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NKorean nuke documents appear complete
WASHINGTON -- A preliminary review of thousands of nuclear documents turned over to the United States by North Korea indicates they appear to be a complete accounting of their plutonium production, U.S. officials said Tuesday. (Updated 10:04 a.m. PT)

Senate says stop putting oil into US reserves
WASHINGTON -- The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. (Updated 10:01 a.m. PT)

Bernanke: Financial turmoil in markets easing
WASHINGTON -- Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. (Updated 10:00 a.m. PT)

US weighing North Korea food relief
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is discussing ways in which the United States might help get food aid to North Korea, the White House said Tuesday. (Updated 9:58 a.m. PT)

Senate: Let first responders unionize
WASHINGTON -- The Senate has given critical approval to legislation to give all police, firefighters and other first responders the right to collective bargaining. (Updated 9:45 a.m. PT)

Senate approves renewal of flood insurance program
WASHINGTON -- The Senate agreed Tuesday to write off - and hand over to taxpayers - more than $17 billion in debt that a FEMA flood insurance program accumulated after being devastated by Katrina and other 2005 hurricanes. (Updated 9:31 a.m. PT)

Gates: Reject tendency to focus on 'Next-War-itis'
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Pentagon must focus on current war demands, even if it means straining the U.S. armed forces and devoting less time and money on future threats, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. (Updated 8:54 a.m. PT)

Top Democrat announces budget agreement
WASHINGTON -- Democrats controlling Congress are leaving grim decisions on automatic tax increases to the next president and the newly elected Congress under a freshly negotiated House-Senate blueprint for the upcoming budget year. (Updated 8:18 a.m. PT)

Bush offers Chinese president earthquake aid
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has spoken by phone with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the powerful earthquake that hit central China. (Updated 7:48 a.m. PT)

Bush tempers upbeat optimism about Mideast peace
WASHINGTON -- When President Bush began his first energized pursuit of an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord just over five months ago, confidence was his constant companion. "I'm optimistic," he said over and over about the prospects for ending one of the world's longest-running disputes within little more than a year. (Updated 4:46 a.m. PT)

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- Pentagon biggest obstacle to Democrats' GI bill

MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008
- Ex-officials: Bush admin. ignored Iraq corruption
- Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically
- Bush has missed targets on Middle East peace
- Feds: No credible terror threat to Indy 500
- Bush to discuss oil prices with Saudi king
- Bush says world should condemn Myanmar
- ATF chief: Crime rose as cities' funding dropped
- 57 officers slain in the line of duty last year
- Court blocked from case: Too many investments
- First lady says storm threatened wedding plans
- Marine Corps meets 142 percent of recruiting goal
- Major provisions of housing rescue package
- Congress divided on energy plan
- Stamp prices up Monday
- Analysis: It's make a deal time for housing bill
- AP Interview: US military eyes more northern border patrols
- Bush calls Russian leaders Medvedev and Putin
- Families will make case for vaccine link to autism
- US concerned about aid reaching Myanmar victims
- Court turns down Chinese man's asylum claim
- Decline seen in coastal contamination
- Court will decide case of Va. man on death row
- Court rules that magistrate may preside
- Supreme Court to meet to issue opinions

SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008
- President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008
- President Bush wishes mothers a happy day
- Jenna Bush picks 'You Are So Beautiful' for dance with Dad
- Details on Jenna Bush-Henry Hager Wedding
- Justice Stevens contrasts lethal injection methods
- Invoking history, Bush wants court out of subpoena fight
- Democratic senator calls for GOP to alter energy policy
- Background details on Henry Chase Hager
- Biographical information about Jenna Welch Bush
- Jenna is not first twin to wed while dad in Oval
- New York Rep. Fossella faces calls for his resignation
- Following year of division, Supreme Court avoids 5-4 splits
- Military considering new cremation policies
- Commando leaders shift away from Rumsfeld strategy
- Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

FRIDAY, MAY 09, 2008
- AP: Military adds armor to vehicles as roadside bombs surge
- E-mails filed in Secret Service racism lawsuit
- US says Syria, Iran behind Lebanon violence
- Blackwater unlikely to face charges in Iraq shooting
- Army targets 8 bases for repairs after worldwide inspections
- Comments Bushes have made about daughter's wedding
- Plame seeks to resurrect lawsuit in CIA leak case
- Small TV stations lose appeal
- Reporter challenges ruling over sources in anthrax case
- Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow
- Reporter challenges ruling over sources in anthrax case
- Government asks court to block wider testing for mad cow
- Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush

THURSDAY, MAY 08, 2008
- Armstrong urges Congress to renew war on cancer
- Labor Department wants more info from union officials
- Lawmakers finish farm bill as White House repeats opposition
- Bush nominates Va. judge to fill vacancy on 4th Circuit
- Correction: Economy story
- Senator says ban torture but give CIA interrogation leeway
- Ethics committee won't investigate Sen. Vitter
- Report: US lacks plan to counter terrorist messages
- Bush signs bill extending US labor law to Marianas
- House vote breakdown on aid to struggling homeowners
- White House renews veto threat against troop funding bill
- House passes bill to make coin-making cheaper
- US diplomat receives key North Korean nuclear documents
- US, Russia trade diplomatic expulsions
- Investment cos. reduce emergency borrowing from Fed
- Questions and answers about veterans suicide
- White House renews veto threat against troop funding bill
- Bottle warmers recalled
- Major provisions of housing rescue package
- Miller to Justice: Investigate Crandall Canyon
- Plan offered to give people notice about rates on some loans
- White House: No wedding coverage
- Many businesses didn't claim tax refund
- Mail carriers collecting food

WEDNESDAY, MAY 07, 2008
- Protests from GOP, moderate Democrats delay war funding vote
- Special counsel butted heads with staff over inquiries
- 5 nations may present new Iran offer in person
- Quotes from AP Interview with Paulson
- Homeland Security wins control over foot-and-mouth research
- White House: Time not right for three-way Mideast meeting
- Bush criticizes new Cuban leadership
- AP Interview: Paulson says credit crisis may be fading
- Highlights of proposed Iraq war funding bill
- Post office $700 million in the red
- GOP senators question quick action on judicial nominee
- AP IMPACT: An islands tax haven for US defense contractor
- Frank Sinatra stamp to go on sale
- Scalise sworn in
- Iraq's Industry minister opens door to reimbursing US
- New prosecutor jobs to target online predators

TUESDAY, MAY 06, 2008
- White House says farm bill cost still too high
- Frank seeks bipartisan housing rescue deal
- Court refuses to block execution in Ga.
- US-Russia pact faces opposition in Congress
- With food costs rising, ethanol benefits now questioned
- US to dismiss cocaine charges against Colombian rebel
- House bill would restrict US reconstruction dollars
- Committee chairman accuses VA of criminal negligence
- Democrats question $6 billion in Pakistan aid
- US increases cyclone aid for Myanmar
- First lady ever prominent as diplomat
- Special counsel's office raided
- Teachers weigh in on tenure, evaluations
- Air safety, passenger rights bill hits dead end in Senate
- EPA might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking water
- Survey lists most world's most repressive regimes
- US criticizes Russia over Georgia-Abkhazia dispute