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CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley Debuts June 6th
CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley Debuts June 6th (WIBW)
Scott Pelley, one the most experienced reporters in broadcast journalism, has been named anchor and managing editor of the CBS EVENING NEWS.

BC-US--Homes-Hurricane Risk,448 (WLOS)
More than 1.8 million homes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are at great risk of being damaged by a hurricane, three times the number located in federally defined flood zones, according to a report released Tuesday.

How Did US Confirm Body Was Bin Laden's? (TheBostonChannel)
It took mere hours to confirm that the person killed in a compound near Pakistan's capital was Osama bin Laden.

US holds photos of slain bin Laden, weighs release
US holds photos of slain bin Laden, weighs release (FOX 4 Now - WFTX Home)
U.S. officials weighed the pros and cons of releasing secret video and photos of Osama bin Laden, killed with a precision shot above his left eye, as fresh details emerged Tuesday of an audacious American raid that netted potentially crucial al-Qaida records as well as the body of the global terrorist leader.

The Shame of John Paul II: How the Sex Abuse Scandal Stained His Papacy (thenation)
On May 1, Pope Benedict XVI will beatify his predecessor, John Paul II, at a huge ceremony in St. Peter's Square in Rome. Beatification, the final step before canonization, or sainthood, ennobles the deceased as "blessed," or worthy of veneration. Authorities have prepared for a million visitors to the weekend events. Most beatification cases are decided decades after the person dies—a sign of Vatican probity on whether a life achievement, nominated by religious colleagues, merits a path to sainthood. The timetable is at the pope's discretion. In this case, Benedict's decision to fast-track John Paul's case has drawn a chorus of criticism from prominent Catholics and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy.

What Republicans Mean When They Say They Fear The Debt (tnr)
Michelle Bachmann thinks the national debt is like the Holocaust: Rep. Michele Bachmann invoked the Holocaust Saturday morning as she described the tax burden that America's next generation will face unless action is taken to reduce federal spending and the national debt.

With warming, Arctic is losing ground (sciencenews)
Arctic coastlines - a third of the globe's total shores - are retreating an average of a half meter annually, a 10-nation regional assessment concludes.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Sticks With Bin Laden (theatlantic)
The Islamist political party has made devout moderation a cornerstone of their post-Mubarak strategy, but the group's statement after the death of Osama bin Laden suggests they may not be so moderate Most of yesterday's headlines proclaiming the death of Osama bin Laden used epithets like " terror mastermind " or " bastard " to refer to the ...

Covert mission will 'go down in history' (news.bostonherald)
The dramatic mission to kill Osama bin Laden was a special-ops tour de force that could have gone wrong at any time, as Blackhawk helicopters dropped the commandos of storied SEAL Team 6 into an al-Qaeda compound to capture the world's most wanted man in the middle of a residential neighborhood. "It's probably going to go down in history as the most successful special operations mission since World War II," said retired Lt. ...

Bin Laden Captured Through Detective Work (nytimes)
After years of dead ends and promising leads gone cold, the big break came last August. A trusted courier of Osama bin Laden's whom American spies had been hunting for years was finally located in a compound 35 miles north of the Pakistani capital, close to one of the hubs of American counterterrorism operations. The property was so secure, so large, that American officials guessed it was built to hide someone far more important than a mere courier.

Americans find comfort in clear ending
Americans find comfort in clear ending (WOOD-TV Grand Rapids)
To surf American airwaves, to read American comments on the Internet by the thousands, to walk American streets Monday after Osama bin Laden's astonishing demise meant you'd almost certainly hear some variation of a single telling word: "closure." As in ending.

Lawmakers: Did bin Laden hide in plain sight? (SavannahNow)
Incredulous lawmakers are pressing Pakistan for answers to two simple questions: What did its army and intelligence agents know of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts and when did they know it? The al-Qaida terrorist leader behind the Sept.

Writing safety rules could get tougher for FAA (KMOV)
In this March 24, 2011 file photo, a passenger jet flies past the FAA control tower at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Party leaders ready for last debate (Montrose Today)
Leaders of the four main parties will take to the stage tonight for the final televised debate of the election.

Charles to meet Obama in Washington
Charles to meet Obama in Washington (Andover Advertiser)
The Prince of Wales is flying to Washington for a two-day official visit that will see the royal call on US President Barack Obama.

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