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Trolley operator dies after collision in Newton
Boston Globe - 3 hours ago
A trolley car on the D branch of the Green Line in Newton smashed into another car from behind this afternoon, injuring multiple people.
Several hurt as 2 T trains collide in Newton Boston Herald
Driver dies in MBTA train collision SouthCoastToday.com
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The Southern Ledger

DNC Lawyers Rule Against Clinton
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton stops at Mount Rushmore during a campaign swing through South Dakota. (By Elise Amendola -- Associated Press) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed ...
Florida and Michigan May See Delegates Halved New York Times
Pelosi vows to prevent fight at Dem convention San Francisco Chronicle
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PRESS TV

For McCain, A Switch On Telecom Immunity?
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Jonathan Weisman and Ellen Nakashima A top lawyer for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign said telecommunications companies should be forced to explain their role in the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program as a condition for ...
McCain to Obama: Go back to Iraq and see the facts International Herald Tribune
Obama Weighs a Visit to the Troops in Iraq New York Times
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Murdoch Predicts Icahn Fight For Yahoo Will Fail
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Class Dismissed
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Windows 7 demo: all multitouch and no meat
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Sex And The City: C
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Perkins comes up big for Boston in Game 5
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Scene Stealer: 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
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The ravages of the Clinton campaign
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Nepal abolishes centuries-old Hindu monarchy
Reuters - 4 hours ago
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's political parties voted on Wednesday to abolish the Himalayan kingdom's 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, a key demand of Maoists after they ended a decade-long war against the government.
BACKGROUND: Key dates in Nepal's monarchy Monsters and Critics.com
Nepal Abolishes Monarchy, Concluding Rebel Fight for Republic Bloomberg
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Thanh Nien Daily

Rain hampers effort to drain quake-created lake in China
The Associated Press - 46 minutes ago
CHENGDU, China (AP) - Rain grounded helicopters and added urgency to attempts on Thursday to drain an earthquake-created lake that was threatening to flood disaster victims in central China.
Trapped chemicals add to China's quake lake fears Reuters
Quake lake work to take days to complete United Press International
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RussiaToday

Britain Joins a Draft Treaty on Cluster Munitions
New York Times - 6 hours ago
By JOHN F. BURNS LONDON - The draft of a treaty to ban cluster munitions was adopted by a group of 111 nations on Wednesday in Dublin after Britain dropped its longstanding opposition to any limitations on the weapons.
111 Nations, Minus the US, Agree to Cluster-Bomb Ban Washington Post
Australian defense minister voices concerns about cluster bomb ban International Herald Tribune
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Washington abuzz over Scott McClellan's tell-all book
Los Angeles Times - 49 minutes ago
Copies of former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's memoir "What Happened" is seen on display today at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC McClellan called the war in Iraq unnecessary and wrote that President George W. Bush has ...
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McClellan accused of betrayal over Bush memoir San Francisco Chronicle
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The Southern Ledger

Same-sex weddings rescheduled for June 17
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
Dozens of same-sex couples planning to marry in San Francisco will have to reschedule their weddings after the state Office of Vital Records decided Wednesday that gays and lesbians can legally marry in California beginning June 17.
No bride and groom in California same-sex weddings Houston Chronicle

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ABC News

Woman in iron lung dies during power outage
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
This photo from the 1940s or 50s shows a ward filled with polio victims in iron lungs at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital . Dianne Odell, 61, had been encased in the machine since she was 3 years old, but she graduated high school, took college classes and ...
Woman who lived in iron lung dies in outage Houston Chronicle
Tennessee: Woman in Iron Lung Dies New York Times
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Murdoch Predicts Icahn Fight For Yahoo Will Fail
CNNMoney.com - 57 minutes ago
CARLSBAD, Calif. -(Dow Jones)- News Corp. (NWS) Chairman Rupert Murdoch predicted Wednesday that activist investor Carl Icahn's proxy fight to control Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) will fail, but it will "make him a few hundred million dollars.
Yahoo 'listening' to Microsoft BBC News
Yahoo CEO says company is not 'under siege' The Associated Press
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Washington Post

