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With Thanks, Blind Chinese Dissident Arrives in US
NATO Summit: 3 Accused of Planning Attack at Obama HQ
Three men accused of building Molotov cocktails were planning attacks at President Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters and at the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel during this weekend's NATO Summit, prosecutors said.
Obama Pushes US Model in Europe Recovery Effort
WASHINGTON ? There were a couple new faces in town at the annual Group of Eight summit, and a couple new allies for President Obama, who has been urging Europeans to follow America?s lead. And with 4 million jobs created in the United States in...
SpaceX Launch Aborted at Last Moment
It was to have been the dawn of a new era, private companies launching into space and on to the International Space Station. The first such launch was set for before dawn this morning, and it came tantalizingly close. But the SpaceX rocket never got...
I'll Have Another Wins Preakness
I'll Have Another wins Preakness, keeps Triple Crown bid alive
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Reports: 3 dead in quake near Bologna
Italian news reports say three people have been killed in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Italy near Bologna
White House, Pakistan in talks on supply lines
White House says it is not expecting to finish negotiations over reopening key supply lines during the NATO summit
2 Americans jailed in Haiti in pro-army march
March by hundreds of former soldiers and their young recruits in Haiti's capital turned violent and 50 participants were detained
Video: Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign
A military parade outside Windsor Castle was just the beginning of two weeks of celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Charlie D'Agata reports on the pomp and circumstance.
Video: Corruption plagues Afghanistan's future
It's not just violence that plagues Afghanistan. As Allen Pizzey reports, a culture of corruption could cost Afghans their future.
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Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama? - TheReporter.com
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Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama?
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By AP WASHINGTON (AP) -- Are Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack Obama's re-election chances? Some top Democrats say yes, pointing to GOP stances on the debt limit and other issues that they claim ...
Republicans: Senate Democrats should offer budgetUSA TODAY
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Georgia News Roundup May 20 - WTVY, Dothan
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Georgia News Roundup May 20
WTVY, Dothan
Reporter: AP COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) -- Wearing a Mitt Romney sticker, Georgia native Newt Gingrich continued his assault on President Barack Obama and urged the crowd to back his former Republican rival. Gingrich's endorsement of the former Massachusetts ...
Gingrich stumps for Romney, calls for unityCNN (blog)
Gingrich turns aim to Obama, calls for party unityWGCL Atlanta
Truck flips in Salem, driver swerves to avoid animalWTVM
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Americans Don't Know Anything About Romney's Religion - BuzzFeed
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Americans Don't Know Anything About Romney's Religion
BuzzFeed
But a new study suggests that what they learn about Mormonism could sway their vote. It also explains why people are so curious. The Mormon temple in Salt Lake City. (Reuters / GEORGE FREY) Armed with fresh survey data and a counterintuitive thesis, ...
Study: Romney's Mormon faith could help himCBS News
Romney's Mormon faith runs silent, but deepSan Jose Mercury News
For Romney, Mormon faith a part of everyday life, friends sayAustin American-Statesman
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Arizona Goes Birther: Secretary Of State Says It's 'Possible' Obama Won't Be ...
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Arizona Goes Birther: Secretary Of State Says It's 'Possible' Obama Won't Be ...
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The man in charge of running Arizona's elections has gone to the birthers. Secretary of State Ken Bennett now says he's not convinced Barack Obama was really born in the United States and so he is threatening to keep the president off the ballot in ...
Once again, Arizona is the nation's laughingstockArizona Republic
Obama birth certificate issue raisedKTAR.com
Arizona official may keep Obama off ballotUSA TODAY
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Michigan Republicans replace 2 national representatives to convention - Detro...
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Michigan Republicans replace 2 national representatives to convention
Detroit Free Press
By Dawson Bell Michigan Republicans gathered at Cobo Center this weekend to launch the 2012 campaign and elect representatives to the Republican National Committee. The latter exercise turned into a purge of incumbents, as former Secretary of State ...
Michigan GOP unites behind Romney at state conventionLansing State Journal
Michigan GOP gathers to pick convention delegatesBoston.com
Republicans deny Anuzis, Hughes reelection to party leadership postsThe Detroit News
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Chicago braces for largest anti-NATO protest
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police trying to keep the peace during the NATO summit may face their biggest test on Sunday when thousands of demonstrators were expected to march near the site where leaders of the military alliance begin a two-day meeting.
Weather helps battle against Southwest wildfires
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Improving weather helped firefighters in Arizona make progress on Saturday against wildfires that have charred more than 65 square miles (168 square km) of forest, brush and grass in the U.S. Southwest and forced the evacuation of several small towns.
Possible engine problem delays U.S. rocket launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The launch of a privately owned Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was delayed on Saturday when a computer detected a possible problem with one of the rocket's engines, a Space Exploration Technologies official said.
Civil rights group NAACP endorses gay marriage
(Reuters) - The nation's largest civil rights group, the NAACP, endorsed gay marriage on Saturday, giving a boost to the movement to legalize same-sex nuptials despite reservations expressed by some black ministers.
Anti-NATO activists weighed Obama HQ attack: prosecutors
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three protesters arrested on terrorism-related charges ahead of the NATO-summit considered targeting U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign headquarters and the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to court documents released on Saturday.
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How Mark Zuckerberg Hacked the Valley
A look at the daring decisions that took Facebook's price tag from $1 billion to about 100 times as much
Facebook's IPO: Who Gets Rich
Assuming Facebook hits $104 ?billion on IPO day
Zuckerberg's Social Graph
From board members and employees to fellow CEOs, Facebook alumni, and others
Micronation Master: Prince Leonard of Hutt River
The self-crowned prince seceded from Australia, along with his 18,500 acres of land, back in 1970?and the micronation movement was born
Hugo Chávez's Enemy No. 1
For the first time, Venezuela's president has a real rival. And as Henrique Capriles grows more popular, the tension?and danger?mount
Big Think
The latest video interviews and blog posts from Big Think
All it takes is a single explosion...
Blunt head trauma and traumatic brain injuries are well-known artifacts of war. The Brain Trauma Foundation reports that between 10-20% of Iraq veterans (approximately 150,000-300,000 individuals) suffer from some level of TBI. That?s a lot of former soldiers who may be experiencing symptoms like ...
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Welcome to Your Future Brain: Inside David Eagleman's Neuro Lab
What's the Big Idea?
David Eagleman's Laboratory for Perception is located on the ground floor of Baylor University?s Ben Taub Medical Center, but the vibe is more creative think tank than clinical academic enclave. The walls are enamelled in dry-erase paint and marked up with impromptu sketches ...
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Why Traveling Abroad Makes Us More Creative
Like many college students, I took a semester abroad. I spent the first half of my junior year in London taking classes at UCL, exploring the museums, and learning the difference between two pints, two pounds and two pence. After a few lovely months on the ?other? side of the pond I returned home ...
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How Andy Warhol Ended up in a Crater on Mercury
Andy Warhol looked for fame any place he could find it, so news that a crater on the surface of the planet Mercury has been named in his honor comes as no surprise. Warhol joined 22 other famous dead artists, musicians, and writers in that distinction recently, according to a NASA press release ...
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Adam Gopnik vs. Jonathan Gotschall on Stories
As I've written before, I'm a skeptical of claims, like Jonathan Gottschall's, about the power of stories to make us better people. Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker is skeptical too. Gopnik argues that
Gotschall's more central claim?that stories increase our empathy, and ?make societies work ...
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