Johnson wins Colonial after duel with Dufner - Reuters India
27 May 2012, 9:31 pm
REUTERS - Zach Johnson outdueled fellow-American Jason Dufner, the PGA Tour's hottest player, posting a final-round 72 on Sunday to win the Colonial Invitational golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. Johnson walked off the final green believing ...

Pregnant woman survives after being set on fire and shot - USA Today
27 May 2012, 9:31 pm
DETROIT – A 22-year-old pregnant woman survived after being bound, driven to Detroit, set on fire and shot early Saturday morning. The woman, who was nine-months pregnant, had returned from a movie with her boyfriend and dropped him off at his ...

after the Boos: Reviewing the Cannes Film Festival - New York Times Blogs
27 May 2012, 1:39 pm
CANNES, France — On the last day of the Cannes Film Festival, festival attendees swap last-minute guesses about who will win the Palme d’Or and catch up on any of the selections in the main competition during the reprise screenings.

Australia teen dies after YouTube 'Final Goodbye' video goes viral - msnbc.com
27 May 2012, 12:10 am
Australia teenager Shaun Wilson-Miller died Saturday, just weeks after posting his emotional "My Final Goodbye" message that went viral on YouTube. In the 17-year-old's video, intended for family and friends but seen by 1.9 million people by ...

Spain's Bankia eyes stake sales after record bailout - Reuters
26 May 2012, 9:58 am
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's fourth biggest lender, Bankia, on Saturday prepared to sell stakes it holds in companies to meet European competition rules after a state rescue that has so far cost 23.5 billion euros ($29.40 billion). Bankia's parent ...

after NYC beer museum tour, hop on over to its bar - YAHOO!
25 May 2012, 5:37 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were into craft brews, according to a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society that traces the history of beer all the way back to drunken Colonial times. And it's not your typical staid ...

Romney going after African-American voting bloc? - Hotair.com
25 May 2012, 1:48 pm
Just a few weeks ago, the media thought that Mitt Romney would have so much difficulty uniting Republicans that he’d have little time or resources to attempt to expand the GOP reach.  Today, though, two pieces from the Washington Post suggest ...

after Barreling Ahead in Recession, China Finally Slows - New York Times
24 May 2012, 7:26 pm
XI’AN, China — A nationwide real estate downturn, stalling exports and declining consumer confidence have produced what a Chinese cabinet adviser, quoted on the official government Web site on Thursday, characterized as a “sharp slowdown ...

after Paul Falters, Backers Push Agenda in Party and Other Races - New York Times
23 May 2012, 9:11 am
WASHINGTON — Armed with an inherited fortune and a devotion to Ron Paul, John Ramsey, a 21-year-old college student from Nacogdoches, Tex., plunged into a little-watched Republican House primary in Northern Kentucky this spring to promote his ...

Grandmother charged with murder after allegedly shooting grandson eight times - msnbc.com
22 May 2012, 8:04 pm
A 74-year-old woman has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting her grandson in the chest eight times as he called 911. Jonathan Hoffman, 17, was shot Friday evening at the family's condo in West Bloomfield Township, an upscale Detroit ...