LATEST World News, May 07, 2012

USDA Boxed Beef Cutout Closing Prices for May 7 BusinessWeek By Michael Carone on May 07, 2012 May 7 (Bloomberg) -- This table details boxed beef cutout prices supplied daily by the US Department of Agriculture. Prices and loads traded are as of 3:00 pm US central time. Prices are determined from cuts in dollars ... See all stories on this topic »

US Companies Reporting Earnings on May 7 BusinessWeek By Wendy Soong on May 07, 2012 The following table lists the 78 US companies that reported quarterly earnings today (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column). Companies are sorted alphabetically by ticker symbol. TICKER EST SYM COMPANY Q12 ... See all stories on this topic »

WASHINGTON POST News, May 07, 2012

Cole Hamels called classless, gutless by Nationals GM Rizzo USA TODAY (blog) Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo made sure of that this morning in an interview with The Washington Post, calling Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels "fake tough" and that hitting Washington rookie Bryce Harper with a pitch Sunday was "a classless, ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY (blog)

The Washington Post Is In Even Worse Shape Than You Think Forbes The Washington Post Co. reported its first-quarter earnings on Friday, and the news coming out of the newspaper division was mostly grim. The unit lost $22.6 million in the quarter, with revenue down 8% and revenue from print advertising specifically ... See all stories on this topic »

UFO News, May 07, 2012

The hacking group Anonymous claims to have info on UFO and alien life or not Examiner.com The group's posting said that the "truth" of the aliens are much more intricate than simple UFOs and flying saucers. Apparently within a few days Anonymous will release information about aliens interacting with mankind. The message from the group said, ... See all stories on this topic »

Op-Ed: Texas UFO witness reports helicopter, unidentified entities DigitalJournal.com UFOs are "Unidentified Flying Objects". What entities did the witness see in a Texas forest? Humans dressed in costumes? Alien "visitors" from another dimension? What are your views? A Texas witness reports seeing three unidentified entities on 20 ... See all stories on this topic »

PENNY Stock News, May 07, 2012

Six Penny Stocks With Large Volume – INBP, GWBU, UBRG, ICPA, LUXR, CBIS Active Investor No recent news for INBP in the past few weeks, looks like some kind of stock promotion is behind today's run up. Great Wall Builders Ltd. (OTC:GWBU) went up 37.50% today at $0.55. GWBU traded over 9 million shares today as it hit an intraday high of ... See all stories on this topic »

Seven Penny Stocks with Heavy Volume to Watch on Monday Fyxnews Sefe Incorporated (OTC:SEFE) traded as high as $1.35 during Friday's trading session and last traded at $1.225 for a gain of 12.39% from Thursday's close… SEFE shareshave traded as high as $2.96 over the past 52 weeks, which is 58.61% off that high ... See all stories on this topic »

NY TIMES News, May 07, 2012

Irish austerity policy is a complete failure says NY Times Krugman IrishCentral Ireland, as the poster boy for austerity policies in Europe, is a complete failure, says Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist and Nobel Economics prize winner. Writing after austerity candidates had lost in elections in France and Greece, ... See all stories on this topic »

Could there be four 'Avatar' films? Mother Nature Network (blog) In a NY Times interview, Director James Cameron opens up on the future of his blockbuster scifi franchise. Wondering when the second and third "Avatar" films might hit theaters? Go ahead and add a potential fourth to that list. See all stories on this topic »

NEW TRENDS, May 07, 2012

New Trends Home Style: Five new decorating trends The Republic High Point, NC, is the market where the world's best designers launch theirnew looks and lines, so it's the mecca for trend-spotting. Here are my top five favorites for the season. — 1: It's All About Color As you walked in the doors of the High ... See all stories on this topic »

FASHION Models News, May 07, 2012

Vogue vows to project a model image The News Journal 15, 2012, file photo, models have their make-up finalized under runway light before the J. Mendel Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week, in New York. The 19 editors of Vogue magazines around the world made a pact to project the image of ... See all stories on this topic »

