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Boy, 5, Is Safe After Alabama Hostage Standoff

New York Times - ‎14 minutes ago‎
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. - An armed man who had been holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker is dead and the boy has been released unharmed, ending a six-day standoff, law enforcement authorities said on Monday.
Alabama standoff ends with child released, captor dead - by Michael Muskal
Alabama hostage situation: Hostage-taker killed, boy safe
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PHOTOS: King Richard III's Skeleton, Dug up from British Parking Lot, Identified

TIME - ‎6 minutes ago‎
The skeleton of Richard III is on display in this photograph provided by the University of Leicester on February 4, 2013. When Richard's bones were originally unearthed in September in the British city of Leicester, skeptical researchers conducted a litany of ...
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S&P: US to sue over '07 mortgage bond ratings

USA TODAY - ‎40 minutes ago‎
Credit rating giant Standard & Poor's Ratings Services expects to be the first major credit rating firm hit with civil fraud charges by the government over its rating of mortgage-backed bonds that keyed the national financial meltdown, the company said Monday.
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Probe of 'American Sniper' shooting death continues

USA TODAY - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Texas authorities probing the weekend shooting deaths of former Navy SEAL and American Sniper author Chris Kyle and another man at a Texas gun range are looking into whether the suspect, a former Marine and Iraq War veteran, might have suffered from ...
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Destiny's Child Get Post-Super Bowl Sales Bump

MTV.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
It stands to reason that performing the halftime show at the highest rated Super Bowl ever might lead to a sales bump. And for Beyoncé that meant a download explosion for 16 of her songs, as well as the charting of no less than 12 solo and DC albums on ...
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T-Mobile roadmap leaks with 4G LTE set for March 27th

SlashGear
52 minutes ago
Written by
Chris Burns
This week a leaked roadmap / product listing chart has been revealed by a user close to the action inside T-Mobile USA. This list shows not only a set of new handsets that will be appearing carried by the company soon, it tips off the date that T-Mobile's 4G ...
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Syrian opposition chief says offers Assad peaceful exit

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Mariam Karouny and Dominic Evans. BEIRUT | Mon Feb 4, 2013 4:38pm EST. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on Monday to start talks for its departure from power and ...
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North Korea warns of 'dark cloud of war' as South begins naval drills ahead of ...

National Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean and U.S. troops began naval drills Monday in a show of force partly directed at North Korea amid signs that Pyongyang will soon follow through on a threat to conduct its third atomic test.
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Iran's president wishes to visit Gaza

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
BEIRUT | Mon Feb 4, 2013 5:20pm EST. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is due to take part in a summit in Egypt this week, expressed his desire on Monday to visit the neighboring Gaza Strip.
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Chinese smog chokes Japan

ABC Online - ‎1 hour ago‎
Smog from China is now drifting over parts of Japan, triggering health warnings for the young and sick. Japanese media has been saturated with coverage of the thick, choking smog blanketing Beijing and other Chinese cities in recent days.
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Myanmar government, Kachin rebels hold talks

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Rebels and the Myanmar government met Monday and agreed to continue talks in an effort to quell the violence that has roiled Kachin state.
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Jodi Arias Tells Jury She Killed...

ABC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Jodi Arias took the stand today and quickly told the jury that she killed her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in a bloody attack in 2008.
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Tagg Romney won't seek Kerry's Senate seat

CBS News - ‎32 minutes ago‎
No, there will not be a Senator Romney anytime soon. Looking to quiet chatter that he's considering running in the special election to fill newly-minted Secretary of State John Kerry's Massachusetts Senate seat, Mitt Romney's eldest son Tagg issued a ...
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At least 7 dead after tour bus crashes east of Los Angeles

Fox News - ‎29 minutes ago‎
YUCAIPA, California - A runaway bus careened down a mountain road without brakes and the driver called out to passengers to phone 911 before a violent crash with two other vehicles that killed seven people and injured dozens of others, a surviving ...
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Euro rally loses steam, Aussie eyes RBA

Reuters - ‎50 minutes ago‎
By Ian Chua. SYDNEY | Mon Feb 4, 2013 5:53pm EST. SYDNEY (Reuters) - A week-old rally in the euro came to a halt on Tuesday as investors took profits on its stellar gains in the run-up to this week's European Central Bank policy meeting, just as selling ...
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US Stocks Slide On Europe Concerns; Tech Sector Weighs

