Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Fighting US's worst teen pregnancy rate in Miss.

Fighting US's worst teen pregnancy rate in Miss.

Fighting US's worst teen pregnancy rate in Miss.

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:48 PM PDT

In this May 2, 2012 photograph taken in Marks, Miss., Shalendrick Tribble, 19, shows off a tattoo of her son's name in a classroom at Madison S. Palmer High School in Marks. Tribble had her son almost two years ago, and has been taking classes in parenting and family planning. (AP Photo/Laura Tillman)With her hair in a ponytail and her smile quick and wide, it's hard to tell that high school junior Donyell Hollins has been pulling all-nighters for most of the semester to take care of her infant daughter.

Bombardier CEO urges UK to think of Derby

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Bombardier CEO Beaudoin speaks to employees at Bombardier's manufacturing facilities in TorontoTORONTO (Reuters) - Bombardier Inc's bid to supply trains for Crossrail, the project to build a new railway link under central London, is crucial to the future of the British rail industry, the Canadian company's chief executive said on Tuesday. Bombardier's facility in Derby, central England, is the country's last remaining train manufacturing plant, and the company is shortlisted for the Crossrail contract. If Britain wants to keep its local manufacturer, it needs to consider that factor when it evaluates bids, Chief Executive Pierre Beaudoin told reporters outside an event in Toronto. ...

Randy Travis accuses ex of betraying information

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 18, 2010 file photo, country singer Randy Travis, right, and then wife Elizabeth arrive at the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Travis has filed a countersuit against his ex-wife claiming she's been divulging confidential information about the country music singer that was calculated to damage his reputation and career. The court documents filed recently in a federal court in Nashville don't say what information Elizabeth Travis is alleged to have revealed. The filings are the latest salvo in the feud between the Travises. The couple divorced in 2010 after 19 years of marriage. Elizabeth Travis had been his manager for more than three decades. She sued him last month claiming that Randy Travis made it impossible for her to do her job and terminated her management contract without proper written notice. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)County music singer Randy Travis is accusing his ex-wife of divulging confidential information about him in order to damage his reputation and career.

Serena in historic defeat, Nadal, Sharapova cruise

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Serena Williams protests a callSerena Williams suffered an historic Grand Slam defeat in the French Open first round on Tuesday, the worst of her career, while Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova eased through.

Romney to clinch GOP nomination with Texas win

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets a group of veterans after speaking at a campaign event, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Craig, Colo. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Mitt Romney is set to clinch the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals.

Government rests its case in Clemens perjury trial

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, center, arrives at federal court in Washington, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, for his perjury trial. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Prosecutors have rested their case in the perjury trial of Roger Clemens.

Three unlisted Spanish savings banks to merge

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:29 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish savings bank Liberbank said it would merge with rivals Ibercaja and Caja 3, bulking up the banks' capital positions as they struggle with billions of euros of bad property debt. The merger would give Ibercaja 46.5 percent of the resulting group, Liberbank 45.5 percent, and Caja 3 8 percent, and create the country's seventh-biggest entity with more than 115 billion euros ($144 billion) in assets. The merger of the three unlisted banks must be cleared by competition authorities. ...

Chief's exit paves way for Bank of Spain rehabilitation

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:29 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez's early exit as Bank of Spain governor signals Madrid's desire to restore its credibility, days after the government was forced to stage the country's biggest ever bank rescue. Ordonez met Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday to say he was leaving on June 10, leaving Spain's leader with just days to announce a new head for the once-feted central bank. ...

Spain to present 2012-2014 fiscal stability plan

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:29 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's central government will put forward a three-year plan on fiscal stability, covering 2012-2014, when it presents a draft budget to Congress in the coming months, a government source told Reuters on Tuesday. Under Spanish law the government must present a medium-term fiscal stability plan when it misses deficit targets like it did last year. In addition, euro zone officials have said that Spain must present a detailed medium-term fiscal plan to convince policy makers and markets that it is on track to meet deficit cutting targets. (Reporting By Fiona Ortiz)

Spain to brave markets on regions, banks funding

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Man reacts while looking at information screens at the Madrid stock exchangeMADRID (Reuters) - Spain, battling a debt crisis that is shaking its government, banks and companies, will soon issue new bonds to fund ailing lenders and indebted regions despite borrowing costs nearing the 7 percent level that drove other states to seek a bailout. The move will dent the country's strong liquidity position and further worsen public finances under scrutiny from investors and European officials who fear the euro zone's fourth economy may go the same way as Greece, Portugal and Ireland. ...

