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NASA began fueling Endeavour late Sunday night for the second-to-last shuttle flight.

Giffords' arrival in the afternoon included a quick fly-by of Endeavour on the launch pad, then she bid husband Mark Kelly goodbye at the bucolic beach house used by shuttle crews before launch.

"Gabrielle is excited for tomorrow's launch. Do you plan to see history in the making?" her staff tweeted. Later, her staff added: "Gabrielle & Mark said goodbye during visit before launch. Beach House made for picturesque setting."

NASA officials said conditions — from weather to technical issues — couldn't look much better for the scheduled 8:56 a.m. launch Monday.

"Right now, we're at a very difficult time. We need to see if we can improve the relationship," the Democratic lawmaker told reporters, stressing: "This isn't the time to start flexing our muscles."

Lawmakers of both major US parties have pushed for reevaluating Washington's aid to Islamabad after elite US commandos found the elusive Al-Qaeda in a fortified compound not far from Islamabad in a town with a military academy.

But others have warned that cutting off, freezing, or attaching new conditions to US assistance -- which has totaled roughly $20 billion since 2001 -- would damage a troubled but critical relationship in the war on terrorism.

"I think this is the time that we have withhold judgment. Before any money's going to be asked to be sent to Pakistan, there will be hearings; there will be discussions in the White House. There will be diplomatic activities," said Reid.

LOS ANGELES, May 12, 2011/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced today that Edward Zaelke and Adam Umanoff have joined the firm's project finance practice as partners in Los Angeles. They are being joined by partners Thomas I. Dupuis and Lloyd MacNeil. The lawyers previously practiced at Chadbourne & Parke LLP and are nationally recognized leaders in project finance and the renewable energy industry.

The Los Angeles team will practice out of a downtown office that complements Akin Gump's existing office in Century City. Mr. Umanoff and Mr. Zaelke will serve as co-chairs of the firm's global project finance practice.