Exxon Mobil leader keeps both hats
Houston Chronicle - 1 hour ago
By KRISTEN HAYS DALLAS - Rex Tillerson's grip on the dual titles of Exxon Mobil Corp. chairman and chief executive is safe despite a well-publicized push to divide the jobs by descendants of 19th-century oil magnate John D. Rockefeller.
ExxonMobil CEO Stands Strong BusinessWeek
Exxon’s Texas-Size War Chest New York Times
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Computerworld

Who’s Smarter: Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg?
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By John Markoff A variety of legends have grown up around Bill Gates’ brief career at Harvard. (He dropped out halfway through and co-founded Microsoft).
Facebook Thinks Outside Boxes Forbes
Facebook's Zuckerberg: Interested In Working With Google CNNMoney.com
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Class Dismissed
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By MARK MELLMAN DOES Barack Obama have a problem with the white working class? Despite the ubiquity of the term during this presidential campaign, it’s hard to say what, exactly, “working class” means.
Waak makes up her mind: It's Obama Rocky Mountain News
Clinton's visit gives voters something to think about Rapid City Journal
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Malaysia Star

Conservative-Catholic Voters May Be in Play
Wall Street Journal - 3 hours ago
By DOUGLAS BELKIN For the first time since the presidential election of 1988, the observant white Catholic vote might be up for grabs this November.
Obama Camp: Trip Overseas Is 'Under Consideration' ABC News
McCain challenges Obama to visit Iraq Los Angeles Times
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Obama expects to clinch nomination next week
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Deborah Charles CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama said on Wednesday he expected to become the Democratic US presidential nominee after next week and he is considering an overseas trip that may include Iraq.
Clinton says she can beat McCain The Missoulian
Clinton Campaigns In South Dakota; Obama Visits Colorado NY1
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Brisbane Times

Windows 7 demo: all multitouch and no meat
Ars Technica - 2 hours ago
By Peter Bright | Published: May 28, 2008 - 11:02PM CT D6, the sixth annual All Things Digital conference, kicked off yesterday with a session starring Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.
Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point' Slashdot
Not Quite the End of Gates' Era, but Close InternetNews.com
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Signal From Mars Is Restored
New York Times - 8 hours ago
By JOHN SCHWARTZ A satellite radio that carries signals and commands to the Mars Phoenix lander restarted last night, ending a one-day delay in the robotic explorer’s deployment on the Martian surface.
Phoenix Mars Lander to Flex Robotic Arm Space.com
NASA begins releasing robotic arm of Mars lander The Associated Press
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CNET News.com

Google Pushes to Make Browser Applications More Powerful
New York Times - 5 hours ago
By Miguel Helft Google has been a leading proponent of Web-based computing - software that is delivered over the Internet and typically runs inside a browser.
Live from Google I/O 2008 ZDNet
Google, Reaching Beyond Search, Touts Web Developer Tools CNNMoney.com
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Sex And The City: C
Boston Herald - 2 hours ago
Are we ready for a summer blockbuster in which the special effects are the shoes? “Sex and the City” is a 148-minute, fashion-label-endorsing film version of a series of 94 half-hour HBO episodes, not one of which I have seen in its entirety.
Sex and the City (R) Chicago Sun-Times
'Sex and the City': Fans get into character Jackson Clarion Ledger
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Stone-walling: China angry over quake karma remark
Reuters - 44 minutes ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese cinemas will not show films starring Hollywood actress Sharon Stone after she suggested the earthquake in southwest China was "bad karma" for Beijing's policies in Tibet, Chinese media reported on Thursday.
Chinese cinema to ban Sharon Stone Hollywood Reporter
Dior apologizes for Stone's 'Karma' comment MarketWatch
Access Hollywood - E! Online - TMZ.com - San Francisco Chronicle
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Variety

Fox Is King in the Kitchen
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by FELICIA R. LEE “Hell’s Kitchen” lifted Fox to No. 1 in the ratings on Tuesday as 9.4 million viewers tuned in to that reality series cooking competition at 9 pm, according to Nielsen’s estimates.
Nielsens: A cool start to summer USA Today
Fox wins weeklong ratings with "Dance," "Idol" Reuters
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Perkins comes up big for Boston in Game 5
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.
Allen ends slump, gives Celtics boost USA Today
Celtics hold off Pistons to take East lead Sports Network
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New York Daily News

