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• Passenger triggers flight diversion
  A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her triggered the security scare that led to the diversion of a North Carolina-bound jetliner Tuesday, a leading congressman's office said.
  
  
• iReporters revisit destruction
  A year since a tornado destroyed a third of Joplin, Missouri, three iReporters revisit the scenes of destruction they witnessed in May 2011 and reflect on the recovery process.
  
  
• Reagan Foundation threatens legal action over blood vial sale
  A vial purportedly containing dried blood from former President Ronald Reagan following a 1981 assassination attempt is being offered for sale online.
  
  
• Mountain lion shot dead in California
  Authorities in Santa Monica, California, fatally shot a mountain lion Tuesday, acting on public safety concerns after it tried to escape from an office building courtyard in the city.
  
  
• Facebook links owners, tornado pics
  A Facebook page helps owners find photographs they lost in the Joplin tornado. CNN's Jim Spellman Reports.
  
  
• Joplin graduates 'inspire' Obama
  Calling the students an inspiration "to me ... the world," President Barack Obama urged Joplin High School graduates Monday to heed the lessons they've learned and spirit they've shown to rebuild not only their tornado-ravaged city, but their nation.
  
  
• SpaceX makes historic launch
  A new era in space exploration dawned Tuesday as a slender rocket powered into the dark Florida sky before sunrise, carrying the first private spacecraft bound for the International Space Station.
  
  
• 8 shot after OKC Thunder playoff win
  Eight people were shot in Oklahoma City Monday night just blocks from the Chesapeake Energy Arena as large crowds were leaving the Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers game, police said.
  
  
• Marion Jones recounts prison life
  Disgraced track legend Marion Jones recounts her experience in prison with CNN's Piers Morgan.
  
  
• One year later, Joplin is 'on the mend'
  In the path of last year's tornado in Joplin, Missouri, new homes are rising. The buzz of power saws and the pop of nail guns signal steps toward making the city whole again.
  
  
• End of Alzheimer's starts today
  Maria Carrillo says if the government's new push to find solutions to Alzheimer's is aggressively pursued, real progress can be made.
  
  
• Obama speaks at graduation
  Almost a year to the day after a monster tornado killed 161 people and devastated Joplin, Missouri, President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at the local high school Monday night.
  
  
• Joplin is 'on the mend'
  In the path of last year's tornado in Joplin, Missouri, new homes are rising. The buzz of power saws and the pop of nail guns signal steps toward making the city whole again.
  
  
• Rebuilding a year after a tornado
  A year ago this week, a monster tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, leaving 161 people dead and hundreds more injured.
  
  
• No contradiction in being black and gay
  LZ Granderson says the storyline that the black and gay communities are separate is nonsense. Gays have always been a big part of black culture.