- South Carolina marks ex-slave's daring sail to freedom Reuters - 43 mins ago
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Descendants of Civil War hero Robert Smalls are celebrating the ex-slave who 150 years ago this weekend commandeered a Confederate … More »South Carolina marks ex-slave's daring sail to freedom
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Descendants of Civil War hero Robert Smalls are celebrating the ex-slave who 150 years ago this weekend commandeered a Confederate steamship and evaded batteries overlooking Charleston harbor to reach a Union blockade and freedom. Calling themselves the "family of cousins" and ranging …
Gay marriage moves closer to Supreme Court Reuters - Fri, May 11, 2012WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two big cases addressing marriage rights for gays and lesbians are on track to reach the U.S. Supreme Court as soon as this year, keeping the focus … More »Gay marriage moves closer to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two big cases addressing marriage rights for gays and lesbians are on track to reach the U.S. Supreme Court as soon as this year, keeping the focus on an issue President Barack Obama reignited with his endorsement this week. The cases, originating on opposite coasts, go to the heart of a question …
- Three Boston University Students die in New Zealand van crash Reuters - 8 hrs ago
(Reuters) - Three Boston University students were killed and five more were injured in New Zealand on Saturday when a van they were traveling in swerved off the road … More »Three Boston University Students die in New Zealand van crash
(Reuters) - Three Boston University students were killed and five more were injured in New Zealand on Saturday when a van they were traveling in swerved off the road outside the vacation town of Taupo, the university said in a statement. The accident occurred about 7:30 a.m. New Zealand time on Saturday morning while the …
- Kansas lawmakers pass effective ban on Islamic law Reuters - 2 hrs 20 mins ago
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Kansas lawmakers have passed legislation intended to prevent the state courts or agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws in … More »Kansas lawmakers pass effective ban on Islamic law
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Kansas lawmakers have passed legislation intended to prevent the state courts or agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws in making decisions, a measure critics have blasted as an embarrassment to the state. The legislation, which passed 33-3 in the state Senate on Friday and 120-0 …
Trauma experts help question girls in murder, abduction case Reuters - 3 hrs ago(Reuters) - Child trauma specialists are helping investigators interview two girls about being seized by a man who authorities say killed their mother and sister and … More »Trauma experts help question girls in murder, abduction case
(Reuters) - Child trauma specialists are helping investigators interview two girls about being seized by a man who authorities say killed their mother and sister and held them captive for more than a week in thick Mississippi woods. FBI spokesman Joel Siskovic said on Saturday the specialists were advising the Tennessee …
- Tennessee governor signs controversial "gateway sexual activity" bill Reuters - 21 hrs ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Tennessee teachers can no longer condone so-called "gateway sexual activity" such as touching genitals under a new law that critics say is too vague and could hamper discussion about safe sexual behavior. Governor Bill Haslam's office Friday confirmed that he had signed the bill, which stirred …
- FPL opens reinforced hurricane "command center" Reuters - 1 hr 49 mins ago
RIVIERA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Twenty years after Hurricane Andrew raked the state, Florida Power & Light, the state's largest utility, dedicated a new $3.8 million storm "command center" on Friday and announced energy-grid reinforcements that officials said will boost emergency planning. FPL President Eric Silagy said …
- The Dewey chronicles: The rise and fall of a legal titan Reuters - Fri, May 11, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was a tale of doom foretold in a pie chart. On January 27, Dewey & LeBoeuf's partners were summoned to a meeting on the 22nd floor of the law firm's New York City headquarters to discuss the firm's finances. While most of them knew Dewey LeBoeuf faced challenging times, few were prepared for what …
- U.S. seeks alternate satellite terminal bids Reuters - 22 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it is still in talks with Boeing Co about revamping a multibillion-dollar program for next-generation satellite communications terminals, but has now formally invited other companies to submit alternate bids. The move is part of a drive by Air Force officials to crack …
- Big-wave surfer enters record books by riding 78-foot "monster" Reuters - 23 hrs ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has been recognized by Guinness World Records for surfing the largest wave ever ridden, a towering 78-foot (24-meter) wall of water he says he caught at Nazare, Portugal, in November while "totally in the moment."
