Diamond says will withdraw as Fed nominee (Reuters)

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• Diamond says will withdraw as Fed nominee (Reuters)
• Four suspected U.S. cases of E.coli linked to Germany (Reuters)
• Chicago bus crash sends 20 to area hospitals (Reuters)
• Does Mitt Romney Have a Prayer with Evangelicals? (Time.com)
• Texas' Perry urges other governors to join him at prayer event (Reuters)
• An inner city school fights to save its orchestra (AP)
• Army's 101st pays high price for Afghan surge year (AP)
• Trial opens for Cleveland man accused in 11 deaths (AP)
• Disastrous spring costing Mo. billions of dollars (AP)
• Joplin tornado claims 3 more lives (AP)
• Missouri levee breach prompts evacuations in Iowa (AP)
• Disney legends die within a day of each other (AP)
• Texas, Perry wrestle with higher education unrest (AP)
• Corruption investigations not slowing Richardson (AP)
• Once barred from prom, Conn. student gets to go (AP)
• Gay couples seek green cards despite likely denial (AP)

Diamond says will withdraw as Fed nominee (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 06:01 PM PDT Reuters - Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond said on Sunday he planned to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor, after his nomination was repeatedly attacked by Republicans.

Four suspected U.S. cases of E.coli linked to Germany (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - The number of suspected U.S. cases involving a deadly E.coli bacteria that has sickened thousands in Europe remained at four on Sunday, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokeswoman said.

Chicago bus crash sends 20 to area hospitals (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 06:54 PM PDT Reuters - A collision involving a tour bus and another vehicle on a busy expressway near downtown Chicago sent 20 people to the hospital and temporarily halted all northbound traffic on the highway on Sunday, an emergency official said.

Does Mitt Romney Have a Prayer with Evangelicals? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:25 AM PDT Time.com - When Mitt Romney makes his appearance at Ralph Reed's Faith & Freedom Conference Friday evening in Washington, he won't exactly be headed into the lion's den--but it might seem that way to him

Texas' Perry urges other governors to join him at prayer event (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 03:19 PM PDT Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -- Saying "there is hope for America, and we will find it on our knees," Texas Governor Rick Perry has invited other governors to join him in a "solemn gathering of prayer and fasting" in August in Houston, according to the event's website.

An inner city school fights to save its orchestra (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:35 AM PDT AP - The violin isn't pretty, but its scratched frame has been well-loved by the girl who cradles it now, and those who played it before her. Her mother calls it her daughter's "soul mate."

Army's 101st pays high price for Afghan surge year (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 08:18 AM PDT AP - The soldiers of the Army's famed 101st Airborne Division deployed to Afghanistan confident their counterinsurgency expertise would once again turn a surge strategy into a success but are headed home uncertain of lasting changes on the battlefield.

Trial opens for Cleveland man accused in 11 deaths (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 03:25 PM PDT AP - The bodies were removed many months ago, but the stench of them still clings to the boarded-up house on Imperial Avenue.

Disastrous spring costing Mo. billions of dollars (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:16 AM PDT AP - First a tornado tore through the St. Louis airport. Then rising waters swamped small towns and flooded miles of fertile farmland along the Mississippi River. Then the nation's deadliest tornado in six decades ripped apart the city of Joplin.

Joplin tornado claims 3 more lives (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 04:13 PM PDT AP - Three more people have died from injuries sustained during a massive tornado two weeks ago in Joplin.

Missouri levee breach prompts evacuations in Iowa (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 04:25 PM PDT AP - Six hundred residents in southwest Iowa were ordered Sunday to evacuate their homes after the Missouri River breached a levee across the border in Missouri.

Disney legends die within a day of each other (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:53 PM PDT AP - They shared a stage at Disneyland five days a week for nearly three decades and died within a day of each other.

Texas, Perry wrestle with higher education unrest (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 04:18 PM PDT AP - When barbecue research is second-guessed in Texas, the turmoil in higher education must be getting serious.

Corruption investigations not slowing Richardson (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:17 PM PDT AP - The whiff of scandal cost Democrat Bill Richardson a job in President Barack Obama's administration, but the former New Mexico governor's reputation and political legacy are threatened again because of federal and state investigations into separate pay-to-play schemes, including allegations that campaign contributions influenced his appointment of judges.

Once barred from prom, Conn. student gets to go (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 02:16 PM PDT AP - A Connecticut teen who was briefly barred from prom for his over-the-top invitation to his date finally got to go.

Gay couples seek green cards despite likely denial (AP) Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:08 PM PDT AP - Faced with losing the life they've built together in the dusty California desert town of Cathedral City, Doug Gentry and Alex Benshimol are making a last-ditch effort to stave off the looming threat of deportation.

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