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Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens' - BBC News
A train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 49 people with hundreds more injured, police say. The train slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station during the morning rush hour
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2 Journalists Among the Dead in Syrian Onslaught - New York Times
CAIRO - Syrian security forces shelled the central city of Homs on Wednesday, the 19th day of a bombardment that activists say has claimed the lives of hundreds of trapped civilians in one of the deadliest campaigns in nearly a year of violent
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Putin Has 50 Percent Backing Before Kremlin Vote, Poll Shows - Bloomberg
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's support remained at 50 percent for a second week, suggesting he'll win March 4 elections in the first round of voting, according to the Public Opinion Foundation
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Strauss-Kahn questioned in prostitution ring inquiry - BBC News
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been detained for questioning by French police investigating a prostitution ring. Mr Strauss-Kahn, once a front-runner for the French presidency, could be held for 48 hours at a police station in Lille
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Bombardment of Syria's Homs kills 21: activists - Reuters
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Erika Solomon | AMMAN/BEIRUT - Syrian government forces killed 21 people and wounded some 340 on Tuesday when they unleashed a heavy artillery barrage on a rebel-held district of the city of Homs, activists said
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NATO's 'improper disposal' of Qurans inflames Afghan protesters - Christian Science Monitor
More than 1000 Afghans protested after hearing reports that NATO personnel improperly disposed of some Qurans at a base in Afghanistan
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South Korea begins military drills despite threat from North Korea - Fox News
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea conducted live-fire military drills near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea on Monday despite Pyongyang's threat to respond with a "merciless" attack
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US senators in Cairo want swift end to NGO case - Reuters
By Patrick Werr | CAIRO (Reuters) - US senators said in Cairo on Monday they hoped for a swift end to a row over US pro-democracy activists accused of working illegally in Egypt and said they were committed to help Egypt nurture its democratic
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Syrian forces mass; Red Cross seeks cease-fire - CBS News
A Free Syrian Army fighter stands guard in Idlib, Syria, near the Turkish border, Feb. 19, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images) BEIRUT - Syrian tanks and troops massed Monday outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist
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Mexico Says Drug-Gang Convicts Escaped in Prison Riot - Wall Street Journal
By JOSE DE CORDOBA MEXICO CITYA day after 44 inmates died in Mexico's worst prison riot, authorities said they believed the massacre was a cover for the escape of 30 drug-gang members
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Theft of three paintings by Brueghel from private home in Belgium
As part of an aggravated theft on 26 January 2012, unknown offenders stole from a private residence in La Hulpe, Belgium three master paintings by Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder, also known as Velvet Brueghel.
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Syrian security forces clamp down on Damascus - Reuters India
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Angus MacSwan | AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Police and militia patrols fanned out in the Syrian capital's Mezze district on Sunday to prevent a repeat of protests against President Bashar al-Assad that have threatened his grip
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Cocaine link in captain Francesco Schettino's night of tragedy on the Costa - Herald Sun
TRACES of cocaine have been found on a hair sample from the captain of the stricken Costa Concordia. But experts say the discovery does not prove that Francesco Schettino, charged with abandoning his post when the cruise ship ran aground last month
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Egypt withdraws envoy to Syria, as Damascus increasingly isolated in Arab world - Washington Post
CAIRO - Egypt said Sunday it was withdrawing its ambassador to Syria, the latest Arab country to scale back its relations with the embattled regime in Damascus
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White House national security adviser in Israel - The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) - President Barack Obama's national security adviser huddled with Israeli leaders on Sunday to discuss Iran's nuclear program following growing speculation that Israel is planning military action against Tehran
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Syrian Gunmen Kill Officials as U.K. Foreign Secretary Warns of Civil War - Bloomberg
Syrian opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's rule stepped up their deadly attacks against government officials as the violence of the past 11 months pushes the country toward a civil war
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Iran warships enter Mediterranean as tensions with Israel grow - Telegraph.co.uk
Iran's warships entered the Mediterranean on Saturday to show its 'might' to regional countries, as a high-level American official arrived in Israel
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European Union Maintains Sanctions on Zimbabwe's Mugabe But Delists 51 - Voice of America
17 February 2012 European Union Maintains Sanctions on Zimbabwe's Mugabe But Delists 51 EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe Aldo Dell'Ariccia, told journalists in Harare that the bloc would not lift all sanctions until Zimbabwe holds free and fair elections
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Britain and France sign nuclear power deals at summit - Times of India
PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron put recent disputes behind them today to unveil a nuclear power deal and renew their own sometimes shaky political alliance
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Deadly Honduran fire could be repeated in prisons across Central America - Washington Post
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - The world's worst prison fire in a century happened in a lockup like many in Honduras: a decrepit, suffocating place of overcrowded, dark cellblocks where many inmates were accused only of petty crimes
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Murdoch Shows Trademark Defiance With UK Sun on Sunday Tabloid - BusinessWeek
By Amy Thomson and Edmund Lee Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Rupert Murdoch has taken seven months to recover from the most humble day of his life at the peak of a phone-hacking scandal in the UK to announce a new tabloid in a trademark defiant move by the
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Israel says Iran, Hezbollah plotting more attacks - The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli counter-terrorism official says Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, are plotting more attacks on Israelis overseas
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German President Wulff quits over sleaze probe - Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - German President Christian Wulff resigned on Friday after state prosecutors asked parliament on Thursday to remove his legal immunity over accusations that he accepted favors
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Syrian troops shell central city with tanks - The Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) - Activists say Syrian troops are intensively shelling rebel-held neighborhoods, one day after the UN General Assembly condemned human rights violations by the regime
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UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn Syrian crackdown - Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution demanding Syria end its brutal 11-month crackdown on anti-government protesters, and endorsing an Arab League plan for a political transition that would
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US: Iran 'not close' to abandoning nuclear program - Jerusalem Post
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT 02/16/2012 22:59 Leading intelligence official says Iran can eventually produce nuclear weapons, but unlikely to initiate conflict
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Analysis: Putin's state sector crackdown short on substance - Reuters
By Jason Bush | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's state firms to clean up their act, but without fundamental reforms he may only scratch the surface of endemic graft and conflicts of interest that tar the country's bloated national
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Much of northern Syria in 'open revolt' - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Syrian security forces resumed their fierce shelling of opposition targets in Homs Thursday but appeared to be losing their tight grip in the northern region, CNN journalists said
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US drone strikes 'kill Pakistan militants' - BBC News
Two separate attacks by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan have killed at least nine suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say
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Honduras prison fire kills more than 350 inmates - Reuters
By Mayra Navarro | COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells
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Egypt's Brotherhood backs military in US dispute - Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP CAIRO - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday threw its weight behind the country's military-backed government in an escalating dispute with the US over the funding of pro-democracy groups
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Chinese VP: US, China Must Respect Each Other's Interests - Voice of America
February 15, 2012 Chinese VP: US, China Must Respect Each Other's Interests VOA News Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping says China welcomes the US playing a "positive role" in the Asia-Pacific region
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Syria's Assad calls for national vote, but steps up assault on uprising - Washington Post
BEIRUT - As Syrian forces stepped up their assault Wednesday on rebellious cities, President Bashar Assad ordered a referendum on a new constitution that would create a multiparty system in a country that has been ruled by his autocratic family dynasty
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US downplays Iranian nuclear advancements as 'hype' - Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS Ahmadinejad unveils new centrifuges able to enrich uranium much faster; "We frankly don't see a lot new here. This is not big news," US responds
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China Deflects Criticism Over Syria - Wall Street Journal
By BRIAN SPEGELE BEIJINGChinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior leaders defended Beijing's handling of the crisis in Syria amid growing international criticism that threatens to cast a shadow over a visit to the US by Vice President Xi Jinping
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Pakistan frees US embassy employee held after bullets found in luggage - The Guardian
A US embassy employee has been released after being held for questioning in Pakistan when airport security officials discovered bullets in his luggage, police have said
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Iran to unveil new nuclear projects Wednesday - Fox News
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's official news agency says that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil new nuclear projects on Wednesday
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Bahrain restricts protests on uprising anniversary - BBC News
There have been clashes on the outskirts of Bahrain's capital, Manama, as the opposition marks the first anniversary of pro-democracy protests
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Syria: sevenyearold girl shot as she called messages of support from bedroom - Telegraph.co.uk
Seven - year - old Julnar is dead, shot by a government sniper as she called out messages of solidarity for civilians in Homs from her bedroom window, according to her mother
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India walks tightrope as US toughens Iran sanctions Post - Washington
NEW DELHI - A bomb attack Monday on an Israeli diplomat's car in New Delhi underlines the tough balancing act that India has to perform as it attempts to manage its relations with the United States and Israel, and with Iran
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US Seeks to Size Up China's Heir Apparent During Visit - New York Times
WASHINGTON - China's vice president, Xi Jinping, began a day of high-level meetings here on Tuesday by greeting his host, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr
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Israel to "settle the score" for Bangkok attack - CBS News
A Thai bomb squad official inspecting the site of an explosion holds a magnet with shrapnel pieces in Bangkok Feb. 14, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images) JERUSALEM - An Israeli Cabinet minister says his country will "settle the score" with the perpetrators of
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US Envoy Davies to Meet North Korean Aides in First Talks Since Kim Died - Bloomberg
A US delegation will meet with North Korea over its nuclear program on Feb. 23 in Beijing in the first such talks since the death of dictator Kim Jong Il and the succession of his son Kim Jong Un
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Obama Meeting With Xi May Set Tone for Future US-China Ties - BusinessWeek
By Margaret Talev Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's meeting with President Barack Obama today represents a rite of passage for the man in line to become China's top leader next year and may shape US-China relations for the next
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Iran condemns Zionists' claim on Georgia, India explosion - Iranian Students News Agency
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast condemned Zionist regime's claim on Iran's involvement in attacks against the regime's embassies in India and Georgia
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Syria launched 'indiscriminate attack' on civilians, UN says - Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS - The UN human rights chief blamed disagreement in the Security Council on Monday for encouraging the Syrian government to step up attacks on opposition strongholds in its campaign to crush an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's
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Iran: Our nuke labs immune to cyber attacks - CBS News
TEHRAN, Iran - A senior Iranian military official said Monday that Tehran's nuclear and other industrial facilities suffer periodic cyber attacks, but that the country has the technology to protect itself from the threat, an official news agency
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Syrians Suffer as Government Crackdown Continues - Voice of America
February 13, 2012 Syrians Suffer as Government Crackdown Continues Elizabeth Arrott / Jessica Golloher | Cairo Syrian security forces have resumed their crackdown on the protest hub of Homs and other cities, a day after authorities in Damascus rejected
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Threats of war cloud hopes for Middle East - Washington Post
BEIRUT - Fears of an as-yet-undefined Middle Eastern war are darkening the horizons of a region that only a year ago was celebrating the fall of dictators, the ascent of people power and the promise of a new era of democracy
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News Corp faces renewed threat of prosecution in US following Sun arrests - The Guardian
The latest Operation Elveden arrests sharply increase the danger to News Corporation of potential multimillion dollar fines by US authorities as part of the continuing investigation into alleged bribery of public officials under the Foreign Corrupt
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Egypt detains Australian journalist, US student - Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities detained an Australian journalist and an American student on Saturday on suspicion they had distributed cash to workers and incited them to take part in a strike called by activists demanding an end to army rule
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'Iran to announce opening of Fordow nuke plant' - Ynetnews
While the Iranian people celebrated the 33rd anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution on Saturday, pundits in the Islamic Republic attempted to decipher what President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meant when he declared that Tehran will soon unveil some "very
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Al Qaeda/Shabab merger highlights need for transparency in US counterterrorism - Human Rights First
By Adam Jacobson Yesterday the head of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, announced that al Shabab, the Somali Islamist terrorist group, would become a formal part of al Qaeda
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Germany jails Kosovan for life for killing US airmen - Reuters
By Jonathan Gould and Christoph Steitz | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Kosovo-Albanian man who killed two US airmen and wounded two others in a gun attack at Frankfurt airport last March was sentenced to life in prison by German court on Friday
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Bombings strike previously calm Syrian city of Aleppo - Washington Post
BEIRUT - Two explosions struck compounds housing security services in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, reportedly killing 28 people and wounding 238 in the worst violence to hit the country's relatively calm commercial capital since the uprising
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Report: Cruise companies agree to universal safety rule change - WKMG Orlando
Cruise companies in the US and Europe have agreed to a universal rule change in response to the deadly Costa Concordia disaster in Italy
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US drone strike kills Al Qaeda-linked militant leader in Pakistan - Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- An apparent US drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda operative, local officials said
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Israel Debates Possible Fallout From Attack on Iran - Voice of America
February 09, 2012 Israel Debates Possible Fallout From Attack on Iran Scott Bobb | Tel Aviv In recent months, Israeli leaders have stepped up their rhetoric about Iran's nuclear capabilities and increasingly are warning that Israel might attack Iranian
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Syria crisis: Shelling 'kills dozens' in restive Homs - BBC News
The Syrian army has launched fresh mortar and rocket attacks in the city of Homs, as the government continues a push aimed at crushing rebel forces
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US drone strike kills 10 suspected militants in Pakistan - Channel 6 News Online
MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least ten suspected Taliban-affiliated militants were killed on early Wednesday morning when a US drone launched an airstrike in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, Pakistani intelligence officials said
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Airbus A380 Fleet Needs Full Inspection of Wings Amid Cracks - BusinessWeek
By Andrea Rothman and Steve Rothwell Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Airlines were ordered to inspect all operating Airbus SAS A380 aircraft, as Europe's air safety regulator escalates required checks after the wings of the double-decker superjumbo developed
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Russia's Putin warns against outside interference - Reuters
MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the world faced a growing "cult of violence" and Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia, issuing a warning to the West against interference
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Maldives president says he was forced to resign at gunpoint - The Guardian
Fresh violence has broken out in the Maldives after Mohamed Nasheed, the ousted president, claimed he was forced to give up his office at gunpoint, raising the prospect of a fierce struggle for power in the island nation
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Syria Violence 'Intolerable' as Turkey Calls for Broad Coalition - BusinessWeek
By Emre Peker Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Syria's violence is heading toward an intolerable point, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, as he called for an international coalition to stop President Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown
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Iran Calls New US Sanctions 'Psychological War' - ABC News
Iran on Tuesday dismissed the new US sanctions, saying they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians and insisting the measures would not halt the country's nuclear program
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Middle East press uncertain on Palestinian unity deal - BBC News
Media commentators in the Middle East have expressed both hope and doubt about the agreement between the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, on the formation of a national unity government
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Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns amid unrest - BBC News
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers. Vice-President Waheed Hassan was sworn in vowing to uphold the "rule of law".
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Gulf nations pull ambassadors from Syria - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- An alliance of Arab countries and several European nations announced Tuesday they are calling their ambassadors home from Damascus, big steps in a broad international effort aimed at sending a blunt message to Syria
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Reports: Iran successfully launches small Earth-watching satellite - Christian Science Monitor
Iranian state news reported that the Iranian Space Agency has successfully launched a 110-lb. satellite into orbit Friday, in what is being hailed as a huge achievement for the country's space program
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Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran - Seattle Post Intelligencer
FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran
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Earthquake death toll climbs to 12 in Philippines - CNN International
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, killing at least 12 people, an official said
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US warns Egypt over detained NGO workers - CBS News
Egyptian soldiers stand guard in front of the US National Democratic Institute, an NGO (non-governmental) rights group in downtown Cairo on Dec. 29, 2011
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Syria forces keep pounding Homs; 33 dead - CBS News
An image taken from a video posted by Syrian opposition activists to the Youtube shows smoke rising from buildings in the city of Homs after an apparent rocket or mortar strike, Feb. 6, 2012
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Syria unrest: West deplores UN veto by Russia and China - BBC News
Western nations have deplored the vetoing by Russia and China of a UN resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria on anti-government protests
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Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban - Reuters
By Rob Taylor | KABUL (Reuters) - A secret NATO report showing the strength of confidence among the Afghan Taliban is raising concerns from Kabul to Washington that the militant group might overrun the country again when foreign combat forces finally
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Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world - USA TODAY
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent
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Russians stage rival protests over Putin - Times of India
Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing comparable numbers
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Israeli defense minister says he sees widening global support for possible - Washington Post
HERZLIYA, Israel - Capping a day of strident warnings by Israeli officials about the dangers posed by Iran, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that the world is increasingly ready to consider a military strike against Iran if economic sanctions
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European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine - Reuters
Russian gas exporter cannot meet increased demand * Family of nine die in Russian home fire * Homeless in Ukraine, Poland bear the brunt * Heathrow flights threatened (.) By Richard Balmforth KIEV, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather that has
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Neb. town - Boston.com
LINCOLN, Neb.Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in a tiny Nebraska town that borders their reservation
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Five dead in murder-suicide at crowded Atlanta-area spa - New York Daily News
By Philip Caulfield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS David Tulis/AP Police investigating a multiple shooting at the Su Jung Health Sauna in Norcross, Ga
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2nd daughter dies in mother's alleged bathtub drowning - Los Angeles Times
The 5-year-old daughter was declared dead Monday night, several days of her 1-year-old sister drown in a bathtub allegedly at the hands of their mother
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Police find remains of Ohio girl missing since 1999 in accused rapist's home - Fox News
LIMA, Ohio - Police say the skeleton of a 14-year-old Ohio runaway missing since 1999 has been found after the home where she was last seen was demolished
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Authorities Searching for Idaho Woman and 3 Kids - ABC News
Authorities say an Idaho woman accused of taking her three children in a custody squabble may be in the Phoenix metropolitan area on the way to Mexico
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Air bag backpack likely saved avalanche survivor - Sacramento Bee
By Mike Dunham Elyse Saugstad was taking a break with several fellow skiers Sunday in the Washington state backcountry when the shouting began
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Helicopter-plane collision just missed a 'catastrophic' outcome - Los Angeles Times
A collision between a helicopter and a plane in the Bay Area could have been "catastophic" had it occurred slightly differently, according to the owner of the flight school whose student was in the helicopter
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Economic crisis slows US population growth - USA TODAY
By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY The US population is growing at the slowest rate since the Great Depression after two decades of robust increases
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Survivor of 1906 San Francisco quake dies at 109 - USA TODAY
By Michael Winter, USA TODAY Rose Cliver died Saturday at a care home in Santa Rosa, where her son lived. Her death leaves four known survivors of the devastating quake and fire that may have killed between 1000 and 3000 people, destroyed 28000
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3 experienced skiers die in Washington avalanche - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The close-knit community of backcountry skiing was in mourning Monday, a day after an avalanche in Washington state killed a prominent judge in the extreme sport plus two other experienced skiers
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Moroccan man arrested in connection with Washington DC terrorist bombing plot - Catholic Online
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) The latest terrorist plot on US soil didn't get very far. Twenty-nine-year old Amine el-Khalifi was arrested in Washington DC as he approached the Capitol building
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Barge collision in Mississippi River causes oil spill - New York Daily News
AP Rusty Costanza/The Times-Picayune via AP Members of the US Coast Guard examine a huge gash in the side of a tanker barge that was involved in an overnight accident with a crane barge in the Mississippi River in Edgard on Friday
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Capitol bomb plot foiled, says FBI - Sydney Morning Herald
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a court sketch of Amine El Khalifi. Illustration: AP WASHINGTON: A Moroccan man who believed he was working with al-Qaeda has been arrested near the US Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by
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Feds broaden piracy case against Megaupload - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A month after carrying out one of the largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal authorities have added charges and broadened their case against the defendants
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Obama Urges Congress to Reward Companies That Keep Jobs in US - BusinessWeek
By Margaret Talev Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama urged Congress to enact tax proposals that reward technology companies and other businesses that help create jobs in the US rather than overseas
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Barge collision temporarily closes Mississippi River - Reuters
No injuries, but oil spilled, estimated less than 10000 gallons * Barge pushed onto riverbank, spill halted, cleanup underway * One-way vessel traffic resumes 10 hours after the accident * Impact on oil, agribusiness, commodities appears limited By
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Autopsy: Texas student shot by police not on drugs - CBS News
(AP) McALLEN, Texas - A full autopsy released Friday shows a 15-year-old Texas student fatally shot by police inside his middle school after brandishing a pellet gun wasn't under the influence of any illicit substances
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US immigration agent killed after shooting colleague - Reuters
By Dan Whitcomb | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded a colleague in the agency's office in a Los Angeles suburb on Thursday before a third agent opened fire, killing the gunman, authorities said
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Underwear bomber gets life: He never expressed doubt or remorse, judge says - Christian Science Monitor
Underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, sentenced to multiple life sentences, declared in federal court in Detroit: 'Mujahideen are proud to kill in the name of God
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House GOP lawmakers push plan to update ed law - CBS News
(AP) WASHINGTON - House Republicans are pushing ahead with a plan to update the federal No Child Left Behind education law by shifting more control to states and school districts
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Pentagon eyeing future cuts to nuclear arsenal - CNN
By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer Washington (CNN) -- Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday expressed dismay at the Obama administration's consideration of a major reduction in America's nuclear arsenal
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Explosives Found Near Kansas Statehouse Amid Immigration Hearings - Fox News
Kansas Secretary of State Kris KobachAP Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories Kobach Fights Kansas Undoc. Worker Plan Kansas GOP at Odds Over Immigration Anti-Illegal Immig Activist Endorses Mitt Topeka, Kan
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US to seek life sentence for underwear bomber, saying he remains a threat - Christian Science Monitor
The sentencing hearing for the so-called underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, takes place Thursday. Prosecutors argue that he remains willing to carry out another martyrdom mission
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Md. Governor elaborates on gasoline tax proposal - BusinessWeek
By BRIAN WITTE Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to phase in a 6 percent sales tax on gasoline includes money for local road repairs, rules to make it harder to shift transportation dollars to other purposes and a mechanism to delay implementing
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One in 8 US voter registrations faulty: survey - Reuters
By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One in eight US voter registrations is invalid or markedly inaccurate, the result of an outdated and inefficient registration system, a Pew Center on the States report said on Tuesday
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No Cussing in Class for Teachers, Lawmaker Says - ABC News
A teacher's role may be to expand a student's vocabulary, but one Arizona lawmaker wants to make sure that doesn't include four-letter words
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Reform Of the Health Care System That Is Overdue - Forbes
Health care expert William Winkenwerder seeks a better incentive structure in the health care system as a of increasing efficiency, lowering costs, and achieving better health outcomes
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Why Pentagon, facing 'doomsday' spending cuts, refuses to plan for them - Christian Science Monitor
Pentagon brass say they won't even brook the possibility that $487 billion in mandated spending cuts - their 'doomsday' scenario - will actually come to pass
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16 Americans busted? Egypt to still get $1.3B - New York Post
By CARL CAMPANILE President Obama's budget plan includes $800 million in foreign aid to promote Arab Spring democracy and maintains $1.3 billion in assistance to Egypt - despite its recent arrest of Americans and pro-democracy activists
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Lawmakers: Navy drops plan to move carrier to Florida - The Virginian-Pilot
By Bill Bartel The Navy has canceled plans to move a Norfolk-based carrier to Florida, members of the Hampton Roads congressional delegation said today
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Reports: Media Matters head coordinates with White House, builds super PAC - Fox News
The head of Media Matters for America -- now out coordinating a new super PAC to help President Obama get reelected -- is operating his nonprofit organization in close coordination with the Obama White House, a new investigative report out Monday says
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Two years after US breaks up Michigan militia, trial begins - Christian Science Monitor
Members of the Hutaree militia are charged with conspiring to commit sedition, or rebellion, as well as weapon crimes. By Ed White, Associated Press / February 13, 2012 These eight photos provided by the US Marshals Service show suspects tied to