- More arrests of people linked to bizarre abduction, murder case Reuters - Fri, May 11, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn./GUNTOWN, Mississippi (Reuters) - Four neighbors of a man who authorities say abducted a Tennessee family and killed the mother and one daughter were arrested in connection with the case, authorities said on Friday, one day after the man committed suicide as police closed in. Adam Mayes, briefly the most-wanted …
- Carroll Shelby, father of Cobra sports car, dies at 89 Reuters - Fri, May 11, 2012
DETROIT (Reuters) - Carroll Shelby, designer of the Shelby Cobra and other sports cars that placed him in the pantheon of auto industry legends, has died at age 89, his company said on Friday. He died on Thursday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, according to the company, Carroll Shelby Licensing. The firm did not disclose …
- Tanned mom action figure created by Connecticut company Reuters - Fri, May 11, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - She doesn't walk or talk, but this doll is really, really tan. A novelty toy company has created an action figure modeled on the deeply bronzed New Jersey mother charged with child endangerment and accused of taking her then 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. Herobuilders, based in Oxford, Connecticut, …
- Facebook co-founder Saverin renounces citizenship Reuters - Fri, May 11, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his U.S. citizenship, according to an Internal Revenue Service report, days before the company's initial public offering. The news, first published by Bloomberg on Friday, was based on an IRS notice late in April that named people "who have …
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msnbc.com - GUNTOWN, Miss. - Days of grueling searches for two young girls and the kidnapper who killed their mother and sister led to the kind of terrain that favors the hunted - high hardwoods and deep ravines near a red-brick church perched on a hill. |
Salt Lake Tribune - Politics » The plan: Hammer Obama on jobs, focus on same-sex unions in battleground states. By LAURIE KELLMAN | The Associated Press Washington • President Barack Obama delighted his liberal base by coming down on the side of gay marriage, ... |
New York Times - LOS ANGELES - The state budget shortfall in California has increased dramatically in the last six months, forcing state officials to assemble a series of new spending cuts that are likely to mean further reductions to schools, health care and other ... |
CNN - By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A recent Oral Roberts University graduate was the only one of five people en route to a Christian youth conference to survive a plane crash in southeastern Kansas, officials said Saturday. |
Washington Post - WILMINGTON, Del. - Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden says he's proud of his father, Vice President Joe Biden, and President Barack Obama for saying gay people should have the right to marry. |
The Associated Press - BALDWIN, La. (AP) - Louisiana State Police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man who was shot with a stun gun by a city police officer after reportedly escaping custody. |
Salt Lake Tribune - By KASIE HUNT | AP Lynchburg, Va. • Mitt Romney's Mormon faith has shaped his life, but he barely mentioned it as he spoke to graduates at an evangelical university Saturday. |
Boston Herald - By Michael A. Memoli / Tribune Washington Bureau RENO, Nev. - Although the announcement on same-sex marriage became the focus the week after President Barack Obama officially kicked off his re-election campaign, his trip to Nevada was a reminder of the ... |
Chicago Tribune - NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters) - At George Clooney's celebrity-studded fundraiser for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, the joke of the night was that the Secret Service was backed up by Batman, Spider-Man and the Iron Man - or at least the ... |
MiamiHerald.com - AP ORLANDO, Fla. -- Two men charged with murder in the deaths of two teenagers whose bodies were found engulfed in flames along a central Florida trail were denied bond Saturday. |
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - WASHINGTON - The recent disappointing unemployment data is the latest sign the White House has promoted failed policies that have dodged the tough choices and distracted voters from the real issues, Rep. Kristi Noem said in the Republican party's ... |
New York Daily News - For Betty White, President Obama is just golden. The 90-year-old “Golden Girls” actress "very, very much favors" the commander in chief for a second term, she told the Associated Press on Friday. |
Plain Dealer - By Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 9-year-old Cleveland Heights boy classified as obese was released from protective supervision Thursday and released to his mother, who can get agency help for the next 90 days. |
abc11.com - GREENSBORO (WTVD) -- First Lady Michelle Obama was in Greensboro Saturday to deliver North Carolina A&T's newest graduates. |
Daily Gossip - Us Weekly reports that William Balfour was found guilty in the trial involving singer Jennifer Hudson's family murder which lasted for almost a month. |
CNN International - By the CNN Wire Staff Police hope to today interview the survivors of a road crash which killed three American students. (CNN) -- Boston University mourned three study-abroad students killed in New Zealand while visiting locations where "The Lord of ... |
Boston Herald - By Andy Metzger / State House News Service While Gov. Deval Patrick is resigned to participating in the federal government's Secure Communities program, immigrant rights advocates said it will force undocumented immigrants into hiding from local law ... |
KETK - (CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul brushed off Barack Obama's recent reversal on same-sex marriage by saying he didn't think the president's views "could get any gayer. |
Kansas City Star - By FRANCES ROBLES MIAMI -- The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will be able to take about eight months of paid leave from her county job, thanks to the generosity of county employees. |
