Today's Headlines -- Tuesday

• Storms unleash deadly tornado, flooding on Midwest (AP)
• Gadhafi's grip on western Libya may be slipping (AP)
• In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees (AP)
• Countdown begins for next-to-last shuttle launch (AP)
• AP survey: Only oil shock can stop economy now (AP)
• Number of 100-year-olds is booming in US (AP)
• Couric confirms she's leaving 'CBS Evening News' (AP)
• Phoebe Snow, 'Poetry Man' singer, dies at 60 (AP)
• Report: Schools distort numbers to meet Title IX (AP)
• Consumer Confidence Index rises in April (AP)
• European governments condemn Syria (Reuters)
• Amazon profit falls 32.8 percent though sales soar (Reuters)
• Consumers perk up but home prices fall again (Reuters)
• Fed seen signaling no rush for the exit (Reuters)
• Rajaratnam jury asks to hear call replays (Reuters)
• Ford posts best first-quarter profit in 13 years (Reuters)
• Third air traffic controller fired for sleeping (Reuters)
• Yemen deal may be done within week: officials (Reuters)
• Syria deploys troops as UN meeting urged (AFP)
• Russia, Ukraine remember Chernobyl disaster (AFP)