Firm Chairman R. Bruce McLean remarked, "This is a tremendous day for our clients and the firm. We have a premier international energy practice. Building on that to establish a world-class project finance practice and becoming a leader in the renewable energy industry are strategic priorities ,21635,49600,85238,20598,66832,58294,63807,75205,38157,34945,69309,16335,86963,97511,42100,62866,13960,93397,21889,87696,29993,90404,23687,28997,39050,28768,46719,92939,90634,32539,45544,69562,25287,75951,27131,26859,35919,97267,55598,15386,71725,57111,61441,49119,36821,47274,58418,69544,96406,11357,55113,71210,29168,40243,26493,78962,42241,95737,94332,84997,71444,79378,42507,27868,20379,15137,36917,74272,30586,63836,82336,72796,33958,22826,93407,31007,18514,10303,39547,33252,13923,36754,91738,73018,55420,29409,37103,67400,80865,20917,13787,21693,11793,19016,51112,15380,31590,57559,11324,87628,38681,96865,75844,98354,76203,27110,64351,18398,61000,63564,42134,36939,95516,66786,97016,84921,37400,77106,65585,55673,24822,33395,77888,38346,28780,70787,52112,91505,55070,82200,91185,52908,89485,96360,81063,87866,92060,94831,12355,36404,29880,35091,83400,15291,48049,14844,38670,54160,13953,81480,41823,23352,71755,84530,74853,89793,94327,59723,24786,71376,16179,79512,81846,25376,64487,55352,38800,85170,43869,87978,12128,34732,46785,97117,62293,96320,78494,54238,47389,85224,29467,70145,41228,57847,64918,13745,36801,79825,25659,32075,14748,92297,10074,76042,22842,57181,82048,88101,34831,61247,84652,99027,84209,73676,65947,35577,88963,58927,97227,45078,80847,59252,47778,44115,86058,59656,29953,57839,66933,65438,32868,76997,20993,72882,93119,68923,48253,54268,38002,96759,16230,11262,92245,55838,74429,97423,24209,79653,16867,86692,13959,59362,61173,26774,16975,72812,51703,63468,32854,57095,96979,55214,70486,43405,45815,50591,50415,12992,37811,90966,49124,73640,93797,36788,38498,43000,64018,65394,76034,99083,96285,36481,62898,44771,66525,22924,71740,53661,18569,10065,83309,44967,42210,18714,66814,81418,30334,86444,75222,16816,93351,66317,49843,20566,36192,73928,49563,64249,35987,66110,56110,87619,67656,70099,46449,57081,36285,73514,18923,92044,77998,44406,93657,46377,18754,11838,22183,35586,83417,85603,18258,95708,82920,30494,85436,85552,10760,62539,43973,52276,79910,26339,76466,80485,20176,34919,61836,66226,67046,71366,27869,81738,50014,22880,87432,92185,12392,29827,70487,14692,72125,16697,97064,40041,59451,25753,85836,57332,77339,55035,15337,59513,44829,89445,36900,98587,32792,32728,46848,63492,52403,10208,11761,53504,15174,18339,88280,63959,94234,70154,29766,72237,41745,86970,70326,75990,42368,77881,51498,99519,56946,17884,32577,28948,85433,70623,79722,16691,80609,53586,25172,92142,17984,62827,30285,51940,41976,74048,16551,22174,89133,32765,14527,59500,98867,58038,57653,96848,36786,64216,64054,54183,93455,93506,71097,56547,66062,82354,46348,32322,66486,57958,84306,19980,86743,57412,30106,81438,75033,46159,17567,10649,38928,65297,52768,51395,76267,48007,20197,28054,10968,77660,82403,82932,98324,11515,67465,39115,32584,62786,79444,92138,28831,60874,37248,44309,26139,58969,63587,28020,42258,12615,15915,22693,80294,56751,36767,54578,31818,71751,93876,32088,95087,70600,41626,47164,45950,81939,53983,25365,52494,50016,69998,12896,24571,41404,60726,54445,53527,10951

Wu, the club Wolverine swimmer who spoiled Phelps' near decade-long streak in the 200 fly last month, repeated the feat on Saturday, overcoming Phelps on the final 50 meters at the Charlotte UltraSwim at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.

Phelps, who hadn't lost in this event in 60 attempts covering nearly nine years, has two straight losses, both to Wu.

Phelps looked impressive for the first three laps, but couldn't get the win.

"It literally felt like a piano fell on my back," said Phelps, who finished in 1:58.22, behind Peng's 1:56.83. "I knew at 150 that I was in trouble."

The free app, called Natalie MacLean Wine Picks & Pairings, works by snapping a picture of any bottle label's bar code to access a database of 150,000 wines at liquor stores across the United States and Canada.

"I know I would have a tough time choosing wines if I weren't tasting them all the time," award-winning Canadian wine writer Natalie MacLean, who launched the app, told Reuters from her home in Ottawa.

"The choice is overwhelming, the confusion is great and intimidation factor is huge, so that's the consumer problem I'm trying to solve with this app."

The app is the first of its kind that actually scans bar codes to search wines, instead of having to type in various descriptors, said MacLean.

The body was discovered by a local resident along a road in South Berwick, Maine, close to the New Hampshire border.

Neither state has received a missing person's report matching the child's description, authorities said.

The boy had dirty blond hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, khaki pants and "Lightning McQueen" black sneakers.

Police say the death is suspicious.

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2011

Sunday night on the finale of Food Network’s Last Cake Standing, Montage Beverly Hills’ Executive Pastry Chef Richard Ruskell was awarded the $100,000 grand prize and named “Best Cake Artist in America.”

In a dramatic comeback story, Richard returned to the competition after being eliminated in a previous episode. The finale was appropriately set in Las Vegas, where anything can happen. The finalists each made a wedding cake for one lucky couple and it was Chef Ruskell’s which emerged victorious.

