NSA leak source Edward Snowden I have no idea what my future is going to be'

A former CIA employee who identified himself as the source of leaked information about a vast National Security Agency surveillance program signaled the start of a game of international diplomacy Monday.

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Man gets 11 pounds of pot in mail by mistake

It sounds like a stoner's dream, but it's been a bit of a nightmare for a California man who recently got an unexpected FedEx delivery: 11 pounds of marijuana.

George Burton, from Sacramento, Calif., said the FedEx Kinkos box—with his name and return address handwritten on it—was left on his porch Thursday.

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'Healthy' newborn baby rescued from sewage pipe after being flushed down the toilet

Warning: This video contains images which some viewers may find distressing

The pipe was not wide enough for the firefighter’s hand to reach down to get to the newborn baby trapped inside. But, after a two-hour rescue operation, as shown in this series of startling pictures, “Baby No 59” was miraculously retrieved from a section of sewage pipe from beneath a toilet in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang at the weekend.

Firefighters found a newborn baby boy that had been flushed down a lavatory headfirst and became lodged in the sewerage pipe. They had to remove an L-shaped section of pipe, 10cm in diameter, and take it to a hospital, where doctors carefully used pliers to cut it open to release the infant. Video footage of the dramatic two-hour rescue was broadcast widely on television news bulletins and websites. Named Baby No 59 after the number of his hospital incubator, he was said to be in a stable condition last night.

Jinhua residents who watched the rescue footage arrived at the hospital with contributions of nappies, baby clothes and powdered milk.

Reports about the baby’s parents varied last night. According to The Jinhua Daily newspaper, police have questioned a 20-year-old unmarried mother who lives on the fourth floor of the block of flats.

One police officer suggested that the mother concealed her pregnancy and the baby fell into the toilet when she unexpectedly gave birth. Other reports said the child was a few days old when the mother accidentally dropped it into the lavatory. 

“The woman was on the scene during the entire rescue process... and admitted [she was the mother] when we asked her,” the police officer, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Agence France-Presse news agency. He said his colleagues would continue to investigate whether the mother “had any malicious intentions” before deciding if charges should be filed against her. Police had no information about the baby’s father.

It is not uncommon for babies to be abandoned in China, which has imposed a one-child policy for more than three decades. Couples can face fines if they violate the policy. But this latest case has led to widespread soul-searching about the country’s moral state on Sina Weibo, the microblogging site which is China’s version of Twitter.

One user, Weixian de Shuozhuo, wrote: “This kind of thing makes me speechless. Since I was young, I’ve seen deserted babies on trash heaps. It seems that in Chinese people’s eyes, throwing a baby away is not an evil thing.”

Others were more sympathetic. “I feel sad for the [baby’s] mum. At the same time I am startled by the miracle of life. I hope this child will grow up as someone who achieves greatness,” wrote Gui da Shushu.

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Bruno Mars' mother dies of brain aneurysm

Los Angeles (CNN) -- The mother of Grammy-winning singer Bruno Mars died of a brain aneurysm in a Honolulu, Hawaii, hospital Saturday, a Mars representative told CNN Sunday. Bernadette Hernandez was 55.

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Entertainers mourn Jean Stapleton: 'A great actress and a wonderful lady'

(CNN) -- She made it big decades ago, yet Jean Stapleton still has plenty of fans.

Some of those fans are entertainers themselves, who either worked with Stapleton or were awed and inspired by her work. Others enjoyed her performances while sitting in a Broadway theater or watching from their living rooms.

Related - Jean Stapleton Dies at 90

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Amelia Earhart mystery again rises to the surface

(CNN) -- Could searchrews be just a few hundred feet from solving a mystery that has riveted millions for 76 years?

That's the question raised by tantalizing evidence published this week by teams trying to find out what happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished along with navigator Fred Noonan during a doomed attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery raised the prospect of a big break in the case by publishing an image online. It showed something -- hard for the layman to size up -- on the ocean floor.

Read more - http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/31/world/asia/earhart-plane-search/index.html

Giant, fluorescent pink slugs found on mountain

It would seem to be something you'd see only in a cartoon or at a Phish concert, but according to park rangers in New South Wales, Australia, dozens of giant, fluorescent pink slugs have been popping up on a mountaintop there.

Read more - http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/giant-flourescent-pink-slugs-140528983.html

New virus called ‘threat to the entire world’

The first death in France from a new SARS-like coronavirus brings the worldwide total for the disease to 27 deaths and 49 infections, CNN reports.

The 65-year-old Frenchman was diagnosed after returning from a stay in Dubai.

According to CNN, the World Health Organization has said the disease was first seen in Saudi Arabia last year. The virus is "a threat to the entire world," Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO's general director, told the network.

US road bridge collapse in Washington 'caused by lorry'

A road bridge collapsed into a river in the north-western US state of Washington after a girder was hit by an oversized lorry, officials have said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22650268

Amanda Bynes arrested on bong-related counts

NEW YORKPolice say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.



It happened at an apartment building on West 47th Street at about 7:40 p.m. Thursday.

