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Forecasters say life-threatening weather could strike in the nation's heart line today, the possibility growing strong as the day wears on. At the storm prediction center in Norman, Oklahoma, director Russell Schneider, reminds if the twister is approaching.

You want to go to the lowest floor and put as many walls between you and the outside as possible into your bathroom or closet as well as a fairly effective choice if you don't have a strong shelter.

A particular concern parts of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, the most dangerous conditions are predicted for a late this afternoon between Oklahoma city and Salina Kansas.

While North Koreans celebrated the birth of their country's founder this weekend, South Korean warships searched for debris from Pyongyang's failed rocket launch. Doualy Xaykaothao has more.
About ten naval ships are out in the Yellow Sea, trying to locate broken parts from North Korea's Unha-3 Rocket. An official with South Korea's Defense Ministry said at least one ** is using sonar or radar to recover parts. US navy ** also expected to be helping in the search. In Pyongyang, tens of thousands of North Koreans gathered in a stadium for a rally to honor the 100th birthday of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung, his grandson Kim Jong-un waved to the crowd as a ** people applauded. The audience later chanted his name and in unison said defend him to the death. For NPR News, I'm Doualy Xaykaothao, in Seoul.

The Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says neither the economy nor the financial system have fully recovered from the collapse of the housing market. Steven Beckner of Market News International has details on the chairman's latest comments.
Though unsound mortgages triggered the crisis, Bernanke says it was rooted in structural problems with the financial system and its regulation. To avoid release mitigate future panic he says, the vulnerabilities that underlay the recent crisis must be fully addressed. The Fed is best know for setting interest rates and controlling the money supply. But the 2010 Dodd-Frank law gives the Fed expanded responsibility to supervise the biggest financial firms and oversee risk taking throughout the system. And Bernanke says that process is well underway. He said the Fed is now putting a promotion of financial stability on an equal footing with monitory policy. For NPR News, I'm Steven Beckner.

At the Summit of the Americans in Colombia, President Obama says there is reason for hemispherical optimism.
It is remarkable to see the changes that have been taking place in a relative short period of time in Latin and central America and in the Caribbean.

Trade is a major focus this weekend.
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A US Bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Los Angeles Dodgers to a group led by former basketball star Magic Johnson. As NPR's John Burnett reports the selling price is 2.1 billion dollars.
With the sale approval, the team can finally leave Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and its creditors can be paid. The steep price includes the baseball team, Dodgers Stadium and a land underneath it. A lawyer for Major League Baseball, however, expressed disapproval of the deal and asked the Delaware-based judge to allow the league to stop the transaction. The Dodgers entered bankruptcy last June at a time when outgoing Dodgers owner Frank McCourt had been arguing with the league over a new television deal. The sale has to close by the end of this month when McCourt has met a deadline to pay his ex-wife 130 million dollars. John Burnett, NPR News.

On both sides of the Atlantic and on the North Atlantic in between, there are commemorations of the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago on this date. On board the Balmoral, a liner retracing the course of the Titanic and carrying history buffs and descendants of Titanic passengers, Captain Robert Bamberg kept passengers abreast of the ship's progress.
A very good afternoon, ladies and gentlmen ** remember clock on board Balmoral and we are to the Titanic, a very peace site.”

Meanwhile, on board, passengers dressed at ** fashions attended a gala dinner 1500 people died when Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank to the ocean floor.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.