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Algerian stance spoils US strategy for region

Washington Post - ‎12 minutes ago‎
LONDON - The hostage crisis in Algeria has upended the Obama administration's strategy for coordinating an international military campaign against al-Qaeda fighters in North Africa, leaving U.S.
Foreigners still trapped in Sahara hostage crisis
12 hostages killed during Algerian gas field operation
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In Reversal, House GOP Agrees to Lift Debt Limit

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
WASHINGTON - Backing down from their hard-line stance, House Republicans said Friday that they would agree to lift the federal government's statutory borrowing limit for three months, with a requirement that both chambers of Congress pass a budget in ...
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Defect in 787 Elusive as Burned Evidence Adds Obstacle

Bloomberg
1 hour ago
Written by
Susanna Ray
Clues to how the battery packs on two Boeing Co. (BA) 787 planes failed are proving difficult to unearth, leaving uncertain when regulators will clear the model to fly again.
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Search Option From Facebook Is Privacy Test

New York Times - ‎49 minutes ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook's greatest triumph has been to persuade a seventh of the world's population to share their personal lives online.
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NASA Sends Mona Lisa to the Moon on a Laser Ride

PC Magazine
1 hour ago
Written by
Damon Poeter
The U.S. space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) scientists this week beamed an image of the Mona Lisa from Earth to the Moon-orbiting spacecraft's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument, NASA said Thursday.
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Pakistani Preacher Ends Protest in Government Deal

New York Times - ‎Jan 17, 2013‎
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Muhammad Tahir-ul Qadri, the preacher turned political activist who led thousands of his supporters to occupy the heart of the Pakistani capital, ended his protest on Thursday night after the government granted his party largely ...
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Flooded Jakarta Braces for More Downpours

Voice of America - ‎15 hours ago‎
JAKARTA - A state of emergency has been declared after heavy rains have paralyzed much of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes as the city braces itself for continued monsoon downpours over the coming ...

ACLU drops challenge to Kansas abortion law

Uniontown Herald Standard - ‎1 hour ago‎
The American Civil Liberties Union ended its legal challenge Friday to a Kansas law restricting private health insurance coverage for abortions.
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James Hood, who integrated University of Alabama, dies at 70

Washington Post - ‎29 minutes ago‎
On a scorching June day in 1963, James Hood and Vivian Malone became the first two black students to enroll successfully at the University of Alabama, defying Gov.
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Ex-New Orleans Mayor Faces 21-Count Corruption Indictment

Voice of America - ‎1 hour ago‎
A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted a former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana on 21 counts of corruption, including charges he accepted payoffs from contractors while the city struggled with the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Michelle Obama gives herself a birthday present: bangs!

New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV - ‎1 hour ago‎
She broke out in bangs on her 49th birthday on Thursday. And the Office of the First Lady, using her new Twitter account @FLOTUS, tweeted her sleek and chic hairstyle for all the world to see.
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New York newspaper takes down gun owner details from website

Reuters - ‎58 minutes ago‎
Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:32pm EST. (Reuters) - A New York newspaper pulled the names and addresses of thousands of gun permit holders from its website on Friday, ending a fierce battle over the data published after the Connecticut elementary school massacre.
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Records Show Fed Wavering in 2007

Wall Street Journal - ‎4 minutes ago‎
Federal Reserve officials in 2007 appeared to underestimate the sickly condition of U.S. financial markets before shifting to a state of growing alarm, according to 1,566 pages of newly released transcripts from the central bank's meetings that year.
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California job growth slows in December as payrolls shrink

Los Angeles Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Ricardo Lopez
After adding jobs at a steady clip through most of last year, California's employment engine lost steam in December as employers reduced payrolls by 17,500 net positions.
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Stocks Mixed, But S&P 500 Hits Five-Year High

TheStreet.com - ‎22 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages were mixed Friday as the benchmark S&P 500 Index worked its way up to a five-year high.
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China Labor Squeeze Caps Rebound as BofA Sees 6% Growth by 2020

Bloomberg - ‎4 hours ago‎
China's growth rebound may be capped by a labor-force squeeze and shrinking resources that leave the government satisfied with rates of expansion as low as half the peak during the past decade.
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What Will The 3D Printing Crowd Do With Nokia's Templates For The Lumia 820?

Forbes - ‎2 hours ago‎
Nokia's decision today to release the modelling files to allow 3D printing of the back shells of the Lumia 820 is an interesting move.
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Red October Used Java Exploit: Update or Disable Java Now

PC Magazine - ‎Jan 17, 2013‎
With the recent zero-day exploit for Java, we're beating the "update Java now" drum and playing the "disable Java altogether" fife in the SecurityWatch parade.
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Gucci Mane's 'Spring Breakers' Role Makes Waka Flocka Laugh

MTV.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
'He did that on the low. I can't wait to see it,' Waka tells MTV News of his buddy's role in the upcoming James Franco flick.
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Three British shows launch on telly

Fresno Bee - ‎58 minutes ago‎
The British have landed in three new shows that deal with a notorious serial killer, a popular female singing group and creepy creatures.
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Barbra Streisand to receive Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award

Reuters - ‎5 hours ago‎
NEW YORK | Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:34pm EST. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barbra Streisand will add the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award to her roster of honors, in recognition of her achievement as a director, writer, producer and film star, the group ...
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Te'o relative: Trusting nature was Notre Dame star's downfall

Chicago Tribune - ‎26 minutes ago‎
The supposed architect of the Manti Te'o dead girlfriend hoax reportedly admitted to fabricating it without the former Notre Dame star's collusion, and a source confirmed to the Tribune that the fictitious girlfriend told Te'o she faked her demise to avoid drug ...
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Rockets fall to Pacers as losing streak hits six

Houston Chronicle (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
Patrick Patterson didn't help too much in this one going 1-for-8 in his 25 minutes. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings). INDIANAPOLIS - As has become their norm, the Rockets fell far back and then made a comeback.
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Short-handed Hawks fall to Nets

Atlanta Journal Constitution - ‎33 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK -- The Hawks ran with the Nets for a second straight game - and this time they did it even more short-handed. The Hawks played without Al Horford, lost Lou Williams in the second quarter to a potentially serious knee injury and had DeShawn ...
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Hunting for Quail Eggs? Mind Your Steps

National Geographic - ‎5 hours ago‎
Female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) lay their eggs on the ground where they can make tempting meals for rodents, snakes, and deer.
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Adult Stem Cells: A Piece of My Heart, From Cells in My Arm

ABC News
2 hours ago
Written by
Bill Weir
I left my heart in Minnesota -- a tiny, pulsing piece of it, anyway. The folks at the Mayo Clinic call it "Lil' Bill" and it lives in a comfortable Petri dish on a climate-controlled shelf deep in the bowels of the renowned hospital.
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Flu season 'bad one for the elderly,' CDC says

USA TODAY - ‎45 minutes ago‎
The number of older people hospitalized with the flu has risen sharply, prompting federal officials to take unusual steps to make more flu medicines available and to urge wider use of them as soon as symptoms appear.
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