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Iran Says It Could Terminate European Oil Sales Next Week - New York Times
Escalating retaliatory threats over the West's nuclear sanctions, Iran warned on Friday that it could terminate oil sales to Europe as early as next week, and it bluntly advised Arab oil producers that any attempt by them to replace Iranian exports
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US, Arab League Face Russian Opposition on Syria - Voice of America
January 26, 2012 US, Arab League Face Russian Opposition on Syria Scott Stearns | State Department The Obama administration is joining the Arab League in pushing for UN action to end months of political violence in Syria by calling on President Bashar
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US, South Korea plan first joint drills since Kim Jong Il's death - Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM SEOUL -- Ready to test the diplomacy waters of North Korea's new regime, the militaries of the US and South Korea will hold their annual joint exercise next month, a drill that Pyongyang has previously called a provocative act
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Europe Crisis Is Stifling Remittances to East Africa, Central Bankers Say - Bloomberg
East Africans are sending less money back to their home countries as the crisis in the euro region slows global economic growth, government officials from Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda said
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Russia: Liberal Candidate Is Barred From Election - New York Times
The Central Election Commission on Friday barred Grigory A. Yavlinsky, founder of the liberal opposition party Yabloko, from competing in the March 4 presidential election
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Austrian far right celebrates on Holocaust holiday - CBS News
Demonstrators protest against the rightist fraternity WKR, which is holding a celebratory ball Jan. 27, 2012 -- International Holocaust Remembrance Day -- in Vienna
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Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters - New York Times
SAQBA, Syria - If the scene here on Friday was anything to judge by, the armed opposition to the Syrian government was making inroads and had won control of this town at the doorstep of the capital, Damascus, and perhaps of several other neighborhoods
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South Korea Allows Group to Deliver Aid to NKorea - ABC News
South Korea allowed members of a private group to accompany aid to North Korea for the first time Friday since leader Kim Jong Il died last month…
Costa offers settlement for passengers - Reuters
By Steve Scherer | ROME (Reuters) - Costa Cruises has offered to pay 11000 euros ($14500) in compensation to each of the more than 3000 passengers aboard the ship that capsized near the island of Giglio two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said on…
The fighting comes as the UN Security Council prepares to discuss a possible - BBC News
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Hama came under assault in the early hours of Friday, with heavy gunfire and loud explosions…
Freed Somalia hostages need space, privacy, military says - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Rome (CNN) -- Two aid workers rescued in a US military raid in Somalia need time out of the media spotlight to decompress and recover, the military said Friday, in outlining key steps in the reintegration process for the former…
Egypt bars Americans from leaving: What's going on here? - Christian Science Monitor
Egypt's military rulers escalated a dispute over US-funded NGOs by barring some American employees from leaving the country, including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood…
Nuclear row: Iran President Ahmadinejad offers talks - BBC News
Iran is ready to revive talks with the West but tougher sanctions will not force it to give into demands over its nuclear programme, its president says…
Arab League to Present Syria Plan to UN Security Council - Voice of America
January 26, 2012 Arab League to Present Syria Plan to UN Security Council VOA News Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby says he and Qatar's prime minister will jointly present an Arab plan for resolving Syria's months-long unrest to the UN Security Council…
Libya: UN alarmed over failure to stop torture of detainees - Telegraph.co.uk
Medicins Sans Frontieres, the medical charity, is suspending operations in Libyan detention centres because they were being asked to make torture victims fit for further interrogation…
Papua New Guinea military coup fails - The Guardian
A military coup has been averted in Papua New Guinea after government troops regained control of an army barracks, the country's prime minister said…
Mideast peace process at post-Oslo nadir: Palestinian PM - AFP
DAVOS, Switzerland - The Middle East peace process is at its lowest point in two decades and the events of the Arab Spring have forced it down the world agenda, the Palestinian prime minister complained Thursday…
Somalia hostage's husband cites 'three months of hell' - USA TODAY
By Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. - Two hostages rescued in Somalia by US special forces met with their families at a military base in Italy on Thursday as the husband of the American woman described her time spent in captivity as "three…
SEALs free US, Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News
SEALs free US, Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The same US Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage
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Marine apologizes to family of slain Iraqis - CBS News
Marine apologizes to family of slain Iraqis - CBS News
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich leaves after a court session at Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif. on Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) CAMP PENDLETON, Calif
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Gulf monitors leave Syria, League seeks UN support - Reuters
Gulf monitors leave Syria, League seeks UN support - Reuters
By Mariam Karouny | DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Observers from Gulf Arab states left Syria on Wednesday after their governments said they were "certain the bloodshed and killing of innocents would continue," and the Arab League pursued UN support for a plan
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Turkey attacks France over Armenian genocide bill - ABC Online
Turkey attacks France over Armenian genocide bill - ABC Online
MARK COLVIN: Last night's vote in France to make denial of the Armenian genocide a crime was bound to cause diplomatic ructions
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Iran oil embargo: How tough are the EU sanctions? - Christian Science Monitor
Iran oil embargo: How tough are the EU sanctions? - Christian Science Monitor
Europe's Iran oil embargo is unprecedented. But the EU may have left the door open for adjustments that could ease pressure on Tehran
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Gulf Arabs quit Syria monitoring mission - Reuters
Gulf Arabs quit Syria monitoring mission - Reuters
By Alistair Lyon | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Gulf allies joined Riyadh on Tuesday in pulling out of an Arab League monitoring team to Syria, risking the collapse of a mission whose presence has not halted more than 10 months of violence
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Turkish fury at French vote on Armenian genocide law - BBC News
Turkish fury at French vote on Armenian genocide law - BBC News
Turkey has reacted with anger after the French Senate approved a bill making it a crime to deny genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during World War I. The Turkish foreign ministry branded the decision "irresponsible" and
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Chaotic Start to Egypt's First Democratically Elected Parliament - New York Times
Chaotic Start to Egypt's First Democratically Elected Parliament - New York Times
CAIRO - As Egypt's first freely elected Parliament in six decades held its opening session on Monday, the Muslim Brotherhood received a lesson in the unwieldiness of democracy when a dispute over choosing a speaker degenerated into a shouting match
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Brent steady above $110 on Iran ban; Greece woes weigh - Reuters
Brent steady above $110 on Iran ban; Greece woes weigh - Reuters
Iran accuses Europe of waging "psychological warfare" * Euro retreats from three-week high, Asian shares edge up * Euro zone ministers reject private bondholders' Greece offer * Coming Up: API crude stocks weekly; 2130 GMT By Manash Goswami SINGAPORE
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Armed activists encroach on Assad's stronghold - BBC News
Armed activists encroach on Assad's stronghold - BBC News
Newsnight's Tim Whewell has just returned from Syria where he managed to give his government minders the slip and meet armed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad regime established inside the Syrian capital
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Megaupload boss says he's innocent, rival stops file-sharing - Reuters
Megaupload boss says he's innocent, rival stops file-sharing - Reuters
By Michael Perry | AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was ordered to be held in custody by a New Zealand court on Monday, as he denied charges of internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to
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Assad's government rejects Arab League calls for him to step down - Washington Post
Assad's government rejects Arab League calls for him to step down - Washington Post
DAMASCUS - Syria on Monday rejected the Arab League's wide-ranging proposal to end the country's 10-month crisis, saying the call for President Bashar al-Assad to leave office after a unity government is formed amounts to "blatant interference" in
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Europe bans Iranian oil imports in push to halt nuclear program - Washington Post
Europe bans Iranian oil imports in push to halt nuclear program - Washington Post
BRUSSELS--Europe banned the import of Iranian oil Monday and froze Europe-based assets of the Central Bank of Iran, intensifying an international campaign to choke Iran's economy and force the radical Islamic government to dispel fears that it is
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US aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident - Ynetnews
US aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident - Ynetnews
A US aircraft carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran backed away from an earlier threat to take action if an American carrier returned to the strategic waterway
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Ship may have had unregistered passengers; 13th body found - USA TODAY
Ship may have had unregistered passengers; 13th body found - USA TODAY
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) - Unregistered passengers might have been aboard the stricken cruise liner that capsized off this Tuscan island, a top rescue official said Sunday, raising the possibility that the number of missing might be higher than the 20
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Afghan government hints at Taliban talks - CNN
Afghan government hints at Taliban talks - CNN
Marc Grossman, US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in Kabul to talk with Afghan president Hamid Karzai.. Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Afghan government of Hamid Karzai signaled willingness to join in with an American-led drive towards
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Arab League to decide whether to stay in Syria - CNN International
Arab League to decide whether to stay in Syria - CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Syrian anti-regime demonstrators wave flags in the Khalidiya neighbourhood of the flashpoint city of Homs on January 20, 2012
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Bird flu claims second victim in China - AFP
Bird flu claims second victim in China - AFP
BEIJING - A man in southwest China who contracted the bird flu virus died on Sunday, health authorities said, the second human death from the virulent disease in the Asian country in just under a month
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Iranians worry about possibility of war amid tensions with West - Los Angeles Times
Iranians worry about possibility of war amid tensions with West - Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM TEHRAN AND BEIRUT - The deepening standoff between Tehran and the West over Iran's nuclear program has Iranians chatting nervously in butcher shops, grocery aisles and money exchanges
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Search resumes in cruise ship amid rough seas - CBS News
Search resumes in cruise ship amid rough seas - CBS News
(AP) GIGLIO, Italy - Rescuers on Sunday resumed searching the above-water section of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise liner, but choppy seas kept divers from exploring the submerged part, where officials have said there could be bodies
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Uncertainties lie ahead of Egypt's new People's Assembly - Xinhua
Uncertainties lie ahead of Egypt's new People's Assembly - Xinhua
by Tian Dongdong CAIRO, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the Egyptian High Judicial Election Commission Abdel-Moez Ibrahim announced the final results of the People's Assembly (lower house) polls on Saturday, with the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) political
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Megauploads Kim Dotcom barricaded himself in mansion: police - National Post
Megaupload's Kim Dotcom barricaded himself in mansion: police - National Post
By Mantik Kusjanto WELLINGTON - New Zealand police on Saturday revealed bizarre details of the arrest of the suspected kingpin of an Internet copyright theft case against the James Bond-like backdrop of a country mansion hideaway with electronic locks
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Dutch teen completes year-long solo sailing journey around world - Fox News
Dutch teen completes year-long solo sailing journey around world - Fox News
A teenager from the Netherlands sailed into St. Maarten harbor on Saturday, ending a yearlong solo journey around the globe aboard a ketch named "Guppy
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Fuel in water near grounded ship; divers resume search - USA TODAY
Fuel in water near grounded ship; divers resume search - USA TODAY
ROME (AP) - Light fuel, apparently from machinery aboard the capsized Costa Concordia, was detected Saturday in the sea near the ship, Italian Coast Guard officials said Saturday
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Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts - BBC News
Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts - BBC News
Co-ordinated attacks by Islamist militants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday killed at least 120 people, witnesses and reports say
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Top US general in Israel to discuss Iran's nuclear program - USA TODAY
Top US general in Israel to discuss Iran's nuclear program - USA TODAY
JERUSALEM (AP) - The top US general, visiting Israel at a delicate and dangerous moment in the global standoff with Tehran, is expected to press for restraint amid fears that the Jewish state is nearing a decision to attack Iran's nuclear program
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EU states still divided over details of Iran oil embargo - Reuters
EU states still divided over details of Iran oil embargo - Reuters
* EU states divided over details of Iran oil ban * West wants more pressure over atom programme * Formal approval of EU plans still seen next week (Adds details, background) By Justyna Pawlak and Julien Toyer BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - European Union
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US Forces Poised to Deal with Iran Threat - Voice of America
US Forces Poised to Deal with Iran Threat - Voice of America
January 19, 2012 US Forces Poised to Deal with Iran Threat Luis Ramirez | The Pentagon The United States says its military forces in the Persian Gulf region are prepared to deal with any threat from Iran
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Experts divided on Pentagon's proposed cuts - CNN
By Michael Martinez, CNN (CNN) -- Some military experts Friday called Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's proposed budget cuts "much to do about nothing," but others expressed concern about the potential of a shrinking US military in the strategic Mideast
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Doctor convicted in Jackson death seeks release - The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death asked a judge Friday to release him from jail pending his appeal
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Occupy DC must stop camping overnight on Monday, Park Service says - Washington Post
The National Park Service said Friday that it will begin enforcing its long-standing regulation prohibiting camping on federal parkland at the Occupy sites at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza at noon Monday
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"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years for federal charges = Reuters
By Laura L. Myers | SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a
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California orders hike in number of super clean cars = Los Angeles Times
The state's air board issues new rules to automakers as part of its effort to cut greenhouse gases. An employee parks a Toyota gas-electric hybrid automobile in a row of similar cars at a dealership in Los Angeles
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Student charged in Utah high school bomb plot; police continue investigation - Washington Post
ROY, Utah - The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane
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Romney, Gingrich seek Latino vote in Florida - Los Angeles Times
The Republican candidates outline their views in back-to-back speeches before the Hispanic Leadership Network. Rick Santorum also plays up his interest in Latin American policy
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Secret Service reviews possible threat to Obama - USA TODAY
By David Jackson, USA TODAY The Secret Service is reviewing the background of an Internet photograph showing a group of armed young men in the Arizona desert standing next to what appears to be a bullet-riddled image of President Obama
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Obama Proposes to Link Federal US College Aid to Affordability - BusinessWeek
By Julianna Goldman and Kate Andersen Brower Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama for the first time is proposing to link federal aid to colleges with the institutions' ability to control tuition costs and maintain education quality
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Feds drop fraud case against Adelphia founder, son - CBS News
(AP) WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Federal prosecutors have ended a six-year legal fight against the imprisoned father-son executives of a defunct Pennsylvania cable company after deeming the tax fraud charges against them not worth pursuing
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'Barefoot Bandit' to be sentenced in federal court - Seattle Post Intelligencer
SEATTLE (AP) - Colton Harris-Moore - the notorious "Barefoot Bandit" - is scheduled to be sentenced Friday morning in a Seattle federal court for his infamous two-year international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts
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Official: At least 11 hurt in OH casino collapse - San Francisco Chronicle
By LISA CORNWELL, AP The fire department in Cincinnati says at least 11 people have been injured in a partial collapse at a casino construction site
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Defense budget plan would cut spending by half a trillion - Los Angeles Times
But it also would increase the military's base budget for four of the next five years. Savings come from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Senate rejects GOP attempt to deny debt ceiling increase - Los Angeles Times
By Lisa Mascaro Despite support from virtually all Republicans, the Senate blocked an attempt to deny President Obama an increase in the debt ceiling, ensuring the administration has the funds to pay the nation's bills through the November election…
Washington, DC -- not New York -- is 'most literate' city in US - Los Angeles Times
The nation's capital has scored top literacy honors for the second year in a row, ranking No. 1 as the "most literate" city in America…
US Army chief 'comfortable' with smaller force as Pentagon prepares cuts - msnbc.com
WASHINGTON - The US Army chief said he is "comfortable" with plans to shrink the size of his force as the Pentagon prepares to slash eight brigades as part of defense cuts worth $260 billion over five years…
Severe storms lash Texas; spawn tornadoes - USA TODAY
HOUSTON (AP) - Heavy rain and powerful winds that spawned several tornadoes have swept across Texas, forcing drivers to abandon cars on flooded roads but not dropping enough water to make up for the state's historic drought…
Black on Obama's State of the Union Address - Washington Post
Black on Obama's State of the Union Address - Washington Post
25 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Black, chairman of the Prime Policy Group and Republican strategist, discusses President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Black speaks with Scarlet Fu and Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack
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SEALs free US, Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News
SEALs free US, Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The same US Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage
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Golfer Bubba Watson Buys The General Lee From The Dukes Of Hazzrd - Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Golfer Bubba Watson Buys The General Lee From "The Dukes Of Hazzrd" - Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Professional golfer Bubba Watson, curently ranked number 21 in the world, has purchased the General Lee car from the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard", which ran on CBS, from 1979-1985
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Hearse That Carried JFK's Body Auctions for $160000 - TIME
Hearse That Carried JFK's Body Auctions for $160000 - TIME
By Erik Hayden | @Erik_Hayden | January 24, 2012 | + The 1964 Cadillac Hearse that carried President John F. Kennedy's body after he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, sits on the auction block in Scottsdale, Arizona
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2 children die in Far South Side fire despite rescue attempts - Chicago Tribune
2 children die in Far South Side fire despite rescue attempts - Chicago Tribune
Two young children were killed in an early morning apartment fire on the Far South Side after their mother ran out with another child and the door locked behind her, fire officials say
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Political Push Moves a Deal on Mortgages Inches Closer - New York Times
Political Push Moves a Deal on Mortgages Inches Closer - New York Times
About one million homeowners facing foreclosure could have their mortgage burden cut by about $20000 each as part of a long-awaited deal taking shape among state attorneys general, federal officials and the nation's largest mortgage servicers
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Four Florida college students expelled over hazing - Chicago Tribune
Four Florida college students expelled over hazing - Chicago Tribune
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - Four members of the Florida A&M University marching band were expelled on Monday for hazing, the latest in a series of actions following the death of drum major Robert Champion in November
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Ex-CIA officer charged with disclosing classified information - Los Angeles Times
Ex-CIA officer charged with disclosing classified information - Los Angeles Times
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou could face decades in prison if convicted. He is accused of providing secrets to reporters, according to a federal criminal complaint
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The GOPs race to the nomination reality show - CBS News
The GOP's race to the nomination reality show - CBS News
After the 18th debate, four candidates are left standing, hoping to make it to the next round. It's much like a reality TV show
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Joe Paterno services planned at Penn State; funeral to be protested by - Washington Post
Joe Paterno services planned at Penn State; funeral to be protested by Westboro Baptist Church - Washington Post
Joe Paterno, the legendary former coach of the Penn State football team, died Saturday at the age of 85 from lung cancer in a hospital in State College, Pa
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Concordias Death Toll at 13 as Italy Prepares Fuel Removal - BusinessWeek
Concordia's Death Toll at 13 as Italy Prepares Fuel Removal - BusinessWeek
By Marco Bertacche and Armorel Kenna (Adds environment minister's comment from seventh paragraph. For more stories on the Concordia accident {EXT2 } Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Italian search teams resumed operations on Carnival Corp
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Mixed record for Obamas State of the Union goals - San Francisco Chronicle
Mixed record for Obama's State of the Union goals - San Francisco Chronicle
By ERICA WERNER, AP As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his annual address to Congress, many goals he outlined in previous State of the Union speeches remain unfulfilled
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Tornado touches down in Arkansas as storms menace US - Reuters
Tornado touches down in Arkansas as storms menace US - Reuters
By Suzi Parker | LITTLE ROCK, Ar (Reuters) - A twister touched down 70 miles south of the Arkansas state capital late Sunday, as forecasters warned that tornadoes and heavy storms could mete out punishment to several southeast states into Monday
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A Year After Attack, Giffords Says She'll Resign - Wall Street Journal
A Year After Attack, Giffords Says She'll Resign - Wall Street Journal
By COREY BOLES and TAMARA AUDI Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a gunshot wound to the head a year ago, said Sunday she would step down from Congress this week, setting off a political scramble in Arizona to fill her seat
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Desecration At Church Leads NYC Pastor To Evict Occupy Wall Street - CBS New York
Desecration At Church Leads NYC Pastor To 'Evict' Occupy Wall Street - CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - When the bronze lid of the baptismal font disappeared from the West Park Presbyterian Church on W. 86th Street, Rev
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Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasse - Bangor Daily News
Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasse - Bangor Daily News
By From wire service reports WASHINGTON - Postage rates jumped Sunday for the first time in 2 1/2 years as the US Postal Service moved to generate more revenue amid historic losses
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MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Claims Mitt Romney's Family Entered The Country Illegally - Mediaite
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Claims Mitt Romney's Family Entered The Country Illegally - Mediaite
by James Crugnale | 2:02 pm, January 22nd, 2012 Appearing on The Chris Matthews Show, in a discussion on the upcoming Florida primary, Andrea Mitchell claimed that Mitt Romney's relatives entered the United States illegally
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Evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman can't go home - Chicago Tribune
Evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman can't go home - Chicago Tribune
DETROIT-- The federal government now says a 101-year-old Detroit woman it promised could move back into her foreclosed home four months ago can't return because the building's unsanitary and unsafe
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Anti-abortion activists mark Roe v. Wade anniversary with demonstration - CNN International
Anti-abortion activists mark Roe v. Wade anniversary with demonstration - CNN International
By Laurie Ure, CNN Washington (CNN) -- Hundreds of anti-abortion activists gathered in Washington's Lafayette Park on Sunday on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide
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Tornadoes possible in southern US as snow threatens - Reuters
Tornadoes possible in southern US as snow threatens - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Severe storms were expected to spread across several southeastern US states on Sunday into Monday with tornadoes, highwinds and large hail possible, weather forecasters said
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Colleagues Comment on Giffords' Resignation - ABC News
Colleagues Comment on Giffords' Resignation - ABC News
Statements on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' announcement Sunday that she plans to resign from Congress this week to focus on her recovery: ------ "Gabby Giffords embodies the very best of what public service should be
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Rep. Wasserman Schultz says Giffords' recovery is likely to take years, not months - CNN
Rep. Wasserman Schultz says Giffords' recovery is likely to take years, not months - CNN
(CNN) -- Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced on her website Sunday that she will resign from Congress this week to continue her recuperation from the brain injury she suffered when shot just over a year ago
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$210K for Bonnie Clyde Tommy Gun, shotgun - CBS News
$210K for Bonnie & Clyde Tommy Gun, shotgun - CBS News
