Latest News

• newMonument in Palisades Park, N.J., Irritates Japanese Officials
  Palisades Park administrators say they rejected a request to remove a plaque in memory of “comfort women” forced into sexual slavery in World War II.
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• newI.A.E.A. Director General to Visit Tehran
  The unexpected announcement suggested that both the I.A.E.A. and Iran had accelerated the urgency of resolving their dispute over I.A.E.A. requests for access to a restricted Iranian military site.
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• newDietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bountiful German Baritone, Dies at 86
  Mr. Fischer-Dieskau made hundreds of recordings, setting the modern standard for performances of lieder, and was called “one of the most remarkable voices in history.”
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• new‘Princelings’ in China Use Family Ties to Gain Riches
  The authorities are eager to paint the fallen official Bo Xilai, whose family has a substantial fortune, as a rogue operator. But other officials’ relatives have also amassed vast wealth.
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• newDealBook: Facebook Shares Open Trading With Modest Gains
  After a gain of more than 10 percent at the start, the stock drifted back to the offering price, then rose again.
  - 58 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:18pm -
• newArchitecture Review: Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia
  Medellín, Colombia, once famed for murder and cocaine, is now drawing notice for its ambitious urban projects, many aimed at easing life in the city’s slums.
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:43pm -
• newDr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay ‘Cure’
  At the end of his career, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer has reached a painful conclusion: “I believe,” he wrote in a letter, “I owe the gay community an apology.”
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• newNew Details Are Released in Shooting of Trayvon Martin
  Documents made public by the special prosecutor in the Florida case describe an attempt to revive the 17-year-old victim and injuries to George Zimmerman, the gunman.
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• newPentagon Study Says China Military Getting Stronger
  The annual appraisal of China’s military modernization also suggests Beijing leaders want to project power while avoiding confrontation with neighbors and the United States.
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:37pm -
• newHewlett-Packard to Cut About 30,000 Jobs
  The tech giant will refocus on product development and sales, executives say, and operations in China will most likely be spared.
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:31pm -

• newWith Little to Lose, Many Greeks Shrug Off Dire Warnings
  Pronouncements about the consequences of leaving the euro seem to be falling on increasingly deaf ears.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:49am -

Reuters - Videos

newBreakingviews: When markets slow, where to go?

Breakingviews: When markets slow, where to go?
Breakingviews: When markets slow, where to go?May 17 - Worried about the world falling apart? Park your hard-earned cash in Asian sovereign debt, says Reuters Breakingview's Wayne Arnold.From:ReutersVideoViews:59 3ratingsTime:03:31Mo…
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newBreakingviews: Europe could save itself from a Greek exit

Breakingviews: Europe could save itself from a Greek exit
Breakingviews: Europe could save itself from a Greek exitMay 14 - The euro zone needs a plan B for a Greek exit, but that may be too much for its leaders to stomach, says Breakingviews Hugo Dixon.From:ReutersVideoViews:223 5ratingsTime…
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Breakingviews: Exxon gets the jitters

Breakingviews: Exxon gets the jitters
Breakingviews: Exxon gets the jittersMay 17 - Antony Currie and Christopher Swann discuss the oil giant's attempts to fend off shareholder ire at CEO Rex Tillerson's $35 mln pay package.From:ReutersVideoViews:144 1ratingsTime:03:21Mo…
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Breakingviews: New French cabinet won't scare the horses

Breakingviews: New French cabinet won't scare the horses
Breakingviews: New French cabinet won't scare the horsesMay 17 - Chris Hughes of Breakingviews says French politicians will toe the line on Europe, but the question is whether president Francois Hollande's new cabinet will tackle reform at home.…
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US Headlines