Washington Post - GREENSBORO, NC - John Edwards takes mincing, careful steps now, not the long strides of the triumphant. He shuffles to the right, but lawyers deep in conversation block the way, somehow not even noticing him. |
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin's controversial Republican Governor Scott Walker is under fire from Democrats following the release of a year-old video clip in which he describes to a supporter his "divide and conquer" strategy for dealing with organized labor. In the video … More »'Divide and conquer' unions comment dogs Wisconsin governor in recall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden honored 34 … More »Obama honors 34 'top cops' for bravery on the job
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Descendants of Civil War hero Robert Smalls are celebrating the ex-slave who 150 years ago this weekend commandeered a Confederate steamship and evaded batteries overlooking Charleston harbor to reach a Union blockade and freedom. Calling themselves the "family of cousins" and ranging …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two big cases addressing marriage rights for gays and lesbians are on track to reach the U.S. Supreme Court as soon as this year, keeping the focus on an issue President Barack Obama reignited with his endorsement this week. The cases, originating on opposite coasts, go to the heart of a question …
(Reuters) - Three Boston University students were killed and five more were injured in New Zealand on Saturday when a van they were traveling in swerved off the road outside the vacation town of Taupo, the university said in a statement. The accident occurred about 7:30 a.m. New Zealand time on Saturday morning while the …
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Kansas lawmakers have passed legislation intended to prevent the state courts or agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws in making decisions, a measure critics have blasted as an embarrassment to the state. The legislation, which passed 33-3 in the state Senate on Friday and 120-0 …
(Reuters) - Child trauma specialists are helping investigators interview two girls about being seized by a man who authorities say killed their mother and sister and held them captive for more than a week in thick Mississippi woods. FBI spokesman Joel Siskovic said on Saturday the specialists were advising the Tennessee …
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Tennessee teachers can no longer condone so-called "gateway sexual activity" such as touching genitals under a new law that critics say is too vague and could hamper discussion about safe sexual behavior. Governor Bill Haslam's office Friday confirmed that he had signed the bill, which stirred …
RIVIERA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Twenty years after Hurricane Andrew raked the state, Florida Power & Light, the state's largest utility, dedicated a new $3.8 million storm "command center" on Friday and announced energy-grid reinforcements that officials said will boost emergency planning. FPL President Eric Silagy said …
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was a tale of doom foretold in a pie chart. On January 27, Dewey & LeBoeuf's partners were summoned to a meeting on the 22nd floor of the law firm's New York City headquarters to discuss the firm's finances. While most of them knew Dewey LeBoeuf faced challenging times, few were prepared for what …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it is still in talks with Boeing Co about revamping a multibillion-dollar program for next-generation satellite communications terminals, but has now formally invited other companies to submit alternate bids. The move is part of a drive by Air Force officials to crack …
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has been recognized by Guinness World Records for surfing the largest wave ever ridden, a towering 78-foot (24-meter) wall of water he says he caught at Nazare, Portugal, in November while "totally in the moment."
NASHVILLE, Tenn./GUNTOWN, Mississippi (Reuters) - Four neighbors of a man who authorities say abducted a Tennessee family and killed the mother and one daughter were arrested in connection with the case, authorities said on Friday, one day after the man committed suicide as police closed in. Adam Mayes, briefly the most-wanted …
DETROIT (Reuters) - Carroll Shelby, designer of the Shelby Cobra and other sports cars that placed him in the pantheon of auto industry legends, has died at age 89, his company said on Friday. He died on Thursday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, according to the company, Carroll Shelby Licensing. The firm did not disclose …
NEW YORK (Reuters) - She doesn't walk or talk, but this doll is really, really tan. A novelty toy company has created an action figure modeled on the deeply bronzed New Jersey mother charged with child endangerment and accused of taking her then 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. Herobuilders, based in Oxford, Connecticut, …
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his U.S. citizenship, according to an Internal Revenue Service report, days before the company's initial public offering. The news, first published by Bloomberg on Friday, was based on an IRS notice late in April that named people "who have …
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Reuters - * Parties dig their heels over austerity * Radical left seen gaining if new poll held By Karolina Tagaris and Ingrid Melander ATHENS, May 13 (Reuters) - Greece's president will meet party leaders on Sunday in a final bid to cobble together a coalition ... |
Sydney Morning Herald - At least 100000 Spaniards angered by grim economic prospects and the political handling of the international financial crisis have turned out for street demonstrations in the country's cities, marking the one-year anniversary of a movement that ... |
Voice of America - May 12, 2012 7 Killed in Syria as More UN Observers Arrive VOA News At least seven people were killed in anti-government-related unrest across Syria Saturday, as more United Nations observers arrived in the country. |