Serena loses in 1st round of major for 1st time

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:28 PM PDT

USA's Serena Williams returns the ball to France's Virginie Razzano during their first round match in the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Serena Williams lost in the first round of a major tournament for the first time in her career, falling to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 Tuesday at the French Open.

Idaho calls 'Five Wives Vodka' offensive to church

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Idaho liquor regulators say a Utah liquor named "Five Wives Vodka" is in bad taste and they won't stock bottles or take special orders at state-owned stores.

Worker shot outside South Texas polling location

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:27 PM PDT

A witness says a campaign worker was struck in the leg in a drive-by shooting about 100 yards from a South Texas polling place that doubles as a police and fire station.

UN: Most of 108 killed in Syria were executed

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:21 PM PDT

This frame grab made from an amateur video provided by Syrian activists on Monday, May 28, 2012, purports to show the massacre in Houla on May 25 that killed more than 100 people, many of them children. The amateur footage shows people running along a street, purportedly just after the attack on Houla started. (AP Photo/Amateur Video via AP video) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALISM IMAGEThe U.N.'s human rights office said Tuesday that most of the 108 victims of a massacre in Syria last week were shot at close range, some of them women, children and entire families gunned down in their own homes.

Israeli premier: World powers too soft on Iran

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:19 PM PDT

World powers are being too soft over Iran's nuclear program by only asking an end to low grade enrichment, Israel's prime minister said Tuesday, charging that Tehran is proceeding to develop atomic weapons.

Google, Samsung unveil new version of Chromebook

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:13 PM PDT

Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics.

Samsung Galaxy S3 gets head start on rival iPhone

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:12 PM PDT

Customers pose for the media after they were first in line to buy Samsung Electronics' new Samsung Galaxy SIII smartphones during a late night sale event in BerlinSEOUL/LONDON (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics launched its top-of-the-range Galaxy S3 smartphone in Europe on Tuesday, aiming to outsell its previous model that helped the South Korean company topple Apple as the world's largest smartphone maker. The Galaxy S3, which tracks the user's eye movements to keep the screen from dimming or turning off while in use, hits stores in 28 European and Middle East countries, including Germany, as Samsung aims to increase its lead over Apple months ahead of its new iPhone, expected in the third quarter. ...

Iran, other Mideast states hit by computer virus

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:12 PM PDT

Iran and other Middle East countries have been hit with a cunning computer virus that can eavesdrop on computer users and their co-workers and filch information from nearby cellphones, cybersecurity experts said Tuesday. And suspicion immediately fell on Israel as the culprit.

Romney welcomes mass expulsion of Syrian diplomats

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:10 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 29, 2012 Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Craig, Colo. Romney is calling for more Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling for more "assertive measures" against Syrian President Bashar Assad, including arming the Syrian opposition. The Obama administration so far has declined to help arm the opposition.

New deadly quake shakes northern Italy

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:05 PM PDT

Damaged old church is seen in Mirandola near ModenaCAVEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - An earthquake killed at least 15 people in northern Italy on Tuesday, damaging buildings and spreading fear among thousands of residents living in tents after a similarly strong tremor in the same region flattened their homes nine days ago. Officials said 200 people had been injured and seven were missing, trapped under the rubble of houses and warehouses in the Emilia-Romagna region, where several building sites had just reopened after the previous quake on May 20. ...

AP NewsAlert

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:04 PM PDT

In a photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard the unmanned Japanese fishing vessel Ryou-un Maru dirfts northwest in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 164 miles southwest of Baranof Island Wednesday April 4, 2012. The vessel has been adrift since it was launched by the tsunami caused by the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that struck Japan last year. The Coast Guard is monitoring the vessel, which is currently considered a hazard to navigation. (AP Photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis, U.S. Coast Guard)

Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:03 PM PDT

In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset, right, stands beside a robot as staff researcher Florinan Enner uses a controller to demonstrate how it climbs up a tubular armature at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations.

