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Today's Most Popular News: Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes Psychology Today Apologizes for 'Black Women Less Attractive' Post Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college Record snow makes spectacular Yosemite waterfalls Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers 70% of Science Award Finalists Are Children of Immigrants Raid on bin Laden compound avenged CIA deaths Sunglasses ban for Vietnam police: media Germany to scrap nuclear power by 2022 Married couples in less than half of US households Ice melt to close off Arctic's interior riches: study Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage Record snow makes Yosemite waterfalls spectacular Obama: Missouri tornado disaster 'a national tragedy' Beware a manufacturing slowdown NYT’s Friedman doubts sincerity of Netanyahu’s standing ovations Greeks demonstrate against austerity measures 'March of the Blondes' aims to cheer slump-weary Latvia Palin kick-starts bus tour on back of motorcycle Why Are Android Apps Ugly? Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes Sun, 29 May 2011 05:50 pm PDT AP - When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy. Full Story Top Psychology Today Apologizes for 'Black Women Less Attractive' Post Sat, 28 May 2011 11:56 am PDT The Atlantic Wire - Earlier this month, the popular magazine Psychology Today published an article by evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa titled “Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?" that was met, expectedly, with mass outrage. The article used data based on another study to make several claims such as "black women are objectively less physically attractive than other women" yet "subjectively consider themselves to be far more physically attractive than others." Full Story Top Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college Sun, 29 May 2011 01:21 pm PDT AP - Instead of paying attention in high school, Nick Cammarata preferred to read books on whatever interested him. He also has a gift for coding that got him into Carnegie Mellon University's esteemed computer science program despite his grades. Full Story Top Record snow makes spectacular Yosemite waterfalls Sat, 28 May 2011 08:14 am PDT AP - Water, water everywhere — and it's a spectacular sight. Full Story Top Ala. town hit by tornadoes bans FEMA trailers Sun, 29 May 2011 04:40 pm PDT AP - James Ruston's house was knocked off its foundation by tornadoes that barreled through town last month and is still uninhabitable. He thought help had finally arrived when a truck pulled up to his property with a mobile home from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Full Story Top 70% of Science Award Finalists Are Children of Immigrants Sun, 29 May 2011 11:01 am PDT LiveScience.com - Immigration is a boon to American science and math, a new report asserts, noting that 70 percent of the finalists in a recent prestigious science competition are the children of immigrants. Full Story Top Raid on bin Laden compound avenged CIA deaths Sun, 29 May 2011 04:40 am PDT AP - For a small cadre of CIA veterans, the death of Osama bin Laden was more than just a national moment of relief and closure. It was also a measure of payback, a settling of a score for a pair of deaths, the details of which have remained a secret for 13 years. Full Story Top Sunglasses ban for Vietnam police: media Sat, 28 May 2011 11:33 pm PDT AFP - Communist Vietnam has banned police from wearing black sunglasses, chatting, smoking and putting their hands in their pockets while they are on duty in public places, a media report said. Full Story Top Germany to scrap nuclear power by 2022 Sun, 29 May 2011 11:01 pm PDT AFP - Germany on Monday announced plans to become the first major industrialised power to shut down all its nuclear plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out due to be wrapped up by 2022. Full Story Top Married couples in less than half of US households Sat, 28 May 2011 03:23 pm PDT AP - Three mornings a week, when Becky Leung gets ready for work, her boyfriend is just getting home from his overnight job. When her mother drops hints about her twin sister's marriage, she laughs it off. And when she thinks about getting married herself, she worries first about her career. Full Story Top Ice melt to close off Arctic's interior riches: study Sun, 29 May 2011 10:05 am PDT Reuters - Global warming will likely open up coastal areas in the Arctic to development but close vast regions of the northern interior to forestry and mining by mid-century as ice and frozen soil under temporary winter roads melt, researchers said. Full Story Top Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage Sun, 29 May 2011 06:07 pm PDT AP - This cyber attack didn't go after people playing war games on their PlayStations. It targeted a company that helps the U.S. military do the real thing. Full Story Top Record snow makes Yosemite waterfalls spectacular Sun, 29 May 2011 08:56 am PDT AP - Water, water everywhere — and it's a spectacular sight. Full Story Top Obama: Missouri tornado disaster 'a national tragedy' Sun, 29 May 2011 07:06 pm PDT AFP - President Barack Obama, paying tribute to victims of one of deadliest tornadoes in US history, pledged to stand with Joplin, Missouri "every step of the way" as it rebuilds. Full Story Top Beware a manufacturing slowdown Sun, 29 May 2011 02:25 pm PDT Reuters - Add a manufacturing slowdown to the growing risks facing the world economy. Full Story Top NYT’s Friedman doubts sincerity of Netanyahu’s standing ovations Sun, 29 May 2011 03:04 pm PDT Daily Caller - When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress last week, he was received with adulation from both sides of the aisle. Full Story Top Greeks demonstrate against austerity measures Sun, 29 May 2011 05:15 pm PDT AP - About 30,000 people protested in Athens' central Syntagma square on Sunday evening against the government's tough economic austerity policies. Full Story Top 'March of the Blondes' aims to cheer slump-weary Latvia Sat, 28 May 2011 11:59 am PDT AFP - Decked out in pink, hundreds of blondes marched through the streets of the Latvian capital Riga Saturday in a rally started to lift the Baltic state's spirits in a deep slump. Full Story Top Palin kick-starts bus tour on back of motorcycle Sun, 29 May 2011 08:57 pm PDT AP - Sarah Palin rumbled through Washington on the back of a Harley as she and her family began an East Coast tour Sunday, renewing speculation that the former Alaska governor would join the still unsettled Republican presidential contest. Full Story Top Why Are Android Apps Ugly? Sun, 29 May 2011 09:46 am PDT ContributorNetwork - It's true that not all Android apps are ugly. But if you spend awhile using an Android smartphone or tablet, then switch to an iPhone or iPad, you can see the difference: iOS apps don't just look shinier, they work better and are easier to use. Even when an app is available for both iPhone and Android, the iPhone one usually looks better. Full Story Top

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