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Inside Syria rebel stronghold: 'The city is on mute'

Less than a minute ago - MSNBC Top Stories
Surrounded by ancient olive groves, Douma is just ten miles from Damascus but it feels like another world. It is a city under occupation

Photos: 'World's Fastest Amphibious Vehicle'

Less than a minute ago - ABC News
The Sea Lion waterproof car, listed for sale for $259,500, can reportedly reach speeds of 125 mph on land and 60 mph on water. It's described as the "...

HSBC Assures Investors on Profitability

3 minutes ago - Wall Street Journal
HSBC said it expects to hit the top end of its $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion cost-savings target by the end of 2013

Chiba University's one-armed robot juggles balls, is not a Juggalo (video)

5 minutes ago - Engadget
Two balls, one hand? In this case, that's a definite yes, although the end result is much more appropriate for all ages. Furthering our slow creep tow... by Joseph Volpe

Inside Syria rebel stronghold: 'The city is on mute'

Less than a minute ago - MSNBC Top Stories
Surrounded by ancient olive groves, Douma is just ten miles from Damascus but it feels like another world. It is a city under occupation

Photos: 'World's Fastest Amphibious Vehicle'

Less than a minute ago - ABC News
The Sea Lion waterproof car, listed for sale for $259,500, can reportedly reach speeds of 125 mph on land and 60 mph on water. It's described as the "...

Gold Fields Profits Rise; Sees Output Same As Last Year

1 minute ago - Fox Business
Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) Thursday said first-quarter net earnings rose and production was stable from a year ago and that it expects to produce roughly...

HSBC Assures Investors on Profitability

3 minutes ago - Wall Street Journal
HSBC said it expects to hit the top end of its $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion cost-savings target by the end of 2013

Business

HSBC Assures Investors on Profitability

18 minutes ago - Wall Street Journal
HSBC said it expects to hit the top end of its $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion cost-savings target by the end of 2013

From Astronaut-Hero To Space-Trucker: The Human Spin on Space Commercialization

15 minutes ago - Forbes
The cast of “Alien,” Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi blockbuster, may actually be more akin to future space-farers than our citizen heroes from NASA's...

Vedanta Eyes First Liberia Iron Shipment By March 2014

52 minutes ago - Fox Business
India-focused Vedanta Resources PLC (VED.LN) expects the first shipment of iron ore from its Liberian investment to occur in or by March 2014, and it...

NTPC Plans To Import 16 Million Tons Coal This Fiscal Year -Executive

51 minutes ago - Fox Business
NTPC Ltd. (532555.BY), India's biggest power producer by capacity, plans to increase this fiscal year's coal imports by a third due to a local shortag...

Vedanta Eyes 3 EGMs In June To Vote On Simplification Proposal

44 minutes ago - Fox Business
Vedanta Resources PLC (VED.LN) expects to get shareholder approval for its group simplification proposal in June, the company's chief executive, MS Me...

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Family

Hilary Duff's son wears Stella McCartney

6 hours 17 minutes ago - Baby Chic 101
Hilary Duff posted this adorable picture of her son, Luca, on her Twitter account this week. The baby wears Stella McCartney's Giggle All In One rompe...

Buy a Mutsy 4Rider, Get an Easyrider

Yesterday - Baby Chic 101
From May 15 through May 31, Mutsy is giving away a free Easyrider when you purchase a 4Rider from their USA online store. You may choose the color of...

20 Creative Ways to Announce Pregnancy

Yesterday - Parenting

Incredible Childhood Weight Loss Story

Yesterday - Parenting

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Fashion

Get Lit at the Museum of Art and Design’s LED Ball Tomorrow Night

Yesterday - Fashionista
Need a night of cool culture for a good cause? The Museum of Art and Design’s (MAD) Young Patrons Gala can always be counted on to provide a night o...

Carine Roitfeld is a Grandma!

Yesterday - Fashionista
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld had her baby, according to at tweet from the always-in-the-know Derek Blasberg. “Congratulations to proud Momma @RestoinRJuli...

Ke$ha Cleaned Up Her Act

Yesterday - The Cut
Ke$ha wore a black-and-gold dress to the 60th annual BMI Pop Music Awards in Beverly Hills, California, yesterday. She accessorized with black peep-to...

Fashion’s Most Stylish Guys Give Mark Zuckerberg an (Almost!) Hoodie-Free Makeover for Facebook’s IPO

Yesterday - Fashionista
Mark Zuckerberg is having quite a month. The Father of Facebook just turned 28, bought out Instagram for $1 billion and is now facing the most lucrati...

Tyra Banks Has More to Say About Vogue's Anti-Eating Disorders Initiative, 'Flawsome,' and Herself

Yesterday - The Cut
Tyra Banks went on Good Morning America today to say more nice things about Vogue's new anti-eating disorders initiative and tell more stories about...

