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• 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.
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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.
  - 44 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:27am -
• newJoe Ricketts Rejects Plan to Finance Anti-Obama Ads
  Word that Joe Ricketts had considered bankrolling advertisements invoking the incendiary race-infused statements of President Obama’s former pastor drew wide denunciation.
  - 44 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:27am -
• newNews Analysis: A Greek Exit? Euro Zone May Be Ready
  Years of foot-dragging and brinkmanship have prepared the currency union for life without Greece.
  - 45 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:26am -
• newCatalog of Wounded in Afghan War Could Be Model
  Col. Michael D. Wirt’s database of injuries and treatment in his corner of the Afghan war could be a model for improving care, but the military has yet to follow his example.
  - 45 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:26am -
• newEdwards Defense: Sin vs. Crime
  After hearing final arguments in John Edwards’s federal corruption case, jurors were to begin deciding whether he is guilty of six counts of campaign fraud and conspiracy.
  - 52 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:19am -
• newDonna Summer, 1948-2012: Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dies at 63
  Ms. Summer was a five-time Grammy winner who became a superstar in the 1970s with hits like “Last Dance.”
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:10am -
• 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.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:10am -
• newRobert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Wife Struggled With Depression
  An autopsy on Mary Kennedy, whose body was found in a barn behind the family home in Bedford, N.Y., concluded that she had died from asphyxiation by hanging.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:05am -
• newMidtown Penthouse at One57 Sells for New York Record
  The sale of the duplex penthouse at One57 for more than $90 million broke the city’s previous record of $88 million.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:52am -

• newChasing a Soccer Dream All the Way to Brazil
  After graduating from Princeton, an American soccer player traveled to South America chasing his dream of becoming a professional player in one of the game’s hotbeds.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:43am -
• newAnger Rises After U.S.-Honduras Drug Sweep
  Residents of the isolated Mosquito Coast of Honduras have burned down government buildings and are demanding that American drug agents leave the area immediately.
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:34am -
• newSenate Confirms 2 Fed Board Nominees
  The Senate’s votes to approve Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell bring the seven-member Federal Reserve Board of Governors to full strength for the first time since 2006.
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:33am -
• newWhite House to Ease Ban on Investment in Myanmar
  The Obama administration will give American businesses far greater license to make investments in Myanmar, responding to the country’s political and economic opening over the last year.
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:19am -
• newDealBook: Facebook Raises $16 Billion in I.P.O.
  The initial public offering, priced at $38 a share, values Facebook at $104 billion, putting the social networking company on par with McDonald's, Citigroup and Amazon.com.
  - 4 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:55am -
• newDealBook: Dimon to Appear Before Senate Panel
  Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, will appear before a Senate Banking Committee hearing that will look at the bank's surprise trading loss.
  - 6 hours ago, 17 May 12, 11:41pm -

Reuters - Videos

newBreakingviews: 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:22 0ratingsTime:03:21Mor…
- 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:24pm -

newBreakingviews: 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.…
- 19 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:04am -

Breakingviews: Greek banks' rickety crutches

Breakingviews: Greek banks' rickety crutches
Breakingviews: Greek banks' rickety crutchesMay 16 - Greek banks are leaning on twin crutches - recapitalisation from bailout funds and emergency liquidity - that could easily be kicked away, says Reuters Breakingviews.From:ReutersVideoViews:…
- 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 12:13am -

Breakingviews: Germany's 'free lunch' economics

Breakingviews: Germany's 'free lunch' economics
Breakingviews: Germany's 'free lunch' economicsMay 15 - Strong technology and labour reforms keep making Germany richer but trade surpluses bring credit losses and political spats, says Breakingviews.From:ReutersVideoViews:140 8ratings…
- 1 day ago, 16 May 12, 8:43pm -

