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[h=4]The Short List: Letterman bows out; bin Laden's bookshelf; Secret space plane[/h]Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed on David Letterman, the California oil spill, Osama bin Laden's bookshelf, a big guilty plea from big banks and a secret space plane.
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David Letterman takes a bow
After more than three decades on the air, David Letterman is saying goodbye to late night. He's hosted everyone from presidents to Oscar winners to tabloid queens over the course of 6,028 broadcasts. There were Top 10 lists galore and Stupid Pet Tricks, Will It Float? and Know Your Cuts of Meat. And awestruck interviews with beautiful women, lots of them. Here's what the celebrities who sat beside him remember, calling him "naughty" (Scarlett Johannson), "never not interesting" (Tom Brokaw) and "sharp" (Jake Gyllenhaal). For his penultimate show, living comedic legend Bill Murray climbed out of a cake and living musical legend Bob Dylan performed a hauntingly beautiful song. What will tonight's ultimate show entail (other than tears)? Tune in to CBS at 11:35 p.m. ET and follow live tweets from @usatodaylife to find out.
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANIn line for Letterman: Fans' favorite memories | 01:10Fans from all across the country held their tickets tight as they waited in line to enter the Ed Sullivan Theater on Wednesday. The night will be the final performance of the Late Show for longtime host David Letterman. Michael Monday
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANBest moments from the 'Late Show with David Letterman' | 02:50When he retires Wednesday, 'Late Show' host David Letterman will have hosted 6,028 late-night talk-show broadcasts over 33 years. VPC
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANLetterman's top 10 memorable guests | 04:02As the longest serving late night talk show host in history, there aren't many celebrities David Letterman didn't get the chance to talk to. In honor of his retirement take a look at the top ten interviews that are totally unforgettable. VPC
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANThe Beginning of Bill Murray and David Letterman's Bromance | 00:51David Letterman's 33-year tenure in late-night television draws to a close Wednesday night, so it's time to wax nostalgic about his first-ever interview, with none other than Bill Murray. The interview took place in 1982 on NBC's Late Night. Wochit
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANJimmy Kimmel Gets Emotional Honoring David Letterman | 00:46The love just keeps flowing for David Letterman. On Tuesday night, fellow late night host Jimmy Kimmel got emotional on his show as he bid farewell to Letterman who will end an era Wednesday night when he bows out of his "Late Show with David Lette Wochit
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANBill Murray takes the cake for best Letterman farewell | 01:14David Letterman has been getting quite the send-off from his closest friends. But we had a feeling Bill Murray's goodbye would take the cake.
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GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANTina Fey bids David Letterman good-bye with her 'Last Dress Ever' | 01:01Tina Fey went on David Letterman and in saying farewell to him, she also said goodbye to dresses. Keri Lumm (@TheKeriLumm) has the story. Buzz60
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANBill Clinton will return to the White House, If asked | 01:22On the 'Late Show,' Bill Clinton revealed he'll definitely return to the White House... if his wife Hillary asks him to.
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GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANCritic's Corner: 'Late Show with David Letterman' will be missed | 01:35USA TODAY's Robert Bianco previews 'Late Show with David Letterman' on CBS for Wednesday, May 20. VPC
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANPunchlines: Crazy Kim Jong Un | 02:14The late-night comics on the latest from North Korea including a reported execution for falling asleep. Take a look at our best of last night's late-night, then vote for yours at opinion.usatoday.com. Eileen Rivers
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANWhy Julia Roberts feared David Letterman | 01:20On the 'Late Show,' Julia Roberts revealed she almost didn't show up to her very first appearance on the show because she was scared of him.
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GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANGeorge Clooney handcuffs himself to David letterman | 01:00George Clooney REALLY doesn't want David Letterman to retire from the 'Late Show.' So he decided to take drastic measures to prevent it.
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GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANTina Fey gives David Letterman her dress | 01:27On the "Late Show" Thursday, Tina Fey told David Letterman last time she went to the Met Gala, it was a 'jerk parade.' Ouch!
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GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANTom Hanks teaches David Letterman how to use a selfie stick | 01:20On the 'Late Show,' Tom Hanks said his final goodbye to David Letterman by introducing him to the selfie stick.
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GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANDavid Oyelowo: Letterman was 'special' | 00:36David Oyelowo talks about his appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman. Video produced by Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANDavid Letterman, President Obama talk retirement plans | 01:19On the 'Late Show' Monday, David Letterman and President Barack Obama discovered they have similar plans for when they retire. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANJeremy Piven: Doing the splits on Letterman was pathetic | 01:12'Entourage' star, Jeremy Piven, recalls his first appearance on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' which included him doing the splits. Video shot by Todd Plitt for USA TODAY. VPC
GOODBYE DAVID LETTERMANHow late-night hosts have said farewell | 01:51A look back at how late-night hosts Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Craig Ferguson and Stephen Colbert have closed out their shows. Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY
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Oil spill mucks up the ocean near Santa Barbara, Calif.
