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Tyra Banks Ends Daytime Talk Show

Poor Trya Banks. While Oprah Winfrey got all the attention after announcing the end of her talk show (not until 2011), Tyra actually bid goodbye to her. Today was the final ‘Tyra,’ this after five years of interviewing celebrities, dispensing wisdom (”take responsibility for yourself because no one’s going to take responsibility for you”), and tackling hot button issues on the mind of young girls like body image, hair, sexuality, relationships, bigotry, fat, boob jobs, and teen pregnancy. Oh, did we say hair? She did a lot of that, seriously, including one last show earlier this week devoted to “the craziest, funniest and inspiring hair moments.” Larry King called her television’s “fiercest host.”

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Engaged and Expecting

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys are engaged and expecting their first child together. Alicia Keys is an international superstar, and Swizz Beatz (often misspelled as Swiss Beats, born Kasseem Dean) is a highly sought-after producer who has worked for Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, Beyonce, and J-Lo; as well as Alicia Keys. Swizz Beatz' divorce was finalized two weeks earlier.

Swizz Beatz Sued by Mashonda Tifrere

Swizz Beatz has two children from previous relationships; this will be Alicia Keys' first child, and first marriage. Swizz Beatz is currently being sued by his ex-wife, singer Mashonda Tifrere, for $334,000 in alimony and child support for their thirteen-year-old son.

Rising Bay Area MC Moe Green Announces Release Of Debut Album, Rocky Maivia + Video

Critical Praise for Moe Green:

Selected as a member of 106 KMEL's (the biggest Bay Area hip-hop station) Freshmen Class of 2010.

(May 26, 2010 - Brooklyn, NY) Burgeoning MC Moe Green, hailing from Vallejo, California, looks to be a beacon of hope for a town in search of a hero. One of California's fast rising talents, Moe Green is preparing the release of his debut album, Rocky Maivia, this summer on Interdependent Media.

The current economic crisis caught more than just individuals in the financial crossfire. Entire American towns went bankrupt, the largest of which is Vallejo, California, home to a once thriving and profitable music scene where artists like E-40, Mac Dre, and Celly Cell carved out a niche. Aware of the times, and the history of his hometown, Moe Green's music eschews the gangster trappings of the city's hip-hop pioneers. Green chooses, instead, a more earnest approach to his music, earning the emcee comparisons with today's rising stars credited with offering an alternative to a genre that has long relied on, often fabricated, street credibility for success. "It's a documentation of your everyday dreamer trying to make his dreams reality," says Green about his debut and his musical direction.

Recently being announced as a part of KMEL's 2010 Bay Area Freshmen 10 class, the 22-year old rapper has been garnering both local and national attention. The nod of approval was generated with the help of interest in a handful of leaked material, including the chillingly narrative "Hometown" and the debut leak from Rocky Maivia "Non-Title Match." Leading into the summer, as Green prepares the release of Rocky Maivia, fans can look forward to of a slew of singles, videos, and media content from the project, including the newly released video for "Ride," directed by Chris Kiker, and shot in Moe Green's hometown of Vallejo.

To eagle-eyed professional wrestling fans, the title for Green's debut single and the album itself will ring bells. An avid wrestling fan himself, Moe Green named his album after superstar wrestler/actor The Rock - Rocky Maivia served as The Rock's moniker when he first debuted in the ring. Green sees his debut album as the Rocky Maivia phase in his own career. "It's a metaphor for the newcomer with great potential entering the professional leagues," says Green.

Be on the lookout for Moe Green's first foray into the ring with Rocky Maivia this summer.

Check out the video for "Ride," from Moe Green's forthcoming album, Rocky Maivia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc9-XW0ah1A

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Omarion and Kat Deluna "Cut Off Time"

Does BET Have a Double Standard for Sexy Women?

