4:41pm

Tue May 24, 2011
It's All Politics

Obama Turns Back Hands Of Time In Westminster Abbey

It looks like we have a textbook case of presidential brain fade.

In signing the guest book at Westminster Abbey during his state visit to Great Britain, President Obama dated his message "24 May 2008."

Now, most of us have had the experience of writing the prior year's date when writing a check? But being a whole three years off? That's a little different.

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4:22pm

Tue May 24, 2011
Shots - Health Blog

U.S. Measles Cases Hit 15-Year High

Credit Cynthia S. Goldsmith; William Bellini / CDC

So far this year there have been 118 cases of measles reported in the United States.

Now that may not sound like a whole lot, but that makes this the busiest period for measles since 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In fact, in the last decade, the median number of cases each year has been only 56.

What's going on?

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4:17pm

Tue May 24, 2011
The Commonwealth

Deadline Set for Disaster Jobless Pay

FRANKFORT — Officials from the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Tuesday announced that 11 Kentucky counties have qualified for Disaster Unemployment Assistance. Kentuckians in Boyd, Crittenden, Graves, Hardin, Hickman, Jefferson, Livingston, Marshall, McCracken, Webster and Union counties who have lost work or whose businesses were damaged due to severe weather that occurred April 22 – May 20 may be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits.

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4:16pm

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

'It's Definitely Easier To Engineer For An Earthquake' Than Tornadoes

Credit Joe Raedle / Getty Images

Can homes, schools, hospitals and office buildings be built to be tornado-proof?

After the death and destruction we've seen in recent weeks in Joplin, Mo., Tuscaloosa, Ala., and other parts of the nation where tornadoes have struck, that is likely on many minds.

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4:12pm

Tue May 24, 2011
Around the Nation

Unabomber's Criminal Collectibles Up For Auction

The federal government is holding an unusual auction. It's selling the possessions of criminal mastermind Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber. He made bombs in a remote cabin in Montana and sent them across the country targeting scientists, computers and airplanes.

Kaczynski's bombs killed three people and injured dozens. Now officials are selling his property online.

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4:08pm

Tue May 24, 2011
The Picture Show

Photos: The Unabomber's Personal Effects For Sale

Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 11:47 am

Credit U.S. Marshals Office of Public Affairs / Flickr

It may seem really odd that anyone would ever bid on "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski's personal effects. In fact, this type of auction is really unusual, says Lynzey Donahue, spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Office of Public Affairs. Read the full story.

In 2010, U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell of the Eastern District of California gave a court order to sell Kaczynski's possessions. Proceeds from the auction will be used to compensate his victims.

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4:05pm

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Massey Mine Execs Reap Millions In Takeover

Credit Alex Wong / Getty Images

They were in charge when the nation's worst coal mine disaster in 40 years hit their Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia.

They ran a company with a "culture in which wrongdoing became acceptable, where deviation became the norm," according to a team of independent investigators who scrutinized that deadly mine explosion.

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4:00pm

Tue May 24, 2011
Live At The Village Vanguard

Roy Hargrove Quintet: Live At The Village Vanguard

Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 11:47 am

By Patrick Jarenwattananon

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3:39pm

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Report: Stimulus Recipients Owe Hundreds Of Millions In Taxes

In a report released today, the Government Accountability Office says thousands of companies that received money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 owe the U.S. government hundreds of millions in unpaid taxes.

Here's the key paragraph from the report's summary:

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3:35pm

Tue May 24, 2011
Music Interviews

David Bazan: Fighting His Conscience

Credit Courtesy of the artist

In a 15-passenger Chevy van equipped with a makeshift bed and pantry, David Bazan's GPS system has him arriving right on time at his show in Omaha. At this point, he's one week into a tour, and has been driving all day from Colorado Springs.

"[Touring] is how I'm able to make ends meet," Bazan says, "because band touring costs so much money to bring a bunch of guys out."

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