California just can't catch a break, it seems. First came the drought. Now comes an oil spill. And we learned today that the spill, off the Santa Barbara coast, could be worse than initially thought. The pipeline was running at a rate of 2,000 barrels an hour — equivalent to 84,000 gallons, said Plains All American Pipeline LP official Darren Palmer. That would be a lot more than the initial estimate of 21,000 gallons, although we still don't know how much actually spilled. We do know there are 9 miles of oil slicks. How scenic. The broken 24-inch onshore pipeline spewed oil for several hours yesterday before it was shut off. The company has taken responsibility for the spill and the cleanup, which is already underway.
An oil slick washes up on the shore May 19, 2015, near Goleta, Calif. Capt. Dave Zaniboni of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department says the pipeline on the land near Refugio State Beach broke Tuesday and spilled oil into a culvert that ran under the U.S. 101.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Kenneth Song, The News-Press, via AP)
Osama bin Laden was a reader of books and writer of love letters
What was Osama bin Laden reading? If you guessed the Quran, you'd be right. If you guessed a Time article on America Online's stock, you'd also be right. The contents of bin Laden's "bookshelf" — the readings seized by SEAL Team 6 when they raided his compound and killed him in 2011 — were released today in an effort by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to increase transparency. Here's what else was on Osama's reading list: The 9/11 Commission Report and several Congressional Research Service reports on al-Qaeda, Iraq and Afghanistan; several non-fiction books, including Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward, and a how-to guide on guerrilla air defense; Businessweek, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report and Popular Science. Oh, and a gushing love letter he wrote one of his wives.
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USATODAY's Tom Vanden Brook talks about the recent release of Osama bin Laden documents. USA TODAY
Traders' chatroom exchanges give some insight into today's big bank guilty pleas
"if you aint cheating, you aint trying." "[Y]es, the less competition the better." Those excerpts from a transcript of a chatroom exchange involving a Barclays employee and a group of currency traders dubbed "The Cartel." Perhaps an apt name. Federal prosecutors say Euro-U.S dollar traders at Citicorp, JPMorgan, Barclays and RBS used an electronic chat room and coded language to manipulate benchmark exchange rates of the two currencies in ways that benefited their own trading positions. Those banks today agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay more than $5 billion in collective penalties. (Another bank, Switzerland's UBS, has agreed to plead guilty to manipulating key interest rates and will pay a separate criminal penalty of $203 million.) It's rare for banks to plead guilty to wrongdoing — this is the first time in more than two decades that major players in the financial industry have admitted to criminal wrongdoing on such a scale.
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Swiss banking giant UBS agreed Wednesday to pay $545 million to settle a probe by U.S. authorities into its role in manipulating interest and currency rates.
In a statement, the bank said it agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud. Wochit
Secretive space plane begins its secret mission after not-secret launch
A secret space plane launched today from Cape Canaveral, so the rest of this blurb is classified. Just kidding. Here's what's not a secret: An Atlas V rocket shot into the sky today with the Air Force's X-37B space plane and 10 small satellites aboard. The launch appeared to be off to a good start, but the broadcast of the launch blacked out about five minutes in, because secrets. It's the fourth X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission. The last one was in orbit nearly two years before landing in California, autonomously, of course. The X-37B's mission is said to be supporting national defense. The Air Force did say the mini-shuttle is carrying a propulsion experiment and a NASA materials science experiment. So that's cool. The launch was the 54th by United Launch Alliance's Atlas V, which is expected to launch astronauts in a Boeing capsule from Cape Canaveral within two or three years.
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Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with the Air Force's X-37B mini-shuttle, 10 CubeSats and The Planetary Society's LightSail mission. ULA video. Posted 5-20-15
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Excuse us, but that looks a little goofy. Swipe through more top shots from the Day in Pictures.
A visitor looks at the work 'Canis D Animatus', a comic-strip Goofy character, on display as a skeleton during the preview of the exhibition "Animatus" by South Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee in Moscow on May 20, 2015. Hyungkoo Lee reconstructed animated cartoon characters into detailed skeletons adopting paleontologist techniques and using resin, aluminum sticks, stainless steel wires, springs, brass and oil paint. The exhibit runs from May 21 to Sept. 27.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Yuri Kochetkov, European Pressphoto Agency)
A bunch of reality TV shows crowned their victors last night. Y'all had lots to say today about Dancing With the Stars Season 20 (20?!) winners, the member of Pharrell's team who won The Voice and the Bachelorette, which already has a winner declared, sort of, at the start of the season.
Take a look inside New York's new One World Trade Center Observatory, which opens to the public later this month.
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The long-awaited One World Trade Center Observatory will open to the public on May 29. Michael Monday
Hours after Riley Curry, adorable daughter of Steph Curry, stole the show at the NBA MVP's post-game news conference an incredibly strange controversy took over the Internet.
What else is on our reading list:
North Korea says it can miniaturize nuclear weapons
1.1 million CareFirst members in D.C.-area potentially breached
Bell: NFL's new extra point rules a welcome change
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Contributing: Rem Rieder, Tom Vanden Brook, Kevin Johnson, Kevin McCoy, Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY; James Dean, Florida Today; Associated Press
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