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Headlines for Friday, May 30, 2008

Afternoon Edition

Former U.S. ambassador Bolton brushes off attempted citizen’s arrest for war crimes.

U.S. Army suicides at their highest in 20 years; Russian army suicides also on the rise.

Russian Academy of Sciences rebuffs Kremlin, votes against allowing membership to “Putin’s Banker.”

Democrats worry about Franken’s porn article; Republicans worry about McCain’s YouTube image.

Three months after Clinton won the California primary, a poll finds the state’s Democrats now prefer Obama.

Allowing employees to surf Facebook at work makes makes them more productive, study shows.

A wife who works different hours than her husband could convey her mood through touch to the creature.

How did you spend your economic stimulus check?

How those hours of playing video games are teaching you valuable life skills.

U.S. begins enlisting “Daughters of Iraq” into female security force.

In Tokyo, a homeless woman is found to have lived in a stranger’s closet for over a year.

Austrian “dungeon girl” begins career as TV talk show host.

Engineering students create world’s smallest ramen bowl from nanotubes.

Gummy Bear anatomy.

Morning Edition

State Dept. pulls Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza, says Israel has not given them permission to come to the U.S.

C.I.A. chief praises destabilization of al Qaeda, credits wins by the Islamic world, the U.S.

Daily updated, analyzed polls show Clinton may actually be more electable—at least today.

Scientists Photoshop test data to fraudulently prove hypotheses.

Aerial photos from the Brazil-Peru border depict uncontacted tribe attacking the plane.

Harvey Korman dies, age 81; watch his dentist sketch with Tim Conway.

Fast-paced Icelandic bankers credit lucrative years on new global mentality, say “breakfast is for losers.”

Study debunks myth, finds boys are not better at math in Iceland or any other progressive country.

The United States could soon stand out in the Americas, and among rich countries, as a refuge for the spanker. On the legality of disciplining children by force.

Parents of gay children seize the opportunity to nag them about getting married.

It’s a positive statement about the YMCA and what we offer to people all around the world. Critics, the Village People, and the Y discuss a favorite song.

Turning and flipping colored pages with the click of a mouse: mesmerizing, addicting.

Bill Cosby to auction off some of his patterned sweaters for charity.

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