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• As Facebook's stock struggles, fingers start pointing
  

  As shares of the social network tumbled in their second day of trading, bankers, investors and analysts wondered what had gone wrong with the initial public offering of Facebook, the most highly anticipated technology debut in years.

  
  
  
  
• Panel advises against prostate cancer test
  

  In a move sure to unleash heated debate, a prominent U.S. government advisory panel is recommending that men of all ages no longer be screened for prostate cancer by undergoing the PSA blood test.

  
  
  
  
• Video: Man survives Niagara Falls plunge that was caught on tape
  

  Man is expected to recover after falling nearly 200 feet with no safety device.

  
  
  
  
• Former CNN executive caught putting dog doo in neighbor's mailbox
  The former president of CNN's Headline News almost found himself in deep doo-doo after he was caught on camera placing a bag filled with dog excrement in a neighbor's mailbox last week.
  
  
• Suspect arrested in disappearance of Californian teen Sierra LaMar
  A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the widely publicized case of missing Northern California teen Sierra LaMar. The 15-year-old high school cheerleader was last seen on March 16 at her home in Morgan Hill, Calif. getting ready for school, but she never made it there. The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department [...]
  
  
• Cory Booker: 'I'm being used by the GOP'
  

  "Here they are plucking sound bites out of [the 'Meet The Press'] interview to manipulate them in a cynical manner," Booker said.

  
  
  
  
• Utah race debuts a new kind of Republican
  

  Republicans have deemed Mia Love's race one of the top ten most important races in the country.

  
  
  
  
• Queen told William to rip up wedding guest list
  

  Queen Elizabeth II told her grandson Prince William to rip up the guest list he was given for his wedding and do it again himself to include his friends, he said in an interview.

  
  
  
  
• Pomegranate juice claims deceptive, U.S. rules
  

  Pomegranate juice has not been proven to be an effective treatment for cancer, heart disease or erectile dysfunction, US regulators said Monday, calling a company's ad claims deceptive.

  
  
  
  
• U.S. Senate approves tougher Iran sanctions
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved on Monday a package of new economic sanctions on Iran's oil sector just days ahead of a meeting in Baghdad between major world powers and Tehran. The sanctions add to a raft of punitive measures by the United States and the European Union aimed at shrinking Iran's oil revenues to force it to halt a nuclear program the West suspects is being used to build an atomic bomb. Iran has said its nuclear program is for civilian purposes. ...
  
  
• Private rocket blasts off on historic trip
  

  A private space capsule called Dragon soared into the predawn sky Tuesday, riding a pillar of flame like its beastly namesake on a history-making trip to the International Space Station.

  
  
  
  
• 5.8 quake rocks Bulgaria, no casualties
  

  A 5.8-magnitude quake struck Bulgaria early Tuesday, triggering panic among sleepy residents who ran into the streets in their pyjamas, and some minor damage, but no casualties were reported.

  
  
  
  
• Harry Potter fans abandon pet owls after series ends
  

  Hundreds of fans who adopted pet owls after seeing or reading about them in Harry Potter lore are now releasing them into the wild — or, apparently, anywhere in the United Kingdom.

  
  
  
  
• World's tallest tower, the Tokyo Skytree, opens
  

  The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday.

  
  
  
  
• Pollution-hunting robot fish take to the sea
  

  Robot "fish" developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday.

  
  
  
  
• Everest weekend death toll hits 4
  

  Climbers have reported seeing another body on Mount Everest, raising the death toll to four for one of the worst days ever on the world's highest mountain.

  
  
  
  
• Poll: Obama, Romney both fall short on economy
  

  Americans are nearly twice as likely to say they're doing worse than better under the Obama presidency, but Mitt Romney hasn't made the case he'd be an improvement, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll.

  
  
  
  
• New Jersey woman says she was fired for being too busty
  

  A New Jersey woman says she was fired from her job after her manager told her to "tape her breasts" down.

  
  
  
  
• Man survives 180-foot plunge over Niagara Falls
  

  A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt Monday — only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device.

  
  
  
  
• Obama: U.S. can’t wait for Afghanistan to be 'perfect'
  

  President Obama acknowledged "risks" in his decision to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 but said war-weary Americans can't wait for that strife-torn country to be "perfect."

  
  
  
  
• Colombia Secret Service prostitution scandal spreads to DEA
  

  The Drug Enforcement Administration announced that at least three of its agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena.

  
  
  
  
• Harvard Business School student goes missing in Maine
  

  After separating from his friends at an Irish pub around closing time at 1 a.m. Sunday, Nathan Bihlmaier was not seen again.

  
  
  
  
• 'El Loco' arrested in Mexico beheadings of 49
  

  Authorities have arrested an alleged Zetas drug cartel leader nicknamed "El Loco," AKA the Fool or the Crazy One, on charges that he dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway outside Monterrey, Mexico.

  
  
  
  
• Why ex-Rutgers student got 30-day sentence in spycam case
  

  A former Rutgers University student was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail in a case of webcam spying that drew national attention to issues of online privacy, suicide, and anti-gay bullying.

  
  
  
  
• Photos: Joplin's devasting tornado one year later
  Peggy Gettler (2nd R), who lost her daughter nearly a year ago to a deadly tornado, hugs a volunteer in Joplin, Missouri May 17, 2012. May 22 marks the one year anniversary of a deadly EF-5 tornado that ripped through the town, killing 161 people. The tornado damaged or destroyed about 7,500 homes and 500 other buildings, but the city is now well into a recovery mode that has spurred some segments of the local economy. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)