• newPa. art collection completes controversial move
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see.
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• newTexas high court orders state to pay ex-inmate $2M
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned.
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• newCDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
  ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health officials want all baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C.
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• newMental health an issue near end of stabbings trial
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A psychologist says a lack of empathy shown by a Michigan serial stabbing suspect when discussing victims is a key factor in his belief that the man is criminally responsible for his actions.
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• newGeorgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria
  ATLANTA (AP) — Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this."
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:18am -
• newJury begins deliberations in John Edwards case
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A jury started weighing Friday morning whether John Edwards committed a crime when money from two wealthy donors was used to hide his pregnant mistress during the candidate's run for the 2008 White House.
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• newAPNewsBreak: 1 arrested in Miss. highway shootings
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings in Mississippi that prompted warnings a fake officer might be pulling over victims.
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• newMcNamee: Some items in beer can not from Clemens
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian McNamee testified Friday that some of the medical evidence he saved in a beer can was not used on former pitcher Roger Clemens.
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• newNurses' pre-NATO rally expected to draw thousands
  CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of nurses and other protesters planned to rally at a downtown Chicago plaza Friday ahead of a two-day NATO summit and as a prelude to a much larger demonstration expected this weekend.
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• new9/11 families upset over ground zero museum delays
  NEW YORK (AP) — They were promised a place to mourn their loved ones, display their photographs and educate their children and the children of strangers about exactly what was lost on 9/11. But today, family members of those killed have no completi…
  - 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:29am -

Top Headlines

• newUK surveillance program could expose private lives
  LONDON (AP) — British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."
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• newFacebook stock up slightly in public debut
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is trading up 8 percent Friday, as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon.
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• newDiplomats: Nuclear agency chief to visit Tehran
  VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume probing Iran's disputed nuclear program, the agency and diplomats said Friday.
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:31am -
• newGeorgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria
  ATLANTA (AP) — Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this."
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:18am -
• newUS stocks edge lower on Europe worries
  It looks like it will take more than Facebook's initial public offering to push stocks up.
  - 9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:03am -
• newMalawi's president vows to repeal gay ban
  BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution.
  - 9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:52am -
• newEuropean financial woes push markets lower
  LONDON (AP) — Concerns that Europe's debt crisis could drag down parts of the continent's banking system rattled global markets on Friday, while the IPO of social network Facebook failed to buoy spirits on Wall Street.
  - 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:09am -

US Headlines

• newPa. art collection completes controversial move
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:09pm -
• newTexas high court orders state to pay ex-inmate $2M
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:07pm -
• newCDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
  ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health officials want all baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:02pm -
• newMental health an issue near end of stabbings trial
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A psychologist says a lack of empathy shown by a Michigan serial stabbing suspect when discussing victims is a key factor in his belief that the man is criminally responsible for his actions.
  - 6 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:03am -
• newGeorgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria
  ATLANTA (AP) — Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this."
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:18am -
• newJury begins deliberations in John Edwards case
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A jury started weighing Friday morning whether John Edwards committed a crime when money from two wealthy donors was used to hide his pregnant mistress during the candidate's run for the 2008 White House.
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:03am -
• newAPNewsBreak: 1 arrested in Miss. highway shootings
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings in Mississippi that prompted warnings a fake officer might be pulling over victims.
  - 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:05am -

World Headlines

• newUK surveillance program could expose private lives
  LONDON (AP) — British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:56am -
• newDiplomats: Nuclear agency chief to visit Tehran
  VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume probing Iran's disputed nuclear program, the agency and diplomats said Friday.
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:31am -
• newMalawi's president vows to repeal gay ban
  BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution.
  - 9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:52am -
• newPutin gives top job to tank factory worker
  MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Friday gave a senior government post to a tank factory worker who had offered to come to Moscow with fellow laborers to disperse opposition protests.
  - 10 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:29am -
• newLargest protests yet in Syrian city of Aleppo
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands rallying Friday in Aleppo in what activists said was the largest protest yet in a city that has largely remained loyal to President Bashar Assad during th…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:46am -
• newSpanish stocks focus of investor concern
  MADRID (AP) — The level of bad loans on the books of Spain's banks has risen to an 18-year high, the country's central banker reported Friday, increasing concern for the stability of Spain's financial sector and the country's place in the fragile e…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:43am -
• newFrench autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
  LONDON (AP) — In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with psychol…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:37am -

Politics

• newTHE RACE: Obama, Romney working to stay on message
  President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are being buffeted by crosswinds as Obama fights to keep his job and Romney works to wrest it from him. Both know where they want to go, but getting there is something else.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:35pm -
• newOnce an Obama coup, Indiana less a battleground
  GARY, Ind. (AP) — Barack Obama was the first Democrat in 44 years to win Indiana in the 2008 presidential election, but the state is hardly a lock for him again.
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• newRomney releases first general election TV ad
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's first general-election TV commercial promises he would introduce tax cuts and approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline on the first day of his presidency.
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• newHouse OKs indefinite definition of terror suspects
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Friday endorsed the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even for U.S. citizens seized on American soil.
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• newEarly political spats suggest nothing off-limits
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama's birt…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:31am -
• Romney's April money suggests GOP rallying for him
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney and his Republican Party raised $40 million in April, an unexpectedly strong haul in the first month of the general campaign that illustrates enthusiasm within the GOP and threatens President Barack Obama's overwhelmin…
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• AP Interview: Walker not afraid to lose recall
  HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he's not afraid to lose the historic recall election he faces in less than three weeks, but if he wins he intends to govern in a more inclusive, consensus-building way.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 4:54pm -

