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Obama campaign to target Romney's record as governor

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* President's team broadens attacks beyond business record * Plans to question Romney's claims of Massachusetts success * Criticism of private equity work drew some backlash By Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan CHICAGO, May 24 (Reuters) - After weeks of ...
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Senate panel protests conviction of doctor who helped find bin Laden

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By Kim Geiger WASHINGTON -- In response to the conviction in a Pakistani court of the doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to cut aid to Pakistan by $1 million for every year ...

Etan Patz: New Jersey man arrested in boy's 1979 disappearance

Los Angeles Times -
NEW YORK -- New York police on Thursday said they had arrested a New Jersey man in the case of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy whose disappearance 33 years ago launched a nationwide effort to improve methods of finding missing children and ushered in a ...

COLUMN-Facebook Lessons: What not to do when planning an IPO

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By Jilian Mincer NEW YORK May 24 (Reuters) - It's been less than a week since Facebook went public, and while the IPO made CEO Mark Zuckerberg and many others very wealthy, the botched way in which the offering was done has sparked investigations, ...

American Idol Champ Phillip Phillips Admits He "Came Close" to Quitting Show!

E! Online -
For season 11 champion Phillip Phillips, it's surgery to reconstruct his kidney after battling kidney stones throughout the season.

Iran nuclear talks: Stand-off continues

BBC News -
By James Reynolds BBC Iran correspondent, Baghdad The six world powers had planned to hold a single day of talks with Iran. But Baghdad's sandstorms closed the city's airport.

Egypt's Brotherhood Claims Early Lead as Vote Count Begins

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As Egyptians wrapped up two days of voting in a historic presidential election, early indicators showed the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamist candidate taking the lead among the five presumed front-runners.

Resistance battles al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Yemen

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By Iona Craig, Special for USA TODAY LAWDER, Yemen - From the top of the Mount Thira plateau, Yemen's southern province of Abyan stretches out to the Arabian Sea.

Rebels tried to kill Assad's top aides, Israel confirms

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By Barak Ravid | May.25, 2012 | 1:12 AM Israel has reliable information showing that despite Syria's official denials, an attempt was made to assassinate several top regime officials four days ago, senior Israeli officials said yesterday.

Employee behind lavish Las Vegas conference out at GSA

Los Angeles Times -
By Morgan Little WASHINGTON -- Jeff Neely, the regional director responsible for much of the General Services Administration's highly controversial $823000 conference in Las Vegas in 2010, is no longer employed by the agency, a spokesman said.

Justice Dep't: Misconduct by 2 in Stevens case

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By PETE YOST, AP - 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department's internal ethics watchdog said Thursday that two prosecutors in the bungled corruption case against then-Sen. Ted Stevens engaged in reckless professional misconduct by failing ...

Elizabeth Warren draws even in latest poll of Massachusetts Senate race

Washington Post -
Former Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren (D) trails incumbent Scott Brown (R) by only one point in a new Suffolk University poll, the first one since Warren's claims about her Native American heritage came under scrutiny.

Euro-zone countries appear far from compromise

Washington Post -
BERLIN - Supporters of major new measures to stanch Europe's economic crisis confronted a sinking realization Thursday: Their best chances for success might come only if the situation worsens.

Conway Plant Will Be Affected by Hewlett-Packard Job Cuts

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It appears that the Conway Hewlett-Packard (HP) plant will be affected afterall by major job cuts for the company that were announced Wednesday.

Obama stops in Iowa to tout wind credit, energy security

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President Barack Obama used a visit to Iowa, the state with the most wind jobs, to push Congress on federal support for wind manufacturers Thursday - but not without blowback from critics who argue the measure is too expensive.

Trump "thinking" about starting super PAC

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(CBS News) Businessman and reality TV host Donald Trump is once again entering the political fray -- by hosting a upcoming fundraiser for Mitt Romney, participating in an online contest and by possibly starting a super PAC to oppose President Obama's ...

Apple's next invention: The iPen?

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Apple has filed a patent application for an iPen stylus, Draw Something loses players, and Yahoo attempts a new spin on search with the Axis tool.

The best way to upload pictures to Facebook Video

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To play this video, you need Javascript enabled and the latest version of Flash installed. Install Flash now Video description: The Facebook Camera app offers an excellent experience for viewing, uploading, and tagging photos on your iPhone.

Google's patent trial win seen as 'near disaster' for Oracle

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May 24 (Bloomberg) -- A jury found Google Inc., the largest Web search provider, didn't infringe Oracle Corp.'s patents in developing Android software, handing the database maker another defeat in a trial in which it sought $1 billion in damages.

Kelly Clarkson Takes the Stage with Duets Costars

People Magazine -
American Idol is over and The X Factor is still months away. So, what's a music-loving TV fan to do? Well, Duets - ABC's new singing competition starring a slimmed-down Kelly Clarkson, Robin Thicke, John Legend and Jennifer Nettles - arrives just in ...

Review: A far out trip to the past in 'Men in Black 3'

Los Angeles Times -
In the new installment of the space-alien policing series, Will Smith and Josh Brolin (as a younger Tommy Lee Jones) are chasing a bad alien in 1969, and the new mission makes for a campy, fun film.

Nicole Kidman Talks 'Raw And Dangerous' 'Paperboy' At Cannes

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Lee Daniels-directed film, also starring Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey, has met with decidedly mixed reception. By Kara Warner (@karawarner) Much ado is made over the glitz and glamour that surrounds the exotic Cannes Film Festival each year.

Dish, TV networks take fight over ad zapper to judges

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By Liana B. Baker and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A legal battle erupted between DISH Network and some of the major broadcast networks Thursday as the two sides traded lawsuits over the satellite distribution company's "Hopper" DVR, which threatens to ...

Thunder, Spurs bring connection into West finals

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - 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.

Sanchez sharp, Tebow tosses 2 INTs in Jets' OTAs

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FLORHAM PARK, NJ (AP) - Mark Sanchez smiled for a split-second when a reporter labeled him as the most scrutinized guy in the New York Jets' locker room.

Giants' Hakeem Nicks Breaks Right Foot

New York Times -
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (AP) —Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks is expected to be sidelined up to three months after breaking his right foot at a team organized activity Thursday.

Expect Henrik Lundvist's best, as Rangers' Tortorella does

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NEW YORK—The last division champions still alive in the NHL playoffs, the New York Rangers face elimination on Friday night when they go across the Hudson River to Newark for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against the New Jersey Devils.

NASA funded research shows existence of reduced carbon on Mars

Guardian Express -
WASHINGTON - NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth show strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building blocks of life, can originate on the Red Planet.

Butterfly Species Expands Range With Climate Change

New York Times -
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 ...

Male pill: gene discovery may lead to contraceptive

BBC News -
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.

25 Babies Possibly Exposed to TB

ABC News -
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.

Don't Let Polio, Nearly Dead and Gone, Come Back to Life

Bloomberg -
Nothing demonstrates human interconnectedness like the spread of infectious disease. Polio is now endemic to just three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

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