NPR - Men wearing Afghan police uniforms shot dead two NATO service members Saturday in southern Afghanistan, authorities said, the latest in a string of attacks on international troops by Afghan security forces or militants disguised as police. |
CNN International - By Hakim Almasmari, for CNN Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A pair of US drone strikes killed 11 suspected al Qaeda militants Saturday in Yemen's Mareb province, part of a continuing air campaign targeting the terror organization, security officials said. |
CNN International - Jerusalem (CNN) -- Negotiations to end a mass hunger strike by up to 2000 Palestinians detained by Israel are making progress and a resolution may be only days away, Palestinian officials said Saturday. |
Reuters - | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of popular protests against the island kingdom's rulers, the State Department said on ... |
The Guardian - The Paris Bar, a popular haunt for west Berlin intellectuals of a certain age, was humming with conversation and the clink of glasses and cutlery last week as actors, theatregoers, artists and journalists sipped wine or tucked into steak frites in this ... |
AFP - WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hailed Algeria's elections Saturday, welcoming the large number of women elected and calling the vote a "welcome step" toward democratic reform. |
BusinessWeek - By VANESSA GERA It's an ethical dilemma that has Western leaders in a bind: to boycott or not to boycott Ukraine-hosted matches in the European soccer championship over the alleged abuse of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko? |
Reuters - By Andrew Cawthorne and Deisy Buitrago | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strode, sang and gave a rousing speech on Friday in a careful show of vigor after his latest cancer treatment in Cuba fanned rumors he was dying five months ... |
USA TODAY - By Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY The Dalai Lama says reports indicate that Chinese agents have trained Tibetan women for a mission to murder him, the Telegraph reports. |
The News International - BEIJING: China has denied it is increasing combat readiness in response to a tense territorial row with the Philippines in the South China Sea which has dragged on for more than a month. |
ABC Online - Mariela Castro (L), daughter of president Raul Castro, participates in a march against homophobia in Havana. Cuban president Raul Castro backs greater gay rights and ending discrimination against homosexuals, his daughter Mariela, a famed sexologist, ... |
Washington Post - THE FORMATION by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a new coalition comprising a parliamentary supermajority prompted hawks to conclude that he was laying the groundwork for a military strike against Iran. |
Reuters - | SEOUL (Reuters) - Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking. |
Times of India - BEIJING: Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's nephew was arrested on charges of attempted murder while his sister-in-law was put under house arrest in their hometown in the country's Shandong province on Saturday. |
The News International - NEW DELHI: India has agreed a $560-million deal to buy 145 howitzer guns from BAE Systems of the United States as it upgrades its antiquated military hardware, an official said on Saturday. |
The News International - LOS ANGELES: Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has been recognized by Guinness World Records for surfing the largest wave ever ridden, a towering 78-foot wall of water he says he caught at Nazare, Portugal, in November while “totally in the moment. |
Wall Street Journal - By YUKA HAYASHI And TOKO SEKIGUCHI TOKYO—Japan's prime minister pledged Saturday to accelerate efforts to form a free-trade agreement with China and South Korea, an ambitious pact that could create an integrated trade zone rivaling in size the North ... |
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People Magazine - By Mike Fleeman Chris Hemsworth, who flexes his superhero muscles in The Avengers, and his actress wife Elsa Pataky welcomed a baby girl on Friday. |
Voice of America - May 12, 2012 Tim Burton Revives 60s Vampire Soap Opera 'Dark Shadows' Alan Silverman | Hollywood A Soap Opera from the 1960s gets a makeover in director Tim Burton's new horror-comedy Dark Shadows features his favorite lead actor, Johnny Depp. |
USA TODAY - By Gary Levin, USA TODAY CBS has closed a deal with Ashton Kutcher and officially renewed Two and a Half Men for a tenth season. The show's ratings have declined since star Charlie Sheen was fired last year, but it remains an important part of the ... |
U-T San Diego - Under the strong protection of bodyguards and Chula Vista Police, Jessica Sanchez mader her way to the stage amid a huge throng of well wishers. |
USA TODAY - PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) - The author of a book called Shades of Gray says her work is being confused with that of a chart-topping erotic fiction writer. |
E! Online - The British actor took to his Twitter earlier this week to take the final step in ending his relationship with his soon-to-be ex-wife by unfollowing her on Twitter. |
Access Hollywood - LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Britney Spears arrives at Clive Davis and The Recording Academy's 2012 Salute To Industry Icons Gala at The Beverly Hilton hotel, Beverly Hills, on February 11, 2012Is Britney Spears set to officially take her seat at ... |
People Magazine - By Dahvi Shira and Lesley Messer "She is insanely beautiful," Simpson, 31, gushes on Twitter. "I can't help but play dress up! |
Huffington Post - With Gov. Romney the clear favorite to win the Republican nomination, the question of a Mormon president in the White House will be a hot topic this election season. |
Orlando Sentinel - By Rene Lynch Time magazine's breastfeeding cover story asks: "Are You Mom Enough?" But it might as well ask: "Who Says Print Is Dead? |
