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Aid to Haiti Speeds Up, But Delays Mar EffortWall Street Journal - - 27 minutes ago One week after an earthquake pulverized Haiti, emergency supplies of water, food and medicine are beginning to reach large numbers of the country's desperate survivors. Video: More Troops, Aid to Haiti but Desperation Grows 
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Taliban Attack Kabul
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
KABUL—The Taliban launched a coordinated attack on the Afghan capital Monday, paralyzing the city for most of the day as militants set off explosions, took over buildings and attempted to disrupt the ...
Kabul's day of terror The Guardian
UN Chief Asks Security Council to Authorize More Troops, Police for Haiti
Voice of America - - 5 hours ago
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, just back from a tour of earthquake devastated Haiti, has asked the Security Council to boost the UN stabilization mission by as many as 3500 troops and police as soon as possible.
Next Ukrainian President: East or West?
Voice of America - - 3 hours ago
Photo: AP The top two vote-getters in Sunday's Ukrainian presidential election are often stereotyped as the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovch and pro-Western Yulia Tymoshenko.
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After a difficult year, President Obama gets mixed results from voters: poll
New York Daily News - - 2 hours ago
After one year in office Americans give the President mixed results, but they agree on one thing: his job is hard. A USA Today/Gallup Poll taken earlier this month shows that the President has a 50% or higher approval rating for foreign ...
Obama Invites Civil Rights Veterans On King Birthday Sun-Sentinel
Poll: Obama Ends First Year with 50% Approval Rating CBS News (blog)
Shoals Residents Remember Martin Luther King Jr.
WHNT - - 55 minutes ago
As Americans across the United States celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., residents in the Shoals also gathered to honor the civil rights activist.
Parade, Cornel West speech today Atlanta Journal Constitution
FAA: At least 3 dead in small plane crash in Ohio
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
AP ELYRIA, Ohio -- A mid-sized plane crashed Monday as it approached the Cleveland area from Gainesville, Fla., killing three people, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
FAA: At least 3 dead in small plane crash in Ohio Newsday (subscription)
Hackers Said to Breach Gmail Accounts in China
New York Times - - 49 minutes ago
BEIJING - Google e-mail accounts of at least two foreign journalists in Beijing have been compromised, a journalists' advocacy group in China said on Monday, adding that hackers changed Gmail program settings so that all messages would ...
Google Investigating If China Staff Involved in Cyber Attack Wall Street Journal
Tyco to Buy Brink's Home Security for $2 Billion
BusinessWeek - - 2 hours ago
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Tyco International Ltd., the world's largest maker of security systems through its ADT unit, agreed to buy Brink's Home Security Holdings Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at $2 billion.
Cadbury Bids Leave Investors With Cash to Burn: Matthew Lynn
BusinessWeek - - 45 minutes ago
Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- It takes a lot for the British to discover a sense of economic patriotism. Selling carmakers Jaguar and Land Rover to an Indian company was fine.
Kraft, Cadbury Close to $19 Billion Deal Wall Street Journal
Cadbury surrenders to foreign takeover Times Online
Apple to Unveil "Latest Creation"
Red Herring - - 57 minutes ago
Apple on Monday sent out press invitations for a January 27 event in which it is expected to unveil a new “creation.” The invitation-only event that will be held at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater read “Come see ...
Reporters Invited To an Apple Event Set Next Week Sci-Tech Today
Microsoft's Browser Under Fire In Europe
Wall Street Journal - - 34 minutes ago
Microsoft Corp. challenged recommendations by European officials that people stop using its Internet Explorer browser because of a security hole that hackers exploited in the recent attack on Google Inc. and ...
Govt issues IE security warning ABC Online
WSJ: New York Times May Charge Core Readers Of Its Website
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
The New York Times is nearing a decision to charge its core online readers, a person familiar with the matter said, as the paper wraps up its assessment of the benefits and risks of restricting access to news ...
