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Family members of Bob and Darlene Jordan family look through for belongings in the couple‘s devastated Joplin, Mo. home. The Jordan’s were missing and thought by family to be dead, until they turned up in a Pittsburg, Kan. hospital. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

Warriors who became walking libraries

Roland Marbaugh’s son typed his war stories up on an electric typewriter in the 1980s but, unpublished, Marbaugh’s stories remained largely in his mind, until now.

CNN

Gas tanks are draining family budgets

High prices at the pump are putting a squeeze on the family budget: for every $10 the typical household earns, almost a full dollar now goes toward gas.

ABC News

Blog:

Michele Bachmann says she’s had a ’calling’

(ABC News)

The Note

Mayor: Joplin is ‘a pretty tough community’

The death toll from last weekend’s tornado rose to 132, and 156 people are still missing. And the first funerals are being held now.

CBS News

Severe storms wreak havoc northeast

Houston Chronicle

Special section:

The Joplin tornado as seen by those who survived it

CNN

Egypt has eased blockade at Gaza’s Rafah border

Egypt has relaxed restrictions at its border with the Gaza Strip, allowing many Palestinians to cross freely for the first time in four years.

BBC

Palestinian state requires UN council support

Seattle Times

Republican presidential contest suddenly heats up

The still unsettled race for the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012 is getting more interesting.

Washington Examiner

NATION

To honor veterans, thousands of American flags have been set up

Each year on the eve of the Memorial Day holiday, Vietnam veteran Rick Anderson can see thousands of miniature American flags in the springtime at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township.

Detroit Free Press

Why is Memorial Day observed in May?

Christian Science Monitor

Planned Parenthood sues South Dakota over abortion law

Planned Parenthood sued South Dakota over a law that imposes a 72-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions. The law also requires women to receive counseling before an abortion.

Reuters

Violent storms in Northeast bring flooding, evacuations and outages

A series of intense, slow-moving thunderstorms unleashed high winds and torrential rains around the Northeast, causing widespread river flooding and ripping up streets in Vermont.

Star Tribune

POLITICS

Will Supreme Court ruling on immigrants pit ‘big business’ against states?

The Supreme Court ruling affirming Arizona’s right to yank licenses from firms that employ illegal immigrants may spur similar laws in other states, pitting politicians against their business allies.

Christian Science Monitor

Officials are opposing a tuition break for illegal immigrants

Baltimore Sun

GOP presidential hopefuls shift positions on global warming

For Republican presidential contenders who once supported combatting global warming, the race is heating up. Most of these contenders have stepped back from their previous positions.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Foreclosure deal may give banks a few more options

U.S. banks and state attorneys general, seeking to avoid $17 billion in court claims over faulty foreclosures, are discussing a settlement framework that may give firms a menu of options for helping borrowers.

Bloomberg

Consumer sentiment rises

A gauge of consumer sentiment rose as expectations improved, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan survey data released.

MarketWatch

SPORTS

Mets-David Einhorn deal outlined

David Einhorn, who has been selected to join the New York Mets ownership group as a minority partner, has a path to majority ownership, a source familiar with the negotiations said.

ESPN

Bruins finally reach Stanley Cup finals to top Lightning

Vezina Trophy finalist Tim Thomas stopped every shot and gave the Boston Bruins a chance for the biggest prize of all — the Stanley Cup.

Sports Illustrated

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Violence doesn’t make TV shows more enjoyable for kids

Contrary to the belief of some television producers, spiking cartoons with a dose of violence doesn’t make kids enjoy them more, a new study reveals.

HealthDay

Lady Gaga zips into Central Park

“You like to make an entrance, don’t you!!” said Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts after Lady Gaga zip-lined onto the stage for a concert.

USA TODAY

Lady Gaga: ‘Born This Way’ in NYC

LIFE

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Tea party group would link God with the US Constitution

America’s kids will be learning about the U.S. Constitution this coming school year with help from a decidedly conservative Idaho publishing house, if a tea party group gets its way.

Columbus Dispatch

Vatican invites AIDS experts to talk

The Vatican has invited AIDS experts from around the world to a two-day symposium on preventing HIV and caring for people with the virus.

Huffington Post

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Mark LeVine and Mathias Mossberg):

Parallel states: A new vision for peace

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

Rise of ‘missing girls’ in India and China

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jessica Winter):

Movies should take chances on unknown actors

Slate

Column (Sandy McConnell):

Annual pink-slip dance in schools helps no one

San Jose Mercury News

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Medicare magic trick

Houston Chronicle

Column (Samira Kawash):

The end of candy: How health food threatens our sweets

The Atlantic

Blog (William Kristol):

Not ‘right now’

Weekly Standard

Column (Leonard Pitts Jr.):

Murfreesboro shows a country that has lost its mind

McClatchy Newspapers

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GOOD NEWS

Examiner photo reunites heart-attack victim with woman who saved his life

Ken Byk, 53, who had a heart attack during a race last year found a photo of Ruth Rodgers, whose powerful compressions of Byk’s chest broke three of his ribs, but also saved his life.

San Francisco Examiner

Volunteers swarm in to help

The Nordic Ski Foundation and Surly Brewing Co. don’t typically drum up volunteers to help tornado victims. But armed with chainsaws and rakes, their troops headed to Minneapolis’ North Side.

Star Tribune

Wimauma teacher wins district’s $10,000 ‘We Deliver’ award

Covered in silly string and hugging her students, Melanie Bolender won the We Deliver award and its prize of $10,000 for her work as a migrant reading teacher at Reddick Elementary School in Florida.

St. Petersburg Times

WORLD

Egypt reopens border with Gaza