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FAA Misses 3rd Deadline in Airline Mechanics Probe
(CNSNews.com) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has failed for the third time to provide records to federal investigators conducting a probe into how the agency tracked falsely certified airplane mechanics.

Taiwan Offers Help After Deadly Earthquake in China
(CNSNews.com) - Setting aside differences over its longstanding dispute with China, Taiwan has offered to deploy search and rescue personnel to the mainland's southwestern Sichuan province, where China's biggest earthquake in three decades reportedly killed some 10,000 people.

Illegal Alien Cop Killer Could Face Death Penalty
(CNSNews.com) - A Harris County, Texas, jury is beginning deliberations in the punishment phase of the capital murder trial of an illegal alien who killed a Houston police officer. Juan Leonardo Quintero was convicted May 8 of killing Officer Rodney Johnson after Johnson pulled over Quintero in September 2006.

College Official Fired for Column on Homosexuality
(CNSNews.com) - Cybercast News Service has learned that a University of Toledo administrator has lost her job because she wrote a newspaper commentary that questioned whether homosexuality is a civil rights issue.

One in Five Democrats Set to Defect to McCain, Polls Show
(CNSNews.com) - A string of polls conducted by the Suffolk University Political Research Center over the past month--in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and, now, West Virginia--show that roughly 20 percent of Democratic primary voters are ready to vote for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in November if their choice candidate isn't the nominee.

Clinton Poised for W.Va. Win; Obama Looks Ahead
Charleston, W. Va. (AP) - The Democratic presidential race runs on two tracks now, one snaking through the West Virginia primary Tuesday and the other mapped out by Barack Obama through battleground states in the fall.

Lawmakers Want Petroleum Shipments Stopped
Washington (AP) - Amid daily bipartisan sniping over high gas prices, Democrats and Republicans appear to agree on at least one thing: With oil over $120 a barrel, President Bush ought to stop buying crude for the government emergency reserve.

Obama Touts His Commitment to Israel
Washington (AP) - Democratic presidential leader Barack Obama said he regrets the division that has grown between Jews and blacks and he remains committed to ensuring Israel's security.

Bush Tempers Optimism About Middle East Peace
Washington (AP) - When President Bush began his first energized pursuit of an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord just over five months ago, confidence was his constant companion. "I'm optimistic," he said over and over about the prospects for ending one of the world's longest-running disputes within little more than a year.

Palestinian PM Links Jobs With Greater Security
Jenin Refugee Camp, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian prime minister ventured on foot into this famously unruly militant stronghold to demonstrate that his law-and-order campaign is working and to persuade skeptical residents that better security will bring jobs and even help end Israeli occupation.

Victims Say Swiss Bank Funded Iran Terror
New York (AP) - American victims of terrorist attacks in Israel have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $500 million from UBS AG, saying the Swiss bank made it possible for Iran to fund the terrorists.

Junta Holds Elections Amid Burma Calamity
(CNSNews.com) - As aid groups warned that more than a million lives may be at risk following the recent cyclone in Burma, the country's ruling military junta held a weekend referendum on a new constitution and hailed it a success.

College Official Fired for Column on Homosexuality
(CNSNews.com) - Cybercast News Service has learned that a University of Toledo administrator has lost her job because she wrote a newspaper commentary that questioned whether homosexuality is a civil rights issue.

Redskins Star's Alleged Murderers Won't Face Death Penalty
Miami (AP) - Prosecutors in Miami say they won't seek the death penalty against four people charged with murder in the case of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor if they are convicted.