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
NEW YORK--The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its first triple-digit drop this year on Monday, as weakness in technology stocks helped derail a five-week rally for the blue chips.
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Microsoft Surface Pro Shows up in Stores: Report

eWeek - ‎1 hour ago‎
Microsoft wants to give shoppers an early look at the Surface Pro tablet before it officially goes on sale Feb. 9. Will it be enough to thwart Apple's big new iPad?
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Add the Department of Energy to the List of Agencies Nailed by Hackers

Gizmodo
49 minutes ago
Written by
Mario Aguilar
Add the Department of Energy to the List of Agencies Nailed by Hackers Reuters reports that the US Department of Energy was hacked last month and a trove of employee information was lost to the cyber intruders.
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Nokia says it's 'open to any option' for tablet OS as it drops more hardware hints

ZDNet - ‎13 hours ago‎
Summary: Nokia chief Stephen Elop faces the 'would you go Android?' question again, but this time on tablets. Liam Tung. By Liam Tung | February 4, 2013 -- 10:32 GMT (02:32 PST).
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Verizon's HTC M7 could come to life as a Droid DNA refresh

CNET - ‎2 hours ago‎
New details suggest that Big Red may offer the rumored HTC M7 as an updated Droid DNA. Scott Webster. by Scott Webster. February 4, 2013 1:55 PM PST Follow @swebster77.
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Fall Out Boy back in action with new single, album, tour

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Fall Out Boy is back. Ending a three-year hiatus that commenced following a 2009 greatest-hits set, the popular emo-rock band announced Monday that it would release a new album and launch a North American tour in May.
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Justin Timberlake's Britney Spears insult was just a mix-up, he swears

Zap2it.com (blog) - ‎38 minutes ago‎
justin-timberlake-britney-spears-insult-gi.jpg Justin Timberlake calls Britney Spears the b-word, then insists he didn't mean it that way, while again calling her the b-word ... That pretty much sums up the drama surrounding JT's live comeback performance on ...
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Sing Out to the Balcony? Oh, Wait, It's Just TV

New York Times - ‎44 minutes ago‎
The conventional wisdom about the first season of “Smash,” NBC's musical within a soap opera, was that it started on a high note it couldn't sustain.
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In Moscow, Scandals Shake A Storied Ballet

NPR - ‎1 hour ago‎
It has the makings of a mystery novel: a world-famous ballet company's artistic director is viciously attacked. Some suspect it was an inside job.
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A's acquire Lowrie from Astros in five-player deal

MLB.com - ‎5 minutes ago‎
The A's added another new piece to their infield on Monday, acquiring Jed Lowrie and right-handed pitcher Fernando Rodriguez from the Astros for first baseman Chris Carter, right-hander Brad Peacock and Minor League catcher Max Stassi.
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Ohio State gets Michigan and Indiana this week as Big Ten basketball race ...

Plain Dealer - ‎9 minutes ago‎
osubb-stauskas.jpg View full size There will be more showdowns such as Saturday's contest in Bloomington, Ind., between Nik Stauskas, right, and the Michigan Wolverines and Jordan Hulls and the Hoosiers in the second half of the Big Ten basketball ...
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Fossil of Flying Dino-Age Reptile Found

LiveScience.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
Scientists say they've discovered the fossilized bones of a new type of pterosaur, a flying dinosaur-age reptile, which lived about 68 million years ago and had a wingspan of nearly 10 feet (3-meters).
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Birds infer their partner's desires during bonding ritual

Ars Technica
1 hour ago
Written by
John Timmer
The corvids, a group of birds that includes crows and jays, display some of the most complex behaviors seen in any birds: tool use, an ability to associate faces with behaviors, and the recognition of when one of their peers has died.
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Low Sperm Count Tied to High TV Time

MedPage Today - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Infertility. Latest News| Videos. Low Sperm Count Tied to High TV Time. By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. Published: February 04, 2013.
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New TB vaccine fails litmus test

Times of India - ‎10 minutes ago‎
LONDON: The most promising hope of finding a new tuberculosis vaccine - the first in the last 100 years, has been dashed. Scientists in London announced on Monday that the most clinically advanced vaccine that had shown promise in stimulating high ...
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World Cancer Day aims to debunk four "myths" on global killer

CBS News - ‎41 minutes ago‎
Cancer is a global killer, taking 7.6 million lives across the world each year. About four million of those deaths occur in people between the ages of 30 and 69, according to the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the International Agency for ...
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FDA approves generic version of cancer drug Doxil

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Toni Clarke. Mon Feb 4, 2013 2:09pm EST. (Reuters) - Health regulators have approved a generic version of the cancer drug Doxil in a move that could ease a months-long shortage that has threatened the lives of thousands of patients.

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