Campbell-Brown runs fastest women’s 100 of the year

May 31, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica powered her way to victory in the women’s 100 metres on Saturday with the fastest time of the year at the Reebok grand prix meeting.

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Goggin opens up three-shot lead at Memorial

May 31, 2008

DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Mathew Goggin played a deft short game to open up a three-shot lead after the third round of the Memorial tournament on Saturday.

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Strike looms for Mexican airline flight attendants

May 31, 2008

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Flight attendants at airline Aeromexico plan to strike on Sunday if they do not reach a deal in last-ditch pay talks with Mexico’s largest carrier, union sources said, a move that would ground around 300 aircraft.

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Space shuttle carries Japanese lab into orbit

May 31, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery blasted off a seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday to deliver Japan’s huge new research laboratory to the International Space Station.

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Space shuttle carries Japanese lab into orbit

May 31, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery blasted off a seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday to deliver Japan’s huge new research laboratory to the International Space Station.

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Obama sets rally for GOP turf in St. Paul (AP)

May 31, 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks during a town hall meeting at Pennington County Event Center in Rapid City, S.D., Saturday, May 31, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Barack Obama selected St. Paul, Minn., where Republicans will hold their convention, as the site for a rally Tuesday night marking the end of primary season in the drawn-out Democratic presidential contest. The decision to hold the rally on symbolic GOP turf telegraphed his confidence that the Democratic nomination was already his.

Analysis: Iraq squabbling previews campaign (AP)

May 31, 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., is introduced  by Ida Fast Wolf at a town hall meeting at Pennington County Event Center in Rapid City, S.D., Saturday, May 31, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - John McCain tore into Barack Obama over a two-year Iraq absence. The likely Democrat nominee then said he was considering a war zone trip. Point: McCain.

Democrats consider Fla., Mich. delegate plans (AP)

May 31, 2008

Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws committee co-chairs Jim Roosevelt, left, and Alexis Herman, right, talk during a meeting, Saturday, May 31, 2008, in Washington. The committee is meeting to determine how to count the primary votes for Michigan and Florida.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Supporters for Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton staked out competing positions Saturday as Democrats searched for a compromise to seat disputed convention delegations from Florida and Michigan and clear the way for a smooth end to the marathon struggle for the presidential nomination.

Timeline of the Mich., Fla. primary scramble (AP)

May 31, 2008

AP - Key dates related to the Democratic National Committee’s handling of the 2008 Michigan and Florida primaries:

Exclusive: McClellan pitch softer on Bush (Politico)

May 31, 2008

Politico - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has been arguing that his much-discussed memoir turned out to be a harsher verdict of President Bush than the one he initially set out to deliver.

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