By Lauren Weber
Wednesday May 11th, 2016
TOP STORIES
BERNIE SANDERS TAKES WEST VIRGINIA Here's why his win in coal country "prolongs" the race and five more takeaways from the victory. [Mollie Reilly, HuffPost]
CAR BOMB KILLS DOZENS IN BAGHDAD In the deadliest terrorist attack in Iraq's capital in months. [WaPo]
CDC LABS FACED SECRET SANCTIONS "A laboratory operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is among the handful of facilities that have secretly had their permits suspended in recent years for serious safety violations while working with bioterror pathogens, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY after winning a Freedom of Information Act appeal." [USA Today]
A LOT OF BEES DIED LAST YEAR At least 44 percent of colonies didn't make it. [Chris D'Angelo]
NASA FOUND 1,284 MORE PLANETS And nine of them could be habitable! [Michael McLaughlin, HuffPost]
THE END OF THE INVESTMENT BANKER? "Comcast and AbbVie, both giants in corporate America, aren’t alone. More companies are deciding to do without bankers when they make acquisitions." [WSJ | Paywall]
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WHAT’S BREWING
SEARCH WARRANT FOR PRINCE'S MEDICAL RECORDS EXECUTED "Prince had seen a Minneapolis-area doctor on the day before he died, and that doctor was at Prince's Paisley Park compound to deliver test results on the morning Prince was found dead, according to court records obtained by the Los Angeles Times." [LA Times]
INSIDE THE SMITHSONIAN'S AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM A first look at the museum, which will open in September. [WaPo]
OF COURSE STEPH CURRY SOLIDIFIED HIS PLACE OF BASKETBALL GREATNESS By being the first NBA player unanimously voted MVP. [HuffPost]
THE UFO CANDIDATE Inside Hillary Clinton's interest in the extraterrestrial. [NYT]
WE ALL REALLY, REALLY MISS 'THE WEST WING' "There’s been more nostalgia for the fictional Jed Bartlet administration, it seems, than there has been for any real one in recent memory." [The Atlantic]
PREVIEWING CANNES IN ALL ITS GLORY The films to watch (and the drama to look for). [Vanity Fair]
STILL WISH YOU WERE ARIEL? You can go to mermaid school. [Racked]
A CULT FOR NYC'S CREATIVE WOMEN "The exciting, secretive group promised to fix their relationships with men, draw rivers of money their way, and reveal the Divine’s plan for their lives." [Jezebel]
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WHAT'S WORKING
THESE NURSES PLANNED A WEDDING For their patient with stage four cancer. [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ Moral of this story: If you are reselling your engagement ring, don't say it's because of a divorce.
~ Forget that expensive eye serum: MIT researchers have developed a "second skin" that smoothes out wrinkles.
~ Orlando Bloom appears to be toying with the Biebs yet again -- he was spotted getting handsy with Selena Gomez last night.
~ Why the new president of the Philippines is "Donald Trump on steroids."
~ In case you're not from New England and needed another reason to hate Tom Brady, he sleeps on a diamond mattress.
~ Matthew Zoller Seitz offers up his insights on "The Good Wife" finale we're all still reeling from.
~ How to peel those pesky hard-boiled eggs in 10 seconds.
~ Some pretty valuable tips for passing out on the plane.
~ Ever wonder how ear piercing began?
~ It's alarming that we find this video of a plant polishing off a bug rather elegant in a way.
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