MSNBC’s Breaking and Most Viewed News [May ‘11 Series]

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Iceland's most active volcano erupts Saturday — just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days.

Source: Volcano erupts in Iceland, spurs quakes

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NATO widened its campaign to weaken Moammar Gadhafi's regime with airstrikes on desert command centers and sea patrols to intercept ships, the military alliance said Saturday.

Source: NATO widens campaign to weaken Libya's Gadhafi

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Spaniards began voting on Sunday in polls expected to deal heavy losses to the ruling Socialists, who are blamed for widespread unemployment that has off a wave of protests.

Source: Spain voting begins amid mass protests

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More than a year after an Icelandic volcano wreaked havoc for air travelers across the globe, a new eruption has spewed an ash plume 12 miles in the air. Iceland's airports have been shut down, and ash could affect Europe later this week.

Source: 12-mile-high ash plume shutters Iceland airports

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Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Midwest on Sunday killing at least one person in Minneapolis and an unknown number of others in a Missouri town where a hospital was damaged.

Source: Deadly tornadoes batter central US

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Some of the states that have drained their unemployment insurance funds are cutting the number of weeks that a laid-off worker can count on those benefits.

Source: Strapped states trying to trim jobless benefits

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At least 89 people were killed in one Missouri city after a massive tornado — the deadliest in the state's history – hit the southwest portion of the state, authorities said on Monday.

Source: 'Cut the city in half': Twister kills 89 in Mo. city

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Jonathan Elliott had heard the sirens blaring outside St. John's Regional Medical Center for nearly 30 minutes when things suddenly took a terrifying turn.

Source: At twister hospital, panic and professionalism

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California preacher Howard Camping says his prophecy that the world would end was off by five months because Judgment Day actually will come on October 21.

Source: Radio host now says Judgment Day coming in October

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A vast swath of the United States could be hit by severe thunderstorms Tuesday, with a high risk of tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri, forecasters are warning.

Source: Reeling Mo. city braces for possible 2nd punch