World leaders back Greece, vow to fight financial unrest
CAMP DAVID, Maryland - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing their economies, which are increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis. Full Article
Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot
BEIRUT - A car bomb killed nine people at a Syrian military post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, an attack the government said was the latest proof that an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was a foreign plot. | Video
Blind Chinese activist leaves Beijing for U.S.
BEIJING - China allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing and board a plane bound for the United States, a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. Full Article
Anti-NATO activists weighed Obama HQ attack
CHICAGO - Three protesters arrested on terrorism-related charges ahead of the NATO summit considered targeting President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to court documents Full Article
Risk model change likely to haunt JPMorgan
JPMorgan Chase's decision to radically alter the way risk was measured in its Chief Investment Office will likely dog the bank in the developing crisis over its massive trading losses. Full Article
Obama pledges to enforce Wall Street reforms
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called on Congress to back his efforts for new financial industry oversight, saying JPMorgan's $2 billion trading loss underscored the need for regulation. Full Article
With state weak, Libyans look to God for help
ZLITAN, Libya - Since last year's revolt ended Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule over Libya, people have grown used to looking to their own resources or to God for help rather than their government. Full Article
Morgan Stanley made big bet on Facebook
NEW YORK - Lead Facebook underwriter Morgan Stanley took a bet earlier this week when it increased the size of the firm's $16 billion initial public offering and it boosted the price. A rocky first day of trading has raised questions about whether it paid off. Full Article
Afghan woman seeks rights behind the wheel
KABUL - After the Taliban fell, Shakila Naderi shed her head-to-toe burqa and asked her husband to teach her how to drive. Now Kabul's only female driving instructor teaches women a rare skill that confronts harsh opposition in Muslim Afghanistan. Full Article
Bhutan struggles to maintain happiness
THIMPHU, Bhutan - A tiny, mostly-Buddhist Himalayan kingdom won a world voice for adopting a happiness index to measure its economy, but its prime minister says it promptly forgot its own lesson and let a sudden rush of prosperity go to its head. Full Article
Blame that yucky maple syrup on the weather
LITTLETON, New Hampshire - Historic warmth in March slashed this year's U.S. maple syrup output as much as 40 percent, as sugar maple trees dried up early or largely produced bad-tasting syrup that will be used to flavor chewing tobacco or salad dressing. Full Article
Cellphone video from Italian bomb blast
May 19 - Cellphone video shows rescue teams tending to injured students after a bomb went off outside an Italian school. Rough Cut ( no reporter narration)
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So Warren Buffett likes newspapers again?
Just because Warren Buffett blew $142 million in cash on 63 daily and weekly Media General newspaper titles yesterday doesn’t mean that newspapers are back or that Buffett's become a romantic about the business. Commentary
Here’s how to handle Syria
Unilateral American action on Syria is not in the cards. Europe is preoccupied with its own financial crisis and is unable to act without American help. Qatari and Saudi weapons entering Syria are likely to increase violence and worsen sectarian tensions. Here is what needs to be done. Commentary
Equal rights and the U.S. economy
There is a powerful economic argument for equal rights. If you believe that talent isn’t determined by gender or race but is instead a roll of the genetic dice, then the most productive society will be the fair one. But is it? A draft paper by four economists makes the strong empirical case that it is. Full Article
Ending NATO's double standard
Outside the U.S. and Europe, there is a growing sense of a two-tiered system of international justice. The West puts others on trial for war crimes, the argument goes, while exempting its own forces from scrutiny. Full Article
So Warren Buffett likes newspapers again?
Just because Warren Buffett blew $142 million in cash on 63 daily and weekly Media General newspaper titles yesterday doesn’t mean that newspapers are back. Full Article
How to resist Big Brother 2.0
As the Net becomes the basis for commerce, work, learning, and much human discourse, each of us is leaving a trail of digital crumbs as we spend a growing portion of our day touching networks. We have little idea what governments are doing with this flood of personal information. Commentary
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Facebook's IPO: The most important news event of all time?
Has Mark Zuckerberg reinvented life as we know it, or is he more important than that? Video
At ''bridge to nowhere,'' Romney slams Obama on economy
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned to his economic message, highlighting a "bridge to nowhere" rebuilt by stimulus money and warning the economy could suffer a fiscal crisis like California's if he is not elected in November. Full Article
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Foreclosed Americans find way back to homeownership
NEW YORK - A small but growing number of Americans are making a surprisingly quick return to homeownership after defaulting on their loans or being forced into short sales. Full Article
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