Reuters - Jon Rubinstein, who was instrumental in crafting Apple Inc's iPod music player, has left Hewlett Packard Co after two years on the job there.
Student orders terrorism textbook on Amazon, gets $400 bag of cocaine as a bonus (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - All Sophia Stockton wanted from Amazon was a textbook for one of her classes. Little did she know that it was going to be shipped to her with something extra on the side. Leafing through the pages of her new book, she …
Survey Keeping Close Tabs on Japan Tsunami Debris (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - The tsunami triggered by last year's devastating earthquake in Japan produced an estimated 25 million tons of debris. Much of this debris was swept into the Pacific Ocean. Where it will go is what scientists want to know.
Roubini holds little hope of global economic fix (AP)
AP - The economist widely acknowledged to have predicted the financial crash of 2008 holds little hope that global economic troubles will be fixed anytime soon and warns that without major policy changes things can still get much worse.
Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing (AP)
AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
Obama pushes colleges to keep tuition under control (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama, appearing before thousands of cheering students at the University of Michigan, touted his plan on Friday to reward colleges that keep their tuition under control with more federal aid as he makes school affordability a top election-year priority.
FDA approves Pfizer’s Inlyta for kidney cancer (Reuters)
Reuters - Pfizer's Inlyta drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer got the nod from U.S. regulators on Friday, boosting the company's plans to offset plunging Lipitor sales.
U.S. detains Brazil, Canada orange juice for fungicide (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. health regulators detained three shipments of Brazilian orange juice and six from Canada that tested positive for the fungicide carbendazim, which is illegal in the United States.
Pesticide May Give Honeybee Virus an Advantage (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A common pesticide used by beekeepers to kill honeybee-infecting mites temporarily leaves the bees more susceptible to a debilitating virus, new research suggests.
Nintendo gets with the times, announces Nintendo Network, DLC, and NFC for Wii U (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - After a decade of lackluster online support, Nintendo may finally be wising up. During an investor’s briefing today, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced that its upcoming console, the Wii U, will have two new features: NFC built into the controller and an Xbox Live-like online service called Nintendo Network. Downloadable content, including fullly downloadable retail games is also a possibility. Details below.