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• Man sought for threatening president arrested (AP)
• Slain abortion doctor eulogized as generous (AP)
• Scientists eye glowing volcano crater in Hawaii (AP)
• Illegals interrupt less desert military training (AP)
• Mayors in NJ and CA popular 'tweeters' (AP)
• Some 'tweets' from Newark and San Francisco mayors (AP)
• Teen survivor of genocide awaits US graduation (AP)
• Westward ho! Amish escaping crowds, prices in East (AP)
• US Airways hero gets rousing hometown reception (AP)
• Budget cuts threaten 'Ellis Island of the West' (AP)
• Obama: D-Day veterans changed course of century (AP)
• Alaskans concerned about North Korea's missiles (AP)
• Ike's vision now key to US military thinking (AP)
• Republican Congressman Kirk announces divorce (AP)
• Patti Blagojevich plays mom to D-list celebs on TV (AP)
• Struggling E. St. Louis sees renewal from park (AP)

Man sought for threatening president arrested (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:23 PM PDT AP - Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly told bank tellers while cleaning out his savings account in Utah that he was on a mission to kill President Barack Obama.

Slain abortion doctor eulogized as generous (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 05:08 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to honor slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, eulogized by a longtime friend as a passionate and generous man who repeatedly overcame difficult challenges.

Scientists eye glowing volcano crater in Hawaii (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - The summit of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is glowing brightly as molten lava swirls 300 feet below its crater's floor, bubbling near the surface after years of spewing from the volcano's side.

Illegals interrupt less desert military training (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT AP - Illegal border crossings have dwindled so much in southwestern Arizona that Marine Corps pilots rarely have to abort practice bombing runs any more on their vast desert target range.

Mayors in NJ and CA popular 'tweeters' (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:53 PM PDT AP - Newark Mayor Cory Booker and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom are blazing a new trail in political discourse from opposite sides of the country as they build huge Internet followings on Twitter's fast-growing social network.

Some 'tweets' from Newark and San Francisco mayors (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:39 PM PDT AP - Here are a few examples of Newark Mayor Cory Booker's messages sent on Twitter, called "tweets":

Teen survivor of genocide awaits US graduation (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:12 AM PDT AP - Two years ago, Candide Uwizeyimana could not speak a word of English. A survivor of the Rwandan genocide, she lost her family and later was separated from those who rescued her from an orphanage, fed and housed her and paid for her education.

Westward ho! Amish escaping crowds, prices in East (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 11:02 AM PDT AP - A new road sign cautions drivers to watch for Amish horse-drawn carriages in the valley beneath Colorado's Sangre de Cristo mountains. Highway pull-offs and dedicated horse-and-buggy paths are in the works.

US Airways hero gets rousing hometown reception (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 03:10 PM PDT AP - In a town that's no stranger to heroes, one stood out Saturday.

Budget cuts threaten 'Ellis Island of the West' (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 12:00 PM PDT AP - Schoolchildren crowd into the barracks of this former immigration station, poring over poems of sadness and longing carved into the walls by the million-plus immigrants who passed through the "Ellis Island of the West" decades ago.

Obama: D-Day veterans changed course of century (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama honored the valiant dead and the "sheer improbability" of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturday's 65th anniversary of the decisive invasion even as he remakes two wars and tries to thwart potential nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea.

Alaskans concerned about North Korea's missiles (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 12:36 PM PDT AP - Alaskans are concerned over the prospect that North Korea is getting ready to test a long-range missile that could reach strategic targets in their home state.

Ike's vision now key to US military thinking (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 12:55 AM PDT AP - When Dwight Eisenhower planned the World War II invasion that wrested Europe from Hitler's hands, he believed — as many strategists do today — that victory and a lasting peace required more than military might.

Republican Congressman Kirk announces divorce (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 08:28 AM PDT AP - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk's office has announced that the Republican congressman and his wife are divorcing.

Patti Blagojevich plays mom to D-list celebs on TV (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 02:58 AM PDT AP - Once she was the first lady of Illinois. Now Patti Blagojevich is gagging down bugs and crawling through tropical slime in a race to be named Queen of the Jungle on a reality TV show.

Struggling E. St. Louis sees renewal from park (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 02:38 AM PDT AP - The panoramic view of the shimmering Gateway Arch and St. Louis skyline is stirring. But for this struggling city, the debut of a new riverfront park offers a vision of far bigger things.

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