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Seattle slayings suspect shoots himself as police close in

Los Angeles Times -
By Kim Murphy SEATTLE - An explosive day of violence ended Wednesday when a man believed to be the one who shot five people in a university district cafe and a woman in a downtown parking lot knelt down in the street when surrounded by police and shot ...
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11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre

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(AP) BEIRUT - When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother's blood to fool the killers into thinking he was already dead.
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Europe ponders 'banking union' to avert further euro crises

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European leaders called Wednesday for the 17-nation Eurozone to create a "banking union" to collectively stabilize struggling financial institutions and protect national governments from taking on excessive debt to bail out their banks.
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Researchers Find Clues in Malware

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SAN FRANCISCO - Security experts have only begun examining the thousands of lines of code that make up Flame, an extensive, data-mining computer virus that has been designed to steal information from computers across the Middle East, ...
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Hornets win NBA draft lottery

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AP NEW YORK -- New owner, and now a new star player. The future suddenly looks bright for the New Orleans Hornets. Meanwhile, it was yet another loss -- in a historic season full of them -- for Michael Jordan and the Charlotte Bobcats.
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French journalist freed by the Farc says he was treated well

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A French journalist freed by the Farc rebels of Colombia has said he was treated well during his 33 days in captivity but criticised their use of his release for propaganda.
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50 year sentence for Liberian warlord turned president Charles Taylor

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TONY EASTLEY: When Charles Taylor was sentenced for his crimes the judges who heard his case said the former head of state was responsible for some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history.
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Israeli Official Weighs an Imposed Palestinian Border

New York Times -
TEL AVIV - Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that Israel should consider imposing the borders of a future Palestinian state, becoming the most senior government official to suggest bypassing a stagnant peace process.
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Legal loophole buys time for Wiki-Leaks owner Julian Assange

Times of India -
LONDON: Thanks to an unprecedented legal twist, Wiki-Leaks owner Julian Assange can now appeal in two weeks to challenge the extradition judgment by Britain's SC, which dismissed his plea on Wednesday against deportation to Sweden to face investigation ...
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Face-chewing victim will have long road to recovery

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MIAMI (AP) - A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre, vicious attack faces a bigger threat from infection than from the injuries themselves, according to experts on facial reconstruction.
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Edwards trial: still no verdict after eight days

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The eighth day of trial did bring a note from one of the jurors, however, which prompted several private conversations with the attorneys in the case.
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Mugshot released of Pedro Hernandez, murder suspect in Etan Patz case

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(CBS) NEW YORK - A mugshot of Pedro Hernandez, who was arrested last week and charged with second-degree murder in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, has been released.
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Area spellers fall short at bee

Albany Times Union -
By Charles J. Lewis Massoud Sharif, a Guilderland sixth-grade student, wins the Greater Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York, on Tuesday, Feb.7, 2012.
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Analysis: RIM running out of options

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By Alastair Sharp and Nadia Damouni | TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd (RIM.TO)(RIMM.O) may be running out of options as it struggles to turn around its slumping fortunes with the help of a coterie of investment ...
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Treasury Yields Fall to Record Low in 2nd Monthly Rally

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Treasuries rose, driving yields to record lows and capping a second monthly gain, as Europe's fiscal crisis and signs of slowing economic growth fueled demand for the relative safety of US debt.
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Could Facebook stock slide another 20 percent?

Washington Post -
May 30 (Bloomberg) -- The slide in Facebook Inc. stock that has cost investors $25 billion may not end until the shares drop another 20 percent, leaving the company's valuation on par with competitors that also do business over the Internet.
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NYMEX-Crude extends losses, heads for worst month since 2008

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| TOKYO May 31 (Reuters) - US crude extended losses into a third straight session on Thursday, on track for their biggest monthly drop since the financial crisis of 2008, as risk aversion kept its grip on markets amid mounting tensions about the euro ...
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Obama to Romney: congratulations on winning the nomination

Christian Science Monitor -
President Obama called GOP nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate him for winning enough delegates to secure the Republican nomination.
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Mitt Romney official iPhone app touts “Amercia”

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First of all, kudos to Mitt Romney and his campaign for offering an official iPhone app to solicit micro donations and help spread the word.
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Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550

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The good: The 2012 Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 has more RAM, an improved Chrome OS, and a faster processor than the previous version.
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Collected Videos of Late Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs at D, Now Free on iTunes

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There's lots of video of the late Steve Jobs, primarily from his famous introductions of Apple products over the years and from his oft-quoted Stanford commencement address.
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Oracle CEO Preps Cloud Services

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By JOHN LETZING RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.—Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison said Wednesday the business software giant will release an extensive collection of tools based on the Internet "cloud" in about a week, as the company strives to ...
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Boston Celtics' Kevin Garnett still great after all these years

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By Harvey Fialkov Sun Sentinel Like a fine wine, a broken-in baseball glove or a pair of old Bostonian Clarks shoes, Celtics goliath Kevin Garnett is getting better with age.
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Clemens' defense finds success in prosecution blunders, jurors' questions

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By Lester Munson | ESPN.com WASHINGTON -- As the Roger Clemens legal team on Wednesday presented a fascinating and entertaining baseball seminar to the federal jury that will decide whether Clemens is guilty of perjury, the prosecutors must have known ...
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Virgin Galactic spaceship cleared for test flights by US FAA

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The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceShipTwo, a commercial six-passenger spacecraft owned by Virgin Galactic, to begin rocket-powered suborbital test flights, the company said on Wednesday.
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Body odor reveals age

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by Will Parker Reporting their findings in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers from the Monell Center say that humans can estimate the age of other humans based only on differences in body odor.
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Hormone Replacement Therapy After Menopause: What Women Need to Know

TIME -
A government panel confirms that estrogen and progestin replacement therapy should be used sparingly, only to ward off the most intense symptoms of menopause, and not to protect against chronic disease.

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