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Obama defends tax hikes, proposes more job training in new budget - Fox News
President Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 and a 10-year vision that seeks to cut $4 trillion from the overall deficit, but does little to restrain growth in the US government's huge entitlement programs and adds $6.6
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Powerball jackpot mystery: Who won the $336.4-million prize? - Los Angeles Times
The Powerball lottery jackpot hit $336.4 million on Saturday, and one ticket -- bought in from Rhode Island -- gets to claim the whole thing
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Obama signs Giffords' final bill into law - Boston.com
February 10, 2012|Kevin Freking, AP President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin under investigation: source - Reuters
By Kathy Finn | NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the colorful and controversial spokesman for the city after the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is under investigation by federal authorities, a source with direct
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House memo: Entire goal of Fast and Furious was a failure - USA TODAY
By Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY Mexican cartel suspects targeted in the troubled gun-trafficking probe known as Operation Fast and Furious were actually working as FBI informants at the time, according to a congressional memo that describes the case's
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House ethics panel investigating possible insider trading by Financial ... - Washington Post
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee said Friday he is cooperating with an ethics panel's investigation of his stock trades and expects to be exonerated
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Obama tweaks birth control rule - USA TODAY
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Obama announced that the rule would be tweaked, so in cases where non-profit religious organizations have objections, their insurance companies will be required to reach out to employees and offer the coverage directly
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Obama invites former Arizona congresswoman to witness final bill being signed ... - Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has signed into law a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago
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STOCK Act passes in House - CBS News
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent members of Congress from trading stocks based on nonpublic information they have obtained in the course of their congressional work
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Obama waives No Child Left Behind law requirements for 10 states - New York Daily News
By AP Obama is scheduled to speak about the No Child Left Behind waivers Thursday afternoon at the White House. WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind
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White House hinting compromise on birth control - CBS News
(AP) WASHINGTON - Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with
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Astronaut Janice Voss Dies - Sacramento Bee
By NASA HOUSTON, Feb. 7, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Janice Voss passed away from cancer overnight after a courageous battle
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Josh Powell Tragedy: CPS Worker Pleaded for Cops to Come Before House Blew Up - ABC News
Moments before Josh Powell ignited a gas-fueled explosion at his home, killing himself and his two children, a locked-out child services worker pleaded with a 911 operator to get police to the home because she feared for the two boys' lives
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Marines practice amphibious war, storm US beaches - BlueRidgeNow.com
By BROCK VERGAKIS and MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP A small group of Marines trudged onto the beach sands in pitch-black night with an armada of US Navy warships sailing just off the shore
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Entire staff of Los Angeles school to be removed after teachers arrested on - Fox News
LOS ANGELES - The entire staff at a US school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night
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Ruling on Calif. gay marriage ban due from court - CBS News
Same-sex couple Jeff Tabaco, left, and Thom Watson kiss as they hold paperwork for a marriage license Aug. 12, 2010, in San Francisco
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Josh Powell's final voicemail: "I am not able to live without my sons" - CBS News
(CBS/AP) GRAHAM, Wash. -- Authorities say before Josh Powell killed himself and his two young sons in a deadly house fire, he left a voicemail saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore
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UVA Murder Trial to Begin Monday - ABC News
The trial of a young man accused of murdering his girlfriend, University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love, will begin Monday, according to The Associated Press
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Police: Man accidentally shoots self at gun show - Seattle Post Intelligencer
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a Georgia man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Savannah gun show
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LA schools head to meet with parents, classes canceled as 2 teachers face sex - Washington Post
LOS ANGELES - The superintendent of schools is meeting with worried parents and classes are canceled for two days at a Southern California elementary school where two teachers are suspected of lewd acts with young students, officials said
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Josh Powell, kids die in alleged murder-suicide - CBS News
Pierce County Sheriff's deputy and Graham Firefighters work around the smoldering remains of a house near Fredrickson, Wash., where, according to a sheriff's spokesman, three bodies were found
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Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school - Chicago Tribune
LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the
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Whooping crane migration comes up short - Los Angeles Times
While following an ultralight aircraft guiding them to Florida, young Maryland-bred birds get distracted in Alabama. They'll stay there for now
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Ore. mushroom pickers found alive after 6 days - USA TODAY
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow overhead
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Police clear tents from Occupy site in DC; 7 held - Boston.com
An Occupy DC demonstrator, who did not provide his name, yells at US Park Police after they tore-down his tent as police enforced a no camping law at McPherson Square, a federal park near the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012
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100 cruise passengers struck by norovirus - STLtoday.com
Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida
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Major snowstorm barrels down on Central Plains - Reuters
By Eric Johnson | CHICAGO (Reuters) - A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per hour
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Super Bowl ad makes New York Mayor Bloomberg gun control king - Christian Science Monitor
The gun control movement has faltered in recent years. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to spend his own fortune to buck that trend, most notably with a Super Bowl ad
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Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Six More Weeks of Winter - TIME
Pennsylvania's iconic groundhog has "seen" his shadow, meaning we're in for a long winter. By Samantha Grossman | @sam_grossman | February 2, 2012 | + Groundhog handler Ron Ploucha smiles as he holds Phil after he made his prediction on Feb. 2, 2012
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Government Securities Dealers Estimate $1.127 Trillion Deficit For FY12 - Fox Business
WASHINGTON - Primary dealers of US government debt are projecting a federal budget deficit of $1.127 trillion for fiscal 2012 as they anticipate the payroll tax cut will be extended
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No major injuries in Michigan train derailment - CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- No life-threatening injuries were reported after the derailment of an Amtrak train near Ann Arbor, Michigan, Wednesday, officials said
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11th victim found days after deadly crash on Florida highway - Fox News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Another victim has been found in the mangled wreckage from Sunday's deadly pileup on Interstate 75, bringing the death toll to 11, MyFoxOrlando
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Intelligence chief: Iran, Russia, China top intel threats to U.S. - Washington Times
By Shaun Waterman Iran has joined Russia and China as one of the most menacing foreign intelligence threats to the United States, according to the top US intelligence chief
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Dollar Advances on Yen, Pound - Wall Street Journal
By DEBORAH LEVINE And WILLIAM L. WATTS NEW YORKThe US dollar gained, most notably against the Japanese yen and British pound. The dollar rose above ¥80, a level the dollar/yen pair hasn't closed above since mid-July
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Rise in identity fraud tied to smartphone use - WSBT-TV
Nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011, an increase of 13 percent over 2010, according to a report released on Wednesday by the research firm Javelin Strategy & Research
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Watchdog launches inquiry into bank overdraft fees - MarketWatch
By Ronald D. Orol, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The nation's consumer watchdog bureau on Wednesday launched an inquiry into fees charged by banks when consumers overdraw their accounts, a multi-billion-dollar business for financial
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US and Mexico Sign Oil and Gas Exploration Accord for Gulf of Mexico - Fox News
In this Sept. 18, 2010 file photo, the Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, is seen in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast
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German Fin Min: IMF May Contribute EUR13B For New Greece Program - Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--The International Monetary Fund has indicated it may contribute a fresh EUR13 billion to a second Greek aid program, but needs to take a final decision at its board, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tuesday
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Comex Gold Firmer Amid Greek Debt Deal, Weaker US Dollar, Higher Crude Oil - Forbes
By Jim Wyckoff (Kitco News) - Comex April gold futures prices are trading modestly higher in early US dealings Tuesday. The market place is in somewhat of a risk-on mentality Tuesday morning as most commodity markets, including gold and silver
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Bill O'Reilly: President Obama, you and gas prices - Fox News
By Bill O'Reilly Driving in from the LA airport yesterday I saw gas signs that said $4.50 a gallon... $4.50. All across the country we are now paying the highest gas prices at this time of year ever
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State Sen. Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Speed Up Foreclosures - Sunshine Slate
[Tallahassee, FL] Yesterday, the State Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Florida Fair Foreclosure Act by a 5 to 2 vote. You can view video of the proceedings here
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Spain sends planes to US for shipwreck treasure - AFP
MADRID - Spain said it was sending two military planes to the United States Monday to recover a horde of coins rescued from a shipwreck and wrested from US treasure-hunters in a long court battle
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Japan's trade deficit hits record - Globe and Mail
Japan's trade balance looks set to remain under pressure this year, following the release of trade data for January, adding weight to a more bearish outlook for the country's economy
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Czechs Raise 2 Billion Euros in First Eurobond Since 2010 - BusinessWeek
By Krystof Chamonikolas and Hannah Benjamin Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Czech Republic said it raised 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) in its first foreign bond sale in 1 1/2 years as yields approach a three-month low after steps to cut the budget deficit
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Second Greek bailout in reach despite funding gaps - Reuters
By Luke Baker and Jan Strupczewski | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers inched towards approving a second bailout for debt-laden Greece on Monday that would resolve Athens' immediate repayment needs but seems unlikely to revive the
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Oil rises to 8-month high on Iran, China moves - Reuters
Iran halts supply to Britain and France * China policy easing, Greek bailout hopes support * Brent in euro terms the highest since July 2008 (Recasts lead, updates prices) By Ikuko Kurahone LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed to their
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Italy's bank chief confirms recession in 2012 - Economic Times
ROME: Italy's central bank chief today predicted that the eurozone's third-largest economy will see a return to growth next year, but he confirmed forecasts that 2012 will be a "year of recession
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China cuts banks' reserve ratios - Financial Times
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing China's central bank made a long-awaited move at the weekend to support lending in the country's slowing economy with a cut to the amount of money banks must hold as reserves
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Iran stops oil sales to British, French companies - Reuters
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state's lifeblood, oil
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Plan Calls for 50-Cent First-Class Stamp - Wall Street Journal
By ERIC MORATH The US Postal Service proposed drastic changes to its operations Thursday, including cutting more than 150000 jobs from its payroll, raising the price of a first-class stamp to 50 cents and extending delivery time for long-distance mail
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Europe is in dire need of lazy spendthrifts - The Guardian
Greece's economic crisis is a gift from heaven for the German government. The country is the ideal conservative dystopia of an irresponsible government financing a supposedly overblown welfare state by ever increasing debt, where workers enter
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Italian police seize $6 trillion of fake US bonds - Reuters India
By Elisa Forte and Gavin Jones | POTENZA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police said on Friday they had seized about $6 trillion worth of fake US Treasury bonds and other securities in Switzerland, and arrested eight Italians accused of international fraud
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A Fuzzy Target for Greek Debt - Wall Street Journal
By CARL BIALIK That is the maximum ratio of Greece's government debt to its gross domestic product that the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank have deemed acceptable
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Getting A Grip On Rising Costs Of Grub And Gas - Forbes
On Friday the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in January. That was less than the 0.3% rise expected by economists
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The Questionable Economics of the Keystone XL Pipeline - BusinessWeek
Supporters of the Keystone pipeline claim it will create thousands of jobs and reduce the price of gas. That may be wishful thinking By Paul Tullis The Lazarus of political dramas known as Keystone XL gained new life yet again this week as Senate
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Market Gets Three-Day Weekend To Eye Dow 13000 - Forbes
US exchanges are closed Monday to observe President's Day, giving the Street an extra off day as European finance ministers negotiate the latest Greek bailout and the Dow Jones industrial average flirts with a nice round number it has not seen since
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Bernanke: Community banks have strengthened - Tulsa World
profits rising Ben Bernanke: The Fed chairman said community banks are seeing higher profits as the economy finally strengthens. By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that the health
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Stocks, Commodities Advance on US Growth, Greece Optimism - BusinessWeek
By Stephen Kirkland and Jonathan Burgos Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks and commodities rose to the highest levels in six months on speculation the US is growing with little inflation
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Chrysler Pulls Energy Loan Application as Financials Improve - BusinessWeek
By Craig Trudell Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Chrysler Group LLC withdrew its application for US Energy Department loans after the government tightened its lending standards and the company's financial standing improved
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Stronger job market could boost US economy further - Economic Times
WASHINGTON: The healthier job market that's lifted the US economy in recent months shows no signs of slowing. Applications for unemployment aid are near a four-year low, raising expectations of further hiring gains
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Bernanke: Low Rates Good for Banks in Long Run - Wall Street Journal
By KRISTINA PETERSON And ALAN ZIBEL WASHINGTON--Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke assured community bankers that the central bank's easy-money policies will help them in the long run by boosting the economy, even if low interest rates are squeezing
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Housing Starts, Permits Climb in January - Fox Business
US housing starts rose more than expected in January as groundbreaking on rental property surged, boosting hopes the still-weak housing sector could help economic growth this year
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Jobless claims drop to near 4-year low - Reuters
By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to a near four-year low, suggesting the labor market recovery was gaining steam
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GM books record annual profit; union workers due $7000 - USA TODAY
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors earned its largest profit ever in 2011, two years after it nearly collapsed into financial ruin. By Jeff Roberson, AP A General Motors employee works on a van assembly line at GM's plant in Wentzville, Mo
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World Bank President to Step Down - AllAfrica.com
World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick announced yesterday that he would step down at the end of a five-year term in which a transformed Bank played an historic role during the global economic crisis, using record replenishments to provide more
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Southern California Home Prices Fall 3.7% on Distressed Deals - BusinessWeek
By Dan Levy Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Home values in Southern California declined last month to close to the market bottom as lenders agreed to a record share of short sales, or transactions in which the price is less than the amount owed, DataQuick said
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Obama Wants to Make Cheaper Pennies and Nickels - TIME
By Josh Sanburn: It's one of the more inconvenient truths about US currency: It costs more than a penny to make a penny, and more than a nickel to make a nickel
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FCC seeks to fend off unwanted 'robocalls' with new telemarketing rules - Washington Post
NEW YORK - The federal government is cracking down on robocalls, those automated phone calls with the tendency to interrupt Sunday dinners and otherwise annoy consumers
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Oil near 6-month peak on supply risks, Greece eyed - Reuters
By Gene Ramos | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent oil kept gains near six-month highs on Wednesday, as fears of supply disruptions from Iran, other Middle Eastern producers and Africa outweighed worries about the global economy
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China Deflects Criticism Over Syria - Wall Street Journal
By BRIAN SPEGELE BEIJINGChinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior leaders defended Beijing's handling of the crisis in Syria amid growing international criticism that threatens to cast a shadow over a visit to the US by Vice President Xi Jinping
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Pennsylvania tear gas maker is latest target for Anonymous hackers - Fox News
AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Slideshow Related Stories 'Woolly mammoth' video a hoax 'Words With Friends' spells LOVE for some players Eight dumb tech ideas that might be in the works The website of a
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Retail sales and business inventories both rise in January - USA TODAY
By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP WASHINGTON - Americans rebounded from a weak holiday season and increased spending on retail goods in January, an encouraging sign for the strengthening economy
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USDA Budget Would Rise 2.5% on Subsidies Before Cuts Kick In - BusinessWeek
By Alan Bjerga Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- US Department of Agriculture spending would rise 2.5 percent to $154.5 billion in the year starting Oct. 1 before cuts to crop subsidies kick in, beginning long-term reductions in aid to farmers, according to the
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France, Belgium Ease Short-Selling Rules - Wall Street Journal
By INTI LANDAURO, LAURENCE NORMAN and MARIETTA CAUCHI French and Belgian regulators made separate moves Monday to ease restrictions on the short selling of financial stocks amid signs in recent weeks that the volatility that battered markets in the
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Obama Budget Spurs New Battle Over Energy - Wall Street Journal
By KEITH JOHNSON President Barack Obama's budget is spurring another battle over energy with Republicans by proposing a repeal of tax breaks for the oil-and-gas industry
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Gold May Climb in New York as Weak Dollar Boosts Investor Demand - BusinessWeek
By Debarati Roy Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Gold, little changed in New York, may climb for the second time in three sessions as the dollar's drop bolsters demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment
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Obama unveils big spending election-year budget - Reuters
By Alister Bull and Laura MacInnis | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Monday for aggressive spending to boost growth and for higher taxes on the rich, laying out an election-year vision for America in a budget that drew heavy
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Federal regulators seize Shelby County bank - Chicago Tribune
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- Federal regulators have seized a troubled central Indiana bank and turned over its assets to a Muncie institution
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The Deal Is Done, but Hold the Applause - New York Times
FIVE big banks finally reached a deal with government authorities last week over dubious mortgage practices and foreclosure abuses
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Consumer mood worsens in February on income worries - Reuters
By Richard Leong | NEW YORK - Americans felt worse about their personal finances in early February, even as they saw a light at the end of the tunnel for the jobs market, a survey released on Friday showed
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Bernanke renews push for foreclosed rentals - MarketWatch
By Ronald D. Orol, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday made a renewed push for programs to convert foreclosed homes into rental units to help revive the housing market
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Oil falls on Greece deal doubts, lower IEA demand view - Reuters
Greece debt deal stalls again, pressures euro, oil * IEA cuts global oil demand growth forecast * Coming up: CFTC positions data 3:30 pm EST Friday (Recasts, updates prices, market activity, changes byline, moves dateline from previous LONDON) By
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Canadian Trade Surplus Signals Shift - Wall Street Journal
By PAUL VIEIRA OTTAWACanada's trade surplus with the rest of the world hit its highest level in more than three years in December, Statistics Canada said Friday, signaling that Canada's economy is shifting away from a reliance on consumer spending and
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Claims for U.S. Jobless Benefits Unexpectedly Fell Last Week to 358000 - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Jobless Claims in US Unexpectedly Fall Last Week Jobless Claims in US Unexpectedly Fall Last Week Lynne Sladky/AP Job seekers at Opportunity Expo in Miami
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Mortgage Plan Gives Homeowners Bulk of the Benefits - New York Times
After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation's biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement that could provide relief to nearly two million current and former American homeowners harmed by the bursting of
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13000 is next Dow milestone, with record in sight - STLtoday.com
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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2012 file photo, trader Kevin Lodewick, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
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TREASURIES-Bonds flat in advance of 10-year auction - Reuters
Traders await Greek reform vote for bailout * Benchmark yields climb to highest in 2 weeks * Good demand seen for new 10-year issue at 2 pct * Fed to hold one bond purchase, one note sale By Richard Leong NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - US Treasuries
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Energy independence within reach for U.S., With natural gas and oil output - Bend Bulletin
By Rich Miller, Asjylyn Loder and Jim Polson / Bloomberg News A crew from Alpha Oil & Gas Services Inc. constructs a 10-inch gas pipeline outside of Watford City, ND Advances in production have pushed the United States closer to energy self-sufficiency
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Bernanke-Led Economy Proving Critics Clueless About Federal Reserve Policy - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Bernanke Economy Proves Critics Clueless About Fed Policies Bernanke Economy Proves Critics Clueless About Fed Policies Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, waits to start a Senate Budget Committee
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US Stock Futures Little Changed on Greece - Bloomberg
US stock futures were little changed, a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached the highest level since 2008, as Greek leaders planned to negotiate measures needed to qualify for rescue funds
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Euro, shares up as Greek deal seen near - Reuters
Euro hovers around 8-week high * Greek debt talks to resume in Athens * US stocks set to gain on Greek deal hopes * Market shrugs off drop in German exports By Richard Hubbard LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The euro hit an eight-week high on Wednesday and
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Surprise drop in German industrial output - Telegraph.co.uk
A shock fall in German industrial production in December confirmed the eurozone crisis caused Europe's largest economy to shrink at the end of 2011, economists said
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Euro rises as Greece says drafting rescue deal - Reuters
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro rose against the dollar on Tuesday, though it stayed within its recent range, after a Greek official said the government is drafting an agreement on a bailout deal that will be put before
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Bernanke: US Labor Market 'Long Way' From Normal - Bloomberg
Enlarge image Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke Carolyn Kaster/AP Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke on Capitol Hill on Feb. 2, 2012. Play Video Enlarge image Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Andrew
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Stocks lower as Greek wait continues - USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks fell in morning trading Tuesday as investors once again turned their eyes to Greece, where talks dragged on over terms of new spending cuts
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IMF Urges Beijing to Ready Bold Moves - Wall Street Journal
By SHEN HONG in Shanghai and BOB DAVIS in Beijing China should be prepared to sharply stimulate its economy if Europe's growth falls more than anticipated, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday, adding to expectations that Beijing could turn
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Foreclosure deal deadline arrives, not all states are yet on board - Washington Post
(Bloomberg) -- States that balked at bank liability releases in a proposed $25 billion nationwide settlement over foreclosure practices must decide by today whether its mortgage relief and reforms are worth the legal claims they'll give up
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US STOCKS-Futures dip on worries over Greece - Reuters
S&P up 6.9 pct year to date * Hasbro falls after results * Futures off: Dow 33 pts, S&P 3.8 pts Nasdaq 6.75 pts * For up-to-the-minute market news, see By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - US stock index futures fell on Monday
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Greece lets another deadline slip in bailout poker - Reuters
By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece let yet another deadline slip on Monday for responding to painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout as patience in Brussels wore thin over drawn-out negotiations among its feuding
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Dealers' Group : Auto Sales to Hit 13.9 Million This Year - Wall Street Journal
By Jeff Bennett LAS VEGAS (Dow Jones) - US automotive sales should hit 13.9 million new vehicles this year as low interest rates and a mild recession in Europe keep the American economy humming
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Gazprom says unable to meet greater Europe gas demand - Reuters
Exports flows back to normal after reduction * Plans to increase overall shipments to Europe * Putin asks Gazprom for "maximum efforts" * Norway flows to UK healthy By Vladimir Soldatkin and Henning Gloystein MOSCOW/LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Russian
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Oil risks fuelling flames of Sudan conflict - Reuters
By Hereward Holland and Ulf Laessing PALOUGE OIL FIELD, South Sudan/KHARTOUM, Feb 2 - South Sudan's oil minister was riled when he discovered production from one of his remote oil fields was out by 40000 barrels per day, and immediately knew who to
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Jobs Report A Pleasant Surprise As US Payrolls Add 243K Workers - Forbes
The US economy added 243000 jobs in January, more than in December even as the impact of temporary holiday hiring came out of the measure, and the best reading in several years
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Clock ticks on Greece's bailout deadline - Reuters
Venizelos says deal should be concluded by Sunday night * Wage, spending cuts remain key sticking points * Papademos expected to call in political leaders By George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas
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Confidence in eurozone returns - Khaleej Times
It is easy to get carried away with a positive view of the markets. Interest rates are falling, markets are rising and global economic activity has surprised to the upside
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Dow at Highest Since May 2008 - Wall Street Journal
By ES BROWNING The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through to its highest close since May 2008, back before the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapse, as investors increasingly put aside fears of economic calamity and focused again on fundamentals
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European Stocks Climb as US Jobless Claims Fall; Xstrata Jumps - BusinessWeek
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks climbed for a third day as a report showed that US jobless claims dropped more than economists had estimated and Glencore International Plc held talks to buy Xstrata Plc, boosting mining companies
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Bernanke: Fed will protect U.S. economy from Europe - CNNMoney
By Annalyn Censky @CNNMoney February 2, 2012: 10:31 AM ET Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told a House panel Thursday, that the Fed will 'take every available step to protect the US financial system and the economy' from Europe's debt crisis
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Blur to play London's Hyde Park at Olympics closing - Reuters
LONDON - British band Blur will headline a concert in London's Hyde Park that coincides with the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, organizers said on Tuesday
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Adele, Ed Sheeran and Blur lined up for UK music's Brit Awards - Washington Post
LONDON - Soulful songstress Adele and tousle-haired singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran lead the race for the UK's Brit music awards ahead of Tuesday's ceremony in London
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Abbey' Season 3: The Future of Mr. Bates and the Lifestyle Evolution - AceShowbiz
Brendan Coyle's John Bates will begin series three in prison, while other characters will be seen enjoying cocktails in London's first night clubs and dancing to ragtime jazz
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Box Office: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Races to Third - League of Comic Geeks
Early box office estimates for Sony Pictures' Ghost Rider sequel, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, indicated that the film would rake in close to $30 million in its opening weekend
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'Bachelor' Ben breaks a heart after hometown dates - USA TODAY
By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY On Monday's Bachelor, Ben Flajnik narrowed his choices down to three women, sending home the sweetie who seemed best suited to him
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'This Means War': Why predictable rom-coms can sometimes work - Entertainment Weekly
by Mandi Bierly SPOILER ALERT: If you've seen This Means War, you may have several questions: How did I not know Angela Bassett was in this?