Facebook option volume explodes as stock hits new low

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:57 AM PDT

Facebook logo is seen on a screen inside at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York(Reuters) - A sharp decline in Facebook Inc shares has investors scrambling for options to hedge against further weakness in the company's struggling stock. Volume on Facebook options soared on their first trading day on Tuesday as the underlying stock plunged below $29 a share for the first time, down more than 23 percent from its initial public offering price of $38. The busiest options contract on Facebook was June $30 strike puts, with more than 18,241 contracts on the tape at an average price of $1.45 per contract, according to Trade Alert. ...

Qatar probes mall fire as young victims mourned

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:56 AM PDT

Smoke rises above the Villaggio Mall, in Doha's west end, as a fire took hold of the upscale mall in the Qatari capital of Doha Monday May 28, 2012. Qatar's Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out at one of the Gulf state's fanciest shopping mall on Monday. The Villaggio opened in 2006 and is one of Qatar's most popular shopping and amusement destinations. It includes an ice skating rink and indoor Venice-style gondola rides. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)Investigators in Qatar carried out their first extensive probes through a fire-ravaged daycare center and other charred areas inside the country's biggest mall Tuesday after a blaze killed 19 people, 13 of them children.

Danish police arrest 2 men in terror plot

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:51 AM PDT

Two Danish brothers originally from Somalia were given four weeks of pre-trial detention Tuesday after they were arrested by Denmark's security service on suspicion of plotting a terror attack.

Annan tells Assad: halt violence, Syria at "tipping point"

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:50 AM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - International envoy Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that Syria, suffering from persistent killings and abuses, was at a "tipping point" and he had appealed to President Bashar al-Assad to act immediately to halt the violence. Annan said that in his talks with the Syrian leader in Damascus he "conveyed in frank terms the grave concern of the international community about the violence in Syria, including the recent shocking events in Houla." He said Assad had also condemned the killings in Houla, where 108 people were massacred on Friday, almost half of them children. ...

Slow, wet Beryl dumps rain on US Southeast coast

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:48 AM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 07:45 AM EDT shows clouds over Florida and Georgia associated with Tropical Depression Beryl as it will slowly move northeastward and into the Atlantic Ocean the next few days. Areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms can continue to be expected. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)Residents along the Southeast coast were warned of possible flooding Tuesday from former Tropical Storm Beryl that left up to 10 inches of rain in northern Florida and was moving northeastward before heading back toward the coast and into the Atlantic.

UN points finger at pro-Syrian thugs in massacre

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:48 AM PDT

The U.N. peacekeeping chief said Tuesday there are strong suspicions that pro-regime fighters were responsible for some of the 108 victims of a massacre in Syria, along with heavy weapons illegally fired by Syrian government forces.

Friends suspected Norway killer was dejected, gay

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:46 AM PDT

Confessed mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik talks with his Tord Jordet, one of Breivik's lawyers inside court as the trial against him continues in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday May, 29, 2012. Three former friends of Breivik gave evidence Tuesday about his deep depression, living with his mother and his lack of social contacts while Breivik watched from an adjoining room. The terror trial continues against the anti-Muslim fanatic, Breivik, who has confessed to killing 77 people in July 2011, when he 8 people by setting off a bomb in central Oslo, and then shot to death 69 people on Utoya island, outside the Norwegian capital. (AP Photo / Heiko Junge, NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUTFormer friends of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik said that some years before the massacre he came across as depressed, expressed feminine tendencies and led some to believe he might be gay.

Vatican says leaks violated conscience of faithful

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:45 AM PDT

The St. Peter's Basilica dome is seen through the spy hole of Knights of Malta gardens in Rome, Monday, May 28, 2012. The Vatican's investigation into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope's butler, but the investigation is continuing into a scandal that has embarrassed the Holy See by revealing evidence of internal power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of the Catholic Church governance. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)The Vatican on Tuesday sought to put the widening scandal over leaked documents into a very different light, saying the stolen papers didn't just concern matters of internal church governance but represented the thoughts of people who in writing to the pope believed they were essentially speaking before God.

