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GOP presidential contenders drift to the right May 30, 2011, 7:25 a.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first presidential election since the tea party's emergence, Republican candidates are drifting rightward on a range of issues, even though more centrist stands might play well in the 2012 general election. On energy, taxes, health care and other topics, the top candidates hold positions that ...
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Hospitals hunt substitutes as drug shortages rise May 30, 2011, 7:22 a.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses — from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest — has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment. "It's just a matter of time now before we call for a drug that we ...
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Shuttle Endeavour gone forever from space station May 30, 2011, 5:08 a.m. EDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Endeavour and its crew of six left the International Space Station and headed home to close out NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, pausing just long enough Monday to perform a victory lap and test equipment for a future interplanetary ship. "Endeavour looks real nice out there ...
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Quotations of the day May 30, 2011, 4:45 a.m. EDT

"We're not going to stop till Joplin's back on its feet." — President Barack Obama, at a memorial service in Joplin, Mo., a week after the city was hit by a devastating tornado. ___ "While we were playing volleyball today, no doubt some soldier gave the ultimate sacrifice." — Col ...
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More rain, snow, National Guard troops for Mont. May 30, 2011, 4:32 a.m. EDT

The governor of flood-plagued Montana ordered more National Guard troops to join the anti-flood effort, while states downstream along the bloated Missouri River strengthened levees and laid sandbags ahead of the release of waters from dams and reservoirs. More rain fell Sunday on soaked Montana communities after more than a ...
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Obama expected to name new Joint Chiefs head May 30, 2011, 4:09 a.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to introduce Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as his choice to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a Rose Garden announcement Monday. Dempsey is an accomplished veteran of the Iraq war. He would succeed Navy Adm. Mike Mullen as the president's top ...
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Obama consoles tornado-ravaged Joplin May 30, 2011, 4:06 a.m. EDT

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Exactly a week after Joplin was nearly leveled by the deadliest tornado to strike the U.S in decades, President Barack Obama visited the Missouri city to offer hope to survivors and promises of help. Obama came face to face Sunday with the legions of homeless, consoling ...
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Singer Sean Kingston crashes watercraft in Fla. May 30, 2011, 1:33 a.m. EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say rapper Sean Kingston is hospitalized after crashing a personal watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino says Kingston and a female passenger were injured when the watercraft hit the Palm Island Bridge around 6 p.m. Sunday. Pino ...
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AP Top Political News At 8:31 a.m. EDT May 29, 2011, 10:16 p.m. EDT

Hospitals hunt substitutes as drug shortages rise Obama expected to name new Joint Chiefs head Voter registration could be key to Obama in 2012 Obama tours twister-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin Children of fallen troops turn to each other Palin kick-starts bus tour on back of motorcycle Former Texas Gov. Bill ...
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Family: Ga. hotel fall survivor aware of others May 29, 2011, 9:55 p.m. EDT

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A hospital spokeswoman says a Kentucky woman who fell from a 10th-floor Atlanta hotel window remains in critical condition. Witnesses told Atlanta police that 30-year-old model LaShawna Threatt and a second woman were "play wrestling" in a room at the W Atlanta-Midtown hotel around 3:15 a ...
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Loughner's lawyers want notice if he is drugged May 29, 2011, 8:14 p.m. EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. (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. A federal judge in Tucson ruled last week that 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner is mentally unfit to assist his lawyers or ...
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AP News in Brief May 29, 2011, 7:39 p.m. EDT

Troops fight in Afghanistan, remain stationed in Iraq as US holds Memorial Day remembrances KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan paused Monday to remember the fallen in Memorial Day services, as a war nearly a decade old trudges on. Some prayed and held flag-raising ceremonies at dawn ...
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AP Top U.S. News At 8:15 a.m. EDT May 29, 2011, 6:56 p.m. EDT

Obama consoles tornado-ravaged Joplin Shuttle Endeavour gone forever from space station More rain, snow, National Guard troops for Mont. Loughner's lawyers want notice if he is drugged Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers Obama consoles tornado-ravaged Joplin Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage Former TV skipper ...
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Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage May 29, 2011, 5:42 p.m. EDT

NEW YORK (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. Lockheed Martin says it was the recent target of a "significant and tenacious" hack, although the defense contractor and ...
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Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements dead at 94 May 29, 2011, 5:07 p.m. EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements, who in 1979 became the state's first Republican elected governor since Reconstruction, has died at 94, his family said. Clements, whose belief that state government should operate like a big business helped change the face of Texas politics, died Sunday after ...
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Former TV skipper pleads guilty in fatal crash May 29, 2011, 4:41 p.m. EDT

KENAI, Alaska (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. Clarence "Ole" Helgevold Jr., of Soldotna, pleaded guilty Friday in Kenai Superior ...
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Obama says Joplin shows world how to come together May 29, 2011, 4:09 p.m. EDT

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — President Barack Obama says survivors of Missouri's killer tornado in Joplin are showing the world how to come together, and he is pledging that the nation, as he put it, "will be with you every step of the way." Obama spoke at a memorial service for ...
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Hildebrand comes up one turn short at Indy 500 May 29, 2011, 3:21 p.m. EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One turn. One stinkin' turn. JR Hildebrand made it through 799 of 'em without any trouble. As the young Californian approached that final left, all he had to do was keep his car off the wall, speed down the main straightaway and collect a win in the Indianapolis ...
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AP Top News At 8:37 a.m. EDT May 29, 2011, 3:14 p.m. EDT

Memorial Day comes as troops fight in Afghanistan Obama consoles tornado-ravaged Joplin Suicide bomber attacks Italian base in Afghanistan Lawyer: Mladic won't live to see a trial Belgian church to pay victims for abuse GOP presidential contenders drift to the right Hospitals hunt substitutes as drug shortages rise Yemen ...
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12-year-old girl dies when horse falls at SC rodeo May 29, 2011, 3 p.m. EDT

PENDLETON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old girl has died a day after a horse fell on her during a rodeo in South Carolina. Anderson County Chief Deputy Coroner Charlie Boseman said Lauren Mackenzie Mathias, of Chester, died Saturday from head trauma at a Greenville hospital. Investigators say the ...
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Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers May 29, 2011, 2:50 p.m. EDT

CORDOVA, Ala. (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. Then he ...
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Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college May 29, 2011, 2:21 p.m. EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (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. But the 18-year-old programmer won't be going ...
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Newest US aircraft carrier to be named Kennedy May 29, 2011, 2:05 p.m. EDT

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus says the nation's next aircraft carrier will be named the John F. Kennedy. Mabus announced the honor Sunday in memory of the 35th president. The nuclear-powered ship will be built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Mabus said the ...