexpectedly violent and difficult occupation of Iraq, the National Guard is beginning to show the strain of duty there, according to interviews and e-mail exchanges with 23 state Guard commanders from California to Maine.

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• Kerry plan could cut insurance premiums• Records paint dark portrait of guard• Tenet leaves mixed legacy at CIA• Is Tenet the fall guy?

SPECIAL REPORT

• MISSOURI SETS AUGUST GAY-MARRIAGE VOTE
The Missouri Supreme Court recommended Thursday that a proposed amendment banning gay marriage should be on the ballot in August. The ruling was seen as a victory for Democrats seeking to keep the issue off the November general election ballot.

• Gay-rights backers denied communion

NEWSWEEK NATIONAL NEWS

• ENEMIES AMONG US
Besieged by the atrocities at Abu Ghraib, Team Bush turned attention to the hunt for Al Qaeda. Politics, fear and the story of another California drifter

• The 'Sock Puppet' Strategy• The Wrong Man

SPECIAL REPORT

• Technology, politics behind elections

• MSNBC.COM BOOK REVIEW: ‘BROTHERS IN ARMS’
MSNBC.com’s Michael E. Ross reviews Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony Walton's “Brothers in Arms,” the highly readable story of a World War II tank battalion that reinforced the U.S. forces of the historic Normandy invasion.

• After 75 Years, Barnard makes activist alumna• Black admissions drop at UC Berkeley• The forgotten heroes of World War II

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