US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan: US official

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• US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan: US official
• Spending bills begin on bipartisan note
• Honda appeal seeks to reverse hybrid owner's award
• Cleric's deportation row leaves country red-faced
• Capital One's 1Q profit up on ING Direct purchase
• Time clock expiring on NBA's shorter schedule
• Pentagon: America will be ready if needed in Syria
• NYC basement searched for boy missing since 1979
• Trouble in threes: Scandals hamper Obama's message
• Larry Brown named coach at Big East-bound SMU
• Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dies at 71
• Obama hauls in $1 million for campaign and party
• Public Citizen wants withdrawal of diabetes drug
• Microsoft's fiscal 3Q tops Wall Street predictions
• Microsoft beats expectations with record revenue
• Microsoft beats Street profit view, shares up
• Woman to face murder charge in Marine wife's death
• Egypt demonstrators block main Cairo bridge
• Splunk doubles in debut, but some trades canceled
• US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.90 percent
• Momentum in US hiring, home sales appears to slow
• Romney says Obama's jobs record a failure
• NY police open new leads on child missing 33 years
• Rumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested
• Syria, U.N. agree on terms of monitoring mission
• 2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site
• Stocks dropping on mixed news on profits, economy
• Clinton wants tougher UN move on Syria
• Obama, top Senate Democrat split on nuclear nominee
• Bank of America bad-loan provisions at 2007 level
• NY Times profit soars on asset sales
• Seacrest is heir apparent to Clark's pop influence
• Israeli defense minister: Assad ouster 'positive'
• Safety, location at issue if Zimmerman is released
• THE RACE: Polls show Obama-Romney race very close
• Fun with the flag
• UK abortion provider under threat from hackers
• US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall Street falls for second day on weak data
• Unbeaten Mares out to end Morel comeback
• GSK pounces on Human Genome with $2.6 billion bid

US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan: US official Posted: A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday with four people believed to be on board, likely American soldiers, a US defense official told AFP.

Spending bills begin on bipartisan note Posted: Senate Republicans on Thursday rejected cutting agency budgets below levels agreed to in last summer's budget and debt pact with President Barack Obama as a key committee kicked off action on a round of 12 annual spending bills totaling more than $1.1 trillion.

Honda appeal seeks to reverse hybrid owner's award Posted: Lawyers for American Honda Motor Co. Inc. returned to court Thursday to try to overturn a highly publicized small claims court award to a woman who sued over the fuel mileage of her hybrid Honda Civic.

Cleric's deportation row leaves country red-faced Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - A last-minute legal decision that delayed the deportation of a terrorism suspect from Britain to Jordan sparked incredulity and outrage on Thursday from politicians and media angry at the coalition government's handling of the high profile affair. "What a fiasco"! said the Daily Mail, berating interior minister Theresa May for attending a showbiz agent's birthday celebrations apparently unaware that Muslim cleric Abu Qatada was at the same time lodging an appeal with a European court. ...

Capital One's 1Q profit up on ING Direct purchase Posted: Capital One Financial Corp. says its profit jumped 37 percent in the first quarter, buoyed by the company's acquisition of online bank ING Direct and higher revenue.

Time clock expiring on NBA's shorter schedule Posted: The shorter NBA season is on the way out.

Pentagon: America will be ready if needed in Syria Posted: U.S. military leaders clearly expressed reluctance about using American might to stop the unending violence in Syria, insisting that diplomacy remains the best option to force President Bashar Assad to end the brutal crackdown on his own people.

NYC basement searched for boy missing since 1979 Posted: Police officers and FBI agents began tearing apart a New York City basement Thursday as part of a decades-old investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose case made a generation of parents afraid to send their children out alone.

Trouble in threes: Scandals hamper Obama's message Posted: It isn't Mitt Romney who's giving Barack Obama fits as the president pivots to re-election mode. It's those federal bureaucrats carousing in Las Vegas, the Secret Service consorting with Columbian prostitutes and U.S. soldiers posing with bloody enemy corpses.

Larry Brown named coach at Big East-bound SMU Posted: Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown has been hired by SMU.

Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dies at 71 Posted: With songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," ''The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentically American as a Mathew Brady photograph or a Mark Twain short story.

Obama hauls in $1 million for campaign and party Posted: President Barack Obama is hauling in about $1 million for his campaign and for Democratic Party groups.

Public Citizen wants withdrawal of diabetes drug Posted: A consumer advocacy group is calling on government regulators to withdraw a diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk, saying the injectable medication raises the risk of thyroid cancer, pancreatitis and kidney failure.

Microsoft's fiscal 3Q tops Wall Street predictions Posted: Microsoft's fared better than analysts anticipated in its latest quarter, boosted by a surprising rise in sales of its Windows operating system.

Microsoft beats expectations with record revenue Posted: Microsoft on Thursday reported that its net income hit $5.11 billion on record-high revenue in the recently ended quarter.

Microsoft beats Street profit view, shares up Posted: (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street's profit forecast as computer sales held up better than expected, lifting its shares 2.5 percent after hours. The world's largest software maker reported quarterly profit of $5.11 billion, or 60 cents per share, compared with $5.23 billion, or 61 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter when it posted a one-time tax gain. Profit beat analysts' average forecast of 57 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Sales rose 6 percent to $17.41 billion, driven by strong demand for its server software products and Office application. ...

