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• Gulf residents angry about BP and claims process (AP)
• Judge dismisses Ariz. charges against Warren Jeffs (AP)
• Minn. nurses strike is part of new union's push (AP)
• Colombian con man pleads guilty in Vt. border case (AP)
• Delta apologizes for putting kids on wrong flights (AP)
• Ky. con man admits he murdered 4 in Wis., Ohio (AP)
• AP IMPACT: BP spill response plans severely flawed (AP)
• AP journalist dives into Gulf, can see only oil (AP)
• Empire State Building: No lights for Mother Teresa (AP)
• Man accused of duping Harvard got into Stanford (AP)
• Millions forced to wait for food stamps benefits (AP)
• Iran dismisses sanctions, but tried to avoid them (AP)
• Video: Accuser feared Roethlisberger's temper (AP)
• 3 people killed in 2 Texas natural gas explosions (AP)
• Job outlook brightens for new grads — just barely (AP)
• States begging Congress for $24B Medicaid bailout (AP)
• Year of the political woman redux? Looks that way (AP)
• Cancer wins may be bigger than they seem (AP)
• NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg finishes chemotherapy (AP)

Gulf residents angry about BP and claims process (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:26 PM PDT AP - The financial toll of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico escalated Wednesday as BP's stock plummeted to a 14-year low and fishermen, businesses and property owners who have filed damage claims with the company angrily complained of delays, excessive paperwork and skimpy payments that have put them on the verge of going under.

Judge dismisses Ariz. charges against Warren Jeffs (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:48 PM PDT AP - A Mohave County judge on Wednesday dismissed all Arizona charges against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs after a prosecutor said continuing with the charges would be "impractical."

Minn. nurses strike is part of new union's push (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:57 PM PDT AP - Thousands of nurses in Minnesota braced for a one-day strike Thursday as part of a new national union's aim to fight hard for nurses as hospitals are increasingly pressured to cut costs.

Colombian con man pleads guilty in Vt. border case (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:58 PM PDT AP - Handsome, suave and clever, Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt made a career out of cons, authorities said.

Delta apologizes for putting kids on wrong flights (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - Delta Air Lines blamed a paperwork mix-up for sending two children to the wrong cities as they flew under the airline's unaccompanied minors program.

Ky. con man admits he murdered 4 in Wis., Ohio (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:39 PM PDT AP - Edward Edwards told the world he had given up seducing women, stealing cars and robbing gas stations after a stint on the FBI's Most Wanted List. If the straight and narrow ever really took hold in the self-described cross between John Dillinger and Don Juan, it didn't last long.

AP IMPACT: BP spill response plans severely flawed (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:26 PM PDT AP - Glaring errors and omissions in BP's oil spill response plans have exposed a slapdash effort to follow environmental rules, outraging Gulf Coast residents who can see on their beaches how unprepared the company was.

AP journalist dives into Gulf, can see only oil (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - I jump off the boat into the thickest, reddest patch of oil I've ever seen. I open my eyes and realize my mask is already smeared. I can't see anything and we're just five seconds into the dive.

Empire State Building: No lights for Mother Teresa (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:19 PM PDT AP - When the Empire State Building lights up, reaching 102 stories into the Manhattan sky, people lift their eyes and guess what that night's colors might mean — a holiday, a charitable cause, maybe a Yankees win or a birthday.

Man accused of duping Harvard got into Stanford (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:38 PM PDT AP - A Delaware man charged with faking his way into Harvard was accepted at Stanford University after he was kicked out of the Ivy League school, prosecutors said in court documents filed Wednesday.

Millions forced to wait for food stamps benefits (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:19 PM PDT AP - When Amanda Vaca's husband lost his job, the couple took stock of their finances and drew a startling conclusion: They could not afford to feed their four young children.

Iran dismisses sanctions, but tried to avoid them (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and its allies scored a long-sought victory Wednesday by pushing through new U.N. sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, punishments Tehran dismissed as "annoying flies, like a used tissue."

Video: Accuser feared Roethlisberger's temper (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - A Georgia college student said she felt powerless to stop a short-tempered Ben Roethlisberger from having sex with her in a bar bathroom even though she told him to stop, telling investigators: "I'm a little girl and he's a big boy."

3 people killed in 2 Texas natural gas explosions (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:40 PM PDT AP - An explosion in the Texas Panhandle that killed two men was the state's second deadly blast in as many days involving workers who accidentally hit natural gas lines.

Job outlook brightens for new grads — just barely (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:14 PM PDT AP - To get a sense of the job market new college graduates face, consider the latest crop of nurses from Santa Rosa Junior College. Just eight of the 55 students are leaving with job offers — and that's considered good news.

States begging Congress for $24B Medicaid bailout (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:32 PM PDT AP - Four governors and a leading national economist urged Congress on Wednesday to send an additional $24 billion bailout to the states, saying cash-strapped governments face deep budget cuts and thousands of lost jobs without the aid.

Year of the political woman redux? Looks that way (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - It's looking like a new "year of the woman" in politics. Eighteen years after a few glass ceilings were broken, hundreds of female candidates have set their sights on Congress, governorships and state legislatures, and a significant number racked up big wins in Tuesday's primaries. Republican women, in particular, served notice to the old boys of the party.

Cancer wins may be bigger than they seem (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:50 AM PDT AP - Doctors reported gains against nearly every form of cancer at a conference that ended this week. Yet when Will Thomas heard about an advance against prostate cancer, he wanted to know just one thing: "Is it a cure?"

NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg finishes chemotherapy (AP) Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:56 PM PDT AP - U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (LOW'-tuhn-burg) of New Jersey says he has completed his chemotherapy treatments for lymphoma.

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