1. Oklahoma town unlikely to recover from tornado - AP (THE LAST SENTENCE SAYS IT ALL!)
2. Aid pledges flood in after China quake disaster - AFP
3. Myanmar aid trickles in; EU warns of starvation - Reuters
4. New storm head toward cyclone-devastated Myanmar - AP
5. NOAA chief urges creating National Climate Service - AP
6. Arrest made in string of Florida wildfires - AP
7. Companies take on mammoth screening duty - USA Today
8. US foreclosure filings surge 65 percent in April - AP
9. Some U.S. detainees drugged for deportation: report - Reuters
10. Study: Over half of Americans on chronic medicines - AP
11. Research links common chemicals to obesity - Reuters
12. Pet Sterilization Grows Controversial - Live Science
13. Smart car receives top crash scores - AP
14. Vatican scientist says belief in God and aliens is OK - Reuters
15. Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings - AP

1. More storms headed for tornado-damaged Mo., Ark. - AP
2. China quake toll likely tens of thousands - Reuters
3. Dozens of homes lost as Florida battles wildfires - AP
4. Tornado could push out town's last residents - USA Today
5. Madisonville "Weed & Seed" Could Be National Model - WCPO Cincinnati
6. Prince Philip: Just too many people to feed - Telegraph (UK)
7. 3rd option in death: Dissolve bodies - Seattle Times (SOUNDS LIKE SOYLENT GREEN)
8. Median home prices fall in two-thirds of U.S. cities surveyed - AP
9. Tax rebates headed for the pump, grocer: survey - Reuters (STIMULATING WHAT!)
10. Retail sales dip for second time in 2 months - AP
11. Iran rumor pushes oil to new record, gas jumps above $3.73 - AP
12. Man Jailed After Daughter Fails To Get GED - WCPO Cincinnati
13. Immigration arrests top 300 at Iowa meat plant - Reuters
14. Charter school will focus on homeland security - Delaware Business Ledger
15. Google offers to imbue all websites with social networking - AFP

• Do you have a plan for freedom? - Devvy Kidd

1. China quake kills nearly 9,000, toll likely to soar - Reuters
2. Mid-Atlantic storm cuts power, prompts evacuations - AP
3. Aid rushed in after tornadoes kill 22 across US - AFP
4. EPA testing air after twister in toxic Okla. town - AP
5. First U.S. aid flight lands in cyclone-hit Myanmar - Reuters
6. Global Warming Worries Wealthy, Polluting Nations Least - Live Science
7. World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warn - The Guardian (UK)
8. What Condoms Have to Do with Climate Change - TIME
9. Families will make case for vaccine link to autism - AP
10. Flu vaccine makers to set new doses record for next season - AP
11. A new wrinkle in smoking enforcement - Reuters

COMMENTARY

• Nobel Prize for Death - Arthur Robinson
• U.S. Military Targets Southeast Colorado - Deanna Spingola

1. Cyclone Nargis had all the makings of a perfect storm - AP (THRU HUMAN ENGINEERING?)
2. Grim fight for survival after Myanmar cyclone - AFP
3. Experts rush to prevent disease outbreak in Myanmar - AP
4. Experts check to see if tornadoes caused damage in Oklahoma - AP
5. Severe storms cause damage in 3 Southern states - AP
6. 'Eco-terrorist' gets 20 years for plotting bombing campaign - AFP
7. Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt - AP (WHAT A LOAD OF _ _ _ _)
8. Mexican farms employ kids illegally, U.N. says - USA Today
9. Migrant smuggler gets life for deadly U.S. crash - Reuters
10. New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye - AP
11. NYC to prep potential organ donors before getting consent - USA Today
12. Gas jumps nearly 3 cents to record; oil crosses $124 - AP
13. Venezuela's oil reserves swell to 130 bln barrels - AFP
14. Greenspan says worst of credit crisis over: sources - Reuters
15. Weak dollar helps drag Toyota's profit down - USA Today
16. US House-approved mortgage crisis bill faces veto - AFP

