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 Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections  Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:54:56Z Survivor: Honduran police fired on passenger boat  Lucio Adan Nelson dozed on a riverboat ferrying him home from a visit with his mother when helicopters appeared overhead and started shooting. He and about a dozen other passengers traveling in the middle of the night jumped into the water for cover.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:25:52Z Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off SC coast  Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:21:18Z Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B  Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash going to shareholders.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:40:51Z Golden Gate celebrates 75th with help of engineers The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world's longest suspension span and had been built across a strait that critics said was too treacherous to be bridged. Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:44:44Z NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war  US President Barack Obama and NATO allies will focus Monday on logistical aspects of ending the protracted Afghan war after President Hamid Karzai vowed his country will no longer be a "burden" for the international community.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T05:40:39Z Prosecutors seek life term for accused Bali bombmaker  Indonesian prosecutors on Monday asked for a life sentence rather than the death penalty for Umar Patek, the bombmaker accused of being behind the Bali attacks that killed 202 people.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T06:35:45Z Yahoo! to sell stake in China's Alibaba for $7.1 billion  After more than a year of tedious negotiations, struggling US Internet pioneer Yahoo! has agreed to sell its stake in Alibaba, China's top e-commerce player, for at least $7.1 billion, the companies announced.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T05:59:05Z China firm buys AMC to create cinema giant  Wanda, a property firm owned by one of China's richest men, said Monday it would buy US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion, in a sign of China's growing clout in the entertainment business.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T08:01:11Z Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty has baby boy  Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who shot to global fame when she was subjected to allegedly racist taunts on Britain's "Celebrity Big Brother" television series, gave birth to a baby boy on Monday.Publ.Date : 2012-05-21T07:51:28Z |