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US News - News May 14, 2011 See US News Weather Belarus' ex-presidential candidate sentenced (The State) A Belarusian presidential candidate was sentenced to five years in prison Saturday following a trial that he denounced as political punishment for challenging the nation's authoritarian ruler. Kerry: Pakistan can be better ally against terror (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Pakistan could be a better partner in the fight against terrorists, U.S. Sen. John Kerry said Saturday on the first leg of a visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan to patch up relations following the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden . Redistricting delays 2012 House races (SFGate) Freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Heck has been running for re-election since he won in November, trying to fend off unrelenting attacks on his five-month-old voting record as the Democratic Party has saturated his Las Vegas district with billboards, phone calls and mailers. $15 For $30 Worth Of Authentic Japanese Fare At Nara Of Japan In Newport News 10608 Warwick Blvd. Newport News, Virginia Gingrich questions Pakistan aid, pushes drilling (KSWB-TV San Diego) Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich Friday called for more oil drilling in the United States and questioned American aid to Pakistan as he took his young campaign to his home state of Georgia. Bin Laden informant's treatment key to torture debate (WNFL-AM Green Bay) A central figure in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the debate over harsh interrogation methods was held in secret CIA detention, then sent back to Pakistan and now believed to have returned to the battlefield. Obama announces steps to speed US oil production (Deseret Morning News) Facing continued public unhappiness over gas prices, President Barack Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off Alaska's coast and holding more frequent lease sales in a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska. NY beach community becomes dumping ground of death (WIS-TV Columbia) Killers have long chosen isolated locations to secretly dump their victims: Gary Ridgway got the Green River Killer moniker for leaving women he murdered along the waterway near Seattle, some of New York serial killer Joel Rifkin's 17 victims were found in shallow graves on eastern Long Island or in creeks in Brooklyn, and in 2008 the FBI found the ... GOP budget, Medicare plan influence NY House race (KansasCity) The special election to fill a House seat in upstate New York was supposed to be an easy victory for Republicans.But less than two weeks before the May 24 vote, polls show a competitive contest between Republican Jane Corwin, 47, and Democrat Kathy Hochul, 52, in what's become the first electoral test of GOP budget policies. Kan. lawmakers end work with anti-abortion push (Salon) Kansas legislators approved restrictions on private insurance coverage for abortions and adopted a state budget stripping funds from a Planned Parenthood affiliate, capping a string of victories Friday for abortion opponents only four months after sympathetic Gov. Lawsuit Filed Over Bin Laden Death Photos (KETV-TV) A conservative legal watchdog group has filed the first lawsuit seeking public release of video and photographs of the U.S. military raid and aftermath that left al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden dead. Huckabee to announce 2012 plans on show (KOMOradio) Mike Huckabee always had an eye for business opportunities. As governor of Arkansas, he churned out books on topics ranging from youth violence to weight loss to supplement his official salary. 28 years after $7M Conn. heist, arrest leaves just 1 suspect at large - he's probably in Cuba (StarTribune) One by one, and as recently as this week, the suspects in a 1983 heist that netted $7 million for a militant group have been tracked down. Disaster aid shortfalls loom despite GOP boost (AL) As floods ravage the Mississippi basin and the South picks itself up from last month's devastating tornadoes, Republicans controlling a key House panel boosted funding for relief efforts on Friday to address a major shortfall in the Obama administration's disaster aid budget. Court: Chicago must hire 111 black firefighters (News10) Chicago must hire 111 African American firefighter candidates passed over for jobs and pay millions of dollars in damages to thousands more. Federal panel leaning towards new nuclear dump site away from Yucca Mountain (RGJ) A presidential commission looking for safe ways to dispose of the nation's nuclear waste said Friday it is likely to recommend building one or more storage sites to replace a long-planned nuclear waste dump in Nevada. More US News News...

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