PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - May 30
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on May 30. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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WASHINGTON - President Obama said that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor regrets her choice of words in a 2001 speech in which she said a "wise Latina" judge would often make better decisions than a white male.
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The United States would recover most of its planned $50 billion investment in General Motors GM.N within five years, according to a preliminary Treasury Department estimate that foresees the company, now on the brink of bankruptcy, rebounding over that time to become a strapping global competitor.
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NORTHEASTERN COAST, Sri Lanka - The strip of beach where tens of thousands of civilians huddled during the Sri Lankan military's decisive assault against the Tamil Tigers this month shows clear signs of heavy artillery shelling, according to a helicopter inspection of the site by independent journalists, interviews with eyewitnesses, and specialists who have studied high-resolution satellite imagery from the war zone.
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