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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit - 11 Hours ago

By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes

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1 dead, 24 hurt as hot-air balloons collide in Turkey - 109 Minutes ago

ISTANBUL- A hot-air balloon flying over a tourist destination in central Turkey crashed after colliding with another balloon on Monday, the Anatolian news agency reported. A Brazilian passenger was killed

Jobless Youth: Europe's Hollow Efforts to Save a Lost Generation - 103 Minutes ago

Europe is failing in the fight against youth unemployment. While the German government's efforts remain largely symbolic, Southern European leaders pander to older voters by defending the status quo.

1 killed, 21 hurt as tornadoes ravage Plains states
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Taylor Swift a hit, others miss at Billboard awards
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Slideshow: Photos: Taylor Swift wins big at Billboard Music Awards
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Obama to Morehouse grads: 'No excuses'
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Manly, Storm fail to strike gold
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Russia Targets Pollster for 'Political Activity'
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Gunmen kill senior member of Pakistani party led by Imran Khan - 8 Hours ago
Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two
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Gunmen storm Egyptian security post in lawless Sinai Peninsula - 8 Hours ago
Gunmen stormed an Egyptian security forces base in the Sinai Peninsula at dawn on Monday and exchanged gunfire with forces inside the base before retreating, security sources said. The gunmen attacked
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Venezuela says taking steps to restore U.S. diplomatic ties - 11 Hours ago
Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview
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Politics/Law

Paulson to Maverick Bet on Housing With Mortgage Insurers - 120 Minutes ago
Hedge funds led by Paulson & Co. and Maverick Capital are piling into mortgage insurers in a bet that some of the companies worst hit by the U.S. housing crash will be among the biggest winners in the

Obama’s untrustworthy budget - 11 Hours ago
President Obama speaks during a press conference. (Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency) It turns out that President Obama’s Office of Management and Budget is no more trustworthy than the rest

What happened to Obama's promise? - 115 Minutes ago
Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America." Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily

Business

B&G Foods Announces a Cash Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for Its 7.625% - 110 Minutes ago
B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) announced today that it has launched a cash tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of its outstanding 7.625% Senior Notes due 2018 (the? “Notes”). Terms of the

Chesapeake Energy Says Anadarko Executive Lawler to Be CEO (1) - 105 Minutes ago
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) Lawler, 46, will also join the board, the Oklahoma City-based company said in a statement today. Lawler was senior vice president of international and deep-water operations

Vodacom Profit Rises 23 Percent as Data Service Revenue Gained - 8 Hours ago
Vodacom Group Ltd. (VOD), South Africa’s largest wireless operator, said full-year profit increased 23 percent as data services revenue rose and more of its customers bought smartphones. Earnings per

Finance

Nikkei hits new 5 1/2-year high on weak yen, signs of improving economy - 8 Hours ago
The Nikkei share average surged to a fresh 5-1/2 year high on Monday, buoyed by further weakness in the yen and as the Japanese government raised its assessment of the economy in May for the first time
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Asia Stocks Head For Highest Close in Nearly Five Years - 11 Hours ago
Asian stocks rose for the first time in three days, with the regional gauge heading for the highest close in nearly five years, after U.S. leading indicators and consumer sentiment advanced more than
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Yen Strengthens as Silver Declines; European Stocks Erase Gains - 114 Minutes ago
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rebounded from the weakest level since October 2008, while silver slumped and gold extended its longest decline since 2009. European stocks erased gains and U.S. index futures

Sports

Spurs will be stronger - Villas-Boas - 8 Hours ago
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas insists his side will recover from the disappointment of missing out on the Champions League and make an even more powerful challenge next season. Gareth Bale's goal
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Premier League clubs' end-of-season report - 102 Minutes ago
12:39pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - A far-from- vintage Premier League season reached its conclusion on Sunday with a flood of goals, a host of retirements and a familiar-looking top four. Following is a brief

Lowe reunited with Hamilton at Mercedes - 2 Hours ago
Mercedes said in a statement that the Briton had been appointed executive director (technical) and would start on June 3 — the week of the Canadian Grand Prix — after agreement was reached with McLaren

