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South Korean marines get in a military truck at South Korea's western Yeonpyong Island, near the disputed sea border with communist North Korea. (Photo by Ahn Jung-won / Yonhap / AP)

Reports: North Korea prepares long-range missile launch

North Korea has transported its most advanced missile, believed to be capable of reaching Alaska, to a launch site on its west coast near China, news reports said.

Examiner

Geithner: Obama will bring down deficits

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sought to assure China, America's biggest creditor, that the Obama administration is committed to attacking soaring budget deficits.

BusinessWeek

Geithner to focus on US, China relationship

NPR

Brazil air force searchs for Air France jet

Brazil's air force said its planes had begun searching for an Air France airliner that went missing on a flight to France.

Reuters

GM files for bankruptcy

It's an end of an era for GM as the troubled automaker is forced into bankruptcy. GM is set to close nearly a dozen plants and cut more than 20,000 jobs.

CNNMoney

GM bankruptcy plan: cut 21,000 more jobs

CBS News

GM bankruptcy hits home

ABC News

New legal battle in Guantanamo

A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court will likely show the difficulties President Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January.

Kansas City Star

Pakistan lifts Swat curfew

Pakistan's military has lifted its curfew on seven towns in the Swat valley, allowing thousands of people trapped amid the army's campaign against Taliban fighters to search for food and supplies.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan city center 'destroyed'

BBC

Congress to tackle health care overhaul

It's go time for President Barack Obama's promise to enact a sweeping health care overhaul this year. Obama used the Memorial Day week to get his campaign volunteers behind his health care goals.

San Francisco Chronicle

NATION

Abortion doctor shot to death

America's most controversial abortion doctor, George Tiller, was shot and killed outside the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kan., on his way to services.

ABC News

Anti-abortion protester held for doctor murder

Reuters

Galveston, Texas still hurting from hurricane’s beating

As officials prepare for the Atlantic hurricane season, residents of Galveston and other coastal areas of Texas are still a long way from getting back on their feet from Hurricane Ike.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Democrats differ on 'Latina' defenses

As Republicans continue to hammer Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for her 2001 “wise Latina” remark, her backers are struggling to come up with a single coherent line of defense.

Politico

Sotomayor's clerks lobby Senate leadership

The Hill

'Blog entry' sparks furor over Sotomayor

NPR

Specter denies clearing the primary field

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., said he did not attempt to clear the field in the primary after his potential opponent claimed the state's political establishment tried to lure him out of the race.

FOX News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Bing goes live

Microsoft's Bing search engine went live in the United States, formally launching the company's latest attempt to wrest a larger slice of the lucrative online search market from incumbent Google.

InformationWeek

Ants get their place in Smithsonian exhibit

Running a museum is no picnic, but the Smithsonian is attracting ants anyway. A new exhibit, "Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants," has opened at the National Museum of Natural History.

San Jose Mercury News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Octuplets mother inks deal to document family for reality TV show

The Southern California woman who gave birth to the world's longest-surviving set of octuplets has signed a deal to star in a reality television series, her lawyer said.

Star Tribune

Last Titanic survivor dies at 97

Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died at the age of 97 in a care home in the English county of Hampshire.

BBC

EDUCATION

States to sync school lessons

Forty-six states and the District of Columbia will announce an effort to craft a single vision for what children should learn each year, a step toward a uniform definition of success in American schools.

The Tennessean

Profound shift in kind of families who are home schooling their children

Parents who home-school children increasingly are white, wealthy and well-educated — and their numbers have nearly doubled in a decade, a new federal government report says.

USA TODAY

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Judge declines to dismiss National Day of Prayer lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb has ruled the case brought by the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation can move forward with discovery.

Star Tribune

Obama's Vatican pick: Boosting Hispanic Catholics, disarming critics

In selecting Catholic scholar Miguel Diaz to be the new ambassador to the Holy See, Obama neutralized potential controversy, and highlighted a potential weakness of the American Catholic Church these days.

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Special needs high-schoolers get a prom to remember

Attending a prom isn't always an option for young people with special needs. That's where Helen McCormick comes in. For the past four years, she has organized a prom for special needs children.

CNN

Volunteering continues in downturn

California's Contra Costa county's grand jury praised the county volunteer unit for its valuable assistance during a time of major county budget cuts.

San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

PM: Demand to halt natural W. Bank growth 'unreasonable'

The American demand to freeze settlement construction for natural growth is not reasonable, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Jerusalem Post

6 dead in Hamas, Palestinian police battle

TIME

Cuba, US agree to talks on immigration

Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the United States on migration and direct mail, a U.S. official said, as a U.S.-Cuban thaw gathers pace under President Barack Obama's administration.

Telegraph.co.uk

BUSINESS

Could Merck become yield king?

Merck could increase the dividend payment it makes to shareholders every quarter following its $41.1 billion purchase of rival Schering-Plough.

Forbes

Bank freezes Saudi billionaire's accounts

Saudi Arabia’s central bank ordered the country’s banks to freeze the accounts of Maan al-Sanea, the Saudi billionaire who owns a stake in HSBC Holdings Plc, people familiar with the instructions said.

Bloomberg

HEALTH

Healthy living still eludes Americans

Americans know what they need to do to live longer, but despite recommendations, most still aren't making smart lifestyle choices, new research indicates.

WebMD

Hurdles remain in Obama's push to revamp health care

The fast-track timetable on health care calls for congressional leaders to unveil legislation this month, debate it next month and pass it before the summer recess in August.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Activists claim logging 'illegal' in land of rare parrot

The battle to protect Australia's superb parrot has escalated as environmentalists claim the logging plans outlined by the Australian forestry department are illegal.

Sydney Morning Herald

Scientists ask public to help monitor life on Earth

Scientists asked people around the world to help compile an Internet-based observatory of life on earth as a guide to everything from the impact of climate change to pests that can damage crops.

Reuters

SPORTS

At 45, Giants' Randy Johnson still fired up

The five Cy Young awards, the defiant snarl, the perfect game, the World Series heroics. All help shape the picture of Randy Johnson's career as arguably the most dominant pitcher of his generation.

USA TODAY

Red Wings top Penguins 3-1 in game 2

Rookie forward Justin Abdelkader, with no NHL goals before reaching the Stanley Cup Finals, has now scored two big goals in two games to help the Detroit Red Wings claim a 2-0 lead in the NHL championship.

USA TODAY

Red Wings go up 2-0

ESPN

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