Us Magazine - John Travolta attends the Day Three Afternoon Four-Ball Matches of the 2011 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Course on November 19, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. |
Daily Gossip - Reese Witherspoon's love life seems to be going on very well. Unfortunately, we can't say the same thing about her parents. |
Washington Post - NEW YORK - The city's spring art auction season was red hot. The frenzy began with Edvard Munch's “The Scream” on May 2, when a phone bidder at Sotheby's plunked down nearly $120 million for the iconic image, earning it the title of most expensive ... |
Hollywood Reporter - The female-focused cable network has ordered 10 hourlong episodes of "The Houston Family Chronicles" set to bow this year. |
New York Times - The cliché about children's book writers is that they're sensitive, mewling types - wearers of cardigans, dispensing uplift as if it were Purell hand sanitizer. |
New York Post - By DEBORAH STARR SEIBEL The first ten years of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” recorded on reel-to-reel videotape, are almost all gone, recorded over by NBC. |
Minneapolis Star Tribune - For some celebrities, it's the time of the year for honorary degrees. And Boston's Berklee College of Music didn't just hand out one or two this year, it awarded six -- four to the members of the Eagles, one to bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, right, ... |
Green Bay Press Gazette - Marcia Cross, from left, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and Eva Longoria - the core four of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" - have a mere two hours remaining to sort out their various schemes, problems and romantic entanglements. |
GoldDerby - By Daniel Montgomery TV cancellations probably won't affect Emmy nominations: "Emmy contenders emerged largely unscathed even as more and more programs found the network chopping block this week, with Kathy Bates of 'Harry's Law' perhaps the most ... |
USA TODAY - By USA TODAY By John Irving; Simon & Schuster, 425 pp., $28; fiction Ever since that car coasted up the driveway with the lights out in The World According to Garp, you could craft an epilogue to the Kinsey Report with all the unusual impulses, ... |
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - By Ed Beeson/The Star-Ledger AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDASTAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImagesJPMorgan Chase Thursday reported a $2 billion trading loss that's sparked fresh calls to clamp down on proprietary trading. |
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msnbc.com - ADA, Ohio - Kelsey Griffith graduates on Sunday from Ohio Northern University. To start paying off her $120000 in student debt, she is already working two restaurant jobs and will soon give up her apartment here to live with her parents. |
The Guardian - Far from revealing that Greeks want to exit the euro, the election results send out a clear signal that the policy framework imposed since the crisis began has been wrong and needs to be rethought. |
Reuters - By Angela Moon | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of US banks slumped on Friday after JPMorgan said it lost billions of dollars on bad trades, but the overall market ended only modestly lower, thanks to gains in technology shares. |
CNN - By Annalyn Censky @CNNMoney May 12, 2012: 12:17 PM ET The People's Bank of China is cutting the amount of money banks are required to hold on the sidelines, freeing up those funds instead to boost investment and growth. |
Los Angeles Times - By Jerry Hirsch DeLorean Motor Co. never had a future to get back to. Tucker Corp. got torpedoed. Fisker Automotive doesn't seem to have good karma. |
Business Insider - AP Procter & Gamble announced today that it plans to move the headquarters of its global skincare, personal care and cosmetics business from Ohio to Singapore, Fox News reported. |
Los Angeles Times - Two retired generators at a Huntington Beach power plant are back online, ready to kick in this summer to replace electricity from the shuttered San Onofre plant. |
Reuters - By Aileen Wang and Nick Edwards | BEIJING (Reuters) - China risks a fresh downturn in demand for goods from its massive factory sector, with weaker than expected exports and stalling headline import growth signaling that government spending is the ... |
Local 10 - The vetting process and the subsequent hiring of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson seemed like standard procedure. But in recent days he has come under fire for the controversy surrounding his academic credentials. |
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Legislation Congress passed in 2010 to rein in financial firms has collided with lobbying efforts to slow down implementation. US President Barack Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at the Ronald Reagan Building ... |
Wall Street Journal - By DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A four-day rally in Treasurys and a six-session streak drop in the stock market came to an end Thursday as investors found reason to stabilize the markets. |
Bloomberg - Wholesale prices in the US fell in April for the first time in four months, led by a decline in fuel costs that signals inflation may cool. |
Reuters - (New throughout; adds market reaction and China forecast) * Record US corn crop means largest stocks since 2006 * 2012/13 US soy stocks/use ratio historically low 4.4 * Record global rice crop, world soy crop up 15 pct * Soy futures up 1.9 pct, ... |
BusinessWeek - By Yumi Teso and Lilian Karunungan on May 10, 2012 Options traders are the least bearish on Asian currencies versus the dollar in a year as confidence builds that China will avoid a so-called hard landing, helping lure funds as Europe's debt crisis ... |
San Francisco Chronicle - Average US rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to fresh record lows this week. Cheap mortgage rates have made home buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify. |
Bloomberg - Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) jumped the most in seven months after predicting second-quarter sales that exceeded analysts' estimates, bolstered by demand for its new graphics chips and mobile-phone processors. |