A pair of historic firearms - a .45 Caliber Thompson Sub-Machine Gun and a Winchester 12-gauge shotgun - believed to have been owned and used by the outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were sold at auction for a total of $210000 Saturday, Jan
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Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 - USA TODAY
Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 - USA TODAY
By Jack Carey, USA TODAY Perhaps the most ironic element when looking at the way Joe Paterno lost his job as Penn State's football coach after 46 seasons is that as a young man, he had his eyes set on law school
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Media outlets scramble to report false claim of Paterno's death - CNN International
Media outlets scramble to report false claim of Paterno's death - CNN International
By Holly Yan, CNN Onward State, a Penn State student-run news website, incorrectly posted an item Saturday saying legendary football coach Joe Paterno had died
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Rival parties to mix it up - nicely - at State of the Union - Los Angeles Times
Rival parties to mix it up - nicely - at State of the Union - Los Angeles Times
Many Democratic and Republican members of Congress will sit in pairs again in a show of civility at President Obama's address
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Crews contain Reno fire that claimed 29 homes - CBS News
Crews contain Reno fire that claimed 29 homes - CBS News
Jeannie Watts, left, looks through the rubble of her barn for the bodies of her three horses on Jan. 21, 2012, after her home in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev
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Debate Exposes Tensions as Race Reshaped by Surprises - Bloomberg
Debate Exposes Tensions as Race Reshaped by Surprises - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Debate Exposes Tensions as Race Reshaped by Surprises Debate Exposes Tensions as Race Reshaped by Surprises Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Landov Republican Presidential candidates, from left to right, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron
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Apple juice made in America? Think again - USA TODAY
Apple juice made in America? Think again - USA TODAY
By Christina Rexrode, AP NEW YORK - Americans are finding some surprises lurking in US government information about where the food they eat comes from
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Remorseful man admits causing Reno fire - CBS News
Remorseful man admits causing Reno fire - CBS News
The ruins of a home in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., seen on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, after a wind-driven brush fire raced through the area
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Ford has its strongest year in a decade - Los Angeles Times
The automaker has a more than 200% increase in net income in 2011, but its fourth-quarter profit misses estimates on overseas losses
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Dow Posts First Losing Week of '12, but Is Still Up for Year - New York Times
The stock market closed mixed Friday, after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year than economists expected
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Obama administration expands foreclosure prevention program - CNNMoney
By Les Christie @CNNMoney January 27, 2012: 7:56 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Obama administration is taking another swing at improving its main foreclosure prevention program
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World stocks dip as US GDP falls short - Reuters
By Richard Leong | NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stocks fell on Friday on news the US economy grew more slowly than expected in the last quarter of 2011, while the euro rose on hopes of an imminent deal on Greece's debt that could help avert a disorderly
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Italian, Spanish Ratings Cut Two Notches by Fitch on Crisis - BusinessWeek
By Mark Deen and Cheyenne Hopkins Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The credit ratings of Italy, Spain and three other euro-area countries were cut by Fitch Ratings, which said the five nations lack financing flexibility in the face of the regional debt crisis
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US fourth-quarter GDP falls short of expectations - Los Angeles Times
The nation's broadest measure of US economic output rose at a 2.8% annual rate - many analysts had predicted 3% - in the October through December period, and signs point to economic weakness ahead
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Greece, creditors laboriously piece together debt deal - Reuters
By George Georgiopoulos and Karolina Tagaris | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its private creditors head back to the negotiating table on Saturday to put together the final pieces of a long-awaited debt swap agreement needed to avert an unruly default
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Facebook Readies IPO Filing - Wall Street Journal
By SHAYNDI RAICE and RANDALL SMITH Facebook Inc. could file papers for its initial public offering as early as next week, people familiar with the matter said, as anticipation mounts for what is likely to be one of the biggest debuts for a US company
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US Economy: GDP Up 2.8% In Q4, Weak 1.7% For 2011 - Forbes
The US economy expanded at a 2.8% clip in the fourth quarter, falling just shy of the 3% consensus estimate. On the positive side, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported an uptick in private inventory investment and personal consumption expenditures
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Brent buoyed by Iran threat, US GDP weighs - Reuters
By Simon Falush | LONDON (Reuters) - Brent crude held above $111 on Friday as comments from Iran that it might stop exports to the European Union intensified worries about security of supply, but weaker than forecast economic data from the United
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Ford Profits Race Higher, Fall Short Of Checkered Flag - Forbes
Shares of Ford Motor flattened in morning trading Friday, after the automaker's fourth-quarter profit came up short of estimates
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APNewsBreak: Bachmann says she'll seek 4th term - Boston.com
APNewsBreak: Bachmann says she'll seek 4th term - Boston.com
By Doug Glass AP / January 25, 2012 MINNEAPOLIS--Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday she will seek a fourth term in the US House following her failed presidential bid
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Obama Answers Bernanke Plea With Refinancing Plan - Bloomberg
Obama Answers Bernanke Plea With Refinancing Plan - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Barack Obama Barack Obama Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg President Obama delivers the State of the Union address at the Capitol on Jan. 24, 2012
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A Fed First: Central Bankers to Unveil Forecasts - Fox Business
A Fed First: Central Bankers to Unveil Forecasts - Fox Business
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to provide Wall Street with more of the same Wednesday - that is cautious maintenance of the same monetary policy in place now for over three years
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Bernanke near inflation target prize, but jobs a concern - Reuters
Bernanke near inflation target prize, but jobs a concern - Reuters
By Mark Felsenthal | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Federal Reserve could take the historic step this week of announcing an explicit target for inflation, a move that would fulfill a multi-year quest of the central bank's chairman, Ben Bernanke
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Soros Promotes European Crisis Plan - New York Times
Soros Promotes European Crisis Plan - New York Times
By ERIC PFANNER The billionaire investor George Soros said Wednesday that it was possible Greece could be pushed out of the euro zone this year
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Germany Backs ECB in Rejecting IMF Call for Losses on Greek Debt - BusinessWeek
Germany Backs ECB in Rejecting IMF Call for Losses on Greek Debt - BusinessWeek
By Jeff Black and Brian Parkin Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government rejected suggestions that the European Central Bank take losses on its Greek debt holdings, backing the ECB in a dispute with the
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Illinois gas price update - Canton Daily Ledger
Illinois gas price update - Canton Daily Ledger
By Anonymous Average retail gasoline prices in Illinois have fallen 8.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.47/g Sunday
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Swiss soldiers, police battle snow to erect 11-mile 'ring of steel' around - Washington Post
Swiss soldiers, police battle snow to erect 11-mile 'ring of steel' around - Washington Post
DAVOS, Switzerland - Thousands of Swiss soldiers and police have been shoveling snow to erect a 'ring of steel' against unwelcome demonstrators hoping to gatecrash the annual meeting of political and economic elites in the Swiss Alps
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Macy's sues Martha Stewart Living over JCPenney deal - USA TODAY
Macy's sues Martha Stewart Living over JCPenney deal - USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) - Macy's has sued Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) and requested a preliminary injunction to block a new licensing deal between Martha's housewares company and JC Penney
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UK could send extra military assets to Strait of Hormuz to keep key shipping - Washington Post
UK could send extra military assets to Strait of Hormuz to keep key shipping - Washington Post
LONDON - Britain could send extra military assets to the Strait of Hormuz to deter any attempt by Iran to block Persian Gulf oil tanker traffic, the country's defense secretary said Tuesday, as Tehran accused the European Union of trying to create
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U.S. Stock Futures Slip on Lack of Debt-Swap Progress; InterDigital Sinks - Bloomberg
U.S. Stock Futures Slip on Lack of Debt-Swap Progress; InterDigital Sinks - Bloomberg
US stock futures retreated, indicating the Standard &Poor's 500 Index will snap a five-day rally, amid a stalemate between European policy makers and Greek bondholders over how to resolve the nation's debt crisis
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Stock Trading Is Lowest in U.S. Since 2008 - Bloomberg
Stock Trading Is Lowest in U.S. Since 2008 - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Stock Trading Lowest in US Since 2008 Stock Trading Lowest in US Since 2008 Jin Lee/Bloomberg Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York
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Asia Stocks Gain a Sixth Day as New Zealand Dollar, Oil Advance on Europe - Bloomberg
Asia Stocks Gain a Sixth Day as New Zealand Dollar, Oil Advance on Europe - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Asia Stocks Gain a Sixth Day as New Zealand Dollar Asia Stocks Gain a Sixth Day as New Zealand Dollar Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg A pedestrian walks past an electronic stock board outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan
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Euro gains evaporate after Greek setback - Reuters
Euro gains evaporate after Greek setback - Reuters
By Lisa Twaronite and Ian Chua | TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro descended from a three-week peak against the dollar in Asia on Tuesday after euro zone finance ministers rejected an offer by private creditors to restructure Greek debt, keeping alive fears
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S&P ends day with minor gains, Dow, Nasdaq slightly off - msnbc.com
S&P ends day with minor gains, Dow, Nasdaq slightly off - msnbc.com
By msnbc.com staff and news services According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average ended down 11.66 points, or 0.09 percent, at 12708.82
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US GAS: Futures Rally After Chesapeake Production Cut - Wall Street Journal
US GAS: Futures Rally After Chesapeake Production Cut - Wall Street Journal
By Dan Strumpf Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Natural gas futures surged Monday after Chesapeake Energy Corp., the second-largest US gas producer, said it will curtail gas production and drilling in response to low prices
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Halliburton CEO Sees Overall Increase In Rig Count For 2012 - Wall Street Journal
Halliburton CEO Sees Overall Increase In Rig Count For 2012 - Wall Street Journal
HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Unfettered drilling for oil will more than offset any slowdown in natural gas drilling in North America, helping improve Halliburton Co
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IMF Chief Urges Europe to Beef Up Bailout Funds - New York Times
IMF Chief Urges Europe to Beef Up Bailout Funds - New York Times
PARIS - As European finance ministers gathered Monday for their latest session on the euro crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund urged them to significantly bolster the bailout funds available for euro zone countries to avoid
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Germany, France Pressure Greece for Swift Debt Deal - Fox Business
Germany, France Pressure Greece for Swift Debt Deal - Fox Business
Germany and France pressed on Monday for a rapid deal between Greece and its private creditors that returns its soaring debt to sustainable levels and said they remained committed to a new bailout that is needed by March to avert a disastrous default
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Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasse - Bangor Daily News
Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasse - Bangor Daily News
By From wire service reports WASHINGTON - Postage rates jumped Sunday for the first time in 2 1/2 years as the US Postal Service moved to generate more revenue amid historic losses
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Grand champion steer sold at National Western junior livestock auction for $106000 - Denver Post
Grand champion steer sold at National Western junior livestock auction for $106000 - Denver Post
By The Denver Post The National Western Stock Show Grand Champion Steer joins guests for Afternoon Tea at The Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012
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Paris and Berlin seek to dilute bank rules - Financial Times
Paris and Berlin seek to dilute bank rules - Financial Times
By Alex Barker in Brussels and Brooke Masters in London France and Germany are to call for a relaxation of global bank capital rules to prevent lending to the real economy being choked off, setting them at odds with the UK's stricter approach to banks
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Oil, Euro Fall on Greek Debt Talks - Bloomberg
Oil, Euro Fall on Greek Debt Talks - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Oil Prices, Euro Fall Oil Prices, Euro Fall Dennis Drenner/Bloomberg Oil retreated and the euro weakened before European Union leaders meet to discuss new budget rules, Greece's debt swap and an Iranian oil embargo
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How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on Friday - Washington Post
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on Friday - Washington Post
IBM and Microsoft drove the Dow Jones industrial average higher Friday after the tech giants reported stronger earnings than analysts expected
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Euro Policy Makers Resume Talks Tomorrow on Long-Term Debt Crisis Solution - Bloomberg
Euro Policy Makers Resume Talks Tomorrow on Long-Term Debt Crisis Solution - Bloomberg
European officials will push on tomorrow with a long-term plan to tackle the region's debt crisis, as banking and government negotiators zero in on an agreement that will lighten Greece ({GDBR10)'s debt burden
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Bonus season not as festive for bank CEOs - The Associated Press
Bonus season not as festive for bank CEOs - The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank, posted a record profit for 2011. That didn't translate into a bigger bonus for CEO Jamie Dimon
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Talks on Greek debt deal hit snag - BBC News
Talks on Greek debt deal hit snag - BBC News
The chief negotiators for Greece's private creditors have left Athens without securing a deal to write off some of the country's debts
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Euro Gains for First Time in Seven Weeks as Debt Concern Falls - Bloomberg
Euro Gains for First Time in Seven Weeks as Debt Concern Falls - Bloomberg
Play Video The euro rose for the first time in seven weeks after bets the 17-nation currency would weaken reached a record and as member nations' borrowing costs fell at bond auctions, mitigating debt-crisis pessimism
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The New ARMs Race - DailyFinance
The New "ARMs" Race - DailyFinance
By Tamara Rutter, The Motley Fool Posted 10:43PM 01/20/12 Investing Four big tech companies announced earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, with Intel (NAS: INTC) standing out with revenue of $13.9 billion for the quarter
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Did Google Just Break Its Cash Machine? - DailyFinance
Did Google Just Break Its Cash Machine? - DailyFinance
By Anders Bylund (TMFZahrim), The Motley Fool Posted 2:10PM 01/21/12 Investing Google (NAS: GOOG) CEO Larry Page is "super excited" about "a really strong quarter," but investors don't seem to agree
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Roubini On Steroids: Zombie Economy In A G-Zero World - Forbes
Roubini On Steroids: Zombie Economy In A G-Zero World - Forbes
When Dante approaches the gates of hell in his Inferno, he sees a sign that reads "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." The same sign should hang in places where economist Nouriel Roubini is scheduled to talk
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GE Profit Slides on Pricing - Wall Street Journal
GE Profit Slides on Pricing - Wall Street Journal
By KATE LINEBAUGH and BOB SECHLER General Electric Co.'s big industrial businesses are struggling to translate higher revenue into bigger profits as prices for its products-particularly power generators-remain under pressure from competition and weak
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Kodak Files for Bankruptcy Protection - Wall Street Journal
Kodak Files for Bankruptcy Protection - Wall Street Journal
By MIKE SPECTOR, DANA MATTIOLI and KATY STECH Kodak may become a fading memory as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Dow Jones's Steve McGrath explains where it went wrong and reminds us of previous corporations undone by technological
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Screen Actors Guild votes to approve merger plan - Los Angeles Times
The Screen Actors Guild national board of directors voted overwhelmingly to approve a plan to merge with its sister union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
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Toddlers & Tiaras Mom Files $30 Million Libel Suit: You "Sexualized" My Daughter! - E! Online
Sarah Jessica's Striped Style Plus, Blake Lively, Selena Gomez and Diane Kruger. Rate today's highs 'n' lows! Toddlers & Tiaras Mom Files $30 Million Libel Suit: You "Sexualized" My Daughter!
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Lana Del Rey To Re-Release Her First LP As Lizzy Grant - Idolator: All About The Music
The 'American Idol' Season 11 premiere ratings are in, and they're way down from previous years. Why didn't you tune in, music fans?
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Reese Withespoon's 'This Means War' Trims Sex Jokes, Secures PG-13 Rating - AceShowbiz
Following the R rating given to the film by the Classification and Rating Appeals Board, 20th Century Fox moves fast to readjust the film in order to secure the less-restrictive rating
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Michael Jackson's legacy cemented by children - Daily Gossip
The legacy of the late pop star, Michael Jackson was immortalized in cement during a special ceremony which was held on Thursday in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood
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'Man On A Ledge': The Reviews Are In! - MTV.com
By Kara Warner (@karawarner) If your impressions about the new action thriller "Man on a Ledge" are based on the film's very-literal title, you're very likely correct in assuming to know a decent amount about the film before entering the theater
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How naked is Katherine Heigl in 'One For the Money'? - USA TODAY
By Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY Jason O'Mara appears to get an eyeful of co-star Katherine Heigl during a comedic shower scene in One For the Money, opening today
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Seal The 'I've Got a Secret' Smile - TMZ.com
Seal's finally left Heidi Klum -- he flew out of the country last night ... and did it with a you-know-what eatin' grin on his face
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Chuck Is Over. (Sob!) So What Did Those Final Moments Mean?! - E! Online
If you haven't yet watched tonight's series finale of NBC's Chuck, then for the love of all that is holy, do not read another word!
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Demi Moore 911 call is public information, for better or worse - Entertainment Weekly
by Lanford Beard When the dramatic recording of the 911 call leading to Demi Moore's Monday night hospitalization was released to the public today, it begged the question: Does Moore have any legal right to her privacy in this situation?
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Amy Winehouse's Family Call Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Tribute 'In Bad Taste' - MTV.com
Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, a favorite of Lady Gaga, is catching heat after presenting his Amy Winehouse-inspired spring/summer 2012 collection at Paris Fashion Week
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ACM Awards nominations 2012: Kenny Chesney and Taylor Swift to battle it out - Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Country princess Taylor Swift is facing some stiff competition for the top spot at the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) this year
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Oscars 2012: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close gets an unlikely Oscar nomination - Telegraph.co.uk
Oscars 2012: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close gets an unlikely Oscar nomination - Telegraph.co.uk
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close has been widely panned by the critics, but it is in the running for an Oscar for best picture
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Whitney Houston broke: Singer has spent her $100m fortune - Daily Mail
Whitney Houston broke: 'Singer has spent her $100m fortune' - Daily Mail
By Leah Simpson She's about to make her big screen comeback in the remake of Sparkle with popstar Jordin Sparks but Whitney Houston is reportedly 'broke'
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Angelina Jolie Snubs Stacy Keibler on Private Jet - Us Magazine
Angelina Jolie Snubs Stacy Keibler on Private Jet - Us Magazine
George Clooney and Stacy Keibler hitched a ride on a private jet with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie from LA to the Palm Springs International Film Festival in California Jan. 7 -- but the flight was anything but smooth
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U-Turn: Aretha Franklin Decides Not To Marry - Cinema Blend
U-Turn: Aretha Franklin Decides Not To Marry - Cinema Blend
If ever there was any question as to how much differently society treats engagements and marriages, look no further than Aretha Franklin
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Steve Pond's Oscar-Nomination Predictions: In With Dragon Tattoo, Out With - Reuters
Steve Pond's Oscar-Nomination Predictions: In With 'Dragon Tattoo,' Out With - Reuters
By Steve Pond at TheWrap Predicting the Oscar nominations used to be so easy. Oscar-watchers knew who the frontrunners were, we could make educated guesses about the rest, and - crucially - we knew how many nominations there would be: 10 for Best
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The 2012 Sundance Film Festival - Washington Post
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival - Washington Post
Actors Will Ferrell and Lizzy Caplan attend Sheets Energy presents BCDF Sundance Cocktail Party at Stella Artois by Ally B during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah
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The Bachelor Recap: One With Nature - Hollywood Reporter
'The Bachelor' Recap: One With Nature - Hollywood Reporter
Ben Flajnik took the contestants into the great outdoors in Park City, Utah, for horseback riding, fly fishing and a cocktail party throwdown
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Seal Talks Heidi Klum Separation: "We Were Shocked" - E! Online
Seal Talks Heidi Klum Separation: "We Were Shocked" - E! Online
Right after Billboard exec Bill Werde told E! News that Seal's split from Heidi Klum might actually help the singer's career by drawing attention to more than just his new album, interviews between Seal and Ellen DeGeneres (airing Tuesday) and PBS'
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Steven Tyler, of American Idol and Aerosmith, sings national anthem at AFC - Washington Post
Steven Tyler, of American Idol and Aerosmith, sings national anthem at AFC - Washington Post
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - What would Steven Tyler, the American Idol judge, think of Steven Tyler, who sang the national anthem at the AFC championship game on Sunday
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Angelina Jolie honored at Producers Guild Awards - Los Angeles Times
Angelina Jolie honored at Producers Guild Awards - Los Angeles Times
Angelina Jolie was the woman of the night at the Producers Guild Awards, honored with the Stanley Kramer Award for her work on "In the Land of Blood and Honey
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Box office report: Underworld awakens the box office with $25.4 million - Entertainment Weekly
Box office report: 'Underworld' awakens the box office with $25.4 million - Entertainment Weekly
by Grady Smith 2012 continued its box office winning streak this weekend, as Kate Beckinsale replaced herself at the top of the chart
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PGA Awards 2012: The Winners List - Hollywood Reporter
PGA Awards 2012: The Winners List - Hollywood Reporter
The Artist, which is shaping up as a formidable force this awards season, was the victor in the best picture race at the 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards, held Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
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Sundance 2012: Taylor Swift hits red carpet for Ethel Kennedy doc - Los Angeles Times
Sundance 2012: Taylor Swift hits red carpet for Ethel Kennedy doc - Los Angeles Times
When one thinks of political matriarch Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., probably the last thing that comes to mind is pop star Taylor Swift
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Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif. - San Antonio Express
Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif. - San Antonio Express
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP, ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press In this, April 6, 1987, photo, singer Etta James performs at the Vine St. Bar &Grill in Hollywood, Calif
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Feds say 7 behind celeb-endorsed Megaupload.com ran massive, worldwide piracy ring - Fox News
Feds say 7 behind celeb-endorsed Megaupload.com ran massive, worldwide piracy ring - Fox News
Kim Kardashian and other celebrities star in a promotional YouTube video for Megaupload. On Thurs., Jan 19, federal investigators charged 7 foreigners (not including Kardashian or the other endorsers) connected to the site with piracy
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Sundance 2012s must-see movies: Sleepwalk With Me, Bachelorette, Safety - Entertainment Weekly
Sundance 2012's must-see movies: 'Sleepwalk With Me,' 'Bachelorette,' 'Safety - Entertainment Weekly
by Anthony Breznican As Sundance kicks off today, first impressions of some of the movies might suggest it's more of a depression fest than a film fest
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Lindsay Lohan Top Marks in Probation - TMZ.com
Lindsay Lohan Top Marks in Probation - TMZ.com
Lindsay Lohan just got a rave review from Judge Stephanie Sautner during her probation progress report hearing this morning -- after completing all of her required community service on time ... so far. Judge Sautner gushed that Lindsay's probation
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American Idols offstage rivals - Los Angeles Times
'American Idol's' offstage rivals - Los Angeles Times
The Fox singing show begins its 11th season in a field that now features 'The X Factor,' 'The Voice' and 'America's Got Talent
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With retro themes, Hollywood sees future in past - USA TODAY
With retro themes, Hollywood sees future in past - USA TODAY
By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY LOS ANGLES - The past is a staple of the Hollywood diet, but the current time warp is marked even for this industry
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Glee's Cory Monteith Spills on Amazing Finn and Rachel Shocker-and His - E! Online
Glee's Cory Monteith Spills on "Amazing" Finn and Rachel Shocker-and His - E! Online
Got a burning TV question, a comment or hot dish about your fave TV show? Email your Q's to tvdiva@eonline.com, and then check the next chat for answers!
