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News: Mexico drug wars: 49 headless, dismembered bodies found dumped along highway Newsweek cover: Obama 'first gay president' Political Insights: Obama Restarts Culture Wars on Offense Texting While Walking Banned in New Jersey Town Student With Flesh-Eating Disease Will Lose Fingers Obama calls pastors to explain gay marriage support; black churches 'conflicted' Weary warriors favor Obama 15 Current Technologies A Child Born Today Will Never Use Ivy League school janitor graduates with honors Lexus found submerged in family's swimming pool; drunk-driving suspected Hannah Luce: Woman is Sole Plane Crash Survivor After Rescue by Marine Friend Cyndi Lauper on the True Colors of Politics Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift Ron Paul all but ends presidential campaign, continues delegate strategy Obama campaign's new ad paints Romney as a job-killing economic 'vampire' Zip line victim's parents speak: Flesh-eating bacteria contained; doctors hope to save most of her limbs Bachmann's Fundraising Whopper Kodak's (sort of) secret nuclear reactor Obama: JPMorgan Is 'One of the Best-Managed Banks' Ignore the Time breastfeeding cover: Never ask if you're 'mom enough.' Here's how. John Edwards Defense Relies on Definition of 'The' Obama addresses Barnard College: 'No moonwalking,' but lots of advice for graduates Brown campaign: 'Warren has zero evidence that she is at all Native American' Romney campaign ad touts steel mill boosted by Bain investment Car hits beam of elevated train in Chicago; 4 die Mitt Romney supporters, Ron Paul partisans brawl at Oklahoma GOP convention Obama seeks to undercut Romney's record on jobs George Lucas proposes building affordable housing on property Obama: 'Americans are on our side' on same-sex marriage Secure Communities deportation program will expand to New York and Mass., despite Democratic governors' objections What to Expect When You're Expecting to Become a Jihadi Six generations of family gather, aged 111 years to 7 weeks Gap Year: Congrats! You're Accepted to College, Now Go Away This $2.8 million Leica is the world's most expensive camera Brown pushes tax hike as California's money woes deepen Mrs. Dotcom Was Totally Spoiled 2012 college grads enter improving job market China rebuts Dalai Lama's alleged poison plot No arrests in killing of San Diego biker group leader Bloomberg: NC marriage vote sets back civil rights Mexico drug wars: 49 headless, dismembered bodies found dumped along highway Mon,14 May 2012 06:06 AM PDT The Lookout - Forty-nine headless, dismembered bodies were found along a stretch of highway in Mexico on Sunday. The mutilated bodies "scattered in a pool of blood"—some with their hands and feet "hacked off," according to the Associated Press—were discovered by local authorities on the edge of the town of San Juan on a road that connects Monterrey [...] Full Story Top Newsweek cover: Obama 'first gay president' Sun,13 May 2012 07:41 AM PDT The Ticket - It won't be nearly as controversial as Time magazine's breastfeeding cover, but Newsweek's May 21 issue declares Barack Obama the country's "first gay president." The accompanying cover story was written by Andrew Sullivan, the popular--and openly gay--political blogger. The magazine even gives the commander-in-chief a rainbow halo. Obama, Sullivan writes, "had to discover his black [...] Full Story Top Political Insights: Obama Restarts Culture Wars on Offense Sun,13 May 2012 04:10 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - ANALYSIS In the 2012 edition of the culture wars, a new side is starting on offense. President Obama's move to embrace same-sex marriage sets an unmistakable tone for the general election: Democrats don't feel the need to fear social issues, even ones that have been... Full Story Top Texting While Walking Banned in New Jersey Town Sun,13 May 2012 08:27 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - Avid texters beware: Fort Lee, N.J. police said they will begin issuing $85 jaywalking tickets to pedestrians who are caught texting while walking. "It's a big distraction. Pedestrians aren't watching where they are going and they are not aware," said Thomas Ripoli, chief of the... Full Story Top Student With Flesh-Eating Disease Will Lose Fingers Sun,13 May 2012 06:32 AM PDT Good Morning America - Aimee Copeland Lost Her Leg Due To Flesh-Eating Disease Full Story Top Obama calls pastors to explain gay marriage support; black churches 'conflicted' Mon,14 May 2012 07:57 AM PDT The Ticket - After making his historic remarks on same-sex unions last week, President Barack Obama led a conference call with black church pastors to