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After Storms Kill Hundreds, South Tries to Regroup

New York Times - Campbell Robertson, Kim Severson - ‎1 hour ago‎
An apartment complex was in ruins Thursday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The University of Alabama campus was mostly spared. More Photos » By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and KIM SEVERSON TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

An Exultant Trump Visits Las Vegas Republicans

New York Times - Michael Barbaro - ‎35 minutes ago‎
LAS VEGAS - Donald Trump, dressed in his uniform of a navy blue suit and pale pink tie, paused in the middle of a casino floor here to crow.

New CIA chief David Petraeus' possible new critic: himself

Los Angeles Times - Ken Dilanian - ‎3 hours ago‎
The soon-to-be-retired Army general will assess his own military tactics in Afghanistan, and will do so while working with CIA analysts who didn't always agree with him.

UPDATE: Officials confirm at least 4 tornadoes hit Va.

Richmond Times Dispatch - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Times-Dispatch Staff The National Weather Service says it has confirmed four tornadoes and has preliminarily confirmed three others.

Couple plead guilty in two-decade-old kidnapping case

The Seattle Times - Jesse McKinley - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, pleaded guilty Thursday to the abduction, rape and imprisonment of Jaycee Dugard.

Capuano to Brown: take a tour of my district

Boston Globe - Theo Emery - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Theo Emery, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- Congressman Michael Capuano took aim today at Senator Scott Brown's advocacy for a reconfigured Suffolk County voting district aimed at empowering minority voters, saying his current district already fits that ...
Brown gives budget proposals Worcester Telegram

Oklahoma lawmaker's comments draw response

NewsOK.com - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, drew criticism from several groups for disparaging comments she made on the House floor about black people and women.

Auditor critical of tech fund

San Antonio Express - James Drew, Steve Mcgonigle - ‎30 minutes ago‎
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry's highly touted fund for aiding start-up technology companies lacks sufficient transparency and oversight and needs sweeping reform, a state audit released on Thursday concluded.

Latino congressman says Obama administration has failed on immigration

San Jose Mercury News - Matt O'Brien - ‎24 minutes ago‎
By Matt O'Brien US Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Il., addresses to the audience about immigration issues at Cesar Chavez Learning Center, in Oakland, Calif.

Editorial: Rein in the NLRB

The Detroit News - ‎27 minutes ago‎
The National Relations Board complaint against Boeing, seeking an order forbidding the aircraft maker from opening a non-union production line in South Carolina, must not be sustained.

Hundreds mourn mom

Boston Herald - Richard Weir - ‎1 hour ago‎
By O'Ryan Johnson and Richard Weir BRIDGTON, Maine - Hundreds of mourners raised flickering flames and their voices into the air last night, singing “Amazing Grace” during a candlelight vigil for Krista Dittmeyer, whose mysterious death has shocked ...

Oklahomans head south to help storm victims

NewsOK.com - Bryan Dean - ‎29 minutes ago‎
About a dozen American Red Cross volunteers are headed to Alabama from Oklahoma to help storm victims. BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.

Stanford faculty group votes to let ROTC return

Los Angeles Times - Larry Gordon - ‎1 hour ago‎
The 28-9 vote by the Faculty Senate would allow the Reserve Officer Training Corps back on campus for the first time since the Vietnam War era.

Sweeping property insurance bill passes Senate

MiamiHerald.com - Janet Zink - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Senate passed a controversial property insurance bill that would free insurers from having to offer comprehensive sinkhole insurance, leaving the state-run Citizens as the only company required to offer such coverage.

Prison tour shows home of WikiLeaks defendant

Kansas City Star - Dawn Bormann - ‎1 hour ago‎
Fort Leavenworth officials on Thursday granted a rare tour of the prison that's now home to the Army private at the center of the WikiLeaks scandal.

After Fire, Wind and Drought, Something Good Will Follow

New York Times - Joe Nick Patoski - ‎2 hours ago‎
Alberto Tomas Halpern/AP Wildfires overran parts of Fort Davis, Tex., in early April, destroying more than 60 homes in West Texas and killing livestock and horses.

Jerry Brown cancels plan for $356-million death row

Los Angeles Times - Jack Dolan - ‎7 minutes ago‎
California's governor cites the need to fund programs for children, the disabled and senior citizens, saying the cost cannot be justified.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs apologizes for data breach, offers credit ...

Dallas Morning News - Kelley Shannon - ‎1 hour ago‎
AUSTIN - Comptroller Susan Combs offered another apology Thursday for the information breach in her agency, saying she now is offering a year of free credit monitoring to the 3.5 million people at risk of identity theft after their ...

Michelle Obama gets real with kids at White House

Chicago Tribune - Katherine Skiba - ‎2 hours ago‎
First lady Michelle Obama was being grilled Thursday, one question after another by tireless interrogators. She revealed that she likes playing tennis, cuddling with dog Bo and rooting for the Chicago Bears.

Immigration program comes under fire

Boston Globe - Travis Andersen - ‎31 minutes ago‎
Michael D. Farquhar (left), argued with Chelsea High School senior Joe Mata before the start of last night's meeting. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff) By Travis Andersen CHELSEA - Critics of a program that will allow federal authorities to check the ...

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