CNN Wildfire burns toward Grand CanyonReuters -13 hours agoPHOENIX, April 30 (Reuters) – Firefighters are battling a forest fire burning out of control toward the Grand Canyon, fanned by strong winds and dry conditions, authorities said on Wednesday.Forest Service: Blaze ...Read More

NY1 NYC Council votes to rezone Harlem's main business districtThe Associated Press -4 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) – The City Council approved a plan Wednesday to rezone dozens of blocks in Harlem's main business district to allow for denser development, ...Read More

Does Hispanic growth equal influence?The Associated Press -3 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Hispanics in the United States rose by 1.4 million over a year's time to 45.5 million as of last July, continuing rapid growth that could ...Read More

KOMO Native Group Occupies Grounds of PalaceNew York Times -3 hours agoBy AP HONOLULU (AP) – A group of Native Hawaiians on Wednesday locked the gates of Iolani Palace, the former home of Hawaiian royalty, and took over the grounds.Native ...Read More

Albany Times Union AP Top News at 1:00 am EDTThe Associated Press -2 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) – The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the "Mission Accomplished" banner that was flown in triumph five ...Read More

Vanity Fair Undecided Democratic elite remind Barack Obama that victory is not …Times Online, UK -8 hours agoThese include ensuring that Clinton supporters are “back in the boat, rowing in the same direction as the rest of us” in the autumn ...Read More

NY1 US Appeals Court Rejects City’s Suit to Curb GunsNew York Times -3 hours agoBy ALAN FEUER A federal appeals court threw out New York City’s longstanding lawsuit against the gun industry on Wednesday, ruling that a relatively new federal ...Read More

Seattle Post Intelligencer More Mothers Breast-Feed, in First Months at LeastNew York Times -5 hours agoBy GARDINER HARRIS About 77 percent of new mothers breast-feed their infants at least briefly, the highest rate seen in the United States in more ...Read More

Rev. Wright Falls On His Sword for Obama. The Brilliant Plan WorksHuffington Post, NY -18 hours agoThe Wright connection was a festering sore that Clinton and the Republicans were going to pick at, — and it would bury him in the ...Read More

Vanity Fair Obama's wife joins push to court working classReuters -1 hour agoBy Caren Bohan INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – If Michelle Obama had her way, her husband Barack would have become a teacher, a writer, a singer, a dancer — anything ...Read More