Business

• newUnemployment rates fall in two-thirds of US states
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country.
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• newFACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public
  It's Facebook's big day.
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• newUS stocks edge lower on Europe worries
  It looks like it will take more than Facebook's initial public offering to push stocks up.
  - 9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:03am -
• newReport: HSBC says regulations may prompt UK exit
  LONDON (AP) — HSBC may decide to sell its U.K. retail banking operations, depending on the impact of yet to be announced new banking regulations, published reports say.
  - 10 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:46am -
• newEuropean financial woes push markets lower
  LONDON (AP) — Concerns that Europe's debt crisis could drag down parts of the continent's banking system rattled global markets on Friday, while the IPO of social network Facebook failed to buoy spirits on Wall Street.
  - 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:09am -
• newSpanish stocks focus of investor concern
  MADRID (AP) — The level of bad loans on the books of Spain's banks has risen to an 18-year high, the country's central banker reported Friday, increasing concern for the stability of Spain's financial sector and the country's place in the fragile e…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:43am -
• newFACEBOOK FACE-OFF: Steer clear of the hype
  NEW YORK (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — Facebook begins selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. Two Associated Press business writers are debating whether the stock is a smart buy.
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:04am -

Technology

• newA debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut?
  EDITOR'S NOTE — Facebook begins selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. Two Associated Press business writers are debating whether the stock is a smart buy.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:07pm -
• newFacebook stock up slightly in public debut
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is trading up 8 percent Friday, as investors seek to put a dollar value on the company that turned online social networking into a global cultural phenomenon.
  - 6 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:38am -
• newYahoo's new boss revamps recently created division
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo's new boss is reorganizing a consumer-commerce division created by recently dispatched CEO Scott Thompson.
  - 22 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:24pm -
• Reports: HP poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets, according to reports published Thursday.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:39pm -
• Brazil judge sentences Twitter user
  SAO PAULO (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former law student to 17 months in prison for using Twitter to incite prejudice and discrimination against people from Brazil's impoverished northeast.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 2:59pm -
• As Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'
  NEW YORK (AP) — Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 1:47pm -
• Comcast to start charging heavy downloaders extra
  NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 1:32pm -

Sports

• newHeat shut down after Indy meltdown; scrap practice
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Miami Heat canceled practice and their media availability one day after a blowout loss in Game 3 to the Pacers.
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• newCubs P Kerry Wood plans to retire
  CHICAGO (AP) — Kerry Wood, who electrified baseball with a 20-strikeout game as a rookie in 1998 and then became a reliever after his career was slowed by injuries, is expected to retire after pitching one more time for the Chicago Cubs.
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• newI'll Have Another takes aim at Preakness win
  BALTIMORE (AP) — No one is loving the run up to Saturday's Preakness more than Doug O'Neill.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:55am -
• newChelsea plays for high stakes in Champions League
  MUNICH (AP) — Chelsea is playing for a place in European soccer history as well as next season's competition when it meets Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
  - 6 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:04am -
• newLakers' Blake, wife target of attacks on Twitter
  NEW YORK (AP) — Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife have been attacked online since he missed a possible game-winning 3-pointer against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal.
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• newBurn it like Beckham: the Olympic flame
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — David Beckham wants two things: the flame to burn right and a spot on Britain's Olympic team.
  - 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:34am -
• newLA Kings beat Phoenix, move to brink of Cup final
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a team that hadn't trailed in a game since last month, the Los Angeles Kings were awfully good at playing from behind.
  - 13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:53am -

