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• Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez (AP)
• Ky. mine where 2 died had roof support problems (AP)
• Workers march on Wall Street, protest big banks (AP)
• Homebuyers rush to take advantage of tax credits (AP)
• Teen gets 40 years for killing Border Patrol agent (AP)
• Ind. boys to be tried as adults in stepdad slaying (AP)
• Survivor: Machete attack preceded 3 NJ killings (AP)
• Lawsuits target AZ law amid calls for boycotts (AP)
• What will change if the financial overhaul passes? (AP)
• Former Palin pageant rival qualifies for Ga. House (AP)
• Schwarzenegger gives full support to health reform (AP)
• FDA approves breakthrough cancer therapy Provenge (AP)
• City Council silences NYC tour buses (AP)
• Ariz. bill on birth certificates set aside (AP)
• NY police tell parents that son is dead — he's not (AP)
• Swine flu fears push seasonal shots to record high (AP)
• Teen convicted of murder in Mass. school stabbing (AP)
• Bubble-blowers take aim at Guinness Book record (AP)
• Obama calls Height a champion of 'righteous cause' (AP)

Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:04 PM PDT AP - An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control and drifted inexorably toward the Gulf Coast on Thursday as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes.

Ky. mine where 2 died had roof support problems (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:04 PM PDT AP - The underground coal mine where two workers were killed in a roof collapse has been cited at least six times this year for using too few supporting bolts in the roof, state records show.

Workers march on Wall Street, protest big banks (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - Thousands of workers and union leaders marched on Wall Street on Thursday to express their anger over lost jobs, the taxpayer-funded bailout of financial institutions and questionable lending practices by big banks.

Homebuyers rush to take advantage of tax credits (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:51 PM PDT AP - Real estate agents are working seven days a week, builders are staying open late and homebuyers are scrambling to get their offers in as they rush to take advantage of tax credits that expire at midnight Friday.

Teen gets 40 years for killing Border Patrol agent (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:09 PM PDT AP - A 17-year-old Mexican was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for murdering a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was lured from his vehicle during an attempted robbery and shot repeatedly in the head.

Ind. boys to be tried as adults in stepdad slaying (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - A judge ruled Thursday that a 15-year-old boy and his 12-year-old friend should be tried for murder as adults in the shooting death of the older boy's stepfather, saying the state's juvenile court system wasn't equipped to handle such serious cases.

Survivor: Machete attack preceded 3 NJ killings (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:23 PM PDT AP - She had been sexually assaulted, slashed with a machete and shot in the head, but as the young woman clung to life she could think only of one thing: Where are my friends?

Lawsuits target AZ law amid calls for boycotts (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - Anger mounted Thursday over an Arizona measure cracking down on illegal immigration as a police officer sued to challenge it, governors in Texas and Colorado weighed in to oppose such a law in their own states, and activists in Chicago chanted for a boycott outside an Arizona Diamondbacks game.

What will change if the financial overhaul passes? (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - The Senate is weighing the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression, landmark changes aimed at preventing a recurrence of the crisis that knocked the financial system to its knees two years ago.

Former Palin pageant rival qualifies for Ga. House (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:09 PM PDT AP - A woman who was once a beauty pageant rival of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is running for a seat in the Georgia state House.

Schwarzenegger gives full support to health reform (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged California's full support Thursday for national health care reform, throwing the weight of one of the nation's most prominent Republicans behind an overhaul that caused a deep political divide and prompted at least 18 states to file legal challenges.

FDA approves breakthrough cancer therapy Provenge (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:22 PM PDT AP - A first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease received federal approval Thursday, offering an important alternative to more taxing treatments like chemotherapy.

City Council silences NYC tour buses (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:53 PM PDT AP - The New York City Council has passed a bill that silences the hundreds of double-decker tour buses that roll through the streets by requiring a headphone system to replace loudspeakers.

Ariz. bill on birth certificates set aside (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:43 PM PDT AP - A bill to require presidential candidates to show their birth certificates to get on Arizona's ballot won't win approval from state lawmakers.

NY police tell parents that son is dead — he's not (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:44 AM PDT AP - It was a 90-minute nightmare.

Swine flu fears push seasonal shots to record high (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 09:41 AM PDT AP - Fears of swine flu helped boost vaccination for ordinary seasonal flu last year, with a record 40 percent of adults and children getting the vaccine, federal health officials said Thursday.

Teen convicted of murder in Mass. school stabbing (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:19 PM PDT AP - A Massachusetts teenager was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing another student in what prosecutors described as a random attack at a suburban Boston high school.

Bubble-blowers take aim at Guinness Book record (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:48 PM PDT AP - People all over the world Thursday tried to break into the Guinness World Records book for the most people simultaneously blowing bubbles at multiple locations.

Obama calls Height a champion of 'righteous cause' (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - Recognizing his debt to her quiet perseverance, an emotional President Barack Obama eulogized Dorothy Height as a humble champion of civil rights who deserved a seat of honor in American history.

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