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Home sales close in on three-and-a-half year high

Single family home is shown with a sale pending in EncinitasBy Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years and prices surged, offering the economy a buffer from the stiff headwinds posed by belt-tightening by Washington. The National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday existing home sales advanced 0.6 percent to an annual rate of 4.97 million units, the highest level since November 2009. The data underscored the housing market's improving fortunes as it starts to regain its footing. Resales were 9.7 percent higher than in the same period last year. ...


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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:08:59 -0400 - Yahoo! News - Top Stories
Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, dryers are seen from the inside of another clothes' dryer, foreground, at a Lowe's store location, in Framingham, Mass. Lowe's Cos. Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Lowe's said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:11:44 -0400 - Yahoo! News - Top Stories
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House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults

FILE - In this June 2, 2012 file photo, House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass. speaks in Springfield, Mass. Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a House panel angry over the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the military took a key step toward tackling the problem by passing legislation Wednesday that would strip commanding officers of their longstanding authority to unilaterally change or dismiss court-martial convictions in rape and assault cases. Lawmakers believe the revision will lead to a cultural shift and encourage victims to step forward.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:08:15 -0400 - U.S. News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube

Kaiba Gionfriddo plays with the family's dog, Bandit, outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind biodegradable airway made by Michigan doctors using plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer. (AP Photo/Mark Stahl)In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:08:25 -0400 - U.S. News Headlines - Yahoo! News
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Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, right, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria’s opposition to help them “fight for the freedom of their country” if President Bashar Assad’s regime doesn’t engage in peace talks in good faith. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 16:03:46 -0400 - World News Headlines - Yahoo! News
UK officials: Radical Islam drives London attack

A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in Woolwich southeast London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON (AP) — Two U.K. government officials say a brutal attack that left one man dead near a London military barracks appears to have been motivated by radical Islam.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 16:17:29 -0400 - World News Headlines - Yahoo! News
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How Petraeus Turned the CIA into the Good Guys in Benghazi

How Petraeus Turned the CIA into the Good Guys in BenghaziHow did the CIA become the hero in the Benghazi talking point controversy? The Republican theory of the case is that the CIA provided mostly correct talking points (with one big flaw — it blamed spontaneous protests), which the State Department and the White House then edited into misleading mush to protect President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But, of course, the CIA is part of the Obama administration, too, and run by Obama appointees — why hasn't it enjoyed as much scrutiny as everyone else involved?


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Wed, 22 May 2013 08:15:09 -0400 - Politics News Headlines - Yahoo! News
'The Daily Show' Reveals Canada's Crack Pastime

'The Daily Show' Reveals Canada's Crack PastimeJon Stewart last night couldn't resist telling the story of Canada's Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto who might have a crack habit based on video viewed by news organizations (even though Ford is resisting as much as he can). So Stewart turned to Senior Canadian Correspondents Samantha Bee and Jason Jones, who revealed that crack smoking is par for the course in their native land.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 08:44:00 -0400 - Politics News Headlines - Yahoo! News
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Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo, dryers are seen from the inside of another clothes' dryer, foreground, at a Lowe's store location, in Framingham, Mass. Lowe's Cos. Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Lowe's said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 17:11:44 -0400 - Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Oil falls near $94 on small drop in supplies
The price of oil fell near $94 a barrel Wednesday as the nation's oil supply fell less than expected and demand for gasoline remained weak. -- read full article
Wed, 22 May 2013 15:02:23 -0400 - Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News
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Pearson agrees $75 million settlement in U.S. e-books case
By Kate Holton and Nate Raymond LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - British publisher Pearson's Penguin unit said on Wednesday it would pay $75 million in damages plus costs to U.S. states and consumers as part of an agreement over alleged price-fixing in the e-book market. Pearson, which will take an extra provision on its accounts this year after setting aside $40 million in 2012, had already reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department in the e-book pricing case. ... -- read full article
Wed, 22 May 2013 12:41:24 -0400 - Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News
EU leaders talk tough on tackling Amazon, Google over taxes

Britain's PM Cameron arrives at a European Union leaders summit in BrusselsBy Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany called for stricter rules to stop companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon aggressively avoiding taxes in austerity bitten Europe, while acknowledging they had done nothing unlawful. At a summit to discuss energy and tax policy, the leaders of the three largest EU countries took the opportunity at news conferences to lament the impact of corporate tax avoidance, following several cases involving U.S. firms. ...


