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Romney proposes steps to overhaul public education

Washington Post -
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney proposed a series of steps to overhaul the public education system, reigniting the debate over school choice as his campaign intensifies its effort to introduce the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to a ...
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Documents provide new insight into Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden movie

Los Angeles Times -
The release of hundreds of pages of government documents Tuesday has fanned a simmering controversy in Washington over how much access the White House, the CIA and the Pentagon granted director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal for their ...

Facebook's IPO: Sorting through the legal mess

CNN -
By James O'Toole @CNNMoneyTech May 23, 2012: 8:17 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- At this point, there's little question that Facebook's IPO was a disaster.

Israel watching, but making no comments, on Baghdad talks

Jerusalem Post -
By HERB KEINON, HILARY LEILA KRIEGER IN WASHINGTON Iran, P5+1 exchange detailed proposals on uranium enrichment; Ya'alon accuses Tehran of still toying with world; State Department describes proposal as a package of first, reciprocal steps.

Heat's Haslem, Pittman out for Game 6

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Udonis Haslem insists he meant no harm. The NBA deemed otherwise, and the Miami Heat will be without one of their co-captains when they try to close out the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night.

With outcome unknown, Egyptians vote for president

MiamiHerald.com -
By NANCY A. YOUSSEF AND HANNAH ALLAM CAIRO -- In an historic first, Egyptians voted Wednesday for their next president, choosing from an array of competing candidates whose wildly divergent campaign platforms pledged everything from revolutionary, ...

Sanctions against Syria hurting, Assad regime concedes

Los Angeles Times -
In an unusual acknowledgement of the pain inflicted by Western sanctions, Syria's oil minister said Wednesday that US and European curbs on its oil trade have cost the regime $4 billion and caused widespread shortages of cooking fuel and other ...

President to seek Gulf support for Lebanon, dialogue

The Daily Star -
By Hussein Dakroub, Antoine Ghattas Saab BEIRUT: Emboldened by Saudi King Abdullah's letter calling for Lebanese national dialogue, President Michel Sleiman plans to embark on a tour of four Arab Gulf states to enlist their support in nudging rival ...

How Super-PACs Will Keep the Campaign Clean

Bloomberg -
Strangely enough, the 2012 presidential campaign, expected to be the dirtiest in modern memory, may end up being relatively clean.

Palm Beach County members of FAMU band tell of hazing horrors that led to ...

Palm Beach Post -
Marching 100 drum major Robert Champion died Nov. 19 in Orlando. Hazing is believed to have played a role. Search for crimes in your neighborhood; find registered sex offenders living near your home.

Florida student pleads guilty to threat on Obama's life

Reuters -
| MIAMI (Reuters) - A college student pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to threatening in a Facebook post to kill President Barack Obama by putting "a bullet through his head.

Prosecutors in George Zimmerman murder trial want some evidence sealed.

MiamiHerald.com -
Prosecutors wants witness names, cell phone records, confessions and other materials kept from the media. By Frances Robles Prosecutors handling the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman filed a motion late Wednesday asking the judge to ...

Euro Crisis Intensifies as Leaders Bicker

New York Times -
BERLIN - With Greece's membership in the euro zone teetering, fears of bank insolvency rising and Europe's leaders bickering about what to do, the euro crisis is once again intensifying and threatening to undermine fragile growth globally.

Hewlett-Packard And Google Look Much Better Than Facebook

Forbes -
Facebook shares had their best day since the company went public last Friday, gaining 3.23% to close at $32 on Wednesday. At its nadir on Tuesday, Facebook was down 18% from its $38 offering price.

HIGHLIGHTS-Comments after EU leaders' summit

Reuters -
| BRUSSELS May 24 (Reuters) - European leaders discussed ways to revive their economies on Wednesday night, with growth and jobs on the agenda along with the situation in Greece.

Oil Advances From Seven-Month Low as Drop May Be Overdone

Bloomberg -
Oil climbed from the lowest settlement in seven months in New York after a technical indicator signaled that the decline may be exaggerated.

Powell cautions Romney on Russia as 'foe'

UPI.com -
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell cautioned presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney against calling Russia a "foe" of the United States.

Remarks by President Obama at the Air Force Academy Commencement

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Please be seated. Good morning, everybody! It is wonderful to be at the United States Air Force Academy on such a spectacular day.

Most jurors sided with Google on APIs and 'fair use'

Computerworld -
By James Niccolai IDG News Service - Most of the jurors in the Oracle v Google trial thought Google's use of 37 Java APIs in Android should be allowed under the doctrine of fair use, one of the jurors revealed Wednesday after the trial had ended.

Why is Diablo III still a work in progress?

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Ars Technica -
by Kyle Orland - May 23, 2012 11:05 pm UTC If you were one of the 6.5 million purchasers that made Diablo III the fastest-selling PC game of all time last week, you should know that Blizzard now admits the game you were playing was broken in some ...

D'oh! of the Week: 'The Great Gatsby' trailer goof

Entertainment Weekly -
by Adam B. Vary Like his other films Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet, and Strictly Ballroom, the trailer for Baz Lurhmann's take on the classic novel The Great Gatsby is crammed with bunches of stuff, from sparkly confetti to fringe-y flapper dresses, ...

John Mayer: I Serenaded A Woman With Fifty Shades Of Grey

Access Hollywood -
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption John Mayer hits the red carpet at The Cosmopolitan Grand Opening and New Year's Eve Celebration with Jay-Z and Coldplay at Marquee Nightclub in The Cosmopolitan on December 31, 2010 in Las VegasHe's dated a host of ...

Kristen Stewart in 'On the Road': 'I just want ... a baby' [video]

Los Angeles Times -
"On the Road," Walter Salles' adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.

Injured 'Transformers' extra receives $18.5 million settlement

Los Angeles Times -
By Richard Verrier Paramount Pictures has agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a movie extra who sustained a serious head injury during filming of the blockbuster Paramount Pictures movie "Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Avery Bradley out for Game 6

ESPN -
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com PHILADELPHIA -- Boston Celtics shooting guard Avery Bradley is out for Game 6 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Brandon Dubinsky returns to Rangers' lineup for Game 5

SportingNews.com -
Brandon Dubinsky returned to the New York Rangers' lineup for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday. Dubinsky has been out for nearly a month since suffering a right leg and foot injury on April 26, during New York's series with the ...

Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker finally healthy, building rhythm, rapport ...

Washington Post -
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Peyton Manning's two biggest targets are a pair of promising young receivers who have already made their mark in the NFL despite spending lots of time on the sideline.

LA Kings conquer West, await Cup final opponent

USA TODAY -
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The crowd was dozens deep and hundreds wide, screaming and chanting and surrounding the Los Angeles Kings' cars as they drove home after writing another improbable chapter in the big, mostly empty book that holds their franchise ...

How whales open their huge mouths

BBC News -
By Victoria Gill BBC Nature Researchers have discovered how very large whales co-ordinate their jaw muscles and bones to take gigantic mouthfuls of prey.

Top 10 New Species list includes sneezing monkey, blue tarantula and night ...

New York Daily News -
Blue tarantulas, orchids that only bloom when night falls and snub-nosed monkeys that sneeze when it rains - they're among the most amazing organisms scientists discovered in 2011.

Birth Control: New Research Gives Boost to IUD Effectiveness

ABC News -
Twenty-seven-year-old Julie Vonder Haar of St. Louis describes herself as a smart and responsible person, but like many women, she found it difficult to remember taking her birth control pills while juggling four jobs.

Calcium pills have 'heart risk'

BBC News -
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.

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