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    A man stops to photograph Nasdaq in Times Square as Facebook has its IPO, Friday, May 18, 2012, in New York. The social media company priced its IPO on Thursday at $38 per share, and beginning Friday regular investors will have a chance to buy shares. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    Facebook falls flat in public debut

    After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began. More »Facebook falls flat in public debut

    Former presidential candidate and Sen. John Edwards arrives at a federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, May 17, 2012. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

    Jurors in Edwards trial will resume talks Monday

    A jury deliberated for about five hours Friday in John Edwards' campaign corruption … More »Jurors in Edwards trial will resume talks Monday

    President Barack Obama meets with French President Francois Hollande, Friday, May 18, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    Obama, Hollande hunt for Afghanistan compromise

    Visiting French President François Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that … More »Obama, Hollande hunt for Afghanistan compromise

    • Anti-war activists demonstrate outside President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in downtown Chicago, on Thursday, May 17, 2012, protesting for an end to NATO operations in Afghanistan. President Barack Obama and 50 heads of state arrive for a NATO summit that takes place Sunday and Monday at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago along Lake Michigan.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
      Hundreds of protesters marching through Chicago AP - 4 hrs ago

      Thousands of nurses and other protesters gathered Friday at a downtown Chicago plaza for a noisy but largely peaceful demonstration demanding a "Robin Hood" tax on banks' financial transactions, before a smaller but more … More »Hundreds of protesters marching through Chicago

      Anti-war activists demonstrate outside President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in downtown Chicago, on Thursday, May 17, 2012, protesting for an end to NATO operations in Afghanistan. President Barack Obama and 50 heads of state arrive for a NATO summit that takes place Sunday and Monday at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago along Lake Michigan.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

      Thousands of nurses and other protesters gathered Friday at a downtown Chicago plaza for a noisy but largely peaceful demonstration demanding a "Robin Hood" tax on banks' financial transactions, before a smaller but more raucous crowd broke away and began marching through city streets.

    • Irish 'Terror Network' Busted As Queen's Visit Nears
      Irish 'terror network' busted as queen's visit nears ABC News - 4 hrs ago

      Six Arrested in Northern Ireland for Allegedly Preparing Terror Attacks More »Irish 'terror network' busted as queen's visit nears

      Irish 'Terror Network' Busted As Queen's Visit Nears

      Six Arrested in Northern Ireland for Allegedly Preparing Terror Attacks

    • In this 2005 photo provided by Peter Michaelis, Mary Richardson Kennedy poses for a photo outside her Bedford, N.Y. home. Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday, May 16, 2012. She was 52. (AP Photo/Peter T. Michaelis)
      Mary Kennedy services planned amid apparent rift AP - 1 hr 46 mins ago

      The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy's grieving family faced off in court Friday, just hours before a planned wake for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, as a relative described a long fight with psychiatric illness … More »Mary Kennedy services planned amid apparent rift

      In this 2005 photo provided by Peter Michaelis, Mary Richardson Kennedy poses for a photo outside her Bedford, N.Y. home. Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday, May 16, 2012. She was 52. (AP Photo/Peter T. Michaelis)

      The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy's grieving family faced off in court Friday, just hours before a planned wake for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, as a relative described a long fight with psychiatric illness that ended in suicide.

    • A man looks at his Apple iPad in front an Apple logo outside an Apple store in downtown Shanghai
      Coulda, woulda, shoulda: Other big tech debuts @ Good Morning America - 7 hrs ago

      This is a good time to compare the giant social network with some of the other well-known tech outfits of the modern day, such as Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL). More »Coulda, woulda, shoulda: Other big tech debuts

      A man looks at his Apple iPad in front an Apple logo outside an Apple store in downtown Shanghai

      This is a good time to compare the giant social network with some of the other well-known tech outfits of the modern day, such as Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL).

    • People exit the lobby of JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York
      Analysis: JPMorgan to be haunted by change in risk model Reuters - 3 hrs ago

      (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's decision to radically change the way risk was measured in its Chief Investment Office is likely to dog the bank in the developing crisis over the big trading losses it has suffered. The move, … More »Analysis: JPMorgan to be haunted by change in risk model

      People exit the lobby of JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters in New York

      (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's decision to radically change the way risk was measured in its Chief Investment Office is likely to dog the bank in the developing crisis over the big trading losses it has suffered. The move, which allowed the bank to disguise the level of risk that the CIO was taking in its trading, could …

    • A webcam overlooks a client checking her email at an Internet cafe in north London on Friday, May 18, 2012. Experts say Britain's proposed new surveillance program will gather so much data that spooks won't have to read Britons' messages to guess at what they're up to. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)
      U.K. surveillance program could expose private lives AP - 3 hrs ago

      British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails." More »U.K. surveillance program could expose private lives

      A webcam overlooks a client checking her email at an Internet cafe in north London on Friday, May 18, 2012. Experts say Britain's proposed new surveillance program will gather so much data that spooks won't have to read Britons' messages to guess at what they're up to. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

      British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."