From The Grio — According to the blogs, BET has been busy in the last two months banning videos by Teiarra Mari and Ciara and, this time, Ciara’s fans are fuming mad. At the center of the current controversy is the video for Ciara’s current single “Ride” featuring Ludacris. Captured at various points in a revealing one piece swimsuit and a mink coat with heels on as well as on top of a mechanical bull in a wet t-shirt and super short jean shorts, Ciara looks far more sexually charged in “Ride” than at any point in her debut video “Goodies.” Back in 2004, she was crooning “lookin for the goodies/keep on lookin’ ’cause they stay in the jar.” Now, she’s proclaiming “he love the way I ride it.

DRAKE ON BILLBOARD

  FROM BILLBOARD.COM ~ On a clammy Saturday afternoon in May, thousands of nose-ringed, suburban teens are crammed into the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J., to catch their favorite emo, dance, punk and emo-dance-punk acts at the two-day Bamboozle Festival. While middle-aged chaperones waited patiently in the "parents" tent, barely clothed diehards bounced from stage to stage, panting at the sight of Ke$ha, Matt & Kim, MGMT, OK Go and headliners Weezer and Paramore, among others.

But one of the night's unexpectedly large turnouts was for 23-year-old hip-hop sensation Drake, whose highly anticipated debut album, "Thank Me Later," will be released June 15 on Aspire/Young Money/Cash Money with distribution through Universal Motown.

Backed by a five-piece band and DJ, and dressed in all black, Drake took the stage a little before 9 p.m.-20 minutes late due to a bad case of allergies-and commanded the attention of even those tailgating in the parking lot.

It was Drake's mentor and label head, Lil Wayne, who encouraged him to perform at diverse and ambitious events like Bamboozle. "When I do House of Blues in Chicago or L.A., they scream," Drake says. "But when you do these festivals, they'll stand there and stare at you and judge you. But there's a part of them that's listening."

Born Aubrey Drake Graham in Toronto, Drake got his showbiz start playing Jimmy Brooks, the wheelchair-bound former basketball player on the Canadian teen drama "Degrassi: The Next Generation." Just a few mixtapes and an EP later, Drizzy, as he's known, has emerged as the most revered new MC in years. As hip-hop continues to drift further away from rap's basic elements and seeks to re-energize and expand its fan base with a new, hybrid sound that blends rap, R&B, dance, even alt-rock-witness the success of B.o.B, Kid Cudi and progenitors Kanye West and OutKast-this half-singing, half-rapping, half-Jewish, half-black former actor and current heartthrob is helping change the face of the genre firsthand.

Indeed, Drake did his thing that muggy night. After shouting out Weezy, dropping a few F-bombs to the New York Police Department and telling fans his doctor advised him not to perform-"Motherfucker, you crazy? I'm here to see my family!"-he ran through songs like "Forever," "Every Girl," "Bedrock," "Successful," "Over" and "Best I Ever Had." "Best I Ever Had," off his star-minting 2009 mixtape, "So Far Gone," reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 1.8 million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "So Far Gone," which was released as an official album with limited tracks last year, has moved 458,000 copies.

During his performance, Drake dedicated his singing-which he thought was a "mistake" when he originally released "So Far Gone"-to the ladies, who he says encouraged him to hire a vocal coach this past year. And taking cues from sexified R&B performers like Usher and Trey Songz, he did an air-humping dance that had the girls googly-eyed. He danced with a young lady in cutoff shorts and a bikini top to Alicia Keys' "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)," which he co-wrote, and kissed her on both cheeks and forehead before she dropped to the ground in shock.

Next Page: "Thank Me Later" Album Detailso

NBA Vet Eric Snow, Wife DeShawn of 'Real Housewives' Divorce

It looks like we'll be adding Eric and DeShawn Snow to the long list of celebrities calling it quits.

According to Access Atlanta, the former NBA player filed for divorce on Wednesday. He and his soon-to-be ex, who appeared on 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta,' would've celebrated their 13-year anniversary in July.

