Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station 22 May 2012, 5:35 pm
Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a spectacular, middle-of-the-night blastoff.
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Syria mounts raid near where Lebanese taken: group 22 May 2012, 5:33 pm
(Reuters) - Syrian forces launched raids with tanks and other armored vehicles on Tuesday in an area of northern Aleppo province near the place where Lebanese Shi'ite pilgrims were kidnapped earlier, an opposition group said. The British-based group's head, Rami Abdulrahman, said people in the town of Azaz in Aleppo province had told him Syrian forces were combing some of the districts. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Michael Roddy)
Officials: Syrian rebels kidnap 12 Lebanese 22 May 2012, 5:32 pm
Syrian rebels kidnapped 12 Lebanese Shiites in northern Syria on Tuesday, fueling fears that Lebanon is getting drawn into the chaos next door, security officials said.
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Loach in Cannes with spirited 'The Angels' Share' 22 May 2012, 5:32 pm
Paul Brannigan, the untrained actor who stars in Ken Loach's latest movie, has gone from being unemployed in a rough Glasgow neighborhood to nude scenes with Scarlett Johansson.
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Flight diverted to Maine for 'security issue' 22 May 2012, 5:31 pm
A US Airways jetliner flying from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., was diverted to a Maine airport on Tuesday because of what an airline spokesman described as a "security issue."
SEC says probing JPMorgan's financial reporting 22 May 2012, 5:31 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told lawmakers on Tuesday that her agency is probing JPMorgan Chase and Co's financial reporting and emphasized that big banks are required to publicly disclose changes to the models they use to measure risk. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro assured a Senate Banking Committee that the SEC is investigating JPMorgan's revelation earlier this month that it suffered at least $2 billion in losses on complex trades that started as hedges but morphed into a risky bet. ...
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US journalist takes 'hiatus' amid plagiarism claims 22 May 2012, 5:30 pm
Veteran international journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave is taking time off to finish his memoirs as the Washington Times looks into allegations of plagiarism against him, the newspaper said Tuesday.
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Vodafone India says IPO unlikely in 2012 22 May 2012, 5:30 pm
Vodafone India, the local arm of the British mobile giant, may not launch its planned initial public offering this year due to uncertainty over the pricing of airwaves, its chief executive said Tuesday.
2010 census missed more than 1.5M minorities 22 May 2012, 5:27 pm
The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but was mostly accurate.
Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 22 May 2012, 5:27 pm
Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend.
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