CNN 2009-05-24

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President Obama marked Memorial Day weekend with the promise to America's fighting men and women, it came during his weekly address.

"That's why I will send our service men and women into harm's way only when it's necessary and ensure that they have the training and equipment they need when they enter the theater of war, that's why we're building a 21st century Department of Veterans Affairs with the largest single year funding increase in 3 decades, it's a commitment that will help us provide our veterans with the support and benefits they have earned, and expand quality healthcare to a half million more veterans.” The president and his family will spend most of the Memorial Day weekend at Camp David.

President Obama says he is saddened by the death of former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun, the South Korean government says he committed suicide by jumping from a hill near his home. Roh left office last year. He was being investigated in a bribery¹ scandal.

Atlantis space shuttle will stay in orbit for at least one more day, NASA postponed² the landing again today because of the bad weather at the Kennedy space center in Florida. The next opportunity tomorrow, 10: 11 AM, Eastern.

And NASA maybe get its first African-American administrator³, President Obama has picked former astronaut and marine⁴, General Charles Bolden to head the space agency. Bolden piloted 2 space shuttle missions and commended 2 others. The senate has to confirm the nomination⁵.

News across America right now, police in Michigan say one man is dead after a seven-hour armed standoff with officers near Detroit. He was trying to serve the suspect in  an  eviction⁶ notice when an officer was shot in the arm. And three people are recovering after a single engine plane crash-landed in a car lot outside Indianapolis yesterday, the pilot says he was trying to land at a nearby airstrip when he clipped some power lines, one person on the ground suffered a broken leg.

And in Kansas city fire department pulled off a dramatic rooftop rescue yesterday, a piece of scaffolding collapsed⁷ stranding⁸ two painters, eight stories up, both man are okay.