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Brown Plays Role as People's Senator as Wild-Eyed Republicans Bask in GlowFOXNews - - 1 hour ago Sen.-elect Scott Brown kept to a tight schedule Thursday, meeting on Capitol Hill with five members of the bipartisan Senate leadership, and kept to an even tighter script: Mr. Scott Brown carries the weight of great GOP expectations to DC Washington Post Ruling Opens Door to More Political GroupsWall Street Journal - - 54 minutes ago WASHINGTON—Corporations, labor unions and other political entities are gearing up to play a larger role in elections in 2010 and beyond after a decision by the US Supreme Court to strike down elements of campaign-finance law. Video: Ruling Could Unleash Flood of Campaign Cash
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Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling could bring flood of ads Los Angeles Times National Enquirer submitting John Edwards coverage for PulitzersWashington Post - - 3 hours ago The executive editor of the National Enquirer says he plans to enter his paper's work on the John Edwards scandal for a Pulitzer Prize. Video: Raw Audio: Elizabeth Edwards Opens Up
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US Tries to Enlist Yemen in Anti-Terror Fight
Voice of America - - 2 hours ago
US Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said that the government of Yemen has recently shown a new commitment to fighting the growing presence and influence of al-Qaida on its soil.
Video: Yemen's battle with al Qaida
Al Jazeera
Yemen to stop visas on arrival Aljazeera.net
Mitchell acknowledges difficulties
Aljazeera.net - 1 hour ago
Israel and the Palestinians have questioned each other's commitment to peace amid the launch by George Mitchell, the US envoy for the Middle East, of a new round of shuttle diplomacy.
Video: Palestinians build Israeli homes
Al Jazeera
In Israel, Mitchell presses on with patience honed in N. Ireland Christian Science Monitor
Nigeria - Mass funerals in Jos riots
BBC News - 6 hours ago
Mass funerals have been taking place in the central Nigerian city of Jos, where fighting between Muslims and Christians has left hundreds dead.
Video: Nigerian troops secure ravaged town
Al Jazeera
Nigeria's Riot-Hit City Calm, Curfew Relaxed Voice of America
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Winter storm pounds Southern California again
Reuters - - 3 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The fourth in a string of winter storms, said to be the heaviest to hit Southern California in five years, swept into the area on Thursday, and 800 homes remained evacuated under threat of mudslides.
Former Aide to Ex-North Carolina Governor Indicted on 51 Counts
FOXNews - 44 minutes ago
AP A former aide to Gov. Mike Easley has been indicted on 51 counts for allegedly receiving personal gain while performing government actions.
Former Easley aide indicted WRAL.com
New Virginia Governor to Deliver GOP Response to State of the Union
FOXNews - 3 hours ago
Newly inaugurated Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will deliver the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday.
Virginia governor to deliver GOP response to Obama Washington Post
Obama Takes the Fight to Wall Street
Wall Street Journal - - 36 minutes ago
President Obama has acquired the sudden appetite for a fight to rein in Big Finance. But he needs something else even more: a coolheaded understanding of where the riskiness really lies in the banking sector.
Video: Obama Steps Up Campaign Against Wall Street
The Associated Press
Toyota Recalling 2.3 Million Vehicles for Pedal Flaw
BusinessWeek - - 8 minutes ago
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said it will recall about 2.3 million vehicles to fix sticking accelerator pedals, following its biggest-ever recall in the US last year for a similar danger.
Toyota recalls another 2.3 million vehicles MarketWatch
Google set up for big acquisition streak
MarketWatch - 30 minutes ago
By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc.'s fourth quarter report has a few items under the hood that may make the case for some bigger acquisitions by the Internet giant this year.
Google CEO Touts Across-The-Board Performance Wall Street Journal
Amazon 'makes it easier' for authors to DRM Kindle ebooks
Register - 55 minutes ago
Updated Update: This story has been updated to clarify what has changed with DRM and Amazon's Digital Text Platform. No-DRM, Amazon says, was always the default with the platform.
Amazon Moves to Emulate Apple With Kindle Apps Wall Street Journal
Apple Sees New Money in Old Media
Wall Street Journal - - 7 hours ago
With the new tablet device that is debuting next week, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape businesses like textbooks, newspapers and television much the way his iPod revamped the music ...
Nokia Voice Nav Spells Doom For TomTom, Garmin
PC World - - 1 hour ago
As Nokia takes on Google with turn-by-turn voice navigation on select smartphones, the worst nightmares of GPS device makers are coming true.
