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• Task Force Urges Rebuilding Sandy Hook on Site of Massacre
  A special task force of elected town officials recommended on Friday tearing down Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children and six adults were shot to death in December.
• Boston Bombing Suspect Buried in Virginia Cemetery
  Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in a cemetery in central Virginia, infuriating some members of the area's Islamic community who say they weren't consulted and flooring at least one neighbor who said she didn't even know.
• Cardinal O'Malley Skipping BC Ceremony over Abortion Issue
  Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley says he won't attend Boston College's commencement because the Jesuit school's keynote speaker, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, advocates legislation that would permit abortion.
• Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast Spurs Criminal Probe
  Texas law enforcement officials said they have opened a criminal investigation into the April 17 fertilizer-plant explosion in the town of West that killed more than a dozen people and leveled nearby structures.
• NBC Cancels Brian Williams' Newsmagazine 'Rock Center'
  NBC is pulling the plug on Brian Williams' newsmagazine "Rock Center" after a short, troubled life where it failed to find a consistent home on the network's prime-time schedule.
• Atlanta Awarded Title of America's Redneck Capital
  A prominent real-estate website has awarded Atlanta the title of Most Redneck City in America.
• Huckabee: Sprint Nextel Should Stay in American Hands
  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says telecom giant Sprint Nextel Corp., which is up for sale, should not be allowed to fall into the hands of a foreign company with ties to a Chinese firm accused of launching cyberattacks against the United States.
• Republicans Increasingly Backing Email Privacy Reform
  Republicans are becoming more involved in moves to update the country's email privacy laws, with four lawmakers introducing bills to require government investigators to obtain a warrant before accessing someone's messages.
• College Endowments Investing in Sallie Mae as Student Debt Grows
  Sallie Mae, the former government entity that now provides private student loans, is reaping huge benefits from investments by university endowments and teacher pension funds.
• More Teens Killed Texting While Driving Than Drinking
  Teens who text while driving are now more of a road hazard than those who drink and get behind the wheel, a new study reveals.
• Noonan: Benghazi Was All About Politicization for White House
  The crux of the Benghazi scandal is political, says Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. "The Obama White House sees every event as a political event," she writes.
• Rodman Rips Obama Over Kenneth Bae, Prisoner in North Korea
  Dennis Rodman had some harsh words for President Barack Obama Thursday, ripping him over the handling of the Kenneth Bae fiasco.
• Prince Harry Salutes war Dead at Arlington
  Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World War II hero buried far from home.There were none of...
• After A Long Wait, NY Finally Gets Sandy Funds
  The federal government has finally given the go ahead for New York City to spend its first $1.77 billion early this summer for Hurricane Sandy recovery even though Congress approved the funds back in January.
• OJ to Get Vegas Court Hearing on Bid for New Trial
  O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case.Simpson will take the witness stand to testify that the Florida...
• Uncle: Marathon Bombing Suspect Buried in Virginia
  The uncle of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev says his nephew has been buried in Virginia.Ruslan Tsarni said Friday that the body was buried with the help of a faith coalition. He would not say where in Virginia the remains had been entombed.The burial...
• Texas Launches Criminal Probe Into Plant Explosion
  Texas law enforcement officials are launching a criminal investigation into last month's deadly fertilizer plant explosion.Investigators have up to now largely treated the West Fertilizer Co. blast that killed 14 people as an industrial accident.The Texas Department of...
• Obama Plans to Expand Student Loan Forgiveness
  Billions of dollars in student loans could be forgiven over the next decade, under a proposal in President Barack Obama's budget to expand the program's income-based repayment system.
• Americans Question Whether Obama Can Still Get Things Done
  Americans are losing faith in President Barack Obama's ability to get things done, even though most believe he is still committed to fighting for his policies, according to a Pew Research Center poll.
• Sequester Cuts Funds for Memorial Day Parade
  Organizers of the National Memorial Day Parade are insisting the annual event will go on as planned despite a dearth of sponsors this year.
• AG: Ohio Kidnap Suspect Is Father of Captive Girl
  The Ohio attorney general says tests have confirmed that alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl rescued from his house with three women this week.Attorney General Mike DeWine's office confirmed Castro's paternity in a news release Friday. DeWine...
• Ariel Castro's Daughter: He Is Dead to Me
  Ariel Castro's daughter has turned her back on the man she once called daddy. "He is dead to me," Angie Gregg said of the father charged with kidnapping and raping three young Cleveland women for roughly a decade.
• FCC Moving Forward on Speedier In-Flight Internet Service
  U.S. federal telecommunications regulators are pushing ahead with efforts to bring faster Internet service to commercial and private airline flights.
• Southern California Woman Fatally Mauled by Pit Bulls
  A 63-year-old woman was fatally mauled by a pack of pit bulls while walking near her home in Southern California on Thursday and authorities were still searching for the dogs as darkness fell, law enforcement officials said.
• Gosnell Trial Sparks Legislative Crackdown on Abortion Clinics
  In light of the ongoing murder trial of Philadelphia abortionist Dr. Kermit B. Gosnell, House committee leaders on Thursday made public copies of letters they sent to health officials and attorneys general in all 50 states asking for monitoring of abortion clinics, reports...

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