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Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly's statement at news conference regarding ...

New York Daily News -
Here's what Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a news conference Thursday evening about the blockbuster break in the Etan Patz case: “This evening the New York City Police Department is announcing the arrest of Pedro Hernandez, age 51, ...
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Jeffrey Neely, who organized lavish GSA conference, leaves agency

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Jeffrey E. Neely, the embattled General Services Administration regional commissioner who planned a lavish employee conference in Las Vegas that cost more than $800000, left the agency Thursday, a GSA spokesman said.
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Hurricane Bud takes aim at Mexico's Pacific coast

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* Hurricane Bud is first Pacific coast storm this year * Pacific ports remain open as storm strengthens to Cat 3 * No major oil installations are in the storm's path (Updates with change to Category 3) MEXICO CITY, May 24 (Reuters) - Hurricane Bud, ...
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Dwyane Wade leads Miami Heat over Indiana Pacers to advance to Eastern ...

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Dwyane Wade scored a game-high 41 points, grabbed 10 rebounds as the Heat closed out the Pacers in six to return to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Small Investors Seek Answers to the Confusion of Facebook Trading

New York Times -
John Hoag thought he had dodged the botched initial public offering of Facebook stock when he canceled his order last week for 100 of the company's shares.
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US cuts Pak aid for jailing doc who helped track Osama

Hindustan Times -
US senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by 33 million dollars -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.
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Clinton: Significant Differences Remain Over Iran's Nuclear Program

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says "significant differences" remain over Iran's nuclear program following two days of talks in Baghdad.
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John Edwards trial jurors request more exhibits

Los Angeles Times -
They finish a fifth day without reaching a verdict on charges he took illegal campaign contributions to cover up an affair. Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards leaves a federal courthouse in Greensboro, NC, where a jury is ...
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Elizabeth Warren pulls even with Scott Brown in new poll

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By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff Elizabeth Warren, emerging from what many consider the roughest patch yet in her Senate campaign, has pulled into a virtual tie with US Senator Scott Brown, according to a new Suffolk University/7News poll.
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What would Greek exit mean for the US economy?

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By Stella Dawson | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uncertainty over the fate of the euro currency is already dampening US economic growth and any significant worsening of the crisis would deal a blow to a recovery that is gradually gathering steam.
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Free news is unsustainable: Buffett

Sydney Morning Herald -
Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway struck a deal this month to acquire 63 newspapers, says he may buy more publications as the industry rethinks whether to offer free content on the internet.
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Amazon says it will improve warehouse conditions

Los Angeles Times -
As protesters rally in Seattle, Amazon tells shareholders it's cutting ties to a conservative public-policy group. Amazon said it planned to improve warehouse conditions and drop its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council, ...
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Obama campaign targeting Romney's record as governor

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By Jeff Mason and Laura MacInnis | CHICAGO/DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - After weeks of painting Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney as a job-slashing corporate raider, President Barack Obama and his re-election campaign are broadening their ...
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Both Campaigns Seize on Romney's Years at Bain

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Mitt Romney's campaign sees the time he spent at Bain Capital, the private equity firm he co-founded and ran for more than a decade, as a positive experience that highlights his leadership skills and his ability to turn around companies and create jobs ...
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Official Facebook Camera iOS app launched

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by Sharon Vaknin | 25 May 2012 9:35am SGT Not so awfully long after it announced its US$1 billion plan to purchase Instagram, Facebook today released a photo-sharing app of its own, Facebook Camera.
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Amid Turmoil, Yahoo Jumps Into Browser Wars

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Wall Street Journal -
By JOHN LETZING And AMIR EFRATI Yahoo Inc. has a few things going on lately: A new chief executive is in place after a scandal felled his predecessor, the company's share of the display ad market is shrinking, and gaining ground on Google Inc. in ...
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Google tackles piracy by removing millions of URLs

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A new Google report shows that piracy and copyright infringement are growing exponentially, with 1.2 million URL removal requests per month, and Microsoft seems to be a particular complainant.
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'Men in Black' just as good the third time around

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By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY By Wilson Webb, Columbia Pictures By Wilson Webb, Columbia Pictures Brolin, as Agent K at, er, 29, is wryly funny, as befitting his future craggy self.
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'American Idol' Champion Phillip Phillips Had 8 Surgeries During Season 11

Hollywood Reporter -
The winner's father said fans have “just seen a glimpse of what Phillip can do.” The music world knows Phillip Phillips as its newest American Idol champion, but it may not have seen him at the top of his game.
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Kidman "oversexed Barbie Doll" in gritty Cannes film

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By Mike Collett-White | CANNES, France (Reuters) - Nicole Kidman plays an "oversexed Barbie doll" in the hard-hitting murder drama "The Paperboy", premiering at the Cannes film festival on Thursday and notable for arresting scenes of sex, violence and ...
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Bill Clinton wanted to meet us: Porn starlets

New York Daily News -
The two porn starlets who caught the attention of former President Bill Clinton at a swanky Monaco soiree - and shared their friendly photo-op via Twitter - told TMZ on Thursday that Bubba made a point to meet them.
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Thunder, Spurs bring connection into Wes

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When Clay Bennett was seeking a leader for his team that would one day become the Oklahoma City Thunder, he picked a rising star from a San Antonio franchise on the verge of winning its fourth NBA championship in a decade.
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I'll Have Another trainer suspended by racing board

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Trainer Doug O'Neill vigorously denied giving one of his horses a performance-enhancing mixture that violated the rules. After a nearly two-year... By The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Trainer Doug O'Neill vigorously ...
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Rangers face NJ Devils at Rock in do-or-die Game 6 Friday night

New York Daily News -
Not every team pushed to the brink of elimination responds with a desperate, spirited defense of its season, and not every team that has everything on the line succeeds.
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Sanchez and Tebow Get the Attention

New York Times -
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - There is a consensus among the Jets that the identity crisis that doomed their offense last season will not resurface in 2012 for several reasons, but primarily because the new coordinator Tony Sparano has little patience or ...
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Butterfly Species Expands Range With Climate Change

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A butterfly species in England is expanding its range, thanks to climate change. In the current issue of Science, researchers at the University of York report that the brown argus butterfly has spread its reach in England northward by about 50 miles ...
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Mystery of Martian meteorites' organic molecules solved

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Organic molecules - compounds that on Earth can be linked with life - encased within Martian meteorites now reveal biological activity on the Red Planet could not have formed these materials, researchers say.
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Space Station Spies a Dragon Flying Below: Big Pic

Discovery News -
May 24, 2012 -- On Thursday morning, Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon capsule successfully carried out a complex set of orbital maneuvers around the International Space Station (ISS).

FDA panel votes against Pfizer rare disease drug

Reuters -
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said a US health advisory panel voted against its drug to treat a rare neurodegenerative disease as the data did not show enough evidence of efficacy.
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Male pill: gene discovery may lead to contraceptive

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It may be possible to develop a new male contraceptive pill after researchers in Edinburgh identified a gene critical for the production of healthy sperm.
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25 Babies Possibly Exposed to TB

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Two hospitals in Sacramento and Solano County, California, have reached out to parents of 25 babies who many have been exposed to tuberculosis in the hospitals' neonatal intensive care units.

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