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Wed, 22 May 2013 12:42:17 -0400 - Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News
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Garcia's fried chicken jibe 'hurtful' - Woods

Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia hits off the 17th tee against Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee during the weather delayed first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship golf tournament in MaranaLONDON (Reuters) - The feud between world number one Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia deepened when Woods described the Spaniard's "fried chicken" jibe as "wrong, hurtful and inappropriate" on Wednesday. Woods reacted on his Twitter account after Garcia issued an apology to a comment he made at Tuesday's European Tour awards dinner when he was asked on stage whether he would be inviting Woods for dinner during next month's U.S. Open in Merion. "We will have him round every night. We will serve fried chicken." Garcia was heard to say. ...


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Wed, 22 May 2013 09:01:54 -0400 - Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Banker Carrion bids for IOC presidency
By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN (Reuters) - Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion launched his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday, with his long financial experience a powerful pitch in his quest for the world's top sports job. The 60-year-old Carrion, who is chairman of Puerto Rican lender Popular Inc, heads the IOC's finance commission and is a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, becomes the third official candidate in the race to be decided on September 10. ... -- read full article
Wed, 22 May 2013 10:06:50 -0400 - Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Entertainment | view all entertainment news
Capsule reviews of new movie releases

This undated publicity photo released by Sony Pictures Classics shows, Ethan Hawke, left, and Julie Delpy, in a scene from the film, "Before Midnight." (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Despina Spyrou)"Before Midnight" — The final scene of 2004's "Before Sunset" was so romantic it drove moviegoers crazy — happily crazy — especially because it was so tantalizingly ambiguous. Jesse and Celine, that appealing (and extremely talkative) couple played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who had fallen in love in the 1995 "Before Sunrise," had reunited at last. In the gorgeous afternoon light of Paris, no less. But we didn't know what would happen next. Nine years later, we have our answer, and it was sure worth the wait. "Before Midnight," the third movie in the Richard Linklater series, is not only as good as the first two, it's arguably better, tackling weightier, trickier issues with wit, humor and breathtaking directness. The setting is still gorgeous — it's a summer vacation in Greece. (Will these two ever venture to an ugly locale?) But the rest is different. Delpy gives Celine a new hardness here, an edge that we saw only a bit in the previous film. And Hawke is extremely effective as a man who adores his partner but is increasingly frustrated with her. It all comes to a head in a humdinger of a fight — just Jesse and Celine in a hotel room, plus a bottle of wine that doesn't get drunk. It gets poured, though, and you'll be so frazzled, you'll want to reach through the screen and chug it down yourself. Rated R for sexual content/nudity and language. 109 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:27 -0400 - Entertainment News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Obama to honor Carole King at White House concert

Singer-songwriter Carole King, performs during an event to honor her with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, at the Library of Congress, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is showing singer-songwriter Carole King that she has friends at the White House.


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Wed, 22 May 2013 16:50:59 -0400 - Entertainment News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Science | view all science news
Could Science Hatch the Perfect Fake Egg?
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Fake eggs made from plant materials could one day replace chicken eggs, one researcher says. -- read full article
Wed, 22 May 2013 11:09:10 -0400 - Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Moon Crash Scene Investigation Tonight: See Telescope Views of Meteorite Impact

Moon Crash Scene Investigation Tonight: See Telescope Views of Meteorite ImpactThe lunar crash site from an meteorite strike on the moon is taking center stage in cosmic crime scene investigation and you can see the space rock impact zone online in a free webcast tonight (May 22).


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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:08:35 -0400 - Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Health | view all health news
Prolonging the Buzz with Grandma

Prolonging the Buzz with GrandmaProlonging the Buzz with Grandma


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Wed, 22 May 2013 07:28:00 -0400 - Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Google CEO s Condition Spotlights Vocal Cord Paralysis and Its Treatment
Google CEO s Condition Spotlights Vocal Cord Paralysis and Its Treatment -- read full article
Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:00 -0400 - Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Law | view all law news
Holloway disappearance hits cold case file
None of the three suspects in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway will be charged, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said today. Hans Mos, the island nation's chief public prosecutor, said there was not enough evidence to take the case to trial.
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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:16:59 EST - CNN.com - Law
Girl who shielded mom is a hero at school
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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:42:28 EST - CNN.com - Law
Travel | view all travel news
Captain in deadly cruise ship accident to be tried
An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that the captain of a cruise ship involved in a deadly accident last year be tried, Italy's state-run ANSA news agency reported.
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Wed, 22 May 2013 10:03:48 EDT - CNN.com - Travel
Chinese tourism soars in U.S.
Chinese tourism to New York City and elsewhere grows. CNN's Richard Roth reports from Manhattan.
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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:14:45 EDT - CNN.com - Travel
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