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Food

Curried Egg Salad in Mini Pitas

6 hours 46 minutes ago - epicurious
Recipe from Bon Appétit

Strawberry Oatmeal Muffins

Yesterday - Simply Recipes
Are you an oatmeal lover? Recently I started adding strawberries to my breakfast oatmeal and thought the combination would make a pretty good muffin t...

Five Chocolate Shakes in 3 Minutes

Yesterday - CHOW

What to Do When Yogurt Separates?

Yesterday - CHOW

Hakka Rice Snacks: Umami Bombs

Yesterday - CHOW

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Games

Dear Esther sales crash against 100,000

1 hour 47 minutes ago - Joystiq
Dear Esther, the atmospheric indie title from thechineseroom, has sold more than 100,000 copies, shortly following the title's launch for Mac on Steam...

Video Review - Tera

Yesterday - Gamespot
Kevin VanOrd leaves tab targeting behind in this video review for Tera. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot...

TERA Review

Yesterday - Gamespot
Tera's fun combat has an immediacy that keeps you hooked for a good long while in spite of the game's bland questing. Score: 7.5 / good...

Game of Thrones Video Review

Yesterday - Gamespot
Join Tom Mc Shea as he delves into the George R. R. Martin inspired world, Game of Thrones. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article...

Game of Thrones Review

Yesterday - Gamespot
An intriguing story and well-developed characters are enough to cover for the weaker aspects of Game of Thrones. Score: 7.0 / good G...

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Health

Novartis lung drug superior to placebo over 1 year

43 minutes ago - Yahoo Health
ZURICH (Reuters) - A Novartis experimental lung drug to treat smokers' cough was superior to a placebo in improving lung function over a one-year peri...

White births in US no longer in majority: census

1 hour 8 minutes ago - Yahoo Health
White births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau data made public Thursday

TB patient charged in Calif for not taking meds

1 hour 59 minutes ago - Yahoo Health
Armando Rodriguez was warned several times to continue taking his tuberculosis medicine

'Good' cholesterol doctrine may be flawed: study

3 hours 1 minute ago - Yahoo Health
Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health

More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad

2 hours 56 minutes ago - Yahoo Health
Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest co...

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Humor

Comic for May 17, 2012

5 hours 47 minutes ago - Dilbert Daily Strips

24 Shocking Photographs From Fictional Characters's Pasts

Yesterday - Cracked
By CRACKED Readers Published: May 16th, 2012 As we showed recently, some of the most famous people in the world have photographs in their past that...

6 Scientific Advances Courtesy of Reckless Self-Endangerment

Yesterday - Cracked
By Chris Rio Published: May 16th, 2012 In school science labs, we always learned that proper experimentation hinged on a delicate balance of adequa...

5 Favors People Love to Offer (That No One Wants)

Yesterday - Cracked
By Gladstone Published: May 16th, 2012 I've written about people you meet in Hell and people who deserve to die for everyday crimes against humanit...

The 5 Least Sexy Experiences Everyone Goes Through

Yesterday - Cracked
By Ian Fortey Published: May 16th, 2012 Oh, hello. I didn't see you there, because I wrote this about a week before you're reading it and haven't q...

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Movies

Fisher Stevens Adapting Philip Roth's American Pastoral

3 hours 22 minutes ago - Rotten Tomatoes
The onetime '80s comedy star, who co-directed "The Cove," will be behind the cameras for an adaptation of Roth's novel

Larry David in Talks for Greg Mottola Comedy

3 hours 21 minutes ago - Rotten Tomatoes
It'll be largely improvised, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"-style

Morgan Freeman Heads for Last Vegas

3 hours 19 minutes ago - Rotten Tomatoes
He joins Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro in the "Hangover" for seniors

Wes Anderson Talks His Next Film

3 hours 18 minutes ago - Rotten Tomatoes
He's already halfway finished with the script for "a film I want to make in Europe, a Euro movie."

20th Century Fox Plans Wool

6 hours 47 minutes ago - Coming Soon
20th Century Fox has plans to adapt Hugh Howey's popular Wool series into a feature film, Deadline reports. Originally published an ebook series,...

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Music

'American Idol' Top Three Battle For Ticket To Finale

Yesterday - MTV News
Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet make their final cases to America that they should be in the final two.By Adam Graham Phillip...

Usher's 'Climax' Is 'Not About Sex'

Yesterday - MTV News
'The song is really about kind of the crescendo of a relationship,' Usher says about the single in relation to his life.By Jocelyn Vena, with reportin...

Usher Unveils 'Nostalgic' New Song 'Twisted'

Yesterday - MTV News
Looking 4 Myself track featuring Pharrell is classic R&B but 'very relevant,' superstar says on 'MTV First.'By John Mitchell, with reporting by Sway C...

