NEW ZEALAND HERALD News, May 16, 2012

PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - May 16 Reuters NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz) MPs' spending: Big bucks on travel: The screws may be tightening on the diplomats' budget, but the ministers who go overseas most frequently aren't feeling the pinch, judging from the most recent credit card ... See all stories on this topic »

Political round-up: May 16 New Zealand Herald And New Zealand Herald Editor Shayne Currie (@ShayneCurrieNZH) said 'We wouldn't want to be populist now would we Mr Key', and in reference to British hacker-gate scandal, said 'I guess I won't be getting LOL texts'. The best single item covering the ... See all stories on this topic »

VOGUE News, May 16, 2012

Magazine Shake Up Down Under: Kristie Clements Out as EIC of Vogue, Harper's ... Fashionista By Anna Deutsch Wednesday, May 16, 2012 / 12:45 PM The Australian fashion industry is abuzz with the shock announcement that Edwina McCann, who has been editor of Harper's Bazaar Australia for the past three years, will replace Kirstie Clements at arch ... See all stories on this topic » Fashionista

Manchester City: Will Summer Shopping for Players Decide Next Season's League ... TIME (blog) By Tony Karon | @tonykaron | May 16, 2012 | + Sunday's last-minute goal that turned Manchester City into Premier League champions just when all seemed lost reminded us of why we love this game, allowing us to forget, however briefly, the fact that the ... See all stories on this topic »

SOCCER News, May 16, 2012

Fox Hispanic Media Unveils Programming Announcements and Exciting Vision at ... MarketWatch (press release) NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fox Hispanic Media (FHM) today unveiled the initial programming schedule for MundoFox, the new US Spanish-language broadcast network launching this summer. FHM announced new programming schedules for the rest ... See all stories on this topic »

News of the death of amateur baseball greatly exaggerated StarPhoenix By Daryl Cooper, Special to The StarPheonix May 16, 2012 Saskatchewan-born pitcher Dustin Molleken throws during a session at the Inside Baseball Academy earlier this year. Yes, 15 or 20 years ago, young athletes didn't have the multitude of choices ... See all stories on this topic »

OPINIONS, May 16, 2012

OPINIONS Judge Comes Down Hard on Publishers, Apple in E-book Case TIME By Jeff Roberts | May 16, 2012 | + In a strongly worded opinion, US District Judge Denise Cote rejected requests by Apple and five book publishers to throw out a class action suit that accuses them of price-fixing. Citing ongoing state, federal and ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Devicescape Unveils Q1 2012 WiFi Report Results MarketWatch (press release) SAN BRUNO, CA, May 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Devicescape, the WiFi offload company, today unveiled results from its first quarter 2012 WiFi Report, which illustrates WiFi's extensive reach into all aspects of our lives. See all stories on this topic »

NASA News, May 16, 2012

SpaceX Re-Schedules Space Station Launch: Here's How You Can Watch PCWorld By James Mulroy, PCWorld May 16, 2012 7:45 AM Falcon 9 April 30 static fire. [Credit: SpaceX]Late last month, SpaceX test-fired its Falcon 9 engines and planned a launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 7. SpaceX pushed this launch back ... See all stories on this topic »

SpaceX Dragon to fly student experiments, emblems on first flight tospace station collectSPACE.com May 16, 2012 — Students' science experiments are about to make history, launching to space on the first attempt by a US commercial company to send a spacecraft to the InternationalSpace Station (ISS). And like many other historic spaceprojects, ... See all stories on this topic »

DISCOVERIES News, May 16, 2012

Timely Discovery: Physics Research Sheds New Light On Quantum Dynamics Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (May 15, 2012) — Kansas State University physicists and an international team of collaborators have made a breakthrough that improves understanding of matter-light interactions. Their research allows double ionization events to be ... See all stories on this topic »

Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene Thinks You Might Be a Hologram Wired News (blog) Scientist Stephen Hawking believes information that enters a black hole is lost forever, but this seems to violate fundamental laws of physics, which led researchers such as Leonard Susskind and Gerard 't Hooft to consider alternatives. See all stories on this topic »

CNBC World News, May 16, 2012

Greeks withdraw $894 million in a day: Is this beginning of a run on banks? msnbc.com NBC's Brian Williams reports. By Alastair Jamieson, msnbc.com and NBCNews Updated at 12:05 pm ET: Political leaders in Athens were due to discuss an emergency government Wednesday to deal with a possible run on banks as it emerged Greeks withdrew ... See all stories on this topic »

Nascar Hits Prime Time as Networks Fight DVRs BusinessWeek Fox is creating a Saturday prime-time sports block of programming next season, while NBC will air episodes of new dramas and comedies after Olympics coverage. CBS is airing the Super Bowl, the most-watched television event in the US, ... See all stories on this topic »

CBC World News, May 16, 2012

Reaction to security fears of Chinese company's Canadian contracts CBC.ca by Community Team Posted: May 16, 2012 2:01 PM Last Updated: May 16, 2012 2:00 PM Many in the CBC Community didn't trust a Chinese company with contracts to build major Canadian telecommunications projects. "China is a dictatorship, nobody can deny ... See all stories on this topic »

Chinese telecom's Canadian ties raise security fears Macleans.ca by Richard Warnica on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:53am - 0 Comments A former top US intelligence official is sounding the alarm about a Chinese tech firm's entrance into the Canadian telecom market. In an interview with CBC, Michelle K. Van Cleave, ... See all stories on this topic »