US Headlines

• newNews Guide: Questions on Trayvon case documents
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Officials on Thursday released nearly 200 pages of previously undisclosed documents in the Trayvon Martin fatal shooting case in which neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder.
  - 9 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:29pm -
• newRomney'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…
  - 12 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:55pm -
• newDocuments shed new light on Trayvon Martin killing
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin was shot through the heart at close range. George Zimmerman had a broken nose, bruises and bloody cuts on the back of his head.
  - 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:28pm -
• new6 shot, 3 dead, in west Louisville neighborhood
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Three people were killed Thursday after a chaotic shooting scene that had crowds running for cover in a crime-ridden section of Louisville.
  - 15 hours ago, 17 May 12, 2:35pm -
• newKy. weighed politics, medicine in inmate's surgery
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security, politics and even the possibility of inviting scorn from Fox News pundits.
  - 15 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:49pm -
• newColorado wildfire grows amid erratic wind gusts
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to combat a growing blaze that was scorching terrain around a scenic canyon in northern Colorado.
  - 21 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:55am -
• US eases economic sanctions to reward Myanmar
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in U.S. relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the first U.S. ambassador to the former pariah state in 22 years to reward it for democratic reforms.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:57am -
• Closing arguments in John Edwards corruption trial
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys hammered at the credibility of John Edwards and his once-trusted aide as arguments in his campaign corruption trial ended Thursday, leaving jurors to decide whether the presidential candidate's sex scandal cover…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:51am -
• McNamee admits his Clemens story changed over time
  WASHINGTON (AP) — During another seven grueling hours of cross-examination that frustrated all sides, Roger Clemens' accuser explained the evidence he kept in a beer can — and why his story about it has changed.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:39am -
• House OKs continued war in Afghanistan
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-weary after more than a decade of conflict.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:22am -

Top Headlines

• newFacebook's IPO one of world's largest
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:06am -
• newVan Halen postpones summer concert dates
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Van Halen is postponing some dates on its summer concert tour.
  - 7 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:40pm -
• newPacers pound Heat 94-75 in Game 3
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James grabbed a seat on Miami's bench, lowered his head and stared down at the floor.
  - 7 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:46pm -
• new'American Idol' down to final 2 singers
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "American Idol" finalist Joshua Ledet won't be belting it out on this season's final showdown.
  - 8 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:08pm -
• newDocuments shed new light on Trayvon Martin killing
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin was shot through the heart at close range. George Zimmerman had a broken nose, bruises and bloody cuts on the back of his head.
  - 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:28pm -
• newCommercial rocket will fly to the space station
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:32pm -
• newDisco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63
  NEW YORK (AP) — Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco.
  - 17 hours ago, 17 May 12, 12:28pm -

US Headlines

• newNews Guide: Questions on Trayvon case documents
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Officials on Thursday released nearly 200 pages of previously undisclosed documents in the Trayvon Martin fatal shooting case in which neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder.
  - 9 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:29pm -
• newRomney'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…
  - 12 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:55pm -
• newDocuments shed new light on Trayvon Martin killing
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin was shot through the heart at close range. George Zimmerman had a broken nose, bruises and bloody cuts on the back of his head.
  - 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:28pm -
• new6 shot, 3 dead, in west Louisville neighborhood
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Three people were killed Thursday after a chaotic shooting scene that had crowds running for cover in a crime-ridden section of Louisville.
  - 15 hours ago, 17 May 12, 2:35pm -
• newKy. weighed politics, medicine in inmate's surgery
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security, politics and even the possibility of inviting scorn from Fox News pundits.
  - 15 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:49pm -
• newColorado wildfire grows amid erratic wind gusts
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to combat a growing blaze that was scorching terrain around a scenic canyon in northern Colorado.
  - 21 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:55am -
• US eases economic sanctions to reward Myanmar
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in U.S. relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the first U.S. ambassador to the former pariah state in 22 years to reward it for democratic reforms.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:57am -

