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Severe storms kill at least 21
At least 21 people have died in severe weather in Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia.
Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks
A cargo ship carrying relief supplies for more than 1,000 cyclone victims in Myanmar sank, a International Red Cross spokesman said on Sunday.
NYT: Obama, McCain look to November
Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are already drawing up strategies for taking each other on in the general election, focusing on the same groups, campaign aides said.
President's daughter Jenna married
President Bush called the wedding "spectacular," saying that his daughter and new son-in-law exchanged vows just as the sun set at the Texas ranch.
Jazz even series with Lakers
Andrei Kirilenko blocked Kobe Bryant twice in overtime and converted a three-point play with 35 seconds remaining as the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 123-115 on Sunday, tying the Western Conference semifinals at 2-2.

African-American heritage in Memphis - 24-Hour Layover: Memphis- msnbc ...

For many people, the city of Memphis is synonymous with one of the most significant, and saddest, events in recent American history -- the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King ...


African-American voters: Then and now - Nightly News with Brian ...

NBC's Brian Williams speaks with four African-Americans about politics and political loyalty some 40 years after ?The Struggle.?


African American Women: Where They Stand- msnbc.com

African American Women: Where They Stand ... The growing achievement gap between black women and men may be having an impact on their relationships.     Rehema Ellis reports.


Over 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms (AP)

AP - Search crews combed debris-strewn fields for possible tornado victims Sunday as residents picked through the remains of homes demolished by storms that smashed through the Plains and South, killing at least 21 people in three states.

President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular' (AP)

AP - President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.

Latest Headlines

Barack Obama faces an untested set of hurdles

Jazz beat Lakers in overtime to even series

Confidant says Mayo received thousands in illegal benefits

Agnostic feels a tug after Sunday in church

President Bush calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'

Health News

Call for jab opt-out penalty

New study on premature babies

Overhaul to 'benefit' patients

Government to look at autism

Row over cannabis grading

   

Business/Money

New jumbo-mortgage limits just starting to help buyers on rates (MarketWatch)

Time for investors to foreclose on troubled lender Fannie Mae (at MarketWatch)

House passes far-reaching housing legislation (at MarketWatch)

Little pressure on U.S. mortgage rates as housing stays weak (at MarketWatch)

The week's top news and analysis, April 28-May 2 (at MarketWatch)

Science/Technology

How be an astronaut

World's oldest gorilla is 55

Computers 'hold climate clues'

Falcon chicks caught on camera

Rare albino blackbirds sighted

   

Odd News

Woman pays off 1976 parking ticket issued in Mich.

Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction

SpongeBob SquarePants image painted on historic Colo. cabin

Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy

Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket

Sports News

Kirilenko stuffs Kobe, Lakers in OT as Jazz tie series 2-2 (AP)

Indy 500 qualifying, practice canceled because of rain (AP)

Manchester United wins 10th Premier League title in 16 years (AP)

Uggla hits 2 homers to lead Marlins to 7th straight victory (AP)

Ward's pinch-hit 2-run double leads Cubs past Diamondbacks (AP)

 

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