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Steinitz: Israel can do without US economic aid
Ynetnews - - 37 minutes ago
Finance minister responds to Mideast envoy George Mitchell's threat to freeze loan guarantees if Jewish state fails to make progress in peace process, says 'we are doing very well without them.
PMO: The PA hinders peace process, not the Israeli gov't Jerusalem Post
CIA 'not lax' for Afghan attack
Aljazeera.net - 3 hours ago
The head of the CIA has denied that lax security measures enabled a suicide bomber to kill eight people, including seven of the US agency's intelligence officers, at a base in Afghanistan.
Video: CIA Bomber Calls for More Attacks on US
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New Afghan Cabinet Picks Still Generate Resistance
New York Times - - 16 hours ago
KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai made a second effort to fill his cabinet on Saturday, nominating 16 new ministers a week after Parliament had rejected most of his first choices.
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Senate poll: Coakley up 15 points
Boston Globe - - 3 hours ago
Democrat Martha Coakley, buoyed by her durable statewide popularity, enjoys a solid, 15-percentage-point lead over Republican rival Scott Brown as the race for US Senate enters the homestretch, according to a new Boston ...
Senate can stall winner's start Boston Herald
Faulty assumptions blamed for state budget mess
San Francisco Chronicle - - 1 hour ago
Plummeting tax revenue and the rising cost of social programs have played their part in the budget mess facing California. But there's another major factor - the faulty assumptions the state's leaders have made in passing previous years' spending plans ...
Six years later, California's priority is still jobs Los Angeles Times
World grapples with terror cases
Detroit Free Press - 1 hour ago
• A New York man arrested in connection with an alleged bomb plot targeting the city was charged Saturday with conspiracy to commit murder and receiving terrorist training from al-Qaida.
Queens Man Is Accused of Getting Qaeda Training New York Times
Venezuela's Chavez Aims To Fight Currency Black Market
Wall Street Journal - - 7 hours ago
CARACAS (Dow Jones)--Venezuela plans to battle the country's currency black market with "heavy intervention," President Hugo Chavez said Saturday, one day after announcing a devaluation of the bolivar.
Japan Air Said to Consider Dissolving Pension Fund for Retirees
Bloomberg - - 25 minutes ago
Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's largest carrier, may dissolve its pension fund if retirees reject a proposed 30 percent cut in payouts, two people familiar with the matter said.
JAL Would Seek US Business Tie-Up, Not Capital Deal-Nikkei Wall Street Journal
American, Delta Slug it Out for Struggling JAL but are Likely to Fail Gerson Lehrman Group
IRS should regulate all tax-return preparers
Washington Post - - 13 hours ago
Maybe it's just me, but when I see the word "all," I assume it means all-inclusive. Recently, the Internal Revenue Service announced a major initiative to bring greater scrutiny to the tax-preparation industry.
New oversight might change tax preparation GoErie.com
The Best of CES 2010
PC World - 7 hours ago
From genuine 3D technology to slick new e-readers, these products are the best of the crop from this year's show. Our crack staff of editors hit Las Vegas this week to cover the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
AT A GLANCE: Electronics Show Features Mobile, 3-D Innovation Wall Street Journal
Washington takes center stage at Consumer Electronics Show Washington Post
CES: Google building a Nexus One for enterprise
CNET - - 8 hours ago
Once an Apple engineer, Andy Rubin went on to co-found mobile computing outfits Danger and Android. He sold the former to Microsoft and the latter to Google, where he is now vice president of engineering.
Teardown Prices Google Nexus One at $175 PC Magazine
Week in Microsoft: Ballmer kicks off CES 2010
Ars Technica - 16 hours ago
This week in Microsoft, CES 2010 was the big talking point, with Steve Ballmer kicking off the conference. Nevertheless, there was still a bit of non-CES Microsoft news to cover.