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'Life's Too Short,' 'Downton Abbey' season finale this week - East Valley Tribune
British actor Warwick Davies arrives for the UK Premiere of Johnny English: Reborn, at a central London cinema, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011
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Iommi illness forces Black Sabbath tour changes - Reuters
(Reuters) - Veteran British rockers Black Sabbath have been forced to scale back plans to tour this year as guitarist Tony Iommi continues treatment for lymphoma, the band said on its website
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Lines blur as more brands like J. Crew jump into Fashion Week - San Francisco Chronicle
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 14: A model walks the runway at the Tory Burch Fall 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center on February 14, 2012 in New York City
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Image Awards honor Houston, Lucas, black stuntmen - Chicago Sun-Times
AP February 17, 2012 9:22PM Samuel L. Jackson, left, and George Lucas pose in the audience at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles
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DreamWorks Animation To Make Films, TV Programs Through China Venture - Wall Street Journal
By ERICA ORDEN DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. has struck a deal to set up a production studio in Shanghai as a joint venture with two Chinese media entities and the investment arm of the Shanghai municipal government, the company announced Friday
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Las Vegas Week becomes another round of Hollywood Week on 'American Idol' - Alaska Dispatch
Well, Hollywood Week didn't fail to deliver its unique brand of heightened emotions and crucial auditions and even if it did, it's OK because they'll do it all again in Las Vegas
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'The Voice' to reportedly return for third season this coming fall - Reality TV World
By Reality TV World staff, 02/17/2012 The Voice will reportedly be setting its sights on Simon Cowell's The X Factor this fall
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Is judge banning Amber Portwood from 'Teen Mom'? - msnbc.com
By Anna Chan Law enforcement officials reportedly told TMZ that the judge in Portwood's case is banning her from filming "Teen Mom" or any MTV program while she stays at halfway house Sister 2 Sister Ministries in Anderson, Ind
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Kermit, Miss Piggy to Present at Academy Awards - MyFox Phoenix
(NewsCore) - Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy will be among the presenters at the 84th annual Academy Awards, event organizers said Friday
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Most episodes ever? Almost - Chicago Sun-Times
BY BILL KEVENEY February 17, 2012 5:23PM If 300 episodes gets a Woo-hoo! and 400 an Ay caramba!, then 500 is worthy of a full-on Homer drool
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'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' movie review: Another medicore Nicolas Cage - New York Daily News
By Elizabeth Weitzman / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard stunt rider Johnny Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons
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Museum Robbed at Greece's Ancient Olympia - ABC News
Two masked armed robbers tied up a museum guard at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece and made off with dozens of artifacts, authorities said Friday
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Spider-Man producers agree deal with Julie Taymor - BBC News
Producers of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark have agreed to pay sacked director Julie Taymor hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties
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Comedy Central Suspends Colbert Report Without Explanation - Patch.com
By Shelley Emling Comedy Central has suspended production of the Colbert Report for at least two days, a mysterious announcement that sparked widespread speculation on a variety of social networks about what's happening with the popular satirical news
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance: Film Review - Hollywood Reporter
This water-treading sequel offers just enough kooky color to keep less-discerning fans occupied. A water-treading sequel offering just enough kooky color to keep less-discerning funnybook fans occupied, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance nudges
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'American Idol': Group Performances Heat Up - Idolator
Whitney Houston left an enduring legacy of hits behind following her tragic death. Which of her songs listed below is your favorite?
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"Survivor: One World" starts with a bad break - CBS News
Monica Culpepper, Nina Acosta, Sabrina Thompson, Christina Cha, Chelsea Meissner, Kimberly Spradlin, Colton Cumbie, Jay Byars, Matt Quinlan and Michael Jefferson take on the immunity challenge during the first episode of "Survivor: One World
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Dudamel and LA Philharmonic make waves in Caracas - The Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's most famous conductor is thrilling his country's fans as he appears for the first time in his homeland as director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, fresh off winning a Grammy
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'Revenge' recap: 'Chaos' Theories - Entertainment Weekly
So who got shot at Emily's Fire + Ice engagement party? Read on and find out. By Christian Blauvelt | Published Feb 16, 2012 To quote Darth Vader, The circle is now complete
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'The Voice' recap: Blind auditions bring Pip and pickiness - Los Angeles Times
The third round of blind auditions on "The Voice" brought us another procession of mildly good to pretty-good singers, more inter-coach sniping and, for some reason, Internet gossip guy Perez Hilton
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Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep to play daughter, mother - USA TODAY
By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY Julia Roberts, who plays the queen in next month's Mirror Mirror movie, is teaming with none other than Meryl Streep, who is still collecting awards for TheIron Lady, for a screen adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer- and
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'The Vow' Pulls In a Hearty $11.6M at Box Office on Valentine's Day - Reuters
By Joshua L. Weinstein at TheWrap Romantic movies are made for Valentine's Day -- literally -- and this year's "The Vow" is showing why: The Sony/Spyglass romantic drama pulled $11.6 million on Tuesday alone
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Fox picks up Jennifer Lopez' 'Q'Viva' reality competition - Entertainment Weekly
by James Hibberd Jennifer Lopez's Q'Viva! talent search has found a home on the top-rated broadcast network. The Latin American-based series recently premiered on Univision
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The Beach Boys Announce Dates For Extensive Reunion Tour - RollingStone.com
By Andy Greene The Beach Boys have announced tour dates for an extensive US reunion tour. It kicks off April 24th in Tucson, Arizona, and wraps up August 7th in Lokeren, Belgium - though more dates will likely be added
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New Museum Shines Spotlight on a New Generation of Global Artists - The Lo-Down
We stopped by the New Museum's preview of their fascinating 2012 Triennial, The Ungovernables, yesterday. Curator Eungie Joo talked a little bit about the task of putting together a show with over 50 different artists from around the world
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Survivor: One World: Stephen Fishbach Sizes Up the Contestants - People Magazine
By Stephen Fishbach "I was just trying to observe, as carefully as I could, to determine what people were here for and what they were doing
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'The Artist' dog honored at Golden Collar Awards - San Francisco Chronicle
By SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer Even dog actors can get awards in Tinseltown, and six pooches collected prizes at the inaugural Golden Collar Awards
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Luxury fashion world tweaking its style for Gen Y - Houma Courier
By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP Fashion Writer NEW YORK - Luxury fashion still caters to movie stars, high-powered businesswomen and ladies who lunch, but designers are starting to show interest in that generation's daughters
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Nicki Minaj's Grammy performance angers Catholic League - Boston Herald
By Herald Wire Services NICKI MINAJ is in trouble for her outfit and performance at Sunday's Grammy Awards. After arriving at the show with a man dressed as the Pope, Minaj went on to speak in tongues and rise into the air during her performance
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Bon Iver 'uncomfortable' with Grammy Best New Artist win, confuses viewers - Washington Post
Bon Iver, the Wisconsin band that beat out Skrillex and Nicki Minaj for the Grammy award for Best New Artist, was so new to some fans that they took to Twitter to dispute the choice
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Halle Berry's Boyfriend Gets Ticketed in Front of Nahla's School - AceShowbiz
It is reported that Olivier Martinez was pulled over in West Hollywood by the police for having no front license plate and no current registration stickers
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Pekingese repeats as top toy dog at Westminster; Dalamatian, German shepherd - Washington Post
NEW YORK - Wobbling the whole way, a people-pleasing Pekingese made quite a walk down the green carpet at Madison Square Garden. A Dalmatian and a German shepherd were in more of a hurry to win at America's most prestigious dog show
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'The Bachelor' recap: Gossipy Girls - Entertainment Weekly
With hometown dates on the line, the "ladies" try to warn Ben that Courtney is a black widow in a bikini model's body, but his penis is not listening
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Guillermo del Toro to Direct 'Beauty and the Beast' for Warner's - Reuters
By Joshua L. Weinstein at TheWrap Guillermo del Toro, long attached to produce a new version of "Beauty and the Beast" for Warner Bros
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Who Does Chaka Khan Blame for Whitney Houston's Death? - E! Online
Special Edition: 2012 Grammys From Fergie to Rihanna to Katy Perry to Lady Gaga, see whose style soared and whose went splat on music's biggest night!
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'Downton Abbey': More than one kind of fever hits the castle! - Entertainment Weekly
by Mandi Bierly SPOILER ALERT! Last night's episode of Downton Abbey was a gasp-filled two hours. Matthew sprung out of his chair to save Lavinia from injuring herself, and their wedding was back on
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Grammy Red Carpet: Rihanna, Katy Perry, Adele Shine - MTV.com
Our experts take a look at A-list artists who dazzled in glamorous gowns and over-the-top looks. By Christina Garibaldi (@ChristinaMTV) Despite the shocking death of Whitney Houston on Saturday, the biggest stars in music graced the Grammy red carpet
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The 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show - Washington Post
Poodles, collies, spaniels and more strut their stuff at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Libby, a Cardigan Welsh corgi, gets groomed in the staging area during the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show held at Madison Square Garden
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6 Grammys Surprises: Bon Iver's Confused, Chris Martin Can't Sing - Reuters
By Lucas Shaw at TheWrap Sure, the Grammys belonged to Adele on Sunday night. And Whitney Houston's death cast a long shadow over the celebration
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Box office update: 'The Vow' leads supercharged Friday with $15.4 mil - Entertainment Weekly
by John Young Whatever pill this year's box office is taking, I want it. Exceeding the most optimistic projections, this weekend is on the way to having four movies open to more than $20 million each, and it should become the biggest non-holiday
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The Beach Boys begin mapping 50th anniversary reunion tour with Mohegan Sun show - Boston Music Spotlight
The Beach Boys have begun mapping their highly anticipated 50th anniversary reunion tour with a show in Connecticut this spring. The band will perform at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville on Saturday, May 12
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"Safe House" review: Only Denzel Washington can rescue this - CBS News
Swedish director Daniel Espinosa works overtime to deliver a gritty, action bonanza, long on kamikaze-style fight sequences and spectacular car chases, but short on substance
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'American Idol' rises to top Thursday ratings - Entertainment Weekly
by James Hibberd Just when you thought American Idol was going to slip to No. 2 on Thursdays, the veteran reality hit rose last night to win the night by a safe margin for the first time in weeks
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'American Idol' begins group rounds and Symone Black rejoins the contestants - Reality TV World
By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 02/10/2012 American Idol's eleventh season narrowed its contestants to 185 hopefuls and began coverage of its group round during Thursday night's second Fox broadcast of the competition's Hollywood Week phase
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Grammys promise plenty of intrigueand music - San Jose Mercury News
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer LOS ANGELESThis year's Grammy Awards promises plenty of intrigue and dramamuch of it having little to do with the competition for awards
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Kanye West And Jay-Z Premiere Eye-Popping 'N---as In Paris' Video - MTV.com
Part live clip, part kaleidoscopic freakout, the 'Paris' video more than matches the song's massive impact. By James Montgomery (@positivnegativ) After the premiere of Kanye West and Jay-Z's new "N---as in Paris" video - which bowed Thursday (February
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TV Ratings: Steady 'Idol' Tops Wednesday, ABC Comedies Boosted in Returns - Hollywood Reporter
Posting a small gain in total viewers, the Fox competition holds tight to its 6.0 showing among adults 18-49 -- while "The Middle," "Modern Family" and "Happy Endings" inch up from their last originals
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'American Idol' Recap: Life and Death in Hollywood - RollingStone.com
By Melissa Locker It's Hollywood week - when the teeming throngs of wannabe superstars have been winnowed down to a single teeming throng of wannabe superstars
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Grapevine: Madonna tour to miss Michigan - The Detroit News
She's a Michigan girl. She wants her daughter to attend college in Ann Arbor. But Madonna won't be hitting her home state on her world tour, according to a tour itinerary released by promoter Live Nation on Tuesday
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Finnish sci-fi Nazi movie is hot ticket at Berlin film festival - The Guardian
There are a lot of worthy films premiering at the Berlin film festival over the coming 10 days. A three-and-a-half-hour epic tracing China's history, three documentaries about the Fukushima disaster, Werner Herzog's look at Death Row and Angelina
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Broadway sees itself in 'Smash' - Los Angeles Times
The new NBC series about the creation of a musical makes extensive use of the theatrical community. Anjelica Huston is part of the ensemble cast of "Smash
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Abraham Lincoln Turns Vampire Hunter In Tim Burton Flick - Contactmusic.com
Not content with guiding the United States through a civil war in the 1800s, it seems that Abraham Lincoln is back with a vengeance and wants Buffy's vampire-slaying crown
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David Koch Pledges $60 Million to Upgrade Met Museum's Plaza - San Francisco Chronicle
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced plans for a redesign of the plaza outside of its Fifth Avenue facade, financed with a $60 million gift from David Koch, a museum trustee
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"Downton Abbey" brings cool TV crowd to America's PBS - Reuters
By Jill Serjeant | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Move over, "Mad Men" and Kim Kardashian. There's a new darling in US pop culture, with a much posher accent and even fancier clothes
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Top 5 Things You Need To Know About 'The Amazing Spider-Man' - Forbes
With the new trailer out, attention has ramped up for the upcoming Spider-Man franchise reboot film The Amazing Spider-Man. Fans are debating the merits of the reboot and the quality of this film, so now is a good time to explain the top five things
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Paul McCartney, Elton John, Jessie J to Lead Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert - Hollywood Reporter
10000 free tickets to the June 4 event will be given away in a ballot and millions more are expected to watch on the BBC in the UK, with broadcasters including ABC having highlights packages
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TV Preview: Up a crazy "River" with ABC - Denver Post
By Joanne Ostrow You should see "The River." Although you can't really see "The River." It's only visible the way parts of "The Blair Witch Project" were - through muddy hints of supposedly found film and disjointed flashlight flickers
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NBC's new musical drama "Smash"premieres - CBS News
Smash, NBC's midseason musical drama starring Anjelica Huston, Debra Messing and former "American Idol" contestant Katherine McPhee, premiered Monday night to fairly positive reviews
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Chrysler Super Bowl commercial: Why Detroit loves Clint Eastwood - Christian Science Monitor
Clint Eastwood's Chrysler Super Bowl commercial shouldn't be seen as political. Americans watched the ad and saw Detroit staring back at them - a proud industrial giant, clawing its way back
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Super Bowl ads battle for top spot - Christian Science Monitor
Super Bowl ads ranged from overweight dogs to naked M&Ms. In the end, the game between the Patriots and Giants outshone the Super Bowl ads
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MIA Super Bowl Middle Finger Prompts NBC, NFL Apology - MTV.com
We apologize for the inappropriate gesture that aired during halftime,' an NBC spokesperson said about MIA's middle finger during halftime
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Critic's Notebook: Enter action hero, Liam Neeson - Los Angeles Times
Currently starring in 'The Grey,' the towering, 59-year-old actor impresses audiences and critics alike with his steely toughness
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LA Reid Signs On for Season Two of The X Factor - E! Online
Drew: Flower Power! Plus, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel McAdams, Kristin Davis & Ashley Tisdale. Rate the highs and lows! As it turns out, not everyone got the boot from The X Factor
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Ben Gazzara, Risk-Taking Actor, Is Dead at 81 - New York Times
Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work with several generations of top Hollywood directors, died on Friday in
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Robinson: Wishing you love, peace and soul - Alexandria Town Talk
If you grew up a child of the 1970s, this past week you saw another one of our childhood icons leave this life. Don Cornelius, creator of "Soul Train," died Wednesday in Los Angeles at the age of 75
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Whales Trapped in Ice Warm Moviegoers' Hearts? - Wall Street Journal
By John Jurgensen Animal-loving volunteer Rachel Kramer (played by Drew Barrymore) offers comfort to one of the trapped whales in Big Miracle
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Box Office Report: Young People Rush to See 'Chronicle,' 'Woman in Black' - Hollywood Reporter
"Chronicle" zooms past expectations to gross $8.7 million on Friday, "Woman in Black" likewise overperforms with $8.3 million; Drew Barrymore-John Krasinski whale pic "Big Miracle" opens to No
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'American Idol' Recap: Portland Comes Alive - RollingStone.com
By Melissa Locker Welcome back the eleventh season of American Idol and the eleventy billionth round of auditions. I am slightly (completely) irrationally excited that Idol is visiting my hometown of Portland, Oregon
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The 2012 Hollywood Cover, Revealed: 11 Thoroughly Modern Actresses - Vanity Fair
By Vanity Fair In the first-ever Hollywood Issue cover shoot from Vanity Fair contributing photographer Mario Testino, a bevy of Hollywood's most precocious beauties lounge across a three-panel foldoutincluding two new Oscar nominees
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Many Super Bowl commercials are out - ESPN
By Kelley Carter As usual, potty trips will be frowned upon during Super Bowl Sunday's commercial breaks -- the time that the men on Madison Avenue (women too!