T.I. Supports President Obama On Same-Sex Marriage Stance

Yesterday - MTV News
'I think that you should be able to do whatever you want to do,' T.I. tells 'RapFix Live' about his stance on same-sex marriage. By Rob Markman, with...

Watch Usher Talk New Music Now!

Yesterday - MTV News
Photo: Jessica Hyndman / MTV News

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News

Pakistani president to attend NATO summit

1 hour 8 minutes ago - Yahoo News
Pakistan's president announced Thursday that he will attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago, accepting an invitation that was given after the coun...

GM's Vauxhall announces new Astra at UK plant

41 minutes ago - Yahoo News
General Motors' Vauxhall plant in northern England will build the company's next-generation Astra vehicles, the automaker said Thursday — a relief f...

Cameron says ECB could do more to support demand

38 minutes ago - Yahoo News
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - The European Central Bank and core euro zone countries could do more to support demand as Europe's leaders grapple with a debt...

Judge postpones evidence in Mladic trial

32 minutes ago - Yahoo News
The presiding judge in the U.N. trial of Gen. Ratko Mladic has delayed indefinitely the presentation of evidence that had been scheduled to start late...

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Politics

The Caucus: The Early Word: Gloves Off

47 minutes ago - New York Times Politics
Political news from today's Times, plus a look at what's happening in Washington

Tea party test: Texas, Utah primaries

59 minutes ago - Politico
A lot can happen in 6 weeks, but early indications are the movement could have a tough time

Romney's praise for Clinton is dig at Obama

1 hour 6 minutes ago - Politico
He's taken to lavishing praise at every turn on Clinton's boom-era '90s policies

Mladic War Crimes Trial: Sebrenica Massacre Focus Of Trial's Second Day

48 minutes ago - The Huffington Post
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Prosecutors on Thursday were outlining their evidence of the alleged involvement of former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen...

Education Report: Chronic Absenteeism Undermines Over 5 Million Students

41 minutes ago - The Huffington Post
Danet Robaina-Cline, an attendance counselor at Chaparral High, considers her school lucky.Like other schools in Las Vegas, a city reeling from the wo...

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Pop Culture

Once Upon a Time's On And Off Screen Love Stories

31 minutes ago - Perez Hilton
Like Edward & Bella, and Rachel & Finn Once Upon a Time's Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) fell in lurve on set! Mz Go...

Obama Bumps The MTV Video Music Awards Up An Hour Earlier

46 minutes ago - Perez Hilton
MTV does not want to risk losing any viewers to Barack Obama and has decided to start the Video Music Awards an hour earlier on September 6th, the sam...

Rosie Perez Would LOVE To Make A Pineapple Express Sequel

1 hour 1 minute ago - Perez Hilton
Yes! Yes! Yes! Seth Rogen hinted toward the possibility of a sequel to Pineapple Express at the end of this past year, but now another person involved...

James Badge Dale Is Coldblooded In Iron Man 3

1 hour 32 minutes ago - Perez Hilton
More news for next summer's Iron Man 3!! Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 will also star James Badge Dale as a U.S. army officer who gets a Robocop style up...

Jason Mraz Covers Jude For His Momma!

1 hour 17 minutes ago - Perez Hilton
2 of our FAVES in 1!! We love Jason Mraz and Jude, and after watching this we're pretty sure Jason's momma does too! The folky musician enlisted the...

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Science

FDA Panel Endorses an Over-the-Counter HIV Test that Diagnoses in Just 20 Minutes

Yesterday - Pop Sci
The test could be approved for sale later this year It's no cure, but it could mark a significant victory in the fight against HIV. A 17-member adviso...

Updated Coverage for NASA/Spacex Launch and Mission to Station

Yesterday - NASA
The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) is scheduled for liftoff on Saturday, May 19

ViviSat: An On-Call, Robotic Doctor for Ailing Satellites

Yesterday - Pop Sci
Mission Extension Vehicle A ViviSat Mission Extension Vehicle (front, gold satellite) approaches an ailing geostationary satellite and prepares to doc...

NASA's Deputy Administrator to Discuss Future of Commercial Spaceflight with Industry Representatives

Yesterday - NASA
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will participate in a teleconference on Thursday, May 17, at 2 p.m. EDT with representatives of the Commercial S...

NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

Yesterday - NASA
Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentiall...

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Sports

Chris Mannix: Durant's expanding game could be key to Thunder's title hopes

3 hours 52 minutes ago - SI
The Thunder stole Game 2 from the Lakers 77-75 after closing with a 9-0 surge. The Lakers trail 2-0, and the killer growing in Kevin Durant is ready t...

Rays 2B Rhymes passes out after hit by pitch

4 hours 47 minutes ago - ESPN
A scary moment occurred Wednesday when Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Will Rhymes collapsed and passed out on the field in the bottom of the eighth inn...

