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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife found dead at home (+video)

Christian Science Monitor -
By Jim Fitzgerald, AP / May 16, 2012 In this 2004 photo, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, and his wife Mary Richardson Kennedy arrive at the Natural Resources Defense Council fundraiser in Los Angeles.

South Carolina woman diagnosed with flesh-eating disease

New York Daily News -
A mother in South Carolina is the latest person to fall victim to a terrifying flesh-eating bacteria. Only days after giving birth to a set of healthy twins, Lana Kukendall was rushed to the hospital after discovering a weird lesion on the back of her ...

Minorities now surpass whites in US births, census shows

Fox News -
America hit a demographic milestone last year, with new census figures showing for the first time more than half the children born in the US were minorities.

Only the ECB can make it a bank run: James Saft

Reuters -
By James Saft (Reuters) - A spreading bank run could hasten Greece's exit from the euro zone but it certainly doesn't have to end that way.

Facebook IPO fuels Bay Area spending boom

Los Angeles Times -
The company's employees and investors are spending in advance of their big payday, fueling an economy that's already humming thanks to the Bay Area's thriving technology sector.

Romney raised $40 million in April, nearly matching Obama's haul

Los Angeles Times -
By Melanie Mason WASHINGTON -- Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney pulled in more than $40.1 million for his election effort last month, his campaign said today, a near match of President Obama's April fundraising haul.

Horrors of Srebrenica set out at Mladic trial

Reuters -
By Ivana Sekularac | THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the genocide trial of Serb general Ratko Mladic on Thursday described five days of terror in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica in July 1995, when troops under his command massacred more than ...

Foreign Policy: Germany, It's Time For You To Go

NPR -
by Clyde Prestowitz German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande meet in Berlin hours after Hollande's inauguration on May 15, 2012.

Bill O'Reilly: Stunning new developments in the Trayvon Martin case

Fox News -
By Bill O'Reilly ABC News is reporting and Fox News is confirming that a Florida doctor examined George Zimmerman hours after his confrontation with Trayvon Martin on February 26th.

John Edwards trial: What will verdict mean for campaign finance?

Christian Science Monitor -
Closing arguments in the John Edwards trial are set to begin Thursday. But the political significance of the trial in defining the limits of campaign finance has been greatly dampened.

Arabian show horse rescued 2 miles out at sea

CBS News -
(CBS News) A boat was used to rescue a white Arabian horse that got spooked during a photo shoot Wednesday, the Santa Barbara California Independent reports.

Weekly Claims Hold Steady as Jobs Picture Still Murky

CNBC.com -
New US claims for unemployment benefits were unchanged last week, according to government data on Thursday that will do little to ease concerns about a recent slowdown in jobs growth.

Chasing Chase: The Difference Between Bank Robbers and Bank Bunglers

TIME -
By Bill Saporito | @bilsap | May 17, 2012 | + Commuters are reflected in stone as they walk past the JP Morgan headquarters in New York on May 11, 2012.

US Stocks Little Changed Amid Europe Fears; Jobless Claims Flat

Wall Street Journal -
By Matt Jarzemsky and Tomi Kilgore Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stock futures swung between gains and losses as more workers than expected sought unemployment benefits and worries about the weaker euro-zone countries mounted, ...

Berkshire Hathaway Buys More Newspapers

Wall Street Journal -
By MARTIN PEERS Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to buy 63 daily and weekly newspapers from Media General Inc. for $142 million, Berkshire's second move in six months to expand into the depressed newspaper market.

As Joe Biden Visits Ohio, Mud Flies Over Chicken Parm

TIME -
By Michael Scherer | @michaelscherer | May 17, 2012 | + Tony Dejak / AP Any last hope that this year's election would be anything but an unprecedented wallow in muck, misstatement and disrespect was lost Wednesday, at a neighborhood spaghetti joint on ...

Seven of President Obama's Most Heinous Transgressions Against American Society

New York Magazine -
By Dan Amira and Joe Coscarelli In the intro to his new tome on President Obama, The Amateur, serious author Edward Klein promises to reveal the "dark side" of Obama, the one his "advisers have gone to elaborate lengths to hide" from the American ...

A Facebook Co-Founder Reflects on the Path Forward

New York Times -
Eduardo Saverin can escape the United States, but he cannot slip Facebook. “Everything I do in my personal life, in my professional life, it's completely there,” said Mr.

Think Like Facebook: Ads. Shmads.

Forbes -
Just days ahead of possibly the most hyped IPO ever, news broke that General Motors was “reassessing” it's yearly $10m ad spend on Facebook.

American Idol: Jessica Sanchez Takes on Mariah Carey, Aerosmith & Michael Jackson

Fox News -
Let the “American Idol” top three battle begin! It was a battlefield on the “American Idol” stage Wednesday night as Jessica Sanchez and her two competitors, Joshua Ledet and Phillip Phillips, went all out singing not one, not two, ...

Belgian actor wins plaudits and first Cannes "crush"

Reuters -
By Mike Collett-White | CANNES, France (Reuters) - It is only day two, but the Cannes film festival has already uncovered a breakout star in Belgian Matthias Schoenaerts, who has earned critical acclaim and plenty of swoons for his portrayal of tough ...

'Battleship' Mystery: Who Says 'You Sunk My Battleship'?

MTV.com -
It's a trick question! 'I had this idea that we should come up with a different way of respecting the line,' director Peter Berg tells MTV News.

Tell us: Has time run out on the Lakers this season?

USA TODAY -
By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY You can debate whether a 29-point beating is worse than a final minute collapse. But either way the Lakers are down 2-0 to Oklahoma City.

John Smallwood: Celtics put old theory to rest

Philadelphia Daily News -
I had the false impression that the Sixers were the team with the young, athletic and tireless legs that could play on Monday, rest on Tuesday and then come back running like gazelles again on Wednesday.

Manny Pacquiao denounces anti-gay allegations

CBS News -
LOS ANGELES - Manny Pacquiao says he loves and supports gays and lesbians, even though he does not approve of gay marriage. The world champion boxer and Filipino congressman has been criticized ever since he was quoted in an interview on the ...

Paralyzed, Moving a Robot With Their Minds

New York Times -
Two people who are virtually paralyzed from the neck down have learned to manipulate a robotic arm with just their thoughts, using it to reach out and grab objects.

Annular solar eclipse -- a 'ring of fire' -- visible in Northern California on ...

San Jose Mercury News -
By Mike Taugher A rare annular solar eclipse will appear in the continental United States on Sunday for the first time since 1994, and Bay Area residents will have a chance to see it in full if they are willing to drive a few hours.

Examining Volcanic Lightning During Explosive Eruptions

Wired News -
By Erik Klemetti Lightning recorded at Redoubt in Alaska from the 07:19 UTC eruptioin on March 28, 2009. Figure 1C from Behnke et al.

Coffee: Drink More, Live Longer?

TIME -
Older coffee drinkers who really like their cup of joe appear to have a leg up in the longevity department. By Alexandra Sifferlin | @acsifferlin | May 17, 2012 | + Kicking your morning off with a cup of joe may provide more than a caffeine boost.

Brain Ailments in Veterans Likened to Those in Athletes

New York Times -
Scientists who have studied a degenerative brain disease in athletes have found the same condition in combat veterans exposed to roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, concluding that such explosions injure the brain in ways strikingly similar to ...

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