Rahm Freezes Out Cubs Owners Over Proposed Obama Attack Ads    -  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is not returning calls from the Ricketts family and is “livid” over a New York Times report that Joe Ricketts commissioned a proposal for a multimillion-dollar ad campaign linking President Obama to the president’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, according to an Emanuel aide. 

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Appearance of former special adviser to Jeremy Hunt and lobbyist will be scrutinised as culture secretary fights for job   

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14 May 2012: NUJ asks Mark Thompson to ask inquiry to investigate James Murdoch's discussions with Jeremy Hunt in 2010.   

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• Why we believe Rupert Murdoch is not fit to head News International

  1 May 2012: Paul Farrelly: News International misled us, and corporate culture comes from the top. This report is the toughest our committee has produced 

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More Coverage of the Murdoch's NoW Hackng - Criminal Activities  

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SpaceX Dragon ship aborts launch       

US strike plan on Iran 'ready'   - (RVT  We Do Not Need Another War!!) Iran says it is enriching uranium to make medical isotopes and fuel for nuclear reactors

The US has plans in place to attack Iran if other measures fail to stop it developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel says.  

Olympic torch paraded in Cornwall by David Beckham

National Mood a Drag on Obama's Re-Election Prospects

More Americans See Better Economic Future Under Romney Than Obama   

90 Percent of Corn Seeds Are Coated With Bayer's Bee-Decimating Pesticide

And other lovely little tidbits I learned while preparing to give a talk at a pesticide industry shindig.   

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China dissident Chen Guangcheng heads for US   Chen campaigned against forced abortions  

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Krugman: The Occupy Movement Was 'Enormously Productive'    

Cannes 2012: live blog - day four           

Join the Guardian's Catherine Shoard for all the latest news, reviews, comment and buzz from the Croisette 

Wines -Answers from a sommelier  - Why does wine get better with age? Is wine good for you? Is wine vegan? Answering questions is part of the job for Master Sommelier William Sherer, who shares some common queries.

Eurozone set to dominate G8 talks

Europe's debt crisis is to top the agenda at the G8 summit in the US, amid fears that trouble in the eurozone could have global consequences.

World royals mark Diamond Jubilee   -  

The King of Bahrain is among controversial monarchs at a lunch hosted by the British queen to mark her diamond jubilee.

• Charles hosts royal banquet Watch

• In pictures: Monarchs at Windsor

Drone hits an al-Qaeda convoy in Yemen  

A drone strike in eastern Yemen has killed two suspected al-Qaeda militants, reports say.

A local security official told the AFP news agency that the unmanned aircraft hit a car in the province of Hadramout.

He added that the strike caused a series of blasts because the vehicle was carrying 

Jury to begin deliberations in John Edwards trial 

Justice Breyer's D.C. home hit by burglary      

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WHERE 

What most people know is that the Associated Press (AP) is one of the largest, internationally recognized, syndicated news services.  What most people don’t know that is in 2004, the AP was a “birther” news organization. 

How so?  Because in a syndicated report, published Sunday, June 27, 2004, by the Kenyan Standard Times, and which was, as of this report, available at http://web.archive.org/web/20040627142700/eastandard.net/headlines/news26060403.htm -

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IRAN ATTACK DECISION NEARS... 

Latest Evidence Complicates Trayvon Martin Case 

Hawk Brought Down Marine Chopper 

Senators Go After Facebook Co-Founder For Renouncing Citizenship                                             

Kucinich to Retire from Congress 

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Why China's economy may be heading for a hard landing

Business confidence has sunk for the third quarter in a row as a growing number of indicators suggest China's economy is slowing.   

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Romney campaign touts day one initiatives in first general election ad  

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The decision was made "without comment," court spokeswoman Beverly Pettigrew Kraft said by e-mail. 

• Journalist, Plaintiff Chris Hedges Hails "Monumental" Ruling Blocking NDAA Indefinite Detention  -  Obama Administration Over Reach  -  Obama wants POWER - At expense of the Constitution - and Your Rights -                                                     

  Judge Strikes Down Indefinite Detention in NDAA     

  

  In a rare move, a federal judge has struck down part of a controversial law signed by President Obama that gave the government the power to indefinitely detain anyone it considers a terrorism...

Protest erupts after all-white jury acquits ex-Houston cop over teen's beating                                                             

Romney: 'I Stand By What I Said, Whatever It Was'  

Spy Drone Almost Causes Mid Air Collision With Jet Over Denver  

FAA investigating “extremely dangerous” incident

• Rahm Emanuel

  Nato summit 

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Riding the whirlwind   

The Monitor's intrepid science writer rode with the storm-chasers

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