Entertainment

• newPa. art collection completes controversial move
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:09pm -
• newChaka Khan to perform Houston tribute at Apollo
  NEW YORK (AP) — Grammy award-winning singer Chaka Khan will perform a tribute to the late Whitney Houston at the Apollo Theater's gala and awards ceremony.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:52am -
• newCannes entry 'Paradise: Love' looks at sex tourism
  CANNES, France (AP) — There's sun, sand and sex in Cannes Film Festival entry "Paradise: Love" — and they add up to a grim and unsettling holiday movie.
  - 6 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:51am -
• newImprisoned star of 'Reality' impresses at Cannes
  CANNES, France (AP) — The breakout performance at the Cannes Film Festival this year is Aniello Arena's turn as a Naples fishmonger who becomes obsessed with appearing on a "Big Brother"-style TV show in "Reality."
  - 10 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:18am -
• newKanye West to debut short film at Cannes festival
  CANNES, France (AP) — Kanye West will debut a short film titled "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival.
  - 12 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:42am -
• newDisco Queen Donna Summer endured after era faded
  Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco.
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:32am -
• newIn 'Moonrise Kingdom,' Wes Anderson relocates
  CANNES, France (AP) — In Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," the famously meticulous director takes his fastidiously fashioned world and flings it into the woods.
  - 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:13am -

Health

• newAll baby boomers should get hepatitis C test: CDC
  (Reuters) - All baby boomers should be tested at least once for the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, according to proposed guidelines from U.S. health officials released on Friday. The often undiagnosed virus is contracted through contact with blo…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:07pm -
• newCDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
  U.S. health officials want all baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:05pm -
• newHealth Tip: Log Migraine Details in a Diary
  (HealthDay News) -- Tracking your migraines can better prepare you to prevent or treat these often-debilitating headaches.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:04pm -
• new'Bad' Fat May Hurt Brain Function Over Time
  FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women who eat a lot of "bad" saturated fat may hurt their overall brain function and memory over time, Harvard University researchers report.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:04pm -
• newFrom One Generation to the Next, Dental Care Changes
  FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Stephanie Crowe, a mother of three from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., still remembers dreading a visit to the dentist as a young girl. It was often a painful experience, and her family's dentist showed little empathy to h…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:04pm -
• newMilitary Marriages Stay Strong in Face of Challenges: Study
  FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Despite being tested by long hours and frequent relocations and separations, military marriages are no more likely to end in divorce than civilian marriages, a new study shows.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:04pm -
• newHealth Highlights: May 18, 2012
  Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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Environment

• newApple to use only green power for main data center
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to power its main U.S. data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:42pm -
• newChina cries foul after U.S. sets tariffs on solar imports
  (Reuters) - The United States imposed punitive tariffs on solar panel imports from China, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two biggest economies and sparking accusations by Beijing of protectionism.
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:23am -
• newAnalysis: Germany's Merkel losing green battle to cheap coal
  LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020.
  - 8 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:43am -
• newOklahoma park accused of letting kids play with tigers
  OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The Humane Society of the United States is accusing an Oklahoma exotic animal park of allowing children to handle and pose for photographs with juvenile tigers in what they called "a petting zoo for carnivores."
  - 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:37am -
• newBrazil probes oil leak reports, finds nothing
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras, its navy, and oil industry regulators rushed to investigate multiple reports of an oil leak from an offshore field on Thursday, but said they found no signs of oil in the water.
  - 15 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:18am -
• newWinds, low humidity bedevil Arizona, Colorado firefighters
  PHOENIX (Reuters) - Firefighters struggled against strong winds on Thursday to halt the advance of Arizona wildfires that have charred more than 30 square miles (78 square km) of dry ponderosa forest, brush and grass, and a blaze in nearby Colorado s…
  - 16 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:33am -
• Denmark aims low with green energy policy
  SAMSO, Denmark (Reuters) - Over a beer or two, Danes like to tell a story that goes like this: One night the energy ministers of the countries around the North Sea got together to divide up its oil and gas wealth. The Danish minister got very drunk,…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 1:16pm -

Lifestyle

• newItalian university switches to English for success
  MILAN (Reuters) - Italians do it better. At least that's what the T-shirts say. The problem is in what language?
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:39pm -
• newCloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S....
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:01pm -
• newSorkin says Jobs movie won't be straight biography
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin hasn't yet figured out how to put the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on the silver screen, but he is certain it's not going to be a straightforward...
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:47pm -
• newTravel Picks: Top 10 graduate destinations
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - You're in the final phase of revision before exams and the glorious release from academia. Soon it will be time for graduates to celebrate the successful completion of their...
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:46pm -
• newTravel Postcard: 48 hours in Hatay, Turkey
  HATAY, Turkey (Reuters) - With thousands of refugees now taking shelter in Hatay after fleeing violence just across the border in their Syrian homeland, Turkey's panhandle province has been in the...
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:17pm -
• newKenya's 2012 tourism earnings to dip on euro crisis, attacks
  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's white sandy beaches look set to have fewer visitor footprints meandering over them this year.
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:10pm -
• newFiat's Elkann gets behind the wheel for Mille Miglia
  BRESCIA, Italy (Reuters) - John Elkann, the media-shy chairman of one of the world's biggest car companies, got behind the wheel and demonstrated his driving skills on Thursday in Italy's legendary...
  - 10 hours ago, 18 May 12, 7:06am -