“I had both the first cake falling and last cake standing,” Chef Ruskell said with a smile. “We jumped through a lot of hoops on the show – we called them cake hijinks – but it was a lot of fun and some great competition.”

Before the Q&A, Jane Harman, who happened to be in town for the birth of her fourth grandchild (6 lbs., 10 oz.)--and was therefore available to introduce Brown in place of Sidney Harman--reiterated her family's commitment to the magazine. Harman's husband acquired Newsweek from the Washington Post Co. last summer for $1 plus a mountain of debt. Jane assumed Sidney's seat on the company board 10 days after he died suddenly of leukemia on April 12; last night was her first public appearance in this new role.

"The combination is more than the sum of the parts," the former California congresswoman said of the joint venture. She then proudly rattled off some stats: Newsweek has 32 ad pages in its current issue and has seen a 57 percent rise in newsstand sales since Brown took over; the Daily Beast has increased its ads by 300 percent and increased its traffic by 51 percent in the past year, bringing the two publications' combined unique monthly visitors to roughly 9 million, Harman bragged, "So there!" She also spoke lovingly of her departed husband,44132,88386,57154,78392,97161,32198,48900,52176,87124,80068,98867,98539,32724,88131,80490,36182,76209,37529,79169,43820,18253,72898,59649,75619,24495,38704,43882,56109,38216,28979,90408,53273,96894,36484,27705,56848,94645,28300,63730,45115,36815,95246,81904,16266,98271,88981,50248,66116,62425,38296,29731,23542,85434,12193,92055,49085,49482,95907,46426,99445,22807,24786,39639,99111,98195,87173,92958,82150,24449,73254,63183,66932,57463,64491,67904,12338,21319,81419,92349,79691,59732,25950,65663,62106,22828,62074,69660,42407,75897,98671,56156,31725,12095,58949,78727,73910,47294,11124,56866,78896,11933,35581,59530,78261,75219,19831,61373,22239,41530,68004,98702,58805,17745,87809,56835,31674,74813,50898,36728,83268,75731,93724,96589,67445,70583,37359,21864,62807,86856,55541,49589,71733,63475,21234,19717,97825,82384,62870,56526,46160,65543,82637,85536,22049,39568,55202,84568,21003,19441,63101,32055,82307,53629,69122,96411,35002,10331,15602,56674,84187,33650,77041,11812,74753,58436,50965,63917,51653,27970,55623,91240,43157,36952,87959,95482,71241,92649,82657,66891,76401,50408,92107,90109,59758,62323,38115,93568,83652,12701,78382,41780,46813,31655,90176,83834,83904,72034,89498,35188,88301,33355,60051,25677,31069,61051,96970,43503,78263,42698,48070,65864,14117,47984,23981,29015,96013,20785,35538,88460,56519,21621,70112,27672,84994,67514,42043,48442,86138,43211,45233,13032,73110,93634,22806,63598,93527,27552,67915,64394,82261,42460,23431,28899,99506,29042,45648,66851,40748,18427,71272,30685,38283,70240,70899,15880,88371,30656,38357,60599,74141,50965,40585,14331,67524,92164,77246,54852,84131,32583,39392,31317,72025,95152,87292,46827,72291,82760,89002,27782,75350,24361,49723,51082,56324,55423,82861,77896,61475,37808,28730,62911,25537,51475,18418,57042,35984,32118,89797,41015,62447,57484,14249,90500,41117,51509,60948,45602,74604,35718,44971,68080,92230,15879,19266,13259,52390,52599,50042,86148,72230,51961,53945,88431,37288,55239,53954,26306,39248,33980,99445,77615,50404,33638,44877,63402,87058,76555,79888,92800,72950,32103,41160,26502,66734,27913,28562,79892,91548,61385,49245,12346,50743,58478,18595,49596,92521,42929,34632,79993,62902,18368,43696,64116,29342,55501,81200,68631,40112,60824,27832,69046,43985,42135,35059,62520,33132,84993,79423,90215,83723,44747,82535,49143,45360,73236,65517,64883,26439,51178,32664,83047,16027,50819,20972,32558,96926,28052,32887,34847,96541,45720,36407,57334,76727,31977,67131,16168,91103,37373,77919,91349,74150,74028,63833,62922,17721,75425,20435,66306,54498,69189,81333,81530,56573,19332,95858,82421,18737,38910,94912,50591,33943,35082,80792,54114,89209,82981,98890,47226,38247,16502,86753,22835,51588,20773,31699,27623,81180,95959,10723,97346,74556,81013,38992,98175,22039,11148,38996,40360,35320,61211,56885,46157,18492,96692,43078,16739,10461,21347,39883,36820,13847,78139,47830,91761,40628,68706,35943,93030,57635,56346,69894,51611,65943,66731,67269,76077,73854,82152,94084,53695,14160,23591,80053,96323,69101,32957,55272,31318,50694

