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• Photos of the day: Giant Baobab Tree sculpture and more amazing images
• Pinky-sized artificial heart saves baby's life
• The dumb report on congressional dumbness
• Beginning of the end for internet anonymity?
• Zimmerman flip-flopped on view of police
• Man arrested in disappearance of Etan Patz
• Harvard alumni group apologizes for Unabomber entry in directory
• Gingrich to appear at Trump fundraiser for Romney
• Deadly year for Somali journalists
• Carney: 'No basis' for sentencing doctor who helped find bin Laden
• Daily Caller giving away guns to readers through Election Day
• Biography paints Cronkite’s darker side
• Senate rejects dueling GOP, Dem student loan plans
• Obama is ahead in swing states, but his lead narrows
• Cell phone users prefer Obama, landline users like Romney
• Video: TV weather reporter caught faking storm during live broadcast
• Can Meg Whitman save Hewlett Packard?
• Fleet Week kicks off in NYC
• ‘Ridiculously Photogenic Surgery Girl’ Creates New Meme Sensation
• A look inside the ‘world’s nicest prison’
• Photos: Another bear falls from tree in Colorado

Photos of the day: Giant Baobab Tree sculpture and more amazing images Posted: 24 May 2012 08:00 AM PDT Mike De Butts adds the finishing touches to a giant Baobab Tree sculpture entitled 'Under the Baobab', outside the Southbank Centre on May 24, 2012 in London, England. The Pirate Technics' installation is made from a selection of brightly colored fabrics from around the world, and is part of the Southbank Centre's 'Festival of the World' exhibition, which includes a series of large scale pieces of art that will be in place around the Southbank centre over the Summer. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Pinky-sized artificial heart saves baby's life Posted: 24 May 2012 12:05 PM PDT An artificial heart the size of a pinky finger kept a 16-month-old baby alive for nearly two weeks while he waited for a heart transplant, Reuters reported. The Italian baby, whose name has not been released, had dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease that stretched the muscular walls...

The dumb report on congressional dumbness Posted: 24 May 2012 10:43 AM PDT Are conservatives stupider than liberals?

Beginning of the end for internet anonymity? Posted: 24 May 2012 09:25 AM PDT Anonymity is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the United States was founded, in part, thanks to Thomas Paine's anonymously written, pro-revolution pamphlet Common Sense. On the other hand, 12-year-olds who post anonymously on the internet can be rather unpleasant … Continue reading →

Zimmerman flip-flopped on view of police Posted: 24 May 2012 11:35 AM PDT George Zimmerman's view of the Sanford, Fla., Police Department shifted during an eight-month period in 2011, CNN is reporting. Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of teenager Trayvon Martin, called what he saw on ride-alongs with police "disgusting" at a public community forum in January 2011. However Zimmerman changed his tune [...]

Man arrested in disappearance of Etan Patz Posted: 24 May 2012 05:14 AM PDT The New York City police commissioner says a man in custody has implicated himself in the death of Etan Patz, the boy whose disappearance 33 years ago sparked the movement to put the faces of missing children on milk cartons.

Harvard alumni group apologizes for Unabomber entry in directory Posted: 24 May 2012 12:25 PM PDT Harvard University's alumni association has issued an apology for references made by Ted Kaczynski, a graduate of Harvard's Class of 1962, in the school's latest directory. A spokesman for Harvard told Boston.com that Kaczynski, the so-called "Unabomber," submitted the entry for the directory himself. "While all members of the class who submit entries are included, [...]

Gingrich to appear at Trump fundraiser for Romney Posted: 24 May 2012 10:52 AM PDT Billionaire real estate investor and television personality Donald Trump is hosting a pricey fundraiser for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Las Vegas next Tuesday, and Newt Gingrich is expected to make an appearance, Yahoo News has learned. "Newt is expected to be there, along with many other well-known people," Michael Cohen, Trump's special [...]

Deadly year for Somali journalists Posted: 24 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT 2012 on pace to be deadliest year ever for journalists in Somalia.

