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Missoni Fashion Boss on Missing Plane

ABC News - ‎20 minutes ago‎
The search resumed Saturday for a small plane that has disappeared off the Venezuelan coast with six people aboard, including Vittorio Missoni, a top executive in Italy's Missoni fashion house, officials said.
Italian designer Missoni missing after plane disappears in Venezuela
Plane Carrying Vittorio Missoni Has Gone Missing
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Lance Armstrong considering admitting to drug use

NBCNews.com - ‎13 minutes ago‎
The New York Times reports that the cycling champion is weighing his options on whether or not he should admit to using banned performance enhancing drugs during his cycling career.
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CES 2013: 9 Cool Gadgets

InformationWeek - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Michael Endler 01/05/2013 Consumer Electronics Show is a tech smorgasbord. Here are nine products that attest to the show's overwhelming variety.
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Justin Bieber Smoking Pot? Photos Emerge Of The Teen Star Partying Days ...

Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
TMZ obtained the snaps of Bieber holding an alleged blunt and laughing with friends, including 19-year-old Lil Twist, who was driving Bieber's car at the time the paparazzo was killed on a highway in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Venezuela assembly meets as Hugo Chavez battles cancer

Times of India - ‎34 minutes ago‎
CARACAS: Venezuela's National Assembly is set to meet on Saturday to elect its leadership and likely thrash out the country's political future as President Hugo Chavez battles cancer in Cuba and debate rages over whether he can be sworn in to a new term ...
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Syrian journalist reportedly dies of shooting attack wounds

Fox News - ‎17 minutes ago‎
BEIRUT - Syrian journalist for a pro-government television station died of wounds sustained in a shooting attack in the suburbs of Damascus, state media said Saturday, as rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad pressed ahead with an offensive on ...
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Rally Signals Fatah's Rift With Hamas May Ease

New York Times - ‎13 hours ago‎
JERUSALEM - Turning the streets of Gaza City into a swarm of sunshine-yellow flags, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians celebrated the anniversary of the Fatah faction on Friday in the heartland of its militant Islamist rival, Hamas, the latest in a series of ...
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East Belfast trouble follows union flag protest

BBC News - ‎33 minutes ago‎
About 100 loyalists attacked officers with bricks, bottles and smoke bombs. Police have used water cannon in response. Earlier on Saturday, up to 1,000 loyalists protested outside Belfast City Hall over the decision to fly the union flag only on designated days.
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Police: Man Inside Colorado Home May Have...

ABC News - ‎12 minutes ago‎
Authorities are outside a Colorado home where they believe an armed man may be holding as many as four people hostage. Police Sgt.
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Gay Groups React To News Obama Likely To Nominate Chuck Hagel For ...

On Top Magazine - ‎40 minutes ago‎
Gay groups react to the news that President Barack Obama is likely to nominate Chuck Hagel, a former senator from Nebraska and Vietnam veteran, for defense secretary.
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Obama says US can't afford more showdowns over debt, deficits

Reuters - ‎5 hours ago‎
By Jeff Mason. HONOLULU | Sat Jan 5, 2013 10:54am EST. HONOLULU (Reuters) - Fresh from the long legislative fight to prevent a "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts, President Barack Obama warned on Saturday that the United States could not ...
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Ex-rep: Barney would just add to D.C.'s fiscal gridlock

Boston Herald - ‎11 hours ago‎
Barney Frank's notorious prickly personality and his controversial role in the mortgage debacle could pose a huge problem if he were appointed as the Bay State's interim senator at a time when the Beltway is gridlocked over the nation's deficit crisis, ...
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US shrugs off fiscal concerns

Financial Times - ‎21 hours ago‎
The US economy shrugged off concerns about the fiscal cliff as it started 2013 with 155,000 new jobs and rising confidence in the services sector.
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S&P 500 finishes at five-year high on economic data

Reuters - ‎43 minutes ago‎
By Chuck Mikolajczak. NEW YORK | Sat Jan 5, 2013 10:30am EST. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index ended at a five-year high on Friday, lifted by reports showing employers kept up a steady pace of hiring workers and the ...
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On Google, FTC Set Rules of War Over Patents

New York Times - ‎14 hours ago‎
The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust investigation of Google focused mainly on the company's lucrative search business, while its inquiry into the tech giant's handling of patents seemed an afterthought.
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Samsung Korea posts Galaxy S II Jelly Bean update details, but not the release ...

