AP – Forty years later, Gary Lownsdale is still haunted by what he felt and what he saw in the last days of his senior year.

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Special graduations set 40 years after Kent State
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AP – Authorities say tornadoes ripping through central Arkansas have killed at least three people, injured 25 others and destroyed several homes.

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Officials: 3 dead, 25 hurt in Arkansas tornadoes
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AP – A veteran sheriff’s deputy was shot and wounded Friday after encountering a group of suspected illegal immigrants who apparently had been hauling bales of marijuana along a major smuggling corridor in the Arizona desert — a violent episode that comes amid a heated national debate over immigration.

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Arizona deputy shot; illegal immigrants suspected
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Reuters – A prolonged and increasingly violent stand-off between government and red shirt protesters in Bangkok is worsening and could deteriorate into “an undeclared civil war”, the International Crisis Group said.

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Thai standoff may worsen to civil war: crisis group
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AP – More than 40 over-the-counter infant’s and children’s liquid medications are being recalled in the United States and 11 other countries because they don’t meet quality standards. Read the rest here: Children’s liquid cold, allergy medicine recalled (AP)

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Children’s liquid cold, allergy medicine recalled
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AP – More than 40 over-the-counter infant’s and children’s liquid medications are being recalled in the United States and 11 other countries because they don’t meet quality standards.

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Children’s liquid cold, allergy medicine recalled
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AP – Jamal Crawford saw the end to his series-long shooting slump coming, making a promise after the pregame shootaround: It’ll be back tonight.

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Hawks beat Bucks 83-69, force Game 7
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AP – Defensemen Kris Letang and Alex Goligoski each had a goal and an assist and the Pittsburgh Penguins shredded Montreal’s penalty-killing unit that Washington never solved in the opening round, beating the Canadiens 6-3 Friday night in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

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Penguins power past Canadiens 6-3 in Game 1
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AFP – The Greek prime minister urged his country to accept unpopular spending cuts as the price to pay for an international debt bailout, as trades unions geared up for rallies Saturday to protest the plan.

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Greek PM urges country to accept cuts as unions rally
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AP – Regulators on Friday shut down three banks in Puerto Rico, two in Missouri, and one each in Michigan and Washington, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 64.

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Banks closed in Puerto Rico, Mich., Mo., Wash.
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