The college sweethearts -- who had been together since their freshman year -- are separated with "no hope of reconciliation," according to court papers. The two celebrated their 10th anniversary three years ago by renewing their vows in a lavish ceremony in Atlanta.

Snow, who played for the Seattle SuperSonics, the Philadelphia 76ers and most recently the Cleveland Cavaliers before retiring due to a knee injury, is requesting joint custody of the couple's three sons, Eric Jr., Darius and Jarren.

You may remember DeShawn from her brief stint on Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta.' After the first season, she was asked to leave by producers because, as she put it, she was "too human for a circus show." She was replaced by former Xscape member Kandi Burruss.

DeShawn, a self-described businesswoman and philanthropist, still resides in Atlanta. SOURCE

Morning Newspapers 05.25.10

1. North Korea Prepares Troops for War
   Tensions climb as South Korea blasts propaganda through North Korea, hoping to entice soldiers to defect to the south. Continuing to deny any involvement in the sinking of a South Korean warship in late March, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has reportedly ordered his military, 1.2 million-strong, to prepare for combat.
   Read original story in The Associated Press | Tuesday, May 25, 2010

2. Euro, Stocks Continue Dramatic Tumble
   With major stock indexes falling around the world, it is expected that the U.S. markets will lose 2 percent throughout the day on Tuesday.
   Read original story in The Associated Press | Tuesday, May 25, 2010

3. Tea Party-Backed Messiah, Tim D'Annunzio Is Ahead in the Polls
   And that worries Republicans.
   Read original story in Gawker | Tuesday, May 25, 2010

4. Ships Collide in Singapore, Spilling Crude Oil
   A bulk carrier rammed into a tanker off the southeast coast of Singapore early Tuesday morning, causing damage to its cargo tanks and spilling about 2,000 metric tons of crude oil into the Strait.
   Read original story in The Wall Street Journal | Tuesday, May 25, 2010

5. Teacher Under Investigation for Allowing Students to Dress as Klansmen
   An honors history teacher in Atlanta allowed her students to dress up as members of the Ku Klux Klan for a video assignment on the history of racism in the United States.
   Read original story in CBS Atlanta | Tuesday, May 25, 2010

6. South Carolina Republican Accused of Adultery
   This time it's not Mark Sanford. It's the woman his wife has endorsed as his replacement.
   Read original story in Talking Points Memo | Monday, May 24, 2010

7. Goodbye, Polar Bears
   A new study shows that, with ice-free seasons lengthening, many polar bears, forced into early hibernation, are dying of starvation without the necessary fat and protein to make it through the annual fast.
   Read original story in BBC | Tuesday, May 25, 2010

8. American Couple Kidnapped in Yemen
   The pair was traveling in an area considered safe for foreigners, but they were kidnapped by armed tribesmen who are demanding the release of a relative who is in a Yemeni prison.
   Read original story in Reuters | Monday, May 24, 2010

9. Gun Named in Honor of Texas Governor
   The "Coyote Special" is available for purchase in the same gun shop where Rick Perry bought the gun he used to dispatch a coyote in April.
   Read original story in The Associated Press | Monday, May 24, 2010

10. 16 Tourists Dead in Turkey After Bus Fell 20 Feet Into River Bed
    Turkey proved once again that it's streets are more dangerous than most in Europe when a bus filled with Russian tourists plunged 20 feet off a bridge.
    Read original story in The Press Association | Tuesday, May 25, 2010

11. Everyone Wants Someone To Do Something About the Oil Spill
    All of the fingers (including Sarah Palin's) are beginning to point toward the Obama administration, but not everyone is convinced a solution to the spill even exists.
    Read original story in 24/7 Wall Street | Monday, May 24, 2010

12. American Proposes in Iranian Prison
    Two of the American hikers detained in Iran last year agreed to tie the knot during a proposal in the exercise yard of Evin Prison.
    Read original story in ABC | Monday, May 24, 2010

Brandon Carter

Rapper/Producer Brandon Carter was born and raised on the South side of Chicago, IL, until relocating to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C. While pursuing his degree at Howard, Brandon began his performance career, by opening for Hip Hop headliners, such as: Kanye West, Fabolous, LL Cool J and T.I. Upon graduating, Brandon then moved to New York, career driven! While a few offers by major labels fell through, Brandon continued to pursue his dreams.