BLOOMBERG News, May 16, 2012

Canada Dollar Touches 3-Month Low on Greece Concern Bloomberg Canada's currency, nicknamed the loonie for the image of the aquatic bird on the C$1 coin, declined 0.3 percent to C$1.0100 per US dollar at 1:17 pm in Toronto. It weakened earlier to C$1.0130, the lowest since Jan. 25, and gained as much as 0.2 ... See all stories on this topic »

GM Defection From Facebook Seen Stunting Ad Sales, Analyst Says San Francisco Chronicle May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc.'s loss of paid advertising from General Motors Co., the world's biggest automaker, may spur other marketers to reconsider ads on the site and hamper sales growth just as the social-network debuts as a publicly traded ... See all stories on this topic »

BEST Anything, May 16, 2012

BEST LIVE: The World's Best Hedge Funders Present Their Top Picks Business Insider Investors are gathering at Lincoln Center in New York City today for the highly-anticipated 17th annual Ira Sohn Investment Conference where top hedge fund managers will share their investment views and picks. Today's conference lineup includes Bill ... See all stories on this topic » Business Insider

Scouring the World for the Best Small-Cap Stocks BusinessWeek Walker became lead manager of the Wasatch International Opportunities Fund in 2005 and co-manager with Gardiner of the Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund in 2008, which they ran through June 2011 -- both funds with top results. See all stories on this topic »

BARACK OBAMA News, May 16, 2012

Obama to Pressure Congress on Jobs, Economic Proposals BusinessWeek By Roger Runningen and James Rowley on May 16, 2012 President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress again to act on a set of proposals to help small businesses amid signs that Republican leaders are gearing up for an election-year standoff over the ... See all stories on this topic »

White House links Obama to presidents' bios Tucson Citizen by USA TODAY feed on May. 16, 2012, under USA TODAY News The White House has found a new way to cite President Obama's actions on issues ranging from Medicare and Social Security to energy, trade, taxes, veterans and civil rights — by linking from the ... See all stories on this topic »

AL JAZEERA News, May 16, 2012

Mass Relevance Secures $3.3 Million in Funding to Accelerate Growth of Social ... MarketWatch (press release) AUSTIN, TX, May 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Mass Relevance, the technology leader in social curation and integration, today announced that it has closed $3.3 million in venture capital funding. The Series A round is led by Austin Ventures and ... See all stories on this topic »

Indonesia: South Asian Superpower Stamford Plus Magazine He is the author of five books and produced “Remarkable Indonesia,” which celebrates the transformation of Indonesia into a vibrant democracy and aired on major networks, including CNN, CNBC and Al Jazeera. The event, sponsored by the World Affairs ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC World News, May 16, 2012

Obama on 'The View': Were hosts too easy on him? Christian Science Monitor By Peter Grier, Staff writer / May 16, 2012 President Barack Obama appears on the ABC's television show 'The View' in New York, on May 14. From left are, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, the president, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, and Elisabeth... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Upfronts Watch: ABC: Once More, With Feelings TIME By James Poniewozik | @poniewozik | May 16, 2012 | + An amazing thing about the TV upfronts is seeing how each of the major networks tries to distinguish itself, while all essentially offering the same thing. In the grand scheme of media, ABC, CBS, ... See all stories on this topic »

DIED, May 16, 2012

Jim Abdnor, former US senator from SD, dies at 89 The Olympian By CHET BROKAW | AP • Published May 16, 2012 PIERRE, SD – Former US Sen. Jim Abdnor, the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from the Senate only to lose his seat after one term to another prominent Democrat, has died. He was 89. See all stories on this topic »

Kevin Hickey, who pitched for Sox after open tryout, dies at 56 Chicago Sun-Times BY MARK KONKOL Writer at Large May 16, 2012 11:50AM Kevin Hickey (seen here in 2003), a former pitcher for the White Sox, was a current batting practice pitcher for the team. He died Wednesday, May 17, 2012. | Sun-Times photo by Tom Cruze Kevin Hickey ... See all stories on this topic »

FASHION Models News, Mar 16, 2012

Tyra Banks: I Was "Too Heavy" at 17 to Make It as a Model in 2012 Us Magazine Credit: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Tyra Banks says Vogue's new ban on underage and too-thin models is something worth "smizing" about. Earlier this month, all 19 international editors of the legendary fashion magazine pledged to stop featuring models... See all stories on this topic »

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LONDON OLYMPICS News, May 16, 2012

Olympics-Ireland's Taylor books London boxing berth Reuters By Nick Mulvenney | QINHUANGDAO, China May 16 (Reuters) - Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday. The three-times world and five-times ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria to send 10 athletes to London Olympics Yahoo! Sports DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Syria plans to send up to 10 athletes and 20 sports administrators to the London Olympics despite spiraling violence and a looming travel ban against top officials. As many as 10 athletes have qualified or been given wild-card ... See all stories on this topic »

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EARTHQUAKE News, Mar 16, 2012

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea Fox News A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Wednesday morning, the US Geological survey reported. The quake struck 29 miles west of Kimbe town on the island of New Britain. The impact on the surrounding area was not clear, although were no ... See all stories on this topic »

Israel plans for quake aid to Palestinians Reuters (Adds Palestinian official's comment) By Dan Williams TEL AVIV May 15 (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it had set up a mechanism to get aid to the Palestinians in the event of a major earthquake. A 5.5-magnitude quakerattled Israel and the occupied ... See all stories on this topic »

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