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Iran cautious over Golden Globe film A Separation - Reuters
Iran cautious over Golden Globe film A Separation - Reuters
By Robin Pomeroy and Hashem Kalantari | TEHRAN (Reuters) - The Iranian government sounded a note of caution on Tuesday about the success of "A Separation" which won a Golden Globe for best foreign film, saying gritty realist films favored by critics
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Kelsey Grammer, wife expecting twins - CNN
Kelsey Grammer, wife expecting twins - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Former "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer and wife Kayte Walsh Grammer are expecting twins, the actor said Sunday
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George Clooney Pokes Fun at Injured Brad Pitt at the Golden Globes - People Magazine
George Clooney Pokes Fun at Injured Brad Pitt at the Golden Globes - People Magazine
By Alison Schwartz An injured ACL is no laughing matter - but that didn't stop George Clooney from taking a friendly jab at his fellow Golden Globe Awards nominee - who's also a fellow two-time PEOPLE Sexiest Man Alive honoree - Brad Pitt
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Golden Globes 2012: A List of the Winners - ABC News
Golden Globes 2012: A List of the Winners - ABC News
FILM CATERGORIES Motion Picture, Drama The Descendants The Help Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical 50/50 The Artist Bridesmaids Midnight In Paris My Week With Marilyn Best Director - Motion Picture Martin
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Jay-Z Vows To Never Degrade Women In His Music Again - MTV UK
Jay-Z Vows To Never Degrade Women In His Music Again - MTV UK
Jay-Z has vowed to never use derogatory terms for women in his music again following the birth of his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. The rapper, who welcomed his first child with wife Beyonce last weekend, has stated in a poem to celebrate the birth of
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Heather Locklear Hospitalized After 911 Call - People Magazine
Heather Locklear Hospitalized After 911 Call - People Magazine
By Mike Fleeman and Julie Jordan Heather Locklear was taken to the hospital Thursday after a 911 call was placed from her home. The nature of the emergency wasn't immediately revealed
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Around the Remote: Golden Globes welcome Gervais back to the party - San Jose Mercury News
Around the Remote: Golden Globes welcome Gervais back to the party - San Jose Mercury News
By Chuck Barney FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2011 publicity image released by NBC, host Ricky Gervais is shown during the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif
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Alan Menken remembers Beauty and the Beast - Toronto Star
Alan Menken remembers Beauty and the Beast - Toronto Star
Richard Ouzounian Theatre Critic Alan Menken isn't just the composer of Beauty and the Beast, one of the most beloved animated films of all time, being re-released in theatres Friday in 3-D
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The Artist wins four prizes at Critics' Choice Awards - BBC News
The Artist wins four prizes at Critics' Choice Awards - BBC News
Silent film The Artist was the big winner at this year's Critics' Choice Awards, winning four prizes. The movie took the evening's top award, best picture, as well as best score, best costume design and best director for France's Michel Hazanavicius
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Five Big Surprises at the 2012 Peoples Choice Awards - E Online
Five Big Surprises at the 2012 People's Choice Awards - E! Online
It might be "understandable" for Katy Perry to skip out on attending the People's Choice Awards, but you, friend, have no excuse.…
Nina Dobrev - People's Choice Awards 2012 Red Carpet - Just Jared
Nina Dobrev - People's Choice Awards 2012 Red Carpet - Just Jared
Nina Dobrev is gorgeous in green at the 2012 People's Choice Awards held at Nokia Theatre LA Live on Wednesday (January 11) in Los Angeles.…
2012 Awards Season - USA TODAY
2012 Awards Season - USA TODAY
Awards season is in full swing with the show that's all about giving the people what they want. And, apparently the People's Choice Awards can't get enough Glee.…
Justin Bieber Wants To Grow Up At Own Pace - KOCO Oklahoma City
Justin Bieber Wants To Grow Up At Own Pace - KOCO Oklahoma City
By Breeanna Hare, CNN (CNN) -- Justin Bieber's 18th birthday is looming ahead in March, and while he aims to one day be known as more than a teen sensation, he isn't going to start singing from a more adult perspective just yet.…
Ashton Kutcher shaves beard for 'Men' (but will he return next year?) -- PHOTO - Entertainment Weekly
Ashton Kutcher shaves beard for 'Men' (but will he return next year?) -- PHOTO - Entertainment Weekly
by James Hibberd Scruffy Ashton is out. Clean-cut Ashton is back. The actor has shed his much-debated hipster beard and cut his long-ish hair for next week's Two and a Half Men.…
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Pushed to Limit, Djokovic Defeats Murray to Set Up a Familiar Final - New York Times
MELBOURNE, Australia - There were big hints of a power shift at this Australian Open. There were grueling, long-form semifinals bristling with uncertainty
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A miniature success amid Phil Mickelson's woeful play at La Jolla - Los Angeles Times
Phil Mickelson misses the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla, but he gives his fans a brief flash of that Phil magic from the rough on No
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Woods Climbs to Two Shots Behind Leader at Abu Dhabi - New York Times
Tiger Woods moved into contention Friday with a three-under-par 69 in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in the United Arab Emirates, putting him two shots behind the leader, Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark
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Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka eye big payoff in Australian Open final - SI.com
Victoria Azarenka (left) has defeated Maria Sharapova in their two matchups in finals, including one in Key Biscayne, Fla., last April
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Sonnen victory likely nets title shot - Chicago Tribune
Chael Sonnen's fight against Michael Bisping on Saturday night at the United Center isn't the main event. But don't tell him that
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NASCAR announces that it will disclose all fines - Yahoo! Sports
By Nick Bromberg By Nick Bromberg | From The Marbles - Wed, Jan 25, 2012 5:46 PM EST NASCAR announced Wednesday that it will stop the practice of 'secret fines' and publicly announce all monetary punishments
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UFC on Fox 2 - Staff Predictions - Head Kick Legend
by Earl Montclair on Jan 27, 2012 9:00 AM EST in UFC News The UFC is set to return to Fox with a 3 fight main card with major title implications
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Azarenka not concerned over Sharapova's experience in Grand Slam finals - Washington Post
MELBOURNE, Australia - After 25 Grand Slam tournaments, Victoria Azarenka is through to her first final. Maria Sharapova, her opponent in Saturday's Australian Open title decider, has been there five times before, and won three
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Local alum speaks at Paterno memorial service - South Bend Tribune
Charles V. Pittman, senior vice president for publishing at Schurz Communications Inc., an Indiana-based company that owns television and radio stations and newspapers acknowledges applause after speaking at "A Memorial for Joe" in honor of Joe Paterno
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Woods Shoots 69, in Contention in Abu Dhabi - ABC News
Tiger Woods moved into contention in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship with a 3-under 69 Friday. He had three straight birdies on the back nine to finish two shots behind surprise clubhouse leader Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark
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Djokovic Edges Murray, Sets up Final Vs Nadal - ABC News
Defending champion Novak Djokovic has moved into an Australian Open final against Rafael Nadal after edging Andy Murray in a five-set, almost five-hour semifinal late Friday night
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Murray reaches Australia Open semifinals = Salt Lake Tribune
Murray reaches Australia Open semifinals = Salt Lake Tribune
By CAROLINE CHEESE AP MELBOURNE, Australia Andy Murray overcame an inconsistent serve to beat Kei Nishikori on Wednesday and reach the semifinals of the Australian Open for the third straight year
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Rivals reunited: Kvitova faces Sharapova rematch in Melbourne semifinals - CNN
Rivals reunited: Kvitova faces Sharapova rematch in Melbourne semifinals - CNN
Second seed Petra Kvitova is seeking to move to the top of the world rankings for the first time. World No. 2 Kvitova and No. 4 Sharapova won their Australian Open quarterfinals (CNN) -- World No
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Publishing executive recalls playing for Paterno - Chicago Tribune
Publishing executive recalls playing for Paterno - Chicago Tribune
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Charles Pittman knew Joe Paterno before Joe Paterno was JoePa. Long before Joe Paterno was anybody. And he had no intention of playing for a nobody
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Ganassi on 2011 Montoya/McMurray performance: 'pathetic' - Yahoo! Sports
Ganassi on 2011 Montoya/McMurray performance: 'pathetic' - Yahoo! Sports
By Jay Busbee By Jay Busbee | From The Marbles - Tue, Jan 24, 2012 10:16 AM EST The NASCAR winter media train rolls on, and Tuesday brought us the Earnhardt-Ganassi stop
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2nd Day of Mourning for Paterno to End With Burial - ABC News
2nd Day of Mourning for Paterno to End With Burial - ABC News
The second day of a three-day period of public mourning for Joe Paterno will culminate with the funeral and burial for the Hall of Fame football coach who became the face of Penn State University
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Big crowds expected for public tributes to Paterno - SI.com
Big crowds expected for public tributes to Paterno - SI.com
The statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium has been surrounded by flowers and tributes. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- For decades they cheered him, now it's time for Penn State students and alumni to mourn Joe Paterno
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Woods Hoping to Resume Good Play in Abu Dhabi - ABC News
Woods Hoping to Resume Good Play in Abu Dhabi - ABC News
Tiger Woods says he's starting a season healthy for the first time in at least eight years. "It's been quite a few years since I've been physically fit," Woods said on Tuesday in his first appearance at the Abu Dhabi Championship
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Kim Clijsters reaches semifinals - ESPN
Kim Clijsters reaches semifinals - ESPN
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Kim Clijsters is moving on to the Australian Open semifinals, and Caroline Wozniacki is moving out of the top spot
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Federer, Nadal set up Australian Open semifinal clash - USA TODAY
Federer, Nadal set up Australian Open semifinal clash - USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A dominating win by Roger Federer in his 1000th career match and a more testing workout for Rafael Nadal have set up a rare Grand Slam marquee semifinal between the former No. 1
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Golfer Bubba Watson Buys The General Lee From The Dukes Of Hazzrd - Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Golfer Bubba Watson Buys The General Lee From "The Dukes Of Hazzrd" - Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Professional golfer Bubba Watson, curently ranked number 21 in the world, has purchased the General Lee car from the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard", which ran on CBS, from 1979-1985
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Azarenka reaches Australian Open semifinals - USA TODAY
Azarenka reaches Australian Open semifinals - USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka reached the Australian Open semifinals when she held her nerve despite trouble with her serve in a 6-7 (0-7), 6-0, 6-2 win against No
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New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane ponders name, uniform changes - The Seattle Times
New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane ponders name, uniform changes - The Seattle Times
New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is considering changing the name of the franchise as well as its uniforms. Crane said Monday the team... By Seattle Times news services No comments have been posted to this article. HOUSTON - New Houston Astros owner
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Testimony From Paterno Is No Longer Admissible - New York Times
Testimony From Paterno Is No Longer Admissible - New York Times
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The death of Joe Paterno on Sunday will partly weaken the state's prosecution of two former university officials who have been charged in connection with the child sexual abuse case involving Jerry Sandusky
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Why not? Danica Patrick thinks she can win Daytona 500 - USA TODAY
Why not? Danica Patrick thinks she can win Daytona 500 - USA TODAY
By Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY CONCORD, NC - Danica Patrick won't run the Indianapolis 500 this year, but, driving for Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart, she thinks her chances are as good as anybody's to win the Daytona 500 in her first try
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Danica Patrick Won't Run Indy 500 This Year - ABC News
Danica Patrick Won't Run Indy 500 This Year - ABC News
Danica Patrick, the highest-finishing woman in the Indianapolis 500, will skip the race this season and instead enter NASCAR's longest event of the year
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Tony Stewart, crew chief, move on after breakup - Orlando Sentinel
Tony Stewart, crew chief, move on after breakup - Orlando Sentinel
CONCORD. NC - Breakups are always complicated. You rarely leave on equal terms. It seems one party or the other initiates the split
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Dramatic Championship Sunday yields Super Bowl rematch - USA TODAY
Dramatic Championship Sunday yields Super Bowl rematch - USA TODAY
By Jon Saraceno, USA TODAY Four years ago, the New York Giants spoiled pro football perfection on a lovely Arizona evening. On that February night in 2008, they denied the New England Patriots the historic brilliance of a 19-0 season by capturing Super
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Giants Top 49ers 20-17 in OT to Reach Super Bowl - ABC News
Giants Top 49ers 20-17 in OT to Reach Super Bowl - ABC News
Lawrence Tynes booted the Giants into the Super Bowl again. Tynes kicked a winning 31-yard field goal in sudden-death overtime and New York beat the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in the NFC championship game Sunday night to reach its second Super Bowl in
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Kick Is Wide, And Patriots Reclaim Title Of AFC's Best - New York Times
Kick Is Wide, And Patriots Reclaim Title Of AFC's Best - New York Times
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - For some franchises, four years is a fragment of time. For the New England Patriots, it is a millennium. Their transformation over that span has been swift and overarching
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Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 - USA TODAY
Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 - USA TODAY
By Jack Carey, USA TODAY Perhaps the most ironic element when looking at the way Joe Paterno lost his job as Penn State's football coach after 46 seasons is that as a young man, he had his eyes set on law school
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Federer Through to Australian Open Quarterfinals - ABC News
Federer Through to Australian Open Quarterfinals - ABC News
Roger Federer put on a tennis clinic against Bernard Tomic, using deft drops, lobs, booming backhands and 13 aces to beat the 19-year-old Australian 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 and advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the eighth straight year
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Paterno In Serious Condition - ESPN
Paterno In Serious Condition - ESPN
Joe Paterno, Division I's all-time winningest coach who was fired by Penn State in November, has experienced further complications from treatment from lung cancer and is in serious condition, a family spokesman said in a statement Saturday
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Steven Tyler, of American Idol and Aerosmith, sings national anthem at AFC - Washington Post
Steven Tyler, of American Idol and Aerosmith, sings national anthem at AFC - Washington Post
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - What would Steven Tyler, the American Idol judge, think of Steven Tyler, who sang the national anthem at the AFC championship game on Sunday
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Clijsters overcomes injury to beat Li in 3 sets - Fox News
Clijsters overcomes injury to beat Li in 3 sets - Fox News
MELBOURNE, Australia - Down four match points and hobbling on an injured left ankle, defending champion Kim Clijsters somehow rallied for a dramatic 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 win over Li Na at the Australian Open on Sunday
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Fierce wind interrupts Humana Challenge - STLtoday.com
Fierce wind interrupts Humana Challenge - STLtoday.com
AP STLtoday.com | Posted: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:10 am | Loading... John Mallinger, center, walks off the Palmer Private Course at PGA West after a wind delay during the third round of the Humana Challenge PGA golf tournament Saturday, Jan
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49ers Vs. Giants, NFC Championship Game: Stadium Security Beefed Up - SB Nation
49ers Vs. Giants, NFC Championship Game: Stadium Security Beefed Up - SB Nation
The San Francisco 49ers will host the New York Giants on Sunday in the 2012 NFC Championship Game. If the 49ers win, they will earn a trip to the Super Bowl, something which has not happened in quite some time
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AFC Championship Game, Patriots The Pick To Beat Ravens - SB Nation
AFC Championship Game, Patriots The Pick To Beat Ravens - SB Nation
The New England Patriots are gearing up to host the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday. And if the predictions everyone are making turn out to be true, it's going to be a great day for the home team
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Philbin hired as Dolphins' head coach - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Philbin hired as Dolphins' head coach - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Offensive coordinator Joe Philbin (right) and Aaron Rodgers watch the Packers warm up before their playoff game against the Giants last Sunday
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Maria Sharapova talks after her win over Angelique Kerber - ESPN
Maria Sharapova talks after her win over Angelique Kerber - ESPN
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Serena Williams was so dominant in her 6-1, 6-1 third-round win over Greta Arn at the Australian Open that there's probably only one shot she'll remember more than most
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Owner says Jets mess can be cleaned up - New York Daily News
Owner says Jets' mess can be cleaned up - New York Daily News
By Manish Mehta / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Mark Sanchez (l.) and Santonio Holmes have a falling out at the end of the 2011 season, but Jets owner Woody Johnson says the Jets' locker room isn't so toxic that it can't be repaired
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Jim Caldwell Fired - How Indy's Rebuilding Affects the Jaguars - Black & Teal
Jim Caldwell Fired - How Indy's Rebuilding Affects the Jaguars - Black & Teal
Jim Caldwell was fired by new Colts general manager Ryan Grigson and owner Jim Irsay on Tuesday January 17th. To be honest, I'm not shocked
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Roddick out of Australian Open With Leg Injury - ABC News
Roddick out of Australian Open With Leg Injury - ABC News
By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer Andy Roddick's bid to win another Grand Slam singles title nearly a decade after his first hit a roadblock Thursday when a hamstring injury forced him out of the Australian Open
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Clijsters hits high note - Boston.com
Clijsters hits high note - Boston.com
By John Pye AP / January 18, 2012 MELBOURNE - Defending champion Kim Clijsters cruised into the third round of the Australian Open and then showed just how much support she has at Rod Laver Arena by getting the crowd to sing "Happy Birthday" to her
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NASA discovers 26 new alien planets in 11 solar systems - Christian Science Monitor
The findings nearly double the number of bona fide planets found outside our solar system by the Kepler space observatory. By SPACE
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Asteroid Threat to Earth Sparks Global 'NEOShield' Project - Space.com
by Leonard David, SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist They can be mean and nasty, and they can mess up our planet big time. They are near-Earth objects, dubbed NEOs, celestial flotsam such as asteroids or comets that can, and have, scored direct hits
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Two teens send a Lego man into near space - Los Angeles Times
Two Canadian high school students have successfully launched a Lego man almost 80000 feet above sea level--high enough to capture video of the plastic toy hovering above the curvature of the Earth
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Robotic Russian Supply Ship Docks at Space Station - Space.com
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor A robotic Russian cargo ship pulled up to the International Space Station Friday (Jan. 27), delivering tons of fresh fruit, clothing and other vital supplies for the orbiting lab's six-man crew
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Phila. Auto Show kicks off with black tie affair - 6abc.com
PHILADELPHIA - January 27, 2012 (WPVI) -- It was a black tie kickoff for the hottest show in town and fast cars took center stage for the opening of the 2012 Philadelphia Auto Show
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Lawmakers Press FTC on Whether Google Violated Privacy Accord - BusinessWeek
By Sara Forden Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- US lawmakers asked the Federal Trade Commission whether changes announced this week by Google Inc. to its privacy policy violate terms of a 20-year settlement the company reached with the agency last year
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Censoring of Tweets Sets Off #Outrage - New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO - It started five years ago after a young engineer in San Francisco sketched out a quirky little Web tool for telling your friends what you were up to
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Russia to postpone two manned launches to International Space Station - Fox News
MOSCOW - Russia will postpone two manned launches to the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical problems during testing, the Interfax news agency reported Friday
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School-bus-sized asteroid to buzz Earth Friday, nearer than moon - Christian Science Monitor
While the near-Earth asteroid won't hit Earth, it may offer seasoned amateur astronomers a great show - if they are in the right viewing location and have good equipment
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Miracle material graphene can distil booze, says study - BBC News
Membranes based on the "miracle material" graphene can be used to distil alcohol, according to a new study in Science journal
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Aurora chasers find a spectacle that's heaven sent - Sydney Morning Herald
