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• States seek to escape rising prison costs (Reuters)
• River traffic, people and animals feel strain of flooding (Reuters)
• U.S. lawsuit alleges Iran helped plan September 11 attacks (Reuters)
• Another Apocalypse Prophecy: Why's Everyone So Worked Up? (Time.com)
• NY AG Investigation: Why Haven't Wall Streeters Gone to Jail? (Time.com)
• U.S. needs more training for nuclear inspectors: NRC (Reuters)
• Ill. lawmakers say gun-permit holder names private (AP)
• Al-Qaida eyed oil tankers as bombing targets (AP)
• Wrestler known as 'Macho Man' dies in Fla. wreck (AP)
• Hawaii grapples with homelessness as summit nears (AP)
• IMF chief released from jail under house arrest (AP)
• Shuttle crew to take close-up look at damaged tile (AP)
• Face to face, Netanyahu rejects Obama on borders (AP)
• Pawlenty hopes to turn bootstrap story to favor (AP)
• High water makes Mississippi dangerous to navigate (AP)
• Rising revenue ups pressure to undo budget cuts (AP)
• NM judge booked in political bribe scandal (AP)
• Prices at gas pump painful for 4 in 10 Americans (AP)
• Museum opens in Montgomery to honor Freedom Riders (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Ga. to use different execution drug (AP)

States seek to escape rising prison costs (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 07:19 AM PDT Reuters - States have been shackled for years by the rising cost of keeping inmates in prison. Now they are planning a getaway.

River traffic, people and animals feel strain of flooding (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - A five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River was closed to commercial traffic near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Friday after a barge struck a dock and three grain barges in tow sank, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

U.S. lawsuit alleges Iran helped plan September 11 attacks (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - Families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks filed documents in federal court this week suggesting Iran played a role in the attacks, even though a U.S. government inquiry concluded otherwise in 2004.

Another Apocalypse Prophecy: Why's Everyone So Worked Up? (Time.com) Posted: 20 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT Time.com - History is littered with failed predictions of the apocalypse -- among them an earlier prophecy from radio evangelist Harold Camping, who says the world will end on May 21, 2011. So why can't we stop talking about it?

NY AG Investigation: Why Haven't Wall Streeters Gone to Jail? (Time.com) Posted: 20 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT Time.com - A new investigation has reignited questions about why no Wall Streeters have yet to face criminal charges directly related to the mortgage bonds and other toxic deals that lead to the financial crisis

U.S. needs more training for nuclear inspectors: NRC (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. citizens may be at risk from radioactive waste stored near nuclear plants as better training for federal safety inspectors and more on-site checks are needed, an internal government report showed on Friday.

Ill. lawmakers say gun-permit holder names private (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:07 PM PDT AP - Illinois lawmakers voted overwhelming Friday to bar the public from knowing who holds a firearm owner identification card, a victory for gun owners who say they have a right to privacy over open-government advocates who say such records should not be secret.

Al-Qaida eyed oil tankers as bombing targets (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT AP - Osama bin Laden's personal files revealed a brazen idea to hijack oil tankers and blow them up at sea last summer, creating explosions he hoped would rattle the world's economy and send oil prices skyrocketing, the U.S. said Friday.

Wrestler known as 'Macho Man' dies in Fla. wreck (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:56 PM PDT AP - Randy "Macho Man" Savage, the professional wrestler known for his raspy voice, the sunglasses and bandanas he wore in the ring and the young woman named Miss Elizabeth who often accompanied him, died in a car crash Friday in Florida. He was 58.

Hawaii grapples with homelessness as summit nears (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 02:16 PM PDT AP - The laid-back tropical paradise seen in postcards and tourists' photos of Hawaii has a less pleasant flipside: homeless people sleeping in tents near Waikiki Beach, men splayed out next to public bathrooms, drug addicts and drunks loitering at an oceanside park.

IMF chief released from jail under house arrest (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT AP - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from jail Friday and will be held under house arrest near ground zero after the luxury apartment where he had arranged to stay fell through because the neighbors objected to the media frenzy.

Shuttle crew to take close-up look at damaged tile (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT AP - NASA ordered Endeavour's crew to take an unusual close-up look at a damaged tile in the space shuttle's delicate heat shield early Saturday morning. Using the shuttle's robotic arm, astronauts will scrutinize the gouge on the shuttle's underbelly with a high resolution camera and a laser attached to a boom.

Face to face, Netanyahu rejects Obama on borders (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT AP - In a blunt display of differences, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of using his country's 1967 boundaries as the basis for a neighboring Palestinian state on Friday, declaring his objections face-to-face to President Barack Obama who had raised the idea just 24 hours earlier in an effort to revive stalled Mideast peace talks.

Pawlenty hopes to turn bootstrap story to favor (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 05:22 PM PDT AP - When Tim and Mary Pawlenty step out for date night, the fine dining can be a sandwich over a garbage can at a Minnesota Wild game. His ride since leaving the governor's office is a used Ford Escape. His house is a trim two-story like millions of others in American suburbs.

High water makes Mississippi dangerous to navigate (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT AP - Travis Morace has been running boats on the Mississippi for two decades, witnessing all of the mighty river's many moods. He's seen it calm and smooth as a newly paved road and endured jarring rides filled with treacherous twists and bumps.

Rising revenue ups pressure to undo budget cuts (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:04 PM PDT AP - Wisconsin's Republican governor and GOP leaders in several other states are facing increasing pressure to back off from deep spending cuts to education and social programs in light of higher than expected revenue projections as the economy improves.

NM judge booked in political bribe scandal (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 02:39 PM PDT AP - A New Mexico judge charged with bribery in a scandal tied to former Gov. Bill Richardson pleaded not guilty Friday, then was booked, fingerprinted and ordered to hand over his passport.

Prices at gas pump painful for 4 in 10 Americans (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 01:13 PM PDT AP - As $4 a gallon gasoline becomes commonplace, drivers have made tough choices: scaling back vacations, driving less or ditching the car altogether. And a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows the impact of sustained high prices is spreading among seniors and higher-income Americans.

Museum opens in Montgomery to honor Freedom Riders (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 01:28 PM PDT AP - Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama's capital city in 1961 have returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where they were confronted by an angry white mob.

APNewsBreak: Ga. to use different execution drug (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 01:49 PM PDT AP - Executions in Georgia could soon resume after prison officials decided to swap out a lethal injection drug that was surrendered to federal regulators, the corrections department said Friday.

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