Tweet SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – For the handful of venture capitalists who backed Facebook in its early days, a huge financial payoff is not the only thing they may be celebrating when the company goes public later this week. Continued here: Facebook IPO has halo effect for venture capitalists  Read More →

Tweet TOKYO (AP) — Bass player and songwriter Donald “Duck” Dunn, a member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo See the article here: Bass player Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn dies in Tokyo  Read More →

Tweet BOSTON (AP) — Tori Pinheiro shed tears and shared the sorrow of the loss of her boyfriend as Boston University students, faculty and officials gathered in a campus plaza to mourn three classmates studying abroad who died in a minivan crash in New Zealand…. Originally posted here: Boston U community mourns loss of 3 classmates  Read More →

Tweet JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia’s island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago’s recently improved safety reputation, aviation experts say…. Read more here: Indonesia airline boom raises new safety questions  Read More →

Tweet LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pau Gasol had 23 points, 17 rebounds and six assists, Metta World Peace scored 15 points in his return from a seven-game suspension, and the Los Angeles Lakers outlasted the Denver Nuggets for a thrilling 96-87 victory in Game 7 on Saturday night to win their first-round series…. Go here to see the original: Lakers... 

Tweet BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called on northeast Asia’s powers to cooperate more in the face of global economic headwinds, as China, Japan and South Korea agreed at a summit on Sunday to soon launch negotiations on a three-way free trade pact. Follow this link: East Asian powers agree on trade pact talks  Read More →

Tweet COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) – Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show “drooling over firearms,” as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Here is the original post: Weary warriors favor Obama  Read More →

Tweet DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson broke free on a restart three laps from the end in the Southern 500 and held on Saturday night to give Hendrick Motorsports its 200th Sprint Cup victory…. More: Johnson gives Hendrick Motorsports 200th victory  Read More →

Tweet BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Garnett scored 29 points – his most in the regular- or postseason this year – and added 11 rebounds on Saturday night to give the Boston Celtics a 92-91 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in the opener of their Eastern Conference semifinal series…. See original here: Garnett (29, 11) leads Celtics... 

Tweet NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Richards and Michael Del Zotto scored, Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves, and the New York Rangers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 2-1 victory in Game 7 over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night…. Go here to read the rest: Rangers hold off Caps 2-1 in Game 7  Read More →