U.S. home prices rise but consumer confidence cools

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:44 AM PDT

To match Feature USA-HOUSING/RECOVERYNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home prices edged higher for the second month in a row in March as the housing recovery picked up traction, while gains in some of the hardest hit areas suggested the improvement was becoming more broad-based. But consumer confidence cooled in May to its lowest level in four months, separate data showed on Tuesday, as Americans turned gloomy about the job market and the economic outlook. The closely watched S&P/Case Shiller composite home price index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0. ...

17 dead in latest killer quake in northern Italy

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:43 AM PDT

A man looks at a collapsed farm in Camposanto, northern Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)Rescue workers combing through the rubble of Italy's latest deadly quake say they have found the bodies of two workers in a collapsed factory, raising the death toll to at least 17.

Gupta lawyer implies others leaked on P&G

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:41 AM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A number of people other than Rajat Gupta could have leaked confidential information about Procter & Gamble Co's sale of its Folgers coffee unit in 2008, Gupta's lawyer implied to the jury at his insider-trading trial on Tuesday. Gupta, a former director at P&G and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, is accused in U.S. District Court in Manhattan of telling now-imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam about the $3 billion Folgers sale to J.M. Smucker & Co before it was publicly announced on June 4, 2008. ...

U.S. expels top Syrian diplomat

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:41 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday expelled Syria's top diplomat in Washington following what it described as the massacre of more than 100 civilians in a Syrian town. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Syrian Charge d'Affaires Zuheir Jabbour had been called in and was given 72 hours to leave the country, part of a wave of expulsions of Syrian diplomats from Western capitals. Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy Spain and the United Kingdom took similar steps in a coordinated move. ...

CNN hiring chef Anthony Bourdain for weekend show

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2011 file photo, Anthony Bourdain attends the Food Banks Can Do Awards gala in New York. CNN announced Tuesday, May 29, 2012, that Bourdain will host a weekend show on food and travel. The series is expected to launch early next year. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain will begin hosting a new show next year on — of all places — the news network CNN.

NATO says senior Al-Qaeda militant killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:34 AM PDT

Drones have carried out many of the air strikes like the one that killed Sakhr al-TaifiNATO said Tuesday that Al-Qaeda's second in command in Afghanistan had been killed in an air strike near the Pakistani border.

India, Pakistan kick off oil talks

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT

Indian activists burn an effigy of Indian Cabinet Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Jaipal ReddyIndia and Pakistan opened talks Tuesday on Islamabad importing oil from its eastern neighbour in a bid to ease a crippling energy crisis, an official said.

Jury to hear No Doubt's claims against game maker

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT

In this video game image released by Activision, a scene is shown from the game, "Band Hero," is shown. A Los Angeles judge ruled Tuesday, May 29, 2012, that the band No Doubt can argue to a jury that gaming giant Activision misused their images in the game "Band Hero" and breached a contract and may have committed fraud by failing to tell that players could use their characters to sing other artists' songs. (AP Photo/Activision)No Doubt's attorneys can argue to a jury that the band was misled by gaming giant Activision Publishing Inc. about how its likeness would be used in the video game "Band Hero," a judge ruled Tuesday.

1,600-year-old mosaic at Israeli synagogue damaged

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:31 AM PDT

In this handout image taken by Israel's Antiquities Authority on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in northern Israeli city of Tiberias , shows a 1,600-year-old badly damaged mosaic. Israel's antiquity authority says vandals have badly damaged a 1,600-year-old mosaic in the northern city of Tiberias. Authority archaeologist Gilad Kinamon says the mosaic once formed the floor of a 4th century synagogue. He says vandals smashed parts of the mosaic, grinding it to a fine powder, while other parts were badly scratched. (AP Photo/IAA, HO)Vandals badly damaged a rare 1,600-year-old mosaic in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias that formed the floor of an ancient synagogue, smashing parts to rubble and scrawling graffiti, antiquity officials said Tuesday.

Romney looks to seal Republican nomination

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt RomneyMitt Romney should clinch the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday by winning the Texas primary, overcoming doubts about his ideological purity to become the party's 2012 flag bearer after a bruising battle.
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