The Buffalo News: World & Nation

AP IMPACT: Losing racehorses killed in Puerto Rico: By MICHAEL MELIA - Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/17/08 1:09 AM; For thoroughbreds in this U.S. Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death - losers often don't even make it off the racetrack grounds alive. More than 400 horses, many in perfect health, are killed each year by injection at a clinic behind the Hipodromo Camarero racetrack, said chief veterinarian Jose Garcia.; complete story >

California voids ban on same-sex marriages: By Robert Barnes and Ashley Surdin - WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 05/16/08 6:56 AM; WASHINGTON — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that gays have a constitutional right to marry, overturning state laws forbidding it with a decision likely to re-energize the election-year debate over same-sex marriages and gay rights.; complete story >

Neighbor is indicted in MySpace suicide case: By Linda Deutsch - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/16/08 9:39 AM; LOS ANGELES — A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor, who committed suicide.; complete story >

Chinese student rescued after 80 hours: The Associated Press
Updated: 05/16/08 2:44 AM; A Chinese state news agency says rescuers have pulled a student to safety after being trapped for 80 hours in the debris of a school following this week's massive earthquake.; complete story >

Other World & Nation News

GOP revolt helps kill Bush war funding request: By Andrew Taylor - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/16/08 6:28 AM; WASHINGTON — President Bush’s Iraq War funding request collapsed in the House on Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill — for now — $163 billion to support U. S. troops overseas.; complete story >

Survivors from apartment building recount quake: By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/16/08 10:59 AM; Tang Xiaomin had just left her fourth-floor apartment to buy groceries when the building started crumbling around her. An upstairs neighbor was thrown against the kitchen table and grabbed her purse before rushing out. Another resident, who was expecting a baby, was resting and became trapped.; complete story >

Vitamin D may help in curbing breast cancer deaths, study finds: By Marilynn Marchione - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/16/08 6:28 AM; Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or see it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found, adding to evidence that the “sunshine vitamin” has anti-cancer benefits.; complete story >

China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000: By WILLIAM FOREMAN - Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/16/08 7:29 AM; Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.; complete story >

Obama is endorsed by Edwards: By Charles Babington - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/15/08 6:57 AM; GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party’s likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.; complete story >

: Posturing at the pump; Pandering to voters a few weeks ago by supporting a summertime gasoline tax “holiday” didn’t seem to do much good for any of our elected officials. Neither did opposing it.; complete story >