New York Times May Charge for Its Online Content Sci-Tech Today
NBC to Pay $40 Million to Show Conan O'Brien the Door
Wall Street Journal - - 9 minutes ago
Conan O'Brien is close to signing a nearly $40 million agreement to walk away from his dream job hosting NBC's "The Tonight Show," bringing down the curtain on one of the entertainment industry's ...
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Golden Globes Fashion: We Rate The 10 Worst Dressed Females
MTV.com - 6 hours ago
By Nuzhat Naoreen Hopefully, you've already checked out our list of the top 10 best dressed ladies from the 2010 “Golden Globes” (if you haven't, what are you waiting for?
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'Avatar' clears $55 million on MLK holiday weekend; 'Eli' nabs $38
Entertainment Weekly - - 3 hours ago
As if it weren't enough to win the top two honors at last night's Golden Globes, Avatar made an estimated $55 million this Martin Luther King holiday weekend, bringing its monstrous cume to $505 million.
'Avatar' lands at No. 1 for fifth straight week Hollywood Reporter
Jets prepare for Colts in 'perfect script' matchup
Boston Globe - - 1 hour ago
AP Sports Writer / January 18, 2010 FLORHAM PARK, NJ—Rex Ryan has his players -- and maybe just about everyone else now -- believing the New York Jets might be a team of destiny.
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Mike Nolan out as Josh McDaniels' D-coordinator with Broncos
USA Today - 1 hour ago
Nolan told the Denver Post that he and McDaniels agreed to end their working relationship following the Broncos' 8-8, non-playoffs finish.
Glazer: D-coordinator to part ways with Broncos FOXSports.com
Andre Berto pulls out of title fight against Shane Mosley
Los Angeles Times - - 8 minutes ago
Unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Berto cites earthquake devastation in Haiti, his parents' homeland, as reason for his withdrawal from Jan. 30 unification bout in Las Vegas.
Flu pandemic easing, but risks remain: WHO
Reuters - - 6 hours ago
GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu pandemic appears to be easing, but a third wave of infections could yet strike, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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Experts urge screening for obesity in kids
Reuters - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should screen children and teens between 6 and 18 years for extra pounds, a federal task force recommends.
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FDA Warns Consumers On Fake GlaxoSmithKline Weight-Loss Drug
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Food and Drug Administration on Monday warned consumers about a counterfeit version of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's (GSK, GSK.
Fake version of Alli diet drug leads to warning CNNMoney.com
Health bill at stake, Obama to stump in Bay State
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - - Jan 15, 2010
BOSTON - His health care plan in peril, President Barack Obama laid on a last-minute campaign trip to Massachusetts for Democrat Martha Coakley on Sunday with polls showing her struggling in an unexpectedly close race against Republican Scott Brown to ...
K2: A Trek to Danger's Doorstep
New York Times - - Jan 15, 2010
K2, in the Karakoram Mountain range of the Himalayas, is the second-tallest mountain in the world. By GRAHAM BOWLEY ONE day last June, I roped up to a porter and we leaped over crevasses until we reached the side of K2, the second-tallest mountain on ...
The 'Devil' Writes Pat Robertson A Letter
NPR (blog) - - Jan 15, 2010
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune published a letter from Satan to evangelist Pat Robertson, responding to his comment that Haiti's persistent troubles, including the earthquake, are due to a pact the nation made with Mephistopheles.
Massachusetts: 'Bottom has fallen out' of Coakley's poll numbers; Dems prepare ...
Washington Examiner (blog) - - Jan 15, 2010
Here in Massachusetts, as well as in Washington, a growing sense of gloom is setting in among Democrats about the fortunes of Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley.
Torn Between 2 Phones: Nexus One vs. iPhone
New York Times (blog) - - Jan 15, 2010
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images The Google Nexus One smartphone and the Apple iPhone. To switch or not to switch, that is the question.