Potentially disruptive ... scientists said aurora borealis such as this one, near the city of Tromsoe, northern Norway on Tuesday, may signal a new solar cycle of geomagnetic storms that could disrupt satellite technology
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Scientists Close In on Invisibility Cloak - TechNewsWorld
By Richard Adhikari Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin have made progress in hiding objects from microwaves using special materials -- a development that could bring them a step closer to cloaking them from visible light
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Twitter's country-specific censorship tool prompts user protest - Washington Post
Some Twitter users say they will stop using the service on Saturday in protest of the company's new rule that allows for content to be blocked in specific countries
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Google's revised privacy policy not sitting well with some - Infosecurity Magazine
Google has plugged a number of serious vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and paid out $6133.70 in bug bounties. Google plans to consolidate and simplify over 70 privacy documents covering its different products into a single privacy policy
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RealNetworks to Sell Patents to Intel - Wall Street Journal
By SHARA TIBKEN Intel Corp. agreed to pay $120 million to RealNetworks Inc. for video software and a large number of patents, in a deal that builds the chip maker's portfolio for streaming media on smartphones, laptops and other devices
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Jumping spiders' unique vision revealed - Fox News
Jumping spiders, which hunt by pouncing on their prey, gauge distances to their unsuspecting meals in a way that appears to be unique in the animal kingdom, a new study finds
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Deals on big TVs before Super Bowl are less super this year - USA TODAY
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY Consumers looking for deals on new big-screen HDTVs before the Super Bowl traditionally a good time to score savings - will need to step up their game this post-season
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Safety agency head: Government 'pulled no punches' in investigating battery - Washington Post
WASHINGTON - The government pulled no punches in investigating battery fires in the Volt, General Motors' prized electric car, the head of the federal auto safety agency told Congress on Wednesday
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Cowboy Frogs and Crayola Crickets: 46 New Species Found in Suriname - TIME
Cowboy Frogs and Crayola Crickets: 46 New Species Found in Suriname - TIME
By Niharika Mandhana | January 25, 2012 | + A frog sporting cowboy-esque white fringes along its legs and a spur on each "heel." A catfish fitted with extra-protective armor covered in spines to keep hungry piranhas at bay
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Delta, Qantas, Air Canada Divert Flights Due to Solar Storm - BusinessWeek
Delta, Qantas, Air Canada Divert Flights Due to Solar Storm - BusinessWeek
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. rerouted as many as eight transpolar flights between the US and Asia as the most-powerful solar radiation storm since 2003 hit Earth
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Domesticated dogs may date back 30000 years - USA TODAY
Domesticated dogs may date back 30000 years - USA TODAY
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY The newspaper points to a pair of research papers, one most recently by a team that includes the University of Arizona, that significantly push back the timeline for domestication of dogs from about 14000 years ago to
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Three Bay Area students named as finalists in top high school science contest = San Jose Mercury News
Three Bay Area students named as finalists in top high school science contest = San Jose Mercury News
By Mark Gomez Saurabh Sharan, right, with two of the three other Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists from Bellarmine, Nikhil Desai and James Thomas; Jan. 11, 2012
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Winged dinosaur wore black feather boa - Fox News
Winged dinosaur wore black feather boa - Fox News
The raven-size creature long thought of as the earliest bird, Archaeopteryx, may have been adorned with black feathers, researchers have found
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Anonymous claims Anonyupload is a scam - Inquirer
Anonymous claims Anonyupload is a scam - Inquirer
By Chris Martin HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous has claimed it has nothing to do with the upstart Megaupload alternative Anonyupload. Furthermore, the web site has admitted that it's not part of Anonymous and removed the Paypal donation button after that
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Why you should be excited for giant solar flares - DVICE
Why you should be excited for giant solar flares - DVICE
By Evan Ackerman You've probably heard all kinds of horror stories about how the solar flare that's currently pummeling Earth means we should all be wearing tinfoil hats and cowering in our basements fighting off panic and anarchy
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Photo from NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Winds Handiwork - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Photo from NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Wind's Handiwork - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This enhanced-color image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ
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Team models Jupiter's Trojan asteroids inside a single atom - TG Daily
Team models Jupiter's Trojan asteroids inside a single atom - TG Daily
Rice University physicists have built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single atom of potassium. They've made an electron in an atom orbit the nucleus in exactly the same way that Jupiter's Trojan asteroids orbit the sun - bearing
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Hackers paralyze Israeli hospital websites, as cyber war heats up - Haaretz
Hackers paralyze Israeli hospital websites, as cyber war heats up - Haaretz
Latest round of cyber attacks comes weeks after pro-Palestinian hackers immobilize websites of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and Israel's El-Al International Airlines
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Wireless bandwidth: Are we running out of room? - Computerworld
Wireless bandwidth: Are we running out of room? - Computerworld
As mobile devices proliferate, wireless networks are edging near capacity -- a potential threat to price, performance, and innovation
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Internet Freak-out Over Google's New Privacy Policy Proves No One Actually - Forbes
Internet Freak-out Over Google's New Privacy Policy Proves No One Actually - Forbes
Google] has the world calling it evil once again. (That's at least the third time in 2012. Kudos, Google.) This time it's thanks to a blog post Tuesday by Google's director of privacy announcing the company's plans to turn its 70+ privacy policies into
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Hackers Jailbreak iPad 2, iPhone 4S - InformationWeek
Hackers Jailbreak iPad 2, iPhone 4S - InformationWeek
It took 10 months for hackers to crack iOS 5.0.1. Workplaces that allow bring your own device need to act immediately to avoid potential security risks
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Titan Sand Dunes Reveal Clues of Saturn Moon's Past - Space.com
Titan Sand Dunes Reveal Clues of Saturn Moon's Past - Space.com
The huge sand dunes on Saturn's moon Titan vary according to elevation and latitude, providing clues about the alien world's climatic and geological history, a new study reports
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New Zealand whale stranding kills 36, threatens 40 - Boston.com
New Zealand whale stranding kills 36, threatens 40 - Boston.com
In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, photo provided by Project Jonah, stranded pilot whales are helped by volunteers at Farewell Spit on New Zealand's South Island
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Scientists believe "magic" mushrooms could effectively treat depression - FierceBiotech
Scientists believe "magic" mushrooms could effectively treat depression - FierceBiotech
After a brief spurt of interest in the late '60s, scientists in the drug development field abandoned research work on illicit drugs like LSD and "magic" mushrooms
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Microsoft names ex-antivirus employee as botnet suspect - BBC News
Microsoft names ex-antivirus employee as botnet 'suspect' - BBC News
Microsoft said it suspects a former employee of an antivirus software firm was behind the Kelihos botnet attacks. Russian citizen Andrey Sabelnikov "wrote and/or participated in creating" the harmful software which infected thousands of machines
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Magnetic soap could help in oil spill clean-ups - BBC News
Magnetic soap could help in oil spill clean-ups - BBC News
This means the soap and the materials that it dissolves can be removed easily by applying a magnetic field. Experts say that with further development, it could find applications in cleaning up oil spills and waste water
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Anonymous Denies Plans to Take Down Facebook - PC Magazine
Anonymous Denies Plans to Take Down Facebook - PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius "Again we must say that we will not attack #Facebook! Again the mass media lie," the group tweeted from the @AnonOps feed
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Some file-sharing sites drop the sharing - USA TODAY
Some file-sharing sites drop the sharing - USA TODAY
By Byron Acohido and Scott Martin, USA TODAY TODAY Caution is spreading among popular file-sharing services known for letting users circulate pirated Hollywood content
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Facebook to Google: Dont be evil - CNN
Facebook to Google: 'Don't be evil' - CNN
By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech January 23, 2012: 4:02 PM ET Google's Search Plus Your World results (above) don't include the most relevant social information as determined by Google's own search results (below).
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Graphene enhances many materials, but leaves them wettable - PhysOrg.com
Graphene enhances many materials, but leaves them wettable - PhysOrg.com
Drops of water on a piece of silicon and on silicon covered by a layer of graphene show a minimal change in the contact angle between the water and the base material
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Anonymous invites public to hit Facebook in massive DDoS attack - SlashGear
Anonymous invites public to hit Facebook in massive DDoS attack - SlashGear
In a brand new video which comes along with a message bringing tidings of an oncoming storm in the face of Facebook, Anonymous has dropped their newest threat
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Oldest dinosaur nursery found in South Africa - Fox News
Oldest dinosaur nursery found in South Africa - Fox News
The oldest known dinosaur nesting site, dating to 190 million years ago, has been unearthed in Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa
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Scientists warn over ocean acidity - TG Daily
Scientists warn over ocean acidity - TG Daily
Manmade CO2 emissions over the last 100 to 200 years have already raised ocean acidity way beyond its normal natural range, says an international team of scientists
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Geoengineered Food? Climate Fix Could Boost Crop Yields, But With Risks - NPR
Geoengineered Food? Climate Fix Could Boost Crop Yields, But With Risks - NPR
by Ted Burnham Altering the upper atmosphere could block enough sunlight to offset the warming effects of climate change and protect food crops
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Novel Nanomaterial-Based Technology to Enhance Efficiency of Solar Cells - Azom.com
By Cameron Chai Scientists from the University at Buffalo (UB) together with researchers from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the US Army Research Laboratory have demonstrated a nanomaterial-based technology to enhance the electrical
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Russian scientist claims 'signs of life' on barren, boiling Venus - Fox News
Russian scientist claims 'signs of life' on barren, boiling Venus - Fox News
A Russian scientist claims to have spotted signs of life in the most unlikely spot in the universe: Venus, the arid, scorching second-closest planet to the sun
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Arctic Ocean freshwater bulge detected - BBC News
Arctic Ocean freshwater bulge detected - BBC News
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News UK scientists have detected a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean
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3-year-old bear in Minnesota gives birth to at least 2 cubs before an Internet - Washington Post
3-year-old bear in Minnesota gives birth to at least 2 cubs before an Internet - Washington Post
ELY, Minn. - A 3-year-old bear in Minnesota has given birth to two cubs before an Internet audience. Lynn Rogers of the Wildlife Research Institute, affiliated with North American Bear Center, said in a news release that Jewel gave birth in a den near
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Pacific Leatherback sea turtles get more protection - Summit County Citizens Voice
Pacific Leatherback sea turtles get more protection - Summit County Citizens Voice
By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY - The US took a huge step toward protecting endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtles last week by finalizing a critical habitat designation for 40000 square miles ocean off the shores Washington, Oregon and California
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Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol - Scientific American
Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol - Scientific American
By David Biello | January 19, 2012 | 7 SEAWEED TO BIOFUEL: Brown seaweed grows fast, is chock full of sugars to turn into biofuel and doesn't compete for land with food crops
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Autism signs 'can be detected in 6-month-old babies' by measuring brain activity - Daily Mail
By Jenny Hope Scientists have detected signs of autism in babies as young as six months, leading to hopes of a test for the disorder
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J&J Recalls Aveeno Baby Lotion After Test For Bacteria - Wall Street Journal
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said it is voluntarily recalling a lot of Aveeno-brand baby lotion from retailers in the US Southeast after a sample contained too much of a common type of bacteria
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White House: Don't Scrap ACA If Mandate Thrown Out - MedPage Today
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today WASHINGTON -- If the Supreme Court rules that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is unconstitutional, the entire law doesn't need to be thrown out, lawyers for the Obama
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CDC: U.S. cancer screening remains below national targets - The State Column
In a report released on Thursday, cancer screening among Americans remains lower than national targets. While cancer is a growing issue in the US, some Americans are neglecting to screen for colon, breast, and cervical cancers
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Erin Brockovich Launches Investigation Into Tic Illness Affecting NY Teenagers - ABC News
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched her own investigation into the mysterious illness causing facial tics and verbal outbursts among 15 teenagers in Le Roy, NY Most of the teens have been diagnosed with conversion disorder
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PIP breast implant founder arrested - CNN
The founder of a French company that makes breast implants linked to a health scare was arrested Thursday, the French national police said
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Lower Limb Amputation Rates Associated With Diabetes Drop, US - Medical News Today
An investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that between 1996 and 2008, the number of leg and foot amputations among US individuals, aged 40+ with diagnosed diabetes, decreased by 65%
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Study Says Overtime Work Doubles Depression Risk - CBS Local
A woman works online in her office cubicle. (credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) NEW YORK (CBS) - Think the link between depression and work exists only in those who are unhappy with their jobs?
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New Gene Test Could 'Sort' Lung Cancer Cases - ABC News
"I wish there was something more." That is how Joyce Gillet, a 66-year-old grandmother, feels about her lung cancer every day
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Health Insurers Say Telling Truth On Costs Is Just Too Expensive - Forbes
One of the lesser knownbut highly useful creations of the Affordable Care Act is a provision which requires heath insurance companies to provide plan summaries that allow people to read, in simple and clear English, what they are getting for their
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Men Are More Likely to Have Oral HPV than Women - TIME
A rise in oral sex may be pushing up HPV infection rates in men, along with head and neck cancers caused by the virus. By Alice Park | @aliceparkny | January 27, 2012 | + Oral infections of human papillomavirus, or HPV, affect nearly 7% of Americans
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Babies' gaze may reveal early signs of autism - Bangor Daily News
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times An early symptom of autism might be found in a baby's gaze, researchers reported Thursday. Diagnosing autism as early as possible is of critical importance
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Experts React To New Definition Of Autism - KDLT News
Experts React To New Definition Of Autism - KDLT News
by Jennifer Hudspeth It's a disorder that's skyrocketing. It's estimated one in every 110 children will be diagnosed with autism
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Marijuana-Based Painkiller Seeks FDA Approval - TIME
Marijuana-Based Painkiller Seeks FDA Approval - TIME
A British company is testing the first drug developed from pot - a mouth spray to treat cancer pain. By Lisa Leff | AP | January 23, 2012 | + A quarter-century after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the
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Experts debate aspects of H5N1 transmission studies - CIDRAP
Experts debate aspects of H5N1 transmission studies - CIDRAP
Jan 23, 2012 (CIDRAP News) - More experts weighed in recently on various aspects of yet-unpublished H5N1 avian influenza transmissibility studies that have raised concerns about the risk of an intentional or accidental release of the mutant pathogens
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Embryonic stem cells restores some sight - The Seattle Times
Embryonic stem cells restores some sight - The Seattle Times
Two Southern California women were treated. One no longer needs a large magnifying glass to read and can reportedly thread a needle
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Mind-altering drugs research call from Prof David Nutt - BBC News
Mind-altering drugs research call from Prof David Nutt - BBC News
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Former government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has said that regulations should be relaxed to enable researchers to experiment on mind-altering drugs
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Drug may help slow prostate tumour growth - CTV.ca
Drug may help slow prostate tumour growth - CTV.ca
Avodart, a commonly used drug for shrinking enlarged prostates, may help slow the growth of prostate cancer tumours. A medication commonly prescribed to treat enlarged prostates may have an even more important use: slowing the growth of early stage
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Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people - USA TODAY
Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people - USA TODAY
Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday
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Women found to report much more pain than men - San Francisco Chronicle
Women found to report much more pain than men - San Francisco Chronicle
Ricardo Mazalan / AP United States' Sarah Hammer grimaces in pain after crashing during the Track Cycling Women's Points Race during the 2008 Olympics
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Autism linked to other disorders - USA TODAY
Autism linked to other disorders - USA TODAY
By Jenifer Goodwin, HealthDay Many children with autism also have other developmental or psychiatric conditions, including learning disabilities, speech delays, attention or seizure disorders and anxiety
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Tysabri: The Model For Facing A Drug Safety Crisis - Forbes
Tysabri: The Model For Facing A Drug Safety Crisis - Forbes
After a decade of drug safety crises where medicines have mostly either wound up yanked (Vioxx, Zelnorm) or close to it (Avandia), today's news about the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri is positively amazing
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Only 25% of children wear sunscreen regularly - CBS News
Only 25% of children wear sunscreen regularly - CBS News
Despite numerous efforts to encourage people to wear sunscreen, a new study shows only 1 in 4 children regularly uses sunscreen. Researchers say more than half of the children in the study also reported having a sunburn in the previous summer
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Prediabetes: the silent menace - USA TODAY
Prediabetes: the silent menace - USA TODAY
By Elizabeth Ward, USA TODAY Type 2 diabetes was thrust into the limelight recently when Paula Deen announced that she has the condition
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Relay For Life kick-off is Tuesday - MyWebTimes.com
Relay For Life kick-off is Tuesday - MyWebTimes.com
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of La Salle County Steering Committee is hosting a kick-off event to unofficially start the Relay season
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Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK - The Associated Press
Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK - The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A quarter-century after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself
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Why Junk Food at School Isn't Making Kids Fat - ABC News
Why Junk Food at School Isn't Making Kids Fat - ABC News
Junk food in middle school does not lead to weight gain in children. A study followed nearly 20000 students from kindergarten through the eighth grade in 1000 public and private schools
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Bird flu claims second victim in China - AFP
Bird flu claims second victim in China - AFP
BEIJING - A man in southwest China who contracted the bird flu virus died on Sunday, health authorities said, the second human death from the virulent disease in the Asian country in just under a month
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Government fights court decision that says bone marrow donors may be paid - Washington Post
Government fights court decision that says bone marrow donors may be paid - Washington Post
Blood banks for years have been common sources of cash for the needy, and the brainy and/or beautiful are free to explore what their eggs or sperm might fetch in the marketplace
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Repeal of Affordable Care Act Not a Likely Election Outcome - Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Repeal of Affordable Care Act Not a Likely Election Outcome - Indian Country Today Media Network.com
By Mark Trahant A question for any Republican running for any federal office: If you are successful repealing "ObamaCare," what happens to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act?
