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Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a special cabinet meeting marking 'Jerusalem Day' in the Ammunition Hill memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 20, 2012. 'Jeruslem Day' marks the anniversary of Israel's capture of the eastern part of the city in the 1967 Mideast war.(AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.


Three charged in carjacking of pastor Marvin Winans

A Michigan prosecutor has charged three young men in the assault and carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans.

Reports: Yahoo nears deal to sell stake in Alibaba

Yahoo Inc. may finally be nearing a deal to sell a part of its prized stake in the major Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba.

NATO chief insists no rush to exits in Afghanistan

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to media before state and government leaders arrive at the NATO Summit in Chicago Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)The United States and NATO leaders insist the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders wary of plummeting public support for the war are using an alliance summit Sunday to show they want to move quickly away from the front lines.


Two more activists hit with charges related to NATO summit

This undated photo provided May 20, 2012, by the Chicago Police Department shows Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, of Chicago. Chicago police said Sunday, May 20, 2012, that Senakiewicz has been charged with one felony count of terrorism/making a false threat. He is accused of planning to make a Molotov cocktail to be used during the NATO summit. Prosecutors previously charged three other men after a raid on a Chicago apartment with planning to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets. They're also accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)Prosecutors said Sunday they have charged two more people as part their investigation into activists who planned to take part in demonstrations at the two-day NATO summit.


Protesters stream into Chicago park for NATO march

NATO protestors form a sit-in in response to a police barricade of bicycles, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)A diverse crowd of protesters began streaming into a downtown Chicago park Sunday for one of the city's largest demonstrations in years — a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic NATO summit.


Apple, Samsung CEOs set for U.S. court talks

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Choi Gee-sung, whose companies are embroiled in bitter patent litigation, have been instructed by a federal judge to appear for court-supervised mediation. A joint court filing in April said that "as directed by the Court, Apple and Samsung are both willing to participate" in the discussions. ...

Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off Carolina coast

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, shows tropical storm Alberto 140 miles (225 km) east of Charleston, S.C. Alberto is the first tropical storm of the season and formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph (75 kph). (AP Photo/Weather Underground)Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, canceling dolphin cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.


What to look for at the NATO summit

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to the media before state and government leaders arrive at the NATO Summit in Chicago Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)A look at the main issues for the NATO alliance at the summit meeting for heads of government in Chicago on Sunday and Monday.


Iran MP jibes: Ahmadinejad should 'open nightclubs'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seen through two Shiite womenA hardline Iranian MP on Saturday took a jibe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to support an Islamic dress code for women, suggesting the president should now move to open "nightclubs" in the Islamic republic.


Pakistan blocks Twitter over Prophet cartoons

Twitters has been Pakistan blocked Twitter on Sunday, accusing the microblogging site of refusing to remove posts promoting a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.


North Korea releases detained Chinese fishermen

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea released a number of Chinese fishermen and boats on Sunday two weeks after seizing them, ending a rare public dispute between the two allies, Chinese state media reported. The boats were taken in the Yellow Sea between China and North Korea on May 8 - although it remains unclear whether the action was authorised by the North Korean government. The North Koreans who took the boats had demanded 1.2 million yuan ($189,800) for releasing the fishermen, then cut their price to 900,000 yuan, the owner of one of the captured vessels said last week. ...

Earthquake kills at least seven in Italy

A man looks at the damage caused by a quake in Finale Emilia northern Italy, Sunday, May 20. 2012. An earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena and Mantova, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)At least seven people died and 50 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, authorities there said. According to CNN, two ceramic factory workers were killed in Sant'Agostino di Ferrara, another in a shed collapse in Ponte Rodoni di Bondeno, and three others in under rubble in various locations. Among the [...]


Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya hospital

The cockpit of the 747 Pan Am airliner, bombed in 1988 over the town of LockerbieAbdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence official who was sentenced to life in prison in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, has died, the Libyan government said on Sunday. He was 60. The bombing of the Dec. 21, 1988 Pan Am flight from New York to London as it flew over Lockerbie, [...]


Facebook stock limps into Monday: What's next after IPO?

