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• Pakistani Taliban: NY bomb attempt a 'brave' act (AP)
• BP brings in the big box to deal with oil disaster (AP)
• Mosque going up in NYC building damaged on 9/11 (AP)
• Passenger surrenders after NH bus bomb scare (AP)
• Ex-NFL star Lawrence Taylor charged with NY rape (AP)
• Arizona to eliminate speed cameras on highways (AP)
• Crew couldn't stop oil disaster; can they fix it? (AP)
• Va. military jury finds Navy SEAL not guilty (AP)
• Utah court to hear appeal in firing squad case (AP)
• Shell to court: We're ready to drill Arctic Ocean (AP)
• Crews put out more than 140 miles of boom for oil (AP)
• 3 retired couples among those killed by floods (AP)
• Detainee: I'll skip trial if strip searches go on (AP)
• 3 family members killed by gunman in LA-area home (AP)
• First female officers headed to subs feel blessed (AP)
• New AZ immigration bill old hat for 'Sheriff Joe' (AP)
• Court blocks release of jailed militia members (AP)
• Conn. man charged with raping immigrant girlfriend (AP)
• Gay couples ask judge to toss US marriage law (AP)

Pakistani Taliban: NY bomb attempt a 'brave' act (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 06:22 PM PDT AP - The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday denied any role in the botched car bombing in Times Square but praised the suspect for a "brave job," as New York authorities pressed him on his claims of terrorist training.

BP brings in the big box to deal with oil disaster (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 06:22 PM PDT AP - Workers gathered to begin lowering a giant concrete-and-steel box over the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the sea Thursday in a risky and untested bid to capture most of the gushing crude and avert a wider environmental disaster. "We haven't done this before. It's very complex and we can't guarantee it," BP spokesman David Nicholas warned.

Mosque going up in NYC building damaged on 9/11 (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 06:23 PM PDT AP - In a building damaged by debris from the Sept. 11 airliners that brought down the World Trade Center and soon to become a 13-story mosque, some see the bridging of a cultural divide and an opportunity to serve a burgeoning, peaceful religious population. Others see a painful reminder of the religious extremism that killed their loved ones.

Passenger surrenders after NH bus bomb scare (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 06:32 PM PDT AP - A nine-hour bomb scare aboard a Maine-to-New York Greyhound bus ended peacefully Thursday night when the lone remaining passenger walked off it with his hands over his head. The other 16 passengers and the driver had left the bus safely hours earlier.

Ex-NFL star Lawrence Taylor charged with NY rape (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 06:42 PM PDT AP - Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was charged Thursday with raping a 16-year-old runaway who police said was forced into prostitution by a man who had beaten her up.

Arizona to eliminate speed cameras on highways (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 05:35 PM PDT AP - Arizona is ending a groundbreaking and contentious program that put speed cameras along Phoenix-area freeways and in vans deployed across the state.

Crew couldn't stop oil disaster; can they fix it? (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 03:26 PM PDT AP - The burly, bearded man in overalls settled into the command chair of the Joe Griffin and admired the precious cargo firmly attached to the stern of the supply boat: a four-story box jutting from the deck that will be lowered into the Gulf of Mexico to contain an out-of-control oil gusher.

Va. military jury finds Navy SEAL not guilty (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 03:58 PM PDT AP - A military jury in Virginia found a Navy SEAL not guilty Thursday on charges of punching a suspected Iraqi terrorist.

Utah court to hear appeal in firing squad case (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 06:20 PM PDT AP - The Utah Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear an expedited appeal from a condemned inmate scheduled to be executed by a firing squad.

Shell to court: We're ready to drill Arctic Ocean (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 03:27 PM PDT AP - Shell Oil is ready to drill in the Arctic Ocean this summer and asked a federal appeals court Thursday to rule quickly on a challenge by environmentalists concerned about the risk of a major spill after the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

Crews put out more than 140 miles of boom for oil (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 04:33 PM PDT AP - An executive with BP PLC says the good weather in the Gulf of Mexico is continuing to help crews clean up the oil and that more than 140 miles of containment boom have been put out.

3 retired couples among those killed by floods (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 04:53 PM PDT AP - One couple was swept away by floodwaters while driving to dinner, part of the routine they cherished in retirement. Another retired couple died on the way to church, while a third pair were found in their inundated home. After decades of marriage, the three husbands and three wives died within hours of each other as weekend storms flooded Tennesee and killed 30 in three states.

Detainee: I'll skip trial if strip searches go on (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 04:08 PM PDT AP - A former Guantanamo Bay detainee described by U.S. authorities as a bomb-making former aide to Osama bin Laden told a judge Thursday that he will waive his right to attend his September trial on terrorism charges if strip search procedures are not relaxed.

3 family members killed by gunman in LA-area home (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 04:50 PM PDT AP - Six family members escaped a gunman rampaging through their house Thursday by climbing through a window and hiding on a roof as a room-to-room attack left a father, son and daughter dead and the mother critically wounded, authorities said.

First female officers headed to subs feel blessed (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 01:59 PM PDT AP - The first female U.S. Naval Academy graduates who will be able to serve as officers aboard submarines said Thursday they feel ecstatic, thankful and blessed by the chance to break one of the military's last gender barriers.

New AZ immigration bill old hat for 'Sheriff Joe' (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 12:10 PM PDT AP - Want to know what Arizona's new immigration law will look like in practice? Just ask Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. He and his deputies have been stopping people and asking for evidence of their immigration status for years.

Court blocks release of jailed militia members (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday intervened to block the release of nine members of a Michigan militia accused of plotting to overthrow the government, dealing a setback to the defendants as they gathered in a courtroom hoping to rejoin their families.

Conn. man charged with raping immigrant girlfriend (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 02:49 PM PDT AP - A Connecticut man repeatedly raped his live-in girlfriend, attacked her with a machete and called her his slave after paying for her move to the United States from her native Guatemala, according to an arrest affidavit.

Gay couples ask judge to toss US marriage law (AP) Posted: 06 May 2010 12:44 PM PDT AP - Seven gay couples and three widowers who married in Massachusetts after it became the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage went to court Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

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