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1. Possible tornadoes leave damage in parts of Oklahoma - AP
2. Tornado reported in Tupelo, Miss.; mall damaged - AP
3. Myanmar backtracks on U.S. aid flight, U.S. says - Reuters
4. US, UN plead Myanmar to let in aid as death toll soars - AFP
5. New Orleans mayor pushing residents to leave FEMA trailers - AP
6. Cleaner air to worsen droughts in Amazon: study - AFP
7. Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big cities - AP
8. Florida to pay $11.5 million for cutting citrus trees - CS Monitor
9. Slump hitting men harder - Business Week
10. Congress debates aid package for troubled homeowners - USA Today
11. EU delays ruling on GM products - AFP
12. Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year - AP
13. U.S. deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combat - USA Today
14. Putin becomes PM in leadership 'tandem' - AFP

• "Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order [...] and the like." - Justice William O. Douglas

1. 15 Philly officers taken off street after videotaped beating - AP
2. NEW LOW: March pending homes sales down 1 percent - Reuters
3. Consumers mark tax rebates for bills, savings - Reuters
4. Australia's koalas threatened by global warming: study - AFP
5. Japan, China vow to deepen trust, settle gas row - Reuters
6. Burma death toll 'likely to hit 80,000' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)
7. UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster' - AP
8. How the 'rice bowl of Asia' was emptied - Globe & Mail (Canada)
9. Keeping a lid on Burma's chaos - BBC
10. Biofuels answer to climate change: UN, EU - AFP
11. Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year - AP
12. China virus spreads, claims 27th victim: state media - AFP
13. Ex-prince wants Taliban brought into Afghan govt - Reuters
14. Veterans' office covering up soldier suicides: US lawmakers - AFP

COMMENTARY

• Gore's Myanmar Words as Inopportune as they were Repulsive - American Thinker

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1. Oil hits record above $121 on supply woes - Yahoo! Finance
2. Fannie Mae loses $2.2B in 1Q, warns of severe weakness - AP
3. UBS axes 5,500 jobs as it sells down subprime - Reuters
4. US warns Asian Development Bank it risks becoming 'irrelevant' - AFP
5. Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22,000: state radio - AP
6. Bush urges Myanmar to accept U.S. disaster teams - Reuters
7. Postcyclone challenge for Burma (Myanmar): deliver relief fast - CS Monitor
8. Climate link with killer cyclones spurs fierce scientific debate - AFP
9. Weather service: Arkansas hit by 11 tornadoes last week - AP
10. Ark. governor urges schools to install tornado-safe rooms - AP
11. Vog - volcanic smog - kills plants, casts a haze over Hawaii - AP
12. Why the 1930s Dust Bowl Was So Bad - LiveScience
13. Reservoir larger than Manhattan planned to help Everglades - AP
14. Russia, U.S. sign civilian nuclear pact - Reuters
15. 3,500 US troops set to leave Iraq in the coming weeks - AP

1. Small earthquake shakes Missouri; no reports of damage - AP
2. Myamar believes at least 10,000 dead in cyclone: diplomat - Reuters
3. Weather service: Arkansas was swept by at least 10 tornadoes - AP
4. U.N. sees world climate change deal in 2009 - Reuters
5. Who should doctors let die in a flu pandemic? Maybe grandma - StarTribune
6. Protocol Written To Determine Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources - ScienceDaily
7. Many Moms Unwilling to Have Younger Daughters Get HPV Vaccine - HealthDay
8. China says hand, foot and mouth disease spreading among children - AP
9. Water rationing looms over California - Press-Telegram
10. Farmers face climate challenge in quest for more food - Reuters
11. Spectre of food rationing hits US - Guardian
12. Witnesses: Soldiers kill 2 in Somalia riot over food prices - AP
13. Sanctions era under Saddam looks better in retrospect - The Daily Star
14. Oil passes $120, gas prices slip more than a cent - AP
15. China tells firms to brace for tough times: report - AFP
16. Buffett sees no bank panic, but expects more losses - Reuters

