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• Army Engineers to open key Louisiana spillway (Reuters)
• Connecticut avoids layoffs by reaching union accord (Reuters)
• Georgia governor signs immigration crackdown (Reuters)
• Obama's 2012 Re-election Chances: Why He Could Lose (Time.com)
• Flash Mobs Turned Criminal: The Rise of Flash Robberies (Time.com)
• Agency to allow killing of sea lions at dam (Reuters)
• You're getting a US visa! Oh, no, wait a minute (AP)
• Why space shuttle fleet is retiring, what's next (AP)
• Kan. lawmakers end work with anti-abortion push (AP)
• Finances look worse for Medicare, Social Security (AP)
• AP-GfK Poll: Republicans shrug at GOP's 2012 field (AP)
• Obama accepts resignation of US Mideast envoy (AP)
• FBI down to 1 fugitive in $7 million Conn. heist (AP)
• Disaster aid shortfalls loom despite GOP boost (AP)
• Body of NJ teen missing for 4 days found in pond (AP)
• School year marked by tragedy wraps up at Rutgers (AP)
• The nose knows: Allergy season here with vengeance (AP)
• Tea party godfather Ron Paul running for president (AP)
• NASA counting down again for next-to-last launch (AP)

Army Engineers to open key Louisiana spillway (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT Reuters - Authorities will start opening a key spillway by early Saturday evening to relieve the swollen Mississippi River and avoid flooding Louisiana's two largest cities although potentially swamping thousands of homes and acres of crops.

Connecticut avoids layoffs by reaching union accord (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 05:18 PM PDT Reuters - Connecticut has avoided having to lay off public workers under a new labor accord that saves $1.6 billion that otherwise would have been spent on wages, healthcare and pension benefits, the governor said on Friday.

Georgia governor signs immigration crackdown (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - Georgia's governor on Friday signed a tough new state law cracking down on illegal immigrants that is similar to one enacted in Arizona last year, handing new powers to police in the southern state.

Obama's 2012 Re-election Chances: Why He Could Lose (Time.com) Posted: 13 May 2011 08:20 AM PDT Time.com - President Obama is vulnerable when Republicans stop talking nonsense and turn to the economy

Flash Mobs Turned Criminal: The Rise of Flash Robberies (Time.com) Posted: 13 May 2011 08:20 AM PDT Time.com - They gather in masses, organized through social media or during large events to shock and stop witnesses in their tracks. But these aren't satirical flash mobs -- they're planned heists, and they're gaining momentum in youth circles across the country

Agency to allow killing of sea lions at dam (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2011 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - Washington and Oregon won authorization from a federal agency on Friday to kill sea lions eating endangered salmon at the Bonneville Dam, angering animal rights advocates.

You're getting a US visa! Oh, no, wait a minute (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 04:20 PM PDT AP - Jackpot! Not so fast.

Why space shuttle fleet is retiring, what's next (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 03:01 PM PDT AP - As the space shuttle program winds down, questions are flying about what's happening and why. The launch countdown began Friday for the second-to-last flight. Some answers about the end of the space shuttle:

Kan. lawmakers end work with anti-abortion push (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 05:48 PM PDT AP - Kansas legislators approved restrictions on private insurance coverage for abortions and adopted a state budget stripping funds from a Planned Parenthood affiliate, capping a string of victories Friday for abortion opponents only four months after sympathetic Gov. Sam Brownback took office.

Finances look worse for Medicare, Social Security (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT AP - The bad economy is worsening the already-shaky finances of Medicare and Social Security, draining the trust funds supporting them faster than expected and intensifying the need for Congress to shore up the massive benefit programs, the government said Friday.

AP-GfK Poll: Republicans shrug at GOP's 2012 field (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 05:16 PM PDT AP - The more Republicans get to know their potential White House candidates, the less happy they are with their choices.

Obama accepts resignation of US Mideast envoy (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 03:42 PM PDT AP - His two-year mission unfulfilled, Sen. George Mitchell announced his resignation Friday as the Obama administration's special envoy to the Mideast at a time of turmoil in the region and after fruitless attempts at rekindling Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

FBI down to 1 fugitive in $7 million Conn. heist (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT AP - One by one, and as recently as this week, the suspects in a 1983 heist that netted $7 million for a militant group have been tracked down. All 17 of them — except for the part-time armored car guard accused of playing the central role in what was then the biggest cash robbery in U.S. history.

Disaster aid shortfalls loom despite GOP boost (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT AP - As floods ravage the Mississippi basin and the South picks itself up from last month's devastating tornadoes, Republicans controlling a key House panel boosted funding for relief efforts on Friday to address a major shortfall in the Obama administration's disaster aid budget.

Body of NJ teen missing for 4 days found in pond (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 02:46 PM PDT AP - The body of a missing teenager was found Friday in a pond in the park where her car was discovered abandoned four days earlier.

School year marked by tragedy wraps up at Rutgers (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 02:32 PM PDT AP - Commencement at Rutgers University will be welcome, not just for the usual, festive reasons, but also because it brings to a close a hard year at New Jersey's flagship public university.

The nose knows: Allergy season here with vengeance (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 01:29 PM PDT AP - There may be a whiff of truth to claims by allergy sufferers who sniffle that this season is, well, a bigger headache than years past.

Tea party godfather Ron Paul running for president (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT AP - Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Friday that he will run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the third attempt for the man known on Capitol Hill as "Dr. No" for his enthusiasm for bashing runaway spending and government overreach.

NASA counting down again for next-to-last launch (AP) Posted: 13 May 2011 08:04 AM PDT AP - NASA's countdown clocks began ticking again Friday for the next-to-last space shuttle launch, delayed two weeks ago by an electrical problem aboard Endeavour.

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