DIED, May 02, 2012

Tomas Borge dies at 81; last living founder of Sandinista movement Los Angeles Times (Pedro Linger / AFP/Getty Images) By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times MEXICO CITY — Tomas Borge, last living founder of Nicaragua's Sandinista movement and one of its most hard-line enforcers as it battled US-backed forces for decades, has died. See all stories on this topic »

Patricia Medina dies at 92; Briton was '50s Hollywood leading lady Los Angeles Times Medina, the widow of actor Joseph Cotten, died Saturday at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles, said Meredith Silverbach, a close friend. She had been in declining health. A petite, dark-haired beauty who launched her film career in England in ... See all stories on this topic »

CNBC World News, May 02, 2012

NBC Will Stream The London Olympics Live — But Only To TV Subscribers NPR (blog) by Bill Chappell Many track fans watched online four years ago, as sprinter Usain Bolt set a world record at the Beijing Olympics. This year, NBC will stream video of all 302 events online. And Bolt, seen here showing his appreciation for video in 2010 ... See all stories on this topic »

US Treasurys Are 'Junk,' Dollar Headed for Collapse: Schiff CNBC.com On the same day, fund manager Bill Gross, who runs the world'sbiggest bond fund, told CNBC that the US will face a downgrade of its triple-A debt rating if it did not fix its fiscal situation. “It's not just $15 trillion in terms of current debt,” ... See all stories on this topic »

CBC World News, May 02, 2012

Shortwave advocate urges Canada to reconsider Radio Canada International cuts Radio Survivor “Sadly, many Canadians must not be aware of RCI, or of its valiant but unsung role in international relations,” Witherspoon writes. “Radio Canada International is an arm of the CBC that stretches across the world withinternational news and programming ... See all stories on this topic »

Former SNC-Lavalin exec accused of funneling cash to Gadhafis CBC.ca On Sunday, CBC/Radio-Canada and Swiss public broadcaster RTS revealed authorities in Switzerland recently arrested Ben Aissa and are detaining him on accusations of fraud, corrupting a public official and money laundering tied to dealings in North ... See all stories on this topic »

BARACK OBAMA News, May 02, 2012

Obama: bin Laden raid most important day in White House Turkish Press US President Barack Obama described the lonely decision he made to mount a Navy SEAL raid to kill Osama bin Laden and called the daring escapade the "most important single day" of his tenure. In an interview to be broadcast later Wednesday, ... See all stories on this topic »

White House: Obama To Say US Has 'Clear Path' To Fulfill Afghanistan Mission Wall Street Journal By Jared A. Favole of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES President Barack Obamaon Wednesday will tell troops in Afghanistan that the US has a "clear path to fulfill our mission in Afghanistan while delivering justice to al Qaeda." Obamawill deliver the remarks ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC World News, May 02, 2012

ABC has 2nd-best week in the ratings since November; 'Dancing With the Stars ... Washington Post ABC's “World News” was second with 7.3 million (5.0, 10) and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.8 million viewers (3.9, 8). A ratings point represents 1147000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.7 million TV homes. See all stories on this topic »

ABC's "Private Practice" Wins at 10pm and Grows its Hour Year to Year The Futon Critic With Last Man Standing, Cougar Town, DWTS Results Show and Private Practice, ABC qualified as the 2nd-most-watched TV network on Tuesday to CBS, leading NBC (with The Voice Results and The Biggest Loser finale) by 2.2 million viewers and Fox by 4.1... See all stories on this topic »

AL JAZEERA News, May 02, 2012

Al Jazeera's Webby Award-winning The Stream at one Journalism.co.uk A year ago today Al Jazeera English was due to broadcast the first episode of a new social media TV show called The Stream. Producers and presenters had a show topic lined up and a social media community was an audience in waiting after a soft launch ... See all stories on this topic »

NEW ZEALAND HERALD News, May 02, 2012

APN reviews Herald ownership Stuff.co.nz The owner of the country's largest newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, says it has begun a strategic review of all of its New Zealand assets. APN News and Media chief executive officer Brett Chenoweth told the company's annual general meeting in Sydney ... See all stories on this topic »