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Obama administration gives groups more time to comply with birth control rule - Washington Post
Obama administration gives groups more time to comply with birth control rule - Washington Post
Most church-affiliated organizations will be required to offer their workers coverage of birth control as part of their health plans, the Obama administration announced Friday, but they can get more time than other employers to comply
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Tiny baby gets Hollywood treatment as she leaves LA hospital - USA TODAY
Tiny baby gets Hollywood treatment as she leaves LA hospital - USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of the world's smallest surviving babies was discharged Friday from the hospital where she spent nearly five months in an incubator - but not before getting the Hollywood treatment
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1 in 5 Americans Had Mental Illness in 12-Month Period - MedPage Today
1 in 5 Americans Had Mental Illness in 12-Month Period - MedPage Today
By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Explain that about 20% of American adults have had a mental illness during the preceding year, but the majority of them were never treated for it
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MDs: Sex is safe for most heart patients - TheChronicleHerald.ca
MDs: Sex is safe for most heart patients - TheChronicleHerald.ca
January 22, 2012 - 4:35am By LINDSAY TANNER AP CHICAGO (AP) - Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life
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Turkey claims first 3-limb transplant - Denver Post
Turkey claims first 3-limb transplant - Denver Post
ANKARA, turkey - A hospital in southern Turkey on Saturday performed the world's first triple limb transplant, attaching two arms and a leg to a 34-year-old man, an official said
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Mum-to-be takes to catwalk after five-year cancer battle - WalesOnline
Mum-to-be takes to catwalk after five-year cancer battle - WalesOnline
by Jessica Flynn, South Wales Echo But after five years' treatment which led to fears she would never have children, the former patient is now five months pregnant
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Obama Administration: Religious Employers Must Pay for the Pill - TIME
Obama Administration: Religious Employers Must Pay for the Pill - TIME
By Rachel Zoll | AP | January 21, 2012 - Many church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for employees, the Obama administration announced Friday in an election-year move that outraged religious groups, fueling a national
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New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests - New York Times
New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests - New York Times
Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and might make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria to get health, educational and social services
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Bird Flu Researchers Postpone Work Amid Bioterrorism Concern - Voice of America
Bird Flu Researchers Postpone Work Amid Bioterrorism Concern - Voice of America
January 21, 2012 Bird Flu Researchers Postpone Work Amid Bioterrorism Concern VOA News Two separate teams of scientists trying to develop a vaccine for the H5N1 strain of bird flu have agreed to temporarily postpone their research because of growing
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LA City Council OKs law requiring condom use by porn performers - Los Angeles Times
LA City Council OKs law requiring condom use by porn performers - Los Angeles Times
The vote marks a significant victory for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been rallying for years to protect the health of porn actors by asking agencies in California to mandate condom use during film shoots
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Mass hysteria outbreak reported in NY town - CBS News
Mass hysteria outbreak reported in NY town - CBS News
(CBS) Has an outbreak of mass hysteria struck 12 teenage girls in upstate NY? That's what doctors are saying about the bizarre case of 12 teens from the same town who began experiencing odd symptoms at around the same time
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New colorectal cancer drug shows promise in study - Los Angeles Times
New colorectal cancer drug shows promise in study - Los Angeles Times
FDA approval will be sought this year for regorafenib, a medication that apparently slows tumor growth and extends life in advanced cases after other treatments fail
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Study: Many Women Can Skip Frequent Bone Scans - ABC News
Study: Many Women Can Skip Frequent Bone Scans - ABC News
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer New research could mean millions of older women can skip frequent screening tests for osteoporosis: If an initial bone scan shows no big problems, many can safely wait 15 years to have another one, the study suggests
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Parents of a Disabled Girl Denied a Kidney Transplant Blame One Doctor - TIME
Parents of a Disabled Girl Denied a Kidney Transplant Blame One Doctor - TIME
The parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl who claim she's being denied a kidney transplant because of her mental disabilities said their problems may be with one doctor, and not The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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2 dead from bird flu in Vietnam and Cambodia - Fox News
2 dead from bird flu in Vietnam and Cambodia - Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Vietnam on Thursday reported its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, as the virus also claimed the life of a toddler in Cambodia
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Iran Says It Could Terminate European Oil Sales Next Week - New York Times
Escalating retaliatory threats over the West's nuclear sanctions, Iran warned on Friday that it could terminate oil sales to Europe as early as next week, and it bluntly advised Arab oil producers that any attempt by them to replace Iranian exports
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US, Arab League Face Russian Opposition on Syria - Voice of America
January 26, 2012 US, Arab League Face Russian Opposition on Syria Scott Stearns | State Department The Obama administration is joining the Arab League in pushing for UN action to end months of political violence in Syria by calling on President Bashar
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US, South Korea plan first joint drills since Kim Jong Il's death - Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM SEOUL -- Ready to test the diplomacy waters of North Korea's new regime, the militaries of the US and South Korea will hold their annual joint exercise next month, a drill that Pyongyang has previously called a provocative act
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Europe Crisis Is Stifling Remittances to East Africa, Central Bankers Say - Bloomberg
East Africans are sending less money back to their home countries as the crisis in the euro region slows global economic growth, government officials from Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda said
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Russia: Liberal Candidate Is Barred From Election - New York Times
The Central Election Commission on Friday barred Grigory A. Yavlinsky, founder of the liberal opposition party Yabloko, from competing in the March 4 presidential election
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Austrian far right celebrates on Holocaust holiday - CBS News
Demonstrators protest against the rightist fraternity WKR, which is holding a celebratory ball Jan. 27, 2012 -- International Holocaust Remembrance Day -- in Vienna
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Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters - New York Times
SAQBA, Syria - If the scene here on Friday was anything to judge by, the armed opposition to the Syrian government was making inroads and had won control of this town at the doorstep of the capital, Damascus, and perhaps of several other neighborhoods
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South Korea Allows Group to Deliver Aid to NKorea - ABC News
South Korea allowed members of a private group to accompany aid to North Korea for the first time Friday since leader Kim Jong Il died last month…
Costa offers settlement for passengers - Reuters
By Steve Scherer | ROME (Reuters) - Costa Cruises has offered to pay 11000 euros ($14500) in compensation to each of the more than 3000 passengers aboard the ship that capsized near the island of Giglio two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said on…
The fighting comes as the UN Security Council prepares to discuss a possible - BBC News
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Hama came under assault in the early hours of Friday, with heavy gunfire and loud explosions…
Freed Somalia hostages need space, privacy, military says - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Rome (CNN) -- Two aid workers rescued in a US military raid in Somalia need time out of the media spotlight to decompress and recover, the military said Friday, in outlining key steps in the reintegration process for the former…
Egypt bars Americans from leaving: What's going on here? - Christian Science Monitor
Egypt's military rulers escalated a dispute over US-funded NGOs by barring some American employees from leaving the country, including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood…
Nuclear row: Iran President Ahmadinejad offers talks - BBC News
Iran is ready to revive talks with the West but tougher sanctions will not force it to give into demands over its nuclear programme, its president says…
Arab League to Present Syria Plan to UN Security Council - Voice of America
January 26, 2012 Arab League to Present Syria Plan to UN Security Council VOA News Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby says he and Qatar's prime minister will jointly present an Arab plan for resolving Syria's months-long unrest to the UN Security Council…
Libya: UN alarmed over failure to stop torture of detainees - Telegraph.co.uk
Medicins Sans Frontieres, the medical charity, is suspending operations in Libyan detention centres because they were being asked to make torture victims fit for further interrogation…
Papua New Guinea military coup fails - The Guardian
A military coup has been averted in Papua New Guinea after government troops regained control of an army barracks, the country's prime minister said…
Mideast peace process at post-Oslo nadir: Palestinian PM - AFP
DAVOS, Switzerland - The Middle East peace process is at its lowest point in two decades and the events of the Arab Spring have forced it down the world agenda, the Palestinian prime minister complained Thursday…
Somalia hostage's husband cites 'three months of hell' - USA TODAY
By Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. - Two hostages rescued in Somalia by US special forces met with their families at a military base in Italy on Thursday as the husband of the American woman described her time spent in captivity as "three…
SEALs free US, Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News
SEALs free US, Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The same US Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage
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Marine apologizes to family of slain Iraqis - CBS News
Marine apologizes to family of slain Iraqis - CBS News
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich leaves after a court session at Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif. on Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) CAMP PENDLETON, Calif
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Gulf monitors leave Syria, League seeks UN support - Reuters
Gulf monitors leave Syria, League seeks UN support - Reuters
By Mariam Karouny | DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Observers from Gulf Arab states left Syria on Wednesday after their governments said they were "certain the bloodshed and killing of innocents would continue," and the Arab League pursued UN support for a plan
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Turkey attacks France over Armenian genocide bill - ABC Online
Turkey attacks France over Armenian genocide bill - ABC Online
MARK COLVIN: Last night's vote in France to make denial of the Armenian genocide a crime was bound to cause diplomatic ructions
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Iran oil embargo: How tough are the EU sanctions? - Christian Science Monitor
Iran oil embargo: How tough are the EU sanctions? - Christian Science Monitor
Europe's Iran oil embargo is unprecedented. But the EU may have left the door open for adjustments that could ease pressure on Tehran
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Gulf Arabs quit Syria monitoring mission - Reuters
Gulf Arabs quit Syria monitoring mission - Reuters
By Alistair Lyon | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Gulf allies joined Riyadh on Tuesday in pulling out of an Arab League monitoring team to Syria, risking the collapse of a mission whose presence has not halted more than 10 months of violence
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Turkish fury at French vote on Armenian genocide law - BBC News
Turkish fury at French vote on Armenian genocide law - BBC News
Turkey has reacted with anger after the French Senate approved a bill making it a crime to deny genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during World War I. The Turkish foreign ministry branded the decision "irresponsible" and
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Chaotic Start to Egypt's First Democratically Elected Parliament - New York Times
Chaotic Start to Egypt's First Democratically Elected Parliament - New York Times
CAIRO - As Egypt's first freely elected Parliament in six decades held its opening session on Monday, the Muslim Brotherhood received a lesson in the unwieldiness of democracy when a dispute over choosing a speaker degenerated into a shouting match
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Brent steady above $110 on Iran ban; Greece woes weigh - Reuters
Brent steady above $110 on Iran ban; Greece woes weigh - Reuters
Iran accuses Europe of waging "psychological warfare" * Euro retreats from three-week high, Asian shares edge up * Euro zone ministers reject private bondholders' Greece offer * Coming Up: API crude stocks weekly; 2130 GMT By Manash Goswami SINGAPORE
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Armed activists encroach on Assad's stronghold - BBC News
Armed activists encroach on Assad's stronghold - BBC News
Newsnight's Tim Whewell has just returned from Syria where he managed to give his government minders the slip and meet armed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad regime established inside the Syrian capital
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Megaupload boss says he's innocent, rival stops file-sharing - Reuters
Megaupload boss says he's innocent, rival stops file-sharing - Reuters
By Michael Perry | AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was ordered to be held in custody by a New Zealand court on Monday, as he denied charges of internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to
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Assad's government rejects Arab League calls for him to step down - Washington Post
Assad's government rejects Arab League calls for him to step down - Washington Post
DAMASCUS - Syria on Monday rejected the Arab League's wide-ranging proposal to end the country's 10-month crisis, saying the call for President Bashar al-Assad to leave office after a unity government is formed amounts to "blatant interference" in
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Europe bans Iranian oil imports in push to halt nuclear program - Washington Post
Europe bans Iranian oil imports in push to halt nuclear program - Washington Post
BRUSSELS--Europe banned the import of Iranian oil Monday and froze Europe-based assets of the Central Bank of Iran, intensifying an international campaign to choke Iran's economy and force the radical Islamic government to dispel fears that it is
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US aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident - Ynetnews
US aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident - Ynetnews
A US aircraft carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran backed away from an earlier threat to take action if an American carrier returned to the strategic waterway
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Ship may have had unregistered passengers; 13th body found - USA TODAY
Ship may have had unregistered passengers; 13th body found - USA TODAY
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) - Unregistered passengers might have been aboard the stricken cruise liner that capsized off this Tuscan island, a top rescue official said Sunday, raising the possibility that the number of missing might be higher than the 20
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Afghan government hints at Taliban talks - CNN
Afghan government hints at Taliban talks - CNN
Marc Grossman, US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in Kabul to talk with Afghan president Hamid Karzai.. Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Afghan government of Hamid Karzai signaled willingness to join in with an American-led drive towards
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Arab League to decide whether to stay in Syria - CNN International
Arab League to decide whether to stay in Syria - CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Syrian anti-regime demonstrators wave flags in the Khalidiya neighbourhood of the flashpoint city of Homs on January 20, 2012
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Bird flu claims second victim in China - AFP
Bird flu claims second victim in China - AFP
BEIJING - A man in southwest China who contracted the bird flu virus died on Sunday, health authorities said, the second human death from the virulent disease in the Asian country in just under a month
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Iranians worry about possibility of war amid tensions with West - Los Angeles Times
Iranians worry about possibility of war amid tensions with West - Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM TEHRAN AND BEIRUT - The deepening standoff between Tehran and the West over Iran's nuclear program has Iranians chatting nervously in butcher shops, grocery aisles and money exchanges
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Search resumes in cruise ship amid rough seas - CBS News
Search resumes in cruise ship amid rough seas - CBS News
(AP) GIGLIO, Italy - Rescuers on Sunday resumed searching the above-water section of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise liner, but choppy seas kept divers from exploring the submerged part, where officials have said there could be bodies
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Uncertainties lie ahead of Egypt's new People's Assembly - Xinhua
Uncertainties lie ahead of Egypt's new People's Assembly - Xinhua
by Tian Dongdong CAIRO, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the Egyptian High Judicial Election Commission Abdel-Moez Ibrahim announced the final results of the People's Assembly (lower house) polls on Saturday, with the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) political
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Megauploads Kim Dotcom barricaded himself in mansion: police - National Post
Megaupload's Kim Dotcom barricaded himself in mansion: police - National Post
By Mantik Kusjanto WELLINGTON - New Zealand police on Saturday revealed bizarre details of the arrest of the suspected kingpin of an Internet copyright theft case against the James Bond-like backdrop of a country mansion hideaway with electronic locks
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Dutch teen completes year-long solo sailing journey around world - Fox News
Dutch teen completes year-long solo sailing journey around world - Fox News
A teenager from the Netherlands sailed into St. Maarten harbor on Saturday, ending a yearlong solo journey around the globe aboard a ketch named "Guppy
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Fuel in water near grounded ship; divers resume search - USA TODAY
Fuel in water near grounded ship; divers resume search - USA TODAY
ROME (AP) - Light fuel, apparently from machinery aboard the capsized Costa Concordia, was detected Saturday in the sea near the ship, Italian Coast Guard officials said Saturday
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Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts - BBC News
Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts - BBC News
Co-ordinated attacks by Islamist militants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday killed at least 120 people, witnesses and reports say
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Top US general in Israel to discuss Iran's nuclear program - USA TODAY
Top US general in Israel to discuss Iran's nuclear program - USA TODAY
JERUSALEM (AP) - The top US general, visiting Israel at a delicate and dangerous moment in the global standoff with Tehran, is expected to press for restraint amid fears that the Jewish state is nearing a decision to attack Iran's nuclear program
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EU states still divided over details of Iran oil embargo - Reuters
EU states still divided over details of Iran oil embargo - Reuters
* EU states divided over details of Iran oil ban * West wants more pressure over atom programme * Formal approval of EU plans still seen next week (Adds details, background) By Justyna Pawlak and Julien Toyer BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - European Union
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US Forces Poised to Deal with Iran Threat - Voice of America
US Forces Poised to Deal with Iran Threat - Voice of America
January 19, 2012 US Forces Poised to Deal with Iran Threat Luis Ramirez | The Pentagon The United States says its military forces in the Persian Gulf region are prepared to deal with any threat from Iran
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Experts divided on Pentagon's proposed cuts - CNN
By Michael Martinez, CNN (CNN) -- Some military experts Friday called Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's proposed budget cuts "much to do about nothing," but others expressed concern about the potential of a shrinking US military in the strategic Mideast
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Doctor convicted in Jackson death seeks release - The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death asked a judge Friday to release him from jail pending his appeal
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Occupy DC must stop camping overnight on Monday, Park Service says - Washington Post
The National Park Service said Friday that it will begin enforcing its long-standing regulation prohibiting camping on federal parkland at the Occupy sites at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza at noon Monday
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"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years for federal charges = Reuters
By Laura L. Myers | SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a
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California orders hike in number of super clean cars = Los Angeles Times
The state's air board issues new rules to automakers as part of its effort to cut greenhouse gases. An employee parks a Toyota gas-electric hybrid automobile in a row of similar cars at a dealership in Los Angeles
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Student charged in Utah high school bomb plot; police continue investigation - Washington Post
ROY, Utah - The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane
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Romney, Gingrich seek Latino vote in Florida - Los Angeles Times
The Republican candidates outline their views in back-to-back speeches before the Hispanic Leadership Network. Rick Santorum also plays up his interest in Latin American policy
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Secret Service reviews possible threat to Obama - USA TODAY
By David Jackson, USA TODAY The Secret Service is reviewing the background of an Internet photograph showing a group of armed young men in the Arizona desert standing next to what appears to be a bullet-riddled image of President Obama
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Obama Proposes to Link Federal US College Aid to Affordability - BusinessWeek
By Julianna Goldman and Kate Andersen Brower Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama for the first time is proposing to link federal aid to colleges with the institutions' ability to control tuition costs and maintain education quality
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Feds drop fraud case against Adelphia founder, son - CBS News
(AP) WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Federal prosecutors have ended a six-year legal fight against the imprisoned father-son executives of a defunct Pennsylvania cable company after deeming the tax fraud charges against them not worth pursuing
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'Barefoot Bandit' to be sentenced in federal court - Seattle Post Intelligencer
SEATTLE (AP) - Colton Harris-Moore - the notorious "Barefoot Bandit" - is scheduled to be sentenced Friday morning in a Seattle federal court for his infamous two-year international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts
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Official: At least 11 hurt in OH casino collapse - San Francisco Chronicle
By LISA CORNWELL, AP The fire department in Cincinnati says at least 11 people have been injured in a partial collapse at a casino construction site
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Defense budget plan would cut spending by half a trillion - Los Angeles Times
But it also would increase the military's base budget for four of the next five years. Savings come from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Senate rejects GOP attempt to deny debt ceiling increase - Los Angeles Times
By Lisa Mascaro Despite support from virtually all Republicans, the Senate blocked an attempt to deny President Obama an increase in the debt ceiling, ensuring the administration has the funds to pay the nation's bills through the November election…
Washington, DC -- not New York -- is 'most literate' city in US - Los Angeles Times
The nation's capital has scored top literacy honors for the second year in a row, ranking No. 1 as the "most literate" city in America…
US Army chief 'comfortable' with smaller force as Pentagon prepares cuts - msnbc.com
WASHINGTON - The US Army chief said he is "comfortable" with plans to shrink the size of his force as the Pentagon prepares to slash eight brigades as part of defense cuts worth $260 billion over five years…
Severe storms lash Texas; spawn tornadoes - USA TODAY
HOUSTON (AP) - Heavy rain and powerful winds that spawned several tornadoes have swept across Texas, forcing drivers to abandon cars on flooded roads but not dropping enough water to make up for the state's historic drought…
Black on Obama's State of the Union Address - Washington Post
Black on Obama's State of the Union Address - Washington Post
25 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Black, chairman of the Prime Policy Group and Republican strategist, discusses President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Black speaks with Scarlet Fu and Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack
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SEALs free US, Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News
SEALs free US, Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The same US Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage
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Golfer Bubba Watson Buys The General Lee From The Dukes Of Hazzrd - Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Golfer Bubba Watson Buys The General Lee From "The Dukes Of Hazzrd" - Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Professional golfer Bubba Watson, curently ranked number 21 in the world, has purchased the General Lee car from the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard", which ran on CBS, from 1979-1985
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Hearse That Carried JFK's Body Auctions for $160000 - TIME
Hearse That Carried JFK's Body Auctions for $160000 - TIME
By Erik Hayden | @Erik_Hayden | January 24, 2012 | + The 1964 Cadillac Hearse that carried President John F. Kennedy's body after he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, sits on the auction block in Scottsdale, Arizona
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2 children die in Far South Side fire despite rescue attempts - Chicago Tribune
2 children die in Far South Side fire despite rescue attempts - Chicago Tribune
Two young children were killed in an early morning apartment fire on the Far South Side after their mother ran out with another child and the door locked behind her, fire officials say
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Political Push Moves a Deal on Mortgages Inches Closer - New York Times
Political Push Moves a Deal on Mortgages Inches Closer - New York Times
About one million homeowners facing foreclosure could have their mortgage burden cut by about $20000 each as part of a long-awaited deal taking shape among state attorneys general, federal officials and the nation's largest mortgage servicers
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Four Florida college students expelled over hazing - Chicago Tribune
Four Florida college students expelled over hazing - Chicago Tribune
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - Four members of the Florida A&M University marching band were expelled on Monday for hazing, the latest in a series of actions following the death of drum major Robert Champion in November
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Ex-CIA officer charged with disclosing classified information - Los Angeles Times
Ex-CIA officer charged with disclosing classified information - Los Angeles Times
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou could face decades in prison if convicted. He is accused of providing secrets to reporters, according to a federal criminal complaint
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The GOPs race to the nomination reality show - CBS News
The GOP's race to the nomination reality show - CBS News
After the 18th debate, four candidates are left standing, hoping to make it to the next round. It's much like a reality TV show
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Joe Paterno services planned at Penn State; funeral to be protested by - Washington Post
Joe Paterno services planned at Penn State; funeral to be protested by Westboro Baptist Church - Washington Post
Joe Paterno, the legendary former coach of the Penn State football team, died Saturday at the age of 85 from lung cancer in a hospital in State College, Pa
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Concordias Death Toll at 13 as Italy Prepares Fuel Removal - BusinessWeek
Concordia's Death Toll at 13 as Italy Prepares Fuel Removal - BusinessWeek
By Marco Bertacche and Armorel Kenna (Adds environment minister's comment from seventh paragraph. For more stories on the Concordia accident {EXT2 } Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Italian search teams resumed operations on Carnival Corp
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Mixed record for Obamas State of the Union goals - San Francisco Chronicle
Mixed record for Obama's State of the Union goals - San Francisco Chronicle
By ERICA WERNER, AP As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his annual address to Congress, many goals he outlined in previous State of the Union speeches remain unfulfilled
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Tornado touches down in Arkansas as storms menace US - Reuters
Tornado touches down in Arkansas as storms menace US - Reuters
By Suzi Parker | LITTLE ROCK, Ar (Reuters) - A twister touched down 70 miles south of the Arkansas state capital late Sunday, as forecasters warned that tornadoes and heavy storms could mete out punishment to several southeast states into Monday
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A Year After Attack, Giffords Says She'll Resign - Wall Street Journal
A Year After Attack, Giffords Says She'll Resign - Wall Street Journal
By COREY BOLES and TAMARA AUDI Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a gunshot wound to the head a year ago, said Sunday she would step down from Congress this week, setting off a political scramble in Arizona to fill her seat
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Desecration At Church Leads NYC Pastor To Evict Occupy Wall Street - CBS New York
Desecration At Church Leads NYC Pastor To 'Evict' Occupy Wall Street - CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - When the bronze lid of the baptismal font disappeared from the West Park Presbyterian Church on W. 86th Street, Rev
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Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasse - Bangor Daily News
Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasse - Bangor Daily News