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Edgar has the edge over Henderson - ESPN
By John Candido With help from the statistical folks over at FightMetric, ESPN Insider marries betting with mixed martial arts and breaks down the money lines on four fights spotlighted on the UFC 144
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Golf-PGA Tour's playoffs extended for five more years - Chicago Tribune
By Mark Lamport-Stokes MARANA, Arizona, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The FedExCup playoffs, the PGA Tour's lucrative four-event season finale, have been extended for a further five years, commissioner Tim Finchem said on Wednesday
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Joe Rogan Responds to Rampage's Harsh Criticism - 5thRound.com
On Monday morning, Quinton Rampage Jackson ripped UFC color commentator Joe Rogan (Pictured) for his perceived fugazi and biased ways
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Stosur blitzed by Azarenka - SkySports
Victoria Azarenka underlined her current dominance of women's tennis with a 6-1 6-2 victory over Sam Stosur in the final of the Qatar Open
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Top-ranked Yani Tseng wins LPGA Thailand - USA TODAY
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Yani Tseng watched Ai Miyazato's approach on the 18th hole of the LPGA Thailand and knew she had to come up with an equally impressive shot to avoid a possible playoff
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Kruger earns first European Tour title in India - Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet NEW DELHI - Jbe Kruger of South Africa won his first European Tour title Sunday, protecting his overnight lead by shooting a 3-under 69 for a two-shot victory at the Avantha Masters
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Mickelson and Bradley lead in Northern Trust Open - BBC Sport
Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Northern Trust Open. Mickelson, who won last week at Pebble Beach, fired a one-under 70 for seven under to remain in front as US PGA champion Bradley shot 66 to
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Big league experience thrills players in Urban Invitational - Houston Chronicle
By JOSHUA PARROTT Prairie View's Darryl Johnson is tagged out by TSU's Shane Lefteley as he attempts an inside-the-park home run in TSU's 7-1 win Saturday
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Federer battles back to set up Del Potro showdown - Hindustan Times
Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates winning his men's semifinal match (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) against Nikolay Davydenko of Russia at the ABN AMRO tennis tournament in Ahoy, Rotterdam
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No. 1 Azarenka, Stosur to meet in Qatar Open final - CBSSports.com
DOHA, Qatar -- Victoria Azarenka hobbled with an ankle injury to reach her first final as No. 1, downing Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 in the Qatar Open on Saturday
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Phil Mickelson Ready For Final Round at Riviera - Patch.com
The San Diego-born golfer says he is going to bring out his best golf for the last day of the Northern Trust Open. By Amanda Salem Southern California's own Phil Mickelson has been entertaining the crowd since the first round of the Northern Trust Open
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Kyle Busch nudges Stewart to win wreck-filled Bud Shootout - USA TODAY
By Nate Ryan, USA TODAY DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The packs returned to Daytona International Speedway in a seemingly non-stop shower of flying sparks, shooting flames and sliced sheet metal
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Boxer Chisora held by police after brawl with Haye - USA TODAY
By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY Heavyweight contender Dereck Chisora was held by police in Munich, Germany after engaging in wild post-fight brawl with boxer David Haye in the wake of losing a title fight to Vitali Klitschko Saturday night
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Andy Roddick Slams Racket, Has 76-Minute Temper Tantrum In SAP Open Loss To - SB Nation
There was, to say the least, some frustration for the second-seeded Andy Roddick on Friday at the SAP Open in SAn Jose. Roddick was beaten soundly by Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-2, 6-4 to be eliminated in the quarterfinals, after having his potential
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Federer moves past Nieminen and into semi-finals - Sportsrageous
By John-Paul Helk Federer won 7-5, 7-6 (2) on Friday when the two met in the quarterfinals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament
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Mickelson keeps it together for one-shot lead at Riviera - Boston.com
AP / February 18, 2012 Phil Mickelson wasn't at his best yesterday at Riviera. Two shots at least helped him stay in the lead
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Daytona International Speedway: A History Of Triumph And Tragedy - SB Nation
NASCAR may have been going to Darlington Raceway longer, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway may hold more history. But one track and one race reigns over both, and it is the site of unquestionably NASCAR's biggest and most prestigious event
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Jimmie Johnson's Daytona 500 car found with illegal body modification - Yahoo! Sports
By Jay Hart, Yahoo! Sports Feb 17, 3:45 pm EST DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Jimmie Johnson has yet to run a single lap in the 2012 season, and already his team is in trouble
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Larry Mize leads ACE Group Classic - ESPN
AP NAPLES, Fla. -- Larry Mize played an almost-perfect round on what he called a perfect day for golf. Mize shot a 10-under 62 in calm, sunny conditions Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Champions Tour's ACE Group Classic
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Flag flap: NASCAR nixes Watson's 'General Lee' lap - Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR and track officials canceled plans to have pro golfer Bubba Watson drive the car from the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard" at Phoenix International Raceway because of
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Federer stays perfect against Nieminen with Rotterdam win - CBSSports.com
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Roger Federer extended his perfect record against Jarkko Nieminen with a 7-5, 7-6 (2) win Friday to reach the semifinals at the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament
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Phil Mickelson shoots 1-over 70 to lead at Riviera - Albany Times Union
Carl Pettersson, of Sweden, putts on the 14th green during the second round of the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
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NASCAR champ Stewart wrecks in Shootout practice - USA TODAY
By Chris Graythen, Getty Images Kurt Busch, center, spins out in front of Tony Stewart, during practice for the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway on Friday
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Season of shift in NASCAR - Boston Globe
By Michael Vega Kurt Busch is one of the many drivers to switch rides this year, taking up in the No. 51 Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing
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Amid media swarm, Danica says she prefers 'pretty' to 'sexy' - USA TODAY
By Jeff Olson, Special for USA TODAY DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - It wasn't her first three-ring news media circus, and it won't be her last
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Harrison rallies from brink to overcome Ginepri - Reuters
American prospect Ryan Harrison saved two match points before storming through a third-set tiebreaker to reach the San Jose Open quarter-finals with a 6-3 2-6 7-6 victory over compatriot Robbie Ginepri on Thursday
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Practice paying off for Mickelson - NOLA.com
AP LOS ANGELES (AP) - This is the kind of golf Phil Mickelson envisioned playing at the start of the year. Mickelson said he was having great practice sessions at home with little to show for it on the scorecard until it all came together last week at
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London Watchdog Slams Secrecy Around Oly Ticketing - ABC News
A London city watchdog has slammed the committee organizing the 2012 Olympics for its ticket policy, arguing that the secrecy surrounding the allocation of Olympic tickets has undermined public confidence
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Ai Miyazato leads LPGA Thailand - USA TODAY
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) - Ai Miyazato shot a 5-under 67 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Thailand
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'Monday Night Football' switching to 2-man booth - BusinessWeek
ESPN said Wednesday that analyst Ron Jaworski had signed a five-year contract extension to appear on other programming on the network and would no longer join play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico and color commentator Jon Gruden on Monday nights
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UFC On Fuel TV: Is Jake Ellenberger Ready For The Championship Rounds? - Bloody Elbow
by Kid Nate on Feb 16, 2012 9:59 AM EST in UFC Event For the first two rounds of last nights UFC on Fuel TV headliner, Jake Ellenberger looked like the same fighter who had Carlos Condit on the run in the early going of their 2009 bout
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Northern Trust Open is Back With a Buzz - Patch.com
According to the Los Angeles Times, players used to duck out of the tournament, annually held at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades
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Davis Cup upset a rare moment to celebrate American tennis - SI.com
Mardy Fish is 11-8 in his Davis Cup career and 8-3 on clay after winning his two rubbers against the Swiss. Don't they have editors over there at Sports Illustrated?
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CUP: 10 Bold Predictions For NASCAR In '12 - Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet More From NNS: Dollars And Sense CUP: 10 Bold Predictions For NASCAR In '12 CUP: Great American Grid Coming Soon CUP: Newman Knows Good Isn't Good Enough CUP: Field Aims To Grab Some Buds The 2012 NASCAR
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Phil Mickelson vs. Tiger Woods: Can we still call it a rivalry? - Los Angeles Times
Phil Mickelson must have been pretty psyched when he learned he would be paired with Tiger Woods for Sunday's final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
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Bartoli to play Kerber in Paris final - FOXSports.com
Marion Bartoli beat Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 6-0 to reach the Open GDF Suez final against Angelique Kerber of Germany on Saturday
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McIlroy on target in desert - Sydney Morning Herald
WORLD No. 2 Rory McIlroy and Thomas Bjorn shared the lead at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. McIlroy, the 2009 champion, posted an early bogey-free round of seven-under-par 65 to set the pace at the European Tour event
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Wi Maintains the Lead as Tiger Charges - ABC News
Tiger Woods ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch at Pebble Beach to charge up the leaderboard. It was only enough to make up a little ground on Charlie Wi, who looked steady while going for his first PGA Tour win
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Woe for Federer as Swiss crash, Spain cruise - Chicago Tribune
(Reuters) - Roger Federer suffered defeat for the second day in succession as United States completed a surprisingly comfortable victory over Switzerland in the Davis Cup World Group first round in Fribourg on Saturday
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The Diaz case, and the doors that open - ESPN
By Chuck Mindenhall Mark J. Rebilas/US Presswire With arms wide open: Johny Hendricks finally gets some good news. It's been a whirlwind week in the UFC's alt-title scene -- and it begins and ends with Nick Diaz
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Ivo Karlovic evens Croatia with Japan - ESPN
AP HYOGO, Japan -- Ivo Karlovic beat Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 Friday to give Croatia a split against Japan in the first round of the Davis Cup
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Ryu leads Women's Australian Open - USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - US Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu shot a 4-under 69 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over fellow South Korean player Hee Kyung Seo after the second round of the LPGA Tour's season-opening Women's Australian Open
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Spain's fury at French sporting drug slurs - CNN
By Gary Morley, -- Is it just harmless fun, or is something seriously wrong developing in sporting relations between Spain and France?
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McIlroy, Bjorn share lead in Dubai - USA TODAY
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Rory McIlroy and Thomas Bjorn each shot 7-under 65 to share the lead Friday after the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic
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Kevin Merfeld: For Tiger, it was good enough - San Jose Mercury News
Tiger Woods tees off on the 10th hole at Spyglass Hill on Thursday during the opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
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US takes 1-0 lead in Davis Cup - ESPN
AP The Davis Cup is the premier team event in men's tennis. Each year, 16 teams compete in the World Group for international tennis supremacy
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Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III talks Tiger Woods - San Francisco Chronicle
Davis Love III is a two-time champion of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He's playing in the tournament for the 27th time this week, making him as embedded in the event's fabric as Bill Murray
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AT&T tees off this morning - San Jose Mercury News
And they're off. The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is scheduled to tee off today at 8 am Pros Ken Duke and Gavin Coles were scheduled for the honor of being the first off at Pebble Beach
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Wrestling's John Cena named honorary starter for Daytona 500 - USA TODAY
By Chad Leistikow, USA TODAY John Cena wears many hats - actor, professional wrestler, rapper
and, soon, he'll add another one as the Daytona 500 honorary starter
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UFC's White: Condit accepts rematch with Diaz - USA TODAY
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY Carlos Condit is willing to do it again with welterweight Nick Diaz in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
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Woods in spotlight at Pebble Beach - Boston.com
By Doug Ferguson AP / February 8, 2012 PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Bill Murray stumbled into the back of a crowded conference room yesterday just as Tiger Woods was wrapping up his press conference at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
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Could this be the week for Tiger Woods? - Vancouver Sun
The most dominating man in golf (lately) is not playing this week, so maybe that nondescript also-ran named Tiger Woods has a chance, after all
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Levin tries to follow Stanley: Wipeout, then a win - USA TODAY
By Steve DiMeglio, USA TODAY PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Kyle Stanley needed one week to bounce back from a devastating collapse. By Christian Petersen, Getty Images Spencer Levin shows his frustration during his final-round 4-over 75 that cost him a win
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FIFPro decries abuse of rights in Eastern Europe - SI.com
BRUSSELS (AP) -The global union representing professional footballers said Tuesday that clubs in much of eastern Europe are mistreating players by withholding wages and even inflicting violence, often leading to a greater risk of match-fixing
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China's Li Na retires with sore back in 1st round of Open GDF Suez - Washington Post
PARIS - French Open champion Li Na retired with a sore back against Tsvetana Pironkova in the second set of her opening match at the Open GDF Suez on Tuesday
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WADA urges feds to hand over Lance Armstrong info - USA TODAY
AP LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday urged US federal authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling
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Eli Manning gushes about infant daughter on 'Late Show' appearance - Fox News
A victorious Eli Manning on Monday night told David Letterman that his baby daughter learned an important lesson from his Super Bowl win -- how to clap
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Eli Manning Leads NY Giants over Patriots in Super Bowl 2012 - Fox News
New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz holds the the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Giants' 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis
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Berdych wins Open Sud de France - USA TODAY
MONTPELLIER, France (AP) - Tomas Berdych won his seventh career title by defeating defending champion Gael Monfils 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the Open Sud de France final on Sunday
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Stanley banishes PGA Tour ghosts with first win - CNN International
(CNN) -- One week ago, Kyle Stanley was reduced to tears after a heartbreaking collapse saw him surrender a seven-shot lead in final round of the Farmers Insurance Open
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CAS strips Contador of 2010 Tour title - USA TODAY
MADRID (AP) - Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found him guilty of doping
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Spencer Levin leads Phoenix Open by 6 strokes - San Francisco Chronicle
AP Spencer Levin, with plenty of witnesses, follows the flight of his tee shot on the 18th hole. Spencer Levin remained in control at the PGA's Phoenix Open in front of the largest crowd in tournament history, shooting a 3-under 68 on Saturday to take
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Azarenka Pulls Out With Injury, and the US Takes Advantage - New York Times
WORCESTER, Mass. - Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, the newly minted No. 1 player in the world, withdrew from what was to be her first match since winning the Australian Open, pulling out of the opening Fed Cup singles match Saturday against the United
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Martin, 4 linemen make Hall of Fame - Wall Street Journal
AP INDIANAPOLIS - Running back Curtis Martin and four linemen were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, along with one senior committee choice
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NFL MVP Award: Aaron Rodgers Prevails Over Drew Brees, Tom Brady - SB Nation
By Gethin Coolbaugh - Regional Editor There just isn't any love for Tom Brady. That was the case for the 2012 NFL MVP Award, at least, as Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won the award over both Drew Brees of the Saints and Brady of the
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Lawrie edges one clear - SkySports
Former champion Paul Lawrie moved into a one-stroke lead at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters after carding a second round 67. With just 18 holes of the truncated event to play on Sunday, the Scot will be looking to repeat his success of 13 years ago
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Sinead O'Connor giddy and angry on new CD - New York Daily News
Sinead O'Connor 'How 'Bout I Be Me (And You Be You)?' (One Little Indian Records) 'How About I Be Me (And You Be You )?' marks a return to form for Sinead O'Connor
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Go Linsane at Knicks-Nets Game! - E! Online
New parents Beyoncé and Jay-Z left adorable (and newly Tumblr-ized!) baby Blue Ivy at home to hit up the Knicks-Nets game last night at Madison Square Garden, posing for pics together for the first time since welcoming their new bundle of joy
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Will Lindsay Lohan's SNL Gig Be The Start Of Her Comeback? - Cinema Blend
Hollywood is a what have you done for me lately business. Ordinarily, when stars fail to churn out successful projects for an extended period of time, they slowly fade away
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Bethenny Frankel Speaks Out About Miscarriage For The First Time - Cinema Blend
Bethenny Frankel's Bravo reality series Bethenny Ever After has followed her family from her engagement, through the addition of a baby in the family, and through several years of marriage
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Does Bobbi Kristina have addiction issues? Whitney's mom says no - Chicago Sun-Times
BY BILL ZWECKER February 20, 2012 8:08PM According to sources inside the Whitney Houston camp, the focus is now on the late superstar's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, who has a number of Whitney's closest friends and associates deeply worried
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French singer to lend voice to INTERPOL global campaign against fake medicines
LYON, France - French singer Chimene Badi is to become a goodwill ambassador for INTERPOL's ongoing Proud To Be global campaign which aims to raise public awareness worldwide of the health risks posed by fake medicines. The announcement was made on Tuesday during the artist's visit to INTERPOL's General Secretariat headquarters where Ms Badi met with Secretary General Ronald K. Noble.
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Miranda Lambert Steps Up Chris Brown Feud - Contactmusic.com
Country star Miranda Lambert stepped up her feud with Chris Brown on Thursday (16Feb12) by taking aim at the R&B singer again during her show in Massachusetts
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Stella McCartney magical turn will be this season's hard-to-beat show - The Guardian
With Milan and Paris fashion weeks not yet begun, it is perhaps a little early in the catwalk season to be handing out honours. But the fashion spectacular presented by Stella McCartney at London Fashion Week on Saturday night will be hard to beat as
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Jennifer Aniston on sexiness and being 43 - New York Daily News
By Joe Dziemianowicz / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The first time Jennifer Aniston starred onscreen opposite Paul Rudd was in The Object of My Affection, when she played a pregnant single New Yorker and he was her gay BFF
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Judi Dench Reveals She Is Battling Blindness But Is Not Retiring - Contactmusic.com
Judi Dench has revealed that she is going blind and yet refuses to retire. 'James Bond' star Judi Dench is suffering from macular degeneration, a condition which can lead to blindness
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A Champion in Purgatory: Muhammad Ali Returns to Vegas - TIME
By Gary Andrew Poole / Las Vegas Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali, right who beat challenger Joe Frazier on a TKO in the 14th round
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Jennifer Lopez Swinging With Her Love In Valentine's Day Snaps - Contactmusic.com
Jennifer Lopez may be famous for her swinging highs and lows in her past relationships, but she was recently snapped having fun with her new dancer boyfriend CASPER SMART on Valentine's Day
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Is Janet Jackson heading to 'X Factor'? - OCRegister
By TIMOTHY MANGAN / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Looks like maybe another superstar may be falling into the net of the evil Simon Cowell: Janet Jackson
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Jennifer Aniston: 'I Had the Time of My Life' Making Movie With Justin Theroux - Celebuzz
Jennifer Aniston tells Celebuzz I had the time of my life making Wanderland with Justin Theroux - plus some of her longtime friends like Paul Rudd
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Michael Jackson's Ex-Manager The Estate Is Screwing Me - TMZ.com
Michael Jackson's former manager has filed a lawsuit against the MJ Estate, claiming he saved Michael Jackson after the molestation trial and in return he's been stiffed to the tune of millions of dollars
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R&B singer Robin Thicke arrested on NYC pot charge - Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK - Police say R&B singer-songwriter Robin Thicke has been arrested on a drug possession charge in New York City. The 34-year-old is the son of Alan Thicke, who played patriarch Jason Seaver on the long-running ABC sitcom "Growing Pains
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Nicki Minaj has love for fans - not so for Ricky Martin - New York Daily News
Nicki Minaj attends the MAC Viva Glam Event held at Stage 37in New York Wednesday night. The Latino singer got upstaged by Nicki Minaj at the MAC Cosmetics Viva glam Launch Party on Wednesday night
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Carol Burnett and Amy Poehler have a laugh - Boston.com
With seven Emmy nominations, seven years on "Saturday Night Live" and top billing on her own weekly primetime series ("Parks and Recreation"), 40-year-old Amy Poehler is, by most measures, an entertainment veteran
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Demi Moore's on the road to recovery - Times of India
Demi Moore's daughter Rumer Willis has finally spoken out about her mum's recent hospitalisation that happened after her break up with husband Ashton Kutcher
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It's 'Shatner's World: We Just Live in It' - Philadelphia Inquirer
Although he has not exactly gone where no man has gone before, William Shatner's propensity for saying "yes" takes him places other entertainers may never get to
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Angelina Jolie Tears Up - E! Online
No one can deny that Angelina Jolie put her blood, sweat and tears into her filmmaking debut. And Tuesday night, the emphasis was on the tears
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Rumer Willis Breaks Silence On Mother Demi Moore's Recovery? - Contactmusic.com
Rumer Willis has had the eyes of the world on her since her mother Demi Moore's admission to rehab following an incident that saw her taken to hospital; however the 23 year-old daughter of Demi and Bruce Willis has so far kept quiet on the subject
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Heidi Klum Still Wears Wedding Ring, But Seal Takes His Off - People Magazine
By Tim Nudd The first post-split Valentine's Day has come and gone for Heidi Klum and Seal, but only one of them is still wearing a wedding band
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Randy Travis stunned when police officer arresting him for public intoxication - New York Daily News
By Joyce Chen / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Country music star Randy Travis sounds incredulous when a police officer placing him under arrest on suspicion of public intoxication asks him for identification in a newly released dashboard camera video
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Reggie Bush I'm NOT Back with Kim Kardashian - TMZ.com
Reggie Bush ain't going back to the Kardashian well ... telling TMZ he's 100% NOT dating his old flame Kim ... despite an expensive lunch date this weekend
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Larry King Exits CNN Permanently - Hollywood Reporter
Larry King and CNN are officially calling it quits. The veteran newsman retired from his primetime show in December 2010. At the time, King and CNN said he would host four specials a year for the network, which continued to employ a handful of
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Kim Kardashian Covers Allure, Talks Divorce and Dealing with 'Haters' - FashionEtc
By Erin Donnelly 02/15/12 at 05:45 PM Hot and bothered: Kim Kardashian shows her sweaty side on the March cover of Allure. So, yeah, 2011 didn't turn out to have quite the fairy tale ending Kim Kardashian intended
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Angelina Jolie on In the Land of Blood and Honey - BBC News
Angelina Jolie has been speaking about that challenges she faced when making her directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey - a controversial film based around a love story during the Bosnian War
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Lil Wayne Slipped Girlfriend MASSIVE Ring In Valentine's Day Surprise - TMZ.com
Lil Wayne pulled off the ultimate romantic gesture last night at a swanky Miami restaurant -- slipping his girlfriend a FAT ring hidden inside a dessert ... and then shouting to the restaurant, "SHE SAID YES!" Sources at Barton G restaurant tell TMZ
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Katy's lyric revenge on ex - New York Post
Katy Perry rewrote her new revenge anthem, Part of Me, and sharpened its lyrics for the song's Grammy debut Sunday to take aim at her soon-to-be ex-husband, Russell Brand
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Jolie's film about Bosnia touches off deep divisions there - Washington Post
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Angelina Jolie's new movie - a love story set against the genocide of Bosnia's war - will be shown in Sarajevo for the first time on Tuesday, but it already has touched off anger left over from the conflict
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Reese Witherspoon takes no prisoners on promotional tour for This Means War in - Daily Mail
By Amelia Proud Her new film sees Reese Witherspoon at the centre of a bitter battle for her character's affections, but today it was the blonde who engaged in a miliary campaign to promote the movie
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Courteney Cox and 'Cougar Town' get fresh starts - USA TODAY
By Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY Third time's a charm: Courteney Cox, left, and Josh Hopkins star in Season 3 of 'Cougar Town,' which premieres Tuesday at 8:30 ET/PT on ABC
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Taylor Swift premieres 'Safe & Sound' video from 'The Hunger Games': Watch it - Entertainment Weekly
by Kyle Anderson The Grammy Awards on Sunday night brought Taylor Swift a pair of victories (Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song, both for Mean), a memorable performance (on some sort of hillbilly junk-drawer set), and a special seat
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Kate Upton on cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition - Reuters
LOS ANGELES Feb 13 (Reuters) - Sports Illustrated magazine on Monday unveiled its annual swimsuit issue with model Kate Upton on the cover in a two-toned, red string bikini with a bottom piece that, literally, appears to be little more than a string
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Nielsen Chastises Oprah Over a Twitter Plea - New York Times
OPRAH WINFREY routinely reminds her nearly nine million followers on Twitter to tune into her one-year-old channel, OWN, and chats along with viewers on premiere nights
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Adele Vows Not to Record Breakup Song Again - AceShowbiz
Saying that she's 'done with being a bitter witch,' Adele confesses that she's far from being a miserable person like the one she portrays in her songs
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Celine Dion talks Whitney Houston: 'I'm scared of show business' - Entertainment Weekly
by Lanford Beard As viewers witnessed during several touching tributes on last night's Grammys, the music community is still reeling from the death of Whitney Houston
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Hugh Hefner's son arrested on suspicion of domestic violence - Los Angeles Times
A son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner was arrested Sunday evening at a Pasadena home on suspicion of domestic violence, police said
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Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush On Date TOGETHER in Beverly Hills - TMZ.com
Kim Kardashian has REUNITED with her ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush ... breaking bread with the NFL player at the Beverly Hills Hotel this weekend ... TMZ has learned. Multiple sources tell us ... the two were smiling and laughing during the lunch date
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Grammys 2012: Bon Iver wins Best New Artist - New York Daily News
He says, 'It's really hard to accept this... I'm a little bit uncomfortable up here' By Joyce Chen / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Justin Vernon of Bon Iver poses with this two Grammys, for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Album
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Lana Del Rey Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart - Billboard
by Keith Caulfield, LA | February 08, 2012 11:00 EST Is "Born To Die" any good? Well, at 15 tracks, it's as puffy as the singer's oft-debated lips
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John Goodman To Reunite With Roseanne Barr In New Sitcom? - Access Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption John Goodman attends 'The Big Lebowski' Blu-ray release at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on August 16, 2011 It's been nearly 15 years since John Goodman starred alongside Roseanne Barr in Roseanne, but the
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Paul McCartney Rocks His Own Tribute - RollingStone.com
By Steve Baltin Joe Walsh, Paul McCartney, Abe Laboriel Jr., and Dave Grohl perform at the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Paul McCartney Gala in Los Angeles
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Beyonce and Jay-Z share adorable photos of Blue Ivy Carter - Los Angeles Times
Beyonce and Jay-Z surprised fans Friday with a sneak peek at baby daughter Blue Ivy Carter. The five photos include a glowing Beyonce holding her 1-month-old girl and beaming dad Jay-Z cradling Blue in his arms
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Katy Perry - 'Part Of Me' - NME.com
In a world of celebrity couples who are 'Lost In Showbiz', Katy Perry and Russell Brand had to be top of the list. Two cartoon characters who found love in the reflected mirror of each other's arms, every detail of their lives was splashed over the
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McCartney pens love letter to old standards - CBS News
He may have a new love in his life, but Paul McCartney's video for his new song "My Valentine" is a love letter to the old standards
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Nicolas Cage tells Letterman he's no vampire: 'I don't drink blood' - Los Angeles Times
Nicolas Cage is out promoting his new movie, "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," but as is the case with too many celebrities these days, he's had to spend the face time on TV addressing wild rumors about his personal life
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Adele's '60 Minutes' Return From Surgery: Singer Serenades Anderson Cooper - Spinner
How do you get a private a cappella concert from Adele? Easy: Be Anderson Cooper. On this Sunday's '60 Minutes,' Adele sang 'Rolling in the Deep' for the newsman, proving that her voice was back in all its glory following her throat surgery
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Madonna speaks about MIA's Super Bowl gesture - USA TODAY
By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY Madonna called in to Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show this morning and, of course, he asked about MIA's middle finger gesture at the Super Bowl halftime show
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Macaulay Culkin Skips Club Gig After New Photos Emerge - People Magazine
By Asher Fogle Macaulay Culkin bailed on his monthly deejay gig Thursday night at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City's West Village
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Is Jennifer Aniston Ruining Justin Theroux's Career? - Gather Celebs News Channel
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have a new film, Wanderlust, coming out in a few weeks. But that might be the last movie Justin is seen in for a while
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Halle Berry -- I'm Moving to Europe with Olivier Martinez - TMZ.com
Halle Berry is asking the judge in her custody war for permission to move to France with Nahla -- and baby daddy Gabriel Aubry is saying ... over my dead body. TMZ has learned Halle filed papers with the court requesting the move and the hearing is
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Recommended: Beyonce, Jay-Z move to trademark baby Blue Ivy's name - msnbc.com
Hey, stargazer. Don't hide your hunger for the latest in pop culture, TV, movies, music and celebrities, on the show and beyond
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Who Needs Hoboken? Snooki and JWoww's Jersey Shore Spinoff Finds a New Home - E! Online
Just a week after the powers that be over in Hoboken, NJ, denied MTV permission to shoot its Jersey Shore spinoff featuring the two gals there, the Garden State's second-largest city has agreed to let them do so
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'Journey 2' star The Rock is steady as always - New York Daily News
By Joyce Chen / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson (r.) in 'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island' with (l.-r.) Josh Hutcherson, Luis Guzman and Vanessa Hudgens What's your favorite 'The Rock' movie role thus far?