Oddly Enough News

• newPresidential penis portrait riles S.Africa's ANC
  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption.
  - 4 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:25pm -
• new'Psychic' pig to make Euro tips
  KIEV (Reuters) - A psychic pig is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland.
  - 6 hours ago, 18 May 12, 11:16am -
• newU.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer robbed again
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington, a court spokeswoman said…
  - 20 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:47pm -
• Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry
  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 4:20pm -
• Fugitive penguin 337 spotted alive in Tokyo Bay
  TOKYO (Reuters) - After Penguin Number 337 made a daring bid for freedom from a Tokyo aquarium and vanished into the waters of Tokyo Bay two months ago, many feared the worst for the adventurous feathered fugitive.
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 12, 2:14am -
• Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum
  AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man who tried to smuggle heroin into the United States concealed in his rectum was caught by U.S. officials - with the help of a drug-sniffer dog named Malone - as he walked across the border from Mexico.
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 7:45pm -
• Paris exotic dancers strike, say wages "miserable"
  PARIS (Reuters) - Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 4:39pm -

The Economist - Briefings

• Energy in India: The future is black
  STAB a finger at the middle of a map of India and you will hit Nagpur. Some 20 miles (32 kilometres) north-west of the city is a sloping tunnel bored into the rock. Ride two miles down into the gloom, hanging from a wire, and afte…
  - 19 Jan 12, 4:07pm -
• Natural disasters: Counting the cost of calamities
  THE world’s industrial supply chains were only just recovering from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami in March when a natural disaster severed them again in October. An unusually heavy monsoon season swelled rivers and overwhelme…
  - 12 Jan 12, 4:04pm -
• The semiconductor industry: Space invaders
  LAS VEGAS is a city of fast bucks, fast food and fast marriages. It could also be the place where a long war was declared. On January 10th Paul Otellini, the boss of Intel, will address the International Consumer Electronics Show…
  - 5 Jan 12, 4:00pm -
• Heterodox economics: Marginal revolutionaries
  POINT UDALL on St Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands, is a far-flung, wind-whipped spot. You cannot travel farther east without leaving the United States. Visitors can pose next to a stone sundial commemorating America’s first…
  - 28 Dec 11, 4:03pm -
• Lessons of the 1930s: There could be trouble ahead
  “YOU’RE right, we did it,” Ben Bernanke told Milton Friedman in a speech celebrating the Nobel laureate’s 90th birthday in 2002. He was referring to Mr Friedman’s conclusion that central bankers were responsible for much…
  - 8 Dec 11, 4:17pm -
• Africa’s hopeful economies: The sun shines bright
  HER $3 billion fortune makes Oprah Winfrey the wealthiest black person in America, a position she has held for years. But she is no longer the richest black person in the world. That honour now goes to Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian…
  - 1 Dec 11, 4:06pm -
• The euro: Beware of falling masonry
  FIRST Greece; then Ireland and Portugal; then Italy and Spain. Month by month, the crisis in the euro area has crept from the vulnerable periphery of the currency zone towards its core, helped by denial, misdiagnosis and procrasti…
  - 24 Nov 11, 9:32am -

