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Edwards acquitted on 1 count, mistrial on others

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By MICHAEL BIESECKER, AP - 56 minutes ago GREENSBORO, NC (AP) - John Edwards' campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial Thursday when jurors acquitted him on one charge and deadlocked on the other five, unable to decide whether he used money from ...
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Reaction to Mass. court ruling on gay marriage law

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BOSTON—Reaction to Thursday's unanimous federal appeals court ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples: "It's especially nice that it's unanimous.
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Alongside Obama, George W. Bush steals the WH show

Houston Chronicle -
JULIE PACE, AP FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010 file photo, former President George W. Bush listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington.
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Gamesmanship abounds as Obama, Romney campaigns duel over jobs

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* Obama campaign says Romney was failure as governor * Obama strategist makes raucous appearance in Boston * Romney visits Solyndra to attack Obama's economic approach By Ros Krasny and Sam Youngman BOSTON/FREMONT, California, May 31 (Reuters) - The ...
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Movie review: Forget fair, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is fierce

Los Angeles Times -
Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron star in director Rupert Sanders' revisionist fairy tale. It's a joy to watch, but it needs a love story with passion.
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SpaceX capsule completes historic mission

Los Angeles Times -
The Dragon capsule is recovered after splashing down in the Pacific. The SpaceX vehicle is the first privately built and operated spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station.
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Interpol hunts Canada murder suspect as video surfaces

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By Michel Comte (AFP) - 2 hours ago OTTAWA - Interpol on Thursday joined an intense manhunt for a Canadian porn star suspected of the grisly murder and dismemberment of his boyfriend, as a video of the killing surfaced online.
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Belarus to Receive Third Part of $3 Billion Loan, Putin Says

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By Ilya Arkhipov and Aliaksandr Kudrytski on May 31, 2012 The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Community anti-crisis fund will disburse the third portion of its $3 billion bailout loan to Belarus, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with ...
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Egypt Ends Emergency Law

Wall Street Journal -
By CHARLES LEVINSON CAIRO—Egypt's unpopular emergency law, which has given the country's police sweeping powers to detain people without charge for over 30 years, expired Thursday without the country's interim military rulers renewing it.
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Fund for victim of face chewing attack in Miami set up

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MIAMI - A fund has been set up to help the victim of the face-chewing attack in Miami. Jackson Memorial Foundation announced Thursday that is has opened a fund to assist 65-year-old Ronald Poppo.
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Think you can spell? Take our Spelling Bee quiz!

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Mignon Tsai, of Abbortsford, British Columbia, Canada, chats with Jennifer Mong of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada during the Scripps National Spelling Bee semi-finals Thursday at National Harbor, Maryland.
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House rejects ban on sex-selection abortion, but GOP makes its point (+video)

Christian Science Monitor -
A GOP bill to abolish abortion if sex selection is the reason failed to clear the US House on Thursday. But Republicans were able, for a day, to turn the tables on Democrats in the 'war on women,' saying the bill sought to save baby girls.
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Sell in May and go away: Stocks close dismal month

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By CHRISTINA REXRODE, AP Business Writer - 1 minute ago With a disappointing finish on Thursday, the stock market closed what was by some measures its worst month in two years.
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TREASURIES-Jittery investors chase US bond yields to record lows

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* US 10-year yield touches record low at 1.53 pct * Europe, poor US data stoke safety bids for bonds * US Treasuries set for best month since September * Investors also snap up German, Japanese, Swiss debt By Richard Leong NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) ...
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Morgan Stanley CEO: No apologies on Facebook IPO

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By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech May 31, 2012: 5:59 PM ET Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman says "there are lot of opinions" on the Facebook IPO now that the offering is complete.
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Florida Voter-Registration Law Partially Blocked by Judge

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Florida's voter-registration law was blocked, in part, by a federal judge who ruled that some of the restrictions imposed by the statute on groups seeking to sign up voters are unconstitutional.
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Microsoft releases final test version of Windows 8

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REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft is nearly done with a much-anticipated overhaul of its Windows operating system. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivers a speech at the Seoul Digital Forum in Seoul earlier in May.
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deathblow to Oracle in Google fight

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By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech May 31, 2012: 6:20 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Google will not have to pay Oracle anything for violating 37 Java copyrights, because they are not copyrightable, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Google's Pichai hints at Chome OS / Android convergence

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This year at All Things Digital's D10 conference, Google's Senior Vice President of Chome and Applications Sundar Pichai was interviewed by Walk Mossberg, speaking about both Chrome and Android in one.
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Justin Bieber's Label "Regrets Strongly" Norway Concert That Left Nearly 50 ...

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While the Red Cross Norway's Facebook page said first aid was provided for 78 people and water was given to many dehydrated children, E! News talked to Camilla Bjorn, a VGTV reporter in Oslo, and she provided slightly different figures: According to ...
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News Summary: Disney Gets New Studio Chief

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NEW HIRE: The former president of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Alan Horn, will lead Disney's movie studio as chairman. HIS PAST: Horn oversaw the hugely successful runs of the "Harry Potter" and "The Dark Knight" movies at Warner Bros.
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'Hatfields & McCoys': Just how hot were those record ratings?

Los Angeles Times -
“Hatfields & McCoys” fired off its last rounds with another ratings record. But it was nothin' compared with the old days of broadcast TV.
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Another Marathon for Isner, but This Time He Loses

New York Times -
PARIS - This time, John Isner lost to the unseeded Frenchman in the first week of a Grand Slam tournament with the fifth set deep, though not nearly so deep, into double digits.
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Wings prepare for life after Lidstrom

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By Brian Hedger - NHL.com Correspondent DETROIT -- Ken Holland did everything he could to persuade legendary defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom to give it one more season with the Detroit Red Wings.
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Heat take 2-0 lead into Boston in East finals

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MIAMI—The Miami Heat know what's coming from the Boston Celtics. "Their all," Dwyane Wade said. That's what usually happens when one team is fighting to save its season -- and in this case, the Big Four era in Boston might be at stake as well.
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Down 1-0 again, Devils debate how to rally

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By Kevin Allen, USA TODAY NEWARK - As the New Jersey Devils watched video of what went wrong for them in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, it played like a rerun.
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Paralyzed Rats Walk Again, Thanks to Electricity, Chemicals—And Chocolate

National Geographic -
Aided by a robotic harness and electrochemical stimulation, a once paralyzed rat climbs toward chocolate. Wearing a robotic harness, paralyzed rats have been made to walk again, according to a new study—albeit with an oddly upright, humanlike gait and ...
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Hubble times Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy pile-up

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By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News An illustration shows the night sky 3.75 billion years from now. Andromeda (left) fills the field of view and begins to distort the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy Astronomers have used the Hubble Space ...
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Local astronomers share Kavli Prize for Kuiper Belt discoveries

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Los Angeles Times -
Two Los Angeles-area scientists will share the 2012 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for their work studying the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system, the Kavli Foundation announced Thursday.
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NYC proposes ban on large sodas at restaurants

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By SAMANTHA GROSS, AP - 1 minute ago NEW YORK (AP) - Want to super-size that soda? Sorry, but in New York City you could be out of luck.

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