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Algeria raid puts a lawless region in the spotlight

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
CAIRO - The offensive by Algerian soldiers to free hostages at a natural gas complex has refocused world attention on the dangers of a lawless desert region bristling with gunrunners, smugglers and a virulent strain of Islamic ideology.
Algeria ends desert siege, but dozens killed
Hostages die in botched rescue bid after Islamists seize Algeria gas plant
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Aid Pledged to Mali as More Troops Deploy

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
BAMAKO, Mali—The U.S. and Europe agreed to provide new support for the fight against al Qaeda-backed rebels in Mali as French and Malian soldiers moved into three towns to confront militants who had staged a series of surprise attacks.
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NRA, Congress stymied CDC gun research budget

CBS News - ‎52 minutes ago‎
(CBS News) On Monday, President Obama ordered the Centers for Disease Control to begin research on the causes of gun violence. That was something that Congress specifically prevented the CDC from doing.
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Catfish stars share insight into Manti Te'o saga

USA TODAY - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Nev Schulman and Max Joseph have become the experts on "catfishing." The MTV hosts of "Catfish" have followed stories of people who create fake online profiles to pursue romantic relationships, often at the cost of their unsuspecting partner.
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Fox: 'American Idol' judges feud to intensify

Entertainment Weekly - ‎2 hours ago‎
The diva combativeness on Fox's American Idol will intensify during tonight's second episode. “People said the passion between the two girls was invented,” Fox's reality chief Mike Darnell tells EW.
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Pak govt blinks on day 4, inks deal with Qadri

Times of India - ‎56 minutes ago‎
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government on Thursday agreed to appoint a caretaker prime minister by consensus ahead of the next election as part of a deal struck with fiery cleric Tahir-ul Qadri to end his protest near parliament that had put intense pressure on the ...
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Cyber Crime and Punishment

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
The suicide of Aaron Swartz has unleashed another debate pitting intellectual property against digital democracy. And if there is a lesson to be found from the circumstances of the tech prodigy's death, perhaps it is that the failure to modernize the law for the ...
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Prosecution rests in high-profile Ariz murder case

MiamiHerald.com - ‎38 minutes ago‎
PHOENIX -- Prosecutors have rested their case in the high-profile trial of an Arizona woman accused of killing her boyfriend in 2008.
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Defense: FBI terrorism sting targeted 'a kid'

Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎20 minutes ago‎
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - For days, prosecutors in an Oregon terrorism trial have hammered jurors with recording after recording in which undercover agents gave the target of an FBI sting a series of chances to reject their advances and turn his back to terror.
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Chicago resident gets 14 years for support of Mumbai attack, Danish cartoon plot

NBCNews.com (blog) - ‎16 minutes ago‎
By Vignesh Ramachandran, Staff Writer, NBC News. A former Chicago businessman was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison for giving material support to overseas terrorism, including to a Pakistan-based terrorist group.
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Citi's Corbat tempers investor expectations in debut

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
By David Henry. NEW YORK | Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:33pm EST. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mike Corbat, Citigroup Inc's new CEO, used his earnings debut to temper investor expectations for a turnaround at the company, delivering subdued profits and saying the ...
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Intel's weak outlook, spending hikes unnerve Wall Street

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Noel Randewich. SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:25pm EST. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp's forecast quarterly revenue that disappointed Wall Street, while a sharp increase in capital spending it plans for 2013 unnerved investors ...
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Japan Learned to Love Deflation in Wage Malaise Facing BOJ

Bloomberg - ‎37 minutes ago‎
A decade and a half after Japan slumped into deflation, the central bank is set to signal its strongest effort yet to reverse the trend.
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S&P 500 Advances to Five-Year High on Better-Than-Forecast Data

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎2 hours ago‎
Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks advanced, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to a five-year high, amid better- than-forecast initial jobless claims and housing data.
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Facebook unleashes cupid potential

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO - Cue the disco ball and Barry White soundtrack: Facebook is becoming an online love connection - or maybe a meat market.
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Incoming Call: Facebook

MIT Technology Review
8 minutes ago
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David Zax
Facebook has begun rolling out a new feature that lets iPhone users place free calls. Users of the Messenger for iPhone app have long been able to send messages among themselves; following a successful test in Canada of a free calling feature for that app, ...
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Lenovo Ruggedizes ThinkPad Chromebook For Schools

InformationWeek
3 hours ago
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Thomas Claburn
Google has a new hardware partner in Lenovo, whose ThinkPad X131e Chromebook will be available next month equipped with Google's browser-based operating system and reinforced edges for durability.
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From WikiLeaks to Pussy Riot: 10 Cool Films Coming to Sundance

Wired - ‎17 minutes ago‎
Around this time of year all of Hollywood's elite are all about the Golden Globes and Oscars. But north of Los Angeles, in the hills of Utah the future Academy Award contenders of the world are sharing their wares at the Sundance Film Festival.
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'Dear Abby' Advice Columnist Dies at 94

Wall Street Journal - ‎36 minutes ago‎
Pauline Phillips, aka Abigail Van Buren, transformed a venerable newspaper staple for lovelorns into a forum on life, manners, social change and whatever struck her as amusing.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals: What Does It Take To Be His Sidekick?

MTV.com - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Action-movie fans everywhere are getting ready to welcome Arnold Schwarzenegger back this weekend with the release of "The Last Stand," his first non-"Expendables" role and turn as a leading man since leaving political office.
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Kobe Bryant edges LeBron James to lead All-Star starters

USA TODAY - ‎38 minutes ago‎
The Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (1,591,437) edged the Miami Heat's LeBron James (1,583,646) as this year's leading vote-getter in the 2013 NBA All-Star Balloting.
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Chip Kelly, introduced as Eagles' new coach, says he is 'all in'

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎11 minutes ago‎
The introduction that could have occurred 10 days ago finally happened on Thursday. Wearing a black Eagles polo, Chip Kelly walked into the auditorium at the Eagles training facility to be welcomed as the next Eagles coach.
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Mickelson opens season at Humana Challenge

Yahoo! Sports - ‎33 minutes ago‎
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) -- Phil Mickelson opened his season with an erratic even-par 72 on Thursday in the Humana Challenge, leaving him nine strokes behind the first-round leaders.
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Personal Genomes Could Soon Be Public Information

The Atlantic Wire - ‎1 hour ago‎
Discovered: Even your DNA won't be private anymore; a rock harder than diamonds; the depression gene remains elusive; check out these ancient sea creatures straight out of Dr.
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Raw: Sen. Nelson joins python hunt in Fla.

USA TODAY - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Sen. Bill Nelson is blaming warm weather for an unsuccessful python hunt in the Everglades. The Florida Democrat is among more than 1,000 people who signed up to hunt Burmese pythons during the month-long 'Python Challenge.
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Study: Fecal transplants cure serious infection

STLtoday.com - ‎14 minutes ago‎
The thought of taking human feces from one person and pumping it into another makes most people's stomachs churn. But it looks like it might be the best way to treat a severe and stubborn intestinal infection that kills about 14,000 people in the United States ...
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Does a Flu Shot Cause the Flu?

Patch.com - ‎50 minutes ago‎
This information was provided by the The Henry Ford Health System located in Detroit, Mich. and first appeared on Stclairshores.patch.
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FDA approves first flu vaccine grown in insect cells

CIDRAP - ‎57 minutes ago‎
Jan 17, 2013 (CIDRAP News) - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first influenza vaccine produced with the help of an insect virus and recombinant DNA technology, an approach the agency says may make it possible to start ...
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