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YellowBrix Top Science

• ASU creating new chemistry forensics study
  May 16--Augusta State University is creating a new chemistry track for students who want to become behind-the-...
• 'Timeo Danaos': Greek gifts
  Sir, - To John O'Loughlin's "How appropriate" pejorative litany of Greek words (May 15th), I would add: alphab...
• Discovering the origin of Darwin's ills
  Medical science of the time was neither able to diagnose the cause of his problems nor to help much with the s...
• New Zealand warned on resource usage
  New Zealand must do more research before exploiting marine resources, the country's national scientific academ...
• AIP Advances Now Indexed in Thomson Reuters Databases
  MELVILLE, N.Y., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute o...
• The Biodesign Institute® at Arizona State University taps HighRes Biosolutions for simplifying
  The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has reached an agreement with HighRes Biosolutions to aut...
• 4-H National Youth Science Day to Focus on Engineering Robotics Solutions
  CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 4-H National Headquarters and National 4-H Council a...
• UND Finding May Hold Key to Gaia Hypothesis; Discovery Ultimately Could Lead to Better Climate Unde
  COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gai...
• Wall art from France said world's oldest
  Anthropologists say a 1.6-ton block of engraved limestone found in southern France is the earliest evidence of...
• Leading German Researcher Awarded Elsevier's 2011 Tetrahedron Prize
  Professor Dr. Manfred T. Reetz honored for his work on synthetic organic chemistry Elsevier, a world-leading p...

YellowBrix Top US News

• Defense rests in Edwards case
  Lawyers for former U.S. Sen. John Edwards rested their case Wednesday, without calling Edwards or former mistr...
• RFK Jr.'s wife found dead at N.Y. home
  Mary Kennedy, the wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was found dead Wednesday at her home in Bedford, N.Y., author...
• At G-8, Obama to champion growth to fix European financial crisis
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. presidents have long sought relief from battles inside the Beltway and have entertained vis...
• Army opens wide review of PTSD-diagnosis system
  May 16--Army Secretary John McHugh on Wednesday announced a major review of post-traumatic stress disorder (PT...
• Jury finds Steven Powell guilty on all voyeurism counts
  May 16--A Pierce County jury this morning unanimously found Steven Craig Powell guilty on all 14 counts of vo...
• Obama presents posthumous Medal of Honor
  President Obama presented the Medal of Honor Wednesday to the family and of a paratrooper killed in Vietnam, c...
• CDC lowers lead poisoning threshold
  May 16--The number of young children deemed at risk of lead poisoning in Maryland and nationwide expanded dram...
• Senate rejects Obama budget
  The U.S. Senate Wednesday rejected President Obama's 2012 budget on a 99-0 unanimous vote -- the second year t...
• Feds propose making electronic stability controls standard on large trucks, buses
  May 16--WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Wednesday proposed requiring electronic stability controls on larg...

YellowBrix Top Headlines

• John Smallwood: Celtics put old theory to rest
  PHILADELPHIA -- Well, I definitely had that pegged wrong. I had the false impression that the Sixers were the ...
• Skechers to pay $45 million to settle deceptive ad claims
  May 16--Consumers who bought so-called Skechers "toning shoes" may be eligible for refunds. The Federal Trade...
• Black Madam held for trial for illegal butt injection
  May 16--Wednesday's preliminary hearing for the Black Madam featured testimony about "butt pumping parties" an...
• Study: Coffee lowers risk of death
  May 16--Coffee might not add years to your life, but java junkies don't need to worry about dying young, accor...
• Indiana settles over Skechers weight-loss claim
  May 16--Indiana along with the Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states filed a settlement Wednesday w...
• Mladic: No remorse at war crimes trial
  Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia," showed no remorse as he...
• Defense rests in Edwards case
  Lawyers for former Sen. John Edwards rested their case Wednesday, without calling Edwards or former mistress R...
• GM, Ford in Facebook marketing war of words and tweets
  May 16--In Facebook parlance, the relationship between General Motors and Ford is, shall we say, complicated. ...
• Bosnia: Mladic's 'hand seen' in all war crimes, claims UN prosecutor
  May 16--THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic's hand lay behind all crimes c...
• UN: Mladic's Bosnian war crimes trial opens at Hague court
  May 16--THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Bosnia's former military commander, Ratko Mladic began Wednesday at the Uni...