1. Study says warmer ocean water means less oxygen - AP
2. Asia tourism, airlines 'complacent' on climate change - AFP
3. Barge accident closes 2 bridges linking Iowa, Illinois - AP
4. Hundreds evacuated in Maine amid record flood - Reuters
5. Immigrant rights activists join protests nationwide - AP
6. Fewer U.S. immigrants sending money to Latin America - Reuters
7. Union and states try recruiting farm workers from Mexico - AP
8. May Day clashes and anger over food prices - AFP
9. Protesters battle German police in May Day violence - Reuters
10. Surging food, fuel prices push some Americans to brink: experts - AFP
11. House panel passes sweeping mortgage aid bill - Reuters
12. In US, electronic repo device stalls cars of late payers - AFP
13. Work stopped at all 29 U.S. West Coast ports - Reuters
14. US federal court throws out NYC gun control case - AFP

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1. SW celebrates May Day - Socialist Worker
2. International Worker's Day - Malta Star
3. May Day, May Day! - Aftenposten
4. The Significance of May Day & Singapore's Labour Movement - Radio Singapore
5. National reunification and May Day celebrated nationwide - Nhan Dan
6. May Day thoughts - Daliy News Sri lanka
7. More than 1,000 police to monitor May Day events - Prague Daily Monitor
8. Thousands to Rally in Moscow on May Day - The Moscow Times
9. May Day Marches To Affect Thursday Afternoon Commute - KIRO Seattle
10. More restrained LAPD tactics to be tested at May Day rally - AP
11. Bay Area Immigration Rally on May Day - KTVU San Francisco
12. May Day Marches Call for Workers Rights, Unconditional Amnesty - Berkeley Daily Planet
13. Middle Place community plans May Day festivities - The Times and Democrat
14. Turkey bans May Day rally in central Istanbul - Reuters AlertNet
15. May Day protests target retailer - Financial Times UK
16. May-day elections to test Gordon Brown's sway - New Kerala India
17. Global warming? Next decade could be cooler - AFP (COVERING "ALL" THE ANGLES)
18. Secret spy court approved record number of wiretaps in 2007 - AP
19. New handheld medical scanners resemble Star Trek 'tricorders' - LiveScience
20. U.N.: Global food crisis may cause more malnutrition than famine - Reuters

• Marcus Evans Conferences to Present 'Risk, Control & Compliance 12-13 May - Yahoo!7 Finance
• Earth Day-themed activities, programs announced for May 3 in Mexico Missouri - Mexico Ledger

1. People evacuate Maine homes as St. John River floods - AP
2. Dangers remain for Virginians digging through twister debris - AP
3. Transit riders up along with gas prices - The Denver Post
4. Weekly gasoline demand dips yr/yr: MasterCard - Reuters
5. Shell Oil president: To cut price, produce more gasoline in U.S. - CNN
6. Rockefellers call for change at Exxon Mobil - Reuters
7. Congress, Bush spar over high gas prices - Arizona Republic
8. Higher energy costs from climate bills - AP
9. Untapped oil, overtapped politics - CS Monitor
10. 'Biofuels frenzy' fuels global food crisis: experts - AFP
11. US Secretary of State admits biofuels raise food prices - TG Daily
12. The food crisis begins to bite - The Independent
13. Canada's C-51 Law May Outlaw 60% of Natural Health Products - NaturalNews
14. Americans unload prized belongings to make ends meet - AP
15. GM posts 3.3 bln dollar loss amid weak US market - AFP

• Planning ahead - Michael Jensen
• Jeremiah Wright’s Controversial AIDS Charge - Cliff Kincaid

