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CIA Foils New Qaeda Plot to Attack Plane, Officials Say

New York Times -
WASHINGTON -- American counterterrorism forces recently thwarted an apparent plot to bring down a commercial plane, seizing a new, more sophisticated explosive device designed to be worn by a passenger, government officials said Monday.
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Austerity now dirty word in Europe, but what next?

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By DAVID McHUGH, AP - 1 minute ago PARIS (AP) - The day after Francois Hollande rode to power in France on a slogan of "change now," the conversation in Europe was already different Monday: Austerity had become a dirty word.
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Romney stands silent as supporter accuses Obama of treason

Los Angeles Times -
By Kim Geiger and Seema Mehta Mitt Romney drew criticism Monday after he failed to correct a questioner who suggested at a campaign event that President Obama should be tried for treason.
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Hamels suspended five games for hitting Harper

MLB.com -
By Doug Miller / MLB.com | 05/07/12 5:14 PM ET A day after Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels stoked the budding rivalry between his team and the Washington Nationals by hitting Bryce Harper with a pitch and then admitting that he did it intentionally, ...
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"The Avengers" box office debut boosted to new record

Reuters -
| LOS ANGELES May 7 (Reuters) - Superhero movie "The Avengers" flexed its muscle a bit more on Monday, pushing its total debut weekend box office revenues to a new record $207.4 million in the United States and Canada from about $200.3 million one day ...
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John Edwards' Mistress Turned Campaign into 'Traveling Freak Show'

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With $50 million John Edwards could create a foundation that would keep him in the spotlight after losing the presidential nomination, he told a confidante in 2008, and with a wealthy benefactor like Rachel "Bunny" Mellon getting that money would be as ...
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Hillary Clinton talks tough on Iran and Pakistan

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By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY NEW DELHI - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived at her fourth and last stop on an eight-day Asian trip Monday with tough words on Iran and Pakistan and bad news for her many Indian fans: She isn't planning ...
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Putin returns to Kremlin under protest shadow

Pakistan Daily Times -
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin began a historic third term as Russian president on Monday in an opulent Kremlin ceremony shadowed by a second day of arrests of activists protesting his 12-year domination of Russia.
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Greek conservatives fail to form government

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By Europe correspondent Rachael Brown, wires Greece's New Democracy party says it is unable to form a coalition government, despite garnering the most votes in a general election marked by strong gains for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.
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Syria holds election 'bordering on ludicrous'

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By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker, wires Syrians have voted in the country's first multi-party elections in five decades, as violence continued throughout the country and opposition groups slammed the poll as a sham.
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Army: no bullet wound found in soldier

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The Army says the investigation into the death of a US Army captain in Afghanistan continues -- but that it can say definitively that Capt.
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Billy Graham backs NC anti-gay marriage amendment

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Monday, 07 May 2012 10:18 Written by AP RALEIGH, NC (AP) - The Rev. Billy Graham urged North Carolina voters Wednesday to support an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage, a move that an observer said was highly unusual but another ...
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Spain to spend billions on bank rescue

Financial Times -
By Miles Johnson in Madrid Spain is planning a state bail-out of Bankia, the country's third biggest bank by assets, in a move likely to involve the injection of billions of euros of public money into the troubled lender.
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Yahoo Board Is Said to Meet Today, Discussing CEO Scott Thompson

Bloomberg -
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) board members are meeting today and will discuss the role of Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson, whose credentials have become a point of contention, according to a person briefed on the board's plans.
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MasterCard Heats Up Battle For 'Mobile Wallet'

Wall Street Journal -
By Andrew R. Johnson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--MasterCard Inc. (MA) is ratcheting up the battle for control of consumers' "digital wallets" with a new service that aims to simplify how consumers pay for goods online and on mobile ...
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Obama's vague gay marriage stance under scrutiny