    • Mitt Romney Has a John Kerry Moment
      Romney’s VP vetting process has begun The Ticket - 8 hrs ago

      Mitt Romney's campaign has begun the vetting process to find a suitable running mate, a source close to the campaign told The Hill's Alexander Bolton: The team for Beth Myers, the Romney adviser leading the search for the … More »Romney’s VP vetting process has begun

      Mitt Romney Has a John Kerry Moment

      Mitt Romney's campaign has begun the vetting process to find a suitable running mate, a source close to the campaign told The Hill's Alexander Bolton: The team for Beth Myers, the Romney adviser leading the search for the GOP's vice presidential nominee, has already contacted potential running mates.

    • Joe Ricketts gave to every GOP candidate, even Gary Johnson The Ticket - 7 hrs ago
      FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2005 file photo, Ameritrade chairman and founder Joe Ricketts talks to shareholders in Omaha, Neb. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sought to distance himself Thursday from a GOP-leaning independent group's plan for a $10 million TV ad campaign renewing attention to President Barack Obama's ties to his controversial former pastor. Obama's campaign accused Romney of failing to show "moral leadership in standing up to the very extreme wing of his own party." (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File )

      Billionaire political donor Joe Ricketts clearly has President Barack Obama in his line of fire this election season, as we learned this week. But when it comes to Ricketts writing checks, apparently all Republicans--and even some libertarians--are welcome.

    • Michael J. Fox looks past stem cells for Parkinson's cure Newsmakers - 12 hrs ago
      Michael J. Fox

      Michael J. Fox now believes the controversial therapy may not ultimately yield a cure for his disease, he told ABC’s Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview.

    • Edwards' downward spiral fueled by ambition, narcissism Yahoo! Contributor Network - 10 hrs ago
      Former presidential candidate and Sen. John Edwards arrives at a federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, May 17, 2012. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

      In 2001, when I was a political/metro columnist for The Charlotte Observer, I had lunch with Sen. John Edwards at a Southern soul food restaurant on Tryon Street between the headquarters buildings of the twin banking colossi that defined this city.

    • Advice to would-be Romney running mates: Run for the hills Yahoo! News - 9 hrs ago
      FILE - In this May 11, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company in Charlotte, N.C. The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate be far behind? (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

      Nothing is easier to mock in politics right now than the apparent reluctance of leading Republicans to sign on as Mitt Romney’s second banana. A few weeks ago, Jon Stewart summarized the way that Rob Portman was plugging his Senate colleague Marco Rubio, who in turn was passing the baton to Jeb Bush, with the line, “Doesn’t …

    • Europe thinks the unthinkable on Greece Reuters - 3 hrs ago
      Men withdraw money from an ATM in Athens

      BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - European officials are working on contingency plans in case Greece bombs out of the euro zone, the EU's trade commissioner said on Friday, as European share prices tumbled and Germany warned of continuing financial turmoil. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, one of Greece's harsher critics, …

    • Trayvon evidence fails to answer who screamed for help Reuters - 20 hrs ago
      Handout photo of George Zimmerman's head

      An FBI expert said it was impossible to tell if the voice screaming for help belonged to the black Florida teenager or his shooter George Zimmerman.

    • Political misses: Cold War in the Sunshine State? Power Players - 12 hrs ago
      U.S. Rep. West speaks at the Mae Volen Senior Center in Boca Raton

      Republican congressman Allen West claims there are Communists in Congress and Biden gets loud.

    • American militant says he had 'privileged' life in book AP - 13 hrs ago
      FILE - In this Wednesday, May 11, 2011 file photo, American-born Islamist militant Omar Hammami, 27, also known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, speaks during a news conference held by the militant group al-Shabab at a farm in southern Mogadishu's Afgoye district in Somalia. A handful of young Muslims from America are taking high-visibility propaganda and operational roles in the al-Qaida-linked insurgent force. In the meantime, the risk of another major terrorist attack in East Africa appears to be growing. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

      An American who serves as a commander with a Somali militant group says in a new autobiography that he had a "privileged" childhood in Alabama before he joined the al-Qaida linked militants.

    • Postal employee on workers comp caught running marathon The Sideshow - 6 hrs ago

      A U.S. District Court in Florida convicted a former Florida postal worker of health care fraud after she was caught participating in more than 80 long-distance races, including the Boston Marathon, all while taking workers' compensation for a back injury. Jacquelyn V. Myers, 55, was also convicted of making false statements …

    • Video: Chinese fishermen catch 1,360-pound kaluga sturgeon @ Good Morning America - 2 hrs 42 mins ago

      Chinese fishermen catch 1,360-pound kaluga sturgeon

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