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Economy, Health Debate Turned Tables in MassachusettsWall Street Journal - - 22 minutes ago The spectacle of Democrats imperiled in a Senate race in Massachusetts, of all places, raises a host of intriguing questions, but they can be boiled down to one: How did it come to this? America sends paratroopers to Haiti to help secure aid linesTimes Online - 38 minutes ago In a deafening display of military muscle, a detachment of US paratroopers flew into the heart of the Haitian capital yesterday to secure the flattened presidential palace and reassure onlookers that they were on a mission to help, not take control. Troops Land With Aid at Presidential Site New York Times NJ Gov. Chris Christie hosts inaugural gala at Newark's Prudential CenterThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com - - 50 minutes ago Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerGovernor Chris Christie and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno congratulate each other after they were both sworn in at the Trenton War Memorial this afternoon. |
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Christian-Muslim Mayhem in Nigeria Kills Dozens
New York Times - - 49 minutes ago
DAKAR, Senegal - Armed with guns, machetes, torches and bows and arrows, Christian and Muslim antagonists in central Nigeria's religiously volatile city of Jos have been fighting for three days in sporadic clashes that have left dozens ...
Scores die in Nigeria religious violence CNN International
Karzai plans to woo Taliban with 'land, work and pensions'
The Guardian - 2 hours ago
Afghanistan's president will unveil a plan in the next eight days to offer work, education, pensions and land to Taliban fighters who lay down their weapons.
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Israel accused of silencing political protest
Washington Post - - 3 hours ago
FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2009 file photo, showing Israeli police as they detain a left-wing activist during a demonstration in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
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Tornado warning in Los Angeles and Orange counties
San Jose Mercury News - - 33 minutes ago
AP LOS ANGELES - A storm moving through Central and Southern California has brought high winds, waves and lightning, prompting a tornado warning and pier closures.
Court won't close locks; Carp DNA in Lake Michigan
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
AP TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The US Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to order the immediate closure of shipping structures near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes, before authorities said DNA from the ravenous ...
Asian carp DNA found in Lake Michigan; Supreme Court rejects remedy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
NYC Would Be Hit Under Governor's Budget Proposal
ABC News - - 1 hour ago
AP New York City would take hits in school aid, local government assistance, social services and transportation under Gov. David Paterson's state budget proposal.
Massachusetts Vote Will Shape Budget Restraint Wall Street Journal
IBM Consulting Sales Drop; 2010 Forecast Tops Target
Bloomberg - - 29 minutes ago
Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer-services provider, reported a drop in fourth-quarter business consulting revenue while saying 2010 profit will exceed its earlier target.
IBM 4Q Profit Up 8.7% On Higher Margins, Views Wall Street Journal
IBM reports 9% increase in earnings MarketWatch
Google: Tech War In China
CNBC - 22 minutes ago
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Rambus shares jump on Samsung legal settlement
MarketWatch - - 12 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Samsung Electronics will pay Rambus Inc. $700 million over five years, and invest another $200 million in the chip design company as part of a settlement ending their legal disputes, ...
Samsung to Pay Rambus $900 Million in Settlement Wall Street Journal
Microsoft to issue emergency patch for flaw used in Google attack
USA Today - - 50 minutes ago
Microsoft has just announced that it will issue an emergency patch -- something it rarely does -- for the Internet Explorer security hole implicated in recent data-stealing cyberattacks against Google, Adobe, Jupiter and dozens of other companies.
Apple Tablet Won't Mean Business
PC World - - 49 minutes ago
Attention Apple fan-boys and -girls: Read no further. But if you run a small business and want to avoid wasting money and brain cells on superfluous technology, forgot about the iSlate or whatever Apple is going to call its ...
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Microsoft to delete Bing users' IP addresses after 6 months
Ars Technica - 5 hours ago
By Emil Protalinski | Last updated January 19, 2010 12:09 PM Microsoft will eliminate all data collected on Bing users after six months.
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Fox registers Conan O'Brien website as talks continue
USA Today - 1 hour ago
Jay Leno said last night on his show that he expected an announcement today about the details of Conan O'Brien's departure from The Tonight Show, but the negotiations have been held up, reportsThe New York Times.
Wyclef Jean Pleads For Help Relocating 2 Million Haitians
MTV.com - - 7 hours ago
Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean held an emotional press conference in New York on Monday afternoon to outline relief plans for his country and to answer criticism of Yele Haiti, the charity foundation he founded that is raising funds for ...
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Author Robert Parker, 77, dies; he wrote Spenser crime books
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
Robert B. Parker, 77, a popular and prolific author of hard-boiled American crime fiction, best known for the 37-book Spenser series which became an ABC television show in the 1980s, died Jan. 18, at his writing desk at home in ...
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Jones confirms Phillips will return
ESPN - - 50 minutes ago
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Not only is head coach Wade Phillips returning for the 2010 season, he might be with the Dallas Cowboys even longer.
Molina returning to Giants, after all
MLB.com - - 30 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO -- In an intriguing turn of events, the Giants apparently have re-signed catcher Bengie Molina, who seemed bound for the New York Mets, to a one-year, $4.5 million contract on Tuesday.
Molina returning to Giants SI.com
Calhoun taking medical leave
ESPN - 2 hours ago
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun is taking a leave of absence, effective immediately, due to undisclosed medical issues, the university announced Tuesday afternoon.
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Another Reminder That Teenagers Should Really Stay Away From Tanning Salons
New York Magazine - 37 minutes ago
The World Health Organization last summer finally definitively listed sunlamps as cancer causers. The FDA will soon begin debating how to warn indoor tanners of the cancer threats posed by sunlamps.
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Chan: Lack of H1N1 vaccine demand surprising
CIDRAP - - 52 minutes ago
Jan 19, 2010 (CIDRAP News) - The H1N1 influenza pandemic brought no "devastating surprises," but what has surprised public health agencies is the public's lack of interest in getting vaccinated, Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health ...
HPV test 'can cut cervical cancer deaths' say experts
BBC News - 10 hours ago
Cervical cancer deaths could be cut if a different screening test was used in the first instance rather than smear tests for over-35s, say researchers.
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In Germany, a Tradition Falls, and Women Rise
New York Times - - Jan 17, 2010
NEUÖTTING, GERMANY - Manuela Maier was branded a bad mother. A Rabenmutter, or raven mother, after the black bird that pushes chicks out of the nest.
Has Leno lost his nice guy appeal?
CNN - - Jan 15, 2010
Jay Leno is taking hits from both the Twitterverse and comedians. Can his reputation recover? (CNN) -- Comedian Jimmy Kimmel ripped into Jay Leno on his own show Thursday night, and Rosie O'Donnell -- who has been outspoken about ...
World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown
Times Online - - Jan 16, 2010
A WARNING that climate change will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after a series of scientific blunders by the United Nations body that issued it.
Professor Is a Label That Leans to the Left
New York Times - - Jan 17, 2010
The overwhelmingly liberal tilt of university professors has been explained by everything from outright bias to higher IQ scores. Now new research suggests that critics may have been asking the wrong question.
The Backlash Is Coming! The Backlash Is Coming!
Wall Street Journal - - Jan 15, 2010
People in Massachusetts think they're at the leading edge of politics. That's not good news for Democrats. By JON KELLER With characteristic hubris, people in this state like to think they've been at the leading edge of American politics since the ...