World Headlines

• newJudge delays Mladic trial due to evidence errors
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Thursday, possibly for months.
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:13pm -
• newEgypt: Owner of belly dancing TV station arrested
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a security official said.
  - 15 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:43pm -
• newFlood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border
  YIDA, South Sudan (AP) — First they ate leaves. Then they ate roots, soaked for five days and boiled until they were just edible. Now many have eaten the planting seed — and their future with it.
  - 17 hours ago, 17 May 12, 12:28pm -
• newS.Africa's ANC fumes over art ridiculing president
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's governing party said Thursday it will demand the removal of a painting from an exhibition by one of the nation's best-known artists that ridicules the party and the president with graphic and provocative imagery.
  - 17 hours ago, 17 May 12, 12:11pm -
• newGreek party most extreme of Europe's far right
  Twenty-one members of Golden Dawn were sworn into Greece's Parliament on Thursday, making it arguably the most far-right party to enter a European national legislature since Nazi-era Germany. Europe's financial crisis is changing the tone across the…
  - 17 hours ago, 17 May 12, 11:42am -
• newCuban president's daughter gets US visa
  HAVANA (AP) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm of criticism from Cuban-American politicians who called her an enemy of democracy and a shill for th…
  - 18 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:47am -
• newLife's a beach for civil servants at London Games
  LONDON (AP) — Tanned and toned Olympic athletes in skimpy outfits will be serving and spiking outside the prime minister's Downing Street home — but it's lower-ranked civil servants who will have the best view of beach volleyball at the London Ga…
  - 18 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:47am -

Politics

• newRomney'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…
  - 12 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:55pm -
• newAP 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.
  - 12 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:54pm -
• newBillionaire tied to Wright ad blitz a rising force
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealthy executive who considered and then dropped a proposal to revive controversy over the relationship between President Barack Obama and his former pastor is a rising conservative maverick with ties to the Chicago Cubs base…
  - 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:08pm -
• newRomney to run first general election TV ad
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he'll run his first TV ad of the general campaign in a couple of days.
  - 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:47pm -
• newObama's home-turf summits will test his leverage
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will find his diplomatic clout tested at twin summits on his own turf beginning Friday. The big global problems are the economic mess in Europe and finding scarce money to boost a postwar Afghanistan — and…
  - 15 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:57pm -
• newTHE RACE: Politics a factor in weekend summits
  President Barack Obama is taking a break from active campaigning for a few days to host back-to-back world summits. Yet U.S. presidential politics will be lurking just offstage at both.
  - 17 hours ago, 17 May 12, 12:07pm -
• newRomney denounces idea of Obama-Wright campaign ads
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney swiftly and firmly distanced himself Thursday from a group exploring plans to target President Barack Obama's relationship with a controversial former pastor. But the revival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a ca…
  - 20 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:39am -

Business

• newFacebook's IPO one of world's largest
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:06am -
• newAsia stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
  BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union.
  - 6 hours ago, 17 May 12, 11:05pm -
• newMoody's downgrades 16 Spanish banks
  Moody's Investors Service is downgrading the ratings of 16 Spanish banks because of the country's worsening financial picture.
  - 12 hours ago, 17 May 12, 5:23pm -
• newSenate confirms 2 Federal Reserve board nominees
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's two nominees to the Federal Reserve Board, bringing the seven-member board to full strength for the first time since April 2006.
  - 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:22pm -
• newGap 1Q profit flat but outlook bright, shares rise
  NEW YORK (AP) — Revenue gains at its Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic chains and online helped clothing seller Gap Inc. overcome rising costs and post first-quarter net income on Thursday that was unchanged from a year earlier.
  - 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:11pm -
• newUS gov't sets stiff tariffs on China solar panels
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration moved Thursday to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly flooding the U.S. market with government-subsidized products.
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:21pm -
• newAs Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'
  NEW YORK (AP) — Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.
  - 15 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:47pm -

Technology

• newFacebook's IPO one of world's largest
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:06am -
• 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.
  - 10 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:24pm -
• newReports: 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.
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:39pm -
• newBrazil 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.
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 2:59pm -
• newAs Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'
  NEW YORK (AP) — Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.
  - 15 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:47pm -
• newComcast 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.
  - 16 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:32pm -
• newBuffett's Berkshire to buy Media General papers
  NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett's company is making another foray into newspapers, agreeing to buy 63 newspapers from Media General Inc. for $142 million.
  - 21 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:41am -

Sports

• newSweet 16: Streaking Spurs go up 2-0 on Clippers
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker scored 22 points on his 30th birthday, Tim Duncan had 18 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the fading Los Angeles Clippers 105-88 on Thursday night, pushing their winning streak to 16 and taking a 2-0 lead in their Weste…
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:16am -
• newLA Kings beat Phoenix, move to brink of Cup final
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dwight King scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings rolled to the brink of their first Stanley Cup final in 19 years with a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyot…
  - 5 hours ago, 17 May 12, 11:42pm -
• newPacers pound Heat 94-75 in Game 3
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — LeBron James grabbed a seat on Miami's bench, lowered his head and stared down at the floor.
  - 7 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:46pm -
• new'11 Nelson runner-up Palmer leads with opening 64
  IRVING, Texas (AP) — Ryan Palmer has been thinking about redemption at the Byron Nelson Championship, and a chance at home to hold up that trophy.
  - 9 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:14pm -
• newSybase champion Pettersen loses in 1st round
  GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) — Defending champion Suzann Pettersen didn't last long at the Sybase Match Play Championship, and neither did three well-known Americans.
  - 12 hours ago, 17 May 12, 5:17pm -
• newSaints' Vilma sues Roger Goodell for defamation
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, claiming the league's top executive made false statements that tarnished Vilma's reputation and hindered his a…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:34pm -
• newSelig: Oakland move might be considered
  NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says it's up to Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athletics, and the Oakland owner maintains he's focused on San Jose rather than a move outside the B…
  - 16 hours ago, 17 May 12, 12:58pm -

Entertainment

• newFilipino Christian group protests Lady Gaga shows
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 70 Christian youths in the Philippines have chanted "Stop the Lady Gaga concerts" at a rally calling for the singer's shows in Manila next week to be canceled.
  - 5 hours ago, 17 May 12, 11:43pm -
• newVan Halen postpones summer concert dates
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Van Halen is postponing some dates on its summer concert tour.
  - 7 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:40pm -
• new'American Idol' down to final 2 singers
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "American Idol" finalist Joshua Ledet won't be belting it out on this season's final showdown.
  - 8 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:08pm -
• newProsecutors charge man with stalking Mila Kunis
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a man with stalking Mila Kunis and violating a restraining order that was issued after he broke into a vacant condo owned by the actress.
  - 10 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:12pm -
• newPavarotti manager Herbert Breslin dead at 87
  NEW YORK (AP) — Herbert Breslin, the hard-driving manager who helped propel Luciano Pavarotti to international fame during the 36 years they worked together, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 87.
  - 11 hours ago, 17 May 12, 6:03pm -
• newLarry King says talk show to resume this summer
  NEW YORK (AP) — Larry King said Thursday that his talk show will resume this summer on the new digital network Ora.TV, earlier than he or the network had anticipated.
  - 12 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:58pm -
• newTV's Joey Lawrence joins Chippendales for 3 weeks
  NEW YORK (AP) — Joey Lawrence is shedding his clothes: The actor has joined the male erotic dancing troupe Chippendales.
  - 13 hours ago, 17 May 12, 4:08pm -