The Economist - Europe

• Ireland’s referendum: The ayes have it?
  ENDA KENNY, Ireland’s prime minister, has already lost one referendum on constitutional change. He is now trying to avoid a second loss, in a referendum on the European fiscal compact on May 31st. Fears that the Irish might use the chance to vote a…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• The French president: The waterproof Mr Hollande
  Après Sarkozy, le déluge FIRST he got soaked in heavy rain when parading in an open-topped car. Then his plane was struck by lightning just after take-off, forcing him to return to Paris and get another. François Hollande, who w…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• German politics: Rebuffed on the Rhine
  Merkel under fire ANGELA MERKEL does not indulge in melodrama. So when the German chancellor speaks of a “bitter day” and a “painful defeat”, the bitterness and pain are real. On May 13th her Christian Democratic Union (CDU…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• Poland’s slowing economy: Set the eagle free
  POLAND’S new national stadium is a symbol of optimism. The firm that built it is as German as it is Polish. Germany’s football team is also a symbol: two of its best players are as Polish as they are German. In economics, Poles and Germans get al…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• Charlemagne: Angela’s new partner
  THE Merkozy era is over. So how to label the partnership of Angela Merkel and François Hollande? Merging first names to make Frangela is too familiar for leaders who barely know each other. Homer is too American (or worse, Greek)…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• The euro-zone economy: North and south
  STRICKEN by fears of a looming Greek exit, the euro zone has at least dodged a double-dip recession. Yet GDP stagnated in the first quarter, after a fall late last year. And that uninspiring outcome, which leaves output unchanged on a year ago, owed…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 10:17am -
• Greece’s political crisis: Fiddling while Athens burns
  PITY Karolos Papoulias, the 82-year-old president who has been trying to persuade Greece’s fractious political leaders to form a national-unity government after the election on May 6th failed to produce a clear winner. Mr Papoul…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 9:32am -

The Economist - Special Reports

• Big data: Crunching the numbers
  A BIG BANK hires a star analyst from another firm, promising to pay a substantial bonus if the new hire increases revenue or cuts costs. In banking this happens all the time, but this deal differs from the rest in one small detail…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• Wealth management: Private pursuits
  “STRATEGICALLY, I THINK in terms of millionaires and billionaires,” says Jürg Zeltner, the head of wealth management at UBS, a Swiss bank. It is a claim that many big banks would like to make about their clients. Few can. Wit…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• Retail renaissance
  “IF YOUR BANK could start over, this is what it would be,” trumpeted the marketing campaign for the launch in 1999 of Wingspan, an internet bank. The following year the bank was gone. In September 2000, a few months after the…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• Mobile payments: A wealth of wallets
  TURN LEFT OFF the main reception to PayPal’s offices in San Jose, open a nondescript door and you step into a garish living room dominated by a flat-screen television. This is a laboratory for what PayPal calls “couch commerce…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• Branches: Withering away
  A HUGE GLOWING wall blinks blue and red at the torrent of commuters as they flow up the escalators and into the halls of Orchard Road station, one of the busiest on Singapore’s transit system. As they pass the wall it spews out…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• Spain: Dispatches from the hothouse
  BETWEEN A RANGE of arid hills and the encroaching metropolis of Madrid stands an oasis with hundreds of ancient olive trees dotted all over it. A cluster of bright, modern buildings sits alongside a green golf course in a valley.…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• Winners and losers: World, here we come
  ALMOST TWO DECADES ago Bill Gates, one of the founders of Microsoft, famously dismissed retail banks as “dinosaurs”. Conservative bankers regularly trot out this anecdote to show that it is naive to expect rapid change in such…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -

Sweden News

• newSenators captain Daniel Alfredsson not sure he'll play on - Montreal Gazette
  24 Hours VancouverSenators captain Daniel Alfredsson not sure he'll play onMontreal GazetteCzech Republic 4, SWEDEN 3 With Sweden's 4-3 loss to the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals of the world championships on Thursday, fans of the Ottawa Senato…
  - 52 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:24pm -
• newSwedes boosted by gloom boom: Cannes Daily Spotlight 2012: Swedish Cinema - Chicago Tribune
  Swedes boosted by gloom boom: Cannes Daily Spotlight 2012: Swedish CinemaChicago TribuneThe global success of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy and their movie adaptations has transformed the image of Sweden in the eyes of the world. No longer just…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:13pm -
• newBronze-Age 'Facebook' Stone Conveyed 'Likes' - Discovery News
  Cambridge NewsBronze-Age 'Facebook' Stone Conveyed 'Likes'Discovery NewsA Bronze Age version of Facebook has emerged from granite rocks in Russia and northern Sweden, revealing a thousands-of-years-old timeline filled with an archaic version of the F…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:11pm -
• newSweden: 2 detained in Uzbek critic shooting case - KENS 5 TV
  Sweden: 2 detained in Uzbek critic shooting caseKENS 5 TVAP STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish court has ordered the detention of two people suspected of involvement in the shooting of an Uzbek imam who fled his homeland after criticizing the country's gov…
  - 4 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:07pm -
• newSweden tipped for Eurovision success - BBC News
  BBC NewsSweden tipped for Eurovision successBBC NewsSweden is being tipped as favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest, which gets under way in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week. Singer Loreen, 28, will sing club track Euphoria in the semi-finals early…
  - 6 hours ago, 18 May 12, 10:55am -
• newHockey world championship: US, Canada, Sweden eliminated in quarterfinals - Detroit Free Press
  The Ann Arbor News - MLive.comHockey world championship: US, Canada, Sweden eliminated in quarterfinalsDetroit Free PressWings Henrik Zetterberg and Jonathan Ericsson both scored for Sweden. Zetterberg also had an assist, as did Wings teammate Johan…
  - 11 hours ago, 18 May 12, 6:32am -
• newBofors scam: Sweden not asked to verify claims made by Sten Lindstrom, says MP ... - India Today
  India TodayBofors scam: Sweden not asked to verify claims made by Sten Lindstrom, says MP ...India TodayThe Congress has shut the door so firmly on the Bofors controversy that the government sees no need to contact Sweden on the revelations made last…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:43am -
• newUS, Canada, Sweden ousted at hockey worlds - The Seattle Times
  Toronto StarUS, Canada, Sweden ousted at hockey worldsThe Seattle TimesIn Stockholm, Milan Michalek scored in the final minute to give the Czech Republic a 4-3 victory over Sweden, and Alex Ovechkin scored in his first game of the tournament to help…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:38am -
• A Murder Trial in Sweden, With Echoes of Norway - New York Times
  New York TimesA Murder Trial in Sweden, With Echoes of NorwayNew York TimesMALMO, Sweden — With echoes of the massacre reverberating from neighboring Norway, a trial has started here of a man charged with killing three people and the attempted murd…
  - 3 days ago, 16 May 12, 12:13am -
• Sweden Borg: Should Seek Unanimous Decision On EU Capital Rules - Wall Street Journal
  CBC.caSweden Borg: Should Seek Unanimous Decision On EU Capital RulesWall Street JournalThe Dutch and Swedes are key players in the debate on the Basel III capital rules. Danish economics minister Margrethe Vestager, whose country holds the rotating…
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 8:10am -

Denmark News

• newEuro 2012: Anders Lindegaard a doubt for Denmark - Daily Mail
  Goal.comEuro 2012: Anders Lindegaard a doubt for DenmarkDaily MailBy Sportsmail Reporter Manchester United goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard has been left sweating on his Euro 2012 place after Denmark coach Morten Olsen failed to name a full 23-man squad.…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:52pm -
• newDenmark-Based Civilian Donates to Mile II - AllAfrica.com
  Denmark-Based Civilian Donates to Mile IIAllAfrica.comBy Omar Wally, 18 May 2012 Sulayman Junkung Sawaneh, a Gambian based in Denmark Wednesday donated glasses, blood pressure machine, scissors and thermometer to the inmates of Mile II State Central…
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:04pm -
• newBacteria alive (more or less) in 86-million-year-old seabed clay - Phys.Org
  msnbc.comBacteria alive (more or less) in 86-million-year-old seabed clayPhys.Org(Phys.org) -- A new study by scientists from Denmark and Germany has found live bacteria trapped in red clay deposited on the ocean floor some 86 million years ago. The…
  - 8 hours ago, 18 May 12, 9:06am -
• newDenmark Secures Olympic Berth On Day 5 Of 2012 470 World Championships - International Sailing Federation
  International Sailing FederationDenmark Secures Olympic Berth On Day 5 Of 2012 470 World ChampionshipsInternational Sailing FederationA glory day for Denmark's Henriette Koch and Lene Sommer who, subject to ISAF ratification, left the venue with Olym…
  - 9 hours ago, 18 May 12, 8:39am -
• newAgilent to buy diagnostics co. Dako for $2.2B - BusinessWeek
  RTT NewsAgilent to buy diagnostics co. Dako for $2.2BBusinessWeekAgilent Technologies Inc. said Thursday that it is buying Dako, a Denmark-based cancer diagnostic company, for about $2.2 billion to help it develop a wider range of cancer-fighting pro…
  - 13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:43am -
• new2012 Denmark Festival of Voice to Push through this June - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
  2012 Denmark Festival of Voice to Push through this JuneSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)Denmark, Western Australia (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 The Festival Manager of the 2012 Denmark Festival of Voice has announced that the annual event in Denmark w…
  - 13 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:09am -
• newDenmark's Lars Bak celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 12th ... - Herald Sun
  Brisbane TimesDenmark's Lars Bak celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 12th ...Herald SunSPANIARD Joaquim Rodriguez retained the Tour of Italy race leader's pink jersey after the 12th stage, won by Danish rider Lars Bak. Bak finished 11…
  - 21 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:33pm -
• newTwo Denmark hotels certified by Green Globe - eTurboNews
  eTurboNewsTwo Denmark hotels certified by Green GlobeeTurboNewsThese hotels located in Copenhagen, Denmark, are the first two of seven properties of the Hotel Guldsmeden Group to be certified for their sustainability achievements. Guldsmeden hotels o…
  - 22 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:17pm -
• Denmark aims low with green energy policy - Chicago Tribune
  Denmark aims low with green energy policyChicago TribuneSAMSO, Denmark (Reuters) - Over a beer or two, Danes like to tell a story that goes like this: One night the energy ministers of the countries around the North Sea got together to divide up its…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 10:28am -
• Denmark aims low with green energy policy - Reuters
  Denmark aims low with green energy policyReutersBy Barbara Lewis | SAMSO, Denmark (Reuters) - Over a beer or two, Danes like to tell a story that goes like this: One night the energy ministers of the countries around the North Sea got together to div…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 10:02am -

