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Lifestyle

Russian "skywalkers" take in the view from above

Camera in hand, daredevil teens in Russia see no limit to how high aerial photography can go. Are these budding artists or teenage pranksters?

Markets

Subdued Dimon is confronted over $2B trading loss

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion trading loss that "should never have ...

Politics

Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid

George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race — with four short words. "I'm for Mitt Romney," the former president said Tuesday as the ...

US

Wash. jury takes its time in Powell voyeurism case

A jury handling the voyeurism case against a missing Utah woman's father-in-law struggled to reach a verdict Tuesday, breaking for the day without ...

US

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, ...

BGR

Facebook amends offering, seeks $93 billion to $104 billion ...

Facebook on Tuesday raised its initial public offering price target range to between $34 and $38 per share in response to strong demand, an increase ...

BGR

Samsung announces Ice Cream Sandwich update for ...

Samsung recently updated its website to include a list of T-Mobile devices that will receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades. “Samsung is ...

Entertainment

Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies
Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the ...
Review: 'Battleship' loud, dumb but stays afloat
"Battleship" is big, dumb fun that knows it's big, dumb fun and enthusiastically embraces its big, dumb, fun nature. Director Peter Berg has crafted an almost fetishistic ...
Cannes gets under way with Anderson, Baron Cohen
The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival was to get under way Wednesday with Wes Anderson's carefully composed whimsy and Sacha Baron Cohen's less confined theatrics.
Another star is dismissed from 'Dancing'
Maria Menounos earned a perfect score on Monday's episode of "Dancing With the Stars," but on Tuesday, she was ousted from the show. The 33-year-old TV personality was ...

News

Students in tornado-hit Ind. town await 'Lady A'
Tornadoes battered their school and their homes. Their spring break was filled with cleanup and recovery work that has only just ...
Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way
Twenty years after his troops began brutally ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs, Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at the Yugoslav war crimes ...
Deputies: Fla. mom killed 4 kids, then herself
In the middle of the night, Tonya Thomas' neighbors awoke to the sound of a gunshot and moments later heard a knock on their door. Three of Thomas' four children were outside, ...
'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash
Investigators on Wednesday were analyzing the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that slammed into the side of an Indonesian volcano. They hope the final ...

Science & Technology

Blood drive set for flesh-eating bacteria survivor
A blood drive is being held at University of West Georgia for a student fighting a flesh-eating bacteria that threatens her life.
Zuckerberg's Facebook story is study in contrasts
When Hollywood set out to tell the story of how Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, it enjoyed the flexibility of portraying a man who, despite his social network's worldwide ...
'Diablo III' fans celebrate game's release
Fans of "Diablo III" celebrated the midnight launch of the long-awaited video game. A crowd of more than 1,500 gathered Monday night around a stage built underneath the Ferris ...
Houston lawyer on quest to find missing moon rocks
The dark suit and tie Joe Gutheinz wore set him apart from other customers inside a Texas eatery where the usual attire is jeans and cowboy hats. An appetite for down-home ...

Video

Court Records Detail Zimmerman Injuries
Court records detail George Zimmerman's injuries following the shooting of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman has pleaded not ...
'Cloud City' on NYC's Met Museum's Rooftop
38-year-old Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno's latest exhibit can be found on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. 'Cloud...
Blood Drive for Woman With Flesh-Eating Disease
Dozens of people lined up in the first hour of a blood drive for a young woman who is battling a rare flesh-eating infection in Georgia. Aimee Copeland...
New Guidelines for US Nuclear Plants
For the first time in over 30 years the US Government has overhauled its nuclear emergency preparedness program. Critics say the new plan falls short,...

Business

Lack of trust in Facebook may hold back ad sales
Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy ...
Dow Jones average continues a two-week slide
Europe's latest political impasse cast a gloom over financial markets Tuesday. The euro plunged, and the Dow Jones industrial average extended a slide that has wiped out ...
Penney has 1Q loss as new pricing repels shoppers
Turns out, J.C. Penney shoppers don't prefer predictable pricing over blockbuster bargains — at least not yet. The department-store chain on Tuesday reported a ...
Cheaper gas not enough to boost summer driving
Cheaper gas won't be enough to get many more Americans on the road this summer. They're still too worried about their jobs and the economy. Economists and tourism experts are ...

Sports

Spurs' win streak hits 15 in 108-92 Game 1 victory
The San Antonio Spurs had just taken Game 1, and Manu Ginobili didn't want to hear another word about winning 15 in a row or not ...
Lawrie ejected after wild rage, Rays beat Jays 4-3
Brett Lawrie called it an "unlucky bounce." Major League Baseball is likely to call it a suspension. A furious Lawrie slammed his batting helmet to the ground after he took ...
Trainer gives his Derby-winning colt a day off
Four days before the Preakness, I'll Have Another trainer Doug O'Neill was feeling very skittish about his pending appearance on the grand stage. His nervousness had nothing ...
New effort filed to free OJ from Nevada prison
A new lawyer for O.J. Simpson filed a new attempt Tuesday to gain his release from Nevada state prison, alleging the former football star was so badly represented by lawyers ...