• Venezuelan-born academic named president of MIT May 17, 2012
  CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president.
• Fiat's Elkann gets behind the wheel for Mille Miglia May 18, 2012
  BRESCIA, Italy (Reuters) - John Elkann, the media-shy chairman of one of the world's biggest car companies, got behind the wheel and demonstrated his driving skills on Thursday in Italy's legendary four-day Mille Miglia rally race.
• Peter Berg discusses bringing "Battleship" to film May 17, 2012
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Peter Berg parlayed successful acting work on TV shows like medical drama "Chicago Hope" to an even greater directing career of movies such as "Friday Night Lights," which later became a TV series, and the Will Smith action flick "Hancock."
• Britney is back - and so are the brickbats May 17, 2012
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears hasn't even taken her seat as the new judge of "The X Factor," but the pop icon is already getting a lesson in the media glare of live, talent show television.
• Second Travolta accuser drops suit, hires celebrity attorney May 17, 2012
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The second masseur who accused John Travolta of sexual battery dropped his lawsuit against the Hollywood star on Thursday and hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who said she may file a new complaint in a different court.
• Mexico pays tribute to Carlos Fuentes before French burial May 16, 2012
  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans bid farewell to renowned author Carlos Fuentes on Wednesday in an emotional tribute attended by the president and the country's most prominent intellectuals before a planned burial in France.
• Okada bets to win with fine dining and casinos May 15, 2012
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Kazuo Okada, the Japanese billionaire engaged in a fierce legal battle with Las Vegas casino tycoon Steve Wynn, is diversifying his pachinko company with a string of his own restaurants and is negotiating to build a casino resort in South Korea.
• Booker T. & the MGs bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn dies at 70 May 14, 2012
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of Booker T. & the MGs whose thick bottom grooves anchored many of the classic soul hits from the 1960s, has died on tour in Japan, his friend and bandmate Steve Cropper said on Sunday. Dunn was 70.
• Venezuela challenger woos Chavez's rural heartland May 14, 2012
  SOCOPO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Deep in the rural home state of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that has for years been off limits for opposition politicians, rival candidate Henrique Capriles struggled to push through a throng of screaming supporters.
• Iggy Pop mellows but not getting in a box yet May 10, 2012
  PARIS (Reuters) - Punk music pioneer Iggy Pop - famous for onstage mayhem like smearing his sinewy torso with olive oil and diving headfirst into crowds - is mellowing in old age with a solo album of crooning classic covers, half of them in French.

• He lent a hand with runaway gator — and nearly lost an arm May 18, 2012
  North Carolina herpetologist Fred Boyce decided to lend a hand Tuesday when he heard a gator was on the loose. Instead, he almost lent his entire right arm — and the whole thing was caught on video.
• Lone plane crash survivor’s father: It’s ‘miraculous’ May 16, 2012
  The father of the lone survivor of a plane that crashed in a Kansas field Friday is grateful that his daughter made it out alive when four others died. “Miraculously, Hannah was spared, and we don’t understand why,’’ Ron Luce said Wednesday.
• Man spends $60,000 in custody fight for Knuckles the dog May 15, 2012
  Embroiled in a legal battle over the custody of his dog, a Brooklyn man is offering everything from a $250 game of fetch with his beloved puggle to limited edition art pieces to raise money for his depleted legal fund. He's already spent $60,000 in savings on the case.
• Ted Williams: Sober a year, ‘one day at at a time’ May 14, 2012
  The golden-voiced man who went from homeless to famous overnight last year, only to relapse into addiction, said Monday that he has been sober over a year, enabling him to walk his daughter down the aisle earlier this month.
• Adam Mayes' mother-in-law: 'My daughter was brainwashed' May 11, 2012
  The mother-in-law of Mississippi fugitive Adam Mayes said Friday that she believes her daughter was his pawn in an abduction ordeal that resulted in the deaths of two women and the kidnapping of two young girls.
• Woman awarded $1M in lottery dispute: ‘It’s my money’ May 11, 2012
  The Arkansas woman who was awarded $1 million in a dispute over a lottery ticket has no sympathy for the woman who originally claimed the prize— and now says she is unable to pay it all back.  “I don’t feel bad for her,’’ Sharon Duncan said Friday. “It’s my money.’’
• ‘Tan mom’ getting cold shoulder from N.J. salons May 10, 2012
  New Jersey’s “tanning mom’’ may soon have to resort to using the actual sun to achieve her desired leathery look.  Patricia Krentcil, 44, has been banned by several tanning salons in her area, according to a report by TMZ.com.