Google News

• newTHE RACE: Obama, Romney working to stay on message - Seattle Post Intelligencer
  The Associated PressTHE RACE: Obama, Romney working to stay on messageSeattle Post IntelligencerTOM RAUM, AP President Barack Obama speaks at the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Friday, May…
  - 38 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:38pm -
• newFACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public - BusinessWeek
  CTV.caFACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes publicBusinessWeekBy AP The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut in…
  - 39 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:37pm -
• newJeremiah Wright on President Obama's faith - Fox News
  New York TimesJeremiah Wright on President Obama's faithFox NewsThis is a rush transcript from "Hannity," May 17, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: And welcome to "Hannity" now. Earlier today, a new…
  - 43 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:33pm -
• newUN Nuclear Watchdog Chief to Visit Tehran - Voice of America
  Voice of AmericaUN Nuclear Watchdog Chief to Visit TehranVoice of AmericaThe United Nations' top nuclear official will travel to Tehran on Sunday for talks with senior Iranian officials as speculation mounts about a possible breakthrough on Iran's co…
  - 49 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:27pm -
• newColo. Hewett wildfire grows to 7300 acres - CBS News
  Boston.comColo. Hewett wildfire grows to 7300 acresCBS News(CBS/AP) FORT COLLINS, Colo. - More firefighters are heading to a fire that has burned across more than 11 square miles in northern Colorado and is approaching a reservoir for the city of Gre…
  - 59 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:17pm -
• newJury gets case in John Edwards trial - Politico
  Telegraph.co.ukJury gets case in John Edwards trialPoliticoGREENSBORO, NC — The jury in the federal trial of former Sen. John Edwards began deliberating Friday morning, taking up the charges the former presidential candidate faces on money paid to…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:13pm -
• newTrayvon Martin and George Zimmerman: A portrait of the Retreat - Los Angeles Times
  Telegraph.co.ukTrayvon Martin and George Zimmerman: A portrait of the RetreatLos Angeles TimesBy Richard Fausset If you were living in the gated Florida town house community called the Retreat at Twin Lakes last February, chances are you received a c…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:08pm -
• newShooting suspect arrested in Mississippi highway slayings - CNN International
  New York Daily NewsShooting suspect arrested in Mississippi highway slayingsCNN InternationalBy the CNN Wire Staff James D. Willie, 28, of Sardis, Mississippi, was arrested Tuesday on an unrelated charge, police say. (CNN) -- The suspect in the shoot…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:05pm -
• newSebelius quotes Kennedy - Politico
  ABC NewsSebelius quotes KennedyPoliticoUnder fire for requiring employers to provide contraceptives to their employees, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Friday cited John F. Kennedy's vision of America, “where no religious body” imposes its wil…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:56pm -
• newGlobal leaders seek to corral Europe crisis - New York Daily News
  New York Daily NewsGlobal leaders seek to corral Europe crisisNew York Daily NewsWASHINGTON — The leaders of eight of the world's biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, seeking to keep Europe's debt crisis from spiraling out of con…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:54pm -