The Lives at the End of the Rockets’ Arc

MISURATA, Libya — The four fresh corpses, the remains of people recently killed in the shelling of Misurata, rested on the floor of an office in a small clinic. Each was wrapped in a dirty blanket. No one knew what to do with them, just as no one present had any idea of their names. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/world/africa/06misurata.html?_r=1&ref=world

Obama assembles all-star cast to talk immigration

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42818128/ns/politics-white_house/His immigration overhaul stalled, President Barack Obama is enlisting an array of voices, including Latino entertainment and media stars, to help jump-start legislation and reassure crucial but restless Hispanic voters that he has not abandoned his campaign pledge to change the law.

Sheriff's helicopter pilots being targeted by laser beams an ongoing problem

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/04/sheriffs-lasers-helicol.html
L.A. County Sheriff's Department helicopters have been targeted from the ground by individuals shooting laser beams six times in the last few months, officials said this week.

 

South Assesses the Toll After a Deadly Barrage of Tornadoes

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/us/29storm.html?ref=us

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A day after enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns, people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on Thursday and tried to reclaim their own lives.

U.S. appeals court OKs decision blocking Arizona immigration law

A federal appeals court on Monday affirmed a previous injunction of Arizona's controversial immigration law, another setback for legislation that has drawn sharp opposition from President Barack Obama's administration.http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/11/arizona.immigration/index.html?iref=allsearch

Body of N.C. honor student missing for months found floating in river

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/21/maryland.north.carolina.body.found/index.html?hpt=T2

(CNN) -- The body of a 16-year-old honor student from North Carolina -- missing since December -- has been found in a Maryland river, her father and police said Thursday.

For schoolchildren, where's the water?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/04/18/water.school.children/index.html?hpt=Sbin
CNN) -- When 12-year-old Mason went to lunch each day last year, he could choose between orange juice and milk, but he couldn't get a cup of water.