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May 18, 2011

LATEST World News, May 18, 2011


Obama to thank US agents for bin Laden hunt
AFP
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will visit Central Intelligence Agency headquarters Friday to honor the entire US clandestine community's work in hunting down Osama bin Laden, the White House said. Obama will head to CIA's Langley, ...
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Herald complains about access to Obama
Boston Globe
By Globe Staff A complaint by the Boston Herald about the limited access its staff would have to President Obama during his visit to Boston today prompted an Obama aide to fault the paper for its coverage of an Obama visit to Boston in March. ...
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Weather forces Air Force One pilots to abort landing
msnbc.com
President Barack Obama prays before the beginning of the US Coast Guard Academy commencement exercises in Leamy Hall Auditorium in New London, Connecticut May 18, 2011. Pilots aboard Air Force One were forced to abort a landing at Bradley International ...
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Jon Huntsman picks Florida for presidential campaign headquarters
Los Angeles Times
By Aaron Deslatte, Orlando Sentinel Although he hasn't officially jumped into the race, potential Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman has decided to open his national headquarters in Orlando, his advisers confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel. ...
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Los Angeles Times

It's Now an 8-Year Itch as Divorce Takes a Year
Bloomberg
By Frank Bass - Wed May 18 17:57:00 GMT 2011 Breaking up is not so hard to do. The divorce takes a while longer, according to a Census Bureau report released today. Couples who divorce in their first marriage separate after a median period of seven ...
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Nearly two dozen injured in Chelsea elevator drop
abc13.com
CHELSEA, NY -- An elevator suddenly dropped three floors in a Chelsea, New York building Wednesday morning, injuring nearly two dozen people inside. One of the victims said that once the elevator started to drop, he felt like he was on an amusement ...
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Photos: Unabomber Auction: Bomber's Personal Items For Sale
ABC News
Theodore Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, was convicted of a mail bombing spree that spanned nearly two decades and took three lives. Kaczynski pleaded guilty in 1998 and was sentenced to life without parole. US Marshals are auctioning off ...
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DiMasi witness: Former speaker out to make 'hay'
Boston Herald
By Laurel J. Sweet In an early bombshell today, the prosecution's star witness in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi testified the embattled pol told him they needed to make “hay” while the going was good. ...
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US consumer agency tests simpler mortgage forms
Reuters
By Dave Clarke WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - The new US consumer financial products agency is testing out slimmer and clearer mortgage disclosure forms, to make borrowers aware if loan payments may skyrocket and to give them greater power to shop ...
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The Minutiae of an Airline Merger
New York Times
Pilots from United and Continental Airlines picketed at LaGuardia Airport in New York this month to mark the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the merger of the airlines. By JAD MOUAWAD ATLANTA — How many chimes should pilots ring to signal ...
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New York Times

New York courts lay off 367 workers, warn of delays
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - The state court system laid off 367 employees Wednesday, the latest in a series of cost-cutting moves expected to increase delays throughout the judiciary. Along with 74 administrative employees let go earlier this month, ...
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Mexico Finds 513 US-Bound Migrants in Trucks
Wall Street Journal
AP A photo released Wednesday shows migrants from Latin America and Asia seen in a trailer truck after being detected by police X-ray equipment, near Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in Mexico's state of Chiapas. TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico– Police in Mexico's southern ...
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Lady Gaga ousts Oprah on Forbes celebrity power list
Reuters
Singer Lady Gaga waves to fans after she performed on the Canal Plus television show ''Le Grand Journal'' in Cannes during the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 11, 2011. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Flamboyant pop singer Lady Gaga ousted US media mogul Oprah ...
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Reuters