By From wire service reports WASHINGTON - Postage rates jumped Sunday for the first time in 2 1/2 years as the US Postal Service moved to generate more revenue amid historic losses
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MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Claims Mitt Romney's Family Entered The Country Illegally - Mediaite
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Claims Mitt Romney's Family Entered The Country Illegally - Mediaite
by James Crugnale | 2:02 pm, January 22nd, 2012 Appearing on The Chris Matthews Show, in a discussion on the upcoming Florida primary, Andrea Mitchell claimed that Mitt Romney's relatives entered the United States illegally
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Evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman can't go home - Chicago Tribune
Evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman can't go home - Chicago Tribune
DETROIT-- The federal government now says a 101-year-old Detroit woman it promised could move back into her foreclosed home four months ago can't return because the building's unsanitary and unsafe
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Anti-abortion activists mark Roe v. Wade anniversary with demonstration - CNN International
Anti-abortion activists mark Roe v. Wade anniversary with demonstration - CNN International
By Laurie Ure, CNN Washington (CNN) -- Hundreds of anti-abortion activists gathered in Washington's Lafayette Park on Sunday on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide
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Tornadoes possible in southern US as snow threatens - Reuters
Tornadoes possible in southern US as snow threatens - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Severe storms were expected to spread across several southeastern US states on Sunday into Monday with tornadoes, highwinds and large hail possible, weather forecasters said
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Colleagues Comment on Giffords' Resignation - ABC News
Colleagues Comment on Giffords' Resignation - ABC News
Statements on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' announcement Sunday that she plans to resign from Congress this week to focus on her recovery: ------ "Gabby Giffords embodies the very best of what public service should be
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Rep. Wasserman Schultz says Giffords' recovery is likely to take years, not months - CNN
Rep. Wasserman Schultz says Giffords' recovery is likely to take years, not months - CNN
(CNN) -- Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced on her website Sunday that she will resign from Congress this week to continue her recuperation from the brain injury she suffered when shot just over a year ago
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$210K for Bonnie Clyde Tommy Gun, shotgun - CBS News
$210K for Bonnie & Clyde Tommy Gun, shotgun - CBS News
A pair of historic firearms - a .45 Caliber Thompson Sub-Machine Gun and a Winchester 12-gauge shotgun - believed to have been owned and used by the outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were sold at auction for a total of $210000 Saturday, Jan
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Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 - USA TODAY
Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 - USA TODAY
By Jack Carey, USA TODAY Perhaps the most ironic element when looking at the way Joe Paterno lost his job as Penn State's football coach after 46 seasons is that as a young man, he had his eyes set on law school
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Media outlets scramble to report false claim of Paterno's death - CNN International
Media outlets scramble to report false claim of Paterno's death - CNN International
By Holly Yan, CNN Onward State, a Penn State student-run news website, incorrectly posted an item Saturday saying legendary football coach Joe Paterno had died
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Rival parties to mix it up - nicely - at State of the Union - Los Angeles Times
Rival parties to mix it up - nicely - at State of the Union - Los Angeles Times
Many Democratic and Republican members of Congress will sit in pairs again in a show of civility at President Obama's address
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Crews contain Reno fire that claimed 29 homes - CBS News
Crews contain Reno fire that claimed 29 homes - CBS News
Jeannie Watts, left, looks through the rubble of her barn for the bodies of her three horses on Jan. 21, 2012, after her home in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev
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Debate Exposes Tensions as Race Reshaped by Surprises - Bloomberg
Debate Exposes Tensions as Race Reshaped by Surprises - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Debate Exposes Tensions as Race Reshaped by Surprises Debate Exposes Tensions as Race Reshaped by Surprises Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Landov Republican Presidential candidates, from left to right, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron
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Apple juice made in America? Think again - USA TODAY
Apple juice made in America? Think again - USA TODAY
By Christina Rexrode, AP NEW YORK - Americans are finding some surprises lurking in US government information about where the food they eat comes from
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Remorseful man admits causing Reno fire - CBS News
Remorseful man admits causing Reno fire - CBS News
The ruins of a home in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., seen on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, after a wind-driven brush fire raced through the area
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Ford has its strongest year in a decade - Los Angeles Times
The automaker has a more than 200% increase in net income in 2011, but its fourth-quarter profit misses estimates on overseas losses
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Dow Posts First Losing Week of '12, but Is Still Up for Year - New York Times
The stock market closed mixed Friday, after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year than economists expected
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Obama administration expands foreclosure prevention program - CNNMoney
By Les Christie @CNNMoney January 27, 2012: 7:56 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Obama administration is taking another swing at improving its main foreclosure prevention program
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World stocks dip as US GDP falls short - Reuters
By Richard Leong | NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stocks fell on Friday on news the US economy grew more slowly than expected in the last quarter of 2011, while the euro rose on hopes of an imminent deal on Greece's debt that could help avert a disorderly
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Italian, Spanish Ratings Cut Two Notches by Fitch on Crisis - BusinessWeek
By Mark Deen and Cheyenne Hopkins Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The credit ratings of Italy, Spain and three other euro-area countries were cut by Fitch Ratings, which said the five nations lack financing flexibility in the face of the regional debt crisis
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US fourth-quarter GDP falls short of expectations - Los Angeles Times
The nation's broadest measure of US economic output rose at a 2.8% annual rate - many analysts had predicted 3% - in the October through December period, and signs point to economic weakness ahead
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Greece, creditors laboriously piece together debt deal - Reuters
By George Georgiopoulos and Karolina Tagaris | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its private creditors head back to the negotiating table on Saturday to put together the final pieces of a long-awaited debt swap agreement needed to avert an unruly default
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Facebook Readies IPO Filing - Wall Street Journal
By SHAYNDI RAICE and RANDALL SMITH Facebook Inc. could file papers for its initial public offering as early as next week, people familiar with the matter said, as anticipation mounts for what is likely to be one of the biggest debuts for a US company
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US Economy: GDP Up 2.8% In Q4, Weak 1.7% For 2011 - Forbes
The US economy expanded at a 2.8% clip in the fourth quarter, falling just shy of the 3% consensus estimate. On the positive side, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported an uptick in private inventory investment and personal consumption expenditures
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Brent buoyed by Iran threat, US GDP weighs - Reuters
By Simon Falush | LONDON (Reuters) - Brent crude held above $111 on Friday as comments from Iran that it might stop exports to the European Union intensified worries about security of supply, but weaker than forecast economic data from the United
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Ford Profits Race Higher, Fall Short Of Checkered Flag - Forbes
Shares of Ford Motor flattened in morning trading Friday, after the automaker's fourth-quarter profit came up short of estimates
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APNewsBreak: Bachmann says she'll seek 4th term - Boston.com
APNewsBreak: Bachmann says she'll seek 4th term - Boston.com
By Doug Glass AP / January 25, 2012 MINNEAPOLIS--Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday she will seek a fourth term in the US House following her failed presidential bid
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Obama Answers Bernanke Plea With Refinancing Plan - Bloomberg
Obama Answers Bernanke Plea With Refinancing Plan - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Barack Obama Barack Obama Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg President Obama delivers the State of the Union address at the Capitol on Jan. 24, 2012
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A Fed First: Central Bankers to Unveil Forecasts - Fox Business
A Fed First: Central Bankers to Unveil Forecasts - Fox Business
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to provide Wall Street with more of the same Wednesday - that is cautious maintenance of the same monetary policy in place now for over three years
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Bernanke near inflation target prize, but jobs a concern - Reuters
Bernanke near inflation target prize, but jobs a concern - Reuters
By Mark Felsenthal | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Federal Reserve could take the historic step this week of announcing an explicit target for inflation, a move that would fulfill a multi-year quest of the central bank's chairman, Ben Bernanke
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Soros Promotes European Crisis Plan - New York Times
Soros Promotes European Crisis Plan - New York Times
By ERIC PFANNER The billionaire investor George Soros said Wednesday that it was possible Greece could be pushed out of the euro zone this year
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Germany Backs ECB in Rejecting IMF Call for Losses on Greek Debt - BusinessWeek
Germany Backs ECB in Rejecting IMF Call for Losses on Greek Debt - BusinessWeek
By Jeff Black and Brian Parkin Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government rejected suggestions that the European Central Bank take losses on its Greek debt holdings, backing the ECB in a dispute with the
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Illinois gas price update - Canton Daily Ledger
Illinois gas price update - Canton Daily Ledger
By Anonymous Average retail gasoline prices in Illinois have fallen 8.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.47/g Sunday
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Swiss soldiers, police battle snow to erect 11-mile 'ring of steel' around - Washington Post
Swiss soldiers, police battle snow to erect 11-mile 'ring of steel' around - Washington Post
DAVOS, Switzerland - Thousands of Swiss soldiers and police have been shoveling snow to erect a 'ring of steel' against unwelcome demonstrators hoping to gatecrash the annual meeting of political and economic elites in the Swiss Alps
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Macy's sues Martha Stewart Living over JCPenney deal - USA TODAY
Macy's sues Martha Stewart Living over JCPenney deal - USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) - Macy's has sued Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) and requested a preliminary injunction to block a new licensing deal between Martha's housewares company and JC Penney
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UK could send extra military assets to Strait of Hormuz to keep key shipping - Washington Post
UK could send extra military assets to Strait of Hormuz to keep key shipping - Washington Post
LONDON - Britain could send extra military assets to the Strait of Hormuz to deter any attempt by Iran to block Persian Gulf oil tanker traffic, the country's defense secretary said Tuesday, as Tehran accused the European Union of trying to create
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U.S. Stock Futures Slip on Lack of Debt-Swap Progress; InterDigital Sinks - Bloomberg
U.S. Stock Futures Slip on Lack of Debt-Swap Progress; InterDigital Sinks - Bloomberg
US stock futures retreated, indicating the Standard &Poor's 500 Index will snap a five-day rally, amid a stalemate between European policy makers and Greek bondholders over how to resolve the nation's debt crisis
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Stock Trading Is Lowest in U.S. Since 2008 - Bloomberg
Stock Trading Is Lowest in U.S. Since 2008 - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Stock Trading Lowest in US Since 2008 Stock Trading Lowest in US Since 2008 Jin Lee/Bloomberg Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York
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Asia Stocks Gain a Sixth Day as New Zealand Dollar, Oil Advance on Europe - Bloomberg
Asia Stocks Gain a Sixth Day as New Zealand Dollar, Oil Advance on Europe - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Asia Stocks Gain a Sixth Day as New Zealand Dollar Asia Stocks Gain a Sixth Day as New Zealand Dollar Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg A pedestrian walks past an electronic stock board outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan
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Euro gains evaporate after Greek setback - Reuters
Euro gains evaporate after Greek setback - Reuters
By Lisa Twaronite and Ian Chua | TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro descended from a three-week peak against the dollar in Asia on Tuesday after euro zone finance ministers rejected an offer by private creditors to restructure Greek debt, keeping alive fears
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S&P ends day with minor gains, Dow, Nasdaq slightly off - msnbc.com
S&P ends day with minor gains, Dow, Nasdaq slightly off - msnbc.com
By msnbc.com staff and news services According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average ended down 11.66 points, or 0.09 percent, at 12708.82
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US GAS: Futures Rally After Chesapeake Production Cut - Wall Street Journal
US GAS: Futures Rally After Chesapeake Production Cut - Wall Street Journal
By Dan Strumpf Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Natural gas futures surged Monday after Chesapeake Energy Corp., the second-largest US gas producer, said it will curtail gas production and drilling in response to low prices
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Halliburton CEO Sees Overall Increase In Rig Count For 2012 - Wall Street Journal
Halliburton CEO Sees Overall Increase In Rig Count For 2012 - Wall Street Journal
HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Unfettered drilling for oil will more than offset any slowdown in natural gas drilling in North America, helping improve Halliburton Co
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IMF Chief Urges Europe to Beef Up Bailout Funds - New York Times
IMF Chief Urges Europe to Beef Up Bailout Funds - New York Times
PARIS - As European finance ministers gathered Monday for their latest session on the euro crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund urged them to significantly bolster the bailout funds available for euro zone countries to avoid
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Germany, France Pressure Greece for Swift Debt Deal - Fox Business
Germany, France Pressure Greece for Swift Debt Deal - Fox Business
Germany and France pressed on Monday for a rapid deal between Greece and its private creditors that returns its soaring debt to sustainable levels and said they remained committed to a new bailout that is needed by March to avert a disastrous default
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Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasse - Bangor Daily News
Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasse - Bangor Daily News
By From wire service reports WASHINGTON - Postage rates jumped Sunday for the first time in 2 1/2 years as the US Postal Service moved to generate more revenue amid historic losses
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Grand champion steer sold at National Western junior livestock auction for $106000 - Denver Post
Grand champion steer sold at National Western junior livestock auction for $106000 - Denver Post
By The Denver Post The National Western Stock Show Grand Champion Steer joins guests for Afternoon Tea at The Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012
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Paris and Berlin seek to dilute bank rules - Financial Times
Paris and Berlin seek to dilute bank rules - Financial Times
By Alex Barker in Brussels and Brooke Masters in London France and Germany are to call for a relaxation of global bank capital rules to prevent lending to the real economy being choked off, setting them at odds with the UK's stricter approach to banks
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Oil, Euro Fall on Greek Debt Talks - Bloomberg
Oil, Euro Fall on Greek Debt Talks - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Oil Prices, Euro Fall Oil Prices, Euro Fall Dennis Drenner/Bloomberg Oil retreated and the euro weakened before European Union leaders meet to discuss new budget rules, Greece's debt swap and an Iranian oil embargo
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How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on Friday - Washington Post
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on Friday - Washington Post
IBM and Microsoft drove the Dow Jones industrial average higher Friday after the tech giants reported stronger earnings than analysts expected
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Euro Policy Makers Resume Talks Tomorrow on Long-Term Debt Crisis Solution - Bloomberg
Euro Policy Makers Resume Talks Tomorrow on Long-Term Debt Crisis Solution - Bloomberg
European officials will push on tomorrow with a long-term plan to tackle the region's debt crisis, as banking and government negotiators zero in on an agreement that will lighten Greece ({GDBR10)'s debt burden
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Bonus season not as festive for bank CEOs - The Associated Press
Bonus season not as festive for bank CEOs - The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank, posted a record profit for 2011. That didn't translate into a bigger bonus for CEO Jamie Dimon
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Talks on Greek debt deal hit snag - BBC News
Talks on Greek debt deal hit snag - BBC News
The chief negotiators for Greece's private creditors have left Athens without securing a deal to write off some of the country's debts
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Euro Gains for First Time in Seven Weeks as Debt Concern Falls - Bloomberg
Euro Gains for First Time in Seven Weeks as Debt Concern Falls - Bloomberg
Play Video The euro rose for the first time in seven weeks after bets the 17-nation currency would weaken reached a record and as member nations' borrowing costs fell at bond auctions, mitigating debt-crisis pessimism
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The New ARMs Race - DailyFinance
The New "ARMs" Race - DailyFinance
By Tamara Rutter, The Motley Fool Posted 10:43PM 01/20/12 Investing Four big tech companies announced earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, with Intel (NAS: INTC) standing out with revenue of $13.9 billion for the quarter
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Did Google Just Break Its Cash Machine? - DailyFinance
Did Google Just Break Its Cash Machine? - DailyFinance
By Anders Bylund (TMFZahrim), The Motley Fool Posted 2:10PM 01/21/12 Investing Google (NAS: GOOG) CEO Larry Page is "super excited" about "a really strong quarter," but investors don't seem to agree
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Roubini On Steroids: Zombie Economy In A G-Zero World - Forbes
Roubini On Steroids: Zombie Economy In A G-Zero World - Forbes
When Dante approaches the gates of hell in his Inferno, he sees a sign that reads "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." The same sign should hang in places where economist Nouriel Roubini is scheduled to talk
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GE Profit Slides on Pricing - Wall Street Journal
GE Profit Slides on Pricing - Wall Street Journal
By KATE LINEBAUGH and BOB SECHLER General Electric Co.'s big industrial businesses are struggling to translate higher revenue into bigger profits as prices for its products-particularly power generators-remain under pressure from competition and weak
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Kodak Files for Bankruptcy Protection - Wall Street Journal
Kodak Files for Bankruptcy Protection - Wall Street Journal
By MIKE SPECTOR, DANA MATTIOLI and KATY STECH Kodak may become a fading memory as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Dow Jones's Steve McGrath explains where it went wrong and reminds us of previous corporations undone by technological
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Screen Actors Guild votes to approve merger plan - Los Angeles Times
The Screen Actors Guild national board of directors voted overwhelmingly to approve a plan to merge with its sister union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
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Toddlers & Tiaras Mom Files $30 Million Libel Suit: You "Sexualized" My Daughter! - E! Online
Sarah Jessica's Striped Style Plus, Blake Lively, Selena Gomez and Diane Kruger. Rate today's highs 'n' lows! Toddlers & Tiaras Mom Files $30 Million Libel Suit: You "Sexualized" My Daughter!
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Lana Del Rey To Re-Release Her First LP As Lizzy Grant - Idolator: All About The Music
The 'American Idol' Season 11 premiere ratings are in, and they're way down from previous years. Why didn't you tune in, music fans?
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Reese Withespoon's 'This Means War' Trims Sex Jokes, Secures PG-13 Rating - AceShowbiz
Following the R rating given to the film by the Classification and Rating Appeals Board, 20th Century Fox moves fast to readjust the film in order to secure the less-restrictive rating
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Michael Jackson's legacy cemented by children - Daily Gossip
The legacy of the late pop star, Michael Jackson was immortalized in cement during a special ceremony which was held on Thursday in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood
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'Man On A Ledge': The Reviews Are In! - MTV.com
By Kara Warner (@karawarner) If your impressions about the new action thriller "Man on a Ledge" are based on the film's very-literal title, you're very likely correct in assuming to know a decent amount about the film before entering the theater
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How naked is Katherine Heigl in 'One For the Money'? - USA TODAY
By Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY Jason O'Mara appears to get an eyeful of co-star Katherine Heigl during a comedic shower scene in One For the Money, opening today
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Seal The 'I've Got a Secret' Smile - TMZ.com
Seal's finally left Heidi Klum -- he flew out of the country last night ... and did it with a you-know-what eatin' grin on his face
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Chuck Is Over. (Sob!) So What Did Those Final Moments Mean?! - E! Online
If you haven't yet watched tonight's series finale of NBC's Chuck, then for the love of all that is holy, do not read another word!
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Demi Moore 911 call is public information, for better or worse - Entertainment Weekly
by Lanford Beard When the dramatic recording of the 911 call leading to Demi Moore's Monday night hospitalization was released to the public today, it begged the question: Does Moore have any legal right to her privacy in this situation?
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Amy Winehouse's Family Call Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Tribute 'In Bad Taste' - MTV.com
Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, a favorite of Lady Gaga, is catching heat after presenting his Amy Winehouse-inspired spring/summer 2012 collection at Paris Fashion Week
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ACM Awards nominations 2012: Kenny Chesney and Taylor Swift to battle it out - Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Country princess Taylor Swift is facing some stiff competition for the top spot at the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) this year
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Oscars 2012: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close gets an unlikely Oscar nomination - Telegraph.co.uk
Oscars 2012: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close gets an unlikely Oscar nomination - Telegraph.co.uk
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close has been widely panned by the critics, but it is in the running for an Oscar for best picture
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Whitney Houston broke: Singer has spent her $100m fortune - Daily Mail
Whitney Houston broke: 'Singer has spent her $100m fortune' - Daily Mail
By Leah Simpson She's about to make her big screen comeback in the remake of Sparkle with popstar Jordin Sparks but Whitney Houston is reportedly 'broke'
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Angelina Jolie Snubs Stacy Keibler on Private Jet - Us Magazine
Angelina Jolie Snubs Stacy Keibler on Private Jet - Us Magazine
George Clooney and Stacy Keibler hitched a ride on a private jet with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie from LA to the Palm Springs International Film Festival in California Jan. 7 -- but the flight was anything but smooth
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U-Turn: Aretha Franklin Decides Not To Marry - Cinema Blend
U-Turn: Aretha Franklin Decides Not To Marry - Cinema Blend
If ever there was any question as to how much differently society treats engagements and marriages, look no further than Aretha Franklin
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Steve Pond's Oscar-Nomination Predictions: In With Dragon Tattoo, Out With - Reuters
Steve Pond's Oscar-Nomination Predictions: In With 'Dragon Tattoo,' Out With - Reuters
By Steve Pond at TheWrap Predicting the Oscar nominations used to be so easy. Oscar-watchers knew who the frontrunners were, we could make educated guesses about the rest, and - crucially - we knew how many nominations there would be: 10 for Best
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The 2012 Sundance Film Festival - Washington Post
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival - Washington Post
Actors Will Ferrell and Lizzy Caplan attend Sheets Energy presents BCDF Sundance Cocktail Party at Stella Artois by Ally B during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah
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The Bachelor Recap: One With Nature - Hollywood Reporter
'The Bachelor' Recap: One With Nature - Hollywood Reporter
Ben Flajnik took the contestants into the great outdoors in Park City, Utah, for horseback riding, fly fishing and a cocktail party throwdown
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Seal Talks Heidi Klum Separation: "We Were Shocked" - E! Online
Seal Talks Heidi Klum Separation: "We Were Shocked" - E! Online
Right after Billboard exec Bill Werde told E! News that Seal's split from Heidi Klum might actually help the singer's career by drawing attention to more than just his new album, interviews between Seal and Ellen DeGeneres (airing Tuesday) and PBS'
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Steven Tyler, of American Idol and Aerosmith, sings national anthem at AFC - Washington Post
Steven Tyler, of American Idol and Aerosmith, sings national anthem at AFC - Washington Post
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - What would Steven Tyler, the American Idol judge, think of Steven Tyler, who sang the national anthem at the AFC championship game on Sunday
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Angelina Jolie honored at Producers Guild Awards - Los Angeles Times
Angelina Jolie honored at Producers Guild Awards - Los Angeles Times
Angelina Jolie was the woman of the night at the Producers Guild Awards, honored with the Stanley Kramer Award for her work on "In the Land of Blood and Honey
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Box office report: Underworld awakens the box office with $25.4 million - Entertainment Weekly
Box office report: 'Underworld' awakens the box office with $25.4 million - Entertainment Weekly
by Grady Smith 2012 continued its box office winning streak this weekend, as Kate Beckinsale replaced herself at the top of the chart
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PGA Awards 2012: The Winners List - Hollywood Reporter
PGA Awards 2012: The Winners List - Hollywood Reporter
The Artist, which is shaping up as a formidable force this awards season, was the victor in the best picture race at the 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards, held Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
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Sundance 2012: Taylor Swift hits red carpet for Ethel Kennedy doc - Los Angeles Times
Sundance 2012: Taylor Swift hits red carpet for Ethel Kennedy doc - Los Angeles Times
When one thinks of political matriarch Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., probably the last thing that comes to mind is pop star Taylor Swift
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Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif. - San Antonio Express
Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif. - San Antonio Express
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP, ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press In this, April 6, 1987, photo, singer Etta James performs at the Vine St. Bar &Grill in Hollywood, Calif
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Feds say 7 behind celeb-endorsed Megaupload.com ran massive, worldwide piracy ring - Fox News
Feds say 7 behind celeb-endorsed Megaupload.com ran massive, worldwide piracy ring - Fox News
Kim Kardashian and other celebrities star in a promotional YouTube video for Megaupload. On Thurs., Jan 19, federal investigators charged 7 foreigners (not including Kardashian or the other endorsers) connected to the site with piracy
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Sundance 2012s must-see movies: Sleepwalk With Me, Bachelorette, Safety - Entertainment Weekly
Sundance 2012's must-see movies: 'Sleepwalk With Me,' 'Bachelorette,' 'Safety - Entertainment Weekly
by Anthony Breznican As Sundance kicks off today, first impressions of some of the movies might suggest it's more of a depression fest than a film fest
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Lindsay Lohan Top Marks in Probation - TMZ.com
Lindsay Lohan Top Marks in Probation - TMZ.com
Lindsay Lohan just got a rave review from Judge Stephanie Sautner during her probation progress report hearing this morning -- after completing all of her required community service on time ... so far. Judge Sautner gushed that Lindsay's probation
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American Idols offstage rivals - Los Angeles Times
'American Idol's' offstage rivals - Los Angeles Times
The Fox singing show begins its 11th season in a field that now features 'The X Factor,' 'The Voice' and 'America's Got Talent
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With retro themes, Hollywood sees future in past - USA TODAY
With retro themes, Hollywood sees future in past - USA TODAY
By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY LOS ANGLES - The past is a staple of the Hollywood diet, but the current time warp is marked even for this industry
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Glee's Cory Monteith Spills on Amazing Finn and Rachel Shocker-and His - E! Online
Glee's Cory Monteith Spills on "Amazing" Finn and Rachel Shocker-and His - E! Online
Got a burning TV question, a comment or hot dish about your fave TV show? Email your Q's to tvdiva@eonline.com, and then check the next chat for answers!
