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54 documents First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 56 mins ago

An American mother has been indicted over a MySpace hoax that ended with a 13-year-old girl committing suicide after being spurned by a fictitious boy.Prosecutors say Lori Drew, 49, and others created a fake MySpace persona of a 16-year-old boy to woo ... [56 mins ago - Nine MSN]

Entities: MySpace.com, Indictment, Cyberbullying

40 documents First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 36 mins ago

Republican Party (US)

House Rejects War Funding Bill

CBNNews.com - WASHINGTON - President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill - for now - $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas.The ... [1 hour ago - Christian Broadcasting Network]

Entities: Republican Party (US), George W Bush, War in Iraq

68 documents First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago

Ben Bernanke

Fed Chief Says Banks Too Vulnerable

WASHINGTON (May 15) - Commercial banks and other financial institutions need to beef up their ability to detect and protect themselves against risks like the credit and mortgage debacles, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.The trio of ... [1 hour ago - AOL]

Entities: Ben Bernanke, Commercial Banks, Federal Reserve System, Economy

70 documents First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago

Hizballah

Feuding Lebanese factions reach deal to elect army chief as president

BEIRUT - The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government reached a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war, now that the cabinet has reversed measures aimed at reining in the Iranian-backed militants.The feuding ... [1 hour ago - Macleans Online]

Entities: Hizballah, Beirut, Michel Suleiman, Crisis, Naim Kassem

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28 documents First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 58 mins ago

Dirk Kempthorne

It's Official: Polar Bears Threatened

Melting sea ice has added the polar bear to the Endangered Species List.Credit: Jupiter ImagesScienceNOW Daily NewsThe U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced today that the polar bear will be listed as 'threatened' under the Endangered Species ... [58 mins ago - Science Magazine]

Entities: Dirk Kempthorne, Species, Threatened, Endangered Species, Global Warming/Climate Change

137 documents First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago

China's president flies to quake zone; death toll could reach 50,000

Chinese President Hu Jintao said rescue efforts from this weeks powerful earthquake were entering their most crucial phase Friday as the county braced for a death toll that could soar past 50,000.Hu flew into the disaster area in central China to view ... [46 mins ago - Japan Today]

Entities: Earthquake, Disaster, Chengdu, Xinhua (China)

25 documents First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago

General Electric Company

Boone Pickens puts $2B bet on wind power

NEW YORK -- Maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens has placed a $2 billion bet on wind power in just the first of a four-phase project to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas.Pickens said the total cost of the deal will grow considerably after the initial ... [5 hours ago - Tulsa World]

Entities: General Electric Company, Wind Power

8 documents First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago

Genentech Inc

UPDATE: Positive Lilly Cancer Drug Trial Among ASCO Releases

(Updated to include four additional studies at the bottom.)ByPeter LoftusOf DOW JONES NEWSWIRES (LLY) Alimta delayed growth in lung cancer when used soon after initial chemotherapy, a new study concluded.The study could support broader use of Alimta, ... [2 hours ago - Morningstar.com]

Entities: Avastin, Genentech Inc, Amgen Inc, pertuzumab, Tumor

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32 documents First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 45 mins ago

Yahoo! Inc

As Change Nears, a Very Hostile Bid for Yahoo

When Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer was trying to buy Yahoo, he didn't want to appear disagreeable, let alone hostile.Now comes billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn, who has no such qualms.In launching his bid yesterday to replace the entire Yahoo ... [45 mins ago - Washington Post]

Entities: Yahoo! Inc, Carl Icahn, Microsoft Corporation

133 documents First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 41 mins ago

CBS Corporation

CBS Turns Its Eye to the Web, Landing Tech Sites

CBS will buy CNet Networks, one of the Internet's most-viewed family of tech-oriented sites, for $1.8 billion in cash, the two companies said yesterday, substantially expanding the online footprint of the Eye network and creating another May-December ... [45 mins ago - Washington Post]

Entities: CBS Corporation, CNET Networks Inc

133 documents First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 42 mins ago

California's top court overturns state ban, legalizes gay marriage

SAN FRANCISCO - California's Supreme Court declared gay couples in the biggest U.S. state can marry, a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal ... [1 hour ago - Macleans Online]

Entities: Gay, Same-Sex Marriage, Homosexuality

35 documents First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago

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Nigeria pipeline blast kills at least 100-Red Cross19:46 GMT

IJEGUN, Nigeria, May 15 (Reuters) - At least 100 people were killed and scores injured when fuel from a pipeline ruptured by a bulldozer caught fire and exploded on Thursday in a village near Nigeria's biggest city of Lagos, the Red Cross said.The fireball ... [1 hour ago - Reuters South Africa]

Entities: Lagos (Nigeria), Red Cross/Crescent

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