CIA Chief Rebuts Pelosi's ChargesWashington Post - 5 hours ago
By Perry Bacon Jr. and Joby Warrick CIA Director Leon Panetta yesterday rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charge that the agency misled her about its use of coercive interrogation methods, escalating a controversy that has dogged the speaker for ...
Panetta fires back at Pelosi Los Angeles Times
In Detainee Furor, a Rare Dent in Pelosi Armor New York Times
Opposition party concedes in India electionCNN - 50 minutes ago
By Harmeet Shah Singh NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- An opposition party in India conceded defeat in the country's election vote count Saturday, stating that the ruling party will win.
Congress' Strong Showing Keeps Patil in the Shadows Wall Street Journal
Military tribunals still seen as flawedLos Angeles Times - 5 hours ago
President Obama has outlined rule changes designed to bolster defendants' rights, but the commissions to try suspected terrorists will still suffer an image problem, experts predict.
Obama keeps tribunals, draws ire Boston Globe
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Sri Lanka claims last rebel area taken
CNN International - 4 hours ago
(CNN) -- Sri Lankan government soldiers seized the last remaining coastal stretch under the control of Tamil Tiger rebels, the Ministry of Defense said Saturday, marking a possible end to a quarter-century-long fight in the island nation.
Sri Lanka army 'controls coast' BBC News
Citing Auschwitz, Pope Assails Hatred
New York Times - 15 hours ago
Pope Benedict XVI at the the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Friday. By RACHEL DONADIO and ALAN COWELL TEL AVIV - Recalling a visit to the Auschwitz death camp, Pope Benedict XVI wound up an often politically charged trip to Israel and the ...
Pope Benedict's farewell remarks please both Israelis, Palestinians Los Angeles Times
Pope renews peace call at end of Holy Land visit guardian.co.uk
Egypt opens Gaza border
AFP - 1 hour ago
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Egypt opened its border with Gaza on Saturday to traffic into and out of the impoverished territory which has been under an Israeli blockade for nearly two years, security officials said.
Obama, Netanyahu to Seek Consensus Wall Street Journal
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Notre Dame Graduation Features President Obama, Protests
ABC News - 4 hours ago
By KAREN TRAVERS When more than 2000 students receive their diplomas at the University of Notre Dame Sunday, there will be familiar graduation weekend sights -- students in cap and gowns, proud parents snapping photographs and celebrations.
Reports detail Obama's new book deal
USA Today - 7 hours ago
We reported a little while ago that the White House has posted the personal financial disclosure reports for President Obama and Vice President Biden.
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The chief salutes the champs Philadelphia Inquirer
Obama After Bush: Leading by Second Thought
New York Times - 6 hours ago
Brennan Linsley/AP A room in a trailer sat ready before a military hearing for a Guantánamo detainee in September 2006. President Obama has begun to come down on the side of taking fewer risks with security.
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The Politics of Waterboarding and Allegations of Torture
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Why Cheney Tortured Atlantic Online
GM in Bankruptcy May Speed Dealer Cuts to Match Chrysler's Pace
Bloomberg - 5 hours ago
By Katie Merx and Mike Ramsey May 16 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp.'s plan to slash its dealer network by the end of 2010 may accelerate, matching the pace set by Chrysler LLC, in a bankruptcy the biggest US automaker says is probable.
GM, Chrysler to drop 1900 dealers by end of 2010 The Associated Press
Bankruptcy key to cuts Detroit Free Press
Prices in S. Fla. flat in April
MiamiHerald.com - 2 hours ago
The region's inflation rate in April was almost nil: Prices actually fell slightly due to weak demand. Transportation saw the biggest drop.
Consumer price drop is biggest since '55 CNNMoney.com
Ameriprise rejects federal funding
MiamiHerald.com - 2 hours ago
After rebounding with a profit of about $130 million in the first quarter of this year, Minneapolis-based wealth management and insurance firm Ameriprise turned down federal funding.
Complex repairs face weary Hubble spacewalkers
The Associated Press - 43 minutes ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts are getting ready for what could be the most complex spacewalking of their mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
Marathon spacewalk gives Hubble new life CNET News
Hubble gyros fixed after struggle BBC News
Rumors abuzz about Apple's 'Project Charlie' and iPods with cameras!