Health

• newDrowning Is Leading Cause of Kids' Accidental Death: CDC
  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Drowning kills more American children 1 to 4 years old than any cause except birth defects, according to a new federal report.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:51am -
• newDiabetes Can Take a Toll on Your Emotions
  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Many people know diabetes -- both type 1 and type 2 -- can take a serious toll on physical health. But these blood-sugar disorders also can affect your emotions and, in turn, your emotions can wreak havoc on your…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:51am -
• newParents Often Lose Sleep Over Child's Epilepsy, Study Finds
  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of young children with epilepsy often sleep in the same room or the same bed as their child to monitor their condition, but the bed-sharing may be interfering with restful sleep for both the parents and ki…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:51am -
• newFDA Approves Generic Versions of Plavix
  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved generic versions of the blood thinner Plavix (clopidogrel), making the widely used medication more affordable for those patients who need it.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:51am -
• newGeneric Versions of Blood-Thinning Plavix Approved
  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- The first generic versions of the blood-thinning drug Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate) have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:51am -
• newLooking Away As You Get Needle <i>Does</i> Lower Pain, Study Shows
  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Averting your eyes when you're receiving a shot really may help reduce discomfort, new research suggests.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:51am -
• newOSHA's Safety Tests Protect Workers at Little Cost: Study
  THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Government's workplace safety inspections reduce on-the-job injuries and related costs without hurting company profits, a new U.S. study finds.
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:51am -

Environment

• 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."
  - 3 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.
  - 3 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…
  - 4 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:33am -
• 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.
  - 11 hours ago, 17 May 12, 6:17pm -
• newDenmark 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,…
  - 16 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:16pm -
• Rocky Mountain cave closure sought over bat disease
  SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The U.S. government is seeking to close caves in national forests in the Northern Rockies to stem the spread of white-nose bat syndrome, a disease that has killed an estimated 5.5 million bats in 19 states and is spreading w…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 3:01am -
• 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.
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 12, 2:14am -

Lifestyle

• newCalifornia area tops for weirdos, paychecks
  (Reuters) - The old joke that California's Bay Area is just like a bowl of granola because it is full of flakes and nuts may have to be tweaked slightly.
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:36am -
• newGreek winemakers see crisis as glass half-full
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greek winemakers are not pricing their wares in drachmas - yet.
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:30am -
• newFamily values ex-Nevada lawmaker appears in bikini for Maxim
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A former Nevada state Senator who ran on a Christian family values platform has posed in a bikini as a write-in candidate for the men's magazine Maxim's "Hot 100" contest.
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 12, 12:35am -
• 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...
  - 7 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:11pm -
• newPoe letter to "Mary Had a Little Lamb" author sells for $164,000
  LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A one-page 1837 letter from the writer Edgar Allan Poe to the editor of a popular women's magazine has been sold for $164,000 at auction.
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• newNotorious Belfast prison reinvented as distillery
  BELFAST (Reuters) - A notorious Belfast prison that held Irish Republican Army inmates during the worst of the city's sectarian strife is to be transformed into a Whiskey distillery as Northern...
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• newUK library acquires key early gospel for $14 million
  LONDON (Reuters) - A seventh century gospel discovered in a saint's coffin more than 900 years ago, and the oldest European book to survive fully intact, has been acquired by the British Library for...
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Oddly Enough News

• 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…
  - 8 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:47pm -
• newCanada 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.
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• 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.
  - 1 day 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.
  - 1 day 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 -
• Aussie shooter Mark squirms under "mankini" bet threat
  (Reuters) - Australian Olympic shooting gold medalist Russell Mark is set to parade in a lime-green "mankini" made famous by the movie character "Borat" at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics as the penalty for losing a bet.
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 4:23am -
• Man bitten by rattlesnake at Washington state Walmart
  SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand.
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 1:49am -

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…
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• 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

• newIreland’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…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newThe 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…
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• newGerman 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…
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• newPoland’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…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newCharlemagne: 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)…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newThe 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…
  - 19 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:17am -
• newGreece’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…
  - 20 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:32am -

The Economist - Special Reports

• newBig 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…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newWealth 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…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newRetail 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…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newMobile 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…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newBranches: 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…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newSpain: 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.…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -
• newWinners 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…
  - 14 hours ago, 17 May 12, 3:05pm -