WFXL FOX 31 - by Colby Gallagher Colby Gallagher joined the Fox 31 News Team in April 2012 as a general assignment reporter. Colby hails from Sewell, New Jersey and is an avid Philly sports fan. |
Written by Christian Science Monitor - Many have criticized Argentina's move to renationalize its oil as a populist bid likely to isolate it from the global economy. |
New York Times - WASHINGTON - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it planned to propose tighter mortgage lending regulations that would limit the ability of banks and mortgage brokers to charge certain transaction fees, possibly ending one of the most abusive ... |
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New York Times - MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - Whooping cough, or pertussis, a highly infectious respiratory disease once considered doomed by science, has struck Washington State this spring with a severity that health officials say could surpass the toll of any year since ... |
USA TODAY - By Maria Sonnenberg, Florida Today Cordella Thorney, right, a veteran of the nursing profession, works with Rebecca Madore, at Wuesthoff Hospital. |
STLtoday.com - AP | Posted: Friday, May 11, 2012 3:50 pm | ( Loading… ) comments. In this Thursday, May 10, 2012 photo, Dr. Lisa Sterman holds up a Truvada pill at her office in San Francisco. |
CTV.ca - A music video that started as a Canadian cancer patient's way to cope with his illness has gone viral. Chris Rumble, 22, was diagnosed in April with leukemia. |
Occupational Health and Safety - Helicobacter pylori, hepatitis B and C viruses, and human papillomaviruses were responsible for 1.9 million cases of mainly gastric, liver, and cervix uteri cancers. |
ActionNewsJax.com - This is a scanning electron microscope image of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) AUGUSTA, Ga. |
ksl.com - By Nkoyo Iyamba SALT LAKE CITY - Thousands participated in the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Saturday, zig-zagging their way through the downtown Salt Lake. |
Toronto Sun - If you're black and you suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital, you are less likely to receive CPR from a bystander than your white counterpart, a conference in the US heard on Friday. |
Albany Times Union - In this Wednesday, May 9, 2012 photo, Morgan Weese, left, and Brittany Locke carry a supply of sun tanning products in their bag as they sun bathe in Miami Beach, Fla. |
Voice of America - May 12, 2012 Nigerian 'Gold Rush' Poisoning Children Heather Murdock | Abuja The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says at least 4000 children are suffering from lead poisoning as a result of artisanal gold mining in Zamfara State in ... |
TIME - From almost the moment the Affordable Care Act (a/k/a “ObamaCare”) was signed into law, the administration has been playing defense, trying to convince a skeptical public and a hostile Republican Party that the measure has some real benefits for real ... |
Food Safety News - by Mary Rothschild | May 11, 2012 At least 10 people infected with Campylobacter in California reported drinking Organic Pastures raw milk prior to becoming ill, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said Thursday. |
Washington Post - WASHINGTON - Sunscreen confusion won't be over before summer after all. The government is bowing to industry requests for more time to make clear how much protection their lotions really offer. |
New York Daily News - A former radiology technician has admitted to infecting patients at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida with hepatitis C -- one of them fatally. |
SunHerald.com - Cable One announced late Friday that it will make HBO available to all of its digital subscribers Monday for the premiere of HBO's multi-part documentary, “The Weight of the Nation. |
USA TODAY - BOSTON (AP) - Cupcakes, brownies and other baked goodies will be spared the chopping block at Massachusetts schools after Gov. Deval Patrick backed down from planned regulations to prohibit the sale of the treats at bake sales during school hours. |
Cincinnati.com - Omnicare Inc., the nation's largest provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly, announced Friday that it made a $50 million settlement in connection with an investigation of the company by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration for improperly ... |
13WHAM-TV - When researchers in Oregon finally blamed a norovirus outbreak on a reusable grocery bag, shoppers across the country might have stopped to rethink their habits. |
Albany Times Union - RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, AP FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2005 file photo, Marilyn Tavenner speaks in Richmond, Va. Medicare paid $5.6 billion to 2600 pharmacies with questionable billings, including a Kansas drugstore that submitted more than 1000 ... |
New York Times - A federal advisory panel recommended approval on Wednesday of a rheumatoid arthritis pill that could offer patients an alternative to the injectable medicines already on the market, but several members expressed concern about safety and urged the Food ... |
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Los Angeles Times - By Thomas H. Maugh II For the first time, an international team of researchers has used satellites to track the movements of manta rays, providing valuable new information about the massive rays, which are considered "vulnerable" to extinction by the ... |
New York Times - His audience this Monday morning, a Who's Who of Wall Street heavy-hitters, with untold billions to command, shifts in its seats. |
Written by in 1,501 Google+ circles Wired News - By Christina Bonnington The current version of Maps, powered by Google, could be replaced in iOS 6. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired Apple might be moving away from its dependence on Google for its Maps app. |
Written by in 1,905 Google+ circles PC Magazine - By David Murphy Big news for Facebook this week - and no, not just because the company is testing new ways for its users to annoy each other in the form of paid-for "highlighted" posts. |
