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Doomsday, schmoomsday. Why settle for dusty ol' Mayan calendars and 12/12/12 apocalyptic visions, when 2012 has been offering up so many stellar—and planetary—sightings? We Earthlings have already been treated to nice meteor showers as well ...

Beatles fans, get ready to try to own a piece of history. A rare photo taken in 1969 of the Beatles for their famous "Abbey Road" album cover is being auctioned May 22. Estimates are ...

Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending Can you get by on $1.48 per meal for a week? That's the campaign challenge that the Food Bank for New York City has posed ...

The mass dumping of headless bodies administers a shock to Mexico, long numbed by a death count of nearly 50,000 brought on by president Felipe Calderon's war against the crime cartels. By the time his ...

Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending Finding true love can happen at any age. Peggy Marie Pence and Henry Freund, college sweethearts from Tennessee, first fell in love in the early ...

Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending The London Summer Olympics do not begin until July, but world records are already being broken. The world's tallest Lego structure was completed Sunday to ...

Everything you need to get up to speed on the big story of the day Paddled. Forced to eat dog food or human vomit. Branded with a heated wire hanger. Thrown in a kiddie pool ...

Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending Mother's Day is Sunday, May 13. If you're still struggling with what to give your mom, the American Coalition for Labor Reparations may have the ...

Everything you need to know to get up to speed on the big story of the day North Carolina's Amendment 1 reaffirmed the "defense" of marriage, but for whom are we saving the hallowed institution? ...

Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending A touching lip-sync video to Kelly Clarkson's Billboard-topping hit "Stronger" is going viral. Young cancer patients at Seattle Children's Hospital collaborated on the project with ...

Leighton Buzzard Today'Sexting' more of a worry than stranger dangerLeighton Buzzard TodayA ...

BBC NewsSpaceX readies historic missionBBC NewsCalifornia's SpaceX company will look to establish ...

edie.netGreen policies could slash economic cost of UK exposure to fossil fuel price ...

BBC NewsWinners and losers in the wet spring weatherBBC NewsThe conservation charities ...

BBC NewsKepler telescope studies star superflaresBBC NewsBy Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC ...

BBC NewsDon't dismiss geoengineering – we may need it one dayThe Guardian (blog)

BBC NewsTidal power gets a stormy birth off coast of ScotlandBBC NewsOn ...

New York TimesParalyzed, Moving a Robot With Their MindsNew York TimesTwo people ...

The GuardianA mock funeral is not the right way to make scientists' voices heard

Solar Power PortalPlans to reform electricity market 'unworkable', say green businessesThe GuardianGovernment ...

Money MarketingNorthern Rock collapse could cost taxpayers £2bnMoney MarketingThe taxpayer could lose ...

Goal.comBabayaro: Chelsea must stick together to have a chance against BayernGoal.comBy Stefan ...

BBC NewsCalifornia expects Facebook boostBBC NewsBy Alastair Leithead BBC News, Los Angeles ...

BBC NewsCreating the super-nanny stateBBC NewsWhenever there is some incident of juvenile ...

Daily MailSpain's banking crisis rocks Santander in the UK: new worries for British ...

Daily MailThree couples charged over human trafficking of Indian woman to LondonDaily Mail

The GuardianHuman rights groups criticise Queen's historic lunch of monarchsThe GuardianThe king ...

The GuardianMetal thieves target Warrington bomb memorialThe GuardianSuspected metal thieves have stolen ...

MetroTwo bailed over attack on pensioner Emma WinnallMetroTwo people arrested in connection ...

CTV.caTrayvon Martin 'shot through heart'The Press AssociationUS shooting victim Trayvon Martin was ...

The lasting appeal of the photo booth

A photographer's view of Hackney

Queen in Cheshire and Merseyside

Yachts and paper boats

24 hours of news photos 17 May

Half a million gold buttons decorate Royal Barge

Mexicans pay their last respects

24 hours of news photos: 16 May 2012

Olympic flame tours Greece

Manchester City fans celebrate winning the Premier League

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Wakefield ExpressGovernment cash to 'save' Wakefield Cathedral restorationWakefield ExpressTHE Government has changed ...

BBC NewsUK signs £50m pig deal with ChinaBBC NewsThe UK has agreed ...

Telegraph.co.ukSpanish banks defy Moody's downgradeFinancial TimesBy David Keohane Spanish banks rebounded on ...

Telegraph.co.ukEC and ECB working on emegency plans for Greek euro exit, says trade ...

The GuardianTaxpayers may lose 2 billion pounds on Northern Rock rescue - NAOReuters ...

expressandstar.comOne-off costs knock M&B profitsFinancial TimesBy Mark Wembridge Mitchells & Butlers, the ...

The GuardianPayday loan borrowers 'trapped in debt spiral'The GuardianAlmost two-thirds of people ...

Telegraph.co.ukUK may need more QE, warns Bank of England's Adam PosenTelegraph.co.ukBank of ...

The GuardianFrench Connection issues profit warning, shares diveManagement TodayThe fashion chain has ...