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Suspect's 11-page manifesto: 'There is no negotiation'

USA TODAY - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Police hunt for a heavily armed ex-cop wanted in three homicides, including a police killing. Police manhunt. Riverside police investigators respond to the scene of a shooting in Riverside, Calif.
Manhunt: SWAT team searching Big Bear area for ex-cop
Multi-state manhunt under way for ex-LAPD cop sought in killing of officer, 2 others
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Winter storm: Heavy snow for commute here, Northeast braces for blizzard

Chicago Tribune - ‎59 minutes ago‎
A winter storm warning has been issued for Lake and McHenry counties, with heavy wet snow falling at the rate of one to two inches as hour in some northern suburbs.
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Brennan pressed on drones at confirmation hearing for CIA post

Fox News - ‎1 hour ago‎
CIA director nominee John Brennan weathered a barrage of probing questions Thursday, as lawmakers pressed for more information about the administration's rationale for drone strikes against Americans -- with his confirmation potentially hanging in the ...
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Alzheimer's Cases May Triple by 2050

WebMD - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Feb. 7, 2013 -- The number of people with Alzheimer's may triple by 2050, from 4.7 million in 2010 to 13.8 million by 2050, a new study shows.
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Source: Felix, Mariners close to new deal

MLB.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
SEATTLE -- The Mariners and Felix Hernandez have been pursuing a contract extension and are close to a new deal, but a baseball source said Thursday that a report by USA Today that the right-hander has agreed to a seven-year, $175 million contract is ...
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EU Leaders Enter Budget Talks

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
BRUSSELS—European Union leaders were gearing up for a long, hard fight as they arrived in Brussels on Thursday to nail down the bloc's seven-year budget, a perennially thorny issue made even tougher this time around by the Continent's economic ...
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Islamic Summit Leaders Urge Action on Mali, Syria

Voice of America - ‎Feb 6, 2013‎
Leaders of Islamic nations meeting in Egypt's capital have called for a negotiated end to Syria's civil war and commended France for its military intervention in Mali against Islamist militants.
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Christie Would Allow Online Gambling Under 10-Year Trial

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who vetoed Internet gambling in 2011, said he would be willing to allow a 10-year trial period of online betting to see if it helps Atlantic City casinos stem six years of declining revenue.
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'Mo' Cowan sworn in, giving Senate a record number of blacks -- 2

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - The usually pin-drop-quiet Senate gallery erupted in applause Thursday after William “Mo” Cowan was sworn in as the newest senator from Massachusetts.
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Pentagon leaders favored arming Syrian rebels

Washington Post - ‎7 minutes ago‎
The Pentagon's top leaders said Thursday that they favored supplying weapons to rebels locked in a grinding civil war with the Syrian government, a position that put them directly at odds with the White House.
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Pelosi calls for 'boldest possible' gun legislation

Los Angeles Times - ‎15 minutes ago‎
LANSDOWNE, Va. - Even as she acknowledged that passing a new assault weapons ban would be a challenge, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) called on Congress to consider the “boldest possible package” to reduce gun violence ...
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Hedge Fund Titan Einhorn Wants To Lead A Revolt Against Apple

Forbes
13 minutes ago
Written by
Abram Brown
Einhorn pushed shareholders to vote down a proposal at the company's annual meeting this month that he says would prevent future preferred stock.
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Crude Oil Options Fall With Futures on Draghi Commentary

Bloomberg - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Crude oil options volatility fell with the underlying futures after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the euro's strength could hamper an economic recovery and crimp fuel demand.
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Raw: 787 flies once, despite ban

USA TODAY - ‎23 minutes ago‎
A Boeing 787 owned by China Southern landed in Everett, Washington Thursday after the FAA granted Boeing permission to relocate the plane from Texas.
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LinkedIn proves it's no Facebook (in a good way)

CNNMoney
48 minutes ago
Written by
Julianne Pepitone
Post-IPO life hasn't been kind to Facebook and other newly public social startups, whose plummeting shares have left investors downtrodden.
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For USPS, ending Saturday delivery is just the beginning

MSNBC - ‎58 minutes ago‎
The Postal Service plans to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August in its latest effort to cut costs after losing nearly $16 billion last fiscal year.
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Review: Surface Pro is the world's best Windows tablet, but still can't close the deal

PCWorld - ‎58 minutes ago‎
Surface RT was a broken promise. When it launched in October, it showed the world a vision of a revolutionary tablet-laptop hybrid, but it couldn't close the deal.
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Windows Phone Tops BlackBerry In U.S.

InformationWeek
Feb 6, 2013
Written by
Eric Zeman
Windows Phone sales exceeded BlackBerry sales in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2012, says Strategy Analytics. Start The Discussion.
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'Community' premieres Thursday night on NBC

9NEWS.com - ‎28 minutes ago‎
KUSA - The show 'Community' is back on 9NEWS and NBC Thursday for its fourth season. The original creator left the show, but the cast and crew are carrying on.
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CBS asks celebs to cover up for Grammy broadcast

Los Angeles Times
18 minutes ago
Written by
Wesley Lowery
Celebrities walking the carpet in flashy, wild and revealing outfits has come to be an expected part of the award show experience, and the Grammys are no different.
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Whitney Houston's Mother Will Not Attend Clive Davis' Grammy Party: To Be ...

Access Hollywood - ‎1 hour ago‎
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston attend the 2010 Keep A Child Alive's Black Ball at the Caption Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston attend the 2010 Keep A Child Alive's Black Ball at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, ...
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OlympicsField of Play: 1 year out from Sochi, Canada is confident

CBC.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
Beginning of Story Content. With exactly one year to go until the opening ceremony for the Sochi Olympics, most of the buzz has nothing to do with the athletes who will be the stars of the show.
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Ravens' Flacco wants deal that 'stands test of time'

USA TODAY - ‎3 hours ago‎
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome is optimistic a long-term deal will be reached with Super Bowl MVP quarterback Joe Flacco, though it will likely require using a franchise tag.
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Arkansas recruit's mother hires Johnnie Cochran's law firm

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
While Plantation (Fla.) running back Alex Collins was able to have his father sign his National Letter of Intent, allowing the five-star recruit to join Arkansas' 2013 recruiting class, his strange recruitment might have one more hurdle to overcome.
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A scampering, hypothetical ancestor causes an evolutionary stir

Los Angeles Times
18 minutes ago
Written by
Monte Morin
What's cute and furry and has a name only a paleontologist could love? A tiny theoretical creature dubbed the hypothetical placental mammal ancestor is stealing the hearts of some evolutionary biologists -- and annoying others -- as it raises new debate over ...
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NASA: Asteroid fly-by next week closest ever of its size

Washington Post - ‎20 minutes ago‎
A close encounter of the rocky kind is set for Feb. 15th when an office building-sized asteroid will speed past the Earth faster than a bullet and closer than some communications and GPS satellites.
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The Sockeye's Secret Compass

New York Times (blog) - ‎40 minutes ago‎
Every summer, millions of sockeye salmon flood into the Fraser River in British Columbia, clogging its shivering waters with their brilliant blushing bodies.
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Longer span between mammograms okay for older women

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Genevra Pittman. NEW YORK | Thu Feb 7, 2013 3:29pm EST. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening women over 65 each year for breast cancer doesn't catch any more early tumors - but it does lead to more false positives - than screening every other ...
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Millennials feel more stressed than older adults

New York Daily News - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Young and carefree? Hardly. Members of the "Millennial" generation feel more stressed on average and are less confident in their abilities to cope with it than older Americans, according to data released Thursday by the American Psychological Association.
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