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KATU
Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy Case
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL HOUSTON - A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday that state authorities and a lower court judge abused their authority by illegally seizing up to 468 children from their homes at a polygamist ranch in West Texas last month.
Appeals Court Rules Against Polygamy Prosecutors New York Sun
Court: Texas Had No Right to Seize Children at Polygamist Ranch Washington Post
International Herald Tribune - The Associated Press - Los Angeles Times - Huffington Post
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The Associated Press
McCain rejects pastor's endorsement
The Associated Press - 41 minutes ago
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) - Republican John McCain on Thursday rejected endorsements from two influential but controversial televangelists, saying there is no place for their incendiary criticisms of other faiths.
McCain rejects pastor's backing after Hitler remark Reuters
McCain rejects Hagee endorsement CNN
New York Times - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Washington Post - Chicago Tribune
all 425 news articles »


Washington Post
Barack Obama gets under John McCain's skin
Los Angeles Times - 53 minutes ago
Election Day is still more than five months away, and Barack Obama has yet to obtain the "presumptive nominee" tag in the Democratic presidential race.
McCain and Obama battle over military service Reuters
Contenders Spar on Veterans’ Bill New York Times
The Associated Press - Capital News 9 - San Diego Union Tribune - International Herald Tribune
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Telegraph.co.uk
Opposition Wins Seat in Blow to Gordon Brown
New York Times - 40 minutes ago
By REUTERS CREWE, England, May 23 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Conservative Party gained a mid-term parliamentary seat from the ruling Labour Party on Friday, a new setback to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's fading political fortunes.
UK leader's party loses special election International Herald Tribune
Tories win Crewe by-election Reuters UK
Bloomberg - BBC News - Reuters - Times Online
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Telegraph.co.uk
S Africa troops sent onto streets
BBC News - 46 minutes ago
South African troops have been deployed for the first time in an effort to stop attacks on foreigners that have left 42 dead and forced thousands to flee.
AlJazeeraEnglish
South Africa military begins anti-xenophobia deployment (2nd Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com
New York Times - AllAfrica.com - The Associated Press - CNN
all 2,172 news articles »

Junta Offers Showcase Camps, but Most Burmese Lack Aid
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By THE NEW YORK TIMES HLINETHAYA RELIEF CAMP, Myanmar - The 68 blue tents are lined up in a row, with a brand-new water purifier and boxes of relief supplies, stacked neatly but as yet undelivered and not even opened.
AssociatedPress
UN leader tours damaged areas in Myanmar International Herald Tribune
Monsters and Critics.com - Reuters - AFP - Hindu
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General expects fewer troops in Iraq this fall
Chicago Tribune - 2 hours ago
By Aamer Madhani | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON— Gen. David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said Thursday that he expects to recommend a further reduction in US troop levels in Iraq this fall, before voters in the US head to the polls to elect ...
Petraeus says by fall he may seek Iraq troop cuts The Associated Press
US generals hope for troop reductions in Iraq in fall International Herald Tribune
New York Times - Voice of America - Christian Science Monitor - Los Angeles Times
all 1,007 news articles »