YellowBrix Top Entertainment

• Moon rises in Cannes but women are left in shadows
  THE 65th Cannes Film Festival opened last night with a screening of Wes Anderson's latest picture Moonrise Kin...
• State moves Chapman, Lennon's killer, to Wende
  May 16--The killer of former Beatle John Lennon was transferred Tuesday from the Attica Correctional Facility...
• Sorkin writing script for Jobs picture
  Aaron Sorkin is writing a big-screen adaptation of Walter Isaacson's biography of late Apple co-founder Steve ...
• Fall lineup 'Elementary' for No. 1 CBS
  Top-rated CBS, which renewed most of its lineup last month, will play an already-strong hand this fall, addi...
• 'The Dictator' is a crudely funny guilty pleasure
  There's no end to what some tyrants will do to keep democracy at bay. After laughing at crudely funny scenes i...
• DeGeneres to receive Twain humor prize
  Ellen DeGeneres is to be presented with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the John F. Kennedy Center fo...
• ABC adds 10 series to 2012-13 lineup; drops “Missing,” “GCB,” others
  May 15--ABC plans to add 10 new series to its schedule in 2012-13, including four in the early fall. It is sh...
• Michaels settles Tonys head-bump suit
  U.S. rocker Bret Michaels has settled his lawsuit against producers of the Tony Awards and CBS regarding a hea...
• 'Battleship' Goes Epic
  "You sunk my battleship!"In the new film "Battleship," opening Friday with Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard ...
• 'Expecting' author and star bond over babies in new pregnancy comedy
  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Many times Hollywood came calling, wanting to make her book "What to Expect When You're Expec...

YellowBrix Top Technology

• New implant helps stroke victim to move robotic arm by thought
  A WOMAN who lost the use of her limbs after a devastating stroke nearly 15 years ago has taken a sip of coffee...
• DeLeo to Zuckerberg: Come back to Massachusetts
  May 16--Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is calling on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to use the social-...
• Facebook IPO has individual investors lining up
  SAN JOSE, Calif. -- So you want a piece of Facebook? If other hot stock offerings of the past are any indicat...
• Facebook boosts number of shares, pushing possible IPO proceeds near record $18 billion
  May 16--Facebook is increasing the number of shares it will sell in its initial public offering, which could g...
• R.I. Gov. Chafee says he's working to make 'smart decisions' on 38 Studios
  May 15--PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Pressed with questions about Curt Schilling's videogame company 38 Studios on Tues...
• OPINION: A mom struggles as budget crisis deepens
  May 16--Wherever he sleeps at night, Facebook billionaire Eduardo Saverin could never dream of living like Jon...
• Poll: Half think Facebook's a fad
  Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC pol...
• Facebook plans prompt look at tech IPOs of past
  Before you get too excited about Facebook's initial public offering on Friday, remember that technology IPOs a...
• Sprint CEO Hesse has board's support, chairman says
  May 16--Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse enjoys "the full support" of the company's board, Sprint's chairman ...

YellowBrix Top Health

• Athletic, combat brain injuries similar
  U.S. scientists found similarities between a degenerative brain disease in athletes and combat veterans expose...
• U.S. Alzheimer's plan looks for prevention -- Early treatment of those at risk is one new idea
  WASHINGTON - Scientists hunting ways to stop the devastation of Alzheimer's disease will test therapies in peo...
• National Alzheimer's disease plan unveiled as aging baby boomers' needs drive urgent action
  May 16--On the day before he left for Washington to push for a national plan to fight Alzheimer's disease, Rog...
• TB patient arrested for refusing medication
  May 16--STOCKTON -- The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office is charging a tuberculosis patient for f...
• Flesh-eating infection comes out of shadows
  Aimee Copeland, the Georgia graduate student battling a life-threatening, flesh-eating bacterial infection, w...
• FDA panel approves OraSure at-home HIV test
  May 16--An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended approval of OraSure ...
• Student remains critical from flesh-eating bug
  - After 10 days in the hospital, a Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection isn't letti...
• Study: Many adults with autism unable to get jobs
  CHICAGO - One in three young adults with autism has no paid job experience, college or technical school educ...