Crosby Scores Twice, and the Penguins Can Exhale
New York Times - 2 hours ago
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, who scored his fifth and sixth goals of the playoffs, was forced to the ice by Detroit’s Andreas Lilja.
Captain Sidney Crosby leads Penguins by example Los Angeles Times
Chasing Stanley: Crosby's coming-out gets Penguins back into Finals SportingNews.com
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SBR Forum

Monroe, Twins send KC to 10th straight loss; Guillen ticked
Sports Network - 1 hour ago
Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Craig Monroe hit a pinch-hit, game-tying three-run homer in the ninth inning, and Justin Morneau's solo shot in the 10th made the difference, as Minnesota stunned Kansas City with a 9-8 comeback win and extended the ...
Minnesota Twins beat Kansas City 9-8 for Royals' 10th straight loss The Canadian Press
Guillen, Royals frustrated after defeat MLB.com
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MedPage Today

FDA reports new drug-label requirements
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - 2 hours ago
BY ROBERT COHEN WASHINGTON -- After more than a decade of review, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday proposed new prescription drug la beling changes to better inform doctors about the risks of medicines used during pregnancy and breast-feeding ...
Now, Add Pimples to the List New York Times
FDA proposes new drug label system USA Today
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ChattahBox

Hint of Hope as Child Obesity Rate Hits Plateau
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By TARA PARKER-POPE Childhood obesity, rising for more than two decades, appears to have hit a plateau, a potentially significant milestone in the battle against excessive weight gain among children.
US child obesity 'hits plateau' BBC News
Study hints obesity epidemic among US children has peaked The Associated Press
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Washington Post

Genome Chief to Step Down
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By CORNELIA DEAN Francis S. Collins, who has led the National Human Genome Research Institute since 1993, will step down on Aug. 1 to pursue other professional opportunities, the institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced.
'WHITE SPACE OF UNEMPLOYMENT' Top Geneticist Plans To Leave Job at NIH Washington Post
Genome 'trailblazer' Francis Collins departing research institute USA Today
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CTV.ca

Triangle Group Raises $200K For China Earthquake Relief
NBC 17.com - 10 hours ago
Members of the group wired the money Wednesday to the Red Cross Society of China in Beijing to aid the relief efforts in Sichuan, the center of the devastating quake.
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China earthquake: Deadly aftershock Telegraph.co.uk
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China earthquake: How China mobilised its might
Telegraph.co.uk - 13 hours ago
There is something almost historic in the army’s mobilisation to create order from the Sichuan earthquake’s chaos. Approaching 130000 men and women were involved in clearing roads, rescuing survivors and treating the injured in MASH-type field tents ...
Parents’ Grief Turns to Rage at Chinese Officials New York Times
An earthquake-induced ceasefire, or a genuine truce? Canada.com
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Monsters and Critics.com

China earthquake death toll rises to 68109 by Mid-Wednesday
Xinhua - 22 hours ago
BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by close to 1000 to 68109 as of 12 pm Wednesday, the Information Office of the State Council said.
Add even the earthquake news among China’s tainted products Canada Free Press
China earthquake death toll rises to 67183 by Tuesday noon Mathaba.Net
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Seattle Times

Myanmar lashes out at "chocolate bar" foreign aid
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta lashed out at offers of foreign aid on Thursday, criticizing donors' demands for access to the Irrawaddy delta and saying Cyclone Nargis' 2.4 million victims could "stand by themselves".
Myanmar approves all pending visas for UN aid workers International Herald Tribune
Indonesia joins in criticism of Myanmar over Suu Kyi Reuters India
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CBS News

US Navy Waiting for Junta's Permission to Deliver Burma Aid
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
By William Branigin The United States is prepared to step up deliveries of relief supplies to Burma from Navy ships off the coast of the cyclone-ravaged nation but cannot wait much longer for permission from Burma's military rulers, the commander of US ...
US commander: Navy ships likely to leave Myanmar The Associated Press
Commander: US Navy boats likely to withdraw from waters near Myanmar Xinhua
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CTV.ca

Cyclone survivors victimized by Myanmar soldiers
The Associated Press - 11 hours ago
PYAPON, Myanmar (AP) - It's not much, but the flimsy bamboo lean-to on the side of the road is all Aye Shwe has to keep his family dry.
Progress for Aid Workers in Myanmar New York Times
Murky measures in Myanmar's disaster Asia Times Online
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