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Mississippi cresting in Memphis as key spillway opened

Mississippi cresting in Memphis as key spillway opened

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Reuters) - The Mississippi River was beginning to crest on Monday at a near-record level in Memphis while downstream the...

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Boehner raises the bar for cuts in debt talks

Boehner raises the bar for cuts in debt talks

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver announce separation

Pakistan may let U.S. question bin Laden wives

Yiddish newspaper apologizes for erasing Clinton from photo

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Searchers scour northern Nevada for Canadian man	LinkedIn IPO price hints at social media caution
Passenger tries to open door mid-air on Continental flight	Newt Gingrich to announce 2012 White House run
Rep. Aaron Schock, and his abs, land on Men's Health cover	Tearful Vieira says quitting "Today" for family
Cuba publishes reform guidelines, but details short	Ford F-150 truck probe expands to 2.7 million
Report links fracking to tainted drinking water	Japan to shut nuclear plant on quake fears

Arnold Schwarzenegger, wife Maria Shriver separate	South Korean gamblers get jail time for casino card-game scam
Navy chaplains cleared to perform gay marriages	Man charged for allegedly trying to open plane door
Blagojevich defense attorney admonished by judge	Obama to push immigration overhaul in Texas
Safeway recalls platters over salmonella scare	Revised California budget in works as revenue rises

Bomber kills officer in Russia's Dagestan region	Chad's Deby wins re-election in boycotted poll
China province probes sale of "illegal children"	Assad tightens grip on Syria's restive third city
South Korea to invite North to summit if conditions met	Pakistan may grant U.S. access to bin Laden's wives
NATO strikes target Gaddafi compound: witnesses	Four dead as security forces fire on Yemen protest

Stock index futures rise; Microsoft eyed	Congress to quiz SEC on private-share trading
Microsoft near $8.5 billion deal for Skype: source	Former GM CEO Stempel dies at age 77
Tokyo Electric pleads for government help on compensation	Former GM CEO Stempel dies at age 77: report
Deutsche Post Q1 beats on Asian express demand	China trade surplus jumps to highest in 4 months

Politics Now

Boehner demands trillions in cuts in exchange for debt vote	Democrat Joe Donnelly sets sights on Indiana Senate seat
Jon Huntsman was a keyboard wizard, but is a presidential run a rock 'n' roll fantasy?	Odds of getting Osama bin Laden barely better than even, Obama says in interview
Dean Heller sworn in as Nevada senator	Families of dead miners feel let down by Washington
Senate Democrats call for July deadline on debt-limit vote	Obama order could make corporate political spending public
Newt Gingrich will announce presidential decision Wednesday	GOP finding it hard to make progress

Obama meets with Bin Laden special operations team	President argues his deficits case to a Facebook crowd
Anxious Rust Belt awaits an economic revival	Congress passes 2011 spending deal, but dives into new debates
House passes restrictive anti-abortion package	Obama on road trip to push on deficits & spending
Obama: Presidency not always a Rose Garden	New cuts detailed in agreement for $38 billion in reductions
Protesters pay to enter fundraiser and confront president	U.S. airstrikes in Libya continue despite announced shift to NATO

Debt limit debate likely to stretch to July	Congress to see more theatrics over high oil
U.S. and China spar on rights, soften tone on economy	Fed's Lacker: Congress playing with fire on debt limit
Republicans block Obama's nomination of Cole	Republicans press for results from US-China talks
Rush to kill nuclear dump sets back waste plans: GAO	Republicans want nuke modernization pledge kept
Obama to host Jordan king for Middle East talks	Amtrak, 15 states to share $2 billion in rail grants

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Black Bear wanders in Alaska town	Pictures: The Royal Wedding	Pictures: Deadly tornadoes rip through the South
Pictures: The White House Correspondents' Dinner	Pictures: Kate Middleton's wedding dress	Pictures: President Obama as a child

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Pic of TSA Agents Searching Baby at KCI Sparks Outrage	Casey Anthony's jury to come from Pinellas County
Federal judge denies injunction against opt-out yellow pages	Watch Video: Helicopter crash lands at skateboard race
Dugard memoir to hit bookstore shelves in July	Teen arrested after parents found stabbed; father dead
Pain from 1987 cold case murder lingers in gay community	Wisconsin drive-in theater goes hi-def with new digital projector
Engineers work to prevent flooding in New Orleans	Man Stuck in the Mud for 4 Hours
Full Coverage: Casey Anthony Trial	Wisconsin boy struck by school bus driven by his own mother

Honda adds 833,000 vehicles to airbag recall	Agency fails to probe deaths linked to popular baby product
Steven Cole Smith: Separating gasoline myths from facts	New rules issued on child car seats
Match.com to begin screening for sex-offenders after reported attack	Hospital's discovery leads to national recall of alcohol wipes
Drug-resistant Staph found in grocery store meat	REI recalls bicycles
Toddler is served sangria at Florida Olive Garden	E. Coli Risk Prompts Beef Recall
Jennie-O launches turkey recall after salmonella poisoning in California	Nintendo Issues 3D Warning For Children

Romans gripped by fear of quake forecast for May 11	German mayor rescues man trapped in women's prison
NY studio plus-sizes the pleasures of yoga	Acupuncture needle found in ex-S.Korea president's lung
Convict disguised as woman recaptured in Egypt	Royal wedding douses New Zealand's republican flame
South Korea's "kiss apple" for better breath, dating pleasure	Yes, sex can kill you, U.S. study shows
Pious Indians bank on holy deposits	Bomb sat for weeks at federal office
Fans hurt after horse jumps into crowd	Taco rage: Man upset at burrito price rise fires shots

Pictures: Royal wedding hats	Royal Wedding Souvenirs	Pictures: Texas wildfires
Pictures: Afghanistan prisoners dig tunnel, escape	Pictures: Tornado damage in Bridgeton, MO	Celebs invited to the royal wedding

At a Glance

Graphic: A look at S. Carolina	Graphic: Kelp forest	Graphic: Hamaoka power plant
Graphic: Amtrak funding	Graphic: Blackhawk helicopters	Graphic: Truck crash deaths

Graphic: Tablet sales	Graphic: Shiite mosques destroyed	Graphic: U.S. jobless rate
Graphic: Syrian protests	Graphic: Are Americans under taxed?	Graphic: Timeline of U.S.-Pakistani relations

Graphic: Proposed Latino American Museum	Graphic: 30 years of fighting AIDS	Graphic: American lives lost since 9/11
Graphic: al-Qaida relevance	Graphic: The Centrifuge and the Mercury Seven	Graphic: Navy SEALS complete mission