http://www.redorbit.com General http://www.redorbit.com/modules/news/images/tools/rss_logo.gif http://www.redorbit.com By William M. Welch LOS ANGELES -- Federal prosecutors have charged a Missouri woman over a MySpace hoax they say led to the suicide of a 13-year-old girl who believed she'd been jilted by a cyber-Romeo. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388366/woman_indicted_in_cyberbullying_case/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:00 -0500 General By Charles Levinson JERUSALEM -- President Bush visits Saudi Arabia today to meet with the leader of the world's leading oil-producing nation amid growing pressure to do something about rising fuel prices at home. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388365/pressure_builds_over_bushsaudi_oil_talks/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:00 -0500 General Robert Mondavi, a pioneer in California's wine industry, died Friday at his home in Yountville, Calif., a spokeswoman said. The Napa Valley vintner was 94, the Los Angeles Times reported. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389641/calif_wine_pioneer_mondavi_dies/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 21:00:03 -0500 General Oscar Pistorius, the 21-year-old South African sprinter who runs on prosthetic limbs, was declared eligible Friday for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389396/amputee_sprinter_eligible_for_olympics/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:04 -0500 General Saudi officials said Friday that oil production in the country is being increased by 300,000 barrels a day to meet the demands of its customers. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi made the announcement after U.S. President George W. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389395/saudis_boost_oil_production/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:04 -0500 General A top Bush administration official said Saudi Arabia has rejected the U.S. president's request to increase the kingdom's oil production to offset gas prices. Stephen Hadley, U.S. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389156/saudis_to_bush_no_oil_production_increase/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:03 -0500 General Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, campaigning in South Dakota, fired back at comments made by U.S. President George Bush and Sen. John McCain. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389153/obama_hits_back_at_bush_mccain/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:02 -0500 General Western analysts on Friday were attempting to authenticate an audiotape thought to be from Osama bin Laden and containing anti-Israel threats. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388587/voice_on_new_tape_thought_to_be_bin_laden/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:03 -0500 General A California Supreme Court decision overturning the state's ban on gay marriage has reignited a nationwide political wildfire of debate, activists said Friday. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388583/california_samesex_ruling_ignites_debate/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:03 -0500 General Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, say they have shown a clear association between breast cancer and deficient exposure to sunlight. Ultraviolet B exposure triggers photosynthesis of vitamin D3 in the body. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388222/lack_of_vitamin_d_linked_to_breast_cancer/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 03:00:02 -0500 General SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Robert Mondavi, the man hailed as the ambassador of the Napa Valley and the godfather of California wine, no longer owned the winery that bears his name when he died Friday at the age of 94. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389640/robert_mondavi_california_winemaking_patriarch_dies_at_94/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 21:00:03 -0500 General By Colleen Barry, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MILAN, Italy - His Olympic dream suddenly revived, Oscar Pistorius can get back to what he loves most. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389398/doubleamputee_runner_pistorius_wins_appeal_to_compete_for_spot_in/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:04 -0500 General To: RELIGION EDITORS Contact: Alexis Rice of the National Jewish Democratic Council, +1-202-216-9614 (office), +1-202-487-7017 (cell), alexis@njdc.org WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ira N. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389397/national_jewish_democratic_council_speaks_out_against_mccain_hypocrisies/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:04 -0500 General By Lisa Leff SAN FRANCISCO - California's Supreme Court declared gay couples in the nation's biggest state can marry - a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal of matrimony. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389394/california_oks_samesex_unions/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 18:00:03 -0500 General By Linda Kleindienst and John Holla, South Florida Sun-Sentinel May 16--Florida gay rights activists hailed the California Supreme Court decision Thursday allowing same-sex couples to wed as a victory that gives them hope against a looming bid to write a gay marriage ban into Florida's constitution. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389155/florida_rights_activists_laud_california_gay_marriage_ruling/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:03 -0500 General Al-Jazeera Satellite Television at 1318 gmt on 16 May carries an announcer-read report saying that US President George Bush has arrived in Riyadh on a two-day official visit. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1389154/aljazeera_tv_reports_on_us_presidents_visit_to_saudi_arabia/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:03 -0500 General The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Friday, May 16: ___ The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that marrying someone of your own choosing is a fundamental civil right that applies to all. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388952/marriage_ruling_is_a_key_advance_for_civil_liberties/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:03 -0500 General By ELIZABETH WHITE By Elizabeth White The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Spurs' Big Three came through. Now they have to win one on the road to keep their title defense alive. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388590/spurs_earn_one_more_trip_to_big_easy__for/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:03 -0500 General By MARILYNN MARCHIONE By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found - adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388589/vitamin_d_levels_linked_to_survival_of_breast_cancer_vitamin/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:03 -0500 General By David Usborne The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, opening the way for the state to become the second in America to permit same-sex couples to wed. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388585/california_ban_on_gay_marriage_thrown_out/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:03 -0500 General By WILLIAM FOREMAN By William Foreman The Associated Press LUOSHUI TOWN Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388588/hope_for_more_survivors_dims/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:00 -0500 General By Susan Page and Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON -- A California Supreme Court decision Thursday overturning the state's ban on gay marriage could energize efforts nationwide to legalize same-sex marriage and put a spotlight on the issue in November's presidential election that probably will galvanize activists on both sides. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388364/calif_clearance_of_gay_marriage_could_emphasize_issue_in_election/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:03 -0500 General By Nancy Phillips, The Philadelphia Inquirer May 16--Zina Hines was just 10 years old when Philadelphia Judge Willis W. Berry Jr. stole from her dead father's estate to land a piece of property he'd had his eye on for years, according to a lawsuit filed last week. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1388412/woman_says_berry_cheated_her_out_of_her_fathers_land/index.html?source=r_general Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:00 -0500 General WASHINGTON _ Sen. John McCain looked into the future Thursday and predicted that American troops would return home in victory by the end of his first term as president in 2013. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1387941/mccain_sees_troops_out_of_iraq_by_2013/index.html?source=r_general Thu, 15 May 2008 21:00:02 -0500 General By Denis C. Theriault, Mary Anne Ostrom and Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1387940/after_celebrating_courts_ruling_samesex_couples_look_ahead/index.html?source=r_general Thu, 15 May 2008 21:00:02 -0500 General