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• Syrupy oil washes into La. marshes for first time (AP)
• Kagan known for openness, assertiveness at Harvard (AP)
• Chicago police officer back from Iraq is killed (AP)
• 2 Ark. police killed during traffic stop on I-40 (AP)
• Police: Body found is 12-year-old Colorado girl (AP)
• Poor communication hurt Tenn. flood forecasting (AP)
• Guard takes war drills to units across country (AP)
• A step to artificial life: Manmade DNA powers cell (AP)
• WWE mogul charges into Conn. political smackdown (AP)
• Powder at Philly Liberty Bell building was flour (AP)
• Rules would cut federal aid to for-profit colleges (AP)
• Feds: Mass. man had Times Sq. suspect's number (AP)
• Bret Michaels hospitalized after 'warning stroke' (AP)
• Mayor: Detroit doesn't know 'how to stop' killings (AP)
• Live feed of Gulf oil spill now available online (AP)
• Lawyer airs unpublished intro to Malcolm X classic (AP)
• Lab's move begins to lift mystery around NY island (AP)
• 3 Americans jailed in Iran reunite with their moms (AP)
• Senators press for National Guard troops on border (AP)
• DC party crashers get a cameo for 2nd state dinner (AP)

Syrupy oil washes into La. marshes for first time (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 05:29 PM PDT AP - The spectacle many had feared for a month finally began unfolding as gooey, rust-colored oil washed into the marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi for the first time, stoking public anger and frustration with both BP and the government.

Kagan known for openness, assertiveness at Harvard (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 01:50 PM PDT AP - Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, gets high marks as a peacemaker for the fractious faculty of Harvard Law School while she was dean. But even her supporters here say she also has a temper.

Chicago police officer back from Iraq is killed (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - A 30-year-old Chicago police officer who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq was shot and killed when several people approached him outside his family's home and tried to steal his new motorcycle, authorities said Thursday.

2 Ark. police killed during traffic stop on I-40 (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT AP - Two police officers doing anti-drug work along a busy Arkansas interstate were shot and killed by two men with AK-47s on Thursday, and the suspects later died in a separate shootout with police in a crowded Walmart parking lot, authorities said.

Police: Body found is 12-year-old Colorado girl (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 05:29 PM PDT AP - Police confirmed Thursday that a body recovered from an irrigation ditch in northern Colorado is that of a 12-year-old girl missing since March and she was the victim of homicide.

Poor communication hurt Tenn. flood forecasting (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 05:43 PM PDT AP - A National Weather Service hydrologist says the extent of flooding in Nashville could have been more accurately predicted if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had kept them up to date on how much water it was releasing into the Cumberland River.

Guard takes war drills to units across country (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 03:14 PM PDT AP - A mobile Iraqi war zone has taken shape on the rolling plains and ridges of eastern Wyoming, the latest incarnation of an Army National Guard training exercise meant to quickly shape citizen soldiers into battle-ready warriors.

A step to artificial life: Manmade DNA powers cell (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 05:32 PM PDT AP - Scientists announced a bold step Thursday in the enduring quest to create artificial life. They've produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA. While such work can evoke images of Frankenstein-like scientific tinkering, it also is exciting hopes that it could eventually lead to new fuels, better ways to clean polluted water, faster vaccine production and more.

WWE mogul charges into Conn. political smackdown (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - Linda McMahon has had some infamous moments in the ring — kicking a man in the groin, getting slapped across the face by her daughter, and sitting in a wheelchair, feigning a coma, as her famous husband cavorted before thousands of screaming fans with a scantily clad "Diva."

Powder at Philly Liberty Bell building was flour (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:15 PM PDT AP - A white powder found inside a balloon near the Liberty Bell prompted the evacuation of the area for a few hours Thursday before tests showed it was flour.

Rules would cut federal aid to for-profit colleges (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - The federal government is expected to get tougher soon on the nation's booming for-profit colleges by proposing that aid be cut to programs if most of their students don't earn enough to repay their loans.

Feds: Mass. man had Times Sq. suspect's number (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - A Pakistani man arrested in Massachusetts during the investigation into the failed Times Square bombing had the primary suspect's phone number and name in his cell phone and written on an envelope, a government attorney said Thursday.

Bret Michaels hospitalized after 'warning stroke' (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:31 PM PDT AP - Bret Michaels is back in the hospital. The rocker and reality TV star suffered what doctors call a "warning stroke" and has been diagnosed with a patent forum ovale, or hole in the heart, according to a report Thursday on his website. Michaels' publicist, Joann Mignano, confirmed the report.

Mayor: Detroit doesn't know 'how to stop' killings (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 01:41 PM PDT AP - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Thursday the city has no answer to the recent spike in violence that has left at least 12 people dead, including a patrolman, two teenage boys, a grandmother, the adult son of another police officer, and a 7-year-old girl.

Live feed of Gulf oil spill now available online (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 10:59 AM PDT AP - A live video feed that shows the oil gushing from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico is now available online.

Lawyer airs unpublished intro to Malcolm X classic (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 02:09 PM PDT AP - Decrying American race relations as a near-war, Malcolm X expressed hope that his tumultuous life story could help blacks and whites, according to a never-published introduction to his best-selling autobiography.

Lab's move begins to lift mystery around NY island (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 10:06 AM PDT AP - Hannibal Lecter, the fictional villain in "Silence of the Lambs," said it sounded "charming." Author Nelson DeMille made it the centerpiece of his 1997 thriller about deadly viruses and hidden treasure.

3 Americans jailed in Iran reunite with their moms (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 11:12 AM PDT AP - Three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months embraced their mothers and spoke of their life in Tehran's most dreaded prison Thursday in an emotional reunion that Iranian authorities broadcast on a main international channel.

Senators press for National Guard troops on border (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 04:10 AM PDT AP - Homeland Security and Pentagon officials are at loggerheads over a plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Barack Obama is pledging to bolster security there.

DC party crashers get a cameo for 2nd state dinner (AP) Posted: 20 May 2010 12:15 PM PDT AP - They just couldn't stay away.

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