National Geographic - In the last known largely unexcavated Maya megacity, archaeologists have uncovered the only known mural adorning an ancient Maya house, a new study says—and it's not just any mural. |
TechCrunch - Only 12% of your friends see your average status update, but Facebook is testing an option called “Highlight” that lets you pay a few dollars to have one of your posts appear to more friends. |
Written by Los Angeles Times - By Michelle Maltais When comparisons are made about free cloud storage, much is often made about Dropbox giving users only 2 gigabytes. |
Zee News - Washington: Researchers claim to have discovered a new nanometre-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materials known as metallic glasses. |
Written by in 5,000 Google+ circles The Guardian (blog) - Why is it that when you ask Siri "what's the best cellphone ever?" (or "best mobile phone ever" or "best smartphone ever") that it responds with "the Nokia Lumia 900"? |
Written by Computerworld - By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - After being pummeled by customers and security experts for telling users to spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades because it wasn't going to patch critical bugs in older versions of its software, Adobe has reversed ... |
VentureBeat - Facebook is launching a new App Center, “a place to find social web, desktop, and mobile apps” - and not just Facebook apps. The App Center will bring Facebook's 900 million users all the best in iOS apps, Android apps, web apps, mobile web apps, ... |
Fox News - The ocean has once again revealed its oddities -- a mysterious floating blob that had the Internet world scratching its head. New video captured by an underwater camera near a deep-sea drilling rig off the coast of the United Kingdom depicts a giant, ... |
Summit County Citizens Voice - A sub-glacial basin beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, near the Weddell Sea, could be a weak spot leading to potential collapse. |
PCWorld - By Matt Hamblen, Computerworld Summer 2012 promises to be the season of tablet experimentation on a grander scale than ever. Just about every tablet maker, including Apple, is rumored (or expected) to announce (or launch) a new tablet version within ... |
Arizona Daily Star - Vesta is shown here as the smallest body among other bodies in the solar system. It is a protoplanet, a remnant of the early days of our solar system that never grew up because Jupiter kept stealing all its potential mass. |
VentureBeat - Google is in talks to acquire Meebo for about $100 million, according to a report from AllThingsD. If the deal goes through, it would make a lot of sense, because Meebo still has a lot of talent, and its products are reasonably aligned with Google's ... |
Written by in 1,837 Google+ circles Forbes - Facebook is revamping its privacy policy* (which it likes to call a “data use policy”), fulfilling a pledge it made to the Irish privacy regulator to be more transparent and detailed about how it will and won't use the dirt it has on its users. |
TechCrunch - Editor's note: Guest author Keith Teare is General Partner at his incubator Archimedes Labs and CEO of just.me. He was a co-founder of TechCrunch. |
Fox News - ALBUQUERQUE, NM - A scientific ghost town in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country will hum with the latest next-generation technology -- but no people. |
Washington Post - Carroll Shelby, a failed chicken farmer who roared out of the hills of East Texas to become a champion race car driver and the father of the muscle car, building some of the fastest and sleekest sports cars ever to hit the highway, died May 10 at age ... |
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USA TODAY (blog) - By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY 8:04: Rangers coach John Tortorella was his usual forthcoming self with NBC's Pierre McGuire during TV interview on the bench. |
ESPN - MIAMI -- LeBron James spent two days trying to figure out the right words. An assistant jotted some ideas on notecards, which were ignored. |
ESPN - By Bob Harig | ESPN.com PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- If he follows form -- and why wouldn't he? -- Rickie Fowler will be decked from head to toe in burnt orange Sunday, an ode to his Oklahoma State college days and often a source of derision. |
USA TODAY - By Steve DiMeglio, USA TODAY PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Tiger Woods said Saturday he hit the golf ball during the third round of The Players Championship as solid as he's hit it all year - and shot even-par 72. |
USA TODAY - By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY The Los Angeles Lakers hadn't even taken the floor for Game 7 of their first-round series with the Denver Nuggets on Saturday but received a vote of confidence from the franchise -- win or lose. |
USA TODAY - Patrick Semansky, AP Yoenis Cespedes, who signed a 4-year, $36 million deal with the Athletics in the offseason, has landed on the disabled list just a month and a half into the season. |
CBSSports.com - By Scott Miller | CBSSports.com Senior Baseball Columnist ARLINGTON, Tex. -- Oh, boy. Booooo! You could just see this one coming from a mile away. |
USA TODAY - By Adi Joseph, USA TODAY Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel will lose $15000 for calling the Miami Heat a bunch of floppers (video via WSVN-TV). |
ESPN - By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com BOSTON -- Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Ray Allen (right ankle bone spurs) did not participate in the heavy portions of the team's off-day practice and this morning's shootaround, but he felt good enough after going ... |
New York Times - Phil Hughes departed the Yankee Stadium mound nearly two weeks ago to lukewarm applause, with fans unsure whether a mild sign of progress was worthy of their cheers or still merited their disapproval. |
Chicago Sun-Times - BY RICK TELANDER rtelander@suntimes.com May 12, 2012 6:24PM I'm kind of confused as to why former NFL linebacker Junior Seau's suicide by gunshot to the chest got so much attention recently when safety Dave Duerson's suicide by gunshot to the chest a ... |
