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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden applaud as Solicitor General Elena Kagan is introduced as President Obama's choice for Supreme Court Justice in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

Gas prices rising nationwide, but maybe not for long

Gas prices are up an average of four cents a gallon nationwide during the past week — and 78 cents a gallon from last year. But signs of gas prices easing are emerging.

Christian Science Monitor

Special section:

Gas prices

New York Times

CEOs ride market upward

America's top CEOs are set for a once-in-a-lifetime pay bonanza. Most of them got their annual stock compensation early last year when the stock market was at a 12-year low.

MSNBC

Obama nominates Elena Kagan to Supreme Court post

President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. If the Senate confirms, Kagan would become the third woman on the high court.

CBS News

Fast facts: Elena Kagan

CNN

Elena Kagan, Supreme Court nominee

NY Daily News

Obama nominates Kagan

YouTube

Taliban tied to NY bomb

The United States is convinced that a Pakistani Taliban group closely allied with al-Qaida was behind the attempted bombing in New York's Times Square, administration officials said.

Reuters

US says Taliban behind bomb attempt

NPR

Shahzad's Taliban connection

YouTube

Fannie Mae seeks $8.4B from US

Fannie Mae has again asked taxpayers for more money after reporting a first-quarter loss of more than $13 billion.

NPR

NATION

Lawmaker hopes to give Mich. an immigration law like Ariz.

A Michigan lawmaker said she believes the state's law enforcement officers need the authority to arrest illegal immigrants and is drafting legislation similar to Arizona's new immigration law.

Detroit Free Press

Suburbs home to more minorities

America's suburbs are now more likely to be home to minorities, the poor and a rapidly growing older population as many younger, educated whites move to cities for jobs and shorter commutes.

CBS News

GULF OIL SPILL

BP 'may stem oil with golf balls and tires'

BP officials desperate to stem a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are considering stuffing the well with golf balls and tires, it was revealed.

BBC

Exclusive: Oil rig worker shares tale of survival, fear, legal tangles

Both online and on-air, PBS NewsHour and NPR News will bring the story of a survivor of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster and new questions surrounding a document he and others were asked to sign.

PBS

US failing to tighten ecological oversight, activists say

The Obama administration waived environmental reviews for 26 new offshore drilling projects even as the BP oil disaster spewed crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, environmental activists stated.

Guardian

Chronology of oil spill

Reuters

Setbacks on the Gulf

ABC News

POLITICS

Miranda rights may need changes

In the wake of the Times Square bombing plot, the Obama administration said it wants to work with Congress on possible limitations of the constitutional rights afforded terrorism suspects.

RealClearPolitics

Terrorism in the US takes on a UK pattern

NPR

Homegrown terror

CBS News

Obama to name Kagan for high court

President Barack Obama will nominate U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, NBC News’ Pete Williams reported.

MSNBC

Biographical information on Elena Kagan

Philadelphia Inquirer

BUSINESS

Goldman Sachs has 1st quarter with no trading loss

Goldman Sachs' traders made money every single day of the first quarter, a feat the firm has never accomplished before.

Bloomberg

Chicago-area middle class lost most jobs in the recession, study says

Chicago's population remained stable over the last decade, largely because of an influx of immigrants, but the economy took a toll on middle-income workers who lost jobs because of the recession.

Chicago Tribune

EDUCATION

Colo. district boots traditional salary

The 11,000-student district in Southern Colorado will be the first to replace the traditional salary schedule with a pay system based on observations of teacher practice and student-achievement results.

Education Week

Triplets to earn law degrees at DePaul

Attorney Daniel Formeller — 1976 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law — will be on stage to hood all three of his children when they follow in his footsteps at DePaul law school's commencement.

Chicago Sun-Times

SPORTS

Braden pitches perfect game

Oakland's Dallas Braden shut down Tampa Bay in succession to not only lead the A's to a 4-0 victory but record just the 19th perfect game in Major League history.

MLB.com

Woods withdraws from Players; might have bulging disk

Woods, who said he felt a tingling sensation down his right arm and into his fingers, said he might have a bulging disk in his upper back and will have an MRI. He said he first felt the injury before the Masters.

USA TODAY

Giants beat Mets after blowing 4-0 lead

After Brian Wilson watched Jason Bay's shallow fly take a wild ride in the wind and end up falling in for a leadoff double in the ninth, he changed his approach.

Sporting News

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GOOD NEWS

Mother's Day miracle: surgery for her daughter, 15 months

For most mothers, hearing that your 15-month-old daughter needs open-heart surgery would be no Mother’s Day gift. But when Katie Larrison got that news, it was a dream come true.

Detroit Free Press

Mary Granderson is one grand mom

Curtis Granderson signs autographs for fans in his position as center fielder for the Yankees, but his signature is a barely recognizable scribble, and his mother would probably prefer a legible version.

NY Daily News

WORLD

EU agrees to euro stability package

An unprecedented loan package worth almost $1 trillion and a program of bond purchases was unveiled in hopes to stop a sovereign-debt crisis that threatened to shatter the euro.

Bloomberg

Federal Reserve opens credit line to Europe