| San Antonio Express - 4 minutes ago BEIJING - Chen Guangcheng, the blind rights lawyer who has been under extralegal house arrest in his rural village for the past 19 months, has escaped from his heavily guarded home and is in hiding in the capital, rights advocates and Chinese officials ... |
| For more than a year, CBS News has been investigating the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms' "Fast and Furious" operation and related cases that also employed the controversial tactic of "gunwalking. |
| By Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY In the aftermath of a prostitute scandal that has tarnished the elite agency's reputation, the Secret Service announced on Friday that it has issued a new conduct policy for its agents travelling abroad. |
| The St. Louis Rams actually used their own pick to begin the second round of the NFL draft Friday night, selecting Appalachian State wide receiver Brian Quick. |
| E! Online - 40 minutes ago There's no question that American Idol's Jessica Sanchez is one of this season's breakout stars. The 16-year-old vocal powerhouse has won over fans and the AI judges alike. |
| (CBS News) WASHINGTON - The latest battle in Washington is over student loans, of all things. It's a nasty fight, involving President Obama, Mitt Romney and Congressional leaders. |
| The Guardian - 43 minutes ago Security agents in Damascus collected the remains of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing on Friday, as activists reported incidents of Syrian troops firing on protesters. |
| ABC News - 48 minutes ago Republican Sen. John McCain on Friday blasted President Barack Obama for casting doubt on whether Mitt Romney would have ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, calling it "a cheap political attack. |
| OTTAWA - Canada's top diplomat on Friday condemned what he called "terror attacks" in Ukraine after four successive blasts shook the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk. |
| Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour ago Charles Taylor: His conviction of war crimes in Sierra Leone is a moment for pause for an American mom to think about the world between diapers and carpools and playdates. |
| New York Times - 36 minutes ago At Georgia's Fort Stewart on Friday, President Obama signed an executive order to help protect military families and veterans from aggressive and deceptive recruiting by higher education institutions - especially for-profit colleges - seeking their ... |
| Reuters - 45 minutes ago By Colleen Jenkins | GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former US Senator and presidential contender John Edwards' defense sharpened its attack on the government's lead witness on Friday, saying his ego and greed motivated him to take his former ... |
| CBS News - 55 minutes ago (CBS News) LOS ANGELES - No one who was there or watched it on TV will ever forget the rioting in Los Angeles that began 20 years ago this Sunday. |
| DailyFinance - 1 hour ago By Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool It wasn't the strongest of days for the stock market, but the major market indexes all finished in the green to close out the week. |
| * One in a series of state-by-state spats * Amazon has 20 percent of all US online retail sales By Nanette Byrnes April 27 (Reuters) - Amazon. |
| Los Angeles Times - 56 minutes ago By Andrew Tangel A former Securities and Exchange Commission official said greater disclosure of investment banks' highest-paid employees - aside from corporate officers - would not necessarily aid shareholders. |
| Reuters - 16 minutes ago | INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - They disagreed as Republican running mates during the 2008 presidential campaign, and on Friday John McCain and Sarah Palin endorsed rival candidates in the tight Indiana primary to determine if US Senator Richard Lugar gets ... |
| By Sam Youngman | WESTERVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - White House candidate Mitt Romney on Friday kept his focus on attacking President Barack Obama's handling of the economy, in the face of Democrats' attempts to paint the Republican hopeful as weak on ... |
| According to the Wall Street Journal, the search giant is facing inquiries in Argentina and South Korea. Both are open and ongoing, and Google said it is cooperating with authorities. |
| Digitaltrends.com - 5 minutes ago The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has cleared the House. Here's a quick guide to what happened, and what happens next. |
| BusinessWeek - 49 minutes ago By AP As Facebook prepares for its initial public offering of stock, it is in a dispute with Yahoo over patents. Feb. 28: Yahoo Inc. confirms that it is threatening to sue Facebook if it doesn't reach an agreement over patents. |
| New York Daily News - 12 hours ago The next time you despair over the conveyor belt that seems to dump an endless supply of forgettable fodder into your local cineplex, it's worth keeping Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller in mind. |
| San Jose Mercury News - 2 minutes ago By Tony Hicks Ted Nugent said he was insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over his comments about President Obama. |
| Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago Ryan Seacrest has officially joined up with Matt Lauer and the rest of the "Today" show team. Apr 27 (TheWrap.com) - Seacrest will serve as a special correspondent on the morning-TV staple, NBC said Friday. |
| By Paul White, USA TODAY The debate among scouts this spring has been whether Bryce Harper should be at Class AA or AAA. Oh, that's so yesterday. |
| ABC News - 32 minutes ago Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young apologized to his team and fans Friday, just before getting arraigned on a hate crime harassment charge for a fight at his hotel during which police say he yelled anti-Semitic epithets. |
| By Rich Cimini | ESPNNewYork.com FLORHAM PARK, NJ -- Making an aggressive move to fill a hole at wide receiver, the New York Jets traded up in the second round Friday night to select Georgia Tech's Stephen Hill. |
| The space shuttle's journey will resume in June when a barge brings it up the Hudson River, and in July, the public will get its first close-up view at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. |
| LiveScience.com - 12 hours ago The research is the first to provide a large-scale estimate of reef sharks in the Pacific, a group of species that includes the gray reef shark, the whitetip reef shark and the tawny nurse shark. |
| USA TODAY - 3 hours ago By Kim Painter, USA TODAY The brand name you will be hearing in those inevitable ads: Stendra. It's made by a company called Vivus, Inc., and belongs to the same class of medicines as Viagra, from Pfizer Inc., Cialis, from Eli Lilly, and Levitra, ... |
| Two class action lawsuits against Ferrero, the maker of popular hazelnut spread Nutella, claimed the company made statements suggesting Nutella is healthier than it actually is. |
| Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago Feeling a little sleepy? You're not alone. According to a report this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30% of American workers are sleep-deprived - and that has big consequences for public health. |
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