Carney: 'No basis' for sentencing doctor who helped find bin Laden Posted: 24 May 2012 01:40 PM PDT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday sharply criticized Pakistan for its "unjust and unwarranted" treatment of Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, sentenced to prison for 33 years on treason charges for his pivotal role in helping to hunt down Osama bin Laden. "The United States does not believe there is any basis for holding Dr. [...]

Daily Caller giving away guns to readers through Election Day Posted: 24 May 2012 09:59 AM PDT The Daily Caller, the conservative website founded by Tucker Carlson, has launched an unusual publicity stunt to say the least: Now through Nov. 6—Election Day—the Washington, D.C.-based site will give away a handgun a week. The gun giveaway is part of the launch of a "Guns and Gear" section "devoted to Second Amendment issues and [...]

Biography paints Cronkite’s darker side Posted: 24 May 2012 10:51 AM PDT To millions of TV news viewers, Walter Cronkite might well have been the most trusted man in America. But, according to a new biography, he committed unethical, biased no-nos that would get him fired these days, writes Newsweek's Howard Kurtz. Kurtz describes the new book, Cronkite, by Douglas Brinkley, as "sweeping and masterful" in its [...]

Senate rejects dueling GOP, Dem student loan plans Posted: 24 May 2012 03:34 PM PDT The Senate rejected dueling Democratic and Republican plans on Thursday for averting a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million students, pushing back efforts to resolve the election-season showdown until next month.

Obama is ahead in swing states, but his lead narrows Posted: 24 May 2012 06:25 AM PDT President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney in Florida, Ohio and Virginia, according to new polls of the key 2012 swing states, although Obama's advantage has narrowed in recent months.

Cell phone users prefer Obama, landline users like Romney Posted: 24 May 2012 08:39 AM PDT Political pollsters have been under pressure to make sure their samples include Americans who rely solely on cell phones—and the latest NBC News/Marist polls of Florida, Ohio and Virginia exhibit why.

Video: TV weather reporter caught faking storm during live broadcast Posted: 24 May 2012 09:40 AM PDT A Romanian TV weatherman has put a new spin on the phrase "having sand kicked in your face," after he was caught faking a storm during a live news report. The Metro reports that the reporter was filing a story about heavy winds along the Black Sea coast, which were gusting at more than 60 [...]

Can Meg Whitman save Hewlett Packard? Posted: 24 May 2012 09:25 AM PDT The former eBay executive who was hired as H-P chief last September announced the company would lay off about eight percent of its 300,000 workforce over the next two years, one of many changes that are coming to the troubled personal computer maker.

Fleet Week kicks off in NYC Posted: 24 May 2012 09:26 AM PDT In this May 23, 2012 photo released by Starpix, singer Katy Perry wears a patriotic dress as she performs at a Pepsi-sponsored event at Brooklyn Pier 9A, kicking off Fleet Week in New York. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab)

‘Ridiculously Photogenic Surgery Girl’ Creates New Meme Sensation Posted: 24 May 2012 09:15 AM PDT Last year, Zeddie 'Watkins' Little became an Internet meme sensation when a photo of him running a 10K went viral. He quickly became known as 'the ridiculously photogenic guy.' Well, now he has a female counterpart, and she's being called 'the ridiculously photogenic surgery girl.' A photograph of a 28-year-old woman named Rachel originally appeared [...]

A look inside the ‘world’s nicest prison’ Posted: 24 May 2012 11:05 AM PDT Picture this: A small Norwegian island dotted with pine trees, rocky coasts, rustic farms and private, wooden cottages. It sounds almost like the perfect romantic getaway. But the residents are actually inmates confined to what some are calling the "world's nicest prison." CNN has an excellent, in-depth look at Bastoy Prison, located on a one-square-mile [...]

Photos: Another bear falls from tree in Colorado Posted: 24 May 2012 12:08 PM PDT The bears don't grow on trees in Colorado, but they sure are making a habit of falling from them. The Steamboat Pilot & Today reports that another black bear has been tranquilized and immortalized in photos as it fell from a tree to safety. The Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife tranquilized the bear after [...]

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