• 4 ways Facebook will change May 17, 2012
  Get ready for the Facebook feeding frenzy. On Thursday afternoon, the company priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, giving it a market value of $104 billion. The stock begins trading Friday on the Nasdaq.
• U.S., France search for Afghan compromise May 18, 2012
  Visiting French President François Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that France's combat troops would leave Afghanistan by year's end and pledged to find a way "for our allies to pursue their mission" in talks at a looming NATO summit. The two leaders also bonded [...]
• Witnesses paint graphic picture of fight May 18, 2012
  But Nobody Saw How the Deadly Altercation Began.
• Wake for Mary Kennedy held amid apparent rift May 19, 2012
  The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy's grieving family faced off in court Friday over custody of her body, just hours before she was mourned at a wake at the estate where she committed suicide.
• Iran, Syria among top issues for G-8 and NATO May 19, 2012
  President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify world resolve against development of an Iranian nuclear bomb and encourage a more forceful response to worsening violence in Syria.
• Driver who was hero in '76 Calif. bus kidnap dies May 19, 2012
  The nation called Ed Ray a hero when he led a terrified group of children to safety after they were kidnapped aboard their school bus and held underground for ransom in the summer of 1976.
• Neighbors: Highway shooting suspect a regular guy May 18, 2012
  To hear his neighbors tell it, James Willie was just a regular guy who sometimes played with the neighborhood kids. Police describe him as a cold-blooded killer who stalked his victims on dark stretches of Mississippi's highways and shot two of them dead.
• Boehner: All options on table in gun-running probe May 19, 2012
  House Speaker John Boehner says "all options are on the table" in the ongoing congressional investigation into the "Fast and Furious" operation and whether the House would move to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt should he refuse to fully comply.
• Georgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria May 19, 2012
  Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this."
• SpaceX test flight to space station seen as milestone May 18, 2012
  An Obama administration plan to cut the cost of space flights faces a key test on Saturday when a privately owned rocket lifts off for a practice run aimed at the first private docking at the International Space Station. Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule are scheduled for launch at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Meteorologists expect good conditions for a launch, but if weather or technical problems force a delay, Falcon 9's next opportunity to fly would be on Tuesday. ...
• Obama holds 2-to-1 cash advantage over Romney May 19, 2012
  President Barack Obama holds a cash advantage of more than 2-to-1 over Republican challenger Mitt Romney but the president's money advantage is beginning to dwindle.
• L.A. police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings May 19, 2012
  Two young men have were arrested Friday in the killings of two Chinese graduate students who were shot to death near the University of Southern California campus last month, police said.
• Soldier faces murder charges in Iraq base deaths May 19, 2012
  Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said Friday.
• Stabbed Ohio woman hits child with car, both dead May 19, 2012
  A woman allegedly stabbed by her best friend during an argument while sitting behind the wheel of a car tried to drive away and struck her attacker's 2-year-old daughter, authorities said Friday. The woman and the toddler both died.
• Bride's suspected killer may have fled to U.S.-Mexican border May 19, 2012
  MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A man suspected of killing his newlywed bride near Chicago and leaving her in a bathtub in the same silver sequin cocktail dress she wore to her wedding reception may have fled to the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas, an FBI affidavit showed. Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, has been on the run since a relative found his wife, Estrella Carrera, stabbed to death in a bathtub on Sunday, two days after the wedding, police in Burbank, Illinois, said in a statement. The relative found Carrera, 25, after she failed to pick up her two young children, ages 2 and 8, on Saturday. ...
• Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove May 19, 2012
  Warm, dry weather hindered hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze in northern Colorado that federal officials say started with a camp stove.
• Arizona towns at risk as wildfires hit U.S. Southwest May 19, 2012
  PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona wildfire threatened two more towns on Friday, with high winds on the way, even as firefighters made progress against the largest of a string of blazes spreading across the U.S. Southwest. More than 1,000 firefighters in Arizona and Colorado were battling five major blazes that have consumed more than 55 square miles (142 square km) of ponderosa forest, brush and grass, and a new blaze erupted in Utah on Thursday. ...
