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Times Square Bomb Suspect Was Upset Over Drone Attacks, Source SaysFOXNews - - 32 minutes ago A man who was identified by neighbors in Connecticut as Faisal Shahzad, is shown. (AP/Orkut.com) The Pakistani-American man suspected in Saturday's attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square has told authorities he was upset over US drone attacks ... Video: Tracking Terror: Timeline of Shazhad's Arrest 
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US analyzes glitches in Times Square car bomb manhunt Los Angeles Times Giant dome, fires aimed at huge U.S. oil spillReuters - - 47 minutes ago VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to plug a gushing oil leak and protect the US shoreline in one of the biggest spill containment efforts ever mounted. AP IMPACT: Rule change helped BP on Gulf project Washington Post On eve of British election, shake-up in Parliament is forecastWashington Post - - 2 hours ago In the May 6 general election, the two traditional-party candidates -- incumbent Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Conservative Party front-runner David Cameron -- are facing a challenge from Nicholas Clegg of the Liberal Democrats. General election 2010: David Cameron eyes the prize The Guardian |
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Greek Unrest Raises Fears About Impact on Bailout Plan
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
Riot police officers in front on burned out Marfin Egnatia Bank, where three people were killed in a firebomb attack on the bank on Wednesday.
Video: Greek protests turn deadly
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Nigerian President Yar'Adua is dead, says state TV
BBC News - 38 minutes ago
Fifty-eight-year-old Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua died at his presidential villa on Wednesday, state TV has announced. A presidential aide and the information minister confirmed his death to the BBC.
Ash Closes Scottish and Irish Airports
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
DUBLIN - A fresh plume of ash from a volcano in Iceland closed airports in Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland for a second straight day Wednesday, but restrictions were expected to gradually lift Thursday as the densest part of the ...
New volcanic ash cloud: Your stories BBC News
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Residents defend Arizona after immigration law
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Conservative Chandler, Ariz., is home to both critics and supporters of the harsh new law. But they agree on one thing: The rest of the country needs to stop hating on their state.
Video: Tucson May 1 SB 1070 immigration bill protest
Tucson Weekly TV
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Response to Arizona's immigration law Boston Globe
8 U-Va. lacrosse players have been charged with alcohol-related offenses
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
University of Virginia lacrosse standout and Chevy Chase resident George Huguely, 22, has been charged in the killing of fellow student Yeardley Love, 22.
Lacrosse killing suspect seemed to have it all The Associated Press
In Blow to Democrats, Influential Congressman Will Retire After Four Decades
New York Times - - 30 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Representative David R. Obey of Wisconsin, the third-most senior member of the House and chairman of the Appropriations Committee, announced Wednesday that he was retiring after four decades in Congress, ...
Democrat Obey Won't Seek Re-Election Wall Street Journal
Euro near 1-year lows as debt woes mount
Reuters - - 32 minutes ago
A share trader is pictured behind a mock one dollar bill and a mock 500 Euro note symbolizing a consumer credit note, at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt, December 18, 2008.
A Fannie Mae Political Reckoning
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
One sign that the White House financial reform is less potent than its advertising claims is that it doesn't even attempt to reform the two companies at the heart of the housing mania and panic, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
SEC Didn't Act After Spotting Wall Street Risks, Documents Show
Bloomberg - - 27 minutes ago
May 6 (Bloomberg) -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission, criticized by lawmakers for failing to stop practices that fueled the financial crisis, raised concerns as early as 2006 about the risks of Wall Street's appetite for ...
Video: Bear Stearns Execs Challenged on Failure
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The Associated Press
FCC plans to slap Net neutrality regs on broadband
CNET - - 18 minutes ago
Julius Genachowski, the Democratic chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will announce details of the plan on Thursday, a senior agency official said.
FCC to claim some broadband regulatory power Computerworld
Faster Forward: Google tweaks search pages and logo
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
Google's search results should look a little different today. The Mountain View, Calif., company is rolling out a redesign of its search pages that includes a freshly scrubbed version of its logo.