Taliban kill 13 in Nanagarhar suicide attack
Long War Journal
By Bill RoggioMay 18, 2011 2:17 PM The Taliban have claimed credit for today's deadly suicide car bombing that targeted police recruits outside of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. Thirteen police men and civilians were reported ...
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Georgia woman now world's second oldest
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Alexis Stevens No, Bessie Cooper hasn't gotten any younger. But there is someone older, and now a Brazilian is leading the human race. Since February, Cooper held the title of World's Oldest Living Person. Until Wednesday, when Brazil's Maria Gomes ...
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Cause undetermined in fatal Aurora fire
Chicago Tribune
Aurora Fire Department officials today said investigators are unable to determine an exact cause of the city's deadliest fire, although the deputy chief said two possible causes are an electrical arc from a TV set or an unattended candle. ...
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This Week's Cover: First look at Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss in 'The Hunger ...
Entertainment Weekly
by EW staff Fans of The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins' terrifically urgent dystopian trilogy about children forced to fight to the death — have always been protective of 16-year-old heroine Katniss Everdeen. So when Lionsgate and director Gary Ross ...
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Intel bullish on PCs, targets Intel-inside smartphone for 2012
CNNMoney
By Michal Lev-Ram, writer May 18, 2011: 3:40 PM ET While Intel chips power the servers that power the tablet and smartphone revolution, CEO Paul Otellini recognizes that's not enough. Intel CEO Paul Otellini (r) with Apple CEO Steve Jobs. ...
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Skull repair to improve Giffords' quality of life
The Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Experts say the surgery to repair Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' skull is a key step in her recovery and will improve her quality of life. People with knowledge of her care have told The Associated Press that Giffords is undergoing ...
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Singapore PM reshuffles cabinet after drop in vote share
AHN | All Headline News
Just days after Singapore's ruling party witnessed a sharp decline in its vote share in an election, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday announced a major reshuffle in his cabinet. The reshuffle will see departures of Transport Minister Raymond ...
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US envoy hails religion's role in combating slavery
AFP
ROME — Religion played a key role in the fight against slavery and is helping combat its modern-day equivalent, human trafficking, a US ambassador told a Rome conference Wednesday. Luis CdeBaca, an advisor to the Obama government on the issue, ...
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AFP
UN appeals for additional 233 million dollars for Libya
Monsters and Critics.com
New York - The United Nations needs 233 million dollars to cover humanitarian assistance from May to September for more than 2 million Libyans affected by the country's ongoing conflict, the UN humanitarian emergency coordinator said Wednesday. ...
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Apple to refresh MacBook Air in June or July, says report
Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Apple will refresh its popular MacBook Air line of ultra-thin notebooks in June or July, a Taiwanese publication said today, citing unnamed Asian supplier sources. According to DigiTimes, the MacBook Airs will feature ...
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"Mocking" Kahn and the draft
MiamiHerald.com
By John McMullen, Sports Network Glen Taylor must be too busy hawking wedding invitations these days to pay much attention to the mess David Kahn has turned his basketball team into. When the printing magnet hired Kahn to replace local legend Kevin ...
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Apple, Google, Smartphone Firms Risk EU Location-Data Curbs
Bloomberg
By Stephanie Bodoni - Wed May 18 17:15:10 GMT 2011 Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), and other smartphone technology companies may face tougher European Union restrictions on the way they handle user-location data after data privacy watchdogs said ...
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The CBS Fall Schedule: So Many Hits They Need To Revive Saturdays
Hollywood Reporter
I love CBS. Honestly, I do. I don't DVR a whole lot of its shows, but I've been impressed by its single-minded vision and determination ever since Leslie Moonves took over in troubled times and launched a plan to make the network relevant and dominant ...
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Newly-Found Planets Aren't Tightly Linked With Solar Systems, Report Says
Bloomberg
By Elizabeth Lopatto - Wed May 18 18:51:00 GMT 2011 A new class of planets that either aren't tied to a specific solar system, or are very distantly linked, has been identified by astronomers. The planets were probably ejected from developing planetary ...
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Boy accused of killing neo-Nazi father says dad beat him, stepmom
Los Angeles Times
A neo-Nazi allegedly killed by his 10-year-old son was accused by the boy and his stepmother of beating them and the couple's other children, according to a court declaration released Wednesday. The Riverside boy facing charges in the case said during ...
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Wax Off: Ralph Macchio Kicked Off 'DWTS'
ABC News
By KATIE KINDELAN Karina Smirnoff and Ralph Macchio are shown on "Dancing with the Stars." (Adam Taylor/ABC) Actor Ralph Macchio was eliminated from ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" Tuesday night but has no regrets about his dancing experience, ...
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ABC News
Doctors urge McDonald's to retire pitchman Ronald
AFP
CHICAGO — Hundreds of doctors backed a campaign to get McDonald's to stop marketing junk food to kids and retire its corporate symbol Ronald McDonald, in an open letter published in major US newspapers Wednesday. The letter comes a day before the fast ...
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'Exciting' find: Possible planets without orbits (AP) | Latest ...
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AP - Are these planets without orbits? Astronomers have found 10 potential planets as massive as Jupiter wandering through a slice of the Milky Way galaxy, following either very wide orbits or no orbit at all. And scientists think they ...
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Gadret grabs dramatic Giro stage win | Latest News | Cycling Weekly
Giro d'Italia 2011, stage eleven: Frenchman proves strongest on uphill finish into Castelfidardo; Contador keeps the lead.
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According to a Bloomberg News survey, oil supplies probably climbed 1.7 million barrels last week from the previous week's 370.3 million. Traders will wait for the Department of Energy's US stockpile report on Wednesday. ...
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ABC starting new comedy night (AP) | LATEST NEWS
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NEW YORK – Fairy tale figures, 1960s era stewardesses and men who dress up as women to get a job are featured in 13 new television series.
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Rounding up the latest high-end 13-inch laptops
by Dan Ackerman If Samsung's recent 13-inch Series 9 laptop got you thinking about a laptop upgrade, don't pull the trigger just yet. ...
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Deion Sanders, Lloyd Carr join Eddie George in latest College ...
By AP, NEW YORK — The latest class of College Football Hall of Famers is loaded on the defensive line. Defensive tackles Marty Lyons of Alabama, ...
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FACTBOX-Points at issue in latest WTO Airbus ruling
May 18 (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization's appeal body will on Wednesday issue a ruling that marks the latest instalment in a long-running dispute on ...
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