AP 2011-05-18

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1. Officials in Louisiana are warning residents in low-lying areas to get out, as water gushing¹ from a floodgate creeps in. The Morganza spillway’s opening has diverted water from heavily populated New Orleans and Baton² Rouge³.

2. The head of the International Monetary⁴ Fund is denying allegations that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in New York. Sixty-two-year-old Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been accused of attacking the woman in his suite⁵ on Saturday afternoon. He was later removed from a flight to Paris just moments before it was to depart.

3. An imam in Florida, along with two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided some $50000 to the Pakistani Taliban. According to the indictment⁶, the funds were used to buy guns, support militants⁷' families and promote the organization’s cause.

4. NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight is set to blast off Monday morning. Endeavour will fly under the command of astronaut Mark Kelly. His wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be at Cape⁸ Canaveral for the launch.