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Naomi Watts to star as Princess Diana in biopic film from 'Downfall' director - Washington Post
LONDON - Producers say Naomi Watts will play Princess Diana in a film about the last years of the royal's life. Britain's Ecosse Films says Caught in Flight will focus on the two years before Diana's death in a Paris car crash in August 1997
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Jersey Shore's Snooki Admits She's Bisexual While Questioning The Situation's - E! Online
Rachel's Baby Blues Plus, Beyoncé, Michelle Williams, SJP and Viola Davis. Rate the highs and lows! Maybe Snooki should switch her mantra from "GTL" to "BnG"for "boys 'n' girls
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Beyonce Sizzles in Skin-Tight Sequined Dress on Second Night Out - Us Magazine
Beyonce made her second appearance in two nights on Tuesday, stepping out for hubby Jay-Z's benefit concert for United Way and his Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation at NYC's Carnegie Hall
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Adele's Health Crisis and Comeback - People Magazine
The singer's eagerly awaited return to the stage on Feb. 12 will mark her first public performance since vocal cord surgery in November
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Ashton Kutcher Shares a Picture of His Birthday Cake - People Magazine
The actor, who turned 34 on Tuesday, Tweeted out a photo of the cake his colleagues gave him on the set of Two and a Half Men - featuring an image from the opening sequence of the show
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Simon Cowell: I Wanted to Keep Paula Abdul on X Factor - Us Magazine
When Simon Cowell let Paula Abdul go from The X Factor's judging panel, it was strictly business -- and not at all personal. In fact, the reality TV mogul says he was overruled when it came to cutting Abdul loose along with mentor Nicole Scherzinger
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Madonna announces world tour; Philly's first in US - Philadelphia Inquirer
By Peter Mucha AP Madonna performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis
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Anne Hathaway has low-key engagement party - Times of India
Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman threw a private engagement bash for family and friends in New York on Saturday night (04.02.12). The 'Dark Knight Rises' actress and her fiance celebrated their impending nuptials with 125 guests at Housing Works
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Beyonce Shows Off Post-Baby Body - Access Hollywood
NEW YORK, NY -- Caption Beyonce attends the after party following Jay-Z's concert at Carnegie Hall to benefit The United Way Of New York City and the Shawn Carter Foundation at the 40 / 40 Club in New York City on February 6, 2012B is back and looking
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Kris Humphries enjoys b'day without Kim Kardashian - Hindustan Times
Every couple doesn't live 'happily ever after.' Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from new husband Kris Humphries after just 72 days of marriage
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Jennifer Fritsch: Bachelor Ben Should 'Run' from Courtney - People Magazine
By Carrie Bell Jennifer Fritsch has had a major change of heart since her time on The Bachelor. Speaking with reporters from Oklahoma City, the accountant
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Kelly Clarkson: 'I was so nervous' about national anthem - USA TODAY
By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY It's kind of sad that the bar is set so low that many of the headlines about Kelly Clarkson's national anthem last night before the Super Bowl are focused on how she "didn't screw up" or that she had "no errors
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Brad Pitt Claims He Was the Original Prankster - Not George Clooney - People Magazine
By Liz Raftery George Clooney recently revealed that he has a career-ending prank up his sleeve for Brad Pitt - but Pitt is already thinking up his own retaliation
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Jason Segel honored by Harvard theater group - Albany Times Union
AP Actor Jason Sege tells a joke during a roast before he was honored as the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass
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Radcliffe admits being drunk during "Harry Potter" scenes - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Daniel Radcliffe admitted he was drunk while filming some scenes for the "Harry Potter" movies during a period in his life where he was drinking "nightly," the young star said in an interview
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Three cheers for Madonna - Boston Herald
By Jed Gottlieb Madonna's betting on a lot of overlap between her fan base and Gronk's. Not only is she jumping back into the scene with her Sunday halftime gig, but her Give Me All Your Luvin' video is an orgy of rah-rahing cheerleaders and beefy
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Obama's corporate tax plan would slash rates, breaks - USA TODAY
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled President Obama's business tax plan this morning that would lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28% while slashing popular tax breaks enjoyed from Wall Street to Main Street
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Romney faces high stakes as Santorum moves on Michigan - Fox News
Mitt Romney leads in delegates but a surge by Rick Santorum in recent days has the Republican presidential frontrunner once again trying to cast an opponent as the flavor of the week -- and stave off a potential loss in a state critical to proving his
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Party Squabbles Risk GOP's Agenda - Wall Street Journal
By NAFTALI BENDAVID And COREY BOLES House Republicans are wrestling with a political adversary they find hard to deal with and tough to comprehend: Senate Republicans
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Dates changed for some presidential caucuses - News-Press Now
APPOSTED: 10:27 pm CST February 20, 2012 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An already unusual Missouri presidential selection process is getting a new wrinkle with several counties moving local caucuses from St. Patrick's Day to alternative dates
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Ron Paul ad slams Santorum as 'fake' conservative - USA TODAY
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY Ron Paul is going after Rick Santorum in a new Michigan ad that calls the former Pennsylvania senator a "fake" fiscal conservative
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Newt Gingrich: Obama wants higher gas prices - Politico
Pressing the issue of rising pump prices, Newt Gingrich accused the Obama administration Tuesday of actually wanting higher gas costs, pointing to previous comments that now-Secretary of Energy Steven Chu made that suggested American prices should rise
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Romney Talks Economy While Santorum Touts Christian Values - San Francisco Chronicle
Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney focused on the economy and government spending in Ohio yesterday, while rival Rick Santorum was in Michigan exhorting voters to back him as a way of promoting their own values with
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Voter ID Law to be Tested Tuesday - WSAW
The efficiency of Wisconsin's new voter ID law will be tested Tuesday during local primary elections. Voters may wait in line a little longer, but election officials hope they've done enough to educate voters on what to expect
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Obama to raise cash, pitch economic agenda in Fla. - Sacramento Bee
AP WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to raise money in Florida this week, including a $30000 a person event at the Windermere, Fla
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Ron Paul raised $4.5M in January - USA TODAY
By Fredreka Schouten, USA TODAY Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul raised $4.5 million in January, his campaign just announced
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As Santorum seizes social issues, Romney demurs - Boston.com
The shadow of Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is cast as he speaks at Froehlich's Classic Corner, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio
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Sen. John McCain Worried Tenor of Campaign Could Hand Election to Obama - ABC News
Sen. John McCain this morning expressed deep concern over the tone of the campaign for the GOP presidential nomination on This Week, admitting that it may actually be helping President Obama in his bid to be re-elected in the fall
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Paul warns US slipping toward fascism at Mo. rally upstaging nearby Republican - Washington Post
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul warned the US is slipping into a fascist system dominated by government and businesses as he held a fiery rally Saturday night upstaging established Republican Party banquets a short
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Obama's campaign travel raises money and criticism - Los Angeles Times
The price of the president's fundraising travel - as was the case with his predecessors - is partially footed by taxpayers, something the opposition party is quick to point out
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Dems, GOP look to play offense after payroll fight - Boston.com
February 18, 2012|Alan Fram, AP Bruised from the payroll tax cut brawl, congressional Republicans want to change the subject and push legislation they say would create jobs by promoting transportation and energy projects, cutting business taxes and
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Obama in hot water over shark fin soup - Outcome Magazine
02/18/2012 It was the sort of visit made for cameras, but President Barack Obama's stop at a Chinese restaurant came under scrutiny on Friday after the menu showed that it served shark fin
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Stakes Are High for Gingrich Visit to Suwanee - Patch.com
The GOP presidential candidate apparently is not sure he can win his former home state on March 6. It's not just about Gwinnett County when Newt Gingrich visits Suwanee on Saturday morning
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Ohio AG DeWine switches from Romney to Santorum - Boston.com
February 17, 2012|Julie Carr Smyth, AP Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine switched his endorsement from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum on Friday in a defection he said was driven by his belief the former Pennsylvania senator can win the Republican
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Jon Huntsman, Rick Perry campaign finance filings show desperate finishes - Politico
In a desperate attempt to bolster his son's presidential campaign, Jon Huntsman Sr. last month pumped $335000 into a super PAC supporting Jon Huntsman Jr
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Santorum is big labor? Pa. union leaders say 'ridiculous' - Los Angeles Times
By Colby Itkowtiz The Morning Call As Rick Santorum's poll numbers rise, so do the Mitt Romney attacks. This week the Romney campaign, directly and through surrogates, have attacked Rick Santorum as big labor's favorite senator
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Can Sarah Palinget 'er done? Pros disagree - Boston Herald
By Erin Smith The prospect of a brok-ered Republican convention has reared its head - with the re-emergence of conservative lightning rod Sarah Palin as a GOP savior - as the controversial Alaskan said she'd be willing to help if her party can't
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Ron Paul Electrifies Raucous Crowd in SeaTac - Patch.com
Hundreds of rabid supporters sardined themselves into the Grand Ballroom at the DoubleTree Inn to hear his messages of smaller government and restoration of individual freedom
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Risking union ire, Romney slams Santorum's labor votes - Boston.com
Mitt Romney spoke to supporters at a Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday in Farmington Hills, Mich. Romney is ramping up attacks on Rick Santorum ahead of the Feb. 28 primary
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Perry plans new PAC with unused campaign money - USA TODAY
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to start a new political action committee using money leftover from his presidential campaign
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Palin: GOP nominee will be picked by bosses, not voters - New York Daily News
By Jonathan Lemire / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin says no 'enthusiasm' for Republican candidates in presidential race means primaries will likely end with a deal
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Santorum's tax returns show rise in wealth - Boston.com
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum tours an oil well site in Tioga, ND, Wednesday
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Rick Santorum leads Romney, 34% to 30%, in the Detroit News poll - USA TODAY
It's the latest in several statewide surveys showing Romney, who was born in Detroit and whose father was an auto executive and Michigan governor, trailing in a state he easily won in 2008
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Early Voting Begins Today - WKSR
Voters can cast ballots through February 28. Tennessee is among 10 states holding their presidential primaries on March 6, which is known as Super Tuesday
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Villaraigosa calls for open, accessible Democratic convention - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa launched his latest national-profile role Wednesday, promising as the chairman of the Democratic Party's convention this fall that he will endeavor to create the most open and accessible convention in history
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Santorum targets Romney 'negative attack machine' - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - TITLE: "Rombo" LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: On broadcast and cable in Michigan. KEY IMAGES: A Mitt Romney doppelganger armed with what looks like an assault rifle enters a warehouse and looks around shiftily
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Poll: Santorum surges past Romney, both Republicans trail Obama - Chicago Tribune
Reporting from Washington -- President Obama for the first time has opened a sizable lead over his most likely Republican opponents, thanks to growing support among independent voters, according to a new Pew Research Center poll
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Election 2012: Voter registration deadline nears - Kankakee Daily Journal
By Nicole Leonhardt Want to continue the Rick Santorum winning trend in the Illinois primary election or buck it? Either way Illinois residents need to register to vote before casting their ballots March 20 and the deadline to do so is fast approaching
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Few Texas GOP candidates willing to make presidential preference known - Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Aman Batheja With the Republican presidential race showing no signs of being settled, many Texas elected officials and candidates are holding off on publicly endorsing any of the remaining contenders
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Conservatives gather to hear GOP candidates, criticize Obama - Los Angeles Times
Thousands attend the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where speakers including GOP presidential candidates are aiming their fire at President Obama.
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Romney's losses turn spotlight on Maine - USA TODAY
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY When Mitt Romney holds a town hall meeting in Maine tomorrow night, the center of the political universe will suddenly shift to a tiny state that has been holding GOP caucuses for the past week
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Santorum sweeps in Minn., Mo., Colo. - msnbc.com
Rick Santorum swept three nominating contests held Tuesday, upsetting frontrunner Mitt Romney and injecting new energy into the former Pennsylvania senator's campaign
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Santorum claims momentum - CNN
By Tom Cohen, CNN (CNN) -- Rick Santorum awoke to a new reality Wednesday after sweeping all three Republican presidential contests a day earlier, reshaping the contest that will decide who runs against President Barack Obama in November
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Newt Gingrich campaigns in Cleveland - 19 Action News
He will tour and speak to employees of Jergens, Inc. at 10:30AM. The event is not open to the public. This is Gingrich's second straight day campaigning in Ohio, where early voting is already underway
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In shift, Obama campaign to support Super PAC fundraiser - Reuters
By Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, worried about the influx of money to groups supporting Republican candidates, said on Monday it would start supporting the struggling Super PAC designed to help Obama
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Obama edges ahead of Romney in Va. in new poll - Washington Times
By Dave Boyer and David Sherfinski **FILE** President Obama speaks Feb. 1, 2012, at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va
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Bob Kerrey decides against 2012 Nebraska senate run - Politico
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said Tuesday he will not run for the Nebraska Senate seat he gave up more than a decade ago, shutting down hopes for a bid both parties called Democrats' best chance to hold the seat but that Kerrey himself
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White House open to compromise over contraception: adviser - Reuters
By Susan Heavey | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is willing to work with Catholic universities and hospitals in implementing new rules that require health insurance to cover birth control, a top adviser to the president's re-election
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Why is Obama now supporting Super PACs? - Christian Science Monitor
President Obama has reversed himself, and is now allowing cabinet officials and senior White House advisers to raise funds for 'Priorities USA Action,' a Super PAC
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Chrysler's Super Bowl commerical a nod to Obama? - Fox News
This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," February 6, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated
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Does defiant Gingrich help or hurt GOP's chances? - CNN
By John Helton and Shawna Shepherd, CNN Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- After a bruising 10 days in Florida, Newt Gingrich wasn't conceding anything to Mitt Romney following his devastating, momentum-shifting loss in the state's primary
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Ron Paul supporters crash special religious caucus - Los Angeles Times
By Michael J. Mishak When Rabbi Shea Harlig took in the packed room at a special evening caucus for Republicans who observe a Saturday sabbath, he couldn't believe his eyes
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Mormons grapple with media attention during Romney run - Kansas City Star
By MANYA A. BRACHEAR As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney continues his drive to win his party's nomination, Mormons worry they could face a barrage of negative scrutiny, much like that which engulfed President Barack Obama's former church
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man sues Gingrich, alleging assault - Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Christopher Seward Republican candidate Newt Gingrich, who lost this week's Florida primary to Mitt Romney, now is the target of an assault and battery lawsuit filed by a Ron Paul supporter, according to published reports
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Super PACs increase Gingrich, Romney, Santorum funding - Etownian
The recent Jan. 21 South Carolina Primary reestablished GOP contender Newt Gingrich as a viable candidate to many Republican voters, much to the dismay of former Republican frontrunner and New Hampshire Primary winner Mitt Romney
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Gingrich sued for using 'Eye of the Tiger' - msnbc.com
From breaking news to news you can't use, but enjoy anyway, we offer the hot stories of the day in TV, movies, music and celebrities
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Perry was struggling to raise funds for presidential race - Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Dave Montgomery AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry, who was flush with campaign cash when he appeared to be a viable contender for the Republican presidential nomination, sustained a steep drop-off in fund-raising as he nosed downward in the polls
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Romney's tax plan really does favor the rich - Christian Science Monitor
Romney's tax plan is not for the middle class. In fact, high-income households would win big and poor families would actually fare worse
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The Vote That Won't Count: Missouri Republican Primary Co-Opted by Caucus - Patch.com
The presidential primary is set for the Feb. 7 ballot, Super Tuesday, but Missouri's March 17 caucus will help choose the Republican presidential nominee
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Gingrich Will Continue Race Against Romney After Florida - BusinessWeek
By Lisa Lerer and Michael C. Bender Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney prepared for victory in the Republican presidential primary in Florida today, as Newt Gingrich, trailing in public opinion polls, vowed to wage a prolonged fight for the nomination
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Obama, Bush: Polarizing presidents - USA TODAY
By David Jackson, USA TODAY Democratic and Republican views of President Obama continued to diverge during his third year in office, the Gallup Poll reports, reflecting a continued era of political polarization
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Indiana secretary of state's voter fraud trial starts - Fox News
Indiana's top elections official is himself facing allegations of voter fraud. Secretary of State Charlie White, a Republican, is in the unusual position of being the person entrusted to protect the integrity of the ballot box, while at the same time
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Obama Campaign: GOP Rhetoric 'Sealed Political Fate' With Hispanics - ABC News
As the Florida primary hurtles to a close tomorrow, President Obama's re-election campaign is claiming an early victory: the loyalty of a strong majority of Hispanics, including swing voters disgusted by the GOP candidates' rhetoric on immigration
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Rick Santorum says 3-year-old daughter recovering, and he's back to campaigning - Christian Science Monitor
Rick Santorum said that his 3-year-old daughter has now 'turned a corner' after being diagnosed with pneumonia. Santorum is schedule to speak in Missouri and Minnesota Monday
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Your Florida Field Guide - Fox News
Your Florida Field Guide You've got to rage against the machine and save what is good and prosperous about this nation. We need somebody who is engaged in sudden and relentless reform
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With Audiences Encouraged to React, Primary Debates Seem More Made for TV - New York Times
"Hello, Charleston!" It was a few minutes before CNN's debate in South Carolina last week, and a director for the network took the stage to make sure the audience was primed and limber
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Facing Second Loss to Gingrich, Romney Went on Warpath - New York Times
MIAMI - Facing the unthinkable here just seven days ago - a second loss in a row to Newt Gingrich - Mitt Romney's campaign team hatched a two-part plan to win in Florida: make Newt mad and Mitt meaner
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Romney backers at Gingrich events run into political pit bull - Los Angeles Times
Sharp-tongued spokesman RC Hammond goes head-to-head with Republican House members who show up to criticize his boss. By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Dubbed the "proxies with moxie," Mitt Romney's congressional backers have been crashing Newt
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The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides - ZDNet UK
By David Meyer, 21 February, 2012 The Pirate Bay and its users are copyright infringers, the High Court has established in a judgment that will probably lead to the popular file-sharing site being blocked in the UK
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Microsoft Says Google Circumvents IE Privacy Policies Too - PCWorld
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Microsoft on Monday accused Google of bypassing privacy protections in Internet Explorer, following accusations last week that Google was doing so in Apple's Safari browser
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Eagle Cam Returns: New Chicks Coming Soon - Wired News
By Daniela Hernandez The Decorah Bald Eagle Cam, last year's runaway internet sensation, is back. Go do whatever you need to for the next few months right now
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Pentagon wants Avatar-style robots - TG Daily
Both films depict a dystopian future where humans control either robotic or biological replacement bodies from afar. Although such technology is currently more science-fiction than reality, DARPA is determined to spend $7 million (in 2013) from its
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Physicists Foretell Quantum Computer With Single-Atom Transistor - Wired News
By Cade Metz Physicists at Purdue University and the University of New South Wales have built a transistor from a single atom of phosphorous precisely placed on a bed of silicon, taking another step towards the holy grail of tech research: the quantum
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Cleveland Volcano's lava dome is growing, could blow soon - TheNewsTribune.com
A lava dome is growing at Cleveland Volcano as its current slow eruption continues, a sign that the restless Aleutian volcano could pop at any moment, the Alaska Volcano Observatory says
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Atlas V may launch on Friday - Florida Today
The lift off of a Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was scrubbed Friday night because of weather-related issues
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Glenn Chats With Space Station to Mark Anniversary - ABC News
NASA surprised John Glenn with the kind of anniversary gift only a space agency can give, enabling him to speak live with the International Space Station on Monday as he marked 50 years since his historic spaceflight
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Worlds remaining wild tiger range countries agree on police and customs enforcement measures for nearly-extinct species
BANGKOK, Thailand Police and customs heads from 13 Asian countries agreed today to tighten controls and improve cross-border cooperation to curb the illegal smuggling of tigers and other critically endangered species. The accord came at the conclusion of the two-day international Heads of Police and Customs Seminar on Tiger Crime, which brought together top Police and Customs Officers from countries that still have tigers living in the wild.