He released several mix tapes as well as performed throughout the local East coast Hip Hop scene. But soon, rough times hit hard, and Brandon found himself homeless and jobless. While living out of his car, he was able to find a below minimum wage job until finally being scouting by one of New York’s premiere modeling agencies. In a matter of months, he went from being homeless to being on billboards all over New York City and doing fashion shows all over the world. Brandon has done work for Sean John, Puma, Nike, Akademick and many, many more. This allowed him to be able to get his recording career back on track.

He independently, released his first album, South Side Bravado in 2008. Once again, tough times befell Brandon. The very same week that South Side Bravado was released on iTunes, his father committed suicide. But you can’t keep silent a true artist. Just a year after the tragic passing of his father, Brandon went on to release two critically acclaimed mix tapes: The Audacity of Dope and Black Friday. Now, a year later, Brandon is back at it and ready to drop his second full length studio album, Never Gave A F%ck. Not only is he the featured artist on the LP, he also produced every track on it. This new album showcases Brandon’s growth as a man, as an artist and as a producer, and has been held as, “…his best work yet!”

5 Must-Have Nike Dunks For Summer

Summer is quickly approaching, and I don’t know about you, but I’m not the type of person that likes to look sloppy – especially when it comes to what I’m walking around in. So I’m planning on doing a little shopping, and just in case you’re planning to do the same, here are a few Nike Dunks that are worth dropping some cash on. Read More »

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CAVS Fire Mike Brown; NO SURPRISE

Who didn’t see this coming? After five season in Cleveland (with no NBA titles to show for it), Danny Ferry announced today that the Cavs have relieved Mike Brown of his duties as head coach. Makes sense, considering the Cavs had a midnight deadline Sunday night to fire him or pay him his full $4.5 million salary for next season.

“I have truly enjoyed working with Mike Brown,” said Ferry. “Mike has played a huge role in turning around the Cavs organization. Over the past five years, Mike established a work ethic, defensive identity and culture of winning that was not here previously.”

In his five seasons with the Cavs, Brown compiled an impressive record of 272-138 (.663), but the record Cavs fans will remember during his tenure – especially if/when LeBron decides to leave this summer – is that he never won an NBA title.

“Mike Brown is a class act,” stated Cavaliers Majority Owner Dan Gilbert. “On behalf of the entire Cavaliers organization, there is only gratitude and appreciation for Mike’s accomplishments over the past five years. I think it is clear that Mike Brown has been instrumental in contributing to the growth and progress we have experienced in recent years. We wish Mike and his family the best of luck in any future challenges that Mike chooses to accept going forward.

“After a long and deep analysis of all of the factors that led to the disappointing early ends to our playoff runs over the past two seasons, we concluded that it was time for the Cavaliers to move in a different direction,” Gilbert added. “The expectations of this organization are very high and, although change always carries an element of risk, there are times when that risk must be taken in an attempt to break through to new, higher levels of accomplishment. This is one of those times.” CONTINUE READING

Lil Kim Inks Deal With Jay-Z’s Roc Nation: Report

Excerpt from Ballerstatus.com By Allen Starbury ~ Veteran female rapper Lil Kim has reportedly joined Jay-Z's Roc Nation, an full-serve entertainment company and label. According to various reports, Kim becomes the Roc's latest signee, and will have the pleasure of Jay-Z executive-producing her next solo album. Nothing has been officially announced by Kim or Roc Nation, but industry insiders have confirmed the deal has been inked. It's still unclear, however, if Roc Nation will serve as Kim's management or if she is signed as an artist to the record label arm of the company.

