* In the news, Monday, May 14, 2012

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SUN 13      INDEX      TUE 15

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Protection proposed for rare plants

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Houston man hunts missing moon rocks

Michael Graczyk      Associated Press

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Nobel winner tells students to keep dreaming
Tutu gives Gonzaga commencement address
By Becky Kramer      The Spokesman-Review

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Many autistic young adults lack jobs
One-third unemployed years after high school
Lindsey Tanner      Associated Press

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This date in history:

(From the Associated Press)

1804: The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest left camp near present-day Hartford, Ill.

1942: Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” was first performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

1962: The Anthony Burgess novel “A Clockwork Orange,” set in a dystopian future England, was first published by London publisher Heinemann.

1998: Singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles hospital at age 82.

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Then and Now: Auditorium Theater, demolished in 1934

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opinion:

The opposite of ‘Forward’ 
Leonard Pitts Jr.

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Flame retardants are hard to avoid
Hand-washing key against chemicals
Michael Hawthorne      Chicago Tribune

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