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• 4 dead in Oklahoma tornado outbreak (AP)
• 9 militia members to stay in jail for time being (AP)
• Kagan in '97 urged Clinton to ban late abortions (AP)
• Oil spill swells to 4M gallons with fixes days off (AP)
• Calif. woman pleads guilty in death of girl, 8 (AP)
• Ky. GOP Senate hopefuls facing off in final debate (AP)
• Times Square bomb suspect still no-show in court (AP)
• Oil spill threatens already weakened wetlands (AP)
• APNewsBreak: More kids' jewelry recalls in works (AP)
• Abruptly unemployed fishermen struggling to get by (AP)
• Ariz. referendum drives targeting new law dropped (AP)
• NTSB official: NYC ferry accident not criminal act (AP)
• Kan. lawyer is architect of many immigration laws (AP)
• Toyota waited months to issue '05 steering recall (AP)
• Bus seat belt laws mostly exclude wheelchairs (AP)
• Barrier-breaking jazz star Lena Horne dies at 92 (AP)
• MLB teams take scouting to new level, track umps (AP)
• The assimilated terrorist: An outsider no longer (AP)
• Obama taps Kagan to give court historic 3rd female (AP)
• US cancer costs double in nearly 20 years (AP)

4 dead in Oklahoma tornado outbreak (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 07:35 PM PDT AP - Four people were killed Monday in an outbreak of violent weather that dropped tornadoes across parts of the Southern Plains, tossing cars off highways and flipping mobile homes, officials said.

9 militia members to stay in jail for time being (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 04:24 PM PDT AP - Nine Midwestern militia members accused of conspiring against the government must stay locked up while prosecutors challenge an order that would release them until trial, a federal appeals court said Monday.

Kagan in '97 urged Clinton to ban late abortions (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 06:45 PM PDT AP - As a White House adviser in 1997, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan urged then-President Bill Clinton to support a ban on late-term abortions, a political compromise that put the administration at odds with abortion rights groups.

Oil spill swells to 4M gallons with fixes days off (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 07:38 PM PDT AP - Black Hawk helicopters peppered Louisiana's barrier islands with 1-ton sacks of sand Monday to bolster the state's crucial wetlands against the epic Gulf of Mexico oil spill — 4 million gallons and growing.

Calif. woman pleads guilty in death of girl, 8 (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 06:26 PM PDT AP - In the small California city sent reeling last year by an 8-year-old girl's killing, a local Sunday school teacher's guilty plea Monday brought relief to residents — even as disturbing questions remained, including how, where and why the girl was murdered.

Ky. GOP Senate hopefuls facing off in final debate (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 05:27 PM PDT AP - Kentucky Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul says he is opposed to congressional earmarks that he blames for running up the national debt.

Times Square bomb suspect still no-show in court (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 03:22 PM PDT AP - Where is Faisal Shahzad?

Oil spill threatens already weakened wetlands (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 01:23 PM PDT AP - Battered by hurricanes, weakened by erosion and flood-control projects, the sprawling wetlands that nurture Gulf of Mexico marine life and buffer coastal sites from storm surges now face another stern test as a monster oil slick creeps ever closer.

APNewsBreak: More kids' jewelry recalls in works (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 06:26 PM PDT AP - Federal regulators are expanding their investigation into children's jewelry that contains the toxic metal cadmium, promising that a recall announced Monday of "Best Friends" charm bracelets will not be the last.

Abruptly unemployed fishermen struggling to get by (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 08:34 AM PDT AP - Manuel Meyer was forbidden from dropping his crab traps in the Gulf, and he couldn't just sit at home. He made his way to Breton Sound Marina, hoping to load up on orange plastic boom and somehow help corral the massive oil spill that could doom his livelihood.

Ariz. referendum drives targeting new law dropped (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 06:26 PM PDT AP - The two proposed referendum drives challenging Arizona's new sweeping law targeting illegal immigration are being abandoned, organizers said Monday. Andrew Chavez, a professional petition circulator involved in one of the efforts, said its backers pulled the plug after concluding they might not be able to time their petition filings in such a way as to put the law on hold pending a 2012 public vote.

NTSB official: NYC ferry accident not criminal act (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - The investigation into a Staten Island ferry that slammed into a pier over the weekend has turned up no evidence of a crime, according to a federal official, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday indications pointed to mechanical failure.

Kan. lawyer is architect of many immigration laws (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 01:41 PM PDT AP - When politicians and police across the country want to crack down on illegal immigration, they often reach out to the same man: a little-known Kansas attorney with an Ivy League education who is the architect behind many of the nation's most controversial immigration laws.

Toyota waited months to issue '05 steering recall (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - Toyota waited nearly a year in 2005 to recall trucks and SUVs in the United States with defective steering rods, despite issuing a similar recall in Japan and receiving dozens of reports from American motorists about rods that snapped without warning, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Bus seat belt laws mostly exclude wheelchairs (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 12:06 PM PDT AP - Lonnie Acton's lifeless body sat in a wheelchair fastened to the floor of a mangled minibus. No shoulder or lap belt protected him.

Barrier-breaking jazz star Lena Horne dies at 92 (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 01:35 PM PDT AP - Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her plaintive, signature song "Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, has died. She was 92.

MLB teams take scouting to new level, track umps (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 01:03 PM PDT AP - Ron Washington flips the pages of his three-ring notebook, filled with inside info on the other team's pitchers and hitters.

The assimilated terrorist: An outsider no longer (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 05:21 AM PDT AP - He was an American citizen with a three-bedroom suburban home, a wife and two kids. He shopped at Macy's and ate Oreos. His picture was on Facebook. He had an MBA and a job as a financial analyst. His wife liked to watch "Friends." And then, authorities contend, Faisal Shahzad tried to set off a bomb in Times Square.

Obama taps Kagan to give court historic 3rd female (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 04:03 PM PDT AP - Introducing his Supreme Court nominee to the nation, President Barack Obama on Monday portrayed Elena Kagan as a guiding force for a fractured court and a champion of typical Americans. She would be the youngest justice on the court and give it three women for the first time in history.

US cancer costs double in nearly 20 years (AP) Posted: 10 May 2010 06:45 AM PDT AP - The cost of treating cancer in the United States nearly doubled over the past two decades, but expensive cancer drugs may not be the main reason why, according to a surprising new study.

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