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Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears (AP)
Residents run as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008.   Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.


Bush pivots to Arab side of Mideast peace dispute (AP)
Saudi King Abdullah (R) and US President George W. Bush (L) listen to the US national anthem during the latter's arrival ceremony at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output on Friday, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host — a key player in the long-running fight — than he did in Israel earlier this week.


US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq (AP)
Iraqi government forces roll into the Shiite enclave of Sadr City Saturday, May 17, 2008. Sadr City appeared to be calm Saturday after weeks of bloody clashes between the U.S. forces and Mahdi army fighters. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, met with the Iraqi prime minister Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad.


Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat (AP)
A Zimbabwean electoral official holds ballot papers during a recount at the Domboshava polling station in April 2008. Zimbabwe authorities have rejected opposition and international calls for additional election observers for the second round of presidential elections due on June 27.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)AP - Threats of assassination have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential runoff vote, a party spokesman said Saturday.


French navy ship near Myanmar with aid (AP)
Myanmar's children queue up for clean water on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, May 16, 2008.   The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.   (AP Photo)AP - A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta.


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Lakers reach West finals, hold off Jazz (AP)
Kobe Bryant has some time to rest his back. Not that he appears to need it. Bryant scored 34 points, 12 in the fourth quarter, and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night in Game 6, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.

Cavs ride James, force Game 7 at Boston (AP)
The Boston Celtics are going home for another Game 7. They handled the Atlanta Hawks. LeBron James may not be as easy. James scored 32 points -- 19 in the second half -- and the Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 victory Friday night over the Celtics, who have gone from regular-season road kings to postseason road kill.

Pats coach Belichick lashes out at Walsh (AP)
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick lashed out at the team's former video assistant Friday, saying in a televised interview that Matt Walsh was a low-level staffer who was fired for "poor job performance" "There's not a lot of credibility," Belichick said in an interview broadcast on "CBS Evening News." "You know, he's tried to make it seem like we're buddies, and belong to the same book...

Magowan stepping down from Giants (AP)
Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants. The 66-year-old Magowan will retire from his duties at the end of the season on Oct. 1 but maintain an ownership stake, the team said Friday.

NFL owners could opt out of labor deal (AP)
NFL owners could opt out of their agreement with the players union next week, leaving open the possibility of a 2010 season without a salary cap. The labor agreement is on the agenda for the league meetings in Atlanta on Tuesday. "If they don't do it next week then it will be soon after that," Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, said Friday.

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Morgan Stanley cut 1,500 jobs this week: source (Reuters)
The Morgan Stanley headquarters is seen in New York January 30, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Morgan Stanley cut 1,500 jobs this week across its investment banking, trading and asset management businesses, a person familiar with the situation said Friday, a 5 percent reduction of non-broker employees.


Wall St ends flat as energy gains offset sentiment (Reuters)
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 29, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks finished little changed on Friday as surging oil prices lifted energy shares and offset data that showed consumer confidence sank to its lowest in 28 years.


Consumers' mood as grim as early-80s (Reuters)
Consumer sentiment plunged in May to the lowest since June 1980 thanks largely to soaring food and fuel prices, according to the latest (University of Michigan survey of consumers. REUTERS/Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a 28-year low this month as rising prices strained household finances, while another drop in single-family housing starts underscored problems still plaguing the economy.


American Axle and UAW reach tentative agreement (Reuters)
Reuters - The United Auto Workers and American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc reached a tentative contract agreement late Friday aimed at ending an 11-week-long strike that had triggered thousands of layoffs and cost General Motors Corp at least $1 billion.

Lehman Brothers job cuts to start next week: report (Reuters)
People walk past the Lehman Brothers building near Times Square in New York March 18, 2008. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc will begin cutting jobs starting next week, CNBC Television reported on Friday, without citing sources.


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Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured (AP)
AP - A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard.

Bush turns attention to Arabs (AP)
Saudi King Abdullah (R) and US President George W. Bush (L) listen to the US national anthem during the latter's arrival ceremony at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output on Friday, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host — a key player in the long-running fight — than he did in Israel earlier this week.


Same Sex Couples Common in the Wild (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - As gay couples celebrate their newfound right to marry in California and opposition groups rally to fight the ruling, many struggle with this question: Is homosexuality natural?

Game of cat and mouse blacks out city (Reuters)
Auan, a seven-year-old female cat, licks the body of Jeena, a three-year-old male mouse, at a farmer's house in the central province of Phichit, 450 km (281 miles) north of Bangkok on August 7, 2002. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)Reuters - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday.


Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears (AP)
Residents run as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008.   Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides.



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