Boeing 777 crashes while landing at SFO  —  Sponsored Links  —  SAN FRANCISCO —  An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 arriving from a flight South Korea crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning, bursting into flames, authorities said.

EGYPT: ELBARADEI'S APPOINTMENT PUT ON HOLD  —  You are here  —  Home » Mohamed Morsi » Egypt: ElBaradei's appointment put on hold  —  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared …

Experts: John Kerry's credibility could sink with boat flap  —  By:  —  John F. Kerry's credibility took on more water on the second day of his Nantucket vacation flap, as the State Department backed off its initial denial the embattled secretary of state was yachting during the Egyptian military coup …

Runaway freight train explodes, levels center of Canada town  —  (Reuters) - A driverless freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving an unknown number of people feared missing.

Venezuela, Nicaragua Talk Asylum for Edward Snowden, but Could He Get There?  —  Venezuela and Nicaragua reportedly are prepared to throw Edward Snowden a lifeline — if he can get there.  —  The accused NSA leaker has been stuck in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremedevo International Airport …

Can libertarian populism save the Republican Party?  —  The dream of the '90s is alive in the conservative movement.  There's a new name being floated around as the solution to the current electoral woes of the GOP: Ross Perot.  —  Reform party presidential candidate Ross Perot gives a thumbs up to supporters in 1996 in Dallas.

Thom Hartmann: View from the left  —  Thom Hartmann may be the most popular progressive you've never heard of.  —  His nationally syndicated radio show draws 2.75 million listeners a week, he's a New York Times bestselling author and he hosts a nightly television show.

‘Dozens dead’ in school attack in Nigeria's Yobe state  —  At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say.  —  Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state.

Don't Get Too Excited About Today's Jobs Data  —  The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 195,000 jobs were added last month — significantly better than the consensus forecast of economists (165,000).  Another 70,000 jobs were added in March and April thanks to revisions.