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Mon, May 21, 2012

Judge: No trial delay for ex-Penn State assistant coach

(Reuters) - A judge denied a motion on Monday to delay the start of the child sex-abuse trial of former Penn State University assistant football ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Amid criticism, nuclear chief Jaczko resigns

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said on Monday he would resign, following a year ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Morgan Stanley works on Facebook IPO orders: source

By Jessica Toonkel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's brokerage affiliate, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, has a "large number" of market orders that were ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Supreme Court to hear government eavesdropping appeal

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an Obama administration appeal arguing that attorneys, journalists and human rights ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

No sign of breakthrough in U.N. atom chief's Tehran talks

By Fredrik Dahl and Marcus George

VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief held extensive and useful talks in Iran on Monday ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Yemen violence worsens as suicide bomber kills 90

By Mohammed Ghobari and Tom Finn

SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber with explosives strapped under his uniform killed more than 90 people at a ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Nasdaq alters IPO procedures after Facebook glitch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc said on Monday it is changing its initial public offering trading procedures following glitches in Facebook Inc ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Ex-Yahoo CEO Thompson resigns from Splunk board

(Reuters) - Data analytics software maker Splunk Inc said former Yahoo Inc CEO Scott Thompson has resigned from its board of directors, effective May 18 ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

France presses for euro area bonds as crisis salve

By Luke Baker

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France's Francois Hollande will push a proposal for mutual sing European debt at an informal summit of EU ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Strauss-Kahn investigators open group rape inquiry

LILLE, France (Reuters) - French prosecutors said on Monday they had opened an inquiry into allegations of group rape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and three friends ...