Market trackers say people are much more likely to click on ads at Google than at FacebookFacebook resumes trading on Wall Street on Monday with shares being closely watched to see how well they stand on their own after stumbling out of the gate in a historic but lackluster debut.


Companies Cash In With Their Unwanted Computers, Electronics & Inventory

KENNESAW, Ga., May 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Electronics Recycling Solutions (AERS) offers a computer asset recovery service that can actually help businesses to maximize the return for used computer ...

U.S. army instructor shot in Yemen attack: security source

SANAA (Reuters) - A U.S. military instructor helping train Yemeni coastguards was shot and seriously wounded in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Red Sea city of Hudaida on Sunday, a Yemeni security source said. The source said two other U.S. instructors, who were travelling in the same car, were not hurt in the attack, which happened before noon on the group's journey to work. A caller told Reuters by telephone - not the group's usual method of communication - that the al Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Sharia group was behind the attack. ...

Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney speaks to supporters in front of Sawyer Bridge during campaign event in HillsboroughMassachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers.


Hidden fingerprint of weapons-grade plutonium found

Hidden Fingerprint of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Finally FoundAfter 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex molecule behind nuclear weapons.


Anonymous Hackers Claim to Take Down Chicago Police Website

The Chicago Police Department website is down, and "hactivists" from the group Anonymous are taking credit. It's part of a protest in Chicago against the NATO summit, where U.S. President Barack Obama is meeting with world leaders.

Mark Zuckerberg's Big Surprise Weekend Wedding

Mark Zuckerberg's Big Surprise Weekend WeddingMark Zuckerberg got married, everyone! A day after taking Facebook public, Zuck tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan and announced it the only way he knows how: through his Facebook timeline. 


Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets

Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.

Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets

Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.

Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets

Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.

Bomb explodes near UN observers' chief in Syria

In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN, an anti-Syrian regime protester, holds up a Cross and Crescent painted with colors of the Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad, at the Damascus suburb of Yabroud, Syria, Friday, May 18, 2012. Syrian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands rallying Friday in Aleppo in what activists said was the largest protest yet in a city that has largely remained loyal to President Bashar Assad during the country's 15-month uprising. (AP Photo/Sham News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOA roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior U.N. officials toured the area on Sunday, blowing off the front of a parked vehicle but causing no casualties.


Why Tariffs on Chinese Photovoltaics Are Bad for the Planet

The U.S. has placed tariffs on Chinese solar panels in a bid to protect American solar companies. David Biello reports

APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight

APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fightTwenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate ...


Who is Zuckerberg's Bride, Priscilla Chan? [PICS]

The Facebook founder married his girlfriend of nine years on Saturday, May 19, just one day after the the company's stock went public.

Who is Zuckerberg's Bride, Priscilla Chan? [PICS]

The Facebook founder married his girlfriend of nine years on Saturday, May 19, just one day after the the company's stock went public.

Pelosi defends Dems' Rev. Wright fundraising appeal

Nancy Pelosi Defends Dems Rev. Wright Fundraising AppealHouse Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi defended the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on "This Week" for sending a fundraising email that attempted to capitalize on the apparently dead advertising plan to link President Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright.


Boehner insists on tying debt limit increase to spending cuts

Speaker John Boehner Insists on Tying Debt Limit Increase to Spending CutsHouse Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, stood by his call insisting that any increase in the debt limit should be offset by greater cuts in spending and tax reform before the end of the year, saying that working toward an agreement now would improve the economy.


5 Smart Companies Using Tech For Good

In our social entrepreneurship series, The World at Work, Mashable interviews the faces behind the startups and projects that are working to make a global impact.

Pakistan blocks Twitter access over "blasphemous content"

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Sunday blocked access to Twitter in response to "blasphemous" material posted by users on the microblogging and social networking website, a senior government official said. "This has been done under the directions of the Ministry of Information Technology. It's because of blasphemous content," said Mohammed Yaseen, chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). "They (the ministry) have been discussing with them (Twitter) for some time now, requesting them to remove some particular content," he said. ...

Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material

Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.

Ca$h Cats: Tumblr's 20 Funniest Filthy Rich Felines

"My best guess: The owner and cat have robbed a bank, and are hiding out in a cheap motel. The cat is requesting premium, tuna-based snacks."

