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	05/23/2011
Good afternoon John LATEST NEWS As hours tick by, "Judgment Day" looks a dud SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With no sign of Judgment Day arriving on Saturday as forecast by an 89 year-old California evangelical broadcaster, followers were faced with trying to make sense of his failed pronouncement. | Full Article Texas legislature acts to make state safe for "noodling" May 20, 2011 01:41 PM ET SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas may still have problems like a multi-billion dollar budget deficit and public schools facing major spending cuts, but its legislature has moved to make the Lone Star State safe for "noodling." | Full Article "Zombie Apocalypse" campaign crashes website May 20, 2011 11:19 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A blog post by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that mentions a "zombie apocalypse" as a lighthearted way to get Americans to read about preparing for hurricanes drove so much traffic that it crashed the website, the agency said on Thursday. | Full Article Man linked to murder by tattoo sentenced to prison May 20, 2011 11:06 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gang member who was linked to a 2004 murder by an elaborate tattoo on his chest that authorities say memorialized the crime scene was sentenced on Thursday to 65 years to life in prison. | Full Article In a first, Venezuela suspends driver's license May 19, 2011 09:14 AM ET CARACAS (Reuters) - Car-friendly Venezuela, where gasoline is almost free and troublesome highway rules rarely imposed, has suspended a bus driver from the roads for a year in the first case of a suspended license in the OPEC nation. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Tornado kills at least 89 in Joplin, Missouri May 23, 2011 12:23 PM ET JOPLIN, Missouri (Reuters) - At least 89 people have died in a monster tornado that left a path of destruction nearly a mile wide through the heart of Joplin, Missouri, and directly hit the small Midwestern city's main hospital, local officials said on Monday. | Full Article Pakistan retakes naval base after attack May 23, 2011 12:09 PM ET KARACHI (Reuters) - Troops recaptured a Pakistani naval air force base on Monday after a 16-hour battle with as few as six Taliban gunmen who had launched their attack to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden. | Full Article Gunbattle in Yemen as transition deal collapses May 23, 2011 12:00 PM ET SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni loyalist forces fought a gunbattle on Monday with opponents of entrenched President Ali Abdullah Saleh one day after he backed out of a Gulf-brokered accord for him to step down. | Full Article Euro zone periphery under pressure over new risks May 23, 2011 12:35 PM ET LONDON/ROME (Reuters) - Financial markets piled pressure on peripheral euro zone countries on Monday as investors worried about heightened risks in Spain and Greece and fresh concerns over Italy. | Full Article Obama visits family roots in Irish village May 23, 2011 12:15 PM ET MONEYGALL, Ireland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sipped a pint of stout and cuddled babies Monday as a tiny Irish village Monday welcomed home "a long lost cousin" with an outpouring of affection. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall St drops on euro debt, demand worries Sony to post $3.2 billion annual loss on tax write-offs India Mahindra Satyam posts Q4 loss on charge Schawk gets Wells notice from SEC; shares fall Campbell profit beats, but U.S. soup sales fall RELATED VIDEO Dogs drool over new Beijing bakery Ice-loving tenants at London Aquarium End of the world as we know it...on May 21 A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS TECHNOLOGY NEWS Special Report: Sony stumbles: Did Stringer's makeover fail? Full Article Microsoft's EU battle drawing to close with hearing Toyota cars to be driver's "friend" in social network service Foxconn confirms 3rd death at plant linked to iPad Britain's battle over privacy law descends to farce EU lowers price tag for Galileo satellite project - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend