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Tornado kills 7 in Mississippi: officialsReuters - - 2 hours ago BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A tornado nearly a mile wide ripped through central Mississippi on Saturday, killing seven people, trapping others in their homes and destroying many buildings, authorities said. Video: Raw Video: Aerials of Tornado Damaged Town
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Tornadoes tear through Southeast, killing 10 The Associated Press Goldman executives cheered housing market's decline, newly released e-mails showWashington Post - - 57 minutes ago As the US housing market started to slide, executives at the most legendary investment bank on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, were trading e-mails in which they cheered the declines, even when those declines meant some of their ... Goldman profited on shorts, emails show Financial Times Well beneath sunken US rig has serious oil leakReuters - - 1 hour ago HOUSTON (Reuters) - An oil well on the ocean floor beneath a drilling rig that exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico began spewing oil on Saturday, the US Coast Guard said. Video: Rain, Choppy Seas Halt Oil Rig Cleanup
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Despite Obstacles, Armenian Genocide Commemoration Events Held in Turkey
Armenian Weekly - - 10 minutes ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AW)—On April 24, three outdoor commemorations of the Armenian Genocide and a lecture by a Diasporan Armenian journalist were held in Istanbul, while a two-day conference on the Armenian Genocide began in Ankara, while obstacles, ...
Indirect Israel, PA talks expected to begin by mid-May
Ha'aretz - - 2 hours ago
Proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians will start no later than mid-May, officials involved in efforts to renew the peace process said yesterday.
Abbas calls on Obama to impose Mideast peace deal The Associated Press
Palestinians wounded at Gaza fence Jerusalem Post
Thai PM rejects protesters' demand
CNN International - - 37 minutes ago
By the CNN Wire Staff A foreign tourist poses in front of Thai soldiers near the anti-government protester camp in Bangkok on Saturday.
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Arizona law raises fears of racial profiling
The Associated Press - - 19 minutes ago
PHOENIX - Arodi Berrelleza isn't one of the targets of Arizona's new anti-illegal immigration law - he's a US citizen.
Video: Advocates Vow to Fight Ariz. Immigration Law
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Senators postpone climate bill unveiling
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monday's unveiling of a compromise Senate climate bill was postponed on Saturday, Democratic Senator John Kerry said, after a dispute arose over unrelated immigration reform legislation.
Last chance for climate change legislation? Christian Science Monitor
Obama lauds auto industry rebound and pushes for financial regulations
Los Angeles Times - - 3 hours ago
The president says the auto bailout will cost taxpayers 'a fraction' of what had been feared. In his weekly address, he also urges Congress to pass his regulatory package to help avert new economic crises.
Video: Obama: Financial System Must Be Overhauled
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Obama links auto industry woes, financial overhaul The Associated Press
IMF Puts Focus on Debt Burden
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON—Unemployment and the growing burden of sovereign debt in the developed world are the two largest threats to the global economic recovery, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique ...
Video: Greece seeks record bailout
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IMF Is Urged to Redistribute Its Voting Power New York Times
C.D.O. Days, S&M Nights at Derivatives Conference
New York Times (blog) - 20 minutes ago
By day, they dealt with risk. At night, it got risqué. Financiers, lawyers, traders and accountants gathered this week at the annual International Swaps and Derivatives Association conference in San Francisco to discuss “Collateralization and Netting ...
Derivatives conference hears about new rules Albuquerque News.Net
It's All Whips, Chains and Leather at Derivatives Conference New York Magazine
Sales of new homes rocketed up 27 percent in March
Washington Post - - Apr 23, 2010
Sales of newly built homes shot up 27 percent in March -- the largest monthly gain in nearly five decades -- as mild weather and a lucrative tax credit pumped up demand for homes in all four regions of the country, according to ...
Sales of New Homes Soar With Help of Tax Credit New York Times
American Home Sales Getting Better TopNews United States
Gizmodo's iPhone Leak: "We haven't been contacted by law enforcement"
PC Magazine - - 1 hour ago
The fat might be hitting the digital pan for Gizmodo, the popular online tech blog that leaked a full set of photos, videos, and descriptions for Apple's rumored fourth-generation iPhone.
Lost iPhone Prototype Spurs Police To Look For Answers Seven Sided Cube
Hubble Telescope at 20: NASA Astronomers' Top Photos
National Geographic - 6 hours ago
Twenty years ago Saturday, the NASA space shuttle Discovery launched from Florida carrying what would become one of the most iconic instruments in astronomy: the Hubble telescope.
