Obama promises long-term help for Joplin (Reuters)

Obama promises long-term help for Joplin (Reuters)
South Dakota races to finish levees before flooding (Reuters)
Obama vows national response to Missouri tornado (Reuters)
Memorial Day: An Afghan War Veteran Reflects on Service (Time.com)
Report: One Third of Aviation Accidents Happen on the Ground (Time.com)
Memorial Day had its beginnings in Civil War (Reuters)
Airline fuel bills today are anything but peanuts (AP)
Former TV skipper pleads guilty in fatal crash (AP)
Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college (AP)
Police in Ga. search for missing mother, infant (AP)
Obama tours twister-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin (AP)
Loughner's lawyers want notice if he is drugged (AP)
Deep snowpack, more grizzlies mean more encounters (AP)
Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers (AP)
Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage (AP)
Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes (AP)
More rain, snow, National Guard troops for Mont. (AP)
Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements dead at 94 (AP)
12-year-old girl dies when horse falls at SC rodeo (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday afternoon that the tornado that hit this city of 50,000 people a week ago was a tragedy that will require a national and long-term response.

South Dakota races to finish levees before flooding (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:13 PM PDT

Reuters - South Dakota appealed for bulldozers and operators and called up 200 more National Guard troops on Sunday in a race to finish levees before heavy Missouri River flows reached the capital, officials said.

Obama vows national response to Missouri tornado (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama promised victims of the deadliest U.S. tornado in 65 years that the federal government would help them rebuild, saying on Sunday it was a national tragedy.

Memorial Day: An Afghan War Veteran Reflects on Service (Time.com)

Posted: 28 May 2011 11:25 PM PDT

Time.com - A veteran of the Afghan war recalls the death of a friend in combat and the ceremony that allows fighters to mourn -- and to go on

Report: One Third of Aviation Accidents Happen on the Ground (Time.com)

Posted: 28 May 2011 11:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Although air travel remains the safest mode of travel, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced this week that something must be done to reduce the number of accidents caused by runway operations

Memorial Day had its beginnings in Civil War (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Birmingham, Ala (Reuters) --- Bands will play, soldiers will march and wreaths will be laid on Monday as America commemorates the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Airline fuel bills today are anything but peanuts (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 01:51 PM PDT

AP - To fly someone from New York to Los Angeles and back, airlines spend close to $330 these days — just on fuel.

Former TV skipper pleads guilty in fatal crash (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 02:51 PM PDT

AP - An Alaska fishing captain who led a crew on the program that spawned the cable TV show "Deadliest Catch" has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence in a fatal crash.

Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 01:21 PM PDT

AP - Instead of paying attention in high school, Nick Cammarata preferred to read books on whatever interested him. He also has a gift for coding that got him into Carnegie Mellon University's esteemed computer science program despite his grades.

Police in Ga. search for missing mother, infant (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:29 AM PDT

AP - Police in Georgia are searching for a woman and her newborn baby, both of whom have not been seen since Saturday afternoon.

Obama tours twister-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

AP - Face to face with the legions of homeless and the bereaved, President Barack Obama on Sunday toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri's killer tornado, consoled the community and committed the government to helping rebuild shattered lives.

Loughner's lawyers want notice if he is drugged (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT

AP - Lawyers for the man charged in the deadly Tucson shooting rampage want federal officials to notify them if they plan to give their client psychotropic medication.

Deep snowpack, more grizzlies mean more encounters (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:08 PM PDT

AP - There have been a half-dozen encounters between grizzly bears and humans reported in Montana this month alone, a number experts attribute to a growing bear population stuck in the low country because of the deep snowpack.

Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

AP - James Ruston's house was knocked off its foundation by tornadoes that barreled through town last month and is still uninhabitable. He thought help had finally arrived when a truck pulled up to his property with a mobile home from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:07 PM PDT

AP - This cyber attack didn't go after people playing war games on their PlayStations. It targeted a company that helps the U.S. military do the real thing.

Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:24 PM PDT

AP - When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy.

More rain, snow, National Guard troops for Mont. (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:53 PM PDT

AP - More rain began falling Sunday on soaked Montana communities after more than a week of floods in the region, along with a heavy mountain snowpack and burgeoning dams, prompted states downstream to also prepare for flooding.