explain his support for gay marriage, the New York Times reports. The call, which was held with "eight or so African-American ministers," occurred about two hours after the president's interview with ABC's Robin [...] Full Story Top Weary warriors favor Obama Mon,14 May 2012 06:17 AM PDT Reuters - COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a John Wayne poster, and an 1861 Springfield rifle from an ancestor who fought in the Civil War. But when it comes to the 2012 presidential election, Master Sergeant McDowell is no hawk. ... Full Story Top 15 Current Technologies A Child Born Today Will Never Use Sun,13 May 2012 07:24 AM PDT LiveScience.com - From the moment that I found out my wife was pregnant with our first child, a son, I've thought of his development in terms of tech. When pregnancy sites described our six-week-old fetus as the size of a "lentil," I referred to him as the length of an RFID chip. When the doctor said he had reached 1.3 pounds, I told all my friends that my son was the size of an iPad. When he was born this week, he was about the size of an HP Envy 15, though unfortunately his cries did not use Beats Audio. Full Story Top Ivy League school janitor graduates with honors Sun,13 May 2012 12:25 PM PDT Associated Press - For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University. Full Story Top Lexus found submerged in family's swimming pool; drunk-driving suspected Mon,14 May 2012 08:47 AM PDT The Sideshow - A 40-year-old California man is accused of driving his Lexus through a cinder block wall and into a family's backyard swimming pool. The man, Modesto Cabral, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence on Sunday after the 5:25 a.m. one-vehicle crash. Pieces of the wall were seen stuck in the car's windshield. An [...] Full Story Top Hannah Luce: Woman is Sole Plane Crash Survivor After Rescue by Marine Friend Mon,14 May 2012 01:05 AM PDT Good Morning America - Small Crash Survivor was Pulled From Burning Plane by an Iraq war Veteran Full Story Top Cyndi Lauper on the True Colors of Politics Mon,14 May 2012 03:18 AM PDT Power Players - Political Punch Whether it was a flip-flop, or an evolution, or a change of view, President Obama is the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriage. Coincidentally, the same week the president announced this change, Cyndi Lauper, one of the biggest activists for gay and lesbian rights in the entertainment community was in town. Lauper [...] Full Story Top Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift Mon,14 May 2012 07:17 AM PDT Associated Press - He famously wears a hoodie, jeans and sneakers, and he was born the year Apple introduced the Macintosh. But Mark Zuckerberg is no boy-CEO. Full Story Top Ron Paul all but ends presidential campaign, continues delegate strategy Mon,14 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT The Ticket - Ron Paul announced Monday that his campaign will no longer spend money on presidential nominating contests due to lack of funds, effectively ending his campaign for the Republican nomination. Paul wrote the following in an open letter to supporters: Our campaign will continue to work in the state convention process. We will continue to take leadership [...] Full Story Top Obama campaign's new ad paints Romney as a job-killing economic 'vampire' Mon,14 May 2012 07:54 AM PDT The Ticket - Mitt Romney, a job-killing economic "vampire"? That's the message of a new ad by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, which aims to turn the presumptive Republican nominee's business record into a liability as voters worry about the struggling economy. A two-minute version of the new video will run in Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Virginia. [...] Full Story Top Zip line victim's parents speak: Flesh-eating bacteria contained; doctors hope to save most of her limbs Mon,14 May 2012 07:17 AM PDT The Lookout - The parents of Aimee Copeland—a 24-year-old Georgia woman who is recovering after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria in a zip line accident—say her condition, while critical, is "improving." They hope she will be able to breathe on her own soon. Copeland, a graduate student at the University of West Georgia, remains hospitalized at the Still [...] Full Story Top Bachmann's Fundraising Whopper Mon,14 May 2012 01:27 PM PDT FactCheck.org - In several urgent fundraising appeals, Rep. Michele Bachmann falsely claims that biased "liberal judges" redrew her congressional district "in retaliation for repeatedly standing up to President Obama." The truth is that only two of the five judges were Democratic appointees, and Bachmann's Minnesota district has