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Over 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms (AP)
AP - Search crews combed debris-strewn fields for possible tornado victims Sunday as residents picked through the remains of homes demolished by storms that smashed through the Plains and South, killing at least 21 people in three states.
Clinton goes from inevitable nominee to on the ropes (AP)
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.
Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000 (AP)
AP - Myanmar's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow Sunday when a boat laden with relief supplies — one of the first international shipments — sank on its way to the disaster zone.
Serbia's pro-Western president declares victory in elections (AP)
AP - Serbia's pro-Western president declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections — a stunning upset over ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo's independence. But his rivals vowed to fight on, and it was unclear if he could stave off their challenge.
AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising (AP)
AP - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.

Clinton goes from inevitable nominee to on the ropes (AP)

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.


Clinton spends Mother's Day campaigning in W.Va. (AP)

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton toured the birthplace of Mother's Day in rural West Virginia, offering Democrats a subtle reminder Sunday that her fading candidacy remains strong among women and blue-collar, white voters.


Confusing ballot designs still plague elections (AP)

AP - The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon — pregnant, hanging and otherwise.


Obama overtakes lead in superdelegates for first time (AP)

AP - Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.


Suit alleges racial bias in NYPD stops

A civil liberties group filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the NYPD's practice of stopping hundreds of thousands of people each year for questioning, saying it is racially biased.

Student: Teacher trashed his Mexican flag

A high school student says he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put it in the garbage.

Sharpton, slain groom's fiancee arrested

The Rev. Al Sharpton and others were arrested Wednesday at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge in a protest over the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man.

Matriarch of interracial marriage dies

Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws, has died, her daughter said Monday.

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Over 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms (AP)

President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular' (AP)

Medical helicopter crash in Wis. kills doctor, nurse, pilot (AP)

AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising (AP)

Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear (AP)

Health News

Families will make case for vaccine link to autism (AP)

Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness (AP)

Flu vaccine makers to set new doses record for next season (AP)

US offering to help China in fight against viral infection (AP)

77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say (AP)

Too much, too little sleep tied to ill health in CDC study (AP)

   

Business/Money

New jumbo-mortgage limits just starting to help buyers on rates (MarketWatch)

Time for investors to foreclose on troubled lender Fannie Mae (at MarketWatch)

House passes far-reaching housing legislation (at MarketWatch)

Little pressure on U.S. mortgage rates as housing stays weak (at MarketWatch)

The week's top news and analysis, April 28-May 2 (at MarketWatch)

Science/Technology

Trajectories

Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Children?s Books: Earth to Young People: Help!

Shortcuts: If Your Appliances Are Avocado, They Probably Aren?t Green

   

Odd News

Woman pays off 1976 parking ticket issued in Mich. (AP)

Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction (AP)

SpongeBob SquarePants image painted on historic Colo. cabin (AP)

Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy (AP)

Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket (AP)

Sports News

Kirilenko stuffs Kobe, Lakers in OT as Jazz tie series 2-2 (AP)

Indy 500 qualifying, practice canceled because of rain (AP)

Manchester United wins 10th Premier League title in 16 years (AP)

Uggla hits 2 homers to lead Marlins to 7th straight victory (AP)

Ward's pinch-hit 2-run double leads Cubs past Diamondbacks (AP)

 

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