Swift gives $4M to Country Hall of Fame expansion
2012-05-17T11:38:52Z
Taylor Swift has taught a generation of kids to appreciate country music over the last five years. Now, she's donating $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to make sure that education continues.
RFK Jr.'s troubled estranged wife found dead in NY
2012-05-17T11:38:50Z
Mary Richardson Kennedy's life had both highlights and troubled moments, and they played out publicly because of the famous political family she married into in 1994.
Dems shift tactics, pound Wis. governor on probe
2012-05-17T11:35:47Z
Lost in the hoopla over the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after he took on union rights is an ongoing secret investigation that has already ensnared a handful of the Republican governor's former aides.
Wal-Mart posts strong profit as U.S. sales jump
2012-05-17T11:29:27Z
(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as its Walmart U.S. division showed a 2.6 percent rise in sales at stores open at least a year, and as warm weather and an earlier Easter enticed shoppers to spend. The world's largest retailer, which was recently rocked by allegations of bribery in Mexico, earned $1.09 per share from continuing operations, compared with a profit of 98 cents a year earlier. Wal-Mart had forecast earnings per share of $1.01 to $1.06. Walmart U.S. ...
Analysis: Facebook can't take Asian growth for granted
2012-05-17T11:27:28Z
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Even as Facebook fever grips investors ahead of the social networking giant's potential $100 billion-plus initial public offering, its breakneck growth in Asia may be slowing as it moves beyond desktop users to those who access the Internet largely or solely from a mobile phone. In March, Facebook revised its own SEC filings to scale back its scope for further growth in India - its third-biggest user base and the largest population it currently has access to - China remains off-limits to Facebook. ...
As Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'
2012-05-17T11:22:43Z
Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.
Greek worries push European markets down further
2012-05-17T11:18:25Z
Fears that Greece might leave the euro currency union, with uncertain consequences for the rest of Europe, pushed the continent's markets down again on Thursday, though Asian stocks eked out gains thanks to good economic growth figures out of Japan.
GM's Vauxhall announces new Astra at UK plant
2012-05-17T11:08:32Z
General Motors' Vauxhall plant in northern England will build the company's top-selling Astra vehicles, the automaker said Thursday — a relief for U.K. politicians who had lobbied its American owner to keep the plant open.
White births in US no longer in majority: census
2012-05-17T11:07:16Z
White births in the United States are no longer in the majority, according to US Census Bureau data made public Thursday.
Judge delays Mladic trial due to evidence errors
2012-05-17T11:02:39Z
The judge in Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial on Thursday indefinitely delayed the presentation of evidence due to "errors" by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defense lawyers — a ruling that throws the future of the trial into question.
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