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a ruling Tuesday that there was not enough evidence to convict Siegelman and Scrushy of two bribery counts, which involved a hospital license and equipment. The appeals court let stand convictions on five counts against Siegelman and four against Scrushy. The court said they must be resentenced to reflect the reduced number of counts.

Siegelman was unaware of the decision until contacted by The Associated Press

"This does not come as a surprise. This whole thing has been a disappointment," said Siegleman, who vowed to continue his appeals.

Siegelman and Scrushy were convicted in 2006 on charges accusing Siegelman of appointing Scrushy to a state hospital regulatory board in return for Scrushy arranging $500,000 in donations to then-Gov. Siegelman's unsuccessful campaign for a state lottery. Siegelman, a Democrat who was governor from 1999 to 2003, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison and Scrushy to nearly seven years.

As someone who will directly become affected by Paul Ryan's voucher plan (were it to be enacted), I have to ask, "So what?" That probably sounds odd to those that are worried sick about this plan taking hold and snatching up their beloved Medicare.

But the reality is, Medicare as it currently stands already , and will continue to do so even if Medicare is here to stay. Why? First, because there's so much that isn't covered by Medicare that purchasing supplemental insurance becomes necessary for current seniors. Secondly, monthly premiums for Medicare itself are charged as well.

Since we're paying Medicare premiums anyway, why not help replenish a sagging economy that can't save Medicare for anyone, young or old, from the astronomical deficits it has acquired?