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Iran cautious over Golden Globe film A Separation - Reuters
Iran cautious over Golden Globe film A Separation - Reuters
By Robin Pomeroy and Hashem Kalantari | TEHRAN (Reuters) - The Iranian government sounded a note of caution on Tuesday about the success of "A Separation" which won a Golden Globe for best foreign film, saying gritty realist films favored by critics
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Kelsey Grammer, wife expecting twins - CNN
Kelsey Grammer, wife expecting twins - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Former "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer and wife Kayte Walsh Grammer are expecting twins, the actor said Sunday
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George Clooney Pokes Fun at Injured Brad Pitt at the Golden Globes - People Magazine
George Clooney Pokes Fun at Injured Brad Pitt at the Golden Globes - People Magazine
By Alison Schwartz An injured ACL is no laughing matter - but that didn't stop George Clooney from taking a friendly jab at his fellow Golden Globe Awards nominee - who's also a fellow two-time PEOPLE Sexiest Man Alive honoree - Brad Pitt
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Golden Globes 2012: A List of the Winners - ABC News
Golden Globes 2012: A List of the Winners - ABC News
FILM CATERGORIES Motion Picture, Drama The Descendants The Help Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball War Horse Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical 50/50 The Artist Bridesmaids Midnight In Paris My Week With Marilyn Best Director - Motion Picture Martin
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Jay-Z Vows To Never Degrade Women In His Music Again - MTV UK
Jay-Z Vows To Never Degrade Women In His Music Again - MTV UK
Jay-Z has vowed to never use derogatory terms for women in his music again following the birth of his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. The rapper, who welcomed his first child with wife Beyonce last weekend, has stated in a poem to celebrate the birth of
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Heather Locklear Hospitalized After 911 Call - People Magazine
Heather Locklear Hospitalized After 911 Call - People Magazine
By Mike Fleeman and Julie Jordan Heather Locklear was taken to the hospital Thursday after a 911 call was placed from her home. The nature of the emergency wasn't immediately revealed
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Around the Remote: Golden Globes welcome Gervais back to the party - San Jose Mercury News
Around the Remote: Golden Globes welcome Gervais back to the party - San Jose Mercury News
By Chuck Barney FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2011 publicity image released by NBC, host Ricky Gervais is shown during the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif
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Alan Menken remembers Beauty and the Beast - Toronto Star
Alan Menken remembers Beauty and the Beast - Toronto Star
Richard Ouzounian Theatre Critic Alan Menken isn't just the composer of Beauty and the Beast, one of the most beloved animated films of all time, being re-released in theatres Friday in 3-D
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The Artist wins four prizes at Critics' Choice Awards - BBC News
The Artist wins four prizes at Critics' Choice Awards - BBC News
Silent film The Artist was the big winner at this year's Critics' Choice Awards, winning four prizes. The movie took the evening's top award, best picture, as well as best score, best costume design and best director for France's Michel Hazanavicius
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Five Big Surprises at the 2012 Peoples Choice Awards - E Online
Five Big Surprises at the 2012 People's Choice Awards - E! Online
It might be "understandable" for Katy Perry to skip out on attending the People's Choice Awards, but you, friend, have no excuse.…
Nina Dobrev - People's Choice Awards 2012 Red Carpet - Just Jared
Nina Dobrev - People's Choice Awards 2012 Red Carpet - Just Jared
Nina Dobrev is gorgeous in green at the 2012 People's Choice Awards held at Nokia Theatre LA Live on Wednesday (January 11) in Los Angeles.…
2012 Awards Season - USA TODAY
2012 Awards Season - USA TODAY
Awards season is in full swing with the show that's all about giving the people what they want. And, apparently the People's Choice Awards can't get enough Glee.…
Justin Bieber Wants To Grow Up At Own Pace - KOCO Oklahoma City
Justin Bieber Wants To Grow Up At Own Pace - KOCO Oklahoma City
By Breeanna Hare, CNN (CNN) -- Justin Bieber's 18th birthday is looming ahead in March, and while he aims to one day be known as more than a teen sensation, he isn't going to start singing from a more adult perspective just yet.…
Ashton Kutcher shaves beard for 'Men' (but will he return next year?) -- PHOTO - Entertainment Weekly
Ashton Kutcher shaves beard for 'Men' (but will he return next year?) -- PHOTO - Entertainment Weekly
by James Hibberd Scruffy Ashton is out. Clean-cut Ashton is back. The actor has shed his much-debated hipster beard and cut his long-ish hair for next week's Two and a Half Men.…
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Pushed to Limit, Djokovic Defeats Murray to Set Up a Familiar Final - New York Times
MELBOURNE, Australia - There were big hints of a power shift at this Australian Open. There were grueling, long-form semifinals bristling with uncertainty
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A miniature success amid Phil Mickelson's woeful play at La Jolla - Los Angeles Times
Phil Mickelson misses the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla, but he gives his fans a brief flash of that Phil magic from the rough on No
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Woods Climbs to Two Shots Behind Leader at Abu Dhabi - New York Times
Tiger Woods moved into contention Friday with a three-under-par 69 in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in the United Arab Emirates, putting him two shots behind the leader, Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark
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Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka eye big payoff in Australian Open final - SI.com
Victoria Azarenka (left) has defeated Maria Sharapova in their two matchups in finals, including one in Key Biscayne, Fla., last April
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Sonnen victory likely nets title shot - Chicago Tribune
Chael Sonnen's fight against Michael Bisping on Saturday night at the United Center isn't the main event. But don't tell him that
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NASCAR announces that it will disclose all fines - Yahoo! Sports
By Nick Bromberg By Nick Bromberg | From The Marbles - Wed, Jan 25, 2012 5:46 PM EST NASCAR announced Wednesday that it will stop the practice of 'secret fines' and publicly announce all monetary punishments
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UFC on Fox 2 - Staff Predictions - Head Kick Legend
by Earl Montclair on Jan 27, 2012 9:00 AM EST in UFC News The UFC is set to return to Fox with a 3 fight main card with major title implications
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Azarenka not concerned over Sharapova's experience in Grand Slam finals - Washington Post
MELBOURNE, Australia - After 25 Grand Slam tournaments, Victoria Azarenka is through to her first final. Maria Sharapova, her opponent in Saturday's Australian Open title decider, has been there five times before, and won three
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Local alum speaks at Paterno memorial service - South Bend Tribune
Charles V. Pittman, senior vice president for publishing at Schurz Communications Inc., an Indiana-based company that owns television and radio stations and newspapers acknowledges applause after speaking at "A Memorial for Joe" in honor of Joe Paterno
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Woods Shoots 69, in Contention in Abu Dhabi - ABC News
Tiger Woods moved into contention in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship with a 3-under 69 Friday. He had three straight birdies on the back nine to finish two shots behind surprise clubhouse leader Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark
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Djokovic Edges Murray, Sets up Final Vs Nadal - ABC News
Defending champion Novak Djokovic has moved into an Australian Open final against Rafael Nadal after edging Andy Murray in a five-set, almost five-hour semifinal late Friday night
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Murray reaches Australia Open semifinals = Salt Lake Tribune
Murray reaches Australia Open semifinals = Salt Lake Tribune
By CAROLINE CHEESE AP MELBOURNE, Australia Andy Murray overcame an inconsistent serve to beat Kei Nishikori on Wednesday and reach the semifinals of the Australian Open for the third straight year
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Rivals reunited: Kvitova faces Sharapova rematch in Melbourne semifinals - CNN
Rivals reunited: Kvitova faces Sharapova rematch in Melbourne semifinals - CNN
Second seed Petra Kvitova is seeking to move to the top of the world rankings for the first time. World No. 2 Kvitova and No. 4 Sharapova won their Australian Open quarterfinals (CNN) -- World No
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Publishing executive recalls playing for Paterno - Chicago Tribune
Publishing executive recalls playing for Paterno - Chicago Tribune
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Charles Pittman knew Joe Paterno before Joe Paterno was JoePa. Long before Joe Paterno was anybody. And he had no intention of playing for a nobody
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Ganassi on 2011 Montoya/McMurray performance: 'pathetic' - Yahoo! Sports
Ganassi on 2011 Montoya/McMurray performance: 'pathetic' - Yahoo! Sports
By Jay Busbee By Jay Busbee | From The Marbles - Tue, Jan 24, 2012 10:16 AM EST The NASCAR winter media train rolls on, and Tuesday brought us the Earnhardt-Ganassi stop
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2nd Day of Mourning for Paterno to End With Burial - ABC News
2nd Day of Mourning for Paterno to End With Burial - ABC News
The second day of a three-day period of public mourning for Joe Paterno will culminate with the funeral and burial for the Hall of Fame football coach who became the face of Penn State University
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Big crowds expected for public tributes to Paterno - SI.com
Big crowds expected for public tributes to Paterno - SI.com
The statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium has been surrounded by flowers and tributes. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- For decades they cheered him, now it's time for Penn State students and alumni to mourn Joe Paterno
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Woods Hoping to Resume Good Play in Abu Dhabi - ABC News
Woods Hoping to Resume Good Play in Abu Dhabi - ABC News
Tiger Woods says he's starting a season healthy for the first time in at least eight years. "It's been quite a few years since I've been physically fit," Woods said on Tuesday in his first appearance at the Abu Dhabi Championship
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Kim Clijsters reaches semifinals - ESPN
Kim Clijsters reaches semifinals - ESPN
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Kim Clijsters is moving on to the Australian Open semifinals, and Caroline Wozniacki is moving out of the top spot
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Federer, Nadal set up Australian Open semifinal clash - USA TODAY
Federer, Nadal set up Australian Open semifinal clash - USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A dominating win by Roger Federer in his 1000th career match and a more testing workout for Rafael Nadal have set up a rare Grand Slam marquee semifinal between the former No. 1
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Golfer Bubba Watson Buys The General Lee From The Dukes Of Hazzrd - Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Golfer Bubba Watson Buys The General Lee From "The Dukes Of Hazzrd" - Sports Radio ESPN 1420
Professional golfer Bubba Watson, curently ranked number 21 in the world, has purchased the General Lee car from the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard", which ran on CBS, from 1979-1985
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Azarenka reaches Australian Open semifinals - USA TODAY
Azarenka reaches Australian Open semifinals - USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka reached the Australian Open semifinals when she held her nerve despite trouble with her serve in a 6-7 (0-7), 6-0, 6-2 win against No
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New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane ponders name, uniform changes - The Seattle Times
New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane ponders name, uniform changes - The Seattle Times
New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is considering changing the name of the franchise as well as its uniforms. Crane said Monday the team... By Seattle Times news services No comments have been posted to this article. HOUSTON - New Houston Astros owner
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Testimony From Paterno Is No Longer Admissible - New York Times
Testimony From Paterno Is No Longer Admissible - New York Times
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The death of Joe Paterno on Sunday will partly weaken the state's prosecution of two former university officials who have been charged in connection with the child sexual abuse case involving Jerry Sandusky
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Why not? Danica Patrick thinks she can win Daytona 500 - USA TODAY
Why not? Danica Patrick thinks she can win Daytona 500 - USA TODAY
By Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY CONCORD, NC - Danica Patrick won't run the Indianapolis 500 this year, but, driving for Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart, she thinks her chances are as good as anybody's to win the Daytona 500 in her first try
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Danica Patrick Won't Run Indy 500 This Year - ABC News
Danica Patrick Won't Run Indy 500 This Year - ABC News
Danica Patrick, the highest-finishing woman in the Indianapolis 500, will skip the race this season and instead enter NASCAR's longest event of the year
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Tony Stewart, crew chief, move on after breakup - Orlando Sentinel
Tony Stewart, crew chief, move on after breakup - Orlando Sentinel
CONCORD. NC - Breakups are always complicated. You rarely leave on equal terms. It seems one party or the other initiates the split
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Dramatic Championship Sunday yields Super Bowl rematch - USA TODAY
Dramatic Championship Sunday yields Super Bowl rematch - USA TODAY
By Jon Saraceno, USA TODAY Four years ago, the New York Giants spoiled pro football perfection on a lovely Arizona evening. On that February night in 2008, they denied the New England Patriots the historic brilliance of a 19-0 season by capturing Super
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Giants Top 49ers 20-17 in OT to Reach Super Bowl - ABC News
Giants Top 49ers 20-17 in OT to Reach Super Bowl - ABC News
Lawrence Tynes booted the Giants into the Super Bowl again. Tynes kicked a winning 31-yard field goal in sudden-death overtime and New York beat the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in the NFC championship game Sunday night to reach its second Super Bowl in
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Kick Is Wide, And Patriots Reclaim Title Of AFC's Best - New York Times
Kick Is Wide, And Patriots Reclaim Title Of AFC's Best - New York Times
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - For some franchises, four years is a fragment of time. For the New England Patriots, it is a millennium. Their transformation over that span has been swift and overarching
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Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 - USA TODAY
Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno dies at 85 - USA TODAY
By Jack Carey, USA TODAY Perhaps the most ironic element when looking at the way Joe Paterno lost his job as Penn State's football coach after 46 seasons is that as a young man, he had his eyes set on law school
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Federer Through to Australian Open Quarterfinals - ABC News
Federer Through to Australian Open Quarterfinals - ABC News
Roger Federer put on a tennis clinic against Bernard Tomic, using deft drops, lobs, booming backhands and 13 aces to beat the 19-year-old Australian 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 and advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the eighth straight year
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Paterno In Serious Condition - ESPN
Paterno In Serious Condition - ESPN
Joe Paterno, Division I's all-time winningest coach who was fired by Penn State in November, has experienced further complications from treatment from lung cancer and is in serious condition, a family spokesman said in a statement Saturday
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Steven Tyler, of American Idol and Aerosmith, sings national anthem at AFC - Washington Post
Steven Tyler, of American Idol and Aerosmith, sings national anthem at AFC - Washington Post
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - What would Steven Tyler, the American Idol judge, think of Steven Tyler, who sang the national anthem at the AFC championship game on Sunday
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Clijsters overcomes injury to beat Li in 3 sets - Fox News
Clijsters overcomes injury to beat Li in 3 sets - Fox News
MELBOURNE, Australia - Down four match points and hobbling on an injured left ankle, defending champion Kim Clijsters somehow rallied for a dramatic 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 win over Li Na at the Australian Open on Sunday
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Fierce wind interrupts Humana Challenge - STLtoday.com
Fierce wind interrupts Humana Challenge - STLtoday.com
AP STLtoday.com | Posted: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:10 am | Loading... John Mallinger, center, walks off the Palmer Private Course at PGA West after a wind delay during the third round of the Humana Challenge PGA golf tournament Saturday, Jan
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49ers Vs. Giants, NFC Championship Game: Stadium Security Beefed Up - SB Nation
49ers Vs. Giants, NFC Championship Game: Stadium Security Beefed Up - SB Nation
The San Francisco 49ers will host the New York Giants on Sunday in the 2012 NFC Championship Game. If the 49ers win, they will earn a trip to the Super Bowl, something which has not happened in quite some time
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AFC Championship Game, Patriots The Pick To Beat Ravens - SB Nation
AFC Championship Game, Patriots The Pick To Beat Ravens - SB Nation
The New England Patriots are gearing up to host the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday. And if the predictions everyone are making turn out to be true, it's going to be a great day for the home team
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Philbin hired as Dolphins' head coach - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Philbin hired as Dolphins' head coach - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Offensive coordinator Joe Philbin (right) and Aaron Rodgers watch the Packers warm up before their playoff game against the Giants last Sunday
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Maria Sharapova talks after her win over Angelique Kerber - ESPN
Maria Sharapova talks after her win over Angelique Kerber - ESPN
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Serena Williams was so dominant in her 6-1, 6-1 third-round win over Greta Arn at the Australian Open that there's probably only one shot she'll remember more than most
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Owner says Jets mess can be cleaned up - New York Daily News
Owner says Jets' mess can be cleaned up - New York Daily News
By Manish Mehta / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Mark Sanchez (l.) and Santonio Holmes have a falling out at the end of the 2011 season, but Jets owner Woody Johnson says the Jets' locker room isn't so toxic that it can't be repaired
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Jim Caldwell Fired - How Indy's Rebuilding Affects the Jaguars - Black & Teal
Jim Caldwell Fired - How Indy's Rebuilding Affects the Jaguars - Black & Teal
Jim Caldwell was fired by new Colts general manager Ryan Grigson and owner Jim Irsay on Tuesday January 17th. To be honest, I'm not shocked
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Roddick out of Australian Open With Leg Injury - ABC News
Roddick out of Australian Open With Leg Injury - ABC News
By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer Andy Roddick's bid to win another Grand Slam singles title nearly a decade after his first hit a roadblock Thursday when a hamstring injury forced him out of the Australian Open
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Clijsters hits high note - Boston.com
Clijsters hits high note - Boston.com
By John Pye AP / January 18, 2012 MELBOURNE - Defending champion Kim Clijsters cruised into the third round of the Australian Open and then showed just how much support she has at Rod Laver Arena by getting the crowd to sing "Happy Birthday" to her
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NASA discovers 26 new alien planets in 11 solar systems - Christian Science Monitor
The findings nearly double the number of bona fide planets found outside our solar system by the Kepler space observatory. By SPACE
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Asteroid Threat to Earth Sparks Global 'NEOShield' Project - Space.com
by Leonard David, SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist They can be mean and nasty, and they can mess up our planet big time. They are near-Earth objects, dubbed NEOs, celestial flotsam such as asteroids or comets that can, and have, scored direct hits
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Two teens send a Lego man into near space - Los Angeles Times
Two Canadian high school students have successfully launched a Lego man almost 80000 feet above sea level--high enough to capture video of the plastic toy hovering above the curvature of the Earth
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Robotic Russian Supply Ship Docks at Space Station - Space.com
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor A robotic Russian cargo ship pulled up to the International Space Station Friday (Jan. 27), delivering tons of fresh fruit, clothing and other vital supplies for the orbiting lab's six-man crew
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Phila. Auto Show kicks off with black tie affair - 6abc.com
PHILADELPHIA - January 27, 2012 (WPVI) -- It was a black tie kickoff for the hottest show in town and fast cars took center stage for the opening of the 2012 Philadelphia Auto Show
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Lawmakers Press FTC on Whether Google Violated Privacy Accord - BusinessWeek
By Sara Forden Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- US lawmakers asked the Federal Trade Commission whether changes announced this week by Google Inc. to its privacy policy violate terms of a 20-year settlement the company reached with the agency last year
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Censoring of Tweets Sets Off #Outrage - New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO - It started five years ago after a young engineer in San Francisco sketched out a quirky little Web tool for telling your friends what you were up to
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Russia to postpone two manned launches to International Space Station - Fox News
MOSCOW - Russia will postpone two manned launches to the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical problems during testing, the Interfax news agency reported Friday
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School-bus-sized asteroid to buzz Earth Friday, nearer than moon - Christian Science Monitor
While the near-Earth asteroid won't hit Earth, it may offer seasoned amateur astronomers a great show - if they are in the right viewing location and have good equipment
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Miracle material graphene can distil booze, says study - BBC News
Membranes based on the "miracle material" graphene can be used to distil alcohol, according to a new study in Science journal
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Aurora chasers find a spectacle that's heaven sent - Sydney Morning Herald
Potentially disruptive ... scientists said aurora borealis such as this one, near the city of Tromsoe, northern Norway on Tuesday, may signal a new solar cycle of geomagnetic storms that could disrupt satellite technology
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Scientists Close In on Invisibility Cloak - TechNewsWorld
By Richard Adhikari Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin have made progress in hiding objects from microwaves using special materials -- a development that could bring them a step closer to cloaking them from visible light
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Twitter's country-specific censorship tool prompts user protest - Washington Post
Some Twitter users say they will stop using the service on Saturday in protest of the company's new rule that allows for content to be blocked in specific countries
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Google's revised privacy policy not sitting well with some - Infosecurity Magazine
Google has plugged a number of serious vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and paid out $6133.70 in bug bounties. Google plans to consolidate and simplify over 70 privacy documents covering its different products into a single privacy policy
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RealNetworks to Sell Patents to Intel - Wall Street Journal
By SHARA TIBKEN Intel Corp. agreed to pay $120 million to RealNetworks Inc. for video software and a large number of patents, in a deal that builds the chip maker's portfolio for streaming media on smartphones, laptops and other devices
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Jumping spiders' unique vision revealed - Fox News
Jumping spiders, which hunt by pouncing on their prey, gauge distances to their unsuspecting meals in a way that appears to be unique in the animal kingdom, a new study finds
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Deals on big TVs before Super Bowl are less super this year - USA TODAY
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY Consumers looking for deals on new big-screen HDTVs before the Super Bowl traditionally a good time to score savings - will need to step up their game this post-season
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Safety agency head: Government 'pulled no punches' in investigating battery - Washington Post
WASHINGTON - The government pulled no punches in investigating battery fires in the Volt, General Motors' prized electric car, the head of the federal auto safety agency told Congress on Wednesday
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Cowboy Frogs and Crayola Crickets: 46 New Species Found in Suriname - TIME
Cowboy Frogs and Crayola Crickets: 46 New Species Found in Suriname - TIME
By Niharika Mandhana | January 25, 2012 | + A frog sporting cowboy-esque white fringes along its legs and a spur on each "heel." A catfish fitted with extra-protective armor covered in spines to keep hungry piranhas at bay
