CBS News - 21 minutes ago
There
have been so many debates during the Republican preseason that it was
hard to believe the one hosted by Fox News in Sioux City, Iowa, was the
last one before the voting begins.
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Wall Street Journal - 53 minutes ago
AP
Cancer weakened but did not soften Christopher Hitchens. He did not
repent or forgive or ask for pity. As if granted diplomatic immunity,
his mind's eye looked plainly upon the attack and counterattack of
disease and treatments that robbed him of ...
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USA Today - 1 hour ago
By
David Jackson, USA TODAY President Obama himself has been relatively
low-key about the end of the Iraq War. The video features clips of
Obama's criticism of the Iraq War over the past years, attacks the
president has avoided in recent remarks to the ...
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eWeek - 1 hour ago
Facebook's
Timeline is rolling out now to desktop, mobile Web and Facebook for
Android application users worldwide. No word on availability for Apple's
iPhone or iPad yet.
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Chicago Tribune - 23 minutes ago
By
GENE JOHNSON AP Kyle Ater remembers the three-letter chalk message left
on the floor of his Orcas Island grocery store after it was burglarized
for the second time by the Barefoot Bandit.
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BusinessWeek - 36 minutes ago
By
Andrew Davis Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti
won broad support for 30 billion-euro ($39 billion) emergency budget
cuts in a confidence vote that will speed passage of his plan to spur
growth and reduce Europe's ...
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Telegraph.co.uk - 23 minutes ago
Russia
has circulated among other UN Security Council members the draft of a
new resolution aimed at reducing the violence in Syria.
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CBS News - 13 minutes ago
(AP)
BEIRUT - Syrian security forces opened fire on anti-government
protesters after Friday prayers at several locations around the country,
while the army sent reinforcements into a southern area where military
defectors recently launched deadly ...
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USA Today - 24 minutes ago
GENEVA
(AP) - The World Trade Organization has agreed on Russia becoming its
newest member, giving a boost to the ailing economy of its biggest
trading partner, the European Union.
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The Associated Press - 30 minutes ago
WASHINGTON
(AP) - House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans will keep a
controversial oil pipeline provision in a bill to extend a payroll tax
cut and unemployment benefits.
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CBS News - 1 hour ago
Republican
presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry listens as he gets the
endorsement of Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Nov. 29, 2011,
during a campaign stop at Joey's Diner in Amherst, NH Justice's Civil
Rights Division alleged that ...
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Los Angeles Times - 46 minutes ago
Thursday night, a tweet went out from the Florida A&M student government: "Emergency mtg in the Grand Ballroom right now.
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BBC News - 8 minutes ago
FORT
MEADE MARYLAND - US Army analyst Bradley Manning has appeared in court
on the first day of a hearing to decide whether he will face trial over
allegations he leaked huge amounts of secret information to Wikileaks.
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Reuters - 47 minutes ago
NEW
YORK (Reuters) - Consumer prices were flat in November as Americans
paid less for cars and gasoline, while the 12-month inflation reading
fell for the second straight month, which could give the Federal Reserve
more room to help a still-weak ...
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BusinessWeek - 28 minutes ago
Dec.
16 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd. fell to the lowest level in
almost eight years after saying a new generation of BlackBerrys designed
to fuel a comeback won't be out until the “latter part” of 2012.
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MarketWatch - 19 minutes ago
By
Dan Gallagher, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Zynga Inc.
priced its initial public offering at $10 per share on Thursday
afternoon - the high end of the expected range for the deal, signaling
strong investor demand for the maker of social ...
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USA Today - 6 minutes ago
WASHINGTON
(AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges former executives
of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae misled investors with subprime mortgages.
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Written by
SlashGear - 39 minutes ago
Verizon's
Galaxy Nexus has gone under the knife - or the screwdriver at least -
to bare its silicon guts in the now-traditional post launch teardown.
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eWeek - 20 minutes ago
Apple
will buy panels for the iPad from AU Optronics (AUO), as well as
7.85-inch panels from LG Display, according to a report from DigiTimes.
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CNN - 24 minutes ago
(CNN)
-- According to the "Guinness Book of World Records," Sherlock Holmes
is the most popular role in the movies. So if Robert Downey Jr.
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msnbc.com - 54 minutes ago
Giving
you the day's top talkers and insights on the world of entertainment,
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msnbc.com - 2 hours ago
Richard
Drew / AP By Anna Chan When news broke that Howard Stern was joining
the "America's Got Talent" panel, there was no doubt that there would be
plenty of folks who would be upset by the news.
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ABC News - 22 minutes ago
By
DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer Ah, Paris. City of Light. Land of
romance. Gobbler of all the best Golden Globe nominations. Presented by
overseas reporters based in Hollywood, the Globes may be a worldwide
affair, but this time, they have a real ...
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New York Daily News - 20 minutes ago
BY
Kathryn Kattalia Kim Kardashian has come under fire for filing for
divorce on her 72-day marriage with Kris Humphries. It's been a rough
year for the reality star, who has spent the last few months dealing
with the aftermath of her split from NBA ...
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ESPN - 8 hours ago
PLAYA
VISTA, Calif. -- Thankfully for the Los Angeles Clippers, Chris Paul
has a short-term memory when it comes to history. At his introductory
news conference on the floor of the Clippers practice facility, Paul
cited the Clippers' history as a ...
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USA Today - 1 hour ago
By
Reid Cherner, USA TODAY A group of high school athletes on Long Island
were suspended after Tebowing in the hall. Jordan Fulcoly, Wayne Drexel
and brothers Tyler and Connor Carroll of Riverhead High School were
given one-day suspensions for their ...
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Fox News - 1 hour ago
By
Ian O'Neill Comet Lovejoy escapes from the Sun's fiery embrace
unscathed, and was spotted escaping by Nasa's Solar Dynamics
Observatory.
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BBC News - 55 minutes ago
By
Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News Russia's space agency
(Roscosmos) says its unsuccessful Mars probe will fall back to Earth
next month.
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CBS News - 1 hour ago
Chimpanzee
Ham, who flew America's first suborbital space flight on January 31,
1961, toasts NASA's Anniversary by sampling a Skylab space drink, on
October 01, 1973 at the National Zoo in Washington DC, where he lived
until his death in 1983.
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Los Angeles Times - 7 hours ago
Some
of the business community's toughest critics welcome efforts to ease
requirements as the law is implemented. But advocates for patients and
consumers voice frustration.
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