Industry

SAIC Awarded Contract By Joint Program Executive Office For Chemical And Biological - 114 Minutes ago
Company to Provide Program, Engineering, Medical and Technical Support Services PR Newswire MCLEAN, Va., May 20, 2013 MCLEAN, Va., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --? Science Applications International Corporation
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White House knew of IRS scandal weeks ago - 110 Minutes ago
Though President Obama found out about the IRS targeting conservative groups at the same time as the public, a new report says the White House attorney knew weeks ago. NBC’s Chuck Todd reports. Share

Polypropylene (PP): 2013 World Market Outlook and Forecast up to 2017 - 117 Minutes ago
Polypropylene (PP) 2013 World Market Outlook and Forecast is an absolutely essential resource for anyone looking for detailed information on the mentioned market. Using a wide range of primary and secondary
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Internet

Sights from the 2013 Google I/O keynote - 8 Hours ago
Join CNET as we take you inside the keynote address of the 2013 Google I/O in San Francisco.

Google Translate now serves 200 million people daily - 14 Hours ago
Google Translate provides 1 billion translations per day for 200 million users, the company revealed last week at its Google I/O developers conference. Google doesn't often share details about the scale

Yahoo board approves US$1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr - 14 Hours ago
Yahoo's board has approved a US$1.1 billion acquisition of blogging site Tumblr, according to The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ first reported the news on Sunday via Twitter. An imminent announcement of
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Science

DuPont Celebrates Scientific Innovation by Recognizing Young Professors - 5 Hours ago
CONTACT: DuPont Tara Stewart tara.c.stewart@dupont.com 302-999-57

Ocwen Financial has the Lowest PEG Ratio in the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Industry - 2 Hours ago
(SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance industry with the lowest price to earnings to growth (PEG) ratios. PEG is valuable in assessing

PolyOne at CHINAPLAS 2013: Exhibites GLS TPE Formulations, ColorMatrix Additive - 111 Minutes ago
GUANGZHOU, China -- At Chinaplas 2013, PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, is showcasing a host of innovative polymer services

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Technology

After two-year hiatus, EFF accepts bitcoin donations again - 8 Hours ago
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared. The influential digital watchdog stopped accepting
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Big Data Investigations: Opportunity and Risk - 8 Hours ago
Read how Big Data helped British Telecom lay hands on thieves who were stealing the company's underground copper cables. British Telecom had a problem: The company was suffering an ongoing series of security

Intel releases 'Beacon Mountain' Android-on-Atom dev tool - 8 Hours ago
Indroid Inside Intel has released “Beacon Mountain” a development environment for Android apps on both its own Atom silicon and ARM chippery. Beacon Mountain emerged over the weekend, promising “productivity-oriented
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Health

Lupin falls; Mylan launches cholesterol drug - 8 Hours ago
Reuters Market Eye - Shares in Lupin Ltd (LUPN.NS: Quote, Profile, Research) slump 4 percent after earlier falling as much as 4.7 percent following the launch of rival Mylan Inc's (MYL.O: Quote, Profile,
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The risk of gastrointestinal perforations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - 8 Hours ago
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Patients 'refusing treatment' over smoking ban, court told - 8 Hours ago
Psychiatric patients are refusing treatment because they cannot smoke at DHB facilities, the High Court has been told. The Waitemata DHB is defending its ban on smoking at Auckland psychiatric centres

Culture

Actavis Agrees to Buy Warner Chilcott to Expand in Women’s Health, Urology - 99 Minutes ago
Actavis Inc. (ACT), the largest U.S. maker of generic drugs by market value, agreed to acquire Warner Chilcott Plc (WCRX) for $8.5 billion in an all-stock deal that enables the company to expand in women’s

Obama Discusses Race, Fatherhood, Responsibility At Morehouse College - 8 Hours ago
Jason Reed / Reuters Graduates of the class of 2013 react to their commencement address given by U.S. President Barack Obama as rain falls during a spring downpour at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia

Beyonc? fuels pregnancy rumours by wheeling two prams onstage - 119 Minutes ago
Beyoncé has added further fuel to rumours that she is pregnant with her second child by organising to have two dancers wheel prams on stage during her live show in Zurich, Switzerland last week. The singer
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