Is the Vogue vow more hype than health? KATU 10, 2006 file photo shows a very thin model on the runway at the Rosa Cha spring 2007 fashion show in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Lip service or sea change? Skeptics wonder whether Vogue magazine's vow to ban models ... See all stories on this topic »

IDEAS, May 07, 2012

Philanthropist Bill Goldring awarded Times-Picayune Loving Cup NOLA.com By Stephen Babcock, The Times-Picayune William “Bill” Goldring, a giant of local philanthropy whose donations have literally changed the landscape of New Orleans, accepted the Times-Picayune Loving Cup for 2011 at a Sunday afternoon ceremony at one of ... See all stories on this topic »

Can These Ideas Save Kodak From Bankruptcy? Seeking Alpha The Chapter 11 filing, attached to an almost $1 billion creditor-in-possession credit facility from Citibank (C), offered some relief until the company can materialize its patent portfolio. The student teams were tasked with finding an immediate ... See all stories on this topic »

DIED, May 07, 2012

George Lindsey dies at 83; 'The Andy Griffith Show's' Goober Pyle Los Angeles Times Lindsey, who later was a regular on the long-running country music comedy show "Hee Haw," died at a healthcare center in Nashville after a brief illness, said his manager and booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed. "George Lindsey was my friend," Andy ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Famous Fat Cat 'Meow' Dies In New Mexico
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SANTA FE, NM -- A cat that got national attention for tipping the scales at 39 pounds has died from apparent complications of his morbid obesity, an animal shelter said Monday. The orange and white tabby named Meow, who was between 2 and 5 years old, ...
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HEALTH News, Fitness, Wellness, Diets, May 07, 2012

Geek Fitness Week: Let Fitness for Geeks Be Your User Manual Wired News The book differs from other fitness books in that you're not going to find one specific diet to follow or one particular workout routine to perform. Instead, Perry uses the book to educate geeks by talking to us on our terms and understanding that we ... See all stories on this topic »

Marsh column: Advice on how to get rid of belly fat Salisbury Post I believe that is the number one question in any YMCA, fitness center or weight loss center. With this crazy weather, it is finally warm and almost time to hit the pools. (Fortunately, there are many bathing suits out there which flatter any shape or ... See all stories on this topic »

EUROZONE Crisis News, May 07, 2012

Anti-austerity ballot backlash rattles euro zone Reuters Greece, where Europe's sovereign debt crisis began in 2009, plunged into turmoil after a general election boosted far-left and far-right splinter groups, stripping mainstream parties that back a painful EU/IMF bailout of their parliamentary majority. See all stories on this topic »

A Better Solution For The Euro Crisis: Europeanization Of Banking Forbes Fuest serves as chairman of the German finance ministry's technical advisory committee and is an expert on issues relating to the Eurozone. Many observers of the Eurozone debt crisisargue that the Euro can only survive if the common currency is ... See all stories on this topic »

EARTHQUAKE News, May 07, 2012

Fears increase of big earthquake near Tokyo in the foreseeable future Public Radio International PRI They're tracking a very small earthquake, centered just outside of Tokyo. Sakai says small quakes like this happen about ten thousand times a year in Japan, and for geologists like him, even the small earthquakes are worth paying attention to. See all stories on this topic »

BSA upholds TV quake complaint Stuff.co.nz TV3 has been accused of being alarmist with a news story this year aboutearthquakes in Christchurch. The Broadcasting Standards Authority has upheld a complaint about a TV3 news item about the potential of a magnitude-7.0 quake, saying it was ... See all stories on this topic »

OLIVIA WILDE News, May 07, 2012

Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde Are Twinkies! Gather.com Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde showed up today at the Revlon Run/Walk for Women looking startlingly alike in matching outfits and blonde locks. Although imitation can be the greatest form of flattery, who is imitating who? It's not at all surprising that ... See all stories on this topic »

Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde Team Up For Revlon's Walk For Women PopSugar Australia Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde are usually glamorous at public events but switched gears for the 15th annual EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in NYC on Saturday. They wore workout gear for the charity event and got the crowd excited before the walk, ... See all stories on this topic »

JULIA ROBERTS News, May 07, 2012

Garry Marshall's touchstones Los Angeles Times This iconic 1990 romantic comedy resurrected the career of Richard Gere and earned Julia Roberts an Oscar nomination. (Touchstone Pictures / May 6, 2012) The nostalgic ABC comedy series that made Henry Winkler a superstar aired from 1974 to 1984. See all stories on this topic »

SPORTS, Athletics News, May 07, 2012

Soccer mercy rule adopted by NCHSAA Chicago Tribune The NC High School Athletic Association Board of Directors concluded its annual meeting Thursday with a few items of note. The one of the biggest consequence is the adoption of a mercy rule in soccer. Beginning this fall, if a team achieves a nine-goal ... See all stories on this topic »

Real Madrid wins league title; Messi breaks goal record USA TODAY MADRID (AP) – It took a record-setting output for Real Madrid to finally dislodge FC Barcelona from atop Spain's elite soccer league. Madrid's league-best 32nd title is its first in four long seasons dominated by its biggest rival. See all stories on this topic »

FRENCH Elections News, May 07, 2012 (2)

Hollande defeats Sarkozy in French election CBS News Sarkozy faces uphill battle in French election Sarkozy to woo far-right to try to win re-election Fringes loom large in French presidential election Hollande's former partner and mother of his four children, Segolene Royal, said she has a "feeling of ... See all stories on this topic »

GREEK Elections News, May 07, 2012 (2)

Greek multi-party coalition likely - World - CBC News Official projections in Greece's election show the conservative New Democracy party winning the most votes, with 19.18 per cent, far short of the amount needed ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/.../greece-election.html?...

Greek elections: conservatives projected ahead - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: Greeks angered by a vicious and protracted financial crisis punished their two main parties in national elections Sunday, with exit polls ... news.yahoo.com/greek-elections-conservatives-projected-ahea...

SERBIA Elections News, May 07, 2012

Serbia elections: a Milosevic ally vs. a pro-EU incumbent Christian Science Monitor The election for president, Parliament and local authorities will determine the pace of Serbia's European Union-demanded economic and social reforms, after facing international isolation as a pariah state under Milosevic in the 1990s for his ... See all stories on this topic »

In Serbia, a Populist Makes Gains in Elections Marked by Anger Over the Economy New York Times With 25.3 percent of the vote counted, the Serbian electoralcommission said the Serbian Progressive Party of Tomislav Nikolic, a former ultranationalist ally of the Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, had won 23.53 percent in the parliamentary ... See all stories on this topic »

GREEK Election News, May 07, 2012

Greek elections leave political system in chaos CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Greek voters are expected to use the elections to 'punish' mainstream parties for the economic crisis. Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greece's center-right New Democracy party looks set to get the first chance to form a new government ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek elections shake up Parliament Los Angeles Times Greece's general elections ended with Parliament split among at least seven political parties. (Angelos Tzortzinis, AFP/Getty Images / May 6, 2012) By Anthee Carassava, Los Angeles Times ATHENS — Greek conservatives won at the polls Sunday in national ... See all stories on this topic »

FRENCH Elections News, May 07, 2012

Euro Falls After French, Greek Elections Wall Street Journal By ENDA CURRAN SYDNEY—A dramatic reshaping of Greece's political landscape with voters largely rejecting austerity measures and an electoraldefeat for France's incumbent President weighed on the euro in early Asian trade on Monday as investors ... See all stories on this topic »

French Elections: Analysis From Le Huffington Post Huffington Post President-elect Francois Hollande blows a kiss to the crowd after his electionin Tulle, central France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Francois Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president, Sarkozy conceded defeat minutes after ... See all stories on this topic »