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First lady to high school grads: live your dreams

(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Full Story

Obama's Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs

NY pol accused of serial sex harassment to resign

Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges

Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

Boston police, city to review bombings response

Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs

Kansas City museum raising cash to fly 'Connie'

FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

Women sad, angry over sale of nonprofit Ohio home

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Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city TRIPOLI, Libya—Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported. Full Story AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten Plane catches fire landing in Moscow; no injuries Russia's Karjakin wins Norway chess tournament 3 killed, 3 injured in Puerto Rico shooting Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader Union leads march in Rome calling for job creation

HEALTH

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Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

(AP Photo/Courtesy Andy Copeland, File)

ATLANTA—A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Full Story

14-year term for Calif. doc promising cancer cure

Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story

WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough

AP PHOTOS: Path to legal pot a long, wild trip

Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot

Correction: New Virus story

SCIENCE

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Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air

(AP Photo/Alaskan Volcano Observatory, Theo Chesley)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. Full Story

Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island

Agency to consider listing for Alaska lake seals

Endangered Hawaiian hawks found shot on Big Island

Swine flu found in elephant seals off California

NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

GPS satellite launched into space from Florida