Sweden News

• 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…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 3:43am -
• newIce hockey: Canada, US and Sweden eliminated by late goals - Reuters
  Toronto StarIce hockey: Canada, US and Sweden eliminated by late goalsReutersCanada were also packing their bags after going down 4-3 to Slovakia, and Sweden lost by the same score after a late Czech Republic goal in Stockholm ended their interest in…
  - 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:21am -
• newStars players eliminated at World Championship - ESPN (blog)
  Blackout DallasStars players eliminated at World ChampionshipESPN (blog)By Mark Stepneski | ESPNDallas.com All the Dallas Stars playing at the 2012 World Championship are now finished as the USA, Canada and Sweden were all eliminated in the quarterfi…
  - 8 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:25pm -
• new2012 IIHF World Championship: Nicklas Backstrom, Sweden Eliminated In ... - SB Nation
  IIHF2012 IIHF World Championship: Nicklas Backstrom, Sweden Eliminated In ...SB NationNicklas Backstrom and Sweden put together a strong group stage performance in the 2012 IIHF World Championship, taking out all of their competitors save for Russia…
  - 8 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:15pm -
• newVolkswagen Sweden Gets Punked - Techzone360
  The Local.seVolkswagen Sweden Gets PunkedTechzone360It appears that Fiat has played what is being called an “epic prank” on their rival, Volkswagen, placing a Fiat 500 outside of the entrance of Volkswagen Sweden just before Google Maps showed up…
  - 8 hours ago, 17 May 12, 9:11pm -
• newSweden: a spending reduction success story - Christian Science Monitor
  Christian Science MonitorSweden: a spending reduction success storyChristian Science MonitorBy Stefan Karlsson, Guest blogger / May 17, 2012 Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (R) shakes hands with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy…
  - 9 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:37pm -
• newApplied DNA Sciences smartDNA(R) System to Protect Against Copper Theft in Sweden - MarketWatch (press release)
  Applied DNA Sciences smartDNA(R) System to Protect Against Copper Theft in SwedenMarketWatch (press release)STONY BROOK, NY, May 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (OBB:APDN) announces that its smartDNA anti-theft system w…
  - 17 hours ago, 17 May 12, 12:37pm -
• 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…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 12:13am -
• Sweden Borg: Should Seek Unanimous Decision On EU Capital Rules - Wall Street Journal
  Globe and MailSweden 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 r…
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 12, 8:10am -
• Injured Elmander included in Sweden squad - Chicago Tribune
  Sportsnet.caInjured Elmander included in Sweden squadChicago TribuneSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Injured striker Johan Elmander was a surprise inclusion on Monday as Sweden coach Erik Hamren named his 23-man squad for Euro 2012. The Galatasary forward fract…
  - 3 days ago, 14 May 12, 7:14pm -

Denmark News

• newGenny Martin Nguyen -- Denmark - The Times and Democrat
  Genny Martin Nguyen -- DenmarkThe Times and DemocratA memorial service for Genny Martin Nguyen, 37, of 166 Leaf Catcher Road, Denmark, will be held at 3 pm Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, Orangeburg. She was born Sept. 4, 197…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:11am -
• 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…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:09am -
• newTiny Denmark faces up to three giants - Kyiv Post
  7M SPORTSTiny Denmark faces up to three giantsKyiv PostWhen Denmark was drawn in a group with Euro 2012 favorites Holland and Germany along with its qualifying nemesis Portugal in December, a somber mood came over the Danish delegation in Kyiv's Nati…
  - 8 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:53pm -
• newDenmark's Lars Bak celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 12th ... - Herald Sun
  The GuardianDenmark'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 s…
  - 9 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:33pm -
• newTEXT-S&P affirms Agilent Technologies ratings - Reuters
  The Deal PipelineTEXT-S&P affirms Agilent Technologies ratingsReutersOverview -- Agilent Technologies Inc. will acquire Denmark-based Dako A/S, a clinical diagnostic and research provider specializing in cancer, for $2.2 billion funded completely wit…
  - 9 hours ago, 17 May 12, 8:01pm -
• newDenmark donates $10m for legal aid - The Citizen Daily
  Daily NewsDenmark donates $10m for legal aidThe Citizen DailyThe government of Denmark has committed $10 million to the Legal Aid Facility, for the promotion of legal aid and paralegal activities in the country. Danish Ambassador to Tanzania Johnny F…
  - 9 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:43pm -
• 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…
  - 10 hours ago, 17 May 12, 7:17pm -
• newDenmark 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…
  - 19 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:28am -
• newDenmark 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…
  - 19 hours ago, 17 May 12, 10:02am -
• Bendtner, Eriksen named in Denmark squad - SI.com
  UEFA.comBendtner, Eriksen named in Denmark squadSI.comCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -Sunderland striker Nicklas Bendtner, Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen and Liverpool defender Daniel Agger have been called up to Denmark's squad for the European Champio…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 12, 3:10pm -

