GOOD DAY FOR:
Japanese muggles
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An arena rock resurrection
Deceased Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will appear as an "optical illusion" at the band's 10th anniversary performance. [BBC News]
Self-promotion
A recently laid off Minnesota man snags a new job after plastering his resumé on an electronic billboard. [TIME]
BAD DAY FOR:
Childhood innocence
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launches a probe into the Girl Scouts' activities, seeking to examine their "possible problematic relationships with other organizations," including ones that promote frank sexual discussion or contraception. [Jezebel]
Doomsdayers
Researchers discover a Mayan calendar that suggests the world won't end in 2012, after all. [Discovery News]
Foolproof copying and pasting
A Florida Times-Union sports reporter accidentally tweets a porn link to his thousands of followers instead of the family-friendly minor league baseball story he intended to share. [Gizmodo]
For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: May 10, 2012
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Israel: Losing the American publicFeature A recent poll finds American support for Israel's military action in Gaza has fallen from 50% to 32%
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Unmaking AmericansFeature Trump is threatening to revoke the citizenship of foreign-born Americans. Could he do that?
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EPA: A bonfire of climate change regulationsFeature The Environmental Protection Agency wants to roll back its 'endangerment finding,' a ruling that lets the agency regulate carbon emissions
