Week of May 3 - May 10, 2010

WSJ: Photos for the Week of May 3 - May 6, 2010

Stocks surge on effort to ease Europe debt crunch

Loan Mod Scammers from Ameriquest tortured by people they ripped off

Twin Car Bombs South of Baghdad Raise Death Toll to 84 Across Iraq

Barrier-breaking jazz star Lena Horne dies at 92

Elena Kagan to be Obama's Supreme Court pick

FBI travel to Pakistan as country’s Taleban blamed for Times Square attack

Fannie Mae (FNM.N), the largest U.S. residential mortgage provider, on Monday reported a net loss of $13.1 billion in the first quarter and said it tapped the Treasury for additional aid of $15.3 billion.

'Iron Man 2' Star Scarlett Johansson Talks Deleted 'Repulsor' Scene

Washington man who tried to sell family heirloom in craigslist opens door to prospective buyers who tortured his family, then beat him up and murdered him

A ‘new level’ of disaster: BP’s 70-ton oil containment dome floats, no ‘plan B’

Congress opens probe into Gulf Coast oil spill


WSJ Photo Journal: Photos for the Day - 4 May 10

Grand Ole Opry closed due to flooding

Hammering Out a Contract: Exploiting Low-Paid Workers at a Vo-Tech School

Picasso Sells at Record Auction Price

‘Los Suns’ Protest Immigration Law

Google's E-Book Store

Protests in Greek general strike turn violent

Maryland Funeral Home Closed After 40 Bodies Found in Garage

NY bomb suspect probed for links abroad

Tea party groups battling perceptions of racism

Jeb Bush endorses Marco Rubio in Fla. Senate race

Oil spill costs mount for U.S. economy, companies

Are the Bible's Stories True? Archaeology's Evidence

Goldman Fraud Case: The Only Email Worth Reading

Paul Krugman: "Drilling, Disaster, Denial"

Safety last at meat plant: 12 people lose 13 fingers in past 18 months

Suicidal naked man atop Fort Worth billboard comes down after 4 hour standoff

Pakistan Émigré in Connecticut Arrested as Times Square Bomber

Records: Safety checks didn't follow special hazmat permits

Oil agency draws fire

Virginia officials still gungho for, while others reconsider their push for offshore drilling off Old Dominion's coast

UVA Lacrosse player held in murder of his ex-lover

As Lost Ends, Creators Explain How They Did It, What’s Going On

Apple iPad Reaches ‘1 Million Sold’ Twice as Fast as iPhone


The Big Picture Blog: Afghanistan, April, 2010

Democracy Now: BP Oil Spill Worsens With No Solution in Sight, 210,000 Gallons a Day Spew into Gulf of Mexico (video embedded on Rock Trueblood's Watchworld)

Gadgets to help you get fit

After Floods Kill Dozens, Thousands Without Power In Tennessee, Mississippi & Kentucky

Time Magazine - Shaken-Baby Cases Rose During the Great Recession

How Does Sarah Palin Make Millions While Saying Some of the Dumbest Things Imaginable?

PBlog from the Denver Post - Captured: The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters in WWII

Deepwater Horizon: Buy Gulf Coast Vacations at post-oil prices

Florida's Blasting Cap For A Double Dip Recession? Oil Slick from Ongoing Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe On The Way To The Florida Keys

Bee Catastrophe: 1/3 of Colonies Died This Winter, Worries Grow About Terminal Decline

Killer drove for hours with dead sister-in-law in car, Rialto police say