Hubble Telescope Have 20 Years Old Daily News
Blippy Leaks Fifth Credit Card Number to Google's Cache
PC Magazine - - 6 hours ago
It's an all-too-familiar threat for anyone who's done a bit of online shopping: the notion that, somehow, a security breach or errant server configuration could somehow expose your credit card information to the entirety of the Internet.
Bret Michaels Remains Hospitalized In Critical Condition
MTV.com - 6 hours ago
By MTV News staff "There are several incorrect reports on Bret's condition," the post reads. "Bret remains in critical condition at an undisclosed location.
Bret Michaels' condition critical from brain bleed Superior Telegram
Michael Lohan makes a bad week worse for Lindsay Lohan with 'welfare check'
New York Daily News - - 17 hours ago
First came word the hard-partying 23-year-old - plagued by bouts of booze and drugs - was more than half a million dollars in debt.
Dina Lohan: Lindsay Is Not a Bad Influence on Her Sister People Magazine
People: Lindsay Lohan a suspect in $35000 Rolex watch theft San Jose Mercury News
Review: 'The Back-Up Plan'
San Francisco Chronicle - - Apr 23, 2010
Romantic comedy. Starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin. Directed by Alan Poul (PG-13. 106 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.
Jennifer Lopez Achieves Total Happiness as a Working Mom People Magazine
Predators paying for power-play failures
NHL.com - - 30 minutes ago
CHICAGO -- Patric Hornqvist stared helplessly at a small television screen just outside the Nashville locker room at the United Center on Sunday afternoon.
Hawks penalty-killers: 21-for-21 Chicago Tribune
Hossa's OT goal gives Chicago 3-2 lead over Preds The Associated Press
Yanks Provide Plenty of Offense, but Pettitte Shows He Needs Little Help
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Already this month, CC Sabathia and Phil Hughes have generated excitement by taking no-hit bids into the eighth inning.
Yankees-Angels Preview SportingNews.com
Homer by Rios Saves White Sox in the Ninth
New York Times - 14 minutes ago
By AP Alex Rios hit a game-ending two-run homer in the ninth Saturday, and the host Chicago White Sox overcame a disputed call that led to two runs in the in the top of the inning to beat the Seattle Mariners, 5-4.
Mariners-White Sox Preview SportingNews.com
H1N1 vaccine study investigating hints of complications from vaccine
Washington Post - - Apr 23, 2010
Federal health officials are investigating the first hints of any possible significant complications from the H1N1 vaccine, but stressed that the concerns will probably turn out to be a false alarm.
Swine flu vaccine may cause health problems Food Consumer
Man who has world's first full face transplant shaves
Telegraph.co.uk - - Apr 23, 2010
A man who underwent the world's first full facial transplant has had his first shave in five years, the surgeon who operated on him said.
Full face transplant 'a success' BBC News
Health Care Cost Increase Is Projected for New Law
New York Times - - Apr 23, 2010
WASHINGTON - A government analysis of the new health care law says it will not slow the overall growth of health spending because the expansion of insurance and services to 34 million people will offset cost reductions in Medicare and ...
Health Care Cost Rise Is Anticipated for New Law TopNews United States
North Korea torpedoed South's navy ship: report
Reuters - - Apr 21, 2010
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military believes a torpedo fired from a North Korean submarine sank its navy ship last month, based on intelligence gathered jointly with the United States, a news report said on Thursday.
The New $100 Bill: A Precursor to Socialism?
TIME (blog) - - Apr 22, 2010
The anti-Obama forces, it seems clear, are rooted in classic American know-nothing populism--nativist, isolationist, paranoid. Today's Exhibit A is from the Drudge Report, in which the newly designed $100 bill is slagged for, as the headline has it, ...
Learning How to Fight the Collector
New York Times - - Apr 23, 2010
Among debt collectors, Steven Katz is known as a “credit terrorist.” For years, he has run what he calls the Steven Katz School of Bill Collector Education, otherwise known as the “credit terrorist training camp.
Pat Tillman film a haunting blindside
Los Angeles Times - - 3 hours ago
Journalists gave the story of soldier Pat Tillman's death six years ago the hero's treatment. What it deserved was real journalism.
Ex-employers want to keep 401k's
MSN Money - Apr 21, 2010
Retiring and even laid-off workers are finding that their old bosses don't want them to leave their retirement plans. But big IRA players are after their nest eggs, too.