Nokia Headbutts Android With Free Nav App TechNewsWorld
Nokia Challenges Google With Free Navigation Tool BusinessWeek
Just Like Old Times: Letterman Vs. Leno Renewed
ABC News - - 37 minutes ago
AP FILE - In this Oct 8, 2007 file photo image originally provided by CBS, David Letterman appears on the "Late Show with David Letterman," in New York.
People: NBC buys out Conan for $45 million San Jose Mercury News
Conan O'Brien Leaving the 'Tonight Show' Washington Post
'Extraordinary Measures' falls way short on entertainment
USA Today - - 1 hour ago
By Merie Wesimille Wallace, CBS Films By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY He yells, sputters and glowers his way through the ultra-ordinary and well-intentioned Extraordinary Measures, which feels like a barely gussied-up Lifetime movie.
Extraordinary Measures -- Film Review Hollywood Reporter
Cablevision, Scripps reach fee agreement -source
Reuters - - 20 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Cablevision Corp (CVC.N) and Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI.N) have reached a fee agreement after weeks of negotiations, and the Food Network and HGTV channels will return to Cablevision within the hour, ...
Cablevision And Scripps Strike New Carriage Deal Broadcasting & Cable
Scripps, Cablevision Close to a Deal to Restore Food Network and HGTV New York Times (blog)
Cowboys extend Phillips through 2011
ESPN - - 3 hours ago
IRVING, Texas -- Wade Phillips, the head coach with the highest winning percentage in Dallas Cowboys' history, has some job security.
Cowboys' Wade Phillips gets contract for 2010 and 2011 Dallas Morning News
Photos of Tiger Woods allegedly entering sex rehab complete downward arc
Washington Post - - 20 minutes ago
Tiger Woods looks seedy in what the National Enquirer claims are the first photographs placing him at a sexual rehabilitation clinic in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Tiger Woods may be at treatment facility in Hattiesburg, Miss. Kansas City Star
A Guide to Recognizing the Colts
NBC New York - - 12 minutes ago
There's a good chance you're already pretty familiar with the Indianapolis Colts. It was just four weeks ago that they hosted the Jets in a game that will forever live in the memories of one team.
Colts' underrated D braces for another physical test SportingNews.com
Brown rocks the vote
Worcester Telegram - - 2 hours ago
“Health insurance is a cost that we have little control over, yet we need to absorb a significant portion of it every year on behalf of our employees.
Video: Stupak: Last Try for Health Reform This Decade
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Study finds US birth weights inch down a bit
Washington Post - - 28 minutes ago
AP WASHINGTON -- US newborns are arriving a little smaller, says puzzling new Harvard research that can't explain why. Fatter mothers tend to produce heavier babies, and obesity is soaring.
Birth Weights Are Falling in US Wall Street Journal
US Birth Weights Falling, But Reasons Unclear Palm Beach Post
First tablets to fight multiple sclerosis 'dramatically reduce relapse'
Telegraph.co.uk - - 15 hours ago
The first tablets to fight multiple sclerosis dramatically reduce the chances of symptoms returning, new studies show. By Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent The treatments will allow patients to escape the need for painful and time consuming injections ...
Two MS Pills Show Promise Wall Street Journal
Haunted by Tysabri, but looking ahead to MS drugs of the future Los Angeles Times (blog)
Haiti and the Dominican Republic: A Tale of Two Countries
TIME - - Jan 18, 2010
A woman watches bodies being bulldozed from the streets by the UN in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 16, 2010 The day after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, Christian televangelist Pat Robertson sparked outrage ...
Google Hack Leaked to Internet; Security Experts Urge Vigilance
FOXNews - - Jan 18, 2010
The code that was used to hack Gmail accounts in China is now publicly available on the Internet, and security experts are urging computer users throughout the world to be highly vigilant until a patch can be developed.
The surprising reason why being overweight isn't healthy
CNN - - 7 hours ago
(Health.com) -- It's shocking, but it's true: Being a woman who's more than 20 pounds overweight may actually hike your risk of getting poor medical treatment.
Children Don't Have Strokes? Just Ask Jared
New York Times - - Jan 18, 2010
EMERGENCY Jared Dienst had walked to a park with his mother after school let out one day in June 2008 when he complained of a headache.
'Mad Men' actress 'big'? Them's fightin' words on the Web
CNN - - 9 hours ago
Commentators and bloggers may criticize outfits and the people in them, making uncomplimentary remarks about hair, makeup or -- worst of all -- weight fluctuations.