MiamiHerald.com - AP MADRID -- Roger Federer will play for his third Madrid Open title with a chance to take over the No. 2 spot in the world ranking after cruising past Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 6-3 in the tournament semifinals on Saturday. |
SportingNews.com - If the Phoenix Coyotes are nervous about Game 1 of the Western Conference finals, they're not showing it. With the opener of their series against the Los Angeles Kings about 24 hours away, Shane Doan, Mike Smith and Keith Yandle had some fun in ... |
CBSSports.com - MADRID -- Serena Williams will meet top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Madrid Open after both players dispensed with their opponents in straight sets on Saturday. |
MiamiHerald.com - Miami Marlins' Jose Reyes singles to left during the fifth inning of the Miami Marlins game against the New York Mets at Marlins Park on Saturday, May 12, 2012. |
ESPN - AccuScore has powered more than 10000 simulations for every NBA game for ESPN.com, each simulated one play at a time and minimum of 10000 times. |
Baltimore Sun (blog) - By Dan Connolly The Baltimore Sun According to a tweet from his agency, Avery has been told he will be coming up Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays. |
Bloomberg - Manchester City looks to end 44 years of frustration at the expense of its biggest rival today when the title race goes down to the final game of the season in English soccer's Premier League. |
ESPN - By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com Kevin Garnett discusses how the Hawks owner's comments gave him extra motivation for Game 6, and Doc Rivers talks about the team's execution in pressure situations. |
Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia - Doug Collins explains everything that led to the Sixers making it to the second round of the playoffs. 05/10/12 Doug Collins gives an emotional speech to the Sixers after beating the Bulls in Game 6. 05/10/12 That was the Sixers' marketing slogan for a ... |
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Washington Post - LYNCHBURG, Va. - Making by far his most spiritual speech of his presidential campaign, Republican Mitt Romney on Saturday offered a fierce defense of Judeo-Christian values and an America that he said “has trusted in God, not man. |
The Seattle Times - By HOLBROOK MOHR AP GUNTOWN, Miss. - Days of grueling searches for two young girls and the kidnapper who killed their mother and sister led to the kind of terrain that favors the hunted - high hardwoods and deep ravines near a redbrick church perched ... |
San Jose Mercury News - By Steven Harmon Bay Area News Group Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his tax-hike initiative before submitting the petitions for the initiative to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif. |
New York Times - His audience this Monday morning, a Who's Who of Wall Street heavy-hitters, with untold billions to command, shifts in its seats. |
Times of India - LONDON:The oldest Mayan Calendar found in an ancient Guatemalan house offers no hint of the alleged end of the world December 21 this year, researchers said. |
New York Times - Ryan Dorgan/Bloomington Herald-Times, via Associated Press Students express discontent about rising tuition rates and debt during an Indiana University Board of Trustees meeting in April. |
Straits Times - In a sign that sexuality education may be getting part of its message through, the number of teenage mothers fell to its lowest in a decade last year. |
Salt Lake Tribune - Wall Street » His street cred is on the line after his strategy lost JPMorgan $2 billion. By PALLAVI GOGOI | The Associated Press New York • The reputation that Jamie Dimon honed for decades on Wall Street has been severely damaged in a matter of days. |
Houston Chronicle - BRIDGET MURPHY, AP Policemen examine the scene of a minivan crash near Turangi, New Zealand, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Three Boston University students who were studying in New Zealand were killed Saturday when their minivan crashed. |
Los Angeles Times - By Thomas H. Maugh II For the first time, an international team of researchers has used satellites to track the movements of manta rays, providing valuable new information about the massive rays, which are considered "vulnerable" to extinction by the ... |
New York Daily News - Washington, May 13 - America's 34 top police officers were Saturday honoured by President Barack Obama at a ceremony held at the White House. |
Daily Mail - By Nina Golgowski A small plane crash in Kansas has killed three recent university graduates and a former business instructor while flying to a Christian youth retreat, leaving just one sole survivor who managed to get help. |
IBNLive.com - San Francisco: Apple will drop Google Maps in its upcoming mobile platform iOS 6 in favour of its own mapping system, it was reported Friday. |
The Sun - By GORDON SMART, Showbiz Editor IT would be good to know what Johnny Depp thought when he saw this super fan. The actor was swamped when he arrived in Japan yesterday to promote new film Dark Shadows. |
NEWS.com.au - AUSSIE actor Chris Hemsworth welcomed a baby girl with his wife Elsa Pataky on Friday. The Avengers star and Spanish actress Elsa, who gave birth in London, called their first child India Rose, US Weekly reported. |
USA TODAY - By Gary Levin, USA TODAY CBS has closed a deal with Ashton Kutcher and officially renewed Two and a Half Men for a tenth season. The show's ratings have declined since star Charlie Sheen was fired last year, but it remains an important part of the ... |
Belfast Telegraph - Spaniards angered by increasingly grim economic prospects and unemployment hitting one out of every four citizens turned out in droves in the nation's largest cities. |
San Francisco Chronicle - (05-11) 13:23 PDT (AP) -- Some New Jersey parents are steamed about a question on a statewide standardized test this week that asked some third-graders to write about a secret and why it was hard to keep. |