ITALY News, May 23, 2012

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Italian Consumer Confidence Falls to Lowest Since 1996 BusinessWeek By Lorenzo Totaro on May 23, 2012 Italian consumer confidence plunged to the lowest in more than 15 years in May as Prime Minister Mario Monti's austerity drive deepens the recession in Europe's fourth-biggest economy. The confidence index fell to 86.5 ... See all stories on this topic »

Hollande Honeymoon Brings France Low Yields BusinessWeek By David Goodman and Mark Deen on May 23, 2012 Higher rated than Spain or Italy and offering better returns than German securities, France finds itself in a sweet spot, drawing the strongest auction demand since the European debt crisis began in 2009 ... See all stories on this topic »

EGYPT Elections News, May 23, 2012

Egypt's Presidential Elections: Free and a Free-for-All TIME (blog) Pete Muller / AP Soldiers stand guard as people search for their names outside a polling station in Cairo on May 23, 2012.Egyptians voted on Wednesday for pick a president in a wide open election that pits Islamists against men who served under... See all stories on this topic » TIME (blog)

Faces in the crowd in Egypt's election Seattle Post Intelligencer AP, An Egyptian woman holds up her ink-stained finger as proof that she voted in the country's presidential election on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in the Zamalek neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Determined to end decades of authoritarian rule, ... See all stories on this topic »

EARTHQUAKE News, May 23, 2012

Major League baseball players contribute $310000 to Hands On Tokyo to build... MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Major League baseball players today continued their support of earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan by awarding a $310000 grant from the Players Trust to nonprofit organization, ... See all stories on this topic »

Linkin Park Unveils Customized Honda Civic Si Coupe at House of Blues Fan Club ... MarketWatch (press release) LOS ANGELES, CA, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Last Friday before an intimate fan-club only show in Los Angeles, Linkin Park unveiled a Honda Civic Si Coupe and CBR250R Motorcycle they personally customized and autographed to be displayed at ... See all stories on this topic »

DISCOVERIES News, May 23, 2012

Discoveries A whale of a discovery: New sensory organ found in rorqual whales Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (May 23, 2012) — Scientists at the University of British Columbia and the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a sensory organ in rorqual whales that coordinates its signature lunge-feeding behaviour -- and may help explain their ... See all stories on this topic »

Government of Canada Invests in Researchers and Students MarketWatch (press release) TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, and Suzanne Fortier, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), ... See all stories on this topic »

NEW ZEALAND HERALD News, May 23, 2012

PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - May 23 Reuters NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz) Quake zone also growth zone: Canterbury has outpaced Auckland to gain the top spot in year-on-year growth, as the city's rebuild kicks into action, according to the National Bank's regional trends survey for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Dotcom asks court to return computers Independent Online The defendant is awaiting an August hearing on an extradition request to face trial, the New Zealand Herald reported. Paul Davison said Dotcom denied the US FBI charges of copyright infringement and money laundering, and insisted his website was... See all stories on this topic »

CNBC World News, May 23, 2012

NBCUniversal Plans 5500 Hours Of Olympics Coverage Huffington Post ... May 23 (Reuters) - NBCUniversal on Wednesday unveiled plans to air more than 5500 hours of coverage of the upcoming London Olympic Games online and across its various television networks, including more than 270 hours on flagship broadcaster NBC. See all stories on this topic »

CBC World News, May 23, 2012

MEDIA ADVISORY - The Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards Gala is almost sold out Sacramento Bee By Canadian Journalism Foundation TORONTO, May 23, 2012 -- /CNW/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation's 15 th Annual Awards Gala is almost sold out. On June 7 at The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, more than 500 business and media luminaries will ... See all stories on this topic »

Media Advisory: Governor General to Invest 44 Recipients Into the Order ofCanada MarketWatch (press release) OTTAWA, ONTARIO, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General ofCanada, will preside over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Friday, May 25, 2012, at 10:30 am The ... See all stories on this topic »