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's election-year vagueness on gay marriage is coming under fresh scrutiny. Education Secretary Arne Duncan broke ranks with the White House on Monday, stating his unequivocal support for same-sex marriage one day ...
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Richard Lugar faces conservative threat in Indiana Senate race

Washington Post -
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) heads into Tuesday's GOP primary as the underdog to a conservative challenger, threatening to end his 36-year tenure not as his party's elder statesmen on foreign affairs, but as an ousted moderate who had trouble explaining ...
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Why Ron Paul's big wins in Maine and Nevada matter (+video)

Christian Science Monitor -
When Ron Paul delegates show up at the Republican National Convention in August, they may be strong enough to throw the event into disarray - just at the moment Mitt Romney needs to show the GOP united behind him.
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Jury favors Oracle in mega-millions Android lawsuit

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April 18, 2012: Google CEO Larry Page walks into a federal building in San Francisco. Oracle called Page to the stand Tuesday, and he's to return Wednesday on the third day of the trial.
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Hands On With the Samsung Focus 2 for AT&T

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By Sascha Segan NEW ORLEANS—LTE speeds don't have to come in a giant package. Samsung's latest entry in the Focus line of Windows Phones, the Focus 2, delivers AT&T 4G LTE in a device that's noticeably smaller, and occasionally cheaper, ...
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Facebook Kicks Off Roadshow With Zuckerberg in Hoodie

Wall Street Journal -
By RYAN DEZEMBER, DAVID BENOIT and SHAYNDI RAICE Facebook Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg, clad in a black hoodie and sneakers, met with buttoned-up Wall Street types Monday in an event that brought a flavor of Silicon Valley's latest technology frenzy to a New ...
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John Travolta Denounces Sexual Battery Lawsuit as 'Fiction'

People Magazine -
By Stephen M. Silverman John Travolta is the subject of a $2 million lawsuit by an anonymous plaintiff who claims that the actor assaulted and sexually harassed him after he was hired to massage the actor.
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Mike D On Adam Yauch: 'I Miss Adam So Much'

MTV.com -
By Gil Kaufman While some groups stay together for the money, the fans or the music, the Beastie Boys kept it going for nearly 30 years for something a bit less tangible: brotherhood.
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Knicks' Baron Davis has possible career-ending injury

USA TODAY -
NEW YORK - Baron Davis tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee, a potentially career-threatening injury for the New York Knicks' 33-year-old point guard.
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Vilma, others fight suspensions in bounty case

Atlanta Journal Constitution -
By BRETT MARTEL AP NEW ORLEANS - Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and three other players suspended in the NFL's investigation of New Orleans' cash-for-hits bounty system challenged their punishments Monday.
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Giroux suspended for pivotal Game 5

Chicago Tribune -
Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux has been suspended one game -- Tuesday's crucial Game 5 -- for his hit on the Devils' Dainius Zubrus during Sunday's Eastern Conference semifinal Game 4. As time was winding down in the ...
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Jayson Werth: Phillies fans taunted me after breaking wrist

USA TODAY -
By Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Werth suffered a broken left wrist while attempting a sliding catch of a fly ball in Sunday night's 9-3 loss to the Phillies at Nationals Park.
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Dinosaurs' Gaseous Emissions Warmed Earth?

National Geographic -
Dinosaurs may have helped warm ancient Earth via their own natural gaseous emissions, a new study says. Living about 150 million years ago, giant plant-eating dinosaurs called sauropods were ruminant, meaning they had a digestive process that gave off ...
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US obesity rate to hit 42 percent by 2030: study

Xinhua -
WASHINGTON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Almost 42 percent of the US population could be obese by 2030, according to a study released Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) .

Pfizer Rheumatoid Arthritis Pill Looks 'Approvable'

Forbes -
Will the Pfizer pill for rheumatoid arthritis - the first oral biologic for treating this ailment - pass muster with the FDA? Wall Street continues to bet its drug will win approval, but agency briefing documents released in advance of an advisory ...

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