Who can stop Jobszilla? Times Online
CBS chief: Failed Leno/NBC experiment boosted CBS
Reuters - - 10 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler said on Saturday that the No. 1 US television network had reaped advertising benefits from rival NBC's decision to move comedian Jay Leno to prime time in place of scripted drama.
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Lack of originality sinks 'Youth in Revolt'
Eagle Tribune - - 3 hours ago
"Youth in Revolt" is your standard, sex-romp of a comedy; a tale of virginal teenage desires and adolescent awkwardness starring the unofficial prince of the genre, Michael Cera.
Michael Cera, old soul Entertainment Weekly
'Avatar' Heading For Top Of $ Heap
The Ledger - - 1 hour ago
A dozen years after the director of "Titanic" made that famous exclamation at the Academy Awards - after claiming Oscar gold on top of box-office riches for the epic romance and highest-grossing movie of all time - Cameron just might top ...
Fans come from near and far to see record-breaking film Nashua Telegraph
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Cowboys Put Away Eagles and 13 Years of Frustration
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
David J. Phillip/AP Dallas Cowboys cornerback Mike Jenkins (21) celebrates his interception with teammate Sam Hurd (17) in the fourth quarter in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday.
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Togo Doesn't Leave Tournament
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Togo performed a U-turn Saturday on its decision to quit the African Nations Cup, electing instead to stay in Angola and compete, a player said hours before the competition was to begin Sunday.
Sanchez is one cool customer in playoff debut
FOXSports.com - - 2 hours ago
Mark Sanchez grew up idolizing Carson Palmer. Sanchez was the ball boy when Palmer was quarterbacking at Santa Margarita High School in southern California before following in Palmer's shoulder pads at Santa Margarita.
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Report: Health costs up slightly under Senate bill
Washington Post - - 29 minutes ago
AP WASHINGTON -- Americans would see only a modest rise in health care costs under the Senate's plan to extend coverage to 34 million people who currently go without health insurance, government economic experts say in a new ...
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H1N1 vaccine clinics continue
ENC Today - 43 minutes ago
MOREHEAD CITY - Carteret County Health Department continues to schedule H1N1 vaccine clinics through the month of January at the Health Department and at several churches in the county.
Free flu clinics set Northwest Herald
FDA OKs Genentech's new arthritis drug
San Francisco Chronicle - - 8 hours ago
Federal regulators have approved a new class of rheumatoid arthritis drug created by South San Francisco's Genentech. The drug, called Actemra, is the first arthritis treatment to operate by blocking the activity of a protein called interleukin-6 that, ...
Genentech Says FDA Approves Actemra Arthritis Drug New York Times
Genentech's new arthritis drug gets FDA nod The Money Times
More Politics Stories
Washington Times - Jan 6, 2010
While two Senate Democrats already have seen the handwriting on the wall and bailed out of re-election races, five others trail Republicans in states where President Obama and his trillion-dollar health-care-reform plan are increasingly unpopular.
Nurse Outduels IRS on M.B.A. Tuition
Wall Street Journal - - 17 hours ago
A Maryland nurse accomplished two rare feats in her battle with the Internal Revenue Service: She defended herself against the agency's lawyers and won, and she got a ruling that could help tens of thousands of students deduct the ...
The catchall fraud law that catches too much
CNNMoney.com - - Jan 6, 2010
(Fortune Magazine) -- When it comes to fighting white-collar crime, the sharpest arrow in the federal prosecutor's quiver is a law most nonlawyers have never heard of, ...
Husband, wife accused of running prostitution ring in Pasadena, Irvine
Los Angeles Times - - Jan 6, 2010
The pair allegedly operated their business at upscale apartment complexes. Four of their workers are also arrested. By Ching-Ching Ni A husband and wife have been arrested and charged with operating a high-end prostitution ring out of two upscale ...
10 Ways to Cut Your Travel Costs This Year
New York Times - - Jan 5, 2010
LAST year was arguably the year of the travel deal, with resorts and airlines practically begging for bookings, and many travelers finding bargain airfares and hotel rooms as a result.