Tornado rips through N. Colorado; 1 killed (AP)
AP - A large tornado tore through several northern Colorado towns on Thursday, flipping over tractor-trailers, ripping roofs off buildings and killing at least one person.

Texas seizure of polygamist-sect kids thrown out (AP)

Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints depart from the Tom Green County Courthouse, Monday, May 19, 2008, in San Angelo, Texas. Children from a polygamist sect were the only subjects on the docket Monday at a west Texas courthouse where five judges began handling hundreds of hearings that attorneys for the children's parents decried for their cookie-cutter approach. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - A Texas appeals court said Thursday that the state had no right to take more than 400 children from a polygamist sect's ranch, a ruling that could unravel one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history.




Obama to stand in for Kennedy at Wesleyan (AP)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, stands with Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., during a rally for Obama at American University on Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, in Washington. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday, May 17, 2008, after becoming ill at his Hyannis, Mass., home. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Barack Obama has agreed to deliver the commencement address at Wesleyan University in place of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who pulled out Thursday after being diagnosed with brain cancer.




U.S. forecasters predict up to 9 Atlantic hurricanes in '08 (AP)

Hurricane Noel is seen in a handout satellite image taken November 2, 2007. REUTERS/NOAA/HandoutAP - The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season could be slightly busier than average, with a good chance of six to nine hurricanes forming, federal forecasters said Thursday in a new way of making predictions.




Monitors urged for all with high blood pressure (AP)
AP - Everyone with high blood pressure — some 72 million Americans — should own a home monitor and do regular pressure checks, the American Heart Association and other groups urged Thursday in an unprecedented endorsement of a medical device for consumers.

High gas prices force cops to walk the beat more (AP)

Newberry Police Sgt. Andy Rowe fills up his tank as the city is finding ways to cut the use of gas to help save their budget, Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in Newberry, S.C. With gasoline climbing toward $4 a gallon, some police officers around the country are losing the right to take their patrol cars home and are being forced to double up in cruisers and walk the beat more. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - With gasoline climbing toward $4 a gallon, police officers around the country are losing the right to take their patrol cars home and are being forced to double up in cruisers and walk the beat more.




400 jurors could be screened for Simpson trial (AP)
AP - Court officials preparing for O.J. Simpson's armed robbery trial say lengthy questionnaires will be given to a jury pool that could number 400 or more.

Wildfire threatens homes in rural area of Calif. (AP)

A helicopter prepares to drop water on a wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008. A wind-whipped wildfire burning out of control threatened several homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Thursday, closing schools and prompting some evacuations. The blaze, first reported around 5:30 a.m., according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (AP Photo/Paul /Sakuma)AP - A wind-whipped wildfire burning out of control in central California mountains destroyed buildings and threatened many rural homes Thursday morning, closing schools and forcing hundreds of evacuations.




Calif. rewriting 'bride' and 'groom' after gay marriage ruling (AP)

A wedding cake is seen during a demonstration in West Hollywood, California, May 15 after the decision by the California Supreme Court to effectively greenlight same-sex marriage.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)AP - You have to figure "bride" and "groom" are out.




Professor calls Caladesi Island US's best beach (AP)

The main beach at Caladesi Island State Park, a barrier island along the Gulf of Mexico, on Florida's West Coast is seen on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Dunedin, Fla. The beach at Caladesi Island State Park has been named the number one beach in the continental United States for the last two years, but the number two beach overall. It's in the running for the number one spot overall for 2008. (AP Photo/Craig Litten)AP - Kaylee Sturm sat in the low surf, the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico lapping around her.




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