1. 3 tornadoes rip through Va.; more than 200 people hurt - AP
2. US air force calls for mission to combat climate change - The Guardian
3. Home vacancies rise to record 2.9% in first quarter - MarketWatch
4. Homes facing foreclosure more than doubled in 1Q from 2007 - Yahoo! Finance
5. State by state foreclosure filings, Q1 2008 - USA Today
6. Paulson says no interest in second stimulus plan - Reuters
7. 'Tax rebate' checks expected to yield short-term benefits, long-term troubles - CS Monitor
8. Bush to address anxieties about U.S. economic problems - AP (OH BOY!)
9. USA TODAY survey: We're in recession, economists say - USA Today
10. Ex-Fed official criticizes Bear Stearns rescue: report - Reuters
11. Demand for small cars, crossovers soar along with gas prices - AP
12. Truckers rally in Washington to protest high fuel prices - AP
13. U.N. and World Bank say to tackle food crisis - Reuters
14. FBI wants widespread monitoring of 'illegal' Internet activity - CNET News

1. North Carolina counties under flood warnings after storms - AP
2. California wildfire forces 1,000 to evacuate - Reuters
3. Shaky Reno, Nev., is jiggled by another moderate quake - AP
4. Schools cancel classes as California fires rage - AFP
5. Human warming hobbles ancient climate cycle - Reuters
6. Wheat Crop Failures Could be Total, Experts Warn - Money News
7. Food crisis: UN to reveal battle plan - AFP
8. Vietnam counters rice-buying binge amid food fears - Reuters
9. Intestinal virus kills 19 children in China: report - AFP
10. Weeping schoolgirls wish happy birthday Saddam - Reuters (WINNING THE "WAR")
11. Gasoline could hit $7, oil could double in four years, CIBC says - MarketWatch
12. White House: No short-term fix to high fuel prices - Reuters
13. High fuel prices force Californians into hybrids, or off the road - AFP
14. London road price scheme fuels election debate - AFP
15. Gas hits $3.60 a gallon, crude nears $120 on supply outages - AP
16. Buffett says recession may be worse than feared - Reuters (OR JUST AS PLANNED!)

1. Artificially cooling Earth may prove perilous: study - AFP
2. Many states appear to be in recession - AP
3. States act to shield gun holders - USA Today
4. Study: Illegal worker crackdown would cost employers $1B - AP
5. Legally blind man teaches alleged intruder a lesson - AP
6. Wesley Snipes jailed for 3 years in tax case - Reuters
7. Retailers dangle discounts to lure tax-rebate checks - USA Today
8. UN food agency needs hundreds of millions for hungry - AP
9. Rice price surge frustrates and puzzles Asians - Reuters
10. USDA's Schafer reassures no rice shortage - Reuters
11. Beijing bans smoking for Olympics - USA Today
12. Trump: Atlantic City casinos should sue over smoking ban - AP

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1. Possible twisters touch down in parts of Texas - AP
2. Greenhouse gas levels rose in 2007: US agency - AFP
3. Europe Turns Back to Coal, Raising Climate Fears - NY Times
4. GMO coupled with organic farms best for environment - Reuters
5. New Zealand's largest glacier will disappear: scientists - AFP (WILL THE SCIENTISTS?)
6. China calls for help on climate change - AP
7. Syria denies U.S. accusation over nuclear reactor - Reuters (OUR NEXT VICTIM!)
8. US predicts increase in Afghan violence - AP
9. Pakistan protests to NATO, Afghan forces over soldier death - AFP
10. New home sales plunge to lowest level in 16 1/2 years - AP
11. Pressure on Economy Mounts As Oil Rises, Home Sales Drop - Washington Post
12. ConocoPhillips 1Q profit up 17 pct. on higher oil prices - AP
13. World food crisis hits home - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
14. House speaker calls on Bush to stop stocking oil - Reuters
15. 60,000 firms owe $8B in taxes - USA Today