Google gets a new look Los Angeles Times
Glitch Heightens Facebook Privacy Concerns
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
For many users of Facebook, the world's largest social network, it was just the latest in a string of frustrations. On Wednesday, users discovered a Facebook glitch that gave them access to supposedly private information in the ...
Facebook Bug Exposes Private Chats PC World
'American Idol' Experts Predict Casey James' Ride Is Over
MTV.com - - 5 hours ago
A tepid 'Blue Skies' and harsh words from the judges may have done him in. By Gil Kaufman Casey James has had a nice run on "American Idol.
Idol's Top 5 Sound Off on Big Band Night People Magazine
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with authentic recipes
Journal-Advocate - - 20 minutes ago
STERLING - Celebrated mostly in Puebla, Mexico, and in US cities with large Mexican populations, Cinco de Mayo is today. Cinco de Mayo is a holiday commemorating the Mexican army's unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla, ...
Movie review: 'Iron Man 2'
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
The sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. along with Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johansson is acceptable, nothing more. By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Movie Critic Contrasting TV news personalities Bill O'Reilly and Christiane Amanpour don't see eye to ...
Iron Man 2 Entertainment Weekly
Heyward leaves Wednesday's game early
MLB.com - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON -- Braves right fielder Jason Heyward exited Wednesday night's game against the Nationals for an unidentified reason.
Braves' rookie Heyward leaves game Kansas City Star
'Los Suns' Join Protest of Arizona's New Law
New York Times - - 15 minutes ago
The Phoenix Suns delivered a powerful statement Wednesday night with a relatively subtle gesture: a three-letter addition to their uniforms.
Video: Phoenix Suns Jump Into Immigration Debate
The Associated Press
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Another Day, Another Victory, Another Injury
New York Times - - 2 hours ago
Aside from the struggles of Javier Vazquez, little has troubled the Yankees' starting pitchers this season. Yankees starter Andy Pettitte left the game in the fifth inning.
MRI reveals mild inflammation in Andy Pettitte's left elbow The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Bacteria identified in Tylenol recall
CNNMoney - - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Food and Drug Administration confirmed Wednesday that the bacteria found at the Johnson & Johnson plant that produced the recalled children's medicines was ...
US House Panel Opens Investigation Into Tylenol Recall Wall Street Journal
Caring for someone with dementia could cause dementia
Salt Lake Tribune - - 1 hour ago
Spouses who care for partners with dementia are six times more likely to develop the disorder too, compared to healthy elderly couples, according to a Utah study.
If Your Spouse Gets Alzheimer's, You Might, Too BusinessWeek
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InterMune Faces Tough Decisions, Long Wait, For Lung Drug
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The Food and Drug Administration's rejection of InterMune Inc.'s (ITMN) lung treatment pirfenidone until further testing creates a lot of uncertainty for the company and investors--and for ...
Jay Leno BOMBS At White House Correspondents Dinner (VIDEO)
Huffington Post (blog) - May 2, 2010
If you like your jokes covered in bland gravy with a side of telegraphed punchlines, then Jay Leno's White House Correspondents Dinner was a feast for the funny bone.
A Break With Tradition -- 'I Chose Not to Have My Dad Give Me Away'
Lemondrop (blog) - - Apr 29, 2010
The first thing you need to know is that Dan asked me to marry him while we were brushing our teeth. We had been together for almost 10 years at that point, living together for five, and we had plenty of people despairing as to whether we would ever ...
Mammoths had 'anti-freeze blood'
BBC News - - May 2, 2010
Mammoths had a form of "anti-freeze" blood to keep their bodies supplied with oxygen at freezing temperatures. Nature Genetics reports that scientists "resurrected" a woolly mammoth blood protein to come to their finding.
Army's Generous Pay, Benefits: Are Skyrocketing Costs Sustainable?
Politics Daily (blog) - - May 2, 2010
The military draft once chose young Americans for war. Now the Army attracts them with generous pay and benefits. But the heavy cost may be unsustainable.
Funeral home accused of stacking bodies in a garage
CNN - - 18 hours ago
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A Maryland funeral home has lost its license after investigators found about 40 bodies stacked on top of each other, leaking fluid, in a garage, a state official said.