Samsung tips Q2 profit pickup as S7 excels

Westpac lifts HY cash earnings to $3.9b
Intense competition for new lending and a shift to lower spread fixed mortgages has tightened margins, the bank said. Cash earnings rose 3 per cent to $3.9 billion, which was slightly below analysts' expectations.
5/02/2016^[1]

Benning: Canucks would get "franchise player" with a top-3 pick
Matthews, a Scottsdale, Ariz., native, played this past season in Switzerland and scored 22 goals and 46 points in 36 games. For the first time in league history, the NHL will draw for not just the top draft spot, but the top three.
5/02/2016^[2]

Frantic search over as two-year-old boy found safe in BC campground
Issac was found the next morning around 11 a.m. when a volunteer heard a unusual noise from the bushes. He was last seen around 7:00 pm yesterday at Premier Lake Provincial Campground, north of Cranbrook.
5/02/2016^[3]

Warriors vs. Trail Blazers Game 1 recap
Clippers: Redick started all six games despite a heel injury that has reportedly bothered him throughout the series. They shut down a Clippers team who has advanced past the first round of the playoffs in five consecutive seasons.
5/02/2016^[4]

Way Spurs Play Is Recipe For Success Feels Guus Hiddink
The 69-year-old is proud of how his side coped with injuries, but passed a lot of the credit onto his back-room staff. Given the extent of the expected changes, not many are backing Chelsea to be in the mix straightaway.
5/02/2016^[5]

Elliott Sadler wins Xfinity race in a wild overtime finish at Talladega
Dillon was the first driver to race with the No. 3 since Dale Earnhardt was killed on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. The auto just snapped without warning on Earnhardt, who also collected Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne.
5/02/2016^[6]

UM's Holmes, MSU's Sandland drafted
Also picked on Saturday was Montana State tight end Beau Sandland, who was tabbed in the seventh round by the Carolina Panthers. Jacksonville Jaguars announced Tyrone Holmes and Brandon Allen from London and Sky Sports was able to go behind the scenes.
5/02/2016^[7]

Lawmaker wants state to take away Hastert pension
Dollars over four and a half years, to pay someone identified in court records as Individual A to hide wrongdoing from his past. Said Judge Thomas Durkin , plainly and powerfully: "Some conduct is unforgivable no matter how old it is".
5/02/2016^[8]

Cruz, Kasich Pitch GOP Leaders as Contested Convention Looms
But the question remains whether a decisive lead short of the majority that the rules require is sufficient to win the nomination. The super PAC New Day for America brought in $2.8 million in March - even less than it raised a month earlier, before his OH win.
5/02/2016^[9]

Prince Harry reveals he went through psychological tests after serving in Afghanistan
Prince Harry will be in Orlando early next month to prepare for the Invictus Games and support the United Kingdom team. Prince Harry has joined dozens of high-profile sports stars on the red carpet ahead of the BT Sport Industry Awards.
5/02/2016^[10]

NFL Draft, Rounds 2-3
Meyer, who worked portions of the draft for NFL Network, was beaming every time one of his players was chosen. He's a big, huge guy at the linebacker position and helped our defense tremendously over the past three years.
5/02/2016^[11]

CJ Cregg returns to the White House press podium
In mock seriousness, she said that President Obama is "still working on his jokes for the White House Correspondents' Dinner". The series touches dramatically on issues with addiction , plunging fearlessly into mostly unexplored territory.
5/02/2016^[12]

William, Kate at Taj Mahal, evoke memories of Diana's visit
Diana and Charles would separate a few months later, in December 1992, and officially divorce in August 1996. Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge pose next to the Taj Mahal .
5/02/2016^[13]

Malia Obama headed to Harvard
Democrat Bernie Sanders - who wore a suit and tie instead of a tuxedo - was the sole presidential candidate present. His sons Eric and Donald Jr, however, were among the guests. "Best fantasy film since Star Wars".
5/02/2016^[14]

Malia Obama headed to Harvard, will take gap year first
She has interned on the set of HBO's " Girls " and on a now-canceled network TV sci-fi drama that starred Halle Berry. Just recently, a young person came up to me and said she was sick of politicians standing in the way of her dreams.
5/02/2016^[15]