Gitmo detainee to face trial in New YorkCNN - 51 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A terror suspect detained at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be transported to the United States for trial in a civilian court, two Obama administration officials said.
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Lambert vs. Allen: Who snatched the 'Idol' crown?USA Today - 33 minutes ago
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Californians Block a Budget; Big Cuts to FollowNew York Times - 33 minutes ago
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The US has expressed some concern over Iran's latest test launch of a medium range missile but appeared to be refraining from tough talk amid Washington's diplomatic overtures to Tehran.
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UN Presses to Enter Sri Lankan War Zone
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'Endemic' abuse in church-run Irish homes exposed
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By CARL HULSE WASHINGTON - Congress on Wednesday sent President Obama a set of new rules governing credit card companies, completing a trio of consumer-related measures that Democrats had raced to get signed into law by Memorial Day.
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Obama's anti-terrorism policies hit walls
USA Today - 44 minutes ago
By Brennan Linsley, AP By Richard Wolf and Mimi Hall, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Two days after his inauguration, Barack Obama signed executive orders banning harsh interrogation techniques and requiring that military detention facilities at Cuba's ...
Obama will try to quell concern on Guant namo detainees San Jose Mercury News
Obama undoes Bush-era policy that undercut states The Associated Press
Industries are Grappling With New Bill on Climate
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
By JOSEPH B. WHITE WASHINGTON -- The "American Clean Energy and Security Act" is one of the most ambitious efforts to re-engineer American social and economic behavior in decades, presenting risks and opportunities for a wide array of businesses from ...
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Dollar falls to 2-month low vs yen after Fed
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Satomi Noguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar fell to a two-month low against the yen on Thursday extending a slide made the previous day after the Federal Reserve said it had considered buying more securities at its last policy meeting.
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IPO's Offer Encouraging Signs
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By ROB COX, ALIZA ROSENBAUM and ROBERT CYRAN In the grand scheme of the global capital markets, half a billion dollars is a drop in the bucket.
RSVP: OpenTable to offer an IPO San Francisco Chronicle
COLUMN-The ugly attraction of fast shrinking Japan: James Saft
Forbes - 23 minutes ago
By James Saft LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Sure, seeing your economy shrink at a 15 percent annual clip is depressing, quite literally, but if you believe in even a tepid global economic recovery in the second half, then Japan is actually attractive.
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Craigslist sues over threat of prosecution
San Francisco Chronicle - 9 minutes ago
(05-20) 19:28 PDT -- In its biggest clash yet with law enforcement, Craigslist sued South Carolina's attorney general today to block him from filing criminal charges against the online classified site for abetting prostitution.
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Hubble's troubles surprised shuttle crew
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 20 (Reuters) - Years of training didn't prepare the shuttle Atlantis astronauts for the problems encountered during NASA's final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew said on Wednesday.
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All eyes at Cannes point to Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds'
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"Terminator" moves on without busy Schwarzenegger
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CBS only tweaks fall schedule
Reuters - 4 hours ago
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New York Times - 14 minutes ago
By TYLER KEPNER Three hours before the first pitch on Wednesday, Phil Hughes was the only player in the Yankees' clubhouse. The rest of the team was sequestered in a nearby conference room, holding court.
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Barrage of Boston blasts sinks Jays
MLB.com - 27 minutes ago
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Harang's terrific outing boosts Reds
MLB.com - 43 minutes ago
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US Says Older People Appear Safer From Virus
New York Times - 31 minutes ago
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Confirming the first impressions of many American and Mexican doctors, federal health officials said on Wednesday that people born before 1957 appear to have some immunity to the swine flu virus now circulating.
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Hauser kids 'ask about their mom'
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 19 minutes ago
By CURT BROWN and JENNA ROSS, Star Tribune staff writers SLEEPY EYE, MINN. - Tony Hauser walked through the fierce wind Wednesday, crossing his farmyard to feed his 80 dairy cows as his German shepherds, Butch and Max, tailed along.
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New York City officials struggle for balanced response to swine flu
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Mayor Bloomberg has been giving matter-of-fact updates and practical advice, but some say he needs to do a better job of reassuring 'the worried well' in the face of the potentially fatal H1N1 virus.
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Four men arrested in suspect NY bombing plot
Reuters - 22 minutes ago
NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters - Four men were arrested on Wednesday in a suspected plot to bomb a synagogue and Jewish community center in New York and to shoot at military planes with stinger missiles, federal law enforcement officials said.
Arrests in New York 'attack plot' BBC News
Wife of D-backs pitcher found dead in couple's Phoenix-area home
CNN - 2 hours ago
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. (SI.com) -- The wife of Scott Schoeneweis, a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, was found dead Wednesday at her home in suburban Phoenix, police said.
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Suu Kyi Trial Opened To Envoys, Journalists
Washington Post - 28 minutes ago
By Tim Johnston HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 20 -- Burma's military rulers allowed foreign diplomats and Burmese reporters to attend the widely criticized trial of democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, a move that observers said showed ...
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