(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22,000: state radioYANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country’s deadliest storm on record, state radio reported. Up to 1 million people may be homeless after Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian nation, also known as Burma, early Saturday. Some villages have been almost totally eradicated and vast rice-growing areas are wiped out, the World Food Program said.
Indiana, N.C. voters settling largest remaining contestsEVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) _ Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton once again faced-off in crucial primaries as voters in Indiana and North Carolina crowded polls Tuesday seeking to settle the largest remaining contests in an epic Democratic presidential nomination struggle. Obama was looking to shore up his position as the front-runner, while Clinton was seeking another victory to keep her candidacy competitive in a race that is likely to continue into June and perhaps to the Democratic National Convention in August.
Nearly 100 students at San Diego State arrested in drug bustSAN DIEGO (AP) _ The San Diego County district attorney’s office says nearly 100 students have been arrested at San Diego State University on drug-related charges. Drugs, cash and guns were seized from sellers and buyers in the bust that followed a five-month undercover operation.
3,500 US troops set to leave Iraq in the coming weeksBAGHDAD (AP) _ About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as part of the Pentagon’s overall reduction in troop strength following last year’s "surge." Washington plans to trim it forces in Iraq to about 140,000 soldiers by the summer _ from a peak of about 170,000 in October at the height of the troop buildup in Baghdad and surrounding areas.

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