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Long lines of vehicles wait for gas at a Costco gas station in Santa Clara, Calif. Despite high gas prices, many Americans are still traveling over the holiday weekend. (Photo by Paul Sakuma / AP)

Pakistan may turn over US 'spies' to Iran

In another sign of growing tensions with the United States, Pakistan is threatening to turn over to Iran six members of a tribal militant group Iran claims are "spies" for the CIA.

ABC News

Pakistani Taliban leader says jihad in Afghanistan to continue

Agence France-Presse

Summit fire: cool weather, wind change help firefighters

Firefighters hope the change in weather helps stop the fire that has devoured 3,100 acres and at least 10 homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Calif.

San Jose Mercury News

Santa Cruz Mountains' wildfires

San Francisco Chronicle

Despite gas prices, Americans hit the road

With prices at the pump topping $4 a gallon, more than 38 million Americans are traveling this Memorial Day weekend.

CBS News

Claim free gas money, enjoy your Summer

ABC News

High gasoline prices spark gusher of energy legislation

McClatchy Newspapers

Why gas prices are so high

YouTube

Obama's Cuban foreign policy to be based on 'libertad'

Sen. Barack Obama told Florida's Cuban American community that his Cuba policy would be based on "libertad" and freedom for the island nation's people.

CNN

McCain hammers Obama on national security

Associated Press

Myanmar cyclone meeting more about access than aid

It is being dubbed a "pledging conference" but the international donors' meeting in cyclone-hit Myanmar is going to be more about getting the junta to open its doors than the world to open its wallet.

Reuters

NATION

In Iraq, a Marine's best friend is a dog with 42 teeth

Although getting bitten or attacked by their partners is an occupational hazard, Marines on the al Asad airbase northwest of Baghdad say theirs is the most coveted job in the military.

McClatchy Newspapers

Sailor treated for burns after fire on aircraft carrier

CNN

Pentagon audit faults massive payments to contractors in Iraq

An audit of $8.2 billion in taxpayer money spent by the United States Army on Iraq contractors has found almost none of the payments followed federal rules and regulations.

International Herald Tribune

Texas to appeal polygamist court ruling

Texas child welfare authorities indicated they won't give up more than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect and plan to appeal a court ruling that the state had no right to seize them.

ABC News

Learning about FLDS kids

Houston Chronicle

POLITICS

Bill Clinton pushes Hillary for vice president

Sen. Barack Obama camp resists "dream ticket" pressure with Sen. Hillary Clinton as vice president. Sen. John McCain's search continues.

ABC News

Clinton draws rebuke over assassination remark

Reuters

McCain deemed fit to serve

Baltimore Sun

McCain releases medical records

BBC

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Cindy McCain releases 2006 tax returns

CNN

BUSINESS

GM says North American strikes to cost $2.8 billion

Bloomberg

Fuel-tax cheating multiplies in US as bootlegging pays off

As presidential candidates are bickering over whether to suspend the federal gasoline tax to ease the impact of rising prices, some people are increasingly taking matters into their own hands.

Bloomberg

SPORTS

Defense will be key in Stanley Cup Finals

After seeing the manner in which Detroit and Pittsburgh outplayed their competition, posting a combined 24-6 record, it is clear that the NHL's two best teams have earned their place on center stage.

Fox Sports

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Special section: the Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NHL Playoff ticker: It's finally game time! Now here's why you should watch

Detroit Free Press

Diamondback's Davis victorious in return from cancer surgery

Doug Davis got the victory in his first game back after undergoing cancer surgery, as the Arizona Diamondbacks crushed the Atlanta Braves, 11-1, in the opener of a four-game set from Turner Field.

The Sports Network

Pistons end Celtics' home playoff winning streak; beat Celts

The Detroit Pistons became the first team to beat the Celtics in the playoffs at TD Banknorth Garden.

USA Today

EDUCATION

Last surviving Brown v. Board plaintiff dies at 88

The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88.

Sacramento Bee

National Geographic Bee win goes to 11-year-old Nebraskan

The sixth-grader at Lux Middle School in Lincoln, Neb., won a $25,000 scholarship.

Kansas City Star

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

At Cannes, expectations, inevitably, are set too high

In the morning festivalgoers - or at least the hordes of journalists who stumble into the Salle Lumière every day at 8:30 after a few hours' sleep and a hasty café au lait - were given a bit of a break.

International Herald Tribune

Stars' bizarre beauty treatments

Demi Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow are a few stars who've tried leeches, plasma and snake venom for beauty. Would you?

ABC News

Madonna to show film at Moore's festival

Madonna's new film, "I Am Because We Are," on the impoverished nation of Malawi has wowed another maker of documentaries: Michael Moore.

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Vigorous Kennedy out of hospital and back at the helm

Sen. Edward Kennedy walked out of the hospital a day after it was announced that he has a malignant brain tumour and wasted no time getting back to his favorite activity: sailing.

Sydney Morning Herald

Iraq's ports thriving now that the government's in charge

Iraq's principal ports, which were plagued by corruption, theft and insecurity while under the control of militia-linked port guards, have had a dramatic increase in trade since the government took control.

McClatchy Newspapers

WORLD

Medvedev says China, Russia to play key role in world security

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said his country and China will work together to shape global security even if other powers don't approve.

Bloomberg

Ticketmaster's president for China says Beijing games to sell out

Jonathan Krane, Ticketmaster's president for China, predicts that all 6.8 million Olympic tickets will be sold, even for traditionally unpopular events.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

Battle rages over nesting shorebirds

The season's first American oystercatchers hatched on a fenced-off stretch of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore just when thousands of fisherman flock to the Outer Banks.

Raleigh News-Observer

SC governor seeks protection of reef, a 'national treasure'

S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford has asked President Bush to protect a deep-water reef that environmentalists say is vulnerable to fishing and oil exploration.

The State

Seas off West Coast very acidic

Waters along North America's Pacific coast are becoming more acidic, posing a threat to marine life. This fits global warming scenarios, but no one had expected it to happen so soon.

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Phoenix is ready to conquer Mars on Sunday night

After a journey of 10-months and more than 400 million miles, Phoenix is set to arrive at the Red Planet beginning its study of water and possible conditions for life in the Martian arctic.

eFluxMedia

Ten amazing things you didn't know about animals

Myths and mysteries make the fascinating, but even odd creatures ought to be understood. We explore a few recent findings, common misconceptions and amazing adaptations.

LiveScience

Extreme life found a mile below seafloor

A coring sample off the coast of Newfoundland turned up single-celled microbes living in searing temperatures about a mile below the seafloor.

LiveScience

HEALTH

Terminally ill patients want quicker access to experimental drugs

At the end of March, doctors told Anna Tomalis to stop the chemotherapy because it was no longer working, to go home and enjoy what time was left.

McClatchy Newspapers

Experts revisit food additives and ADHD

The notion that artificial colors and preservatives in foods may play a role in hyperactivity has been largely dismissed within conventional medicine, but there are signs that this is beginning to change.

WebMD

McDonald's fries, hold the trans-fat

McDonald's said its french fries are now trans-fat-free in all its restaurants in the United States and Canada, catching it up with its fast-food rivals in that category.

CBS News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Alabama governor says churches, not state, must rehab prisoners

Gov. Bob Riley asked Alabama churches to shoulder the burden of caring for newly released inmates, saying the state lacks the flexibility and funds to help them successfully re-enter society.

National Catholic Reporter

Obama talks religion at Jewish temple

Sen. Barack Obama explained the roots of his name, listed some of his Jewish friends and voiced support for Israel during a synagogue visit to shore up Jewish support.

Reuters

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