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Delta, Qantas, Air Canada Divert Flights Due to Solar Storm - BusinessWeek
Delta, Qantas, Air Canada Divert Flights Due to Solar Storm - BusinessWeek
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. rerouted as many as eight transpolar flights between the US and Asia as the most-powerful solar radiation storm since 2003 hit Earth
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Domesticated dogs may date back 30000 years - USA TODAY
Domesticated dogs may date back 30000 years - USA TODAY
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY The newspaper points to a pair of research papers, one most recently by a team that includes the University of Arizona, that significantly push back the timeline for domestication of dogs from about 14000 years ago to
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Three Bay Area students named as finalists in top high school science contest = San Jose Mercury News
Three Bay Area students named as finalists in top high school science contest = San Jose Mercury News
By Mark Gomez Saurabh Sharan, right, with two of the three other Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists from Bellarmine, Nikhil Desai and James Thomas; Jan. 11, 2012
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Winged dinosaur wore black feather boa - Fox News
Winged dinosaur wore black feather boa - Fox News
The raven-size creature long thought of as the earliest bird, Archaeopteryx, may have been adorned with black feathers, researchers have found
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Anonymous claims Anonyupload is a scam - Inquirer
Anonymous claims Anonyupload is a scam - Inquirer
By Chris Martin HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous has claimed it has nothing to do with the upstart Megaupload alternative Anonyupload. Furthermore, the web site has admitted that it's not part of Anonymous and removed the Paypal donation button after that
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Why you should be excited for giant solar flares - DVICE
Why you should be excited for giant solar flares - DVICE
By Evan Ackerman You've probably heard all kinds of horror stories about how the solar flare that's currently pummeling Earth means we should all be wearing tinfoil hats and cowering in our basements fighting off panic and anarchy
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Photo from NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Winds Handiwork - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Photo from NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Wind's Handiwork - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This enhanced-color image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ
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Team models Jupiter's Trojan asteroids inside a single atom - TG Daily
Team models Jupiter's Trojan asteroids inside a single atom - TG Daily
Rice University physicists have built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single atom of potassium. They've made an electron in an atom orbit the nucleus in exactly the same way that Jupiter's Trojan asteroids orbit the sun - bearing
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Hackers paralyze Israeli hospital websites, as cyber war heats up - Haaretz
Hackers paralyze Israeli hospital websites, as cyber war heats up - Haaretz
Latest round of cyber attacks comes weeks after pro-Palestinian hackers immobilize websites of Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and Israel's El-Al International Airlines
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Wireless bandwidth: Are we running out of room? - Computerworld
Wireless bandwidth: Are we running out of room? - Computerworld
As mobile devices proliferate, wireless networks are edging near capacity -- a potential threat to price, performance, and innovation
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Internet Freak-out Over Google's New Privacy Policy Proves No One Actually - Forbes
Internet Freak-out Over Google's New Privacy Policy Proves No One Actually - Forbes
Google] has the world calling it evil once again. (That's at least the third time in 2012. Kudos, Google.) This time it's thanks to a blog post Tuesday by Google's director of privacy announcing the company's plans to turn its 70+ privacy policies into
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Hackers Jailbreak iPad 2, iPhone 4S - InformationWeek
Hackers Jailbreak iPad 2, iPhone 4S - InformationWeek
It took 10 months for hackers to crack iOS 5.0.1. Workplaces that allow bring your own device need to act immediately to avoid potential security risks
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Titan Sand Dunes Reveal Clues of Saturn Moon's Past - Space.com
Titan Sand Dunes Reveal Clues of Saturn Moon's Past - Space.com
The huge sand dunes on Saturn's moon Titan vary according to elevation and latitude, providing clues about the alien world's climatic and geological history, a new study reports
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New Zealand whale stranding kills 36, threatens 40 - Boston.com
New Zealand whale stranding kills 36, threatens 40 - Boston.com
In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, photo provided by Project Jonah, stranded pilot whales are helped by volunteers at Farewell Spit on New Zealand's South Island
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Scientists believe "magic" mushrooms could effectively treat depression - FierceBiotech
Scientists believe "magic" mushrooms could effectively treat depression - FierceBiotech
After a brief spurt of interest in the late '60s, scientists in the drug development field abandoned research work on illicit drugs like LSD and "magic" mushrooms
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Microsoft names ex-antivirus employee as botnet suspect - BBC News
Microsoft names ex-antivirus employee as botnet 'suspect' - BBC News
Microsoft said it suspects a former employee of an antivirus software firm was behind the Kelihos botnet attacks. Russian citizen Andrey Sabelnikov "wrote and/or participated in creating" the harmful software which infected thousands of machines
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Magnetic soap could help in oil spill clean-ups - BBC News
Magnetic soap could help in oil spill clean-ups - BBC News
This means the soap and the materials that it dissolves can be removed easily by applying a magnetic field. Experts say that with further development, it could find applications in cleaning up oil spills and waste water
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Anonymous Denies Plans to Take Down Facebook - PC Magazine
Anonymous Denies Plans to Take Down Facebook - PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius "Again we must say that we will not attack #Facebook! Again the mass media lie," the group tweeted from the @AnonOps feed
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Some file-sharing sites drop the sharing - USA TODAY
Some file-sharing sites drop the sharing - USA TODAY
By Byron Acohido and Scott Martin, USA TODAY TODAY Caution is spreading among popular file-sharing services known for letting users circulate pirated Hollywood content
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Facebook to Google: Dont be evil - CNN
Facebook to Google: 'Don't be evil' - CNN
By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech January 23, 2012: 4:02 PM ET Google's Search Plus Your World results (above) don't include the most relevant social information as determined by Google's own search results (below).
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Graphene enhances many materials, but leaves them wettable - PhysOrg.com
Graphene enhances many materials, but leaves them wettable - PhysOrg.com
Drops of water on a piece of silicon and on silicon covered by a layer of graphene show a minimal change in the contact angle between the water and the base material
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Anonymous invites public to hit Facebook in massive DDoS attack - SlashGear
Anonymous invites public to hit Facebook in massive DDoS attack - SlashGear
In a brand new video which comes along with a message bringing tidings of an oncoming storm in the face of Facebook, Anonymous has dropped their newest threat
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Oldest dinosaur nursery found in South Africa - Fox News
Oldest dinosaur nursery found in South Africa - Fox News
The oldest known dinosaur nesting site, dating to 190 million years ago, has been unearthed in Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa
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Scientists warn over ocean acidity - TG Daily
Scientists warn over ocean acidity - TG Daily
Manmade CO2 emissions over the last 100 to 200 years have already raised ocean acidity way beyond its normal natural range, says an international team of scientists
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Geoengineered Food? Climate Fix Could Boost Crop Yields, But With Risks - NPR
Geoengineered Food? Climate Fix Could Boost Crop Yields, But With Risks - NPR
by Ted Burnham Altering the upper atmosphere could block enough sunlight to offset the warming effects of climate change and protect food crops
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Novel Nanomaterial-Based Technology to Enhance Efficiency of Solar Cells - Azom.com
By Cameron Chai Scientists from the University at Buffalo (UB) together with researchers from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the US Army Research Laboratory have demonstrated a nanomaterial-based technology to enhance the electrical
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Russian scientist claims 'signs of life' on barren, boiling Venus - Fox News
Russian scientist claims 'signs of life' on barren, boiling Venus - Fox News
A Russian scientist claims to have spotted signs of life in the most unlikely spot in the universe: Venus, the arid, scorching second-closest planet to the sun
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Arctic Ocean freshwater bulge detected - BBC News
Arctic Ocean freshwater bulge detected - BBC News
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News UK scientists have detected a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean
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3-year-old bear in Minnesota gives birth to at least 2 cubs before an Internet - Washington Post
3-year-old bear in Minnesota gives birth to at least 2 cubs before an Internet - Washington Post
ELY, Minn. - A 3-year-old bear in Minnesota has given birth to two cubs before an Internet audience. Lynn Rogers of the Wildlife Research Institute, affiliated with North American Bear Center, said in a news release that Jewel gave birth in a den near
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Pacific Leatherback sea turtles get more protection - Summit County Citizens Voice
Pacific Leatherback sea turtles get more protection - Summit County Citizens Voice
By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY - The US took a huge step toward protecting endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtles last week by finalizing a critical habitat designation for 40000 square miles ocean off the shores Washington, Oregon and California
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Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol - Scientific American
Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol - Scientific American
By David Biello | January 19, 2012 | 7 SEAWEED TO BIOFUEL: Brown seaweed grows fast, is chock full of sugars to turn into biofuel and doesn't compete for land with food crops
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Autism signs 'can be detected in 6-month-old babies' by measuring brain activity - Daily Mail
By Jenny Hope Scientists have detected signs of autism in babies as young as six months, leading to hopes of a test for the disorder
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J&J Recalls Aveeno Baby Lotion After Test For Bacteria - Wall Street Journal
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said it is voluntarily recalling a lot of Aveeno-brand baby lotion from retailers in the US Southeast after a sample contained too much of a common type of bacteria
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White House: Don't Scrap ACA If Mandate Thrown Out - MedPage Today
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today WASHINGTON -- If the Supreme Court rules that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is unconstitutional, the entire law doesn't need to be thrown out, lawyers for the Obama
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CDC: U.S. cancer screening remains below national targets - The State Column
In a report released on Thursday, cancer screening among Americans remains lower than national targets. While cancer is a growing issue in the US, some Americans are neglecting to screen for colon, breast, and cervical cancers
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Erin Brockovich Launches Investigation Into Tic Illness Affecting NY Teenagers - ABC News
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched her own investigation into the mysterious illness causing facial tics and verbal outbursts among 15 teenagers in Le Roy, NY Most of the teens have been diagnosed with conversion disorder
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PIP breast implant founder arrested - CNN
The founder of a French company that makes breast implants linked to a health scare was arrested Thursday, the French national police said
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Lower Limb Amputation Rates Associated With Diabetes Drop, US - Medical News Today
An investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that between 1996 and 2008, the number of leg and foot amputations among US individuals, aged 40+ with diagnosed diabetes, decreased by 65%
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Study Says Overtime Work Doubles Depression Risk - CBS Local
A woman works online in her office cubicle. (credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) NEW YORK (CBS) - Think the link between depression and work exists only in those who are unhappy with their jobs?
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New Gene Test Could 'Sort' Lung Cancer Cases - ABC News
"I wish there was something more." That is how Joyce Gillet, a 66-year-old grandmother, feels about her lung cancer every day
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Health Insurers Say Telling Truth On Costs Is Just Too Expensive - Forbes
One of the lesser knownbut highly useful creations of the Affordable Care Act is a provision which requires heath insurance companies to provide plan summaries that allow people to read, in simple and clear English, what they are getting for their
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Men Are More Likely to Have Oral HPV than Women - TIME
A rise in oral sex may be pushing up HPV infection rates in men, along with head and neck cancers caused by the virus. By Alice Park | @aliceparkny | January 27, 2012 | + Oral infections of human papillomavirus, or HPV, affect nearly 7% of Americans
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Babies' gaze may reveal early signs of autism - Bangor Daily News
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times An early symptom of autism might be found in a baby's gaze, researchers reported Thursday. Diagnosing autism as early as possible is of critical importance
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Experts React To New Definition Of Autism - KDLT News
Experts React To New Definition Of Autism - KDLT News
by Jennifer Hudspeth It's a disorder that's skyrocketing. It's estimated one in every 110 children will be diagnosed with autism
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Marijuana-Based Painkiller Seeks FDA Approval - TIME
Marijuana-Based Painkiller Seeks FDA Approval - TIME
A British company is testing the first drug developed from pot - a mouth spray to treat cancer pain. By Lisa Leff | AP | January 23, 2012 | + A quarter-century after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the
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Experts debate aspects of H5N1 transmission studies - CIDRAP
Experts debate aspects of H5N1 transmission studies - CIDRAP
Jan 23, 2012 (CIDRAP News) - More experts weighed in recently on various aspects of yet-unpublished H5N1 avian influenza transmissibility studies that have raised concerns about the risk of an intentional or accidental release of the mutant pathogens
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Embryonic stem cells restores some sight - The Seattle Times
Embryonic stem cells restores some sight - The Seattle Times
Two Southern California women were treated. One no longer needs a large magnifying glass to read and can reportedly thread a needle
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Mind-altering drugs research call from Prof David Nutt - BBC News
Mind-altering drugs research call from Prof David Nutt - BBC News
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Former government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has said that regulations should be relaxed to enable researchers to experiment on mind-altering drugs
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Drug may help slow prostate tumour growth - CTV.ca
Drug may help slow prostate tumour growth - CTV.ca
Avodart, a commonly used drug for shrinking enlarged prostates, may help slow the growth of prostate cancer tumours. A medication commonly prescribed to treat enlarged prostates may have an even more important use: slowing the growth of early stage
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Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people - USA TODAY
Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people - USA TODAY
Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday
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Women found to report much more pain than men - San Francisco Chronicle
Women found to report much more pain than men - San Francisco Chronicle
Ricardo Mazalan / AP United States' Sarah Hammer grimaces in pain after crashing during the Track Cycling Women's Points Race during the 2008 Olympics
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Autism linked to other disorders - USA TODAY
Autism linked to other disorders - USA TODAY
By Jenifer Goodwin, HealthDay Many children with autism also have other developmental or psychiatric conditions, including learning disabilities, speech delays, attention or seizure disorders and anxiety
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Tysabri: The Model For Facing A Drug Safety Crisis - Forbes
Tysabri: The Model For Facing A Drug Safety Crisis - Forbes
After a decade of drug safety crises where medicines have mostly either wound up yanked (Vioxx, Zelnorm) or close to it (Avandia), today's news about the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri is positively amazing
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Only 25% of children wear sunscreen regularly - CBS News
Only 25% of children wear sunscreen regularly - CBS News
Despite numerous efforts to encourage people to wear sunscreen, a new study shows only 1 in 4 children regularly uses sunscreen. Researchers say more than half of the children in the study also reported having a sunburn in the previous summer
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Prediabetes: the silent menace - USA TODAY
Prediabetes: the silent menace - USA TODAY
By Elizabeth Ward, USA TODAY Type 2 diabetes was thrust into the limelight recently when Paula Deen announced that she has the condition
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Relay For Life kick-off is Tuesday - MyWebTimes.com
Relay For Life kick-off is Tuesday - MyWebTimes.com
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of La Salle County Steering Committee is hosting a kick-off event to unofficially start the Relay season
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Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK - The Associated Press
Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK - The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A quarter-century after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself
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Why Junk Food at School Isn't Making Kids Fat - ABC News
Why Junk Food at School Isn't Making Kids Fat - ABC News
Junk food in middle school does not lead to weight gain in children. A study followed nearly 20000 students from kindergarten through the eighth grade in 1000 public and private schools
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Bird flu claims second victim in China - AFP
Bird flu claims second victim in China - AFP
BEIJING - A man in southwest China who contracted the bird flu virus died on Sunday, health authorities said, the second human death from the virulent disease in the Asian country in just under a month
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Government fights court decision that says bone marrow donors may be paid - Washington Post
Government fights court decision that says bone marrow donors may be paid - Washington Post
Blood banks for years have been common sources of cash for the needy, and the brainy and/or beautiful are free to explore what their eggs or sperm might fetch in the marketplace
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Repeal of Affordable Care Act Not a Likely Election Outcome - Indian Country Today Media Network.com
Repeal of Affordable Care Act Not a Likely Election Outcome - Indian Country Today Media Network.com
By Mark Trahant A question for any Republican running for any federal office: If you are successful repealing "ObamaCare," what happens to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act?
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Obama administration gives groups more time to comply with birth control rule - Washington Post
Obama administration gives groups more time to comply with birth control rule - Washington Post
Most church-affiliated organizations will be required to offer their workers coverage of birth control as part of their health plans, the Obama administration announced Friday, but they can get more time than other employers to comply
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Tiny baby gets Hollywood treatment as she leaves LA hospital - USA TODAY
Tiny baby gets Hollywood treatment as she leaves LA hospital - USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of the world's smallest surviving babies was discharged Friday from the hospital where she spent nearly five months in an incubator - but not before getting the Hollywood treatment
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1 in 5 Americans Had Mental Illness in 12-Month Period - MedPage Today
1 in 5 Americans Had Mental Illness in 12-Month Period - MedPage Today
By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Explain that about 20% of American adults have had a mental illness during the preceding year, but the majority of them were never treated for it
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MDs: Sex is safe for most heart patients - TheChronicleHerald.ca
MDs: Sex is safe for most heart patients - TheChronicleHerald.ca
January 22, 2012 - 4:35am By LINDSAY TANNER AP CHICAGO (AP) - Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life
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Turkey claims first 3-limb transplant - Denver Post
Turkey claims first 3-limb transplant - Denver Post
ANKARA, turkey - A hospital in southern Turkey on Saturday performed the world's first triple limb transplant, attaching two arms and a leg to a 34-year-old man, an official said
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Mum-to-be takes to catwalk after five-year cancer battle - WalesOnline
Mum-to-be takes to catwalk after five-year cancer battle - WalesOnline
by Jessica Flynn, South Wales Echo But after five years' treatment which led to fears she would never have children, the former patient is now five months pregnant
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Obama Administration: Religious Employers Must Pay for the Pill - TIME
Obama Administration: Religious Employers Must Pay for the Pill - TIME
By Rachel Zoll | AP | January 21, 2012 - Many church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for employees, the Obama administration announced Friday in an election-year move that outraged religious groups, fueling a national
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New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests - New York Times
New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests - New York Times
Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and might make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria to get health, educational and social services
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Bird Flu Researchers Postpone Work Amid Bioterrorism Concern - Voice of America
Bird Flu Researchers Postpone Work Amid Bioterrorism Concern - Voice of America
January 21, 2012 Bird Flu Researchers Postpone Work Amid Bioterrorism Concern VOA News Two separate teams of scientists trying to develop a vaccine for the H5N1 strain of bird flu have agreed to temporarily postpone their research because of growing
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LA City Council OKs law requiring condom use by porn performers - Los Angeles Times
LA City Council OKs law requiring condom use by porn performers - Los Angeles Times
The vote marks a significant victory for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been rallying for years to protect the health of porn actors by asking agencies in California to mandate condom use during film shoots
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Mass hysteria outbreak reported in NY town - CBS News
Mass hysteria outbreak reported in NY town - CBS News
(CBS) Has an outbreak of mass hysteria struck 12 teenage girls in upstate NY? That's what doctors are saying about the bizarre case of 12 teens from the same town who began experiencing odd symptoms at around the same time
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New colorectal cancer drug shows promise in study - Los Angeles Times
New colorectal cancer drug shows promise in study - Los Angeles Times
FDA approval will be sought this year for regorafenib, a medication that apparently slows tumor growth and extends life in advanced cases after other treatments fail
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Study: Many Women Can Skip Frequent Bone Scans - ABC News
Study: Many Women Can Skip Frequent Bone Scans - ABC News
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer New research could mean millions of older women can skip frequent screening tests for osteoporosis: If an initial bone scan shows no big problems, many can safely wait 15 years to have another one, the study suggests
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Parents of a Disabled Girl Denied a Kidney Transplant Blame One Doctor - TIME
Parents of a Disabled Girl Denied a Kidney Transplant Blame One Doctor - TIME
The parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl who claim she's being denied a kidney transplant because of her mental disabilities said their problems may be with one doctor, and not The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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2 dead from bird flu in Vietnam and Cambodia - Fox News
2 dead from bird flu in Vietnam and Cambodia - Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Vietnam on Thursday reported its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, as the virus also claimed the life of a toddler in Cambodia
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