Pujols, Wells blast Angels past White Sox

3 hours 55 minutes ago - ESPN
Albert Pujols welcomed his new hitting coach to town with a go-ahead three-run homer and Vernon Wells added a two-run shot to lead the Los Angeles Ang...

New Jersey Devils redirect their way to Game 2 win, even series

4 hours 35 minutes ago - Sporting News

Rays cool off surging Red Sox

Yesterday - CBS Sports
Jeremy Hellickson pitched six solid innings, Luke Scott had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston 2-1 on Wednesday night, sn...

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T.V.

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - Monologue: May 16, 2012

2 hours 14 minutes ago - Hulu
Jimmy Fallon's monologue from Wednesday, May 16.Add this to your queueAdded: Thu May 17 08:32:25 UTC 2012Air date: Wed May 16 00:00:00 UTC 2012Duratio...

Lights and Shadows - s1 | e44 - Episode 44

2 hours 1 minute ago - Hulu
Suhyok gets surprised as Kitae shows up with Kim Poonggil. Kitae asks him not to mess up their business because of personal feelings.Add this to your...

Lights and Shadows - s1 | e45 - Episode 45

2 hours 1 minute ago - Hulu
Jonghye tells the reporters that Kitae is innocent. She asks Suhyok to break up...Add this to your queueAdded: Thu May 17 08:45:26 UTC 2012Air date: M...

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - Joe Machi, Part 1

1 hour 53 minutes ago - Hulu
Stand-up comedian Joe Machi performs for the first time on Late Night. Part 1 of 2Add this to your queueAdded: Thu May 17 08:53:22 UTC 2012Air date: W...

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - Joe Machi, Part 2

1 hour 49 minutes ago - Hulu
Stand-up comedian Joe Machi performs for the first time on Late Night. Part 2 of 2Add this to your queueAdded: Thu May 17 08:57:23 UTC 2012Air date: W...

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Technology

Chiba University's one-armed robot juggles balls, is not a Juggalo (video)

20 minutes ago - Engadget
Two balls, one hand? In this case, that's a definite yes, although the end result is much more appropriate for all ages. Furthering our slow creep tow...

Oracle Flaunts HP Internal Memos in Battle of Itanium

17 minutes ago - Wired
HP and Intel call it Itanium. But others call it the Itanic. This difference of opinion goes a long way toward describing the ongoing court battle bet...

The Imagination Engine: Why Next-Gen Video Games Will Rock Your World

17 minutes ago - Wired
The next generation of videogames is going to rock your world. And it's all thanks to a piece of software called Unreal 4

May 17, 1970: The Boat Is Seaworthy and, Yes, We Can All Get Along

17 minutes ago - Wired
Thor Heyerdahl sets sail with his crew from Safi, Morocco, aboard Ra II

Country Fair Photos Parade Jolly Brits, Tarts and Chintz

17 minutes ago - Wired
Arnhel de Serra?s photos are like the British equivalent of a good New Yorker cartoon: quirky and insightful. His series on the U.K.?s agricultural sh...

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U.S.

12/31/1969 -

Sick of Hearing About Facebook? You're Not Alone

Less than a minute ago - Time
With the much-heralded Facebook IPO almost upon us, a backlash is growing amongst those weary of the endless hype

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles East Texas

1 hour 26 minutes ago - ABC News
4.3 magnitude earthquake rattles east Texas; no major damage reported

The Nation's Weather

1 hour 26 minutes ago - ABC News
The nation's weather

Aletta Weakens to a Tropical Depression in Pacific

2 hours 3 minutes ago - ABC News
Aletta weakens to a tropical depression far out over the Pacific, expected to get weaker

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Live News

Inside Syria rebel stronghold: 'The city is on mute' - MSNBC Top Stories
Surrounded by ancient olive groves, Douma is just ten miles from Damascus but it feels like another world. It is a city under occupation.

Photos: 'World's Fastest Amphibious Vehicle' - ABC News
The Sea Lion waterproof car, listed for sale for $259,500, can reportedly reach speeds of 125 mph on land and 60 mph on water. It's described as the "...

Gold Fields Profits Rise; Sees Output Same As Last Year - Fox Business
Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) Thursday said first-quarter net earnings rose and production was stable from a year ago and that it expects to produce roughly ...

HSBC Assures Investors on Profitability - Wall Street Journal
HSBC said it expects to hit the top end of its $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion cost-savings target by the end of 2013.

Chiba University's one-armed robot juggles balls, is not a Juggalo (video) - Engadget
Two balls, one hand? In this case, that's a definite yes, although the end result is much more appropriate for all ages. Furthering our slow creep tow...

Fisher Stevens Adapting Philip Roth's American Pastoral - Rotten Tomatoes
The onetime '80s comedy star, who co-directed "The Cove," will be behind the cameras for an adaptation of Roth's novel.