• NJ tan mom inspires 'Tanorexic' doll May 9, 2012
  The New Jersey mom accused of child tanning abuse is still riding her 15-minutes-of-fame wave. Now she's inspired the 'Tanorexic' doll. It's made by HeroBuilders.com and costs $30.
• At 93, world's oldest yoga teacher still going strong May 10, 2012
  Tao Porchon-Lynch considers her hundreds of yoga students to be her own children. The 93-year-old has been practicing yoga since she was a child, and was just named by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest yoga teacher.
• ‘Human Barbie’ defends her plastic surgeries, parenting May 9, 2012
  Sarah Burge, the 51-year-old mother of three who has made headlines in Britain for her many plastic surgeries and parenting practices, said Wednesday: “I’m shocked that the media want to portray me in such a negative light when all I do is help millions of people.”
• Mom, daughters reunite with rescuers who saved them from dangling car May 8, 2012
  Kelli Groves hoped to one day personally thank the rescuers who pulled her and her two daughters from a mangled car teetering off a California freeway bridge in January. On Tuesday, she got that chance.
• 6-year-old gets suspended for singing a 'sexy' song May 7, 2012
  A six-year-old in Colorado was booted from school last week after quoting LMFAO's chart-toping ear worm, "Sexy And I Know It," to a classmate. To be fair to the kid, it's pretty hard to get that song out of your head. D'Avonte Meadows claims he only repeated the song's titular chorus while standing in line for lunch.
• Rihanna called in sick to 'SNL' rehearsal May 7, 2012
  Rihanna was a no-show at "Saturday Night Live" dress rehearsals on Friday, citing illness as the reason for her absence. When the announcement was made that the pop star called in sick, there was an "audible groan" in the audience who had gathered to see her perform.
• She may have to return $680K from trashed lottery ticket May 7, 2012
  An Arkansas woman who plucked a winning lottery ticket from a garbage can said Monday she was “surprised” she may have to return $680,000 to the ticket’s original buyer, according to a judge’s ruling.
• Iowa high school sets record for most twins in one class May 4, 2012
  Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in Des Moines, Iowa has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as having the most sets of twins in a single academic year.
• Video: What happened to two-year-old Caleigh? May 6, 2012
  Mother of the missing Massachusetts toddler said she vanished while playing with her sister near a footbridge. NBC’s Michelle Franzen reports. (TODAY)
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• Boy, 13, finds mistake on Metropolitan Museum map May 4, 2012
  Every so often, a visitor at the venerarable New York City institution questions the accuracy of an exhibit, but Helen Evans, one of the museum's curators, says not all of them are right.
• 85 days to Olympics, London tests and tweaks May 3, 2012
  The city and the athletes are undergoing a dress rehearsal in a frenzy of activity.
• Missing Tucson girl’s parents say they’re ‘desperate’ May 3, 2012
  Nearly two weeks after Isabel Celis went missing, her parents are revealing details about the night she disappeared. The 6-year-old’s father expressed emotion about the investigation, saying: “We’re extremely frustrated that it’s taking so long.”
• Missing soldier’s mother, husband ‘keeping hope alive’ May 2, 2012
  The mother and husband of 23-year-old Army combat medic Kelli Bordeaux, who has not been seen since April 14, still hope for her safe return. “Until I know differently,” Johnna Henson said Wednesday, “I am definitely keeping hope alive.”
• Meet Mensa’s youngest US member: She joined at 2 May 1, 2012
  When Emmelyn Roettger was an infant, doctors warned she might have serious delays. It turns out she just needed glasses — and now she’s unstoppable.
• Ryan O'Neal: 'I wasn't trained as a parent' May 1, 2012
• Missing soldier’s mom begs: ‘Please release her’ April 30, 2012
  Speaking out for the first time, Johnna Henson, mother of missing Fort Bragg soldier Kelli Bordeaux, pleaded emotionally for the safe return of her 23-year-old daughter in a report that aired Monday: “If anyone has her, please, release her.”
• David Goldman: Brazilians dragged my son through streets April 27, 2012
  Reunited with his son Sean after a five-year international abduction case, David Goldman responded Friday to criticism from the boy’s Brazilian grandmother: “They paraded my son through the streets when he was supposed to be handed off to his dad.”
• Crying baseball tot's mom: 'He doesn't get everything all the time' April 27, 2012
  It was the wail heard 'round the stands. Three-year-old Cameron Shores burst into tears when he narrowly lost out on catching a foul ball to a couple sitting next to his family at a Texas Rangers-New York Yankees game.

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