Samsung's mobile chief says has options to settle war with Apple

Students walk out of a showroom at the headquarters of Samsung Electronics in SeoulSEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' mobile division chief JK Shin said on Sunday the South Korean technology giant was still seeking to resolve differences in its international patent war with Apple Inc.. "There is still a big gap in the patent war with Apple but we still have several negotiation options including cross-licensing," Shin told reporters at Seoul airport shortly before his departure for the United States. Asked about the prospects for Samsung's memory chip business, Shin said the 4G chip shortage was expected to continue until early in the fourth quarter of this year. ...


Day after historic IPO, Facebook's Zuckerberg weds

This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Zuckerberg updated his status to For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week — from birthday, to IPO, to I DO.


Day after historic IPO, Facebook's Zuckerberg weds

This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Zuckerberg updated his status to For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week — from birthday, to IPO, to I DO.


SNL's 'Lazy Sunday 2' Hits the Web

"Lazy Sunday," the Saturday Night Live digital short credited with popularizing YouTube in late 2005, got a sequel Saturday night.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg weds on day after IPO

This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Zuckerberg updated his status to A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married."


Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries sweetheart

This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at their wedding ceremony in Palo Alto, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2012. Zuckerberg updated his status to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday.


Google says it has China's approval for Motorola deal

Women walk past the logo of Google in front of its former headquarters in Beijing(Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own line of smart phones. Google, which will be the newest entrant to the handset market, announced plans for the acquisition last year in a bid to secure Motorola's valuable patents and pave the way for a pairing of Google's Android mobile software and Motorola's handset business. U.S. ...


Mark Zuckerberg's Very Big Week [PICS]

Mark Zuckerberg may have just wrapped up the biggest week of his life.

Mark Zuckerberg Gets Married

In a surprise ceremony, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan in a private wedding at his home in Palo Alto California on Saturday.

App scans faces of bar-goers to guess age, gender

Cole Harper, co-founder and CEO of SceneTap, holds up a phone showing the app SceneTap at a bar in San Francisco, Thursday, May 17, 2012. A new app is scheduled to launch in San Francisco this weekend that will scan the faces of patrons in 25 bars across the city to determine their ages and genders. The app’s makers, Austin, Texas-based SceneTap, say the app doesn’t identify specific individuals, but privacy advocates have their doubts. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)A watchful eye has arrived on San Francisco's bar scene, but not to keep you in check. It just wants to check you out.


App scans faces of bar-goers to guess age, gender

Cole Harper, co-founder and CEO of SceneTap, holds up a phone showing the app SceneTap at a bar in San Francisco, Thursday, May 17, 2012. A new app is scheduled to launch in San Francisco this weekend that will scan the faces of patrons in 25 bars across the city to determine their ages and genders. The app’s makers, Austin, Texas-based SceneTap, say the app doesn’t identify specific individuals, but privacy advocates have their doubts. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)A watchful eye has arrived on San Francisco's bar scene, but not to keep you in check. It just wants to check you out.


Viewing events, eyewear urged for 'Ring of Fire'

File-In this Jan.15,2010 file photo showing a combination of three separate photographs, the various stages of an annular solar eclipse seen over Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon blots out all but a ring around the sun. This year's solar show can be viewed from eastern Asia to parts of North America. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena,File)The western United States and eastern Asia will be treated this weekend to a rare solar spectacle when the moon slides across the sun, creating a "ring of fire."


Google gets China OK for Motorola deal

FILE - In this May 11, 2011 file photo, attendees chat at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. The Chinese government approved the deal on Saturday, May 19, 2012, Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.


Google gets China OK for Motorola deal

FILE - In this May 11, 2011 file photo, attendees chat at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. The Chinese government approved the deal on Saturday, May 19, 2012, Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.


Google says it won China's approval for Motorola deal

Women walk past the logo of Google in front of its former headquarters in Beijing(Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own line of smart phones. Google, which will be the newest entrant to the handset market, announced plans for the acquisition last year in a bid to secure Motorola's valuable patents and pave the way for a pairing of Google's Android mobile software and Motorola's handset business. U.S. ...


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