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NDTV.com
Court overturns same-sex marriage ban
San Jose Mercury News - 58 minutes ago
By Josh Richman Friends Maya Scott-Chung, left, and COLAGE executive director Beth Teper, both from Oakland, are all smiles after hearing the State Supreme Court's decision in favor of same-sex marriages outside the California Supreme Court House in ...
Gay couples 'ecstatic' over ruling USA Today
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New York Times - Chicago Tribune - Seattle Post Intelligencer - ABC News
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The Southern Ledger
Senate Passes Farm Bill, But Bush Still Plans Veto
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
President Bush will now follow the lead of the late Dwight Eisenhower by vetoing a comprehensive farm bill. On Thursday, the Senate, by a comfortably veto-proof margin of 81 to 15, approved a farm bill that now faces a resistant White House.
Farm Bill, Facing Veto, Goes to Bush New York Times
US House blocks Iraq war money, sets pullout plan Reuters
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PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Bush Assails ‘Appeasement,’ Touching Off Storm
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JIM RUTENBERG JERUSALEM - President Bush used a speech to the Israeli Parliament on Thursday to liken those who would negotiate with “terrorists and radicals” to appeasers of the Nazis - a remark widely interpreted as a ...
AssociatedPress
Bush's remarks stir Obama camp MiamiHerald.com
Real News Network - Washington Post - Chicago Tribune - The Associated Press
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Yahoo’s Chairman Disputes Icahn’s Accusations
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McCain Vision Has Most GI’s Out of Iraq by 2013
New York Times - all 1,035 news articles »
Microsoft Joins One Laptop per Child
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'Prince Caspian' will rule at the box office
Los Angeles Times - all 625 news articles »
Thome lifts ChiSox over Halos in ninth
Sports Network - all 99 news articles »
Don't Even Bother to Vote
Washington Post - all 6,426 news articles »
Angelina does the Cannes-Cannes
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PRESS TV
Zimbabwe's Opposition Seeks Foreign Intervention
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Craig Timberg JOHANNESBURG, May 15 -- Zimbabwe's opposition party on Thursday called for an urgent new round of regional diplomacy to resolve that nation's six-week-old electoral stalemate, saying that only foreign intervention can prevent a recent ...
Zimbabwe Opposition Leader to Return Home, But Would Regime Cooperate Voice of America
Zimbabwe: Is the Country the 'One Last Hurdle'? AllAfrica.com
Wall Street Journal - New York Times - Aljazeera.net - Monsters and Critics.com
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China Daily
Western Experts Monitor China’s Nuclear Sites for Signs of ...
New York Times - 5 hours ago
By WILLIAM J. BROAD China’s main centers for designing, making and storing nuclear arms lie in the shattered earthquake zone, leading Western experts to look for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape.
China's Hu Flies to Quake Zone; 30000 Remain Buried (Update1) Bloomberg
China's President Flies to Quake Zone; Student Pulled to Safety FOXNews
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The Age
Myanmar Farmers May Miss Harvest
New York Times - 1 hour ago
Flooded fields, lost seeds and drowned water buffaloes are dire impediments to Burmese farmers who would normally be planting rice this time of year.
AssociatedPress
Red Cross Warns of Further Misery for Burma's Cyclone Victims Voice of America
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KAALtv.com
Flight Attendant Accused of Setting Fire on Airplane
ABC News - 3 hours ago
By DAVE KOLPACK AP Writer AP A flight attendant angry about his work route smuggled a lighter aboard an airplane and set a fire in a bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said Thursday.
Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane The Associated Press
Woodbury man charged with starting fire on NWA flight Minneapolis Star Tribune
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CNN
Bush May Have Lost Wealth During Presidency
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
By Dan Eggen President Bush's financial fortunes appear to have declined over the past seven years, with his family assets dropping as low as $6.5 million, according to disclosure forms released yesterday.
Bush, Cheney assets stable as economy slowed Reuters
Cheney's wealth is triple that of Bush Chicago Tribune
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New York Daily News
Paterson signs anti-noose bill into law
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago
BY KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY - Gov. Paterson Thursday signed into law a bill making it a felony to display a noose to threaten or harass someone.
Law Makes Noose Display a Felony New York Times
New York outlaws displaying nooses as a threat The Associated Press
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KATU
Yahoo’s Chairman Disputes Icahn’s Accusations
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MIGUEL HELFT SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo’s chairman, Roy Bostock, rejected late Thursday accusations from the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn that the company’s board had acted irrationally in turning down a $47.5 billion ...
