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Entries for May, 2010

Dennis Hopper — Probate Battle Brewing – TMZ.com (blog)

Los Angeles Times (blog)

Dennis Hopper — Probate Battle BrewingTMZ.com (blog)Dennis Hopper may have died peacefully, but TMZ has learned a war is about to erupt over his estate — partially because Dennis died a married man. Dennis had been desperately trying to divorce Victoria Hopper — he filed in January — but the clock …Dennis [...]

Israel rejects call to join anti-nuclear treaty – Reuters

The Hindu

Israel rejects call to join anti-nuclear treatyReutersIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem May 23, 2010. JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Saturday rejected as "flawed and hypocritical" a declaration by signatories of a global anti-nuclear …ANALYSIS / US sacrificed Israel for success of NPT conferenceHa’aretzIsrael rejects [...]

Will FPL’s new ’smart meters’ save customers money?

Devices wirelessly send information about electricity use to the Web, where it can be accessed by customers to drive conservation efforts
In the past year, Kevin Linn has cut more than 0 [...]

Are state insurers ready for storm season?

Hurricane season starts June 1 and Florida’s insurers say they’re ready, but are they?
Hurricane season officially begins June 1, and Florida’s state-run property insurance programs are better prepared this year than [...]

Gary Coleman dies at 42; child star of hit sitcom ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ – Los Angeles Times

The Guardian

Gary Coleman dies at 42; child star of hit sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes'Los Angeles TimesThe actor dies in Utah days after a brain hemorrhage. After soaring to fame in the late 1970s, his post-TV-series life included a stint as a shopping mall security guard and an unlikely run for California governor. Gary Coleman appears at [...]

WH had Clinton try to ease Sestak out of Pa. race – Washington Post

New York Times (blog)

WH had Clinton try to ease Sestak out of Pa. raceWashington PostAP WASHINGTON — Forced to disclose backstage political bargaining, President Barack Obama's embarrassed White House acknowledged on Friday that it enlisted Bill Clinton to try to ease Rep. Joe Sestak out of Pennsylvania's Senate …GOP Calls for FBI Investigation in Sestak [...]

Visiting Gulf, Obama Tells Residents ‘You Are Not Alone’ – New York Times

Washington Post

Visiting Gulf, Obama Tells Residents 'You Are Not Alone'New York TimesGRAND ISLE, La. – President Obama, on the defensive about the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, made his second trip in the month to Louisiana's coast to monitor troubled efforts to cap the well, and to reassure …Obama promises support to [...]

Gary Coleman dies at 42; child star of hit sitcom ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ – Los Angeles Times

The Guardian

Gary Coleman dies at 42; child star of hit sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes'Los Angeles TimesThe actor dies in Utah days after a brain hemorrhage. After soaring to fame in the late 1970s, his post-TV-series life included a stint as a shopping mall security guard and an unlikely run for California governor. Gary Coleman appears at [...]

WH had Clinton try to ease Sestak out of Pa. race – Washington Post

New York Times (blog)

WH had Clinton try to ease Sestak out of Pa. raceWashington PostAP WASHINGTON — Forced to disclose backstage political bargaining, President Barack Obama's embarrassed White House acknowledged on Friday that it enlisted Bill Clinton to try to ease Rep. Joe Sestak out of Pennsylvania's Senate …GOP Calls for FBI Investigation in Sestak [...]

Visiting Gulf, Obama Tells Residents ‘You Are Not Alone’ – New York Times

Washington Post

Visiting Gulf, Obama Tells Residents 'You Are Not Alone'New York TimesGRAND ISLE, La. – President Obama, on the defensive about the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, made his second trip in the month to Louisiana's coast to monitor troubled efforts to cap the well, and to reassure …Obama promises support to [...]