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Papers discuss eurozone warnings
BBC News - May 16, 2012, 11:29 PM, Wed
Papers discuss eurozone warnings
Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk
Spaniards Go Underground to Fight Slump
International Herald Tribune - May 16, 2012, 11:20 PM, Wed
As the recession deepens, more workers are getting by on the black-market economy that amounts to as much as a fifth of the country’s gross domestic product
Source URL: http://www.iht.com
No End in Sight to Inquiry Into Murdoch’s Media Empire
International Herald Tribune - May 16, 2012, 11:19 PM, Wed
The scandal that has shaken Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire is now the focus of three Scotland Yard inquires and more than 100 civil lawsuits.
Source URL: http://www.iht.com
Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births
Associated Press - May 16, 2012, 11:17 PM, Wed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing....
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
Mary Kennedy, Estranged Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Is Found Dead
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 11:17 PM, Wed
Mary Kennedy, who married Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 1994, was found dead in an outbuilding of the family property in Bedford, N.Y.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Mary Kennedy, wife of Robert Kennedy Jr., found dead CNN
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Trayvon Martin Case Shadowed by Police Missteps
International Herald Tribune - May 16, 2012, 11:15 PM, Wed
Mistakes by the Police Department in Sanford, Fla., and circumstances beyond its control, could make it more difficult to pursue a case against George Zimmerman.
Source URL: http://www.iht.com
Trayvon Martin Case Shadowed by Police Missteps New York Times
Venezuelan-born academic named president of MIT
Reuters - May 16, 2012, 11:14 PM, Wed
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president.
Source URL: http://today.reuters.com
D.E.A.’s Agents Join Hondurans in Drug Firefights
International Herald Tribune - May 16, 2012, 11:11 PM, Wed
The Central American country is a growing focus of American efforts aimed at drug cartels that have sought to use its ungoverned spaces.
Source URL: http://www.iht.com
D.E.A.’s Agents Join Hondurans in Drug Firefights New York Times
Arts & Leisure: ‘Food and Fadwa’: How Noor Theater Was Born
International Herald Tribune - May 16, 2012, 11:07 PM, Wed
A seriocomedy about life under occupation, “Food and Fadwa” is the inaugural production of Noor Theater, the Middle Eastern American company in residence at New York Theater Workshop.
Source URL: http://www.iht.com
Scores of SAT Taken at Packer Collegiate Institute Are Invalidated
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 11:07 PM, Wed
Administrators, students and parents at Packer Collegiate Institute said they were punished over a technicality.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 11:06 PM, Wed
The Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States, a tipping point that has implications for politics, the economy and a nation’s identity.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Lower oil prices ease load on consumers and Obama
Associated Press - May 16, 2012, 11:05 PM, Wed
NEW YORK (AP) -- What only weeks ago was seen as a serious threat to the economic recovery could now turn into a stimulus everyone can love....
Source URL: http://www.ap.org
Brazil’s President Faces Defining Decision Over Forest Bill
International Herald Tribune - May 16, 2012, 11:04 PM, Wed
The bill awaiting action by President Dilma Rousseff would effectively give amnesty to landowners who illegally deforested areas before 2008.
Source URL: http://www.iht.com
Campaign Ads Early and Aggressive
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 11:04 PM, Wed
Both candidates and their allies are pouring money into commercials to win over voters who might not be paying much attention.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Big Gathering for NATO Puts Chicago on High Alert
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 11:01 PM, Wed
The first NATO summit meeting to be held in the United States outside of Washington will amount to a significant trial for Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
House Passes Domestic Violence Bill
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 11:01 PM, Wed
The Republican bill differs from the Senate’s version in protections for many battered women, including lesbians, American Indians and illegal immigrants, Democrats say.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Critic’s Notebook: The Video Game Fez Is Complex by Design
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 11:00 PM, Wed
Fez, an indie video game, delights in complexity and confusion.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
HDL ‘Good Cholesterol’ Found Not to Cut Heart Risk
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 11:00 PM, Wed
People genetically prone to higher levels of HDL, often called “good cholesterol,” showed that they did not have any significant decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Popular Antibiotic May Raise Risk of Sudden Death
New York Times - May 16, 2012, 10:57 PM, Wed
Azithromycin may be risky for adults with heart problems, a new study finds, by possibly causing abnormal, potentially fatal, heart rhythms.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Guys have the edge going into 'Idol' finale
MSNBC - May 16, 2012, 10:48 PM, Wed
 While a gambler would probably lay the odds on a Josh-Phillip finale, there’s a legitimate case to be made that any of the remaining contestants could be in danger this week.
 
Source URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com
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