AssociatedPress
Yahoo Says Board Is Most Qualified as Icahn Mounts Proxy Fight Bloomberg
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Japan's GDP Grew More-Than-Estimated 3.3% on Exports (Update3)
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Jason Clenfield May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's economy grew 3.3 percent last quarter, faster than economists estimated, as exports to Asia and emerging markets helped the nation weather the US slowdown.
Japan Q1 GDP grows 0.8 pct on consumption, exports Forbes
Highlights-Japan Q1 GDP +0.8% qtr/qtr, +3.3% annualised Reuters
Wall Street Journal - The Associated Press - AFP - RTT News
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CBS to Pay $1.8 Billion for CNET Networks
New York Times - 3 hours ago
CBS said Thursday it would buy CNET Networks for $1.8 billion in cash, marking its biggest online acquisition since hiring Quincy Smith, a former media and technology investment banker, to lead its interactive unit in late 2006.
AssociatedPress
CBS to buy online pioneer CNet for $1.8 billion MarketWatch
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WBT
McCain Vision Has Most GI’s Out of Iraq by 2013
New York Times - 2 hours ago
Senator John McCain, speaking Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, said he would have most American forces home from Iraq by 2013. By ELISABETH BUMILLER COLUMBUS, Ohio - Senator John McCain declared on Thursday that most American troops would be home from Iraq ...
CBS
McCain predicting first term utopia New York Daily News
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KIMA CBS 29
Don't Even Bother to Vote
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
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Obama, Clinton and Dems Houston Chronicle
What Next for the Democrats? New York Times
USA Today - FOXNews - Boston Globe - The Free Lance-Star
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Boston Globe
Edwards Supporters Follow Endorsement
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
At least six of the eight pledged delegates that former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards won in South Carolina are expected to jump to Barack Obama after Edwards's endorsement Wednesday of the senator from Illinois, according to a CNN ...
AssociatedPress
Edwards endorsement pays off for Obama The Associated Press
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CNNMoney.com
Microsoft Joins One Laptop per Child
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago
by Steve Hamm Just four months after a messy breakup with tech giant Intel (INTC), the One Laptop per Child organization on May 15 announced an alliance with another tech behemoth—Microsoft (MSFT).
'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft The Associated Press
Windows Coming on Dual-boot OLPC PC World
CNNMoney.com - Washington Post - BBC News - Boston Globe
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CTV.ca
Woman indicted in MySpace hoax suicide
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 49-year-old Missouri woman accused of pretending to be a love-struck teenage boy on MySpace and drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide with cruel messages was indicted on Thursday on federal charges.
Federal charges in MySpace suicide case ZDNet
Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax CNN International
New York Times - USA Today - New York Daily News - BBC News
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Scientific American
'GTA IV' needs just 5 days to run over competition in April
USA Today - 4 hours ago
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY In making Grand Theft Auto IV the top selling game of April, despite its only being in stores five days, consumers opted for the Microsoft Xbox 360 version at a rate of almost two-to-one.
Microsoft says sold 188000 Xbox 360s in April Reuters
GTA4 and Wii responsible for 47% US Game Sales Jump in April I4U
GameSpot - GameSHOUT - San Jose Mercury News - Reuters
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Nashville City Paper
'Prince Caspian' will rule at the box office
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Murray Close / AP Glossy-maned Ben Barnes, center, has the title role in "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," backed by, from left, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell and Skandar Keynes.
'Prince Caspian': Fantasy Rules With a Iron Hand in Narnia Washington Post
'Narnia' fantasy charges into battle mode with 'Prince Caspian' Boston Globe
Reuters - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - E! Online - Variety
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Idol' Exit Q&A: Syesha Mercado
Entertainment Weekly - 1 hour ago
Was the top 3 ''Idol'' finalist resigned to a two-David finale? ''I didn't get that memo,'' this season's third-place finisher assures us By Jessica Shaw We knew this day was coming.
David Squared Equals Bigger Idol Numbers E! Online
'American Idol': Syesha Mercado faces the Idol Extra reaper Los Angeles Times
New York Post - USA Today - Deseret News - Roanoke Times
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Chatter Shmatter
Sleuth to stars Anthony Pellicano goin' behind bars
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago
BY NANCY DILLON AP Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano was found guilty on racketeering charges Thursday after a high-profile trial that included testimony from celebrities.
Investigator Guilty in Hollywood Wiretapping Case New York Times
Private eye socked with guilty verdict Chicago Tribune
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The Southern Ledger
Thome lifts ChiSox over Halos in ninth
Sports Network - 1 hour ago
Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Jim Thome drove in the game-winning run in the ninth as the Chicago White Sox downed the LA Angels of Anaheim, 4-3, in the finale of a four-game set.