New Zealand papers may be sold The Guardian (blog) APN News & Media, the Australian-based newspaper publisher, is considering selling its titles in New Zealand, including the country's largest paper, the New Zealand Herald. APN's chief executive Brett Chenoweth said it has hired Deutsche Bank to advise ... See all stories on this topic »

CARE2 - Consumers International Blog: 4 problems with (and 5 answers to) financial consumer protection in Kenya, May 01, 2012

 "Michael Okumu from CI member organisation YEN, Kenya, advises consumers to educate themselves about a bank’s products and services before they sign up.
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LATEST World News, May 01, 2012

Must-Reads from Around the World, May 1, 2012 TIME (blog) By TIME.com | May 1, 2012 | + A video grab from pooled footage taken inside the Leveson Inquiry shows former News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards at the High Court in London on April 26, 2012. See all stories on this topic »

FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, May 01, 2012

Eurozone Austerity Faces Increasing Political Challenges as Economy Worsens Huffington Post (blog) It has become a ritual: Every six months I debate the IMF at their annual meetings, most recently represented by their Deputy Director for Europe. It takes place in the same room of that giant greenhouse-looking World Bankbuilding on 19th Street in ... See all stories on this topic »

Hollande Seen Bowing to Crisis in Socialists' Balancing Act Bloomberg The challenges for the next president include creating jobs and increasing competitiveness while keeping the region's financialwoes at bay. France's debt is approaching 90 percent of gross domestic product and jobless claims are at a 12-year high. See all stories on this topic »

ROBOTICS News, May 01, 2012

ROBOTICS Robot butler can microwave your Hot Pocket ITworld.com By Keith Shaw Add a new comment May 01, 2012, 11:24 AM — Check out thisvideo from the Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, in which we meet HERB - the Home Exploring Robot Butler. As Siddartha Srinivasa explains in the video, ... See all stories on this topic »

Forget drones, robot birds come home to roost GigaOM Here's the video of the researchers explaining their find. Therobot perches at 1:20 and brings back my tween dreams of becoming a falconer (I read a lot of fantasy). Although I suppose in a dystopian future it might instead lead people to think about ... See all stories on this topic »

DIED, May 01, 2012

Man dies in car crash on way to hospital to see his mother, who had justdied ... New York Daily News Mary J. Moore, 45, died after she was struck by a vehicle on a street in West Allis. A friend was speeding her son, Thomas M. Olson, 22, to the hospital to see her when he struck three parked cars and overturned, West Allis Deputy Chief Charles Padgett ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Baby with 'bucket list' dies CNN International By Alan Duke, CNN (CNN) -- The 6-month-old girl whose parents created a "bucket list" blog for their daughter after doctors said she would not live past age 2 died Monday, her father said. Avery Lynn Canahuati, who was born in November with spinal ... See all stories on this topic »

ENTERTAINMENT News, May 01, 2012

Gibson's 'Mel Model' Tests Market for $9.99 DirecTV Pay-Per-View San Francisco Chronicle The financial-crisis film "Margin Call" was released simultaneously last year in theaters and on pay television, generating 600000 video-on-demand transactions, according to Peter Wilkes, a spokesman for Lions GateEntertainment Corp. The movie grossed ... See all stories on this topic »

Gibson's 'Mel Model' Tests Market for $9.99 Pay-Per-View BusinessWeek Video-on-demand sales rose 6.8 percent to $505 million in the first quarter, according to the studio-run Digital Entertainment Group. The financial-crisisfilm “Margin Call” was released simultaneously last year in theaters and on paytelevision, ... See all stories on this topic »

ASSOCIATED PRESS News, May 01, 2012

AP EXCLUSIVE: US keeps mum on some Afghan attacks Atlanta Journal Constitution By ROBERT BURNS AP WASHINGTON — The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) A wounded member of the Afghan police reaction force waits for ... See all stories on this topic » Atlanta Journal Constitution