BLOOMBERG News, May 23, 2012

Lenovo Boosts Net Income 60% on Medion, NEC PC Acquisitions BusinessWeek By Bloomberg News on May 23, 2012 Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, posted a 60 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as acquisitions in Germany and Japan helped boost shipments and market share. See all stories on this topic »

Romney Widens Lead Over Obama Among Swing-State Florida Voters San Francisco Chronicle (For more news on the 2012 campaign, see ELECT.) May 23 (Bloomberg) -- The biggest swing state is turning Mitt Romney's way. In three months of polling of Florida's registered voters by Quinnipiac University, presumptive Republican presidential nominee ... See all stories on this topic »

BEST Anything, May 23, 2012

BEST Cheapflights.com Proudly Presents Its Top 10 Gay Wedding Destinations MarketWatch (press release) BOSTON, MA, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- In June, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month will be celebrated in the United States and around the world. The LGBT movement has made a lot of progress since the Stonewall riots ... See all stories on this topic »

McIlroy knows he's among the best Kansas City Star By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Rory McIlroy tees off during the PGA Championship, Pro-Am at Wentworth Golf Club, at Wentworth, England Wednesday May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE VIRGINIA WATER, ... See all stories on this topic »

ALEXIS TSIPRAS (Greece) News, May 23, 2012

Tsipras warns EU got it wrong The Australian Greece's international creditors must acknowledge their errors and change financial course "to avoid catastrophe", Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras said in Berlin yesterday. European officials hope next month's elections will produce a strong government in ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek Leftist Reaches Out, to Little Avail New York Times BERLIN — With less than a month before new elections in Greece, it might be expected that Alexis Tsipras would be campaigning in his own country. Instead, Tuesday found Greece's rising young political star in Berlin, the second stop of what appeared ... See all stories on this topic »

BARACK OBAMA News, May 23, 2012

Wednesday's Words: GOPCare; Obama Gets Social; 'Secret Circus' Wall Street Journal (blog) By WSJ Staff Marine One lands at the White House in Washington to pick up US President Barack Obama, May 23, 2012. Obama is leaving for Colorado Springs to attend the USAF Academy commencement ceremony. If not Obamacare, then what? The Journal reports ... See all stories on this topic »

Romney addresses Latino coalition in DC and Obama goes to Co., Calif ... Washington Post (blog) Obama loses more than 40 percent of Kentucky primary voters to 'uncommitted' option - The Fix wapo.st/KaVead — Aaron Blake (@FixAaron)May 23, 2012 New Q poll indicates Romney takes lead in Florida: on.cnn.com/JcH4TJ — Paul Steinhauser ... See all stories on this topic »

AL JAZEERA News, May 23, 2012

Glasses Could Help the Blind See like Geordi La Forge in 'Star Trek' TIME By Keith Wagstaff | @kwagstaff | May 23, 2012 | + If Star Trek: The Next Generation has taught us anything, it's that being blind in the 24th century is no big deal, mostly because you can just wear an all-seeing visor a la Geordi La Forge. See all stories on this topic »

Finally, Egyptians Have Their Say North Country Public Radio May 23, 2012 — It wasn't until she applied for Medicaid that Jennifer Andrushko discovered someone had been using her young son's Social Security number. Because kids don't have much use for credit, the crime often goes undiscovered for years. Now ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC World News, May 23, 2012

Qwiki Revolutionizes Online Publishing: First Qwiki "Channel" Created ByABC News MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Qwiki, a New York-based technology company pioneering a new media format, today launched its publishing platform. Using Qwiki, any media organization, publisher, blogger or personality can easily create ... See all stories on this topic »

The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, May 23, 2012 ABC News (blog) The Note's Must-Reads are a round-up of today's political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top US newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News' Amanda VanAllen, Carrie Halperin and Ben Waldron. See all stories on this topic »

EUROVISION Song Contest, Baku, News, May 23, 2012

Azerbaijan basks in glitz, fears exposure STLtoday.com AP | Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:05 am | ( Loading… ) comments. The Baku Crystal Palace is lit by lights during the rehearsals for the 2012Eurovision Song contest in Baku, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The capital of this former Soviet republic has ... See all stories on this topic »

