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  • The Gold Bullion Development Corporation, a Montreal-based exploration company, will allow its shareholders to have their dividends paid in gold. Company President Frank Basa has been paid in gold for more than 20 years.
  • Six-term Indiana Senator Richard Lugar won't be returning to Washington for a seventh term. Republican State Treasurer Richard Mourdock defeated Lugar in…
  • Yves Klein made his project "FC1" with water, a blowtorch and two models. The women pressed their wet figures against a fire-resistant board, then stepped away. Afterward, Klein torched the board — an effect that left behind blurry silhouettes of models.
  • The University of Kentucky board of trustees has voted to increase student tuition and fees by six percent. The board voted Tuesday following plans…
  • The Sukhoi SuperJet 100 is Russia's first new passenger plane in more than two decades and it's hoped it will revive that nation's aviation industry.
  • Norovirus particles can fly through the air, land on things like plastic bags and survive there for weeks, according to an investigation of a stomach flu outbreak in Oregon. The researchers say this proves you don't have to have direct contact with someone to get sick.
  • Six years ago, Democrats did not bother fielding a candidate against Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar. Now that he's been unseated in Tuesday's GOP primary, they believe they have a shot at capturing the prized Senate seat. But the state continues to favor Republicans in general.
  • On Saturday May 12, 100 high school teams will compete in the Team America Rocketry Challenge. They'll have one chance to fly their rockets while keeping two raw eggs intact. Host Michel Martin talks with Darius Hooker and Wesley Carter of the Memphis rocketry team, about their stab at rocket science.
  • Four Mexican journalists who covered the police beat in crime-ridden Veracruz were recently killed, adding to the long list of slain reporters. Critics say government efforts to protect journalists have been ineffective. Amid the fear, self-censorship is on the rise.
  • In a remarkable shift, Iraq's oil exports jumped by 20 percent since January, and the country exported more oil in April than in any month since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990. Energy expert Daniel Yergin discusses how Iraq's oil wealth is driving the Iraqi economy and reshaping the global oil market.
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