Google News

• newUS eases economic sanctions and names ambassador to Myanmar to reward reforms - Washington Post
  Telegraph.co.ukUS eases economic sanctions and names ambassador to Myanmar to reward reformsWashington PostWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in US relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the…
  - 54 mins ago, 18 May 12, 4:17am -
• newArea's Latino population surge - Pocono Record
  Sydney Morning HeraldArea's Latino population surgePocono RecordBy David Pierce A new US Census report ranking Monroe County with the third highest percentage of Latinos in Pennsylvania represents a "tipping point" for the area's Hispanic community,…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:10am -
• newFacebook's IPO one of world's largest - The Associated Press
  The Associated PressFacebook's IPO one of world's largestThe Associated PressBy BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer – 1 minute ago NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes"…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:08am -
• newCurt Schilling writes rubber check to R.I. - Boston Herald
  Globe and MailCurt Schilling writes rubber check to R.I.Boston HeraldBy Gary J. Remal Curt Schilling's 38 Studios stopped paying its workers this week as the video game company tried to make good on an overdue $1.1 million loan payment to Rhode Islan…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:05am -
• newHanging ruled cause of RFK Jr.'s wife's death - Boston Herald
  ABC NewsHanging ruled cause of RFK Jr.'s wife's deathBoston HeraldBy O'Ryan Johnson The medical examiner ruled yesterday that Mary Richardson Kennedy died from hanging, making her the latest member of the American dynasty to come to a tragic end. Mem…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:02am -
• newPolice: Zimmerman's encounter with Trayvon 'avoidable' - USA TODAY
  USA TODAYPolice: Zimmerman's encounter with Trayvon 'avoidable'USA TODAYBy Michael Winter, USA TODAY Florida prosecutors have released several hundred pages of evidence in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. A Sanford police officer wrote in h…
  - 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 4:00am -
• newMiami Heat is getting hot under the collar - MiamiHerald.com
  MiamiHerald.comMiami Heat is getting hot under the collarMiamiHerald.comDwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat walks up the court after missing a shot against the Indiana Pacers in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs at…
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:39am -
• newIn Nevada, rift divides state GOP, RNC - Politico
  PoliticoIn Nevada, rift divides state GOP, RNCPoliticoFed up with an inept and self-destructive GOP apparatus in Nevada, the Republican National Committee and the Mitt Romney campaign have decided to erect a “shadow state party” in this critical…
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 3:04am -
• newEdwards Defense Asks the Jury to Distinguish Sin From Crime - New York Times
  New York TimesEdwards Defense Asks the Jury to Distinguish Sin From CrimeNew York TimesGREENSBORO, NC — John Edwards has been a United States senator and a presidential candidate and has fathered five children. But this day was the most important d…
  - 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 2:57am -
• newResidents of 80 homes evacuated near growing wildfire in northern Colorado - Washington Post
  NewsdayResidents of 80 homes evacuated near growing wildfire in northern ColoradoWashington PostFORT COLLINS, Colo. — Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to combat a growing blaze that was scorching terrain around a scenic canyon in northern C…
  - 4 hours ago, 18 May 12, 1:15am -