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• Probe blames Massey for mine blast that killed 29 (Reuters)
• California still leads U.S., including in inequality (Reuters)
• FBI seeks DNA from "Unabomber" for Tylenol case (Reuters)
• Mr. Nice Guy (Time.com)
• The Swelling Mississippi Worries New Orleans Residents (Time.com)
• Blagojevich trial defense to call witnesses next week (Reuters)
• US predicts 3 to 6 major Atlantic hurricanes (AP)
• Mississippi crests in Vicksburg, claims 1st life (AP)
• NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol resigns (AP)
• 'Gorgeous Gabby' sheds helmet after skull surgery (AP)
• With mom's arrest, mystery of boy's body abates (AP)
• Family finds $45,000 in new home — then returns it (AP)
• Ex-IMF chief gets $1M bail in NYC sex assault case (AP)
• FBI investigates Unabomber in 1982 Tylenol deaths (AP)
• Astronauts install big magnet on space station (AP)
• Va. businessman's spankings lead to charges (AP)
• LA judge denies bond for Fla. man in terror case (AP)
• Schwarzenegger puts acting career on hold (AP)
• Nancy Kerrigan's mom: Son begged father to get up (AP)
• Ex-billionaire takes on Montana tax authorities (AP)

Probe blames Massey for mine blast that killed 29 (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - The worst U.S. coal mine accident in four decades, in which 29 miners died, was "man-made" and could have been avoided if mine owner Massey Energy Co had followed basic safety measures, an independent investigation concluded on Thursday.

California still leads U.S., including in inequality (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:23 PM PDT Reuters - Perennial trend-setter California still represents potential aspects of the future of the United States, ranging from wealth and opportunity in Silicon Valley to abject poverty in the agricultural Central Valley.

FBI seeks DNA from "Unabomber" for Tylenol case (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - The Chicago office of the FBI is asking for DNA samples from "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski in connection with an investigation into an unsolved 1982 crime in which seven people died after taking Tylenol capsules laced with potassium cyanide, FBI officials said on Thursday.

Mr. Nice Guy (Time.com) Posted: 19 May 2011 08:00 AM PDT Time.com - Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty is a conservative without the snarl. Will restless Republican voters ever notice him?

The Swelling Mississippi Worries New Orleans Residents (Time.com) Posted: 19 May 2011 01:00 AM PDT Time.com - As the waters crest upstream, the residents of the Big Easy gaze uneasily upon their levees

Blagojevich trial defense to call witnesses next week (Reuters) Posted: 19 May 2011 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - Lawyers defending former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich said they will call witnesses to testify next week at his second corruption trial, a strategy reversal from his first trial when no defense witnesses took the stand.

US predicts 3 to 6 major Atlantic hurricanes (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 01:04 PM PDT AP - U.S. government forecasters announced Thursday they expect three to six major hurricanes from an above average Atlantic storm season.

Mississippi crests in Vicksburg, claims 1st life (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - The Mississippi River crested at more than 14 feet above flood stage in Vicksburg on Thursday, a slightly lower than expected level that eased worries about water potentially spilling over a nearby levee and inundating thousands more acres of farmland.

NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol resigns (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 03:01 PM PDT AP - Dick Ebersol helped bring TV viewers "Saturday Night Live" and Olympics that were "plausibly live." Now, in an unexpected move, the powerful TV executive is leaving as head of NBC Sports.

'Gorgeous Gabby' sheds helmet after skull surgery (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:39 PM PDT AP - Scribbled on the helmet protecting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' injured head was a simple reminder: 5/17/11, the date doctors said she could take it off for the last time.

With mom's arrest, mystery of boy's body abates (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT AP - Even as her son's image was plastered across TV and computer screens nationwide while authorities worked to identify the little boy found dead along a dirt road in Maine, his mother dutifully called his Texas school daily to report his absence.

Family finds $45,000 in new home — then returns it (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:03 PM PDT AP - When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime — then give it back.

Ex-IMF chief gets $1M bail in NYC sex assault case (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - Over the objections of prosecutors, a judge agreed Thursday to free former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn from jail on $1 million bail on the condition he be confined to a New York apartment under armed guard while he awaits trial on attempted-rape charges.

FBI investigates Unabomber in 1982 Tylenol deaths (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - Could the Unabomber and Chicago's Tylenol poisoner be one and the same? FBI agents investigating the Tylenol killings, unsolved for nearly 30 years, want Ted Kaczynski's DNA, but they aren't saying whether there's any reason to believe he might be a match.

Astronauts install big magnet on space station (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:02 PM PDT AP - Endeavour's astronauts accomplished the No. 1 objective of their mission Thursday, installing a $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station to scan the invisible universe for years to come.

Va. businessman's spankings lead to charges (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:44 PM PDT AP - Single mothers, former drug addicts and other beaten down young women who came to wealthy businessman Henry Allen Fitzsimmons for a chance to climb out of their financial hole knew his help came with a catch. In exchange for an allowance, a place to live and promise of a college education, they agreed to be spanked if they broke his rules.

LA judge denies bond for Fla. man in terror case (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 01:29 PM PDT AP - A federal judge on Thursday reluctantly denied bond for a Florida man charged with funneling money to support Pakistani terrorists, saying there was sufficient evidence to show the defendant might take off and be a danger to others.

Schwarzenegger puts acting career on hold (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:04 PM PDT AP - Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger put his movie comeback on hold Thursday as he deals with fallout from his affair with his housekeeper and braces for what could be a costly divorce.

Nancy Kerrigan's mom: Son begged father to get up (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT AP - The mother of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan said Thursday that her son was crying and begging his father, "You've got to get up!" after a struggle that prosecutors say led to his father's death.

Ex-billionaire takes on Montana tax authorities (AP) Posted: 19 May 2011 03:13 PM PDT AP - After beating Montana authorities in a $57 million tax dispute, former billionaire Tim Blixseth is going on the offensive against officials and business adversaries he says conspired to force him into bankruptcy.

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