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An unidentified protester is removed during a hearing by the Coast Guard and the Interior Department in Kenner, La. The hearing is investigating the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP)

Some waiting years for 1st payments as more apply for benefits

Nearly 2 million people are waiting to find out if they qualify for Social Security disability benefits. It will be a long wait, even if they eventually win their cases.

CBS News

Hawaii's jobless seniors forced to tap Social Security early

Honolulu Advertiser

Tax bills in 2009 at lowest since 1950

Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes in 2009 since Harry Truman's presidency.

USA TODAY

Special section:

Your taxes

New York Times

Fingers point while oil spews

The three oil companies primarily involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill blamed each other for the accident that left 11 workers dead.

CNNMoney

Federal agency's duties to be split

Miami Herald

BP keeping cap on oil leak video?

CNN

US 'committed to Afghan security'

"We will not abandon the Afghan people. Our civilian commitment will remain long into the future," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, at the start of closed talks with Afghan government leaders.

Al Jazeera

Red Cross confirms '2nd jail' at Bagram

BBC

Fears surround over-the-counter genetic tests for serious diseases

Shoppers at drugstores will soon be able to pick up something new: a test to scan their genes for Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer and other ailments.

MSNBC

NATION

5 killed in Okla. tornado outbreak

Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Southern Plains in an outbreak of violent weather that killed five people, tossed cars off highways, flipped homes and sent baseball-size hail through windshields.

MSNBC

Town slammed by tornado

CBS News

Real estate market's new problem: not enough homes

Despite the housing bust and high foreclosure rates, in some areas real estate agents are complaining that they don't have enough homes to sell.

CNNMoney

POLITICS

Supreme Court confirmations, as Elena Kagan saw them

Elena Kagan once urged aggressive questioning of and candid responses from Supreme Court nominees, but has lately backed off those views. Senate Democrats hail her "diversity of experience."

Christian Science Monitor

Kagen nomination jolts Arlen Specter's US Senate campaign

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Elena Kagan, Supreme Court nominee

NY Daily News

DCCC pulls out of Hawaii

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that it would not be investing more resources into the special congressional election to replace Neil Abercrombie, who is running for governor.

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Aid plan propels US and global markets

Major indexes closed at least 4 percent higher, the increase coming after European leaders and major central banks announced an array of emergency lending measures aimed to ease the debt crisis.

New York Times

Oil climbs on $900 billion European rescue plan

CNNMoney

Toyota waited a year to issue recall

Toyota waited nearly a year to issue a U.S. recall in 2005 over defective steering rods in trucks and SUVs, despite a similar recall in Japan and dozens of reports from American motorists about faulty rods.

CBS News

Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market?

Nearly 52,000 people were wait-listed as of mid-April for General Motors' electric model, the Volt, due in November. As of March, almost 56,000 people had signed up to reserve Nissan's all-electric Leaf.

Christian Science Monitor

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

Service grads face dim job market

The tattoo on Christian Berrios' right forearm says "Knowledge is Power." For a high school dropout in a city with shuttered textile plants and 18 percent unemployment, he needs all the knowledge he can get.

USA TODAY

HEALTH

Older women exposed to physical and mental abuse suffer poor mental health

Not surprisingly, a new study finds that older women who are exposed to physical and verbal abuse have poor mental health.

HealthDay

Nuts' effects healthier for some

Eating plenty of nuts can lead to healthier cholesterol levels, but the benefits seem to be greatest for thinner people, those eating less healthy diets, and people with higher levels of "bad" cholesterol.

Reuters

SPORTS

Magic run over Hawks

Vince Carter scored 22 points to lead another dominating performance by the Magic, which finished off its second straight playoff sweep with a 98-84 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

ESPN

Woods says neck injury not crash related

Tiger Woods insists there's "zero connection" between the neck spasms playing havoc with his golf swing and his car accident.

Sports Illustrated

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GOOD NEWS

Habitat house gets a woman's touch on Women Build day

Area volunteers helped the newest Habitat house take shape during Women Build Week at the United Keetoowah Band’s Henry Doublehead Child Care Center in Tahlequah, Okla.

Tahlequah Daily Press

How to give away $10,000? It's a lot of work, U-Md. students learn

The philanthropy class, new this year, is one of a small but growing number in which donors write big checks to help students learn how to give.

Washington Post

WORLD

Iraq bombings death toll rises to 119

The death toll from Iraq's deadliest day this year has risen to 119, after new deaths were reported from bombings that rocked cities both north and south.

AOL News

Iraq hit by deadly attacks