Golf

• David Toms' 2011 Colonial victory served as springboard to career-best season
  May 17--David Toms, defending champion at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, likes to visualize succes...
• Kuchar goes into Byron Nelson with No. 1 goal in view
  May 17--IRVING -- The field for today's opening round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship has its share of pla...
• Lone Star statement: Colonial champions, records full of Texas connections
  May 17--The fingerprints of professional golfers from Texas can be found on virtually every page of the tourna...
• Parlor games at the Nelson pro-am
  May 17--This will probably make me sound like a golf geek, but I love Pro-Am day at our DFW tour stops. But o...
• TCU's best ever? His golf as a freshman says, 'Oui'
  May 17--He speaks very good English, but his thick French accent is occasionally a wedge in conversation. On ...
• USCA golf tied for eighth at NCAA Championship
  May 17--SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. -- The ninth-ranked USC Aiken golf team is tied for eighth following two rounds of s...
• Local Golf: Enfield's Chicorka Ready For Russell C. Palmer Cup
  May 17--Branden Chicorka's forte always has been his ball-striking. "In the past I'd be nervous having to mak...
• Bradley still pinching himself
  KEEGAN BRADLEY, who will play in next month's Irish Open at Royal Portrush, admits he has to question himself ...
• Class 5A girls golf: Churchill's Caroline Inglis, with record fourth title in hand, is disqualified
  May 15--CORVALLIS -- What had been a relaxing round of golf and stroll into Oregon high school history ended w...
• Class 4A boys golf: Ryan Melnychuk finally breaks through; La Grande repeats as team champion
  May 15--BANKS Â-- Ryan Melnychuk of North Valley already knew what it felt like to medal at the 4A boys golf ...

Baseball

• Hassan and Rizk crash out
  May 17--TOP seeds Kadri Rizk and Hassan Al Makharraq crashed out of the veteran men's doubles under-50 final a...
• Muharraq back in contention
  May 17--MUHARRAQ yesterday roared back onto title contention with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-18) victory over Al ...
• Bucksport softball remains undefeated with 16-3 win over Orono
  May 17--ORONO, Maine -- The Bucksport High School softball team won the Eastern Maine Class B championship a y...
• Caribou's Emily Staples has been dominant force in the circle
  May 17--CARIBOU, Maine -- Caribou High School softball coach Ryan Deprey said when she isn't playing softball,...
• Saint Joseph's wins; USM, Bowdoin lose in Div. III regional
  May 17--MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Chad Rafferty fashioned a seven-hit shutout Wednesday night, leading second-seeded...
• Giancarlo Stanton's home run, dazzling dive help Miami Marlins to key win over Braves
  May 17--ATLANTA -- Life, slowly but surely, had begun sneaking into the Miami Marlins' bats earlier this month...
• Nazareth, Liberty to play for LVC baseball title
  May 17--The Parkland lineup troubled Nazareth ace Karl Keglovits for a third time this season. Keglovits belt...
• Thompson returns to majors after trade to Tampa Bay
  May 17--Ryne Sandberg has made countless such calls during his five-plus years as a minor league manager, tell...
• Liberty, Becahi get a rematch in league softball finals
  May 17--Liberty and Bethlehem Catholic posted Lehigh Valley Conference semifinal softball victories on Wednesd...
• Saucon Valley, Pen Argyl advance to Colonial League title game
  May 17--A pair of freshmen helped make sure that Saucon Valley and Pen Argyl would rally from deficits Wednesd...

Hockey

• The Hartford Courant, Conn., Jeff Jacobs column
  May 17--NEW YORK -- After the Wolf Pack captured the Calder Cup in 2000, eight players from that AHL champions...
• Devils rally past Rangers, 3-2, tie series, 1-1
  NEW YORK - The New Jersey Devils quickly changed the game plan: instead of letting the New York Rangers block ...
• NHL: New Jersey 3, New York Rangers 2
  David Clarkson put New Jersey in front early in the third period Wednesday and the Devils held on for a series...
• O'Neill and Larkin rewrite the rules
  AS RECIPIENTS of the first GAA/GPA 2012 Player of the Month awards it seemed a little unfair to be asking Colm...
• The Sentinel-Echo, London, Ky., Denis House column
  May 16--LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. The final day of the English Barclay's Premier League season was Sunday, with Manch...
• BRIEF: Lightning interested in G Helenius returning
  May 16--The Lightning have interest in bringing back former first-round draft pick goaltender Riku Helenius, g...
• THE SECOND 7th WONDER RANGERS ELIMINATE CAPS IN GAME 7, MOVE ON TO DEVILS
  And now the Rangers will get to try to make NHL history, and now, 18 years later, the Battle of the Hudson wil...
• To Face Devils, It's the Details Rangers' Execution May Be Key to Surviving Caps
  This wasn't going to be a matter of whether the Rangers could handle the challenge of playing a Game 7 at the ...
• Devils Relish Rivalry
  Being an ex-Capital wasn't even a consideration. Devils winger Dainius Zubrus says Rangers Devils is what the...
• Logos joining Whitepine League
  May 16--Logos School in Moscow will be calling the Whitepine League home this upcoming season after the league...

