Here are headlines from McClatchy's Washington Bureau and McClatchy Newspapers for Thursday, June 2, 2011:

ECONOMY

• Bad economic news piles up, sending stocks down

POLITICS

• Romney to make it official on Thursday, in divided New Hampshire
• Texas Sen. Cornyn says Perry would be good presidential candidate
• S.C. immigration bill would require businesses to use E-verify program
• U.S. Attorney Holding to leave after John Edwards case
• California lawmakers quietly shelve bills that police their behavior
• McConnell blasts EPA over regulations

WORLD

• AIDS at 30: Killer has been tamed, but not conquered
• Egypt sets Aug. 3 for Mubarak's 'trial of the century'
• Prisons in chaos: Another warden gunned down in Mexico
• Honduras' OAS membership is restored
• IAEA: Japan underestimated tsunami threat to nuclear plant

NATION

• Garridos face sentencing in Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping
• All Joplin tornado missing persons have been found
• In national spelling bee, words are the weapon of choice
• Author: Tenure is hurting students and universities

OPINION

• GOP will keep democracy from running amok
• Deficit reduction requires shared sacrifice
• Oil speculators' influence on market must be curbed
• A few rulings from the 'Word Pope'

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Gina Falcone-Rupp
Managing Editor, mcclatchydc.com