Albany Times Union
California marriage opponents seek 5-month delay
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A conservative legal group asked the California Supreme Court on Thursday to put off finalization of its decision legalizing same-sex marriage until voters got a chance to weigh in.
San Francisco mayor condemns refusal to marry gays Reuters
California marriage opponents seek 5-month delay Kansas City Star
San Jose Mercury News - Vital VOICE - Coos Bay World - San Francisco Chronicle
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Albany Times Union
Wildfire rages in Santa Cruz Mountains
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago
By Sentinel staff The governor has issued an emergency declaration for Santa Cruz County as the Summit Fire has grown to more more than 3000 acres with no containment.
Homes burn as fire spreads in central California The Associated Press
Wildfire in Santa Cruz Mountains prompts evacuations San Diego Union Tribune
Reuters - Los Angeles Times - USA Today - San Francisco Chronicle
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UPDATE 1-Ford outlook cut decided in last few days -CEO
Reuters - 39 minutes ago
DETROIT, May 22 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (FN: Quote, Profile, Research) only made its decision to pull back on its 2009 profit forecast in the past few days as it became clear there had been a structural deterioration in demand for large trucks and ...
Amid High Gas Prices, Ford Cuts Production New York Times
Ford scaling back production, cutting jobs by Aug. 1 Detroit Free Press
CNNMoney.com - Bloomberg - BusinessWeek - Bizjournals.com
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Earthtimes (press release)
Yahoo Postpones Annual Meeting Until End of July (Update3)
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
By Crayton Harrison May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc., the Internet company that spurned a $47.5 billion bid from Microsoft Corp., postponed its annual meeting after billionaire investor Carl Icahn started a campaign to unseat the board.
Yahoo Delays Annual Meeting, Again BusinessWeek
Yahoo renominates board Reuters
CNNMoney.com - Wall Street Journal - The Associated Press - Washington Post
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KLEW
Home Prices Drop Most in 17 Years
Washington Post - 56 minutes ago
By Alan Zibel AP A home-price index considered the most comprehensive measure of value in the US housing market posted the sharpest decline in its 17-year history, and analysts said the market had yet to bottom out.
Home prices drop, jobless rolls at 4-year high Reuters
First Quarter US Home Prices Fall 3.1%, Ofheo Says (Update1) Bloomberg
MarketWatch - TheStreet.com - Bizjournals.com - The Associated Press
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Sioux City Journal
GOP Chiefs Like McCain’s Interviewees, but Not Exclusively
New York Times - 34 minutes ago
By JULIE BOSMAN As Senator John McCain prepared to meet this weekend with three potential running mates, state Republican leaders across the country on Thursday gave a tentative nod of approval to those prospects while pointing to the possible ...
Louisiana Gov. Denies Veep Rumors ABC News
10 Things You Didn't Know About Bobby Jindal U.S. News & World Report
Minneapolis Star Tribune - WWL - The Associated Press - FOXNews
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LIVENEWS.com.au
Obama tackles race and religion
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Jeff Mason BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama explained the roots of his unusual name, listed some of his Jewish friends and voiced support for Israel on Thursday during a synagogue visit designed to shore up Jewish support for ...
Obama Faces Tough Questions by Jewish Voters CBS News
Obama on the Defensive Before Fla. Jewish Voters ABC News
Washington Post - FOXNews - The Associated Press - Waterbury Republican American
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AlaskaReport
Senate bill on Iraq funding, veterans benefits passes
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago
(05-22) 17:02 PDT Washington -- The Senate approved a $165 billion war funding bill today - enough to pay for operations six months into the next president's term - that includes a measure to offer veterans free college tuition and that is stirring up ...
McCain, Obama spar on GI bill The Associated Press
McCain Slams Obama for Not Serving in Military ABC News
Huffington Post - MSNBC - Stars and Stripes - MTV.com
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The Tech Herald
Ice-sampling probe set for Sunday landing on Mars
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Irene Klotz PASADENA, Calif., May 22 (Reuters) - A new chapter in Mars exploration opens on Sunday when a small robotic probe jets down to the planet's arctic circle to learn if ice beneath its surface ever had the right chemistry to support life, ...
Inside NASA's Mars Mission Wired News
Mars Weather Looks Good for Phoenix Probe's Sunday Landing Space.com
Slashdot - InformationWeek - San Jose Mercury News - KVOA.com
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Canada.com
Guitar Hero World Tour Brings Downloads to Wii Owners
PC World - 3 hours ago
Despite a lack of ample storage space, Activision makes good on its word in announcing Thursday that Wii owners will be getting downloadable Guitar Hero expansion tracks.
Music Game Wars Heat Up -- What Will Rock Band 2 Do? Wired News
Guitar Hero Will Add Mic, Bass Guitar, Drumset TheCelebrityCafe.com
eFluxMedia - Reuters - CRN - GamePro.com
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NewsOXY
US government: Up to 9 Atlantic hurricanes in 2008
The Associated Press - 9 hours ago
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season could be slightly busier than average, with a good chance of six to nine hurricanes forming, federal forecasters said Thursday in a new way of making predictions.
More Atlantic Hurricanes Than Normal Predicted for 2008 Environment News Service
UPDATE 1-US gov't sees active Atlantic hurricane season Reuters
KHOU - KATC - Bloomberg - ChattahBox
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Monsters and Critics.com
'American Idol' Recap: On the Scene at the Finale
New York Post - 2 hours ago
In the head-to-head battle of the Davids, Missouri bartender David Cook emerged as the latest winner of American Idol on Wednesday's live season finale on FOX.
"American Idol" concludes on ratings upswing Reuters
On the Scene: The 'Idol' finale Entertainment Weekly
The Associated Press - E! Online - New York Times - MTV.com
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KSEE
Indiana Jones seen raiding the lost box office
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES, May 22 (Reuters) - To say Steven Spielberg's fourth "Indiana Jones" installment is highly anticipated doesn't come close to describing the buzz surrounding a film that many in Hollywood hope will revive a sluggish box office ...
Box Office Guru Preview: Indiana Jones Set To Conquer Multiplexes Rotten Tomatoes
'Jones' set to recapture glory days Long Beach Press-Telegram
The Republican - MassLive.com - North by Northwestern - Bizjournals.com - CrunchGear
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Dark films dominate at Cannes this year
USA Today - 1 hour ago
By Harlan Jacobson, Special for USA TODAY CANNES, France - Cannes practically attacked itself this year, as the films all but denounced the glamour of the red carpet that the filmmakers walked up to take their bows.
Epic film "Che" looks at guerrilla's life and death Reuters
Unfinished Cannes entires are risky Variety
New York Times - Hollywood Reporter - TIME - The Associated Press
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The Money Times
Braves back Hudson, complete sweep
MLB.com - 49 minutes ago
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com ATLANTA -- As Tim Hudson kept his composure and didn't allow early damage to affect him, there was a sense the Braves were going to break through against Johan Santana.
Santana, Mets swept by Braves, fall below .500 Newsday
Post-game forum: Sweet sweep? Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Associated Press - New York Times - New York Mets - Sports Network
all 295 news articles »