NCAA Football

• Delany: National title game likely to be bid on
  CHICAGO - How about a national championship game in Detroit? With college football headed toward a playoff, B...
• Michigan AD Brandon: 'No problem' with four-team playoff
  May 16--Dave Brandon was not a fan of a college football playoff. But four teams playing a total of two games...
• COLLEGE GOLF: Wranglers sit in fifth after first round of NJCAA Division I Golf National Championshi
  May 16--NEWTON, Kan. -- Odessa College posted a 9-over-par 297 Tuesday in the opening round of the National Ju...
• Identive to Present Latest Trends in NFC Technology at NFC Solutions Summit
  SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, May 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Identive Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:INVE) (...
• Coaching great Lou Holtz feels humbled to receive honor at Dick Vitale Gala
  May 16--Lou Holtz has received enough honors to open up a college football museum. He is the only coach in NC...
• CLIPPERS NOTEBOOK: Griffin believes closed-door meeting was turning point
  May 16--| PHOTO GALLERY SAN ANTONIO -- It's obvious there is a feeling of surprise around San Antonio that the...
• Union football two-minute drill
  May 16-- 2011 record: 13-1 (Class 6A champions) Hunter Atyia returns for his second season as Union's startin...

Football

• Prep Notebook: Ravenel has options for college position
  May 16--Brandon Ravenel has seven Division I football scholarship offers. But every school that sought Ravene...
• Prep Lacrosse: Eagles claw way to first district title
  May 16--COLONIAL FORGE BATTLES BACK FROM THREE-GOAL DEFICIT TO CLAIM DISTRICT CROWN In the end, Colonial Forg...
• Mark Purdy: Super Bowl bid isn't just about San Francisco
  SAN JOSE, Calif. -- What is the sexier brand name? This should come as relief to folks who have been vexed by...
• The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Berry Tramel column
  May 17--A college football playoff is coming to a season near you, provided the sport's power-brokers do somet...
• Eli Manning, Giants get latest Super Bowl rings
  NEW YORK - Like a little kid with a brand new toy, Eli Manning couldn't wait. "You're up on stage getting the ...
• Shock lineman Pino enjoys another shot
  May 16--Life was good for Chris Pino. Then why is Pino back for a third stint with the Spokane Shock? "When ...
• Jones-Drew skips workouts -- Jacksonville RB pushes for contract extension
  The Jacksonville Jaguars running back skipped the first day of organized team activities Tuesday, and coach Mi...
• Former Vol coach Fulmer elected to collegiate hall
  College footballKNOXVILLE - On the day he was announced as a first-ballot selection to the College Football Ha...
• Davis named Hueneme head football coach
  May 16--Brett Davis is a third-generation Hueneme High football coach after accepting the position last Friday...
• Lions' Matthew Stafford impressed by Riley Reiff, Ryan Broyles
  May 16--He's a quarterback, so of course Matthew Stafford would endorse taking a left tackle and wide receiver...

NCAA Basketball

• Paul Allen is not looking to sell Portland Trail Blazers, NBA commissioner David Stern says
  May 15--NBA commissioner David Stern says Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen is not looking to sell the t...
• Celtics top 76ers 107-91 in Game 3 for 2-1 lead
  PHILADELPHIA - Kevin Garnett yapped his way down the court after big baskets and clearly enjoyed taking it to ...

Basketball

• Lakers blow seven-point lead in final two minutes as Thunder wins
  OKLAHOMA CITY -- Pau Gasol suggested Tuesday it might've been worse to endure a heartbreaking one- or two-poin...
• Last-shot debate rages on for LeBron James, Miami Heat
  May 17--Including playoffs, the Heat this season has gone 6 for 18 on shots to take the lead or tie the game i...
• Miami Heat's supporting cast in a bind against Pacers
  May 17--Most call them the supporting cast. Whatever term you prefer, this much is clear: With Chris Bosh out...
• Thunder rally to edge Lakers 77-75 in Game 2
  OKLAHOMA CITY - Even down late, the Oklahoma City Thunder are showing that they are never out. Kevin Durant sc...
• Durant propels Thunder in comeback win over Lakers
  Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - Who needs a blowout when you can steal a win at the end? Kevin Durant sco...
• Sun Cut Sidney Spencer To Reach 11-Player Limit
  May 17--When the WNBA season opens this weekend, one of the basic costs of doing business will remain high for...
• NBA: Oklahoma City 77, LA Lakers 75
  Kevin Durant and James Harden led a game-closing 9-0 run Wednesday that rallied the Oklahoma City Thunder a 77...
• 76ers see Celtics' stars finally break out in victory
  PHILADELPHIA -- There was no late-game injury in this one to give the 76ers hope for the rest of the series. ...
• Marcus Hayes: Celtics find a fountain of youth in routing 76ers
  PHILADELPHIA -- Nobody plays perfect, lockdown defense every night. It is impossible in the playoffs, against ...