Further details were unknown at press time.

Stay tuned...

It's been five years since Lil Kim dropped an album, the last being 2005's The Naked Truth. But, she's been in the media eye. In 2009, she joined the 8th season of "Dancing With The Stars," lasting nine weeks before being eliminated.

Roc Nation boasts a roster of artists including rising singer J. Cole, Bridget Kelly, and Rita Ora; while as management they represent Melanie Fiona, Daniel Merriweather and Wale, according to Wikipedia.

Lena Horne -- Activist and Singer -- We Will Miss You

2010 BET AWARD NOMINEES

The nominees for the 10th Annual BET Awards were announced yesterday (May 18) and the most nominations went to the music world's power couple: rapper Jay-Z received five noms, and his wife, superstar singer Beyonce received four. Among the other R&B acts receiving multiple nominations were Alicia Keys, Trey Songz and Melanie Fiona, who all received four each. This year's show will be hosted by Queen Latifah and broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 27, 2010. Drake, Trey Songz and P. Diddy's Dirty Money are among the scheduled performers. For the list of nominees in the R&B categories, click the link below.

• 2010 BET Award Nominees

The Uniform Project: How to wear one dress for 365 days - CNN.com

(CNN) -- One outfit at a time, Sheena Matheiken was determined to make a change

She sported a simple, tunic-style dress for not one, two or three days. She did it for 365 days in a row.

The New York resident gave herself the fashion challenge of reinventing the same black dress. She did it by adding colorful tights, funky shoes and patterned tops, all donations from eco-friendly designers, thrift shops and mail-in leftovers from strangers.

Her outfits varied. Some were random, others organized; some bright, others muted; some classic, others modern. For example, she dressed as an intergalactic goth mermaid one day. The next, she became a modern hippie adorned with a floral bandana and cutout tights.

See Matheiken's outfit on Day 1, Year 2

Matheiken completed her yearlong Uniform Project this month; the effort started a year ago to raise money for the The Akanksha Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit helping children in India's slums attend schools. She raised enough money to send 233 children to school for a year.

Matheiken also wanted to bring awareness to sustainable fashion. That's not a bad lesson for those of us feeling the recession's pinch.

CNN spoke to Matheiken about the Uniform Project and her eclectic style.

CNN: Why did you decide to pick a uniform?

Matheiken: First, giving yourself a creative challenge requires giving yourself a constraint. I wanted to recreate one dress for 365 days and have that test. I also have a personal connection with uniforms. I grew up in India and went to a Catholic school where we had to wear uniforms.

The cool thing was that even with uniforms, there are so many subtle ways everyone reinvents it so that all the idiosyncrasies of teenage adolescence come out. Their personality came out in how you roll up the sleeves or add a few accessories. I was very fascinated by all of this.

CNN: I think we all have that white T-shirt in our closet. How do you jazz up something plain?

Matheiken: Accessorizing can go a long way to elevate something. Just a pair of tights or maybe if you have a jacket, you can wear it over, and it will look chic and upscale. A white shirt doesn't have to look like a white T-shirt.

CNN: For some people, it's hard to mix and match. You seem to do it so effortlessly. How?

Matheiken: There is so much of fashion that is prescribed by magazine trends and looks that are seasonal. I think that's the biggest problem with fashion. And some people really are stressed about getting ready.CONTINUE READING...

