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• Best case: Another week of unabated oil geyser (AP)
• Oil in the Gulf has countless livelihoods in limbo (AP)
• Severe storms kill at least 7 in Tenn., 4 in Miss. (AP)
• NYPD: Video has possible SUV bomb suspect in alley (AP)
• Obama praises law enforcement on car bomb response (AP)
• Arizona law sparks calls for action on immigration (AP)
• Obama says stopping oil spill could take many days (AP)
• States want to share patient Rx use to curb abuse (AP)
• Mayor: Boston schools open despite huge main break (AP)
• Minn. officer killed in ambush, sets off manhunt (AP)
• Coastal La. dilemma: Oil is essential; so is water (AP)
• 17 caught in search for Ariz. deputy's attackers (AP)
• Officials: At least 5 dead in Tenn. flooding (AP)
• Ark. tornadoes kill woman, gov declares emergency (AP)
• 18 businesses damaged in California protest (AP)
• Mayor: No terror link in Times Square car bomb try (AP)
• 10,000 gallons of oil removed from AK shipwreck (AP)
• Teams working on a fix for the Gulf oil leak (AP)

Best case: Another week of unabated oil geyser (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 04:53 PM PDT AP - Federal officials shut down fishing from the Mississippi River to the Florida Panhandle on Sunday because of the uncontrolled gusher spewing massive amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and the environmental disaster is still expected to take at least a week to cut off.

Oil in the Gulf has countless livelihoods in limbo (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - When Kenny LeFebvre is out of work, so are the two men who help him haul glistening blue crabs from the waters he's fished since he quit school at 14. So are his sister and brother-in-law, who sell him bait, buy back the catch, pack it up, then resell it to buyers who put it on dinner tables in Maryland.

Severe storms kill at least 7 in Tenn., 4 in Miss. (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - A devastating and deadly line of thunderstorms rocked Tennessee and northern Mississippi over the weekend, killing at least 11 people, closing scores of highways, and leaving weeks of cleanup for thousands of residents whose homes were damaged.

NYPD: Video has possible SUV bomb suspect in alley (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:35 PM PDT AP - Police investigating a terror attack that could have set off a deadly fireball in Times Square focused Sunday on finding a man who was videotaped shedding his shirt near the SUV where the bomb was found.

Obama praises law enforcement on car bomb response (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 01:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is commending law enforcement for responding quickly to a car bomb in Times Square and says the U.S. will do what it takes "at home and abroad" to protect the American people.

Arizona law sparks calls for action on immigration (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 04:09 AM PDT AP - Protesters nationwide vented their anger over a new Arizona law to crack down on illegal immigrants by calling on President Barack Obama to immediately take up their cause for federal immigration reform.

Obama says stopping oil spill could take many days (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - No remedy in sight, President Barack Obama on Sunday warned of a "massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster" as a badly damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico spewed a widening and deadly slick toward delicate wetlands and wildlife. He said it could take many days to stop.

States want to share patient Rx use to curb abuse (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - On his night shift in a busy emergency room, Dr. Jacob Khushigian inevitably finds a few patients more likely to be hunting for drugs than medical attention.

Mayor: Boston schools open despite huge main break (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 04:14 PM PDT AP - Crews made faster-than-expected progress Sunday repairing a broken pipe that cut the clean water supply to 2 million Boston-area residents, prompting Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to urge schools, businesses and commuters to resume their normal routines as the workweek began.

Minn. officer killed in ambush, sets off manhunt (AP) Posted: 01 May 2010 10:52 PM PDT AP - A suburban St. Paul police officer was killed during an ambush Saturday morning, setting off a massive manhunt that ended with one suspect dead and another in custody, authorities said.

Coastal La. dilemma: Oil is essential; so is water (AP) Posted: 01 May 2010 10:35 PM PDT AP - Out where Louisiana ends and the Gulf of Mexico begins, it's hard to know which is king — oil or fishing.

17 caught in search for Ariz. deputy's attackers (AP) Posted: 01 May 2010 10:55 PM PDT AP - Authorities searching for drug smugglers who shot and wounded an Arizona sheriff's deputy in the desert south of Phoenix said they captured 17 suspected illegal immigrants Saturday, including three who may have been involved in the incident.

Officials: At least 5 dead in Tenn. flooding (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 01:18 AM PDT AP - At least five people died and hundreds were being evacuated Saturday as heavy rains pounded Tennessee, causing widespread flooding across the state.

Ark. tornadoes kill woman, gov declares emergency (AP) Posted: 01 May 2010 10:10 PM PDT AP - Leveled homes, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees were scattered across central Arkansas on Saturday after several tornadoes ripped through the state, killing a woman and injuring two dozen others, authorities said.

18 businesses damaged in California protest (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:26 PM PDT AP - Police in Santa Cruz, Calif., say they had to call for help from other police agencies to quell a May Day protest that turned destructive.

Mayor: No terror link in Times Square car bomb try (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 05:17 PM PDT AP - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there's no evidence a failed car bombing in Times Square is linked to al-Qaida or any other large terrorist organization.

10,000 gallons of oil removed from AK shipwreck (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 04:56 PM PDT AP - Dive crews have removed more than 10,000 gallons of oil from a 1952 shipwreck near Juneau, Alaska, and the work continues.

Teams working on a fix for the Gulf oil leak (AP) Posted: 02 May 2010 04:32 PM PDT AP - Teams are working simultaneously on five possible solutions to stop or at least minimize the flow at the well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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