Rodriguez can't hold White Sox Los Angeles Times
MLB: Chi. White Sox 4, LA Angels 3 United Press International
The Associated Press - San Bernardino Sun - Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago White Sox
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SBR Forum
Spurs shoot their way into Game 7
FOXSports.com - 1 hour ago
by Charley Rosen Charley Rosen is FOXSports.com's NBA analyst and author of 14 books about hoops, the current one being No Blood, No Foul.
Spurs 99, Hornets 80 Hornets Fall on Road but Have Shot at Home New York Times
Ginobili helps Spurs force Game 7 Sports Network
SportingNews.com - United Press International - San Antonio Express - Austin American-Statesman
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Hockey.com
Flyers set tone early for first win
FOXSports.com - 2 hours ago
by Angie Carducci, Inside Hockey Why the Flyers won: After scoring only five goals in the first three games combined, Philadelphia reminded Pittsburgh just how much firepower it has.
Faced With Elimination, Flyers and Their Fans Show Some Life New York Times
Flyers Jump on Penguins, Then Hang On to Avoid Sweep Washington Post
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CBC.ca
Study: Women increasingly opt for mastectomy
USA Today - 56 minutes ago
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY More breast cancer patients are undergoing mastectomies, reversing a trend in which women were choosing less extensive surgeries that let them keep their breasts, a new study suggests.
Study Links Rise in Mastectomies to MRI Detection New York Times
Rising number of women choosing mastectomy Chicago Tribune
Reuters - Bloomberg - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Los Angeles Times
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Doctor Urged Fewer Diagnoses of PTSD
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
By Christopher Lee The physician in charge of the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff members to refrain from diagnosing PTSD because so many veterans were seeking government disability payments ...
VA Staffer Discourages PTSD Diagnoses CBS News
VA Disavows Combat Stress Memo New York Times
The Associated Press - AirForceTimes.com - KGAN - Common Dreams (press release)
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dBTechno
Shingles Vaccine Recommended
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By BLOOMBERG NEWS People 60 or older should be vaccinated with Zostavax against shingles, a painful disorder related to chickenpox, health officials said.
CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccination For All People Above 60 AHN
CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine for Those Over 60 Washington Post
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Canoe.ca
Myanmar resists world pressure
Aljazeera.net - 6 hours ago
Myanmar's military rulers appear to be digging in their heels in the face of mounting international pressure to allow more aid into the country.
Myanmar cyclone death toll soars above 43000 The Associated Press
News Buzz: Quake's Rising Toll, Myanmar Aid Crisis, and More U.S. News & World Report
International Herald Tribune - Reuters - The Associated Press - International Herald Tribune
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Sabah
New storm deepens misery in cyclone-hit Myanmar
Reuters - 2 hours ago
Despite the latest storm, which is likely to turn already damaged roads to mud in the swamp-covered region, the former Burma's ruling generals insist their relief operations are running smoothly. However, they issued an edict in state-run newspapers on ...
Traveling through Myanmar MSNBC
Myanmar Allows First US Aid Shipment Following Horrific Cyclone NewsHour
Reuters AlertNet - Reuters
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The Southern Ledger
Myanmar junta warns against hoarding cyclone aid
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods.
Myanmar junta says aid running smoothly International Herald Tribune
Myanmar Government Says Constitution Won Approval Wall Street Journal
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ARTINFO
Museum Director Is Found Dead
New York Times - 2 hours ago
The 62-year-old American director of a museum in Thailand who was indicted in a federal investigation into looted antiquities was found dead in a detention center in Seattle, The Associated Press reported.
Roxanna Brown, Asian art expert, dies in custody Los Angeles Times
Asian-antiquities expert held in SeaTac dies in custody Seattle Times
OCRegister - United Press International - Bangkok Post - Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Thai News Agency MCOT
"Black-hearted" conmen bid for China quake charity
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Simon Rabinovitch BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) - People across China have opened their wallets to give earthquake aid -- and fraudsters have swung into action to capitalise on the burst of generosity.
Chinese Open Wallets for Quake Aid Washington Post
Disaster Help For China Voice of America
Monsters and Critics.com - ABC Online - The Tribune-Democrat - Xinhua
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Washington Post
FARC Computer Files Are Authentic, Interpol Probe Finds
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Juan Forero CARACAS, Venezuela, May 15 -- Interpol, the international police agency, said Thursday that computer files seized by Colombia's army in a raid on a rebel camp belonged to a top guerrilla commander and had not been modified, falsified or ...
Files Tying Venezuela to Rebels Not Altered, Report Says New York Times
Interpol: Colombia has real rebel data The Associated Press
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