Morning Edition: Today's Papers

1. South Korea Cuts Trade With Northern Neighbor Over Warship Dispute
   In a televised speech on Monday, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said that North Korea had to pay the price for sinking the Cheonan in March.
   Read original story in CNN | Monday, May 24, 2010

2. Health Experts Celebrate as Report Finds Falling Child Death Rates Worldwide
   A comprehensive new report, built using 40 years worth of data from almost 190 countries around the world, found that the work of health experts is paying off: Child death rates have dropped by two percent a year for the past two decades.
   Read original story in The New York Times | Monday, May 24, 2010

3. State of Emergency Declared for Kingston, Jamaica
   Supporters of Christopher Coke, an alleged drug lord that faces extradition to the United States on cocaine trafficking charges, traded gunfire with law enforcement and torched a police station on Sunday afternoon.
   Read original story in Reuters | Monday, May 24, 2010

4. 100 Years After His Death, Mark Twain's Autobiography is Ready for Stores
   The three-volume tome, which Twain spent the last decade of his life working on, will run for more than half a million words. The first volume is due to be released in November from the University of California, Berkeley.
   Read original story in The Independent | Monday, May 24, 2010

5. President Obama Wants LeBron James To Consider Chicago
   Comparing him to Michael Jordan in an interview with Marv Albert about all-things basketball, Obama said that LeBron should consider the Chicago Bulls if he decided to leave Cleveland later this year.
   Read original story in Tribune News Services | Monday, May 24, 2010

6. Hawaiians Struggle To Pick Up After Lost
   Fans of the ABC show are eagerly awaiting Sunday's finale, but for those in Hawaii, the end of the series means waving goodbye to a cash cow.
   Read original story in The Wall Street Journal | Saturday, May 22, 2010

7. Russian Investor Eyeing More U.S. Tech Companies
   Digital Sky Technologies, widely known for investing $200 million in Facebook last year, is betting big money that the Internet will be a permanent disruption to industry as we know it.
   Read original story in The Daily Telegraph | Monday, May 24, 2010

8. Yemeni-American Cleric Advocates Killing Civilians
   The U.S.-born cleric who is believed to have at least partly inspired several of the recent attacks in the United States, justified, and even encouraged, killing American civilians in a video released Sunday.
   Read original story in The Associated Press | Sunday, May 23, 2010

9. British Airways Crew Begin Five-Day Strike
   With plans to extend the strike if an agreement isn't soon reached concerning working conditions and pay, British Airways' cabin crew has grounded about half of the airlines' flights scheduled for this week.
   Read original story in The Guardian | Monday, May 24, 2010

10. Thailand Awarded First Palm d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
    The nine-member jury, headed by director Tim Burton, awarded the dream-like Uncle Boonmee with top honors on Sunday. Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem won best acting awards.
    Read original story in The Associated Press | Monday, May 24, 2010

11. The Rolling Stones Are Number One Again
    With the re-release of the classic Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones reached the number one spot on the UK charts on Sunday and are expected to put up a fight for similar honors in the U.S.
    Read original story in NME | Monday, May 24, 2010

12. Shrek Forever After Wins Weak Box Office
    The fourth installment of the DreamWorks franchise underperformed this weekend, but it still brought in over $70 million, pushing Iron Man 2 into the second spot.
    Read original story in Bloomberg | Monday, May 24, 2010

Janelle Monáe Talks Upcoming Single, Video and Diddy: "I'm His Boss"

When your album is one of the most anticipated releases of 2010, such pressure on most artists would be crushing. But not for Janelle Monáe. With her full-length debut The ArchAndroid set to drop on May 18, and its first single “Tightrope” (featuring one-time mentor Big Boi of OutKast fame) still making noise, the soul-rock rebel is already gearing up for her next musical statement.

“My next single is “Cold War” and we already shot the video,” Monáe told VIBE of the dramatic clip. “I actually saw it for the first time a few days ago. It’s touching…it makes me cry every time I watch it. It’s a very venerable song and moment and video for me.” For the original treatment of the video, Monáe envisioned a movie-style feel for “Cold War’s” overtly emotional, theatrical lyricism. “But it was a one-take shot and I decided to leave it at that,” she explains. “I had more intended for it, but once I saw this one-take I said, ‘oh, this is it.’ This is what I connected to most.”

