The Supreme Court ordered California to reduce its' prison population by 30,000 people. Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the prison system is failing to deliver minimal care to the prisoners. Also, suicide rates in the prison are 80% higher than the average for inmates nationwide. There are now more than 140,000 inmates in the prison system now.

Federal officials say the analysis of DNA from relatives confirms that Osama bin Laden is dead. However, the federal officials have not disclosed the relationship of the family. The test confirmed his identity with 99.9 percent accuracy. Since the tests were so accurate they believe that source of the DNA must have been from a parent or child of bin Laden. However, bin Laden did not have any full siblings. He did have 50 half-siblings, some of them had close ties to the United States.

During an annual Easter message Pope Benedict the XVI called peace in the Midwest and areas in Africa. The pope also urged the restoration of "peaceful coexistence" in Ivory Coast, where a political stalemate led to violence. The pope also said that young people of Western Nations should work together for a common good. He also said that the people of these nations should build a society where poverty is defeated. Finally, the pope hopes that the victims in Japan will find consolation and hope in the after math.

A man named Robert Lustig gave a speech called "Sugar: The bitter truth." In his speech he talks about how sugar is "evil" and a "toxin" to many people in today's society. Lustig says that sugar is an empty calorie but the problem does not come from this. The problem come from our over consumption of sugar. Our over consumption of sugar has led to many problems in the US today. Some of these problems include obesity and diabetes.

Student loans debt surpassed credit card debt for the first time ever in 2010. It is predicted that the debt will top a trillion dollars this year. In 2008 two-thirds of students who graduated with a bachelor's degree were in debt after school. The average amount of debt for students in college for the 2011 school year was $24,000. There have been many predictions that the debt will increase because of budget-slashing. Economists say "while debt may be a bad thing it is a healthy investment."

Oil had recently went under $104 a barrel while gas prices kept increasing. The national gas prices went up .6 of a cent overnight ($3.584). Overall, the gas prices went up an average of 4 cents in 6 days.

College student working on project to turn food waste into energy. He is studying was to converting biomass waste into liquid fuel known as butanol.

A student at the College of the Atlantic is working on a project to change food waste into energy. He has been studying ways possibilities of converting biomass waste into liquid fuel known as butanol.

U.N. security council wants to stop Libyan leader Col. Muammar al-Quddafi from killing innocent civilians and defeating rebel forces in Libya.

A Lackawanna man was arrested on drug charges. The man was also part of the Mid Vally school district.