Tornadoes rip South, at least 295 dead (Reuters)

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• Tornadoes rip South, at least 295 dead (Reuters)
• Jaycee Dugard's kidnappers plead guilty in California (Reuters)
• Texas governor: Washington taking care of Alabama, not Texas (Reuters)
• Tracking the Threats Within (Time.com)
• You Are What You Owe (Time.com)
• Arizona governor makes Colt revolver official state gun (Reuters)
• Tuscaloosa neighborhood reels after killer twister (AP)
• WikiLeaks suspect to be housed with other inmates (AP)
• Judge approves USDA, Indian farmers settlement (AP)
• Convicted RFK assassin says girl manipulated him (AP)
• Memorial held for Maine mom found dead in NH pond (AP)
• Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 290 (AP)
• Giffords: A poignant presence, but out of view (AP)
• Excitement builds for next-to-last shuttle launch (AP)
• Obama assembles all-star cast to talk immigration (AP)
• Killer twisters likely among largest, strongest (AP)
• Corps halts levee break prep as states argue (AP)
• Marines get trained on accepting gay recruits (AP)
• Endeavour launch brings tourists, traffic to Fla. (AP)
• NYC couple who split house with wall get divorce (AP)

Tornadoes rip South, at least 295 dead (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:25 PM PDT Reuters - Tornadoes and violent storms ripped through seven Southern states, killing at least 295 people and causing billions of dollars of damage in some of the deadliest twisters in U.S. history.

Jaycee Dugard's kidnappers plead guilty in California (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - The California couple charged with abducting 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and holding her captive for 18 years pleaded guilty on Thursday to kidnapping and sexual assault charges that carry life prison sentences.

Texas governor: Washington taking care of Alabama, not Texas (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - Texas Governor Rick Perry on Thursday blasted the Obama administration for not responding to an April 16 request for a disaster declaration for the parched Lone Star State, where wildfires have scorched nearly 2 million acres this year.

Tracking the Threats Within (Time.com) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:05 AM PDT Time.com - Tracking the Threats Within

You Are What You Owe (Time.com) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:05 AM PDT Time.com - Why power built on debt is no power at all

Arizona governor makes Colt revolver official state gun (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:31 PM PDT Reuters - The Colt revolver, a historic remnant from the shoot-em-up days of the old West, is now Arizona's official gun.

Tuscaloosa neighborhood reels after killer twister (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:15 PM PDT AP - Tish Daniels gingerly stepped over boards and nails that used to be homes, businesses and churches as she gave a history of the ruin that is Alberta City. She pointed out obliterated buildings like missing teeth in a broken mouth.

WikiLeaks suspect to be housed with other inmates (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:15 PM PDT AP - The Army private accused of passing classified documents to WikiLeaks was cleared Thursday to live alongside other inmates at a Kansas military prison, a dramatic change from his previous quarters in a Virginia Marine Corps brig where he spent 23 hours a day alone in his cell.

Judge approves USDA, Indian farmers settlement (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:41 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has approved a $680 million settlement between the Agriculture Department and American Indian farmers who say they were denied loans because of discrimination.

Convicted RFK assassin says girl manipulated him (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:12 PM PDT AP - Convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan was manipulated by a seductive girl in a mind control plot to shoot Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and his bullets did not kill the presidential candidate, lawyers for Sirhan said in new legal papers.

Memorial held for Maine mom found dead in NH pond (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:51 PM PDT AP - Family and friends of a Maine woman whose body was pulled from a New Hampshire pond days after her abandoned car was found nearby with her toddler sleeping inside it held a candlelight memorial for her Thursday night.

Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 290 (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:52 PM PDT AP - Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 290 people were killed across six states — more than two-thirds of them in Alabama, where large cities bore the half-mile-wide scars the twisters left behind.

Giffords: A poignant presence, but out of view (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:11 PM PDT AP - It's a sight many Americans would surely love to see: a recovering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watching as her astronaut husband blasts off into space.

Excitement builds for next-to-last shuttle launch (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:02 PM PDT AP - On the eve of the next-to-last space shuttle launch, thousands of people streamed to the region for a chance to watch Friday's fiery spectacle. Adding to the fever-pitch excitement: The first-ever visit by an entire presidential family.

Obama assembles all-star cast to talk immigration (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:55 PM PDT AP - His immigration overhaul stalled, President Barack Obama is enlisting an array of voices, including Latino entertainment and media stars, to help jump-start legislation and reassure crucial but restless Hispanic voters that he has not abandoned his campaign pledge to change the law.

Killer twisters likely among largest, strongest (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:22 PM PDT AP - Some of the killer tornadoes that ripped across the South may have been among the largest and most powerful ever recorded, experts suggested, leaving a death toll that is approaching that of a tragic "super outbreak" of storms almost 40 years ago.

Corps halts levee break prep as states argue (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:20 PM PDT AP - A federal judge hearing arguments over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plan to intentionally break a Mississippi River levee left the bench Thursday without making a ruling but indicated he was reluctant to get in the agency's way.

Marines get trained on accepting gay recruits (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:55 PM PDT AP - Marine instructor Maj. Daryl Desimone stood before an auditorium filled with fatigue-clad troops, carrying an unequivocal message: It's OK to disagree with letting gays serve openly in the military. It's not OK to disobey orders.

Endeavour launch brings tourists, traffic to Fla. (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:24 AM PDT AP - Florida Space Coast hotels are sold out, residents are renting bedrooms and restaurants are doubling food supplies as thousands of tourists arriving for Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour are boosting a region fearing its economic future.

NYC couple who split house with wall get divorce (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:11 PM PDT AP - A feuding couple who built a wall through their house because neither husband nor wife would give it up were granted a divorce after six years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorneys' fees.

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