Police say a building official called police to complain that Bynes was smoking marijuana and rolling a joint in the building's lobby. TMZ reports that the building official said Bynes was talking to herself. The site also has video of the arrest.

Update - http://zinhaya.blogspot.com/2013/05/amanda-bynes-released-from-jail-after.html

Alleged Hit-and-Run Driver Brags on Twitter, Joins Other 'Crime-Braggers'

The criminal mind can be cunningly brilliant—or stunningly foolish. 
You can safely put Emma Way of the U.K. into that second category. 
She’s the aggressive 21-year-old motorist who allegedly hit a cyclist while out for a drive in the city of Norwich, fled the scene, and bragged about it on Twitter on Monday. 

'Dancing with the Stars': Kellie Pickler the winner

Country music singer and ex-"American Idol" contestant Kellie Pickler is the champion of this season's hit dance competition show, "Dancing With The Stars". Pickler has joined the ranks of 15 other celebrity dance champions.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/05/22/dancing-with-stars-is-kellie-pickler-best-winner-ever/#ixzz2U6iPpIyg

Police: 1 dead, 2 injured in attack in London

LONDON (AP) — One person has died and at least two people were wounded in a violent attack near amilitary training barracks in London, British officials said Wednesday, as Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency meeting in response.

While details were scant, Cameron called the killing "truly shocking" and said he had asked Home Secretary Theresa May to call an urgent meeting of the government's emergency committee.

Police would not comment immediately on whether the incident appeared to be terror-related.

http://news.yahoo.com/police-1-dead-2-injured-attack-london-165248437.html

Florida Man Shot by FBI Was About to Sign Boston Murder Confession: Officials

The man shot dead by an FBI agent in Orlando, Florida early today was "about to sign a statement" admitting to a role, along with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in an unsolved triple murder in Massachusetts in 2011, two people with direct knowledge of the case told ABC News.

http://gma.yahoo.com/fbi-shoots-florida-man-linked-160715309.html

Man Tattoos Puppy, Faces Backlash

A North Carolina man has sparked controversy among animal lovers after he tattooed his puppy's belly and posted a photo of the tattoo on Facebook last week.

Ernesto Rodriguez, an army veteran, says he tattooed his 4-month-old pit bull mix for identification purposes. Duchess the puppy and his other dog, Duke, have the same intricate tattoo.

"They both have it. They both have their tattoos on them just in case anything happens to them," Rodriguez told CNN. 

Oklahoma tornado recovery operation begins - Family Survives Direct Tornado Hit in Oklahoma

Death toll expected to rise after 20 children, 31 adults die in massive storm

 

Rescue teams searched through the night hoping to find people alive in the tornado-whipped devastation 16 kilometres south of Oklahoma City after a killer storm flattened two elementary schools and many homes.

By dawn, however, the effort was increasingly becoming one of recovery rather than rescue, as military and civil authorities and focused on piles of construction material.

The storm killed at least 20 children and 31 adults, demolishing Briarwood and Plaza Towers schools in Moore, Okla., and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. Those numbers were expected to climb, officials said, as some reports put the death toll as high as 91 today.

Family Survives Direct Tornado Hit in Oklahoma

Yahoo buys Tumblr, promises to not 'screw it up'

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer promised Monday not to screw up Tumblr, the blogging site Yahoo purchased for $1.1 billion.

The deal, which had been rumored since last Thursday, will help Yahoo to tap into the younger, active online user base at Tumblr. But the deal raises concerns among some Tumblr fans that the site could end up being cluttered by the ads that brings in billions of dollars a year to Yahoo. Tumblr CEO and founder David Karp has resisted the use of traditional display advertising on Tumblr to this point.

Brother charged in Leila Fowler slaying called 'shy ... reserved'

A 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his little sister, Leila Fowler, to death in Valley Springs was described as a “shy, quiet and reserved boy” by his attorney.

The boy, whose identity was not released because of his age, is charged with murder and made his initial appearance Wednesday in a Calaveras County juvenile court.

Attorney Mark Reichel said his client, who did not enter a plea, faces a second-degree murder charge along with a special allegation that he used a dangerous weapon in the stabbing of his 8-year-old sister.

Two California tickets reap $2.3 million each in Powerball lottery

Only one lottery ticket — sold in Florida — managed to nail all six numbers in tonight's $600 millionPowerball jackpot.

But two California players who guessed five of the six numbers will each win $2.3 million, lottery officials said.

The winning California tickets were sold at 7-Elevens in Taft and in San Jose, said California Lottery spokesperson Donna Cordova.

The winning numbers were 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and Powerball 11.

The lottery involves 43 states, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia.

And the Season 12 ‘American Idol’ Winner is…

 

The third time was the charm for Candice Glover on "American Idol." After trying out for the show twice before (and getting cut in Season 9's Hollywood Week and Season 11's Vegas Week), the 23-year-old South Carolina soulstress was crowned the new "Idol" champion this Thursday, on Season 12's finale.

"Three years!" was all a flustered, weeping Candice could say when Ryan Seacrest asked her for her reaction.