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Monday, May 13, 2013

Morning Digest: Nineteen shot in New Orleans Mother's Day parade

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05/13/2013

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Nineteen shot in New Orleans Mother's Day parade

(Reuters) - Nineteen people including two children were shot in New Orleans on Sunday when gunfire erupted at a Mother's Day parade, and city police said they were searching for three suspects..

Sharif poised to form government after Pakistan poll

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy..

Strong dollar hits oil, gold; shares supported

LONDON (Reuters) - A strong dollar hit oil and gold prices on Monday, left German government bonds near their lowest level in a month and kept European and Asian shares at five-year highs..

Barbara Walters to announce retirement on "The View," says ABC

(Reuters) - Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, plans to announce her retirement on "The View" on Monday, the host network ABC said..

Woods holds on to win Players as Garcia implodes

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Tiger Woods held on to clinch his second Players Championship by two strokes on Sunday after long-time adversary Sergio Garcia spectacularly imploded on his last two holes..

Analysis: Google+ struggles to attract brands, some neglect to update

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - To mark the Cinco de Mayo holiday this year, Domino's Pizza festooned its Facebook page with a string of posts, including an image of a Mexican-themed guacamole pizza that garnered over 2,000 "likes". But visitors to Domino's companion Google+ page on that day found less festive fare: The most recent post was from October 2012..

Spacewalking repairmen replace space station's leaky pump

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking astronauts wrapped up a hastily planned repair job on Saturday to replace a suspect coolant pump needed to keep the International Space Station at full power..

New fitness centers cater to aging baby boomers

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Baby boomers, the generation that vowed to stay forever young, are getting older, designing senior-friendly gyms and becoming their own personal trainers..