Obama Begins Mideast Visit in Saudi ArabiaVoice of America - 29 minutes ago
By VOA News US President Barack Obama begins his latest effort to reach out to Muslims around the world with a stop in Saudi Arabia Wednesday.
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Investigators: No sign plane had problems before take-offCNN International - 5 minutes ago
PARIS, France (CNN) -- It may be a long time before investigators learn what caused an Air France plane to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean, a French crash investigator said Wednesday.
Video: Brazil Confirms Air France Jet Crashed in Ocean
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British Minister Quits, Dealing New Blow to BrownNew York Times - 58 minutes ago
By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL LONDON - A senior minister in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government announced Wednesday that she planned to quit, deepening the disarray surrounding his beleaguered administration on the eve of European elections ...
LIVE: Prime minister's questions BBC News
UK Cabinet Minister Blears Quits Scandal-Hit Govt Wall Street Journal
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Tiananmen Square a watershed story for CNN
CNN - 38 minutes ago
By Daniela Deane (CNN) -- For CNN, Tiananmen Square was a watershed story -- a seminal moment in the network's history. Only nine years old in 1989, CNN was the only 24-hour news station on the air at the time.
China bars foreign reporters from Tiananmen Square The Associated Press
N.Korea starts assembling long-range missile: report
AFP - 1 hour ago
PANMUNJOM, South Korea (AFP) - North Korea appears to have begun assembling a missile believed capable of striking US soil, a report said Wednesday as tensions rose along the heavily fortified border with South Korea.
US envoy concerned at release of Pakistani militant leader
Xinhua - 2 hours ago
ISLAMABAD, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States is concerned at the release of a top Pakistani militant leader, whose group was accused by India of masterminding the Mumbai attacks last November, a top American envoy for the region said Wednesday.
Pak engineered Saeed Hafiz's release with a weak case Times of India
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Sotomayor downplays race with top senators
San Francisco Chronicle - 4 hours ago
Judge Sonia Sotomayor sought to defuse the issue of race Tuesday as she met with top senators, her first step to woo the people who will vote on her nomination to the US Supreme Court.
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Sotomayor makes rounds on Capitol Hill The Associated Press
Corzine, Christie win; face off in November
USA Today - 42 minutes ago
Former US Attorney Chris Christie easily won the New Jersey Republican primary Tuesday, defeating Steve Lonegan -- a small town mayor with a big conservative following.
Christie wins NJ GOP gubernatorial primary Philadelphia Inquirer
Ex-Prosecutor Wins GOP Primary in New Jersey New York Times
House Republican Is Choice for Secretary of the Army
New York Times - 7 hours ago
President Obama announced on Tuesday that Representative John M. mchugh, a Republican congressman from New York, will be his nominee to be secretary of the Army.
Obama Picks GOP Rep. McHugh To Be His Secretary of the Army Washington Post
How Rep. John McHugh joined the Army The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
GM, Chrysler to face Senate scrutiny on dealers
Reuters - 4 hours ago
By John Crawley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC, both bankrupt, will try on Wednesday to ease congressional concern, and in some cases anger, over their plans to slash more than 2400 dealerships.
Video: Judge Approves Chrysler's Sale to Fiat
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Chrysler Sale Faces Challenge in Appeals Court Washington Post
A Rough Drive With The Hummer
Wall Street Journal - 34 minutes ago
By ANDREW PEAPLE The idea of an obscure Chinese heavy equipment maker buying up Hummer is entertainingly left field for most onlookers.
Video: GM to Sell Hummer to Chinese Company
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Chinese company to buy Hummer Bizjournals.com
US MBA Mortgage Applications Index Fell 16 Percent Last Week
Bloomberg - 24 minutes ago
By Courtney Schlisserman June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Mortgage applications in the US dropped last week as the biggest jump in mortgage rates in seven months pushed down refinancing.
Mortgage Filings Drop As Fixed Rates Jump: MBA Wall Street Journal
Sony shows off motion controller at E3
The Associated Press - 47 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sony has conjured a new controller at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The PlayStation maker unveiled a prototype wand-shaped motion controller at their splashy E3 presentation Tuesday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Microsoft and Sony Take Aim at Nintendo Washington Post
PSP Go console finally unveiled BBC News
Windows 7 release date announced
BBC News - 1 hour ago
By Darren Waters Windows 7, the next major release of the world's most popular operating system, will be officially available to the public on 22 October.