AP EXCLUSIVE: As Afghan insider attacks grow, US reports only those resulting ... Greenfield Daily Reporter (AP Photo/Steve Ruark) WASHINGTON — The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. The US-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or other foreign ... See all stories on this topic »

CELEBRITIES Gossip, May 01, 2012

CELEBRITIES People in the News: Celebrities Columbus Dispatch The tabloids and celebrity newsmagazines can give you a quick peek intocelebrities' lives, but often it's the audio shows where celebs let it all hang out.Celebrity Headlines from AP The Dispatch app features breaking news, sports, weather, videos, ... See all stories on this topic »

Celebrity chef's Lamborghini recovered at teenager's storage shed; boy ... Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO — A celebrity chef's Lamborghini sports car has been recovered from a teenager's storage container a little more than a year after it was reported stolen from a San Francisco exotic car dealership. The San Francisco Chronicle reported ... See all stories on this topic »

IRELAND, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece News, May 01, 2012

Wonkbook: A 'mistake' Europe would be wise to make Washington Post (blog) Spain has fallen into a recession. Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Slovenia are in recession. Perhaps this might mean a bit of a rethink in the euro zone? Nah. Unemployed Italian railways former workers, ... See all stories on this topic »

European Austerity and the Fate of the Euro Forbes Last week, S&P downgraded Spain to BBB+. Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal,Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, and Holland, members of the Eurozone, have officially fallen back into recession. We are more than two years into the European Debt Crisis – the crisis ... See all stories on this topic »

BIOLOGY News, May 01, 2012

BIOLOGY The genetic links between different diseases Fox News This network approach, known among scientists as systems biology, could change the way medical specialists view and treat disease, according to some researchers. Rather than only looking to repair the parts of the body that are directly affected by ... See all stories on this topic »

Harris Lewin elected to National Academy of Sciences Phys.Org (press release) Lewin, an emeritus faculty member in the Department of Animal Sciences and founding director of the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), was recognized for research he conducted during his 27 years at the University of Illinois. See all stories on this topic »

MAY DAY in the World, May 01, 2012

May Day 2012: Occupy Wall Street Plans World 'Coming Out Party' From Sydney to NYC PolicyMic Although the Occupy movement has laid low for most of the winter, it is planning a triumphant return on May 1, internationally known asMay Day. Historically a day of labor protests, the movement is organizing walk-outs and strikes all around the world ... See all stories on this topic »

May Day 2012 General Strike Protests Aim To Sweep World's Streets On May 1 [VIDEO] International Business Times By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed TheMay Day 2012 General Strike protests are poised to sweep theworld's streets on May 1, when men, women and children are being asked to skip work, school, shopping and other activities in ... See all stories on this topic »

NEW ZEALAND HERALD News, May 01, 2012

PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - May 1 Reuters NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz) Banks lobbied minister on Dotcom: The donation scandal engulfing Act leader John Banks spread last night as it emerged he lobbied personal friend and Government minister Maurice Williamson over internet tycoon ... See all stories on this topic »

NZ MP 'hid Dotcom donations' Herald Sun The German internet tycoon, who faces extradition to the US for allegedly masterminding massive online piracy, told the New Zealand Herald he donated $NZ50,000 ($39300) to ACT Party leader John Banks in 2010. Mr Dotcom, 38, said Mr Banks asked him to ... See all stories on this topic »

EARTHQUAKE News, May 01, 2012

EARTHQUAKE Swarm of IE Quakes "Purely Random" NBC Los Angeles He provides a few suggestions when it comes to being prepared forearthquakes and other disasters. Stephanie Elam reports. NBC4's Stephanie Elam shows you how to prepare a quake kit for your pet. This segment aired on Friday, April 27, 2012. See all stories on this topic »

New hotels arise amid ruins in Haitian capital Atlanta Journal Constitution In this April 26, 2012 photo, a man rearranges power lines in a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This city is undergoing the largest hotel building boom in its history, raising expectations that investors will ... See all stories on this topic »