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Samsung Galaxy S II owners waiting for an update that adds features (instead of taking them away) may not have long to wait, now that support pages for the official Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update -- announced months ago -- have been found on the ...
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Library of Congress has amassed 170 billion tweets

USA TODAY - ‎7 hours ago‎
Close. Library of Congress has amassed 170 billion tweets. 3:43a.m. EST January 5, 2013. CommentsShare. Twitter logo. TheTwitter logo is displayed at the entrance of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco.
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Analysis: Why does the US care if Google visits N. Korea?

USA TODAY - ‎3 hours ago‎
A Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP). WASHINGTON (AP) - Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a ...
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Pregnant Kim Kardashian Hits the Red Carpet in Gorgeous Black Ensemble in ...

Celebuzz - ‎1 hour ago‎
The pregnant reality star was on hand to host the annual ICED Festival at Cowboys Dance Hall in Calgary, Canada. Kardashian donned a sheer black top, matching jacket and pencil skirt as she worked the red carpet in a pair of strappy heels.
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HBO's Liberace movie 'too gay' for theaters: Soderbergh

New York Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
HBO's new Liberace biopic was “too gay” for every studio in Hollywood, director Steven Soderbergh says. “Behind The Candelabra,” which the Oscar winner says will be his last film, stars Michael Douglas as the flamboyant showman and Matt Damon as his ...
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Downton Abbey Season 3 Premiere Has Us Longing For Edwardian Style Interiors

Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
We are so excited for the Downton Abbey season 3 premiere tomorrow night, we can hardly contain ourselves. Since Lady Mary and Matthew finally gave into their undying love for each other at the end of the last episode, we just can't stop imagining the ...
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Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans: All You Need To Know

Cincy Jungle - ‎1 hour ago‎
A collections of stories, previews and information heading into the wild card round between the Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Texans.
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NFC Wildcard Chat: Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers

Patch.com - ‎27 minutes ago‎
The Green Bay Packers host the Minnesota Vikings at 7 p.m. Saturday in an NFC Wildcard playoff game. We asked on Facebook what Stillwater area establishments were planning gameday specials, and here is a few of the responses we got back: Shanghai ...
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Saban: Alabama Players Must Put Aside 'Clutter'

ABC News - ‎51 minutes ago‎
Days after team leaders held a players-only meeting, Alabama coach Nick Saban says the Crimson Tide's performance in Monday's BCS championship will say a lot about whether his players have put aside the "clutter" that comes with their success.
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Eagles interviewing Oregon coach Chip Kelly

USA TODAY - ‎35 minutes ago‎
chip-kelly-1-1513. Chip Kelly is 46-7 in four seasons as Oregon's head coach. (Photo: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports).
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US Wins Gold at Junior Ice Hockey Worlds in Russia

ABC News - ‎10 minutes ago‎
The United States won the junior ice hockey championships on Saturday after Rocco Grimaldi scored twice and Vince Trocheck added an empty-net goal for a 3-1 win over Sweden in the final.
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Carbon Rich Asteroids Caused Dark Patches at Protoplanet Vesta

French Tribune - ‎4 hours ago‎
Earlier, it was considered that dark patches on the protoplanet Vesta have occurred due to the geological procedures that would have taken on the planet.
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100 billion alien planets fill our galaxy

Fox News - ‎4 hours ago‎
Our Milky Way galaxy is home to at least 100 billion alien planets, and possibly many more, a new study suggests. "It's a staggering number, if you think about it," lead author Jonathan Swift, of Caltech in Pasadena, said in a statement.
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Mass. governor offers new pharmacy rules

Columbus Dispatch - ‎3 hours ago‎
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday proposed tighter regulations on sterile compounding pharmacies after a deadly meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts company.
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