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Sotomayor shares joy with best friend

New York Daily News - ‎3 hours ago‎
BY David Saltonstall What do you think of Pres. Obama's pick of Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court? Love it. A Latina from the Bronx?

Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility for Lahore Attack

Voice of America - ‎27 minutes ago‎
By VOA News A senior Pakistani Taliban leader has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's deadly suicide attack in the eastern city of Lahore.

Tests Point to Spread of Weapons Trade

Wall Street Journal - ‎5 hours ago‎
By JAY SOLOMON WASHINGTON -- Signs of growth in North Korea's nuclear program and the country's increasing isolation are renewing fears about Pyongyang's ability and need to smuggle weapons of mass destruction around the world, said US and United ...

Powerful quake strikes off Honduras

Los Angeles Times - ‎42 minutes ago‎
MEXICO CITY -- A powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck northeast of Roatan in Honduras early today, the US Geological Survey said.

Israel rejects US call over settlement work

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎

Bulgaria bus crash leaves 13 dead

BBC News - ‎25 minutes ago‎
A bus has ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians in south-eastern Bulgaria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 20 others, officials have said.

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San Jose girl heads for Spelling Bee semifinals

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎2 hours ago‎
Wearing her lucky pair of red-and-white sneakers, a San Jose eighth-grader advanced to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, becoming one of only 41 spellers to make it past the preliminary rounds.
County spelling champion advances San Diego Union Tribune

Madigan catches fire over latest Burris scandal

Chicago Sun-Times - ‎57 minutes ago‎
BY DAVE MCKINNEY Sun-Times Springfield Bureau Chief SPRINGFIELD -- Roland Burris' secretly recorded offer to donate to ex-Gov.

Obama drops into California for political money

The Associated Press - ‎7 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES (AP) - President Barack Obama painted an upbeat vision of the economy Wednesday as he addressed Californians who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to aid Democratic campaigns in other states.

gm's 'Main Street' Bondholders Would Be Losers, Lawyer Says

Bloomberg - ‎5 hours ago‎
By Tiffany Kary and Christopher Scinta May 28 (Bloomberg) -- The loser in a General Motors Corp. bankruptcy would be Main Street, not Wall Street, says a lawyer who represented Chrysler llc's dissident lenders and who is organizing some GM bondholders.

Euro-Zone Businesses, Consumers Grow More Confident

Wall Street Journal - ‎31 minutes ago‎
By ILONA BILLINGTON LONDON -- Business and consumer confidence in the 16 countries that use the euro improved for the second-straight month in May, echoing other indicators reporting a pickup from recent record lows.

US parts makers Visteon, Metaldyne file for Chapter 11

Reuters - ‎25 minutes ago‎
By Ajay Kamalakaran BANGALORE (Reuters) - Auto parts makers Visteon Corp (VSTN.PK) and Metaldyne Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for their US operations, becoming the latest casualties of the global auto industry crisis.

Spotify Releases Taster Of Android App, With iPhone To Come

Washington Post - ‎43 minutes ago‎
Spotify, the streaming music service which is gradually gathering a large fan-base in Europe, and is poised to launch in the US, has been plotting a mobile version for a while.

Zune HD: Microsoft Comes Out Swinging

PC Magazine - ‎15 hours ago‎
by Lance Ulanoff Like a dazed fighter who just nodded "Yes, I'm OK," to a referee, Microsoft stumbled back into the center of the MP3-player ring: With the Zune HD and Xbox 360 integration as its weapons, the company started slugging.

AT&T's faster 3G network could signal video chat coming with new ...

Computerworld - ‎5 hours ago‎
By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - If the next iPhone model supports video chat, as some rumors say it will, AT&T Inc.'s plan to expand to a faster wireless network called HSPA 7.2 later in the year would enrich the experience of iPhone users who take ...

Chris Brown sued by photographer for bodyguard scuffle

TheNewsTribune.com - ‎7 minutes ago‎
Singers Chris Brown, left, and Bow Wow smile as they watch during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference basketball finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Orlando Magic Tuesday May 26, 2009 in Orlando, Fla.

Report: Susan Boyle unleashes curse-ladden rant at London hotel

New York Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Michael Sheridan It would seem that beautiful, operatic tones are not the only things to fly out of "Britain's Got Talent" superstar Susan Boyle's mouth - she's also got a bit of a toilet tongue.

'American Idol' runner-up Adam Lambert joins the audience at 'Hair'

New York Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
'American Idol' runner up Adam Lambert was welcomed with open arms backstage at 'Hair' on Tuesday night. Where Adam Lambert's former 'Wicked' co-star Caissie Levy is concerned, the 'American Idol' runner-up doesn't have to take a backseat to anyone, ...

Barcelona's triumph brings celebrations, violence

USA Today - ‎24 minutes ago‎
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Eighty-five police officers were hurt out of 153 overall injuries and 134 people were arrested during celebrations of Barcelona's victory over Manchester United in the Champions League final, police say.
United in their love Boston Globe

DREW SHARP | DETROIT 2, CHICAGO 1 (OT) Clinched without their C

Detroit Free Press - ‎54 minutes ago‎
By DREW SHARP • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • May 27, 2009 The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, emblematic of Western Conference superiority, sat there on the Joe Louis Arena ice untouched and unwelcomed.

Supporting cast lifts Lakers in Game 5

FOXSports.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
by Todd Behrendt Todd Behrendt is deputy managing editor for FOXSports.com. He also writes frequently on the stranger side of sports on his blog, The Weird World of Sports.

Australia orders 10 million H1N1 vaccines

Reuters - ‎5 hours ago‎
CANBERRA, May 26 (Reuters) - Australia's government ordered 10 million doses of swine flu vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd (CSL.

Diabetes shouldn't affect Sotomayor's ability to serve

Los Angeles Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
Potentially the first justice with Type 1, she can expect to live as long and productively as anyone else if she manages the disease well, experts say.

Health insurer suggests ways to save government $500 billion

San Jose Mercury News - ‎6 hours ago‎
By Erica Werner AP WASHINGTON - A major health insurer says the government can save more than $500 billion in Medicare spending by sending patients to less expensive, more efficient doctors, reducing hospital visits by the elderly and cutting ...

Downturn 'harming human rights'

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Adam Mynott The global economic crisis is greatly exacerbating abuses of human rights, Amnesty International has warned. In its annual report, the campaigning group said the downturn had aggravated abuses, distracted attention from them and created ...

Pa. mom who reported being abducted faces charges

The Associated Press - ‎51 minutes ago‎
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suburban mother tracked to Disney World after claiming she and her young daughter had been abducted by two black men and stuffed into a car trunk will be extradited from Florida and charged with making false reports and identity ...

Sri Lanka avoids war crimes probe

AFP - ‎2 hours ago‎
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka celebrated a major diplomatic victory after managing to torpedo Western demands for a probe into alleged war crimes committed during the offensive against the Tamil Tigers.
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