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World-Renowned Eagle Lays New Egg In NE Iowa - KCCI Des Moines
DECORAH, Iowa -- The online world is flocking again to see the newest egg laid by a famous northeast Iowa eagle family. The renowned Decorah Eagle family welcomed the egg into the world Friday night
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Data collection arms race feeds privacy fears - Reuters
By Joseph Menn | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - This week's revelations that Google Inc, Twitter and other popular Internet companies have been taking liberties with customer data have prompted criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers
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Nevada approves self-driving cars, let the future commence in red plates - Torque News
By Aaron Turpen on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 03:45 for Torque News The State of Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles and its Legislative Commission have approved regulations that allow self-driving vehicles to operate on the state's roadways, making it the
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Congressmen Query Google Over Apple Safari Cookie Tracking - eWeek
US Congressmen have asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into whether Google violated its consent degree by using ad cookies to surreptitiously track Web surfers on Apple's Safari browser
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Underground oasis found below Earth's driest desert - New Scientist
A thriving community of micro-organisms nestles two metres below the surface of the ultra-arid Atacama desert in Chile. The discovery, made as part of a dry run for a potential robotic Mars mission, suggests microbes could find a toehold on the Red
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Was Stonehenege built for sound effects? - Telegraph.co.uk
The origins of Stonehenge have long baffled historians - was it intended as a monument for the dead, a celestial observatory, a place or healing?
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US Pushes to Cut Emissions of Some Pollutants That Hasten Climate Change - New York Times
WASHINGTON - Impatient with the slow pace of international climate change negotiations, a small group of countries led by the United States is starting a program to reduce emissions of common pollutants that contribute to rapid climate change and
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Private Xombie Rocket Aces NASA Landing Test - Space.com
A private suborbital rocket passed a landing test for NASA with flying colors this month in a succesful trial run of technology that could help future spacecraft touch down on other planets or moons
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Tipsy Fruit Flies on a Mission - New York Times
Fruit flies may seem as if they lead an uneventful life. They look for old fruit to lay their eggs. The maggots then hatch and graze on the yeast and bacteria that make the fruit rot
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Study of first mid-sized black hole sheds light on galaxy formation - The State Column
Scientists studying black holes using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected infant stars orbiting the only black hole in the medium mass range (20000 solar masses).
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2 space station astronauts step outside to move crane, install protective anti - Washington Post
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station are taking a spacewalk. Russians Oleg Kononenko (Koh-no-NEHN-koh) and Anton Shkaplerov (SHKAP-luh-roff) floated out Thursday, after being held up at the hatch by a balky ring
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Alien life clues in Antarctic Ice? - Fox News
Sunlight plays off the Canada Glacier in the Wrigth Valley, one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.Peter Doran/National Science Foundation Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories Twitter admits peeking at address books, announces privacy
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Court Should Dismiss Privacy Group's Suit Vs. FTC Over Google Buzz Settlement - Forbes
On Friday, a federal court in Washington, DC will hear what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) thinks about a lawsuit the online privacy advocate EPIC has filed demanding that FTC charge Google with violations of a settlement agreement between FTC and
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European Court of Justice blocks net-filtering bid - BBC News
A social network cannot be required to install an anti-piracy filtering system, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Belgian music royalty collecting firm SABAM wanted the social network Netlog to stop users infringing copyright
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Are Electric Cars Better for Environment than Gas Cars? U of M Study Says 'No' - KSTP.com
University of Minnesota researchers say electric cars may not be more environmentally friendly than gasoline cars after all. The researchers studied electric cars in China and found that their electric cars were more harmful to public health per
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Space Dust Tentacle Hides Baby Stars in New Photo - Space.com
A European telescope has spotted a vast tendril of cosmic dust reaching across a dense cloud in deep space. The huge, tentacle-like filament of dust is more than 10 light-years long and is anchored to the so-called Taurus molecular cloud
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Robonaut and man in a close encounter of the 'hello' kind - The Guardian
Astronauts and robots have united in space with a handshake. The commander of the International Space Station, Daniel Burbank, shook hands on Wednesday with Robonaut - the first handshake between a human and a humanoid in space
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Swiss craft janitor satellites to grab space junk - Fox News
Feb. 15, 2012: Swiss technologists on Wednesday launched the "CleanSpace One," a project to develop and build the first installment of a family of satellites specially designed to clean up space debris
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Visible echoes reprise 19th century spectacle - Science News
By Nadia Drake Scientists are closer to understanding an enormous two-decade-long eruption that transformed one of the galaxy's most massive stars into a fireball millions of times brighter than the sun
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Hawk-eyed scientists spot world's smallest chameleon - Christian Science Monitor
A chameleon that could rest on the head of a match has been discovered by scientists on a island off Madagascar. The scientists also announced the discovery of three more species of tiny chameleons
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Researchers find flaw in online encryption - Sydney Morning Herald
A team of European and American mathematicians and cryptographers have discovered an unexpected weakness in the encryption system widely used worldwide for online shopping, banking, email and other internet services intended to remain private and
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Are Chinese factory workers getting just $8 for every iPad sale? - CNET
by Don Reisinger February 15, 2012 7:06 AM PST To put this in perspective, a report from the Korea Daily claims South Korean workers get about $34 per iPad unit they produce
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Mars budget cuts 'irrational' says former NASA science chief - Christian Science Monitor
NASA faces deep budget cuts, forcing it to eliminate some missions to explore Mars. The cuts will allow the agency to continue its plans to build a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope
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Study on hovering aircraft could find company in the form of U.S. Military - The State Column
A new study finds that weight distribution may lead to better hovering aircraft, a revelation that could ultimately improve how the US Military utilizes hover technology in a new era of airplanes
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Iranian internet email access returns after mysterious four-day outage - Christian Science Monitor
The semiofficial Mehr agency had said that more than 30 million people in the country were affected by the outage. By Associated Press / February 13, 2012 Iranian women use computers at an Internet cafe in central Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 13
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Audits begin at Apple's Chinese supplier plants - Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Apple today said that auditors from a labor rights group have begun inspections at Chinese factories that manufacture its iPad and iPhone
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International Space Station visible, passing next three nights - The Tennessean
In this photo provided by NASA, the international space station is backdropped by Earth as seen from space shuttle Atlantis Tuesday June 19, 2007
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Toyota: US probes door fires in Camrys, RAV4s - Christian Science Monitor
Toyota Camry and RAV4 owners have reported their car doors catching on fire, apparently from power window switch. Up to 830000 Toyotas from the 2007 model year could be affected
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Iran: 30 million lose email access - The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian news agency reports that more than 30 million people in the country have lost access to foreign email services such as Gmail, Yahoo mail and Hotmail
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Anonymous invites CIA, others to its weekend party - CNET
by Edward Moyer February 11, 2012 2:17 PM PST Follow @edatnews The loose-knit hacking collective, which last week scored a coup against the FBI, claimed yesterday to have taken down the CIA's Web site, in what appeared to be a Distributed Denial of
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Europe Turns to Russia as NASA Cuts Loom - Wall Street Journal
By ANDY PASZTOR Anticipated deep budget cuts for US unmanned space programs are prompting protests from scientists on both sides of the Atlantic and pushing Europe to cooperate with Russia on future Mars exploration
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Safety regulators probe Camry fires; Nissan recalls Versa - Los Angeles Times
By Jerry Hirsch Federal safety regulators have launched an investigation into the cause of fires in 2007 model year Toyota Camry sedans and RAV-4 sport-utility vehicles
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Germany Stalls on Internet Copyright Law Treaty - ABC News
Germany has delayed signing an international copyright treaty that has some Internet users worried about online censorship, joining Poland and the Czech Republic in hesitating on the issue
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Iran increasingly controls its Internet - Washington Post
TEHRAN - Whenever Maysam, a prominent Iranian blogger, connects to the Internet from his office in the bazaar, he switches on a special connection that for years would bypass the Islamic republic's increasingly effective firewall
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Elon Musk Anticipates Third IPO in Three Years With SpaceX - BusinessWeek
By Alan Ohnsman Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., wants the private rocket-launch business to have an initial public offering in 2013, the entrepreneur's third such sale in about three
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Supermassive black hole in Milky Way zaps asteroids, planets - The State Column
Sagittarius A, a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way, appears to be playing Atari's Asteroids. The classic video game, which was released by Atari Inc. in 1979, was one of the most popular and influential video games of all time
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How Lake Vostok could transform our understanding of life as we know it - Christian Science Monitor
Russian researchers in Antarctica say they have successfully drilled through more than two miles of ice to reach a vast lake that has been sealed off from light or air for at least 14 million years
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NASA can stretch a penny -- all the way to Mars - msnbc.com
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity with an inset showing calibration targets to be used by a camera at the end of the robotic arm. By Robert Z. Pearlman A penny in today's economy does not go very far, but that has not stopped NASA from making a 1-cent piece
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Zebras may have stripes because horseflies hate them - Christian Science Monitor
Zebras are best known for their dramatic stripes, but why they evolved remains uncertain. One popular notion is that stripes make it difficult for predators to single out an individual zebra from the herd, but experimental evidence for this or other
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Chicago 2012: Mint 1993 Ford Mustang Cobra R Celebrates 20 Years Of SVT - Automobile Magazine
Yes, the newest vehicle on Ford's stand at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show is the 2013 Shelby GT500 Convertible - but the highlight may actually be this: a 1993 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R. At the 1992 Chicago Auto Show, the SVT division launched the 1993 Ford
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New 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible Helps SVT Mark Its 20th Anniversary of - Sacramento Bee
By Ford Motor Company The newest Shelby GT500 convertible with the optional Performance Package is nearly 3.5 seconds faster than the outgoing model at Sebring International Raceway
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"Global Warming Has Stopped"? How to Fool People Using "Cherry-Picked" Climate - Forbes
The current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn't happening, or a problem, or worth dealing with, is that global warming has stopped
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NASA looking for more space taxis - PhysOrg.com
NASA is looking for more ways to get astronauts to the International Space Station. The space agency put out a call today for commercial space companies to submit bids as part of the latest round of the Commercial Crew Program, now called Commercial
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ExoMars co-operation between Nasa and Esa near collapse - BBC News
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News The American space agency looks set to pull the plug on its joint missions to Mars with the European Space Agency
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Under a Snow Moon: Full Moon of February Rises Tonight - Space.com
The full moon of February will hit its peak Tuesday night (Feb. 7) in what Algonquin Native Americans have traditionally called the Snow Moon since heavy snowfalls typically occur in the northern regions this month
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New Super-Earth Discovered Just 22 Light Years Away - PCWorld
By McKinley Noble, PCWorld Feb 6, 2012 4:00 PM New life might be waiting just around the corner, as a brand-new "super-Earth" was recently discovered by a team of astronomers from UC Santa Cruz and the Carnegie Institution for Science
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Genome Of Extinct Human Sequenced - MyFox Tampa Bay
(NewsCore) - The entire genome of an extinct human was reconstructed from a 30000-year-old finger bone and posted on the web Tuesday
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Neuroscience could mean soldiers controlling weapons with minds - The Guardian
Soldiers could have their minds plugged directly into weapons systems, undergo brain scans during recruitment and take courses of neural stimulation to boost their learning, if the armed forces embrace the latest developments in neuroscience to hone
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Rescuers brace for more dolphin strandings on Outer Cape - Wicked Local
Rescuers like to release the dolphins at deep-water beaches, like Herring Cove in Provincetown and Head of the Meadow in Truro. By Kaimi Rose Lum Wildlife rescuers remained poised for action this week as dolphins continued to beach themselves along the
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Sound of silence: tiny primates can chat in ultrasound - Sydney Morning Herald
All ears and eyes ... the Phillipine tarsiers lack night vision but have the largest eyes of any primate in relation to their body size
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Link in doubt between Vermont Yankee, radioactive fish - BurlingtonFreePress.com
MONTPELIER -- Fish in the Connecticut River near the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant are no more radioactive than fish far across the state, according to recent study results from the state Health Department
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Astronaut Janice Voss Dies - Sacramento Bee
By NASA HOUSTON, Feb. 7, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Janice Voss passed away from cancer overnight after a courageous battle
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Heat-based laser recording improves speed of hard drives - The State Column
A team of researchers has discovered a new method of recording information to hard drives that could dramatically increase their speed
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Lake Vostok drilling team claims breakthrough - BBC News
Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice
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SchoolFeed For High School Classmates Is Growing Fast - Forbes
Now he's back with a new startup, schoolFeed, a social network for high school classmates. The company, which has raised $1.75 million from First Round Capital, Crosslink Capital, InterWest and SK Telecom, launched in July 2011 and already has more
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Signs of ancient Mars ocean spotted by European spacecraft - Fox News
A European spacecraft orbiting Mars has found more revealing evidence that an ocean may have covered parts of the Red Planet billions of years ago
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Scientists recreate sounds from millions of year ago - The State Column
According to scientists, you may have a chance to hear what it was like to live among dinosaurs. A team of scientists from the UK have reportedly recreated the noises of the Jurassic age, using a recently discovered fossil as a template
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Erin Brockovich: Research Into Upstate New York Tourette's Case Only Preliminary - ABC News
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has corrected misinformation regarding her investigation into the medical mystery in an upstate New York town where a group of teenagers has displayed symptoms similar to Tourette syndrome, saying that her
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Raw milk causes most dairy-related disease outbreaks, CDC says - Los Angeles Times
A sour note for the raw-milk fans out there: Unpasteurized milk is 150 times more likely to cause a disease outbreak than pasteurized milk, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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FDA to review safety of caffeine product - CNN
By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) -- Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether a form of caffeine sold in lipstick-shaped containers is safe for consumers
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Shipments From Abroad to Help Ease Shortage of Two Cancer Drugs - New York Times
WASHINGTON - Dire shortages of two critical cancer drugs - shortfalls that have threatened the lives and care of thousands of patients - should be resolved within weeks, federal drug officials said
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Mom's Migraines Linked to Baby's Colic - MedPage Today
By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Note that this study was published as an abstract scheduled for presention at a conference
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North Carolina reports it's first flu death - WCNC
by RAD BERKY / NewsChannel 36 Staff CHARLOTTE, NC -- North Carolina has recorded the first death of a child from the flu for the 2011-2012 flu season
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Hepatitis C deaths up, Boomers most at risk - USA TODAY
WASHINGTON - Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed - they are most at risk
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Teens perform best with seven hours of sleep - The State Column
A study from Brigham Young University reported in The Eastern Economics Journal that teenagers who sleep seven hours, compared to nine hours of sleep, perform better academically
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World's largest kidney transplant chain carried out in US - Gant Daily
Joiley, IL, United States (AHN) - It all started with Rick Ruzzamenti, a 44-year-old from Riverside, California. On impulse, inspired after hearing a moving story while grocery from a woman he didn't know, who gave one of her kidneys to a relative
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New 'mystery meat:' Should you eat a lab-grown burger? - Fox News
Maastricht University Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories Scientists using stem cells to grow hamburger in a lab Test-tube meat to be available this fall, scientist says It's giving a whole new meaning to the term mystery meat
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Reform law could fuel self-funding - Business Insurance
The passage of health care reform is likely to further accelerate the growth of middle-market self-funding. Starting in 2014 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, companies with 50 or more employees either must offer health care
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500000 bottles of infant Tylenol recalled - Central Florida News 13
A Johnson & Johnson consumer health business plagued by product recalls says it is pulling some versions of infant Tylenol off store shelves due to problems with a device that helps measure dosing
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Bird flu research to be vetted - Sydney Morning Herald
GENEVA: Bird flu experts have ruled that controversial research on a mutant form of the virus potentially capable of being spread among humans should be made public
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DNA Robots Programmed to Kill Cancer Cells, Harvard Study Shows - BusinessWeek
By Elizabeth Lopatto Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists have created a robot made entirely from DNA that can be instructed to find diseased cells in the body and deliver a payload to kill or reprogram them, according to a study from Harvard University
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Some electric toothbrushes causing health problems, FDA says - Fox News
FDA Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Your dentist may recommend you use an electric toothbrush, but the US Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers of some potential hazards
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Side Effects Of Diet Pill Still Concern Regulators - New York Times
The Food and Drug Administration continues to have concerns that a weight-loss drug it is reviewing for the second time can cause birth defects and heart problems, documents released by the agency on Friday show
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Brown Rice Syrup Puts Arsenic In Organic Foods - Food Safety News
by Dan Flynn | Feb 17, 2012 Brown rice syrup used in many organic foods as a substitute for the often-chastised high fructose corn sugar is causing problems of its own with high arsenic levels
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US won't allow more fungicide in orange juice -FDA - Reuters
Brazil to ship only not-from-concentrate until fungicide eliminated * Brazil expects to resume concentrated shipments by end of year (Adds Brazil juice industry reaction, background, paragraphs 2-8) By Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters)
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George Washington University confirms 85 cases of norovirus - Fox News
Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet An outbreak of the highly-contagious norovirus is spreading through The George Washington University, officials confirmed Wednesday
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Arsenic found in organic baby food, cereal bars - msnbc.com
By Rachel Rettner You may think you're being extra-healthy when you chose foods labeled "organic," but some of these products contain arsenic, a compound that may increase the risk of cancer, a new study says
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Electronic cigarette explodes in man's mouth, takes out teeth - Toronto Star
MELISSA NELSON Associated Press PENSACOLA, FLA.A Florida man trying to kick the smoking habit was puffing on an electronic cigarette when a faulty battery caused it to explode in his mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue
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Stem cells found to help heart heal after attack - San Francisco Chronicle
AP EXCLUSIVE: Honduras fire inmates not convicted 02.16.12 Stem cells grown from patients' own cardiac tissue can heal damage once thought to be permanent after a heart attack, according to a study that suggests the experimental approach may one day
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Catholic bishops fight for authority over US flock - Reuters
By Stephanie Simon (Reuters) - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is a powerful institution, at least on paper. But a recent debate over contraception coverage has exposed a deep divide between the 271 active bishops and the rank-and-file US
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Kids' cancer-drug shortage averted - Chicago Sun-Times
By LIZ SZABO February 15, 2012 2:20PM The federal Food and Drug Administration says it managed to avert a crisis for kids with cancer by preventing a looming shortage of the lifesaving drug methotrexate, a mainstay of treatment for a type of
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Mitsubishi Tops List of Most Toxic Cars - KSEE
By KSEE News The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport was ranked as the most toxic vehicle base on chemical testing of the interior. Love that new car smell
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Indiana has 13 cases of measles as vaccinations decline - Sun-Sentinel
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - State health officials have reported 13 confirmed cases of measles in central Indiana including two people who traveled to the Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis earlier this month
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Great News in Search For Alzheimer's Cure - Forbes
When I was sixteen my lovely grandmother died in a nursing home at the age of 81 having suffered from Alzheimer's for several years
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Insight - Containing the world's deadliest microbes - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - To reach his office in Galveston National Laboratory, where scientists study deadly pathogens such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, director James Le Duc swipes his key card at the building's single entrance
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Half A Billion Children At Risk From Malnutrition - Medical News Today
Save the Children released a report today, claiming that childhood malnutrition over the next fifteen years, puts nearly five hundred million youngsters at risk of permanent health problems
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FDA finds trace amounts of lead in 400 lipsticks - USA TODAY
By Tara Meyer, KUSA A study by the Food and Drug Administration found 400 lipsticks on the market tested positive for lead. However, the lead found is at a low enough level to not cause a serious health risk
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Roche Says FDA Is Probing Counterfeit Cancer Drug Avastin - BusinessWeek
By Naomi Kresge and Ryan Flinn Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG is working with US authorities to determine the source of counterfeit Avastin, purchased by at least 19 medical practices in the US Roche and the Food and Drug Administration are
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Protein that can knock out HIV identified: Study - Times of India
WASHINGTON: In a pioneering research, scientists claim to have identified a protein that can knock out HIV, which causes AIDS, by starving it of raw materials it needs to reproduce
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Bad Sleep Linked to Alzheimer's - MedPage Today
By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Supply of key drug to treat childhood leukemia may run out in weeks - Salt Lake Tribune
By GARDINER HARRIS A crucial medicine to treat childhood leukemia is in such short supply that hospitals across the country may exhaust their stores within the next two weeks, leaving hundreds and perhaps thousands of children at risk of dying from a
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Host Cells Starve HIV-1 of Building Blocks to Prevent Viral Replication - Genetic Engineering News
Scientists have identified a protein that effectively strips dendritic cells (DCs) and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) of the intracellular deoxynucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) needed by invading HIV-1 to synthesize its own DNA and replicate
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Five hundred romp in the snow to fight breast cancer - Salt Lake Tribune
By Rosemary Winters Park City Despite below-freezing temperatures and a less-than-stellar snow pack, more than 500 snowshoers tramped through Round Valley Saturday morning to raise money for breast cancer awareness and research
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CDC concerned about 'untreatable' STD - Fox News
Photomicrograph of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria.CDC/Dr. Stephen J. Kraus Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Researchers warned gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, which raises the risk of an untreatable strain of the
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Electric shocks to brain may boost memory: Study - CBS News
(CBS) Ever wish you could give your memory a jolt? A new study shows it may be possible. The study recorded brain activity in seven epilepsy patients who had already had electrodes implanted in their brains to monitor the origin of their seizures
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Older Women at Highest Risk for Breast Cancer Death - ABC News
Older women with breast cancer may be at greater risk than younger women of dying from the disease, regardless of the type of tumor they have or treatment they undergo, according to a study released Tuesday
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Spanking may worsen children's aggression: what works instead? - Boston Globe
By Deborah Kotz As the mother of two sons, I've been tempted on more than one occasion to break up one of their physical fights with a smack on their bottoms
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State taking over investigation of illnesses at cheerleading championships - KOMO News
The state Department of Health has taken over the investigation of an illness that has affected a large number of students and officials who were at the state cheerleading championships at Comcast Arena
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Pa. vending machine dispenses 'morning-after' pill - Boston.com
By Kevin Begos AP / February 8, 2012 Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine, an idea that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and raised questions about how
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No greater risk of blood clots from flying economy class - USA TODAY
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY New guidelines for air travelers concerned about blood clots offer a short list of those at highest risk of leg clots and refute the notion that people flying economy class have a greater chance of experiencing the
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Cruise ship returns to shore after norovirus strikes hundreds for third time - Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Another cruise ship has been ordered back to port after the second consecutive outbreak of stomach illness the norovirus hit Princess Cruises, resulting in more than 3000 passengers having their dream vacations cut short
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Inhalable caffeine a cheap buzz, but may have risks - msnbc.com
Charles Krupa / AP Critics worry club-goers will use the the 'AeroShot' caffeine device so they can drink until they drop
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Genetic Parkinson's disease brain cells made in lab - BBC News
By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News Scientists in the US have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease
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New Criteria May Change Alzheimer's Diagnosis - TIME
New diagnostic criteria would reclassify nearly all cases of very mild Alzheimer's dementia as mild cognitive impairment. Why that may not be a good idea
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Compromise on White House contraception rule? - CBS News
The White House is trying to cool off a heated controversy over a new Obama administration rule which requires all employers, including religious institutions, to cover birth control as part of their employee health insurance
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Report: Most Americans consume far too much salt - Qcity metro
By Glenn Burkins - February 8, 2012 A new federal report issued Tuesday said that most Americans each day take in more than twice the recommended limit for sodium - and the culprit is not your favorite salty snacks or even the household saltshaker
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Could Taxes Or Food Stamp Restrictions Tame America's Sweet Tooth? - North Country Public Radio
A tax proposal on the table in Massachusetts could discourage sugar consumption a bit by making sugary foods more expensive. But outside Massachusetts, surveys show that a majority of taxpayers oppose the idea of a "sin tax" on soda and candy
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Remember HIV/AIDS? It's Still Raging in the US - ColorLines magazine
by Kai Wright, Hatty Lee | Print | Comment ( View ) We have been told for decades that HIV/AIDS has no bias, and that much is true
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Transplant jaw made by 3D printer - BBC News
A 3D printer-created lower jaw has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman's face in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind
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Alzheimer's Disease: 3 Million More Americans Should Get Diagnosis, Study - ABC News
Three million Americans living with mild cognitive impairment should be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, a tweak in terminology that could shed light on the condition's cause and prepare patients for an inevitable decline, according to a new report
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Increasing risk of STDs among those over 50 as demographic has more sex than ever - Daily Mail
By Nina Golgowski Sexually transmitted diseases among older adults have more than doubled in the past 10 years according to a new report as the age group is having more sex than ever
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Six-organ transplant - Sydney Morning Herald
BOSTON. A nine-year-old girl is making a remarkable recovery, days after surgeons transplanted six of her organs in a groundbreaking medical procedure
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Study: Child Abuse Affects More US Kids than SIDS - TIME
Parents are usually the perpetrators of abuse, largely because they are unprepared for dealing with kids' crying. A little education could help reverse the trend
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Raw milk concerns spike after causing bacterial infections across U.S. - The State Column
The popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk can be linked to a recent outbreak of campylobacter, a serious bacterial infection, in the US While advocates of less processed foods and raw foods gain more interest, this outbreak highlights the potential
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder defends Planned Parenthood decision - Los Angeles Times
Nancy G. Brinker says abortion is not the reason that grants for breast cancer exams are being cut off. Lawmakers, women's health advocates and others continue to criticize the move, and both groups see donations pour in
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Paying for stem cells: A bad idea - Los Angeles Times
The practice might lead to donors who wouldn't admit to having a medical condition that could potentially endanger the recipient
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NY town still baffled by teens' mysterious tics - CNN
By Steve Almasy and Jim Spellman, CNN Editor's note: Tune in to "Dr. Drew" on HLN next week at 9 ET/6 PT for the latest on the investigation into this strange illness that's causing 15 teens to suffer uncontrollable twitching and outbursts
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Malaria deaths hugely underestimated - Lancet study - BBC News
By Neil Bowdler Science and health reporter, BBC News Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports
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Alzheimer's disease jumps across brain cells to spread like infection - CBS News
(CBS) Alzheimer's disease spreads through the brain like an infection, jumping from one cell to another, according to a new study
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Bird flu data should be kept under wraps, science panel says - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Amid rising concerns about avian flu, a government worker sprays disinfectant at a market in Medan, Indonesia, on January 20
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New Type of Cancer Drug Gets Approval - Wall Street Journal
By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN and RON WINSLOW The Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of drug developed by the US unit of Roche Holding AG to treat advanced cases of basal-cell skin cancer, the most common type of skin cancer
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Pfizer Recalls 1 Million Birth-Control Packs on Wrong Dosage - BusinessWeek
By Molly Peterson Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, recalled 1 million birth-control packs after discovering that pills were mixed up inside the packages, possibly putting women at risk for unintended pregnancies
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Mysterious Tics in Teen Girls: What Is Mass Psychogenic Illness? - TIME
About a dozen upstate New York girls have been diagnosed with a psychogenic disorder. Does that make their symptoms any less real?
