The U.S. Senate passed a budget plan today, after the House passed the plan last week. This is not a spending bill but only a GOP budget road map, so push-back might still occur later. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12028
Scientists have discovered the earliest known ancestor to modern birds. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12031
Hillary Clinton took a clear stand in favor of a path to "full and equal citizenship"—what Republicans call "amnesty"—while speaking in Las Vegas. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12029
Astronomers have found a galaxy older and more distant than any spotted before: light we're seeing left the galaxy 13.1 billion years ago, just 670 million years after the Big Bang. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12030
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake has hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea, causing a small tsunami. There has been no report of injuries or major damage to infrastructure. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12016
NASA’s new 10-engine drone is half chopper, half plane. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12021
A black man and a woman—Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina—have put their hats in the ring for the Republican presidential nomination. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12023
The union representing Ontario, Canada’s 73,000 public elementary school teachers and occasional teachers says it will take strike action as early as May 11. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12020
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has announced his 2016 White House bid. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12027
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed Senator Leo Housakos as the new Speaker of the Senate. http://www.infobitt.com/b/12019
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