Sportsnet.ca
Lakers Know the Emotional Value of a Comeback Victory
New York Times - 56 minutes ago
By BILLY WITZ LOS ANGELES - When San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich, a wine connoisseur whose custom-built home cellar houses 3000 bottles, sat down for a late dinner Wednesday and asked for a particular bottle of chardonnay and a pinot noir to ...
Spurs eager to erase Game 1 woes USA Today
Spurs show their age in loss to Lakers Los Angeles Times
SI.com - ESPN - OCRegister - Bleacher Report
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Canada.com
Admission of Doping Jeopardizes Relay Gold
New York Times - 55 minutes ago
By DUFF WILSON SAN FRANCISCO - The Olympic gold medalist and former world champion sprinter Antonio Pettigrew acknowledged in federal court Thursday that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 1997 to 2001.
Runner testifies ex-coach advised banned-drug use USA Today
Athletics coach Graham arranged illegal drugs: Olympians Reuters
The Associated Press - Washington Post - San Francisco Chronicle - New York Daily News
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InjuryBoard.com
Patch Form of HRT Poses Less Clotting Risks Than Pill Does
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Amanda Gardner THURSDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take hormone replacement therapy via skin patches may face a lower risk of blood clots than women who take the therapy orally.
Oral hormone therapy pills may double clot risk Reuters
HRT pills 'blood clot risk link' BBC News
Telegraph.co.uk - InjuryBoard.com - EurekAlert (press release) - Scotsman
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NECN
Monitors urged for all with high blood pressure
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
Everyone with high blood pressure - some 72 million Americans - should own a home monitor and do regular pressure checks, the American Heart Association and other groups urged Thursday in an unprecedented endorsement of a medical device for consumers.
The Benefits of Home Blood-Pressure Tests ABC News
Home Blood-Pressure Monitoring Recommended U.S. News & World Report
Forbes - 7Online.com - NECN - CTV.ca
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E Canada Now
Trucking Regulators Warn on Use of Chantix
Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago
By ALICIA MUNDY and AVERY JOHNSON The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a warning Thursday on the anti-smoking drug Chantix, advising medical examiners "to not qualify anyone currently using this medication for commercial motor vehicle ...
Latest Chantix Safety Concerns Add To Pfizer's Aches, Pains CNNMoney.com
FAA Bans Antismoking Drug, Citing Side Effects New York Times
Washington Post - Los Angeles Times - BusinessWeek - USA Today
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Voice of America
Burma's leaders under pressure to meet aid conditions
Radio Australia - 4 hours ago
Burma's military leaders are under pressure to meet a series of conditions ahead of a planned meeting of donor countries this weekend.
ASEAN, Indonesia and Myanmar Forcing help on Myanmar Economist
Myanmar junta stance on foreign aid a crime - monks Reuters
PR Newswire (press release) - Earthtimes (press release) - Globe and Mail - BBC News
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Radio Australia
Ban Ki-moon to meet Burma leader
BBC News - 3 hours ago
A UN official privately called it a "show camp", says the BBC's Laura Trevelyan, in Burma with the secretary general.
UN chief sees devastation on Burma aid mission ABC Online
World's top envoy entreats Burma (Myanmar) Christian Science Monitor
Times Online - Telegraph.co.uk - Radio Australia - Voice of America
all 423 news articles »

Canadian cargo plane to deliver helicopters to Myanmar
Globe and Mail - 18 hours ago
Mr. Bernier offered the plane after Myanmar said it will let the WFP bring 10 helicopters into the country to deliver emergency supplies to stranded cyclone victims.
Myanmar appears to nix US Navy help, saying "strings attached" International Herald Tribune
First UN food chopper arrives in Burma Melbourne Herald Sun
IRINnews.org - Bangkok Post - The National - Inquirer.net
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The Southern Ledger
Farm Bill, in Part and in Full, Wins Passage
New York Times - 41 minutes ago
By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON - In following the legislative trail of the $307 billion farm bill, it is good to remember that the American system of checks and balances is not really designed for speed.
NEW: Congress enacts most of farm bill over Bush's objections CNN
Congress enacts $290B farm bill over Bush veto The Associated Press
Bloomberg - KTIV - Chicago Tribune - MSNBC
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House Panel Subpoenas Rove in Inquiry Into Justice Dept.
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By NEIL A. LEWIS WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee pressed its investigation of possible political influence in Justice Department prosecutions on Thursday by issuing a subpoena to Karl Rove, the former chief political operative at the Bush ...
House Panel Subpoenas Rove Over Role in Justice Dept. Actions Washington Post
Rove Subpoenaed by House Panel Probing Alabama Case (Update2) Bloomberg
The Associated Press - CNN - Reuters - ABC News
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NBC Augusta
Georgia man's death sentence changed to life in prison
CNN - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- Two hours before his scheduled execution Thursday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted the death sentence of Samuel David Crowe, his lawyer said.
Killer spared from death hours before execution Reuters
Last-minute commutation spares inmate MSNBC
The Associated Press - Atlanta Journal Constitution - USA Today - Fort Mills Times
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