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	05/17/2011
Good afternoon John LATEST NEWS U.S. state riled up over "relaxation" brownie CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Two towns in the state of Massachusetts are moving to ban sales of a "relaxation" brownie named Lazy Cakes, laced with melatonin and sold in food markets, after children who ate them required hospitalization. | Full Article Russia arrests man who ate human liver with potatoes May 17, 2011 12:34 PM ET MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police said on Tuesday they had detained a man who was caught eating an acquaintance's liver. | Full Article Bear hunter severely mauled by grizzly May 17, 2011 12:33 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska bear hunter who was severely mauled by a grizzly over the weekend has been flown to Seattle in critical condition, authorities said on Monday. | Full Article Three get jail in president corpse snatch May 16, 2011 10:44 AM ET NICOSIA (Reuters) - A court in Cyprus jailed three men for up to 20 months Monday for snatching the remains of late Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos from his grave. | Full Article U.S. makes mistake on visa lottery, must redraw May 16, 2011 10:04 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday said it mistakenly told more than 22,000 people that they had won a special U.S. visa lottery due to a computer glitch, and that the drawing would have to be redone. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Home building, manufacturing slump in April May 17, 2011 10:49 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts and building permits fell in April and factory output slumped as an automobile parts shortage crimped production, showing the economy got off to a weak start in the second quarter. | Full Article Strauss-Kahn in jail as IMF seeks new faces May 17, 2011 10:38 AM ET NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - France's Socialists and the international financial community grappled for a future without Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday after the IMF chief was remanded in a New York prison on attempted rape charges. | Full Article Pakistan military protests after NATO incursion wounds soldiers May 17, 2011 08:58 AM ET MIRANSHAH, Pakistan/KABUL (Reuters) - NATO helicopters from Afghanistan intruded into northwest Pakistan Tuesday, wounding two soldiers, officials said, prompting a protest from the military already seething over the secret U.S. operation to kill Osama bin Laden. | Full Article Wal-Mart tops view; key sales down 1.1 percent May 17, 2011 11:44 AM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's U.S. same-store sales have fallen for two straight years, as customers struggle with high unemployment and wages that are not keeping up with rising prices for food and other basics. | Full Article Libya's top oil official defects: Tunisian source May 17, 2011 12:28 PM ET TRIPOLI/TUNIS (Reuters) - The chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation has defected from Muammar Gaddafi's administration and fled to neighboring Tunisia, a Tunisian security source said on Tuesday. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Dow drops 1 percent as HP, weak data weigh HP slashes outlook, spends on services overhaul Home Depot outshines Lowe's, raises outlook BP's Arctic oil deal with Rosneft collapses UK to probe Big Four auditing stranglehold RELATED VIDEO Hair today, shoes tomorrow New phone isn't boring, just Yiddish Tatt's a work of art 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 Sony defends response time to hacker breach Full Article LinkedIn IPO price range boosted by 30 percent AOL says no thanks to private equity Intel says smartphones to be on sale early in 2012 HTC to tap tablet boom with many models U.S. lays out priorities for future of cyberspace - 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