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• Gulf oil spill's threat to wildlife turns real (AP)
• Porn actor sought in slaying dies in hillside fall (AP)
• Immigration law supporters rally at Ariz. Capitol (AP)
• Drug boosts survival in major skin cancer study (AP)
• At least 1 climber missing after Rainier avalanche (AP)
• Official: NYC-Italy flight malfunctions on takeoff (AP)
• Spelling bee winner part of Indian-American streak (AP)
• Calif. mom finds missing children using Facebook (AP)
• Ill. police probe lead on Drew Peterson's 4th wife (AP)
• Guns could be a tough topic for Texas candidate (AP)
• Birds frozen in oil: image of a desperate summer (AP)
• In Idaho, students learn to think on their feet (AP)
• NYC team bringing transitional shelters to Haiti (AP)
• Ship christened in Maine honors WWII commander (AP)
• Maine video producer recounts Gaza flotilla ordeal (AP)
• Houston police: Man sought after 3 found dead (AP)
• RI exhibit focuses on Newport's ties to tennis (AP)
• Recall raises questions about promotional glasses (AP)
• Peru police recover body of freeskier Backstrom (AP)

Gulf oil spill's threat to wildlife turns real (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 06:43 PM PDT AP - The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks is fast becoming a terrible reality.

Porn actor sought in slaying dies in hillside fall (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:07 PM PDT AP - A porn actor suspected of killing a colleague with a sword has died after jumping from a rocky hillside after a standoff with police.

Immigration law supporters rally at Ariz. Capitol (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 07:31 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of people supporting Arizona's new law cracking down on illegal immigration rallied near the state Capitol on Saturday afternoon in soaring temperatures.

Drug boosts survival in major skin cancer study (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 03:31 PM PDT AP - Researchers have scored the first big win against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. An experimental drug significantly improved survival in a major study of people with very advanced disease.

At least 1 climber missing after Rainier avalanche (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 05:24 PM PDT AP - An avalanche on Mount Rainier sent a mass of snow cascading down a slope early Saturday, burying at least four people, a national park spokeswoman said, and at least one climber remained missing more than 12 hours later.

Official: NYC-Italy flight malfunctions on takeoff (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:19 PM PDT AP - An American Airlines official says a flight from New York City to Milan experienced a mechanical malfunction during takeoff and had to be returned to its gate.

Spelling bee winner part of Indian-American streak (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 06:15 AM PDT AP - Shantanu Srivatsa and Anamika Veeramani sat nervously, side by side on stage.

Calif. mom finds missing children using Facebook (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 06:55 PM PDT AP - A Southern California mother whose two children were reported missing 15 years ago has tracked them down in Florida using Facebook.

Ill. police probe lead on Drew Peterson's 4th wife (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 04:14 PM PDT AP - Investigators searched a muddy stretch of remote central Illinois on Saturday for the remains of the fourth wife of Drew Peterson, the former suburban Chicago police officer awaiting trial for the murder of his previous spouse.

Guns could be a tough topic for Texas candidate (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 03:58 PM PDT AP - If he were running for governor of New York, Democrat Bill White would probably be considered a pro-gun enthusiast. He's got a shotgun and a 9 mm pistol, opposes any new laws on firearms and says he'd like to sign up some day for a concealed weapons permit.

Birds frozen in oil: image of a desperate summer (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 12:46 AM PDT AP - They are the ghastly images of a summer fouled before it started. Squawking seagulls and majestic brown pelicans coated in oil. Click. Gunk dripping from their beaks. Click. Big eyes wide open. Click. Even the professionals want to turn away. They can't.

In Idaho, students learn to think on their feet (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 11:14 AM PDT AP - In a handful of classrooms nationwide, students are learning to think on their feet. Sixth graders at a small private school in southern Idaho stand while crunching math problems. They lean over waist-tall work stations to compare answers with classmates. And whenever they feel the need to sit, they prop themselves up onto tall stools and slip their sneakers into swinging footrests, rocking them back and forth.

NYC team bringing transitional shelters to Haiti (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - A team of New York architects is flying to Haiti this week with prototypes of an octagonal vinyl structure they hope will help house some of the 1.5 million Haitians still homeless because of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Ship christened in Maine honors WWII commander (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 11:27 AM PDT AP - A U.S. Navy destroyer bearing the name of a commander who won a pivotal battle in the Pacific during World War II was christened with a bottle of champagne Saturday by his granddaughter, who said the naval officer would've blushed at all the attention.

Maine video producer recounts Gaza flotilla ordeal (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:08 PM PDT AP - A Maine video producer recalled hearing shots amid the chaos that broke out as Israeli troops raided the aid flotilla he was on that was attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.

Houston police: Man sought after 3 found dead (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:13 PM PDT AP - Houston police say they're looking for a man after three people were found dead in a home.

RI exhibit focuses on Newport's ties to tennis (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:37 AM PDT AP - More than a century before Roger Federer and Andre Agassi faced off in the U.S Open tennis finals in New York, players were donning fancier attire and taking to the courts of Newport to compete in championship matches.

Recall raises questions about promotional glasses (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:02 PM PDT AP - A recall of 12 million cadmium-tainted "Shrek" drinking glasses sold by McDonald's raises questions about the safety of millions of similar cheap promotional products that have been sitting in Americans' kitchen cabinets for years.

Peru police recover body of freeskier Backstrom (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - Peruvian mountain rescue police brought the body of acclaimed freeskier Arne Backstrom down off 5,752-meter (18,780-foot) Pisco mountain on Saturday, two days after he died in a high-altitude fall.

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