• Police nab airline pilot with loaded gun in luggage May 19, 2012
  BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - An airline pilot was arrested Friday morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after security screeners discovered a loaded revolver in his baggage. Brett Dieter, 52, of Barbersville, Virginia, arrived at the upstate New York airport Friday to pilot a flight to New York City's LaGuardia International Airport for Piedmont Airlines, a passenger airline that subcontracts under U.S. Airways. While at a security checkpoint, a scan of Dieter's bag revealed a .357 magnum revolver loaded with five rounds. ...
• Ultra-Orthodox Jews plan huge NYC meeting on Internet risks May 19, 2012
  Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets' stadium for an unprecedented gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way.
• Man with record-breaking 14-foot mustache has some grooming tips May 18, 2012
  Ram Singh Chauhan of India has the world's longest mustache, 14 feet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Chauhan had received attention long before entering the world record books. According to the London Telegraph, his famous facial hair was featured in the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy" and he has made cameos in [...]

• Key witness in Trayvon Martin shooting changed story May 19, 2012
  A key witness to the Trayvon Martin shooting changed the story he had given Sanford, Fla., police, telling state authorities he was not sure who was screaming during the altercation with George Zimmerman, NBC Dateline confirmed Friday.
• 2 arrested in murder of USC students from China May 19, 2012
  Two young men were arrested Friday in the killings of two Chinese graduate students, Ying Wu and Ming Qu, shot to death near the University of Southern California campus, police said.
• Colo. women deny faking hate crime May 18, 2012
  Two Parker, Colo., women who claimed that someone painted "Kill the Gay" on their garage door are charged with spray painting the phrase themselves, NBC station KUSA reported.
• Quick verdict not likely as jury weighs Edwards' fate May 18, 2012
  A jury of eight men and four women began deliberations Friday in the trial of former Sen. John Edwards and quickly signaled that it could be some time before it reaches a verdict.
• On lam for three decades: Arrest in 1981 killing May 18, 2012
  More than three decades after Charles McGhee was fatally shot in a vacant lot, an arrest has been made in the 36-year-old man’s 1981 New Year's Day death, police said.
• 911 recordings released in case of Florida mom who allegedly shot four children, herself May 18, 2012
  Recordings of 911 calls released Friday provide a window into the predawn chaos on Tuesday when Florida mother Tonya Thomas apparently shot and killed her four children and then killed herself, WESH Orlando reported.
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• Highway murders: Suspect held in 'fake cop' case May 18, 2012
  Authorities in Mississippi said early Friday they have arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate stretches. James D.
• Report: FBI probes 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' threats May 18, 2012
  Death threats against TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and his family are being probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to reports. The threats were emailed to the Chapmans over a four-day period, sources close to the family told Hawaii News Now.
• Cell phone of slain bride's husband tracked to Texas May 18, 2012
  The FBI has tracked the cell phone of a Burbank, Ill., man suspected of killing his new bride to the Texas-Mexico border.
• Protest erupts after all-white jury acquits ex-cop May 18, 2012
  The day after an all-white jury acquitted a former Houston police officer for his role in the beating of a 15-year-old African American burglary suspect, community activists rallied a crowd of at least 200 people on the courthouse steps to protest.
• Trove of evidence released in Trayvon Martin shooting May 17, 2012
  Prosecutors on Thursday made public a trove of evidence used to justify murder charges against Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman, including a police report that concluded "the encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin was ultimately avoidable by Zimmerman."
• John Edwards case goes to the jury May 17, 2012
  John Edwards' fate is now in the hands of 12 anonymous jurors who will begin wading Friday through three weeks of testimony about the former presidential candidate's affair with Rielle Hunter.
• 6 shot, 3 dead, in Louisville, Ky. May 18, 2012
  Back-to-back shootings in a western Louisville neighborhood left three people dead and three wounded Thursday.
• L.A. suspends 7 cops for 'Jump Out Boys' clique May 17, 2012
  Seven deputies from the Los Angeles County sheriff’s gang unit are on paid leave during an investigation into their suspected involvement in a secret clique, sources confirmed to The Los Angeles Times Wednesday.
