Newser Story Index from May, 2007
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Castro Skips May Day Parade
Miami Herald
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May 1, 2007 3:16 PM CDT
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Fidel Castro was a no-show at today's May Day parade in Havana, disappointing Cubans expecting a triumphant comeback appearance. Hundreds of thousands in Revolution Square got only brother Raul, who's been in power since Fidel was stricken by an abdominal ailment nine months ago.
Global Warming Battle Goes Out to Sea
New York Times
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May 1, 2007 2:10 PM CDT
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Plankton may hold the key to solving global warming—or so say Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are investing heavily in the idea. Scientists will dump several tons of plankton-producing iron into the ocean to see if the microscopic organisms will, as they expect, suck CO2 from the atmosphere and carry it to the ocean floor.
News Corp. Offers $5B For Dow Jones
CNN
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May 1, 2007 1:29 PM CDT
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has made an unsolicited $5 billion offer to buy Dow Jones & Co., which publishes the Wall Street Journal . Dow Jones publicized the mogul's suit today to an immediate 58% spike in value. Murdoch owns the New York Post and TV giant Fox News.
Mavs-Warriors Pits Coach Against Ex-Boss
Wall Street Journal
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May 1, 2007 12:53 PM CDT
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Eighth-seeded Golden State won't just be bidding to eliminate the top-seeded Mavericks when their first-round NBA playoff series resumes tonight in Dallas. In what the Wall Street Journal calls "one of the nastiest personal feuds in professional sports," coach Don Nelson's Warriors can send Dallas and owner Mark Cuban home early.
Democracy Depends on Kurdistan
Guardian (UK)
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May 1, 2007 12:52 PM CDT
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While the U.S. focuses on Baghdad, a potentially defining crisis is developing in Kurdistan, according to Mark Lattimer, director of Minority Rights Group International. He argues in the Guardian that bloodshed in the only relatively secure region of Iraq is increasing as Kurds forced out of Kirkuk by Saddam tangle with Shi’ites resettled...
Judge Bets on New Approach
New York Times
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May 1, 2007 11:50 AM CDT
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A New York judge is handing down treatment-oriented sentences to defendants whose crimes result from gambling addiction, on a model introduced to address drug and spousal abuse. Offenders willing to plead guilty can choose Justice Mark Farrell's suburban Buffalo courtroom and receive lighter sentences, along with counseling and status checks from the...
Bush Officials Killed Proposal For Student Loan Reform
Washington Post
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May 1, 2007 11:25 AM CDT
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Bush officials killed a proposal to clamp down on sleazy practices in the student loan industry in 2001, the Washington Post reports. The proposals, drafted under Clinton and circulated to the Bush team, was aimed at curbing the kind of abuses now being investigated, in which loan companies pay universities to help get students' business.
Lunacy Could Be the Ticket For Rudy
Vanity Fair
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May 1, 2007 11:21 AM CDT
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Most Americans don't know Rudy Giuliani the way New Yorkers do: as an outlandish, manic, mean, and sometimes inspired mayor who ran the city in a style "much closer to that of a banana-republic potentate than to your average city administrator's," writes Michael Wolff. What Wolff wants to consider is whether Rudy is actually clinically crazy.
Preschool Kids Get Socked In the Mouth
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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May 1, 2007 11:00 AM CDT
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Young children are developing more cavities in their baby teeth than kids were a decade ago, the CDC reported yesterday, a worrisome development that reverses a 40-year trend. Preschool children—"thousands and thousands of kids," in the words of one researcher—were the only age group in which the incidence of tooth decay increased.
DC Madam Says She'll Name Names
Washington Post
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May 1, 2007 9:15 AM CDT
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A White House economist, the head of a conservative think tank, lobbyists, military brass and a prominent CEO—they’re among pay-to-play clients DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey says she'll finger, ABC and the Post report. Palfrey said at a press conference yesterday she’s “genuinely sorry" if her clients are hurt by being...
Roseanne Eyed as New Rosie
New York Post
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May 1, 2007 8:45 AM CDT
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They can gab all they want about Elisabeth Hasselbeck's second pregnancy; it's Rosie's successor come June "The View" stalwarts are obsessing over. The Post claims the smart money is on Roseanne Barr—talk about typecasting—but other names circulating include Whoopi Goldberg, Connie Chung, and Kathie Lee Gifford.
Venezuela to Leave IMF, World Bank
Wall Street Journal
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May 1, 2007 8:32 AM CDT
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Hugo Chávez said yesterday he will pull Venezuela out of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, institutions the leftist leader blames for contributing to poverty in Latin America. Venezuela will also take control of foreign oil projects previously run by multinational companies, some U.S.-based, in a bid to use control over oil...
Report on Lebanon War Slams Olmert
Christian Science Monitor
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May 1, 2007 7:49 AM CDT
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Israel’s investigation into last summer’s bungled war in Lebanon has produced a firestorm of criticism directed at Ehud Olmert, who is now fighting for his political survival. The Winograd Commission’s initial report accused the prime minister of “supreme and comprehensive personal responsibility” for the war’s...
Tribes Claim Al-Qaeda Head Killed by Rivals
BBC
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May 1, 2007 7:40 AM CDT
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The head of al-Qaeda in Iraq is dead, according to the Iraqi government. Abu Ayyub al-Masri was killed in a skirmish between rival groups of militants, officials said today, suggesting the possibility of exploitable rifts in the Sunni insurgency. The U.S. military has not verified the claim because a body has not been produced or identified.
Court Relaxes Patent Test
CNET
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May 1, 2007 7:36 AM CDT
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Tech companies are thrilled with a Supreme Court ruling yesterday that relaxed the "obviousness" test for patents—the standard for deciding when a combination of existing elements deserves patent protection. No longer will Silicon Valley giants have to wrangle with patent "trolls"—people who anticipate minute improvements...
Sunnis Threaten To Quit Cabinet
New York Times
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May 1, 2007 6:58 AM CDT
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The largest bloc of Sunni Arabs in Iraq's parliament threatened to pull its five ministers out of the cabinet yesterday, the New York Times reports. To forestall the pullout, which would further undermine the faltering government, President Bush phoned Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni Arab vice president, to discuss their concerns.
Courtney to Hawk Cobain Memorabilia
Spinner
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May 1, 2007 6:08 AM CDT
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Tormented rock queen Courtney Love is staging a high-profile yard sale for the personal effects of husband Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman who committed suicide 13 years ago. "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity," the addled singer promises.
Wolfowitz Hints at Resignation
Wall Street Journal
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May 1, 2007 6:07 AM CDT
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Besieged World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz suggested for the first time that he would resign his post—but only if he is first cleared of wrongdoing in ordering promotions and pay raises for his girlfriend Shaha Riza, reports the Wall Street Journal . A committee of the bank's board, investigating the charges, heard from Wolfowitz and Riza...
