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California residents praised for home fire safety (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 05:52 PM PDT AP - Relieved to see their ash-covered houses still intact, grateful homeowners are paying tribute to firefighters by tooting car horns and posting large thank-you signs on their front lawns.

National Guard troops helping flood victims in WVa (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 06:01 PM PDT AP - The National Guard is helping residents in West Virginia's southern coalfields recover from weekend flooding that destroyed at least 300 buildings, knocked out power and caused mudslides that flushed trash, debris and at least one mobile home downstream.

Last SLA inmate released from California prison (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - The last captured member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the radical 1970s-era group notorious for bank robberies, killings and the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, was released from prison Sunday, a corrections official said.

Bronx man killed after graduating from college (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 11:33 AM PDT AP - A shooting in Buffalo has claimed the life of a Bronx man who had just celebrated his college graduation.

Biden to grads: You have chance to shape history (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 11:05 AM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden told more than 3,000 college graduates that they are at a watershed moment with a chance to shape history that few generations ever encounter.

Court set to hear appeal by DC sniper mastermind (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 10:49 AM PDT AP - Before John Allen Muhammad went to trial for orchestrating the deadly sniper rampage that terrorized the Washington, D.C., region, he claimed he was a prophet and that his teenage accomplice had concocted an herbal AIDS cure, his lawyers say.

Mexico out of China trade fair amid swine flu flap (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 05:20 PM PDT AP - Mexico's government on Sunday called China's treatment of its citizens unacceptable and said it would not participate in a Shanghai trade fair in a bitter dispute over anti-swine flu measures adopted by the Asian giant.

'Star Trek' has galactic $76.5M opening weekend (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 03:53 PM PDT AP - "Star Trek" beamed itself up to the top of the box office, earning $76.5 million in its opening weekend.

Restored NY lighthouse features surprise Rodin (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 10:30 AM PDT AP - More than 10,000 campgrounds dot the American landscape. But only at the state-run campground in this remote Lake Champlain town can you find a Rodin sculpture on public display just steps away from campers pitching tents and grilling burgers.

Schumer calls for probe into phone spam (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 01:41 PM PDT AP - Unsolicited calls to home and cell phones warning of a final notice and an expiring vehicle warranty are a nuisance and harassment and should be the subject of a federal investigation, a U.S. senator said Sunday.

After Fargo's flood, 6 million sandbags remain (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 01:03 PM PDT AP - Millions of bags filled with sand were used to battle record flood crests in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn. But now that the flood risk is over, city leaders wonder: Where will the sand go?

Search for wanted Ga. prof ends with body found (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 09:16 AM PDT AP - The shooting deaths of three members of a theater group during a quiet picnic shattered an idyllic spring day at the sunny University of Georgia campus. Just as shocking was the suspect: A distinguished college professor.

Catholic political divide over Obama at Notre Dame (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 03:10 PM PDT AP - A campaign by outraged Roman Catholics to keep President Barack Obama from delivering the commencement address at Notre Dame shows that the gulf between the church and backers of abortion rights remains deep.

Black colleges will fight cut to federal program (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - Leaders of historically black colleges say they'll fight a reduction in a federal program they call a financial lifeline at a time of economic distress for the schools and their students.

Heavyweight's family shows strength in tragedy (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 11:02 AM PDT AP - She has closed the door to his room, and can finally sleep through the night. Yet sometimes when she wakes, and the house is quiet, Patricia Page hears her husband calling her.

Minn. patient wants right to refuse electroshocks (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 10:10 AM PDT AP - The court order authorizing electroshock treatments for Ray Sandford says that when he arrived at a psychiatric hospital early last year, he was "grossly psychotic" and violent toward staff and other patients.

Weather looks great for Monday launch to Hubble (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 04:23 PM PDT AP - With a forecast of near-perfect weather, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope scientists and managers were euphoric as they awaited Monday's planned launch of shuttle Atlantis on the final trip to the orbiting observatory.

Hubble: From cosmic joke to cherished eye in space (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 11:09 AM PDT AP - Using the power of pictures, the Hubble Space Telescope has snapped away at the mystery of the universe.

Firefighter pulls man from NYC canal (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 10:28 AM PDT AP - A city firefighter jumped into the polluted waters of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn to save a driver from his sinking car.

6 San Antonio firefighters treated for chlorine (AP) Posted: 10 May 2009 09:18 AM PDT AP - Authorities in Texas say six firefighters in San Antonio have been hospitalized after being exposed to chlorine gas while battling a blaze at a cemetery.

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