TopNews United States - 1 hour ago
Apple surely has a knack of drumming up free advertising, with the always-so-rampant guesswork regarding its "next move!" The gossip from PhoneArena owes its origin to a screenshot supposedly from the inventory of Best Buy.
Video Game Sales Continue to Fall
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By MATT RICHTEL; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF Video game sales in the United States totaled $1 billion for April, 17 percent lower than in April 2008, according to NPD, the market research firm.
Nintendo dsi Bucks Video-Game Sales Slip InformationWeek
US Videogame Stocks Rise Despite Weak Sales Data Wall Street Journal
"Angels" has lots of talk, few flights
Denver Post - 1 hour ago
By Lisa Kennedy Tom Hanks returns (his proto-mullet does not) as Harvard symbology professor Robert Langdon in "Angels & Demons.
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Miss California to guest-host Fox show
Philadelphia Inquirer - 29 minutes ago
By EMILY GUENDELSBERGER [email protected] SatTATT SORT of figured this eventually would happen: Carrie Prejean, the runner-up in the Miss USA pageant whose important opinions on gay marriage have been discussed by any number of media outlets that ...
Words Mistaken At Face Value Washington Post
'Grey's' Wins Ratings
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF The ambiguous season finale of “Grey's Anatomy,” in which Dr. George O'Malley (played by TR Knight) and Dr.
Gray area for 'Grey's' finale Detroit Free Press
Women flocking to Rachel Alexandra make her the Preakness favorite
New York Daily News - 49 minutes ago
BY William Sherman Against all historical odds, 3-year-old wonder horse Rachel Alexandra is the favorite in Saturday's Preakness Stakes - the second leg of the Triple Crown.
This already is a fascinating Preakness Philadelphia Daily News
Mine That Bird goes out to prove Derby win was not a fluke San Francisco Chronicle
Yankees' real hero: After hospital visit, Brett Gardner plays key ...
New York Daily News - 46 minutes ago
BY Sean Brennan Brett Gardner. His inside-the-park homer gave Yankees life, and his triple started the ninth-inning rally. Alex Rodriguez.
New Yankee Stadium has same old smell for Twins Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mets 8, Giants 6 Mets Take Advantage of 9th-Inning Error to Rally ...
New York Times - 1 hour ago
Jeff Chiu/AP Gary Sheffield is celebrates with teammate Fernando Tatis after scoring the tying run in the top of the ninth inning off a throwing error on Ryan Church's bunt.
David Wright remains hot as Mets rally to beat Giants again in ninth New York Daily News
Malaysia confirms second H1N1 flu case
Reuters - 4 hours ago
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 (Reuters) - Malaysia has identified its second case of the H1N1 flu in a patient at a hospital in the northern island state of Penang, the online version of The Star newspaper reported on Saturday.
Swine Flu Not an Accident From a Lab, WHO Says New York Times
Fears of Swine Flu Close Three More Schools
New York Times - 6 hours ago
Paul Cavaliere and his son, Tyler, 10, showed up at PS 107 in Queens, which the city closed, to report Tyler had tested positive for an unknown strain of flu.
Flu Forces Three More New York Schools to Close Wall Street Journal
New York City health chief to head CDC
San Francisco Chronicle - 3 hours ago
New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden, known for his aggressive and sometimes controversial efforts to limit smoking and consumption of trans fats in the nation's largest metropolis, has been chosen by President Obama to direct the Centers ...
Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden tried to do right thing with ... New York Daily News
New CDC director an activist in public health Los Angeles Times
Myanmar bars lawyer from Suu Kyi trial
The Associated Press - 23 minutes ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military rulers disbarred a prominent lawyer who applied to defend pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her upcoming trial, the attorney said Saturday.
Pakistan presses military offensive
AFP - 1 hour ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistan's military Saturday pressed its offensive against Taliban militants in the northwest of the country after tens of thousands more people fled the conflict zone.
Pakistan: Missiles kill 12 in northwest Pakistan The Associated Press
Americans in poll mostly pro-life, not pro-choice
Mormon Times - 3 hours ago
By James Thalman Another in a series of surveys checking the American attitude on abortion is showing that, for the first time in more than 10 years, most people say they are pro-life, not pro-choice.
51% identify as 'pro-life' in US Los Angeles Times
Abortion debate: Gallup says more Americans pro-life Christian Science Monitor