Tuesday,  May 22, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 313 • 32 of 40 •  Other Editions

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• . LAUNCH OF PRIVATE CARGO ROCKET OPENS NEW ERA OF SPACEFLIGHT
• A SpaceX company rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral this morning, marking the first time a private business has launched a vessel to the International Space Station. It is to dock Friday to unload 1,000 pounds of supplies.
• . JOPLIN, MO., MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF TORNADO THAT KILLED 161
• Obama's speech praising residents for their "bigness of spirit" precedes events today that include a community walk through the path of the twister and a moment of silence at 6:41 p.m., the precise time it hit.
• . YEMEN BRACES FOR HOLIDAY IN THE WAKE OF AL-QAIDA ATTACK
• The country's leaders say today's National Day celebrations will go on despite the suicide bombing that killed 96 soldiers rehearsing for a military parade.
• . FACEBOOK STOCK PLUNGES AFTER IPO
• It fell 11 percent Monday to $34.03, even as the rest of the stock market rallied. Some analysts say Facebook may still be overpriced.
• . SENATE OPENS HEARINGS INTO JPMORGAN'S TRADING LOSS
• At 10 a.m., the Senate Banking Committee questions regulators about the $2-billion-plus loss and whether Wall Street banks need tougher oversight.
• . EIGHT SHOT AFTER NBA PLAYOFF GAME
• Police in Oklahoma City say at least eight were wounded, one critically, in a late-night scuffle and shooting just blocks from the arena where the Thunder eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers.
• . DOCTORS SEEING MORE BAREFOOT RUNNING INJURIES
• They say runners who transition too quickly to minimalist "barefoot running shoes" or no shoes at all risk pulled muscles, tendinitis and stress fractures.
• . FOURTH CLIMBER FOUND DEAD ON MOUNT EVEREST
• All of them died while descending the 35,035-foot summit. Some experts blame climate change for increasingly dangerous conditions on the world's highest mountain, with little fresh snow making the rocks icy and unstable.
• . HUNDREDS OF U.S. MUSEUMS WILL BE FREE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES
• At 10 a.m., organizers plan to announce that their two-year-old program has grown to 1,600 museums offering free summer admission to active-duty military and their families.


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