become even more Republican than … More >> Full Story Top Kodak's (sort of) secret nuclear reactor Mon,14 May 2012 07:15 AM PDT The Lookout - How's this for a revelation: The Kodak Eastman Co. had a small nuclear research reactor in a little-known underground labyrinth at its Rochester, N.Y., facility. And, although locked down and under tight security, it also contained 3½ pounds of highly enriched uranium, reports the the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester. The writer succinctly notes: That's [...] Full Story Top Obama: JPMorgan Is 'One of the Best-Managed Banks' Mon,14 May 2012 02:43 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC News' Mary Bruce, Aaron Katersky and Christina Ng Report: Just hours after a top JPMorgan Chase executive retired in the wake of a stunning $2 billion trading loss, President Obama told the hosts of ABC's "The View" that the bank's risky bets exemplified the... Full Story Top Ignore the Time breastfeeding cover: Never ask if you're 'mom enough.' Here's how. Mon,14 May 2012 11:53 AM PDT The Lookout - This is a health bulletin. A sober, alarmist one. Aimed squarely at moms who feel guilty about their choices. There is a neurotoxin that every mother must avoid. It's omnipresent. It's stealthy. And it's been found in radioactively high doses on the much-discussed breastfeeding cover of Time, which asked, "Are You Mom Enough?" It's resentment. [...] Full Story Top John Edwards Defense Relies on Definition of 'The' Mon,14 May 2012 05:17 AM PDT Good Morning America - John Edwards Begins His Defense Today Which Should Last a Week Full Story Top Obama addresses Barnard College: 'No moonwalking,' but lots of advice for graduates Mon,14 May 2012 07:49 AM PDT The Ticket - President Barack Obama on Monday briefly disappointed some 600 graduating students at New York's Barnard College for women by declining a shouted request to moonwalk. But he won the friendly, cheering audience back easily with the message that they can—and must—change the world. "The year I graduated was 1983," Obama said in a commencement speech [...] Full Story Top Brown campaign: 'Warren has zero evidence that she is at all Native American' Mon,14 May 2012 10:16 AM PDT The Daily Caller - The saga continues: is she or is she not a Native American? Full Story Top Romney campaign ad touts steel mill boosted by Bain investment Mon,14 May 2012 12:55 PM PDT The Ticket - Just hours after President Barack Obama's re-election campaign tied Mitt Romney to the bankruptcy of a Missouri steel company, the Romney campaign is out with its own Web video highlighting a steel company it says Romney helped save. The video, entitled "American Dream," zeroes in on Steel Dynamics Inc., an Indiana company that Bain Capital [...] Full Story Top Car hits beam of elevated train in Chicago; 4 die Sun,13 May 2012 03:20 PM PDT Associated Press - A speeding car hit a support beam of a Chicago elevated train track, crashing with enough force for the vehicle to split in two and killing four female passengers inside, authorities said Sunday. Full Story Top Mitt Romney supporters, Ron Paul partisans brawl at Oklahoma GOP convention Sun,13 May 2012 09:04 PM PDT The Daily Caller - Throughout the GOP presidential primary, presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who remains in the race for the White House, seemed to have some sort of unspoken truce. This led to speculation that the libertarian-leaning Republican would ultimately play nice with Romney in order to grow his voice within the Republican Party. Full Story Top Obama seeks to undercut Romney's record on jobs Mon,14 May 2012 10:45 AM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multipronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival's candidacy: his business credentials. Full Story Top George Lucas proposes building affordable housing on property Mon,14 May 2012 12:23 PM PDT The Sideshow - It's been a while since "Star Wars" creator George Lucas did something bold to endear himself to longtime fans. But an unexpected announcement from the legendary filmmaker and producer may win him accolades with the public, if not his wealthy neighbors. Lucas has spent nearly 25 years planning and lobbying to build a state-of-the-art movie [...] Full Story Top Obama: 'Americans are on our side' on same-sex marriage Mon,14 May 2012 03:15 PM PDT The Ticket - Click image to see more photos. (Reuters/Larry Downing) Scooping up dollars for his campaign at a New York fundraiser, President Barack Obama told supporters on Monday that "the American people are on our side" when it comes to issues like same-sex marriage. The president spoke at an event hosted by openly gay singer Ricky Martin, [...] Full Story Top Secure Communities deportation program will expand to New York and Mass., despite Democratic governors' objections Mon,14 May 2012 09:42 AM PDT The Lookout - On Tuesday, a federal deportation program that scours local jails for illegal immigrants will expand into New York and Massachusetts, despite objections from the Democratic governors of those states. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said they opposed the Secure Communities fingerprint sharing program because it interferes with local policing priorities. [...] Full Story Top What to Expect When You're Expecting to Become a Jihadi Mon,14 May 2012 12:14 PM PDT ABC News - Al Qaeda Manual Warns of Wounds, Sleeping Outdoors and 'Annoying' Drones Full Story Top Six generations of family gather, aged 111 years to 7 weeks Mon,14 May 2012 11:04 AM PDT The Sideshow - More than 110 years separate Mollie Wood from her great, great granddaughter Braylin Marie Higgins. And in between the 111-year-old Wood and 7-week-old Higgins are four more living generations of women from the same West Virginia family. Local CBS affiliate WCAV 19 was on hand to document the six generations of women gathering for Wood's [...] Full Story Top Gap Year: Congrats! You're Accepted to College, Now Go Away Mon,14 May 2012 09:24 AM PDT Good Morning America - Gap year Students Gain Maturity, Explore the World, Outperform Their Peers Full Story Top This $2.8 million Leica is the world's most expensive camera Mon,14 May 2012 01:23 PM PDT Technology News Blog - We've seen our share of expensive cameras. The Phantom v1610, for instance, is capable of shooting 1 million frames per second — a feat that will cost you $100,000. But that's a veritable bargain compared to this 1923 Leica camera that … Continue reading → Full Story Top Brown pushes tax hike as California's money woes deepen Sun,13 May 2012 05:06 PM PDT Reuters - California Governor Jerry Brown was elected in 2010 on a promise to fix the state's chronic fiscal crisis. His weekend announcement of a much bigger-than-expected shortfall in the state budget signals how far he still has to go. In an unusual move that underscored the highly politicized nature of the state budget, Brown took to YouTube on Saturday to deliver the bad news: the state's projected budget deficit for the fiscal year starting July 1 is now $16 billion, up from the $9 billion anticipated in January. ... Full Story Top Mrs. Dotcom Was Totally Spoiled Mon,14 May 2012 06:11 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - While we knew about MegaUpload mastermind Kim Dotcom's fondness for giraffes and bubble baths, we didn't know too much about his wife, Mona Dotcom, and her $202,000 ($155,000 US) Mercedes until today. The New Zealand Herald David Fisher reports that Mona Dotcom (yes, she took her husband's name) has applied to get her stuff back (including a G55 Mercedes)--stuff that was allegedly seized during the raid on the Dotcom complex. Full Story Top 2012 college grads enter improving job market Sun,13 May 2012 06:09 AM PDT Associated Press - The class of 2012 is leaving college with something that many graduates since the start of the Great Recession have lacked: jobs. Full Story Top China rebuts Dalai Lama's alleged poison plot Mon,14 May 2012 05:43 AM PDT The Lookout - After the Dalai Lama accused China of trying to poison him, the Chinese government rebutted his claims and said that if it wanted the Tibetan spiritual leader dead, it could have done so without waiting until he was 76 years old. The Dalai Lama told the Sunday Telegraph that he believed the Chinese government had [...] Full Story Top No arrests in killing of San Diego biker group leader Sun,13 May 2012 08:13 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Homicide detectives searched over the weekend for clues in the killing of the San Diego chapter president of the Black Sabbath Motorcycle Club, who was gunned down outside the group's clubhouse, police said on Sunday. Clyde Thompson, 51, was working on a motorcycle with another club member in front of the group's headquarters on Friday night when a sport utility vehicle sped up to the clubhouse and a passenger got out and shot Thompson multiple times, police said. He died of his wounds at a nearby hospital hours later. ... Full Story Top Bloomberg: NC marriage vote sets back civil rights Mon,14 May 2012 06:03 AM PDT Associated Press - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has told University of North Carolina graduates that last week's gay marriage vote shows there is still a lot of work to be done for civil rights in this country. Full Story Top

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