Microsoft to offer 'special' Windows 7 upgrade deals Computerworld
Get Windows 7 from Oct. 22 Techtree.com
Nintendo unveils sensor, 'Wii Fit Plus'
USA Today - 8 hours ago
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - To keep the Wii on top, Nintendo intends to keep its finger on the pulse of the game-playing public.
Talent 'has not exploited Boyle'
BBC News - 2 hours ago
Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has denied the show exploited Susan Boyle, saying she was "stressed out" by "falsehoods" written about her.
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Fame does a number on Susan Boyle and Hollie Steele Los Angeles Times
Likes, gripes from Conan's opening night
Chicago Tribune - 4 hours ago
By Maureen Ryan | Tribune critic Conan O'Brien's "Tonight Show" got off to a solid start Monday, but would we be good media commentators if we didn't have some advice for the talk-show host?
'The Tonight Show': California is working for Conan O'Brien Entertainment Weekly
Can Conan O'Brien break 'Tonight Show' Emmy curse? Los Angeles Times
MTV Eminem stunt 'was rehearsed'
BBC News - 2 hours ago
Sacha Baron Cohen's stunt at the MTV Movie Awards, which saw him land on Eminem while baring his naked backside, was pre-arranged, a writer has said.
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Pens' desperation sinks Wings
FOXSports.com - 5 hours ago
by Angie Carducci , Inside Hockey Why the Penguins won: Down two games to none, the Penguins nonetheless felt they had played well in Detroit and returned home for Game 3 with their confidence intact.
This time Wings are no match Boston Globe
Patriots' Rodney Harrison Retiring
Hartford Courant - 4 minutes ago
Or this: "If you can't hit the quarterback, what are you doing out there?" "I miss Rodney. I wish he was here," Woods said after the Patriots' optional workout Tuesday in Foxborough, Mass.
Rodney Harrison trades tackles for TV Boston Herald
Is Rodney Harrison a Hall of Famer? New York Times
Another Bay HR propels Francona to 500th Sox win
Boston Globe - 5 hours ago
By Amalie Benjamin DETROIT - His first trip to Comerica Park, in 2005, had ended in disappointment, as Jason Bay was left to watch Bobby Abreu smash the record for home runs in a single round of Home Run Derby.
Porcello win streak snapped Detroit Free Press
Milestones big and small for Terry Francona, Daisuke Matsuzaka Los Angeles Times
First swine flu case confirmed in W.Va.
Charleston Gazette - 50 minutes ago
By Kathryn Gregory CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The first case of swine flu has been officially confirmed in West Virginia, and local health officials say it's a matter of time before the disease comes to the Kanawha Valley.
88 swine flu cases are confirmed in Kentucky Kentucky.com
FDA: Help us become more transparent
USA Today - 11 hours ago
By Evan Vucci, AP By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY A new internal task force at the Food and Drug Administration is seeking suggestions from employees, stakeholders and the public about how the agency can become more transparent, officials said Tuesday.
Drug Agency May Reveal More Data on Actions New York Times
FDA looking abroad to boost food, drug safety The Associated Press
Chinese researchers find way to make pig stem cells
Reuters - 11 hours ago
HONG KONG, June 3 (Reuters) - Researchers have found a way to transform ordinary cells from pigs into powerful stem cells in a move that may have implications for human health.
Pigs offer new stem cell source BBC News
Stem-Cell Guidelines Are a Good Start Washington Post
US Releases Secret Nuclear List by Accident
FOXNews - 2 hours ago
Document that gives detailed information about civilian nuclear sites and programs, marked "highly confidential," was accidentally made public by the federal government.
List of civilian nuke sites posted online United Press International
US in nuclear disclosure blunder BBC News
British hostage thought killed by al-Qaida
The Associated Press - 7 minutes ago
LONDON (AP) - Al-Qaida terrorists have killed a Briton taken hostage in Mali, the British prime minister said Wednesday. The fate of a Swiss hostage taken at the same time was unknown.
Al Qaeda Says It Executed Briton New York Times
Lao Court Sentences British Woman to Life in Prison
Wall Street Journal - 17 minutes ago
| AP VIENTIANE, Laos -- A court in Laos found a pregnant British woman guilty of trafficking heroin and sentenced her to life in prison Wednesday, a court official said.
Pregnant Brit sentenced to life in Laos United Press International