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Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens' - BBC News
A train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 49 people with hundreds more injured, police say. The train slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station during the morning rush hour
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2 Journalists Among the Dead in Syrian Onslaught - New York Times
CAIRO - Syrian security forces shelled the central city of Homs on Wednesday, the 19th day of a bombardment that activists say has claimed the lives of hundreds of trapped civilians in one of the deadliest campaigns in nearly a year of violent
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Putin Has 50 Percent Backing Before Kremlin Vote, Poll Shows - Bloomberg
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's support remained at 50 percent for a second week, suggesting he'll win March 4 elections in the first round of voting, according to the Public Opinion Foundation
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Strauss-Kahn questioned in prostitution ring inquiry - BBC News
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been detained for questioning by French police investigating a prostitution ring. Mr Strauss-Kahn, once a front-runner for the French presidency, could be held for 48 hours at a police station in Lille
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Bombardment of Syria's Homs kills 21: activists - Reuters
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Erika Solomon | AMMAN/BEIRUT - Syrian government forces killed 21 people and wounded some 340 on Tuesday when they unleashed a heavy artillery barrage on a rebel-held district of the city of Homs, activists said
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NATO's 'improper disposal' of Qurans inflames Afghan protesters - Christian Science Monitor
More than 1000 Afghans protested after hearing reports that NATO personnel improperly disposed of some Qurans at a base in Afghanistan
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South Korea begins military drills despite threat from North Korea - Fox News
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea conducted live-fire military drills near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea on Monday despite Pyongyang's threat to respond with a "merciless" attack
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US senators in Cairo want swift end to NGO case - Reuters
By Patrick Werr | CAIRO (Reuters) - US senators said in Cairo on Monday they hoped for a swift end to a row over US pro-democracy activists accused of working illegally in Egypt and said they were committed to help Egypt nurture its democratic
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Syrian forces mass; Red Cross seeks cease-fire - CBS News
A Free Syrian Army fighter stands guard in Idlib, Syria, near the Turkish border, Feb. 19, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images) BEIRUT - Syrian tanks and troops massed Monday outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist
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Mexico Says Drug-Gang Convicts Escaped in Prison Riot - Wall Street Journal
By JOSE DE CORDOBA MEXICO CITYA day after 44 inmates died in Mexico's worst prison riot, authorities said they believed the massacre was a cover for the escape of 30 drug-gang members
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Theft of three paintings by Brueghel from private home in Belgium
As part of an aggravated theft on 26 January 2012, unknown offenders stole from a private residence in La Hulpe, Belgium three master paintings by Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder, also known as Velvet Brueghel.
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Syrian security forces clamp down on Damascus - Reuters India
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Angus MacSwan | AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Police and militia patrols fanned out in the Syrian capital's Mezze district on Sunday to prevent a repeat of protests against President Bashar al-Assad that have threatened his grip
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Cocaine link in captain Francesco Schettino's night of tragedy on the Costa - Herald Sun
TRACES of cocaine have been found on a hair sample from the captain of the stricken Costa Concordia. But experts say the discovery does not prove that Francesco Schettino, charged with abandoning his post when the cruise ship ran aground last month
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Egypt withdraws envoy to Syria, as Damascus increasingly isolated in Arab world - Washington Post
CAIRO - Egypt said Sunday it was withdrawing its ambassador to Syria, the latest Arab country to scale back its relations with the embattled regime in Damascus
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White House national security adviser in Israel - The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) - President Barack Obama's national security adviser huddled with Israeli leaders on Sunday to discuss Iran's nuclear program following growing speculation that Israel is planning military action against Tehran
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Syrian Gunmen Kill Officials as U.K. Foreign Secretary Warns of Civil War - Bloomberg
Syrian opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's rule stepped up their deadly attacks against government officials as the violence of the past 11 months pushes the country toward a civil war
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Iran warships enter Mediterranean as tensions with Israel grow - Telegraph.co.uk
Iran's warships entered the Mediterranean on Saturday to show its 'might' to regional countries, as a high-level American official arrived in Israel
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European Union Maintains Sanctions on Zimbabwe's Mugabe But Delists 51 - Voice of America
17 February 2012 European Union Maintains Sanctions on Zimbabwe's Mugabe But Delists 51 EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe Aldo Dell'Ariccia, told journalists in Harare that the bloc would not lift all sanctions until Zimbabwe holds free and fair elections
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Britain and France sign nuclear power deals at summit - Times of India
PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron put recent disputes behind them today to unveil a nuclear power deal and renew their own sometimes shaky political alliance
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Deadly Honduran fire could be repeated in prisons across Central America - Washington Post
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - The world's worst prison fire in a century happened in a lockup like many in Honduras: a decrepit, suffocating place of overcrowded, dark cellblocks where many inmates were accused only of petty crimes
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Murdoch Shows Trademark Defiance With UK Sun on Sunday Tabloid - BusinessWeek
By Amy Thomson and Edmund Lee Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Rupert Murdoch has taken seven months to recover from the most humble day of his life at the peak of a phone-hacking scandal in the UK to announce a new tabloid in a trademark defiant move by the
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Israel says Iran, Hezbollah plotting more attacks - The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli counter-terrorism official says Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, are plotting more attacks on Israelis overseas
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German President Wulff quits over sleaze probe - Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - German President Christian Wulff resigned on Friday after state prosecutors asked parliament on Thursday to remove his legal immunity over accusations that he accepted favors
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Syrian troops shell central city with tanks - The Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) - Activists say Syrian troops are intensively shelling rebel-held neighborhoods, one day after the UN General Assembly condemned human rights violations by the regime
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UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn Syrian crackdown - Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution demanding Syria end its brutal 11-month crackdown on anti-government protesters, and endorsing an Arab League plan for a political transition that would
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US: Iran 'not close' to abandoning nuclear program - Jerusalem Post
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT 02/16/2012 22:59 Leading intelligence official says Iran can eventually produce nuclear weapons, but unlikely to initiate conflict
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Analysis: Putin's state sector crackdown short on substance - Reuters
By Jason Bush | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's state firms to clean up their act, but without fundamental reforms he may only scratch the surface of endemic graft and conflicts of interest that tar the country's bloated national
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Much of northern Syria in 'open revolt' - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Syrian security forces resumed their fierce shelling of opposition targets in Homs Thursday but appeared to be losing their tight grip in the northern region, CNN journalists said
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US drone strikes 'kill Pakistan militants' - BBC News
Two separate attacks by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan have killed at least nine suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say
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Honduras prison fire kills more than 350 inmates - Reuters
By Mayra Navarro | COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells
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Egypt's Brotherhood backs military in US dispute - Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP CAIRO - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday threw its weight behind the country's military-backed government in an escalating dispute with the US over the funding of pro-democracy groups
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Chinese VP: US, China Must Respect Each Other's Interests - Voice of America
February 15, 2012 Chinese VP: US, China Must Respect Each Other's Interests VOA News Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping says China welcomes the US playing a "positive role" in the Asia-Pacific region
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Syria's Assad calls for national vote, but steps up assault on uprising - Washington Post
BEIRUT - As Syrian forces stepped up their assault Wednesday on rebellious cities, President Bashar Assad ordered a referendum on a new constitution that would create a multiparty system in a country that has been ruled by his autocratic family dynasty
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US downplays Iranian nuclear advancements as 'hype' - Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS Ahmadinejad unveils new centrifuges able to enrich uranium much faster; "We frankly don't see a lot new here. This is not big news," US responds
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China Deflects Criticism Over Syria - Wall Street Journal
By BRIAN SPEGELE BEIJINGChinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior leaders defended Beijing's handling of the crisis in Syria amid growing international criticism that threatens to cast a shadow over a visit to the US by Vice President Xi Jinping
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Pakistan frees US embassy employee held after bullets found in luggage - The Guardian
A US embassy employee has been released after being held for questioning in Pakistan when airport security officials discovered bullets in his luggage, police have said
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Iran to unveil new nuclear projects Wednesday - Fox News
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's official news agency says that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil new nuclear projects on Wednesday
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Bahrain restricts protests on uprising anniversary - BBC News
There have been clashes on the outskirts of Bahrain's capital, Manama, as the opposition marks the first anniversary of pro-democracy protests
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Syria: sevenyearold girl shot as she called messages of support from bedroom - Telegraph.co.uk
Seven - year - old Julnar is dead, shot by a government sniper as she called out messages of solidarity for civilians in Homs from her bedroom window, according to her mother
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India walks tightrope as US toughens Iran sanctions Post - Washington
NEW DELHI - A bomb attack Monday on an Israeli diplomat's car in New Delhi underlines the tough balancing act that India has to perform as it attempts to manage its relations with the United States and Israel, and with Iran
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US Seeks to Size Up China's Heir Apparent During Visit - New York Times
WASHINGTON - China's vice president, Xi Jinping, began a day of high-level meetings here on Tuesday by greeting his host, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr
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Israel to "settle the score" for Bangkok attack - CBS News
A Thai bomb squad official inspecting the site of an explosion holds a magnet with shrapnel pieces in Bangkok Feb. 14, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images) JERUSALEM - An Israeli Cabinet minister says his country will "settle the score" with the perpetrators of
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US Envoy Davies to Meet North Korean Aides in First Talks Since Kim Died - Bloomberg
A US delegation will meet with North Korea over its nuclear program on Feb. 23 in Beijing in the first such talks since the death of dictator Kim Jong Il and the succession of his son Kim Jong Un
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Obama Meeting With Xi May Set Tone for Future US-China Ties - BusinessWeek
By Margaret Talev Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's meeting with President Barack Obama today represents a rite of passage for the man in line to become China's top leader next year and may shape US-China relations for the next
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Iran condemns Zionists' claim on Georgia, India explosion - Iranian Students News Agency
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast condemned Zionist regime's claim on Iran's involvement in attacks against the regime's embassies in India and Georgia
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Syria launched 'indiscriminate attack' on civilians, UN says - Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS - The UN human rights chief blamed disagreement in the Security Council on Monday for encouraging the Syrian government to step up attacks on opposition strongholds in its campaign to crush an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's
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Iran: Our nuke labs immune to cyber attacks - CBS News
TEHRAN, Iran - A senior Iranian military official said Monday that Tehran's nuclear and other industrial facilities suffer periodic cyber attacks, but that the country has the technology to protect itself from the threat, an official news agency
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Syrians Suffer as Government Crackdown Continues - Voice of America
February 13, 2012 Syrians Suffer as Government Crackdown Continues Elizabeth Arrott / Jessica Golloher | Cairo Syrian security forces have resumed their crackdown on the protest hub of Homs and other cities, a day after authorities in Damascus rejected
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Threats of war cloud hopes for Middle East - Washington Post
BEIRUT - Fears of an as-yet-undefined Middle Eastern war are darkening the horizons of a region that only a year ago was celebrating the fall of dictators, the ascent of people power and the promise of a new era of democracy
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News Corp faces renewed threat of prosecution in US following Sun arrests - The Guardian
The latest Operation Elveden arrests sharply increase the danger to News Corporation of potential multimillion dollar fines by US authorities as part of the continuing investigation into alleged bribery of public officials under the Foreign Corrupt
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Egypt detains Australian journalist, US student - Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities detained an Australian journalist and an American student on Saturday on suspicion they had distributed cash to workers and incited them to take part in a strike called by activists demanding an end to army rule
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'Iran to announce opening of Fordow nuke plant' - Ynetnews
While the Iranian people celebrated the 33rd anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution on Saturday, pundits in the Islamic Republic attempted to decipher what President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meant when he declared that Tehran will soon unveil some "very
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Al Qaeda/Shabab merger highlights need for transparency in US counterterrorism - Human Rights First
By Adam Jacobson Yesterday the head of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, announced that al Shabab, the Somali Islamist terrorist group, would become a formal part of al Qaeda
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Germany jails Kosovan for life for killing US airmen - Reuters
By Jonathan Gould and Christoph Steitz | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Kosovo-Albanian man who killed two US airmen and wounded two others in a gun attack at Frankfurt airport last March was sentenced to life in prison by German court on Friday
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Bombings strike previously calm Syrian city of Aleppo - Washington Post
BEIRUT - Two explosions struck compounds housing security services in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday, reportedly killing 28 people and wounding 238 in the worst violence to hit the country's relatively calm commercial capital since the uprising
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Report: Cruise companies agree to universal safety rule change - WKMG Orlando
Cruise companies in the US and Europe have agreed to a universal rule change in response to the deadly Costa Concordia disaster in Italy
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US drone strike kills Al Qaeda-linked militant leader in Pakistan - Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- An apparent US drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda operative, local officials said
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Israel Debates Possible Fallout From Attack on Iran - Voice of America
February 09, 2012 Israel Debates Possible Fallout From Attack on Iran Scott Bobb | Tel Aviv In recent months, Israeli leaders have stepped up their rhetoric about Iran's nuclear capabilities and increasingly are warning that Israel might attack Iranian
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Syria crisis: Shelling 'kills dozens' in restive Homs - BBC News
The Syrian army has launched fresh mortar and rocket attacks in the city of Homs, as the government continues a push aimed at crushing rebel forces
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US drone strike kills 10 suspected militants in Pakistan - Channel 6 News Online
MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least ten suspected Taliban-affiliated militants were killed on early Wednesday morning when a US drone launched an airstrike in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, Pakistani intelligence officials said
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Airbus A380 Fleet Needs Full Inspection of Wings Amid Cracks - BusinessWeek
By Andrea Rothman and Steve Rothwell Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Airlines were ordered to inspect all operating Airbus SAS A380 aircraft, as Europe's air safety regulator escalates required checks after the wings of the double-decker superjumbo developed
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Russia's Putin warns against outside interference - Reuters
MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the world faced a growing "cult of violence" and Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia, issuing a warning to the West against interference
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Maldives president says he was forced to resign at gunpoint - The Guardian
Fresh violence has broken out in the Maldives after Mohamed Nasheed, the ousted president, claimed he was forced to give up his office at gunpoint, raising the prospect of a fierce struggle for power in the island nation
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Syria Violence 'Intolerable' as Turkey Calls for Broad Coalition - BusinessWeek
By Emre Peker Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Syria's violence is heading toward an intolerable point, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, as he called for an international coalition to stop President Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown
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Iran Calls New US Sanctions 'Psychological War' - ABC News
Iran on Tuesday dismissed the new US sanctions, saying they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians and insisting the measures would not halt the country's nuclear program
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Middle East press uncertain on Palestinian unity deal - BBC News
Media commentators in the Middle East have expressed both hope and doubt about the agreement between the two main Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, on the formation of a national unity government
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Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns amid unrest - BBC News
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers. Vice-President Waheed Hassan was sworn in vowing to uphold the "rule of law".