• Relative: Groom had 'bad fight' with bride found in bathtub May 17, 2012
  The sister of a Burbank, Ill., bride found stabbed to death in her apartment over the weekend said her new brother-in-law called a relative on the day the body was found to report he'd left his new wife bleeding after a "bad fight.
• Report: Nearly 10% of inmates suffer sexual abuse May 17, 2012
  Nearly one in 10 prisoners suffer sexual abuse while incarcerated, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Justice.

• Zimmerman had broken nose May 17, 2012
  A medical report by George Zimmerman's family doctor shows that the neighborhood watch volunteer was diagnosed with a fractured nose, two black eyes and two lacerations on the back of the head after the controversial killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
• Prosecutors release evidence list May 16, 2012
  Prosecutors released a summary of evidence Tuesday in the case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.
• Judge: Zimmerman can keep money April 28, 2012
  George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of wrongly killing Trayvon Martin, will not immediately have to turn over the $204,000 in donations to his website, a Florida judge said Friday.
• Defense rests in John Edwards trial May 16, 2012
  No more witnesses will be called in John Edwards' corruption trial, including the former senator. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin tomorrow, and jury deliberations will likely begin on Friday.
• Edwards legal team begins defense May 17, 2012
  After weeks of hearing from prosecutors, jurors in the corruption trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards heard Monday from his defense team, which opened its case with testimony from a former financial officer.
• Judge rejects motion to dismiss May 16, 2012
  The federal judge presiding in the John Edwards corruption trial on Friday turned down a motion to dismiss the charges, setting the stage for the former presidential candidate to defend his case.
• Attorney asks to postpone trial May 10, 2012
  An attorney for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged last year with more than 50 counts involving sexual acts with minors, has asked for his client's June 5 trial be delayed in a motion filed Wednesday.
• AG: Date of alleged sex assault shifts May 9, 2012
  Prosecutors say the alleged sexual assault of a boy observed by a former Penn State graduate assistant, a key witness in the child sex abuse case against Jerry Sandusky, took place about a year earlier than what was originally alleged, causing defense lawyers for two former Penn State officials to argue that one of the charges should now be dropped.
• Sandusky team: More accusers? May 9, 2012
  New court documents filed by attorneys for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal, suggest that there are at least 17 accusers, a far higher number of alleged victims than the 10 detailed in the charges.
• Report: Isa dad kept from kids May 17, 2012
  According new reports, the dad of missing girl Isabel Celis is now being kept from seeing his two sons.
• Isa's parents break silence May 16, 2012
  After days of avoiding the media spotlight, the parents of missing Isabel Celis' parents spoke out.
• Arpaio: No govt. monitoring May 16, 2012
  Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he's not going to let the federal government run his office.
• Hubby: Spray tan killed wife May 16, 2012
  A man is charged in the death of his wife says an allergic reaction to her spray tan is what killed her.
• Justice Department investigates rapes May 16, 2012
  The Justice Department is investigating rapes in Montana amid questions about whether local officials did enough.
• Parents charged in death of 6-year-old May 2, 2012
  Emaciated and with "too many scars to count," a 6-year-old boy is dead and his biological parents are being charged.
• Jurors get John Edwards case May 18, 2012
  Jurors started deliberating Friday in the corruption trial of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. Edwards is charged with six counts of accepting illegal campaign contributions, conspiracy and falsifying documents.
• 'Stop, question, frisk' policy changes May 18, 2012
  After mounting public pressure from advocacy groups and a class action lawsuit against the New York Police Department, Commissioner Ray Kelly detailed changes Thursday to the department's much-criticized "stop, question and frisk" policy.
• Alabama governor delays bill May 18, 2012
  Alabama's governor on Thursday called in lawmakers for a special session in part to further explore changes to the state's anti-illegal immigration law, considered the country's toughest.
• Mom wants 'stolen' daughter back May 18, 2012
  Loyda Rodriguez says she can still remember the day her daughter was taken.
• Bosnia's hope is tied to justice May 17, 2012
  in a courtroom in the Netherlands, it is the women of Srebrenica who have the moral weight to slug it out with former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic, says CNN's Nic Robertson. Eight thousand murders in Srebrenica alone. This is what gives their families such power: There are so many of them.

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