Sotomayor shares joy with best friendNew 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?
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Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility for Lahore AttackVoice 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.
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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.
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Israel rejects US call over settlement work
BBC News - 1 hour ago
Israel will continue to allow some construction in West Bank settlements despite US calls for a freeze on its work, a government spokesman says.
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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.
41 advance to spelling bee semifinals Philadelphia Inquirer
County spelling champion advances San Diego Union Tribune
Madigan catches fire over latest Burris scandal
Chicago Sun-Times - 57 minutes ago
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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.
Stars Come Out for LA Fundraiser Washington Post
Gay rights demonstrators call on Obama to abolish "don't ask, don ... Los Angeles Times
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.
GM bankruptcy 'all but inevitable' Detroit Free Press
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.
Euro-zone sentiment index rises for second month MarketWatch
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.
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Spotify Releases Taster Of Android App, With iPhone To Come
Washington Post - 43 minutes ago
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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.
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Computerworld - 5 hours ago
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Chris Brown sued by photographer for bodyguard scuffle
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Report: Susan Boyle unleashes curse-ladden rant at London hotel
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago
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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, ...
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Barcelona's triumph brings celebrations, violence
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Detroit Free Press - 54 minutes ago
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Reuters - 5 hours ago
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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.
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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 ...
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Pa. mom who reported being abducted faces charges
The Associated Press - 51 minutes ago
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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.
UN rejects calls for Sri Lanka war crimes inquiry guardian.co.uk