Woman to face murder charge in Marine wife's death Posted: A woman arrested in the mysterious slaying of a Camp Pendleton Marine's wife will be charged with first-degree murder Thursday, as prosecutors remained quiet about a possible motive or link between the two people who lived a mile apart in a small town.

Egypt demonstrators block main Cairo bridge Posted: Hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators briefly blocked a main Cairo bridge over the Nile river Thursday to back their call for an end to military rule, a sign of growing concern that the generals might try to cling to power.

Splunk doubles in debut, but some trades canceled Posted: Splunk shares more than doubled in their first day of trading Thursday, but extreme volatility prompted the Nasdaq to halt trading immediately after the shares hit the market. A subsequent error at the NYSE's electronic exchange resulted in a batch of trades being canceled.

US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.90 percent Posted: The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage stayed near its lowest level on record, keeping home-buying and refinancing affordable.

Momentum in US hiring, home sales appears to slow Posted: Momentum in U.S. hiring and home sales appears to be slowing, according to fresh data.

Romney says Obama's jobs record a failure Posted: Mitt Romney on Thursday visited a factory shuttered when George W. Bush was in the White House, and said its lingering idleness marks a failure of President Barack Obama's economic policies.

NY police open new leads on child missing 33 years Posted: New York police and the FBI dug into a Manhattan basement Thursday to pursue new leads in a child disappearance case that shocked the city 33 years ago.

Rumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested Posted: Apple generates more gossip than the Kardashians.

Syria, U.N. agree on terms of monitoring mission Posted: BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria and the United Nations signed an agreement on Thursday on terms for hundreds of observers to monitor a ceasefire, but fierce diplomatic wrangling lies ahead to persuade the West the mission can have the authority and power to ensure peace. An handful of U.N. observers are already in Syria monitoring a week-old truce that has failed to stop bloodshed. The question of whether the mission can expand while violence continues is up in the air. A crowd mobbed the head of the advance party on Thursday, some demanding the death of President Bashar al-Assad. ...

2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site Posted: Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are beginning to suspect that fish in the Gulf of Mexico are suffering the effects of the petroleum.

Stocks dropping on mixed news on profits, economy Posted: U.S. stocks are closing slightly lower as investors weigh stronger corporate earnings against disappointing economic reports.

Clinton wants tougher UN move on Syria Posted: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Thursday for the U.N. Security Council to adopt a global arms embargo and other tough measures against Syria to reinforce existing Western embargoes if the country fails to abide by a cease-fire designed to end 13 months of bloodshed.

Obama, top Senate Democrat split on nuclear nominee Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, defying opposition from his own party's Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the White House said on Thursday. Republicans want Svinicki, whose term as a commissioner expires in June, to stay on the panel and believe the process has been held up because she, along with three other commission members, accused the current NRC chairman, a Democrat, of bullying women. A vacancy could cause delays in commission decisions on safety reforms at U.S. ...

Bank of America bad-loan provisions at 2007 level Posted: Bank of America said Thursday that it set aside less money to cover bad loans in the first three months of the year than it has since before the 2008 financial crisis.

NY Times profit soars on asset sales Posted: The New York Times Co. said Thursday that first-quarter profit jumped sevenfold, boosted largely by the sale of its regional newspapers and shares in a New England sports group.

Seacrest is heir apparent to Clark's pop influence Posted: As a kid, Ryan Seacrest idolized Dick Clark. As an adult, he modeled his career after the entertainment giant and helped him carry on with his annual New Year's Eve celebration after a stroke took its toll.

Israeli defense minister: Assad ouster 'positive' Posted: Israel's defense minister says the Syrian president has lost his legitimacy, and his fall would be "very positive."

Safety, location at issue if Zimmerman is released Posted: After spending a week in a jail cell by himself, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin stands a good chance of being granted bail Friday, despite the severity of the second-degree murder charge he faces.

THE RACE: Polls show Obama-Romney race very close Posted: but one with conflicting poll numbers.

Fun with the flag Posted: Children play under a giant French flag during a meeting of the Front de Gauche (FG) leftist party's candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, Jean-Luc Melenchon, at the Porte de Versailles in Paris.

UK abortion provider under threat from hackers Posted: Britain's largest abortion provider said Thursday that thousands of attempts have been made to hack its website following a high-profile security breach when personal details of 10,000 women were stolen.

US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall Street falls for second day on weak data Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell for a second day on Thursday as labor market data showed more signs of weakness while a warning from Qualcomm and poor results from Stanley Black & Decker discouraged investors. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 68.73 points, or 0.53 percent, to end unofficially at 12,964.02. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 8.22 points, or 0.59 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,376.92. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 23.89 points, or 0.79 percent, to close unofficially at 3,007.56. (Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Jan Paschal)

Unbeaten Mares out to end Morel comeback Posted: Unbeaten Abner Mares steps up in weight Saturday in a bid to deny Eric Morel a long-awaited second world title when they fight for the vacant World Boxing Council super bantamweight belt in El Paso, Texas.

GSK pounces on Human Genome with $2.6 billion bid Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences has rejected an unsolicited bid worth around $2.6 billion (1.6 billion pounds) from long-time partner GlaxoSmithKline, marking a new takeover battle in a drugs sector recently swept by M&A activity. The U.S. pioneer of gene-based drug discovery, which sells a new drug for lupus with GSK, said on Thursday the offer of $13 per share, made in a letter on April 11, did not reflect the value inherent in the company. It has hired Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse to help explore strategic alternatives, including a possible sale. ...

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