Five dead in Kentucky...Debt relief for CLinton?...oil update

HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) Police say a worker at a plastics plant in Henderson, Kentucky, argued with a supervisor early today before fatally shooting four people, then killing himself. Two other people were injured. Police say the shooter used a handgun he got from home on a break.

WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) The Mississippi River may crest today at Winfield, Missouri, where officials hope a fragile levee will hold back floodwaters. Volunteers have been filling tens of thousands of sandbags to shore up the waterlogged berm.

CAPITOL HILL (AP) A foreclosure rescue bill is on track to pass the Senate, despite President Bush's threat to veto it.

Democrats are fighting over key details that could delay a final deal on cheaper loans for 400,000 struggling homeowners.

Washington (AP) Barack Obama's campaign could be giving Hillary Clinton some debt relief. Obama's asking key fundraisers to help Clinton erase at least 10 million dollars in debt from the bruising primary season. She's more than 22 million dollars in the red.

SINGAPORE (AP) Oil has been above $137 a barrel in European trading today, amid concerns that demand for gasoline in the U.S is weakening. Several recent reports have offered evidence that Americans are driving less because of prices topping $4 a gallon.

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