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Gulf nations pull ambassadors from Syria - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- An alliance of Arab countries and several European nations announced Tuesday they are calling their ambassadors home from Damascus, big steps in a broad international effort aimed at sending a blunt message to Syria
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Reports: Iran successfully launches small Earth-watching satellite - Christian Science Monitor
Iranian state news reported that the Iranian Space Agency has successfully launched a 110-lb. satellite into orbit Friday, in what is being hailed as a huge achievement for the country's space program
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Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran - Seattle Post Intelligencer
FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran
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Earthquake death toll climbs to 12 in Philippines - CNN International
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, killing at least 12 people, an official said
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US warns Egypt over detained NGO workers - CBS News
Egyptian soldiers stand guard in front of the US National Democratic Institute, an NGO (non-governmental) rights group in downtown Cairo on Dec. 29, 2011
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Syria forces keep pounding Homs; 33 dead - CBS News
An image taken from a video posted by Syrian opposition activists to the Youtube shows smoke rising from buildings in the city of Homs after an apparent rocket or mortar strike, Feb. 6, 2012
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Syria unrest: West deplores UN veto by Russia and China - BBC News
Western nations have deplored the vetoing by Russia and China of a UN resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria on anti-government protests
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Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban - Reuters
By Rob Taylor | KABUL (Reuters) - A secret NATO report showing the strength of confidence among the Afghan Taliban is raising concerns from Kabul to Washington that the militant group might overrun the country again when foreign combat forces finally
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Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world - USA TODAY
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent
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Russians stage rival protests over Putin - Times of India
Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing comparable numbers
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Israeli defense minister says he sees widening global support for possible - Washington Post
HERZLIYA, Israel - Capping a day of strident warnings by Israeli officials about the dangers posed by Iran, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that the world is increasingly ready to consider a military strike against Iran if economic sanctions
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European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine - Reuters
Russian gas exporter cannot meet increased demand * Family of nine die in Russian home fire * Homeless in Ukraine, Poland bear the brunt * Heathrow flights threatened (.) By Richard Balmforth KIEV, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather that has
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Neb. town - Boston.com
LINCOLN, Neb.Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in a tiny Nebraska town that borders their reservation
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Five dead in murder-suicide at crowded Atlanta-area spa - New York Daily News
By Philip Caulfield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS David Tulis/AP Police investigating a multiple shooting at the Su Jung Health Sauna in Norcross, Ga
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2nd daughter dies in mother's alleged bathtub drowning - Los Angeles Times
The 5-year-old daughter was declared dead Monday night, several days of her 1-year-old sister drown in a bathtub allegedly at the hands of their mother
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Police find remains of Ohio girl missing since 1999 in accused rapist's home - Fox News
LIMA, Ohio - Police say the skeleton of a 14-year-old Ohio runaway missing since 1999 has been found after the home where she was last seen was demolished
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Authorities Searching for Idaho Woman and 3 Kids - ABC News
Authorities say an Idaho woman accused of taking her three children in a custody squabble may be in the Phoenix metropolitan area on the way to Mexico
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Air bag backpack likely saved avalanche survivor - Sacramento Bee
By Mike Dunham Elyse Saugstad was taking a break with several fellow skiers Sunday in the Washington state backcountry when the shouting began
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Helicopter-plane collision just missed a 'catastrophic' outcome - Los Angeles Times
A collision between a helicopter and a plane in the Bay Area could have been "catastophic" had it occurred slightly differently, according to the owner of the flight school whose student was in the helicopter
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Economic crisis slows US population growth - USA TODAY
By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY The US population is growing at the slowest rate since the Great Depression after two decades of robust increases
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Survivor of 1906 San Francisco quake dies at 109 - USA TODAY
By Michael Winter, USA TODAY Rose Cliver died Saturday at a care home in Santa Rosa, where her son lived. Her death leaves four known survivors of the devastating quake and fire that may have killed between 1000 and 3000 people, destroyed 28000
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3 experienced skiers die in Washington avalanche - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The close-knit community of backcountry skiing was in mourning Monday, a day after an avalanche in Washington state killed a prominent judge in the extreme sport plus two other experienced skiers
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Moroccan man arrested in connection with Washington DC terrorist bombing plot - Catholic Online
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) The latest terrorist plot on US soil didn't get very far. Twenty-nine-year old Amine el-Khalifi was arrested in Washington DC as he approached the Capitol building
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Barge collision in Mississippi River causes oil spill - New York Daily News
AP Rusty Costanza/The Times-Picayune via AP Members of the US Coast Guard examine a huge gash in the side of a tanker barge that was involved in an overnight accident with a crane barge in the Mississippi River in Edgard on Friday
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Capitol bomb plot foiled, says FBI - Sydney Morning Herald
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a court sketch of Amine El Khalifi. Illustration: AP WASHINGTON: A Moroccan man who believed he was working with al-Qaeda has been arrested near the US Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by
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Feds broaden piracy case against Megaupload - CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A month after carrying out one of the largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal authorities have added charges and broadened their case against the defendants
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Obama Urges Congress to Reward Companies That Keep Jobs in US - BusinessWeek
By Margaret Talev Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama urged Congress to enact tax proposals that reward technology companies and other businesses that help create jobs in the US rather than overseas
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Barge collision temporarily closes Mississippi River - Reuters
No injuries, but oil spilled, estimated less than 10000 gallons * Barge pushed onto riverbank, spill halted, cleanup underway * One-way vessel traffic resumes 10 hours after the accident * Impact on oil, agribusiness, commodities appears limited By
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Autopsy: Texas student shot by police not on drugs - CBS News
(AP) McALLEN, Texas - A full autopsy released Friday shows a 15-year-old Texas student fatally shot by police inside his middle school after brandishing a pellet gun wasn't under the influence of any illicit substances
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US immigration agent killed after shooting colleague - Reuters
By Dan Whitcomb | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded a colleague in the agency's office in a Los Angeles suburb on Thursday before a third agent opened fire, killing the gunman, authorities said
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Underwear bomber gets life: He never expressed doubt or remorse, judge says - Christian Science Monitor
Underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, sentenced to multiple life sentences, declared in federal court in Detroit: 'Mujahideen are proud to kill in the name of God
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House GOP lawmakers push plan to update ed law - CBS News
(AP) WASHINGTON - House Republicans are pushing ahead with a plan to update the federal No Child Left Behind education law by shifting more control to states and school districts
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Pentagon eyeing future cuts to nuclear arsenal - CNN
By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer Washington (CNN) -- Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday expressed dismay at the Obama administration's consideration of a major reduction in America's nuclear arsenal
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Explosives Found Near Kansas Statehouse Amid Immigration Hearings - Fox News
Kansas Secretary of State Kris KobachAP Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories Kobach Fights Kansas Undoc. Worker Plan Kansas GOP at Odds Over Immigration Anti-Illegal Immig Activist Endorses Mitt Topeka, Kan
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US to seek life sentence for underwear bomber, saying he remains a threat - Christian Science Monitor
The sentencing hearing for the so-called underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, takes place Thursday. Prosecutors argue that he remains willing to carry out another martyrdom mission
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Md. Governor elaborates on gasoline tax proposal - BusinessWeek
By BRIAN WITTE Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to phase in a 6 percent sales tax on gasoline includes money for local road repairs, rules to make it harder to shift transportation dollars to other purposes and a mechanism to delay implementing
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One in 8 US voter registrations faulty: survey - Reuters
By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One in eight US voter registrations is invalid or markedly inaccurate, the result of an outdated and inefficient registration system, a Pew Center on the States report said on Tuesday
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No Cussing in Class for Teachers, Lawmaker Says - ABC News
A teacher's role may be to expand a student's vocabulary, but one Arizona lawmaker wants to make sure that doesn't include four-letter words
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Reform Of the Health Care System That Is Overdue - Forbes
Health care expert William Winkenwerder seeks a better incentive structure in the health care system as a of increasing efficiency, lowering costs, and achieving better health outcomes
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Why Pentagon, facing 'doomsday' spending cuts, refuses to plan for them - Christian Science Monitor
Pentagon brass say they won't even brook the possibility that $487 billion in mandated spending cuts - their 'doomsday' scenario - will actually come to pass
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16 Americans busted? Egypt to still get $1.3B - New York Post
By CARL CAMPANILE President Obama's budget plan includes $800 million in foreign aid to promote Arab Spring democracy and maintains $1.3 billion in assistance to Egypt - despite its recent arrest of Americans and pro-democracy activists
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Lawmakers: Navy drops plan to move carrier to Florida - The Virginian-Pilot
By Bill Bartel The Navy has canceled plans to move a Norfolk-based carrier to Florida, members of the Hampton Roads congressional delegation said today
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Reports: Media Matters head coordinates with White House, builds super PAC - Fox News
The head of Media Matters for America -- now out coordinating a new super PAC to help President Obama get reelected -- is operating his nonprofit organization in close coordination with the Obama White House, a new investigative report out Monday says
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Two years after US breaks up Michigan militia, trial begins - Christian Science Monitor
Members of the Hutaree militia are charged with conspiring to commit sedition, or rebellion, as well as weapon crimes. By Ed White, Associated Press / February 13, 2012 These eight photos provided by the US Marshals Service show suspects tied to
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Obama defends tax hikes, proposes more job training in new budget - Fox News
President Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 and a 10-year vision that seeks to cut $4 trillion from the overall deficit, but does little to restrain growth in the US government's huge entitlement programs and adds $6.6
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Powerball jackpot mystery: Who won the $336.4-million prize? - Los Angeles Times
The Powerball lottery jackpot hit $336.4 million on Saturday, and one ticket -- bought in from Rhode Island -- gets to claim the whole thing
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Obama signs Giffords' final bill into law - Boston.com
February 10, 2012|Kevin Freking, AP President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin under investigation: source - Reuters
By Kathy Finn | NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the colorful and controversial spokesman for the city after the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is under investigation by federal authorities, a source with direct
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House memo: Entire goal of Fast and Furious was a failure - USA TODAY
By Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY Mexican cartel suspects targeted in the troubled gun-trafficking probe known as Operation Fast and Furious were actually working as FBI informants at the time, according to a congressional memo that describes the case's
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House ethics panel investigating possible insider trading by Financial ... - Washington Post
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee said Friday he is cooperating with an ethics panel's investigation of his stock trades and expects to be exonerated
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Obama tweaks birth control rule - USA TODAY
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Obama announced that the rule would be tweaked, so in cases where non-profit religious organizations have objections, their insurance companies will be required to reach out to employees and offer the coverage directly
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Obama invites former Arizona congresswoman to witness final bill being signed ... - Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has signed into law a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago
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STOCK Act passes in House - CBS News
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent members of Congress from trading stocks based on nonpublic information they have obtained in the course of their congressional work
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Obama waives No Child Left Behind law requirements for 10 states - New York Daily News
By AP Obama is scheduled to speak about the No Child Left Behind waivers Thursday afternoon at the White House. WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind
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White House hinting compromise on birth control - CBS News
(AP) WASHINGTON - Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with
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Astronaut Janice Voss Dies - Sacramento Bee
By NASA HOUSTON, Feb. 7, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Janice Voss passed away from cancer overnight after a courageous battle
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Josh Powell Tragedy: CPS Worker Pleaded for Cops to Come Before House Blew Up - ABC News
Moments before Josh Powell ignited a gas-fueled explosion at his home, killing himself and his two children, a locked-out child services worker pleaded with a 911 operator to get police to the home because she feared for the two boys' lives
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Marines practice amphibious war, storm US beaches - BlueRidgeNow.com
By BROCK VERGAKIS and MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP A small group of Marines trudged onto the beach sands in pitch-black night with an armada of US Navy warships sailing just off the shore
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Entire staff of Los Angeles school to be removed after teachers arrested on - Fox News
LOS ANGELES - The entire staff at a US school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night
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Ruling on Calif. gay marriage ban due from court - CBS News
Same-sex couple Jeff Tabaco, left, and Thom Watson kiss as they hold paperwork for a marriage license Aug. 12, 2010, in San Francisco
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Josh Powell's final voicemail: "I am not able to live without my sons" - CBS News
(CBS/AP) GRAHAM, Wash. -- Authorities say before Josh Powell killed himself and his two young sons in a deadly house fire, he left a voicemail saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore
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UVA Murder Trial to Begin Monday - ABC News
The trial of a young man accused of murdering his girlfriend, University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love, will begin Monday, according to The Associated Press
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Police: Man accidentally shoots self at gun show - Seattle Post Intelligencer
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a Georgia man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Savannah gun show
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LA schools head to meet with parents, classes canceled as 2 teachers face sex - Washington Post
LOS ANGELES - The superintendent of schools is meeting with worried parents and classes are canceled for two days at a Southern California elementary school where two teachers are suspected of lewd acts with young students, officials said
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Josh Powell, kids die in alleged murder-suicide - CBS News
Pierce County Sheriff's deputy and Graham Firefighters work around the smoldering remains of a house near Fredrickson, Wash., where, according to a sheriff's spokesman, three bodies were found
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Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school - Chicago Tribune
LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the
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Whooping crane migration comes up short - Los Angeles Times
While following an ultralight aircraft guiding them to Florida, young Maryland-bred birds get distracted in Alabama. They'll stay there for now
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Ore. mushroom pickers found alive after 6 days - USA TODAY
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow overhead
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Police clear tents from Occupy site in DC; 7 held - Boston.com
An Occupy DC demonstrator, who did not provide his name, yells at US Park Police after they tore-down his tent as police enforced a no camping law at McPherson Square, a federal park near the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012
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100 cruise passengers struck by norovirus - STLtoday.com
Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida
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Major snowstorm barrels down on Central Plains - Reuters
By Eric Johnson | CHICAGO (Reuters) - A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per hour
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Super Bowl ad makes New York Mayor Bloomberg gun control king - Christian Science Monitor
The gun control movement has faltered in recent years. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to spend his own fortune to buck that trend, most notably with a Super Bowl ad
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Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Six More Weeks of Winter - TIME
Pennsylvania's iconic groundhog has "seen" his shadow, meaning we're in for a long winter. By Samantha Grossman | @sam_grossman | February 2, 2012 | + Groundhog handler Ron Ploucha smiles as he holds Phil after he made his prediction on Feb. 2, 2012
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Government Securities Dealers Estimate $1.127 Trillion Deficit For FY12 - Fox Business
WASHINGTON - Primary dealers of US government debt are projecting a federal budget deficit of $1.127 trillion for fiscal 2012 as they anticipate the payroll tax cut will be extended
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No major injuries in Michigan train derailment - CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- No life-threatening injuries were reported after the derailment of an Amtrak train near Ann Arbor, Michigan, Wednesday, officials said
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11th victim found days after deadly crash on Florida highway - Fox News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Another victim has been found in the mangled wreckage from Sunday's deadly pileup on Interstate 75, bringing the death toll to 11, MyFoxOrlando
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Intelligence chief: Iran, Russia, China top intel threats to U.S. - Washington Times
By Shaun Waterman Iran has joined Russia and China as one of the most menacing foreign intelligence threats to the United States, according to the top US intelligence chief
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Dollar Advances on Yen, Pound - Wall Street Journal
By DEBORAH LEVINE And WILLIAM L. WATTS NEW YORKThe US dollar gained, most notably against the Japanese yen and British pound. The dollar rose above ¥80, a level the dollar/yen pair hasn't closed above since mid-July
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Rise in identity fraud tied to smartphone use - WSBT-TV
Nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011, an increase of 13 percent over 2010, according to a report released on Wednesday by the research firm Javelin Strategy & Research
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Watchdog launches inquiry into bank overdraft fees - MarketWatch
By Ronald D. Orol, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The nation's consumer watchdog bureau on Wednesday launched an inquiry into fees charged by banks when consumers overdraw their accounts, a multi-billion-dollar business for financial
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US and Mexico Sign Oil and Gas Exploration Accord for Gulf of Mexico - Fox News
In this Sept. 18, 2010 file photo, the Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, is seen in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast
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German Fin Min: IMF May Contribute EUR13B For New Greece Program - Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--The International Monetary Fund has indicated it may contribute a fresh EUR13 billion to a second Greek aid program, but needs to take a final decision at its board, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tuesday
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Comex Gold Firmer Amid Greek Debt Deal, Weaker US Dollar, Higher Crude Oil - Forbes
By Jim Wyckoff (Kitco News) - Comex April gold futures prices are trading modestly higher in early US dealings Tuesday. The market place is in somewhat of a risk-on mentality Tuesday morning as most commodity markets, including gold and silver
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Bill O'Reilly: President Obama, you and gas prices - Fox News
By Bill O'Reilly Driving in from the LA airport yesterday I saw gas signs that said $4.50 a gallon... $4.50. All across the country we are now paying the highest gas prices at this time of year ever
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State Sen. Judiciary Committee Passes Bill To Speed Up Foreclosures - Sunshine Slate
[Tallahassee, FL] Yesterday, the State Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Florida Fair Foreclosure Act by a 5 to 2 vote. You can view video of the proceedings here
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Spain sends planes to US for shipwreck treasure - AFP
MADRID - Spain said it was sending two military planes to the United States Monday to recover a horde of coins rescued from a shipwreck and wrested from US treasure-hunters in a long court battle
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Japan's trade deficit hits record - Globe and Mail
Japan's trade balance looks set to remain under pressure this year, following the release of trade data for January, adding weight to a more bearish outlook for the country's economy
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Czechs Raise 2 Billion Euros in First Eurobond Since 2010 - BusinessWeek
By Krystof Chamonikolas and Hannah Benjamin Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Czech Republic said it raised 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) in its first foreign bond sale in 1 1/2 years as yields approach a three-month low after steps to cut the budget deficit
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Second Greek bailout in reach despite funding gaps - Reuters
By Luke Baker and Jan Strupczewski | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers inched towards approving a second bailout for debt-laden Greece on Monday that would resolve Athens' immediate repayment needs but seems unlikely to revive the
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Oil rises to 8-month high on Iran, China moves - Reuters
Iran halts supply to Britain and France * China policy easing, Greek bailout hopes support * Brent in euro terms the highest since July 2008 (Recasts lead, updates prices) By Ikuko Kurahone LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed to their
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Italy's bank chief confirms recession in 2012 - Economic Times
ROME: Italy's central bank chief today predicted that the eurozone's third-largest economy will see a return to growth next year, but he confirmed forecasts that 2012 will be a "year of recession
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China cuts banks' reserve ratios - Financial Times
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing China's central bank made a long-awaited move at the weekend to support lending in the country's slowing economy with a cut to the amount of money banks must hold as reserves
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Iran stops oil sales to British, French companies - Reuters
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state's lifeblood, oil
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Plan Calls for 50-Cent First-Class Stamp - Wall Street Journal
By ERIC MORATH The US Postal Service proposed drastic changes to its operations Thursday, including cutting more than 150000 jobs from its payroll, raising the price of a first-class stamp to 50 cents and extending delivery time for long-distance mail
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Europe is in dire need of lazy spendthrifts - The Guardian
Greece's economic crisis is a gift from heaven for the German government. The country is the ideal conservative dystopia of an irresponsible government financing a supposedly overblown welfare state by ever increasing debt, where workers enter
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Italian police seize $6 trillion of fake US bonds - Reuters India
By Elisa Forte and Gavin Jones | POTENZA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police said on Friday they had seized about $6 trillion worth of fake US Treasury bonds and other securities in Switzerland, and arrested eight Italians accused of international fraud
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A Fuzzy Target for Greek Debt - Wall Street Journal
By CARL BIALIK That is the maximum ratio of Greece's government debt to its gross domestic product that the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank have deemed acceptable
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Getting A Grip On Rising Costs Of Grub And Gas - Forbes
On Friday the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in January. That was less than the 0.3% rise expected by economists
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The Questionable Economics of the Keystone XL Pipeline - BusinessWeek
Supporters of the Keystone pipeline claim it will create thousands of jobs and reduce the price of gas. That may be wishful thinking By Paul Tullis The Lazarus of political dramas known as Keystone XL gained new life yet again this week as Senate
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Market Gets Three-Day Weekend To Eye Dow 13000 - Forbes
US exchanges are closed Monday to observe President's Day, giving the Street an extra off day as European finance ministers negotiate the latest Greek bailout and the Dow Jones industrial average flirts with a nice round number it has not seen since
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Bernanke: Community banks have strengthened - Tulsa World
profits rising Ben Bernanke: The Fed chairman said community banks are seeing higher profits as the economy finally strengthens. By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that the health
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Stocks, Commodities Advance on US Growth, Greece Optimism - BusinessWeek
By Stephen Kirkland and Jonathan Burgos Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks and commodities rose to the highest levels in six months on speculation the US is growing with little inflation
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Chrysler Pulls Energy Loan Application as Financials Improve - BusinessWeek
By Craig Trudell Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Chrysler Group LLC withdrew its application for US Energy Department loans after the government tightened its lending standards and the company's financial standing improved
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Stronger job market could boost US economy further - Economic Times
WASHINGTON: The healthier job market that's lifted the US economy in recent months shows no signs of slowing. Applications for unemployment aid are near a four-year low, raising expectations of further hiring gains
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Bernanke: Low Rates Good for Banks in Long Run - Wall Street Journal
By KRISTINA PETERSON And ALAN ZIBEL WASHINGTON--Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke assured community bankers that the central bank's easy-money policies will help them in the long run by boosting the economy, even if low interest rates are squeezing
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Housing Starts, Permits Climb in January - Fox Business
US housing starts rose more than expected in January as groundbreaking on rental property surged, boosting hopes the still-weak housing sector could help economic growth this year
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Jobless claims drop to near 4-year low - Reuters
By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to a near four-year low, suggesting the labor market recovery was gaining steam
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GM books record annual profit; union workers due $7000 - USA TODAY
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors earned its largest profit ever in 2011, two years after it nearly collapsed into financial ruin. By Jeff Roberson, AP A General Motors employee works on a van assembly line at GM's plant in Wentzville, Mo
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World Bank President to Step Down - AllAfrica.com
World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick announced yesterday that he would step down at the end of a five-year term in which a transformed Bank played an historic role during the global economic crisis, using record replenishments to provide more
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Southern California Home Prices Fall 3.7% on Distressed Deals - BusinessWeek
By Dan Levy Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Home values in Southern California declined last month to close to the market bottom as lenders agreed to a record share of short sales, or transactions in which the price is less than the amount owed, DataQuick said
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Obama Wants to Make Cheaper Pennies and Nickels - TIME
By Josh Sanburn: It's one of the more inconvenient truths about US currency: It costs more than a penny to make a penny, and more than a nickel to make a nickel
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FCC seeks to fend off unwanted 'robocalls' with new telemarketing rules - Washington Post
NEW YORK - The federal government is cracking down on robocalls, those automated phone calls with the tendency to interrupt Sunday dinners and otherwise annoy consumers
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Oil near 6-month peak on supply risks, Greece eyed - Reuters
By Gene Ramos | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent oil kept gains near six-month highs on Wednesday, as fears of supply disruptions from Iran, other Middle Eastern producers and Africa outweighed worries about the global economy
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China Deflects Criticism Over Syria - Wall Street Journal
By BRIAN SPEGELE BEIJINGChinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior leaders defended Beijing's handling of the crisis in Syria amid growing international criticism that threatens to cast a shadow over a visit to the US by Vice President Xi Jinping
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Pennsylvania tear gas maker is latest target for Anonymous hackers - Fox News
AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Slideshow Related Stories 'Woolly mammoth' video a hoax 'Words With Friends' spells LOVE for some players Eight dumb tech ideas that might be in the works The website of a
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Retail sales and business inventories both rise in January - USA TODAY
By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP WASHINGTON - Americans rebounded from a weak holiday season and increased spending on retail goods in January, an encouraging sign for the strengthening economy
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USDA Budget Would Rise 2.5% on Subsidies Before Cuts Kick In - BusinessWeek
By Alan Bjerga Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- US Department of Agriculture spending would rise 2.5 percent to $154.5 billion in the year starting Oct. 1 before cuts to crop subsidies kick in, beginning long-term reductions in aid to farmers, according to the
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France, Belgium Ease Short-Selling Rules - Wall Street Journal
By INTI LANDAURO, LAURENCE NORMAN and MARIETTA CAUCHI French and Belgian regulators made separate moves Monday to ease restrictions on the short selling of financial stocks amid signs in recent weeks that the volatility that battered markets in the
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Obama Budget Spurs New Battle Over Energy - Wall Street Journal
By KEITH JOHNSON President Barack Obama's budget is spurring another battle over energy with Republicans by proposing a repeal of tax breaks for the oil-and-gas industry
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Gold May Climb in New York as Weak Dollar Boosts Investor Demand - BusinessWeek
By Debarati Roy Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Gold, little changed in New York, may climb for the second time in three sessions as the dollar's drop bolsters demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment
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Obama unveils big spending election-year budget - Reuters
By Alister Bull and Laura MacInnis | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Monday for aggressive spending to boost growth and for higher taxes on the rich, laying out an election-year vision for America in a budget that drew heavy
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Federal regulators seize Shelby County bank - Chicago Tribune
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. -- Federal regulators have seized a troubled central Indiana bank and turned over its assets to a Muncie institution
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The Deal Is Done, but Hold the Applause - New York Times
FIVE big banks finally reached a deal with government authorities last week over dubious mortgage practices and foreclosure abuses
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Consumer mood worsens in February on income worries - Reuters
By Richard Leong | NEW YORK - Americans felt worse about their personal finances in early February, even as they saw a light at the end of the tunnel for the jobs market, a survey released on Friday showed
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