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Obama, Hollande to press euro crisis remedies at G8
Reuters
By Laura MacInnis and Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to cement a bond with France's new leader at the White House on Friday before heading to Camp David for a G8 summit where he is set to press Europe to do more to ...
Monsieur Hollande: Obama's new friendBBC News
G8 summit: Obama to announce $3bn in private aid fundingThe Guardian
Obama, world leaders start summitsTucson Citizen
Wall Street Journal -Washington Post
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A foundation devoted to education about and treatment of flesh-eating bacteria cites government figures estimating 500 to 1,500 cases occur in the United States each year. But media coverage of these cases is rare, so the story of a Georgia grad student fighting the disease may help raise awareness, the foundation's co-founder says.

Report: Bird strike caused Marine helicopter crash
The Associated Press
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A bird strike caused a deadly helicopter crash at Camp Pendleton last year that killed two Marines, according to a Marine Corps investigation. The AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter collided Sept. 19 with a red-tailed hawk that ...

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Residents of 80 homes evacuated near growing wildfire in northern Colorado
Washington Post
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday to combat a growing blaze that was scorching terrain around a scenic canyon in northern Colorado. Ground efforts were being supported by a heavy air tanker and helicopters that together are ...
Evacuations eased for 7300-acre Hewlett fire near Fort CollinsDenver Post
Colorado wildfire grows amid erratic wind gustsHouston Chronicle

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Voice of America
Obama Prepares for NATO Summit in Chicago
Voice of America
Dozens take part in a variety of protests leading up to this weekend's NATO summit in Chicago, May 16, 2012. Dozens take part in a variety of protests leading up to this weekend's NATO summit in Chicago, May 16, 2012. After hosting the G8 summit at ...
Summits Will Test Global ResponseWall Street Journal
Afghanistan, economy top the agenda as Obama hosts world leadersABC News
"No indication" of terror threat to Chicago NATO summit: FBIReuters
AFP -Times of India -Irish Times
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Mississippi's Supreme Court on Thursday denied the state attorney general's attempt that it reconsider its assent to controversial pardons -- several of them for convicted killers -- issued earlier this year by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour.

Friends may be priceless. But 'friending' is worth $38 a share.

The Florida shooting victim's blood contained THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. It was not immediately clear how significant the amounts were.

New York Daily News
San Jose man fights for life as family criticizes time lapse before roadside ...
San Jose Mercury News
By Robert Salonga The prognosis for Michael Sanchez Jr. remains tenuous after the crash victim survived seven days in a thicket off a South San Jose freeway. Relatives kept vigil Thursday over the 25-year-old San Jose man -- on life support at a local ...
Man Found Alive Seven Days After CrashNBC Bay Area
Man found in wooded area, alive, 7 days after crashing carKGO-TV
San Jose police find missing man where his car crashed days earlierKTVU San Francisco
Fox News
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Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner drew a hard line in the sand this week, renewing a battle over the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to significant budget cuts during what may be a lame-duck session after the November elections.

Kansas City Star
Scott Walker leads new Wisconsin recall poll
ABC News
A new poll in Wisconsin has Scott Walker holding a growing lead over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the upcoming recall election. The Republican governor holds a six-point lead over Democrat Barrett, 50 to 44 percent, among likely voters surveyed by ...
Report: Wisconsin lost 5900 jobs net in AprilCBS News
Barrett says Walker is attacking Milwaukee for political gainMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dems shift tactics, slam Walker on Doe probeBeloit Daily News
Washington Post -WISC Madison
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Thieves must have something against Justice Stephen Breyer.

Ingo Walter and Jennifer Carpenter: Focus on changing the risk incentives of banks rather than the level of executive pay

New York Times
Facebook Raises $16 Billion in IPO
New York Times
By EVELYN M. RUSLI and PETER EAVIS As investors raced to get shares, the sprawling social network raised $16 billion on Thursday, in an initial public offering that values Facebook at $104 billion. The IPO signals a rapid evolution for the company.
It's Official! Facebook Raises $16 Billion in Historic IPOForbes
Insight: Who got Facebook shares? Fairness may not come into itCNBC.com
IPO Pop Isn't in Facebook's ScriptWall Street Journal
Vanity Fair -Bloomberg -Washington Post
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Iran is taking on one of the world's biggest Internet giants, threatening to sue over something that is not on its maps.

NEWS.com.au
Facebook's Eduardo Saverin Saves $67 Million in Tax by Leaving US
Washington Post
May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin will save at least $67 million in federal income taxes by dropping US citizenship, according to a Bloomberg analysis of the company's stock price. Those savings will keep growing if ...
Facebook co-founder Saverin invests, while senators seek to ban him from USFox News
Schumer Proposes Tax on People Like Facebook's SeverinBusinessWeek
US senators flame Facebook's Saverin on taxesReuters
Wall Street Journal -Los Angeles Times
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The Guardian
Donna Summer dead: Her voice soared through disco and beyond
Los Angeles Times
Donna Summer died Thursday after a battle with cancer. The 63-year-old Summer was known for her soaring voice and sensual purrs that made her a queen of disco when the genre was in its heyday in the 1970s. And it was a title she held well beyond those ...
Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, dies at 63USA TODAY
Donna Summer is dead at 63CNN
Disco Queen Donna Summer Dead at 63E! Online
CNN International -msnbc.com -San Francisco Chronicle
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Daily Mail
Legal troubles of missing Utah woman's father-in-law may not be over; attorney ...
Washington Post
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The voyeurism conviction of a missing Utah woman's father-in-law may not be the last of his legal troubles. An attorney who represents the teenage girls at the center of Steve Powell's voyeurism trial said Thursday they plan to file a ...
Steve Powell's legal troubles may not be overWRGB

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Orit Avishai says that touting breastfeeding as natural and intuitive creates unnecessary pressure on women who find it difficult

Congressional Republicans are threatening another game of chicken with the debt ceiling. This will get America nowhere, says John Avlon.