Posted by the Newsman, @ 11pm on May 20th, 2012

Scientists in New York and Boston have discovered a new type of prostate cancer that afflicts 15% of patients with the disease — and it could help doctors tailor treatments.
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 11pm on May 20th, 2012

May 20 (Infostrada Sports) – Scores World Match PlayChampionship final in Casares, Spain on Sunday. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium)beat Graeme McDowell (Britain) by 1 hole
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 11pm on May 20th, 2012

May 20 (Reuters) – Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts edged outGraeme McDowell to win the World Match Play Championship on thefinal hole in Casares, Spain on Sunday. In tricky, windy conditions Colsaerts never trailed in atightly-contested match and won the 16th hole on the FincaCortesin to move two up with two to play. Northern Ireland's McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open champion, was ready to shake hands on …
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 11pm on May 20th, 2012

JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) – Having the president of the United States speak at commencement would normally be the most memorable day in the life of a high school senior. But not in Joplin, Missouri, where President Barack Obama's commencement address on Monday will come one year after the deadliest tornado in the United States in six decades killed 161 people. "I'm pretty sure we will remember the …
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 11pm on May 20th, 2012

The one-year anniversary of the Joplin, Mo., tornado is Tuesday. As the city prepares to have memorials and events marking the occasion, statistics and facts only begin to take into account the human toll faced by the city's residents.
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 10pm on May 20th, 2012

The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season got an early start with the formation of Tropical Storm Alberto off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday (May 19).
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 10pm on May 20th, 2012

At least seven people died and 50 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, authorities there said. According to CNN, two ceramic factory workers were killed in Sant'Agostino di Ferrara, another in a shed collapse in Ponte Rodoni di Bondeno, and three others in under rubble in various locations. Among the [...]
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 8pm on May 20th, 2012

HOUSTON, May 18 (UPI) — A wind farm planned for the Hawaiian island of Maui will provide enough power to meet the yearly energy demands of 10,000 homes, developers said.
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 8pm on May 20th, 2012

The nation's wind power capacity has climbed about fivefold to 2.5 million kw over the past decade, sources say. But growth in fiscal 2011 shrank to just under 100,000 kw — the slowest pace in the decade — following the termination of subsidies for wind plant construction the previous year, the sources said Saturday.
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Posted by the Newsman, @ 8pm on May 20th, 2012

Houma’s Vandebilt Catholic High School bid a fond farewell to the 163 graduates of the Class of 2012 Saturday morning in a joint Mass and graduation ceremony.
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