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• Obama administration concerned about Gaza incident (AP)
• After rain-out, Obama delivers speech back home (AP)
• Pacific volcano erupts near Marianas islands (AP)
• Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disaster (AP)
• Some states walk away from 'Race to Top' millions (AP)
• Feds: Man's global Ponzi scheme 'massive,' mocking (AP)
• Month after bomb try, New Yorkers breathing easier (AP)
• Experts: Texas textbooks are unlikely to spread (AP)
• Detained immigrants may help bring in census money (AP)
• 1 competitor, 1 spelling bee — 20,000 note cards (AP)
• Marine aircraft mishap injures 10 at NYC park (AP)
• Study: 10 minutes of exercise, hour-long effects (AP)
• For elderly, a different kind of `make a wish' (AP)
• Obama Memorial Day talk canceled by severe storm (AP)
• Pa. college to return stolen letter by Descartes (AP)
• Oath Keepers want sheriffs back as top cop (AP)
• B-17 drops flowers in NY to honor CIA casualties (AP)
• Backpacker shoots, kills grizzly in Alaska park (AP)
• Marine aircraft mishap injures 10 at NYC park (AP)

Obama administration concerned about Gaza incident (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 04:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama voiced "deep regret" over Monday's deadly Israeli commando raids, and the White House said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed by phone to reschedule White House talks "at the first opportunity."

After rain-out, Obama delivers speech back home (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country.

Pacific volcano erupts near Marianas islands (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 04:12 AM PDT AP - A volcanic eruption near the Pacific's Northern Mariana Islands shot clouds of ash and vapor nearly eight miles into the sky, federal scientists said.

Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disaster (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - Independent scientists and government officials say there's a disaster we can't see in the Gulf of Mexico's mysterious depths, the ruin of a world inhabited by enormous sperm whales and tiny, invisible plankton.

Some states walk away from 'Race to Top' millions (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 11:50 AM PDT AP - About two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the "Race to the Top" program, but at least nine others with more than 7 million children are opting out of trying a second time.

Feds: Man's global Ponzi scheme 'massive,' mocking (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT AP - A Canadian national who the U.S. government says swindled $70 million from 40,000 investors on six continents carried out the same kind of Ponzi scheme the one-time bank robber mocked on his website, federal investigators allege.

Month after bomb try, New Yorkers breathing easier (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 10:30 AM PDT AP - On a warm spring afternoon, Times Square brims with people jostling for scarce sidewalk space, staking their claim to shaded tables and enjoying a day out in one of the world's flashiest, most famous spots. Few cast a second glance at the parked cars flanking the sidewalk stands.

Experts: Texas textbooks are unlikely to spread (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 12:34 PM PDT AP - Pop quiz: Does the school curriculum adopted in Texas really wind up in textbooks nationwide? If you answered yes, you might get a failing grade.

Detained immigrants may help bring in census money (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 06:01 PM PDT AP - Paulo Sergio Alfaro-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant being held at a detention center in Washington state, had no idea that the federal government would count him in the census.

1 competitor, 1 spelling bee — 20,000 note cards (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 11:28 AM PDT AP - One of the favorites to win this year's National Spelling Bee lay face down on his living room floor wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and white socks, his torso supported by a couple of big pillows. His hands seemed to be on nonstop autopilot as they folded colorful paper into origami shapes.

Marine aircraft mishap injures 10 at NYC park (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 01:34 PM PDT AP - A U.S. Marine Corps aircraft's powerful propellers whipped up a wind that sent branches hurling off a tree and into a crowd of about 150 people watching a Memorial Day demonstration in a park, leaving 10 people with cuts and other minor injuries, officials and a witness said.

Study: 10 minutes of exercise, hour-long effects (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 12:34 PM PDT AP - Ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour. The unfair news for panting newbies: The more fit you are, the more benefits you just might be getting.

For elderly, a different kind of `make a wish' (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 02:59 AM PDT AP - Josephine Mastroianni has played piano by ear since she was 7 but never had formal training until a charitable group learned of her wish and made it happen.

Obama Memorial Day talk canceled by severe storm (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 10:52 AM PDT AP - Torrential rain, lightning, thunder and strong winds forced President Barack Obama to cancel a Memorial Day speech he'd scheduled at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Illinois.

Pa. college to return stolen letter by Descartes (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 10:48 AM PDT AP - The valuable 17th-century letter was hiding in plain sight, available to almost anyone who checked the "D" drawer of the library card catalog at Haverford College.

Oath Keepers want sheriffs back as top cop (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 02:50 AM PDT AP - For Rex Nichols, the right person to guard against unrestrained federal power encroaching on the rural northwestern Montana county he calls home is a figure straight out of the old West — the aggressive, no-nonsense sheriff.

B-17 drops flowers in NY to honor CIA casualties (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT AP - Historic aircraft escorted a B-17 bomber as it dropped flowers over the Statue of Liberty in a public Memorial Day tribute to seven CIA employees killed in Afghanistan.

Backpacker shoots, kills grizzly in Alaska park (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 03:48 AM PDT AP - A backpacker shot and killed a grizzly bear with his handgun in Alaska's Denali National Park, officials said.

Marine aircraft mishap injures 10 at NYC park (AP) Posted: 31 May 2010 09:12 AM PDT AP - The powerful propellers on a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft doing a Memorial Day demonstration has blown tree branches into people on the ground in a New York City park.

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