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CNN positions itself as the cable news channel that sticks to the facts — distinguishing itself from rivals MSNBC on the left and Fox News on the right. But CNN host Lou Dobbs has put his employer on the defensive by focusing on repeated, unfounded claims that President Obama wasn't born in the U.S.

Typically the talk at the Kentucky Derby is about what horse will win, and whether the winning horse can take the Triple Crown. But this year the biggest gossip is all about Britian's Queen Elizabeth II. An avid horsewoman, she was at Churchill Downs for the race.

Next month in The Hague, a special U.N. tribunal will get under way to examine the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Many Lebanese insist Syrian leaders were behind the assassination. But Syria denies any role in Hariri's death.

Lawmakers are tinkering at the edges of their $700 billion financial rescue plan in a bid to win over reluctant Republicans without losing Democratic supporters in the process. The Dow closed up 490 points.

Four U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart Army base in Georgia planned to assassinate President Obama and overthrow the government, according to prosecutors in the case. The four soldiers allegedly murdered a former Army comrade and his girlfriend for knowing too much about their anti-government militia.

Tanks and missiles rolled across Red Square for the first time since the end of communism during the annual Victory Day parade Friday. Despite the show, experts say the Russian military is in a dreadful state, crippled by widespread corruption, brutal beating of conscripts and a lack of equipment.

In South Florida, Haitian-Americans and Cuban-Americans are mobilizing to help their friends and relatives back home. Conditions in Haiti make it hard to get aid to those who need it. Cuban-Americans face an embargo and restrictions of travel.

The Republican vice presidential pick wants to take another look at programs like Medicare and Social Security. Fresh Air's resident linguist parses the word "entitlement" in its political and nonpolitical contexts.

Tea Party-fueled results in Delaware, New York and New Hampshire cap a wild run-up to the crucial midterm elections in November. Hang on, as this year anything can happen -- and does.