Iran withdraws Azerbaijan envoy over Eurovision dispute Jewish Chronicle By Jennifer Lipman, May 23, 2012 The Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan has been recalled to Tehran following a row over the Eurovision Song Contest, which is taking place this week in Baku, the Azerbaijani capital. In recent days Iranian clerics and ... See all stories on this topic »

LONDON OLYMPICS News, May 23, 2012

NBCUniversal to Provide Unprecidented Coverage of 2012 Olympics TVbytheNumbers NEW YORK – May 23, 2012 – NBCUniversal will provide 5535 hours of coverage for the 2012 London Olympics across NBC, NBC Sports Network, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Telemundo, NBCOlympics.com, two specialty channels, and the first-ever 3D platform, ... See all stories on this topic »

UK bans leaders who abuse rights from Olympics Huffington Post May 23, 2012 09:27 AM EST | AP LONDON — Britain will ban leaders guilty of human rights abuses from traveling to Britain for the 2012 London Olympics. Jeremy Browne, the Foreign Office minister, told lawmakers on Wednesday that people linked to such ... See all stories on this topic »

DIED May 23, 2012

Fla. boy, 6, dies 5 years after nearly drowning Huffington Post May 23, 2012 08:17 AM EST | AP CASSELBERRY, Fla. — A 6-year-old central Florida boy has died five years after he nearly drowned in a backyard pool. Grandmother Maggie Cosmillo called the boy a "warrior" who loved Elmo. The newspaper reported the boy ... See all stories on this topic »

Mum-of-five dies drinking vinegar in botched DIY attempt to abort her baby Parentdish By Keith Kendrick, May 23, 2012 Women with unwanted pregnancies have been warned about 'internet myths' after aa mum died from a DIY abortion. Mum-of-five Catherine Furey attempted a home termination after becoming pregnant with an unwanted baby. See all stories on this topic »

AUSTRALIA Ski News, May 23, 2012

NGBs oppose shared Olympic judges ESPN Every nation that replied to our queries -- seven in all, representing both the ski and snowboard sides -- disagreed with the potential for crossover judges in 2014. That included the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia ... See all stories on this topic » ESPN

Puyehue Volcano Alert Level Downgraded to Yellow; PowderQuest Tours Resumes ... PR Web (press release) Airlines were forced to cancel flights in areas stretching from San Carlos De Bariloche to Sydney, Australia and Aukland, New Zealand. The eruption activity continued for the entire 2011 skiseason in South America causing facilities such as the San ... See all stories on this topic »

NEW ZEALAND Ski News, May 23, 2012

Hertz Launches Ski Promotion in New Zealand ASIATravelTips.com Hertz is enticing snow bunnies to hit the slopes in New Zealand this winter with the release of its 2012 HertzSki package, which includes the chance to win a pair of Völkl RTM 80 skis. Priced from NZ$151.80 including GST per day, the HertzSki package ... See all stories on this topic »

NGBs oppose shared Olympic judges ESPN Every nation that replied to our queries -- seven in all, representing both the ski and snowboard sides -- disagreed with the potential for crossover judges in 2014. That included the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, New Zealand, ... See all stories on this topic »

CHILE SKI News, May 23, 2012

Portillo Ski Season 2012 About - News & Issues By Mike Doyle, About.com GuideMay 19, 2012 It's almost time for skiing at Chile'shistoric Ski Portillo resort and Portillo's ski season is set to begin on June 16, continuing through October 6. A ski vacation to Ski Portillo, Chile is a unique ... See all stories on this topic » About - News & Issues

U.S. Alpine Ski Team Training in Full Swing this Offseason OnTheSnow.com Women's US Ski Team athletes Julia Mancuso, Julia Ford and Laurenne Ross enjoy a bit of downtime in Portillo. Photo Courtesy of the US Ski Team. September is spent in Chile between Ski Portillo and La Parva. Several other national ski teams spend the ... See all stories on this topic »