One other aspect of the ArchAndroid project that still has many music fans talking is her surprising union with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Records. Witnessing the more mainstream, commercial centered Diddy join up with the left field, genre-jumping Monáe is indeed a head-scratcher. But Monáe believes that longtime fans need not worry. 

“Well, this is a partnership and it’s a very unique one,” she says of her Bad Boy affiliation. “I have my own recording label, the Wonderland Arts Society. Sean Combs came into my life while I was already releasing Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase. He’s a huge champion of the Wonderland Arts Society and myself. He’s an endorser of our campaign, mission and message. Further more, I’m his boss [laughs]. This is not the story of man meets artist…he respects me for who I am. And he respects our ideas. He’s been very supportive of what’s going on; he wants to help us expose our message to the mainland.”

Janelle Monáe is scheduled to open up dates for Erykah Badu’s upcoming Out My Mind, Just In Time tour starting May 23 in Boston.—Keith Murphy

Today's Newspapers

1. BP Slows Oil Leak Using Mile-Long Straw
   A four-inch-wide pipe is siphoning oil from the site of the leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to a drillship at the ocean's surface.
   Read original story in The Washington Post | Monday, May 17, 2010

2. ADHD Linked to Pesticides
   A new study out of Harvard found that children who ingested a certain toxic pesticide used on fruits and vegetables were more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
   Read original story in Time | Monday, May 17, 2010

3. Iran Agrees to Nuclear Deal With Brazil, Turkey
   Iran will send some of its uranium to Turkey in exchange for a smaller amount of uranium that has already been enriched. Will the United States and its allies agree to this deal or will they push the UN to impose sanctions anyway?
   Read original story in The New York Times | Monday, May 17, 2010

4. Euro Continues to Fall, Reaches Four-Year Low Against the Dollar
   Amid returning fear that the eurozone will not be able to sustain a bailout of the Greek economy, the value of the euro continues to fall sharply.
   Read original story in BBC | Monday, May 17, 2010

5. Rima Fakih Is Named the First Arab American Miss USA
   Probably. The pageant's records aren't comprehensive enough to know for sure.
   Read original story in The Detroit Free Press | Monday, May 17, 2010

6. YouTube Turns Five, Celebrates New Record
   On average, users only spend 15 minutes on the site, which is still struggling to turn a profit, but YouTube is now hosting two billion video streams every day. That's more than twice the audience of the three prime time TV stations in the U.S. combined.
   Read original story in BBC | Monday, May 17, 2010

7. Tuesday's Primaries Could Deliver Fresh Blows to Incumbents
   In what is being dubbed the Super Tuesday of 2010, a few high-stakes races will be used to predict what lies in store for politicians in November.
   Read original story in The Washington Post | Sunday, May 16, 2010

8. Tiger's Mistress Inks Playboy Deal
   Nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel will show the world her top half in Hef's magazine for an undisclosed sum.
   Read original story in TMZ | Monday, May 17, 2010

9. India Tests Ballistic Missile
   After failing twice last year, the Agni-II has successfully launched. The intermediate-range missile is capable of carrying a nuclear payload of 1,000 kg up to 1,250 miles.
   Read original story in BBC | Monday, May 17, 2010

10. Rockers Remember Ronnie James Dio, 67
    Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne as the lead singer of Black Sabbath in 1979, died Sunday morning while battling stomach cancer.
    Read original story in CNN | Monday, May 17, 2010

11. Steve Jobs: Apple Offers "Freedom From Porn"
    The head of Apple's habit of personally responding to e-mails has once again made news when he traded e-mails with an angry Gawker writer early on Saturday morning.
    Read original story in Gawker | Sunday, May 16, 2010

12. Greece Might Take Legal Action Against U.S. Banks
    The prime minister says he "wouldn't rule out" the possibility that his government could try to hold American investment banks legally responsible for contributing to the country's debt crisis.
    Read original story in Bloomberg | Sunday, May 16, 2010