Weaning Americans off the current Medicare system will help stop depleting the economy further. Then let private-sector insu,94263,62148,66899,48098,94894,25708,10893,19392,82072,32904,62764,91468,46740,78998,70447,74248,22134,15121,23078,52948,93284,86652,81340,17870,15335,16831,26900,54039,78610,22581,10963,48225,63319,37501,58769,32124,92718,70952,68702,76567,62967,61700,14888,65703,21519,86294,56911,24980,96422,30751,54916,78834,79380,76768,36176,42327,84995,47484,33982,17720,56244,34559,75485,68301,86535,49038,34622,46967,76508,76045,42300,10088,83318,82035,78743,36339,36522,41556,99589,72273,95083,82981,18241,54422,36181,55919,74358,12580,12469,90578,33759,88759,98584,96874,29967,35169,33657,23287,75442,99306,11127,55737,33939,69348,75774,91242,83205,55992,68737,23984,78383,86155,37466,89622,61819,44006,99816,40475,94999,15215,83120,93651,50453,52186,82219,38014,98531,42029,48682,80199,56024,38450,33936,88848,18891,95394,97235,23364,30118,82794,66778,60068,34533,70219,99475,66416,82610,24979,62492,19987,14233,94982,79352,33385,29818,48029,47053,87017,60605,27362,36465,73221,46691,84321,33165,59713,59396,88111,12692,19330,65621,84139,42005,55064,34545,52549,90552,39722,41985,56681,54852,59384,69841,88570,63029,40687,21549,76020,40551,52402,95137,32496,82130,36581,64480,93907,14369,19299,71541,67153,66881,37104,63188,72510,16759,32544,98726,97115,69196,29051,19381,89954,55603,13597,66993,20153,76176,57503,87774,40050,34533,25472,56251,38895,22092,72450,94400,90626,27510,87497,80117,34666,59757,49753,12208,49278,81446,84132,87718,58163,93571,61173,67721,84216,73228,53856,56852,33498,39047,24420,89106,99141,44899,65872,65070,40943,62109,86503,20746,96052,71806,82126,43711,81999,40454,68152,60210,85469,37212,95122,33767,66507,69125,94552,19300,41345,45280,89644,52443,72542,39646,95410,64298,26270,94923,70373,89349,18184,92088,26283,77006,87981,81880,61187,35246,62339,14540,17866,16520,92697,56331,50012,76940,86180,51134,15289,67709,73566,94554,47150,56759,12484,17654,42965,81008,12360,77659,44676,74557,65880,29187,49514,44524,65626,59794,91597,36653,40373,76812,60688,90712,73220,24774,50212,53876,19986,72502,44580,60484,55829,61005,25387,54469,77097,79287,75297,48305,61624,58152,70087,86442,34267,20981,93248,75604,44441,77913,16537,11407,82950,16571,50391,79921,59712,95756,52278,23296,81895,92820,37133,95041,67300,50147,29613,62790,38871,48457,56361,86128,46445,74872,13395,20298,80277,89884,71049,62875,77326,68282,17800,29048,64134,90332,65959,94229,42185,47441,91395,50920,70173,75406,90444,91871,45339,68240,14120,23613,48524,59934,67109,33667,90023,30803,17394,40280,97206,69582,75460,78717,44421,78106,58688,49099,27961,35658,98368,35924,23119,35560,39953,78632,57139,40737,38766,41436,35847,26455,42504,52675,48235,78138,93674,49149,98260,10419,14459,78762,24034,96037,43532,13416,71351,51646,49471,98066,24882,45498,80078,35050,72750,48468,97405,79560,67978,34134,98769,35255,87559,24998,63296,53288,98557,24445,11629,96616,59522,97398,49251,16199,46850,46694,80504,73970,30173,14887,74267,90206,92470,72666,38030,25312,72068,26001,12509,73799,77213,84308,43427,47545,66316

The fast-food giant on Tuesday blamed the rising prices of beef, bacon and cooking oil. It also said it had already raised prices late last year and in March.

The announcement came on the same day that the company reported that it lost $1.4 million in the first quarter and lowered its earnings estimate for the year.

Wendy's/Arby's has struggled through the recession and the economy's halting recovery, losing money for seven of the 10 quarters since the two chains combined in a deal engineered by billionaire investor Nelson Peltz in 2008.

Its leaders have a formidable to-do list. Besides stemming losses and raising prices without upsetting customers, they also need to get a piece of the breakfast action that is benefiting their rivals. And that's on top of selling off the Arby's chain, which represents more than 30 percent of revenue.

Selig gave McCourt the face-to-face meeting the Dodgers owner wanted but hasn't loosened baseball's grip on the storied franchise, hampered by the divorce of Frank and Jamie McCourt. With the team's finances failing, Selig installed former Texas Rangers President Tom Schieffer as the Dodgers' monitor on April 25 and told the Dodgers that Schieffer must approve any expense of $5,000 or more.

Baseball officials believe the Dodgers don't have enough cash to make their end-of-May payroll, which runs about $8.25 million. McCourt has said the television deal with Fox would give the club about $300 million up front.

"Nobody is using the Dean Smith four-corner offense. We're trying to move as fast as possible," Selig said Thursday after the two-day owners' meeting ended.

Since becoming commissioner in 1992, Selig has become known for moving slowly on most matters, trying to build consensus.