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Meteor explosion shockwave injures 1000

The Hindu - ‎27 minutes ago‎
A meteor burnt up in a blinding fireball on Friday over central Russia, creating a shockwave that blew out windows and collapsed some walls, leaving about 1,000 people injured.
Space object explodes over Russia, injuring 1100 - by Monte Morin
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North Texans share details of life aboard crippled cruise ship

Fort Worth Star Telegram - ‎9 minutes ago‎
James Turk had planned a memorable vacation this year for his brother and sister -- their first cruise. But the Arlington siblings, who boarded the Carnival Triumph in Galveston earlier this month, got more than they bargained for after a fire in the ship's engine ...
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Facebook, FBI investigate malware attack

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎1 hour ago‎
SOCIAL NETWORKING. Malware attack on Facebook. Facebook is working with the FBI to probe a malware attack, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries divorce is headed to trial in May, says judge

New York Daily News - ‎7 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES - Kim Kardashian has a due date for her baby and now a trial date for her divorce from NBA player Kris Humphries. A judge on Friday set a May 6 trial for the reality TV star who wants to end her marriage before July, when her child with ...
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Pistorius denies murdering his girlfriend

Washington Post (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
Oscar Pistorius's family said in a statement that the Paralympic star would fight charges that he shot and killed his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp.
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Exclusive: North Korea tells China of preparations for fresh nuclear test - source

Reuters - ‎10 hours ago‎
By Benjamin Kang Lim. BEIJING | Fri Feb 15, 2013 4:44pm EST. BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks, said ...
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Venezuela Releases Chávez Photographs as Health Is Debated

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
CARACAS, Venezuela - Amid a heated national debate over the state of the health of President Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan government on Friday released photographs of him for the first time since his cancer surgery in Cuba more than nine weeks ago.
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Suspect charged in mysterious slaying at remote Coast Guard station in Alaska

NBCNews.com (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Mike Brunker, NBC News. Authorities in Alaska have charged a suspect in the mysterious murders last year of two employees at a U.S.
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Boatswain: Bounty captain asked what went wrong

Houston Chronicle - ‎18 minutes ago‎
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - With the HMS Bounty taking on water and the decision to abandon ship in the middle of Hurricane Sandy nearing, Capt.
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In His Hometown of Chicago, a Policy Speech by Obama Turns Personal

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
CHICAGO - President Obama came home on Friday for a policy speech that inevitably turned personal: He spoke of teaching law nearby, meeting his wife, Michelle, raising their daughters less than a mile away and then, most recently, watching the first lady ...
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Burger King boosts 3G after Heinz deal

Financial Times - ‎41 minutes ago‎
3G Capital, the Brazilian private equity partner to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in a $28bn offer to take Heinz private, has been boosted by the strong performance of its Burger King Worldwide business.
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US Signals Support for Japan's Yen Policy

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
MOSCOW - Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, strongly indicated on Friday that the United States did not intend to censure Japan for weakening its currency over the last several months, something that has aided Japanese exporters and ...
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Consumer Sentiment in US Increases to Three-Month High

Bloomberg
11 hours ago
Written by
Jeanna Smialek
Consumer confidence in the U.S. rose in February to a three-month high, which may help to preserve recent gains in household spending.
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Straight Talk with Robert Chapman on Herbalife, Bill Ackman, and Carl Icahn

Forbes - ‎2 hours ago‎
MIAMI GARDENS, FL - JULY 28: (C) Romelu Lukaku #18 of Chelsea is battles with (R) Daniele Bonera #25 of AC Milan during the Herbalife World Football Challenge 2012 at Sun Life Stadium on July 28, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Microsoft: Online orders for 128 GB Surface Pro to ship in two to three weeks

ZDNet - ‎3 hours ago‎
Summary: Microsoft has yet more updated guidance for those in search of the elusive 128 GB models of its Surface Pro tablet/PC hybrids.
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Twitter to shutdown Posterous on April 30

SlashGear - ‎25 minutes ago‎
Not surprisingly, Twitter has put the kibosh on Posterous, which it acquired just under a year ago. Posterous made its grand appearance in 2008 as a startup offering users the ability to simplify their online sharing using Spaces.
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Chevrolet to debut 415-horsepower SS sedan ahead of Daytona 500

Los Angeles Times
42 minutes ago
Written by
Dave Undercoffler
The Pontiac G8 is dead. Long live the Chevrolet SS. Chevrolet is set to reveal the 415-horsepower V-8 sedan at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, one day before the NASCAR version of the car is scheduled to begin qualifying for the Daytona ...
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Office 2013 retail licensing change ties suite to specific PC forever

Computerworld
6 hours ago
Written by
Gregg Keizer
Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday confirmed that a retail copy of Office 2013 is permanently tied to the first PC on which it's installed, preventing customers from deleting the suite from one machine they own and installing it on another.
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Rihanna and Chris Brown spend Valentine's Day apart after ignoring each other ...

New York Daily News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Is the public pressure getting to Rihanna and Chris Brown? The controversial couple did not spend Valentine's Day together and ignored one another at Playhouse nightclub Wednesday night, according to the Daily Mail.
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Lincoln, the Play and Everything After

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg's frequent collaborator, snags himself a seat on Mr. Spielberg's bandwagon on Sunday when he turns up as the narrator of “Killing Lincoln,” a docudrama on the National Geographic Channel.
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Judge Approves Studios' Loan to Rhythm & Hues

Hollywood Reporter - ‎5 hours ago‎
VFX house declared bankruptcy earlier this week and cited the loan as necessary to continue operations and finish work on several Fox and Universal projects.
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NBA All-Star Celebrity Game

Houston Chronicle - ‎4 minutes ago‎
WNBA Indiana Fever player Tamika Catchings arrives on the Yellow Carpet for the All-Star Celebrity G. WNBA Indiana Fever player Tamika Catchings arrives on the Yellow Carpet for the All-Star Celebrity Game.
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The names are there at Riviera

Los Angeles Times
8 minutes ago
Written by
Chris Dufresne
What an autograph-rush weekend it should be at the Northern Trust Open, with headliners such as Phil Mickelson, Bill Haas, Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Fred Couples all ... well, making the cut. Never mind the top of the ...
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Contact between Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch sparks crash just minutes into ...

Yahoo! Sports (blog)
1 hour ago
Written by
Nick Bromberg
Practices for the former Busch Clash and former Bud Shootout and now Sprint Unlimited are the first unofficial sessions of the new Sprint Cup season.
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Dwight Howard isn't having fun with Lakers, free agency

USA TODAY
2 hours ago
Written by
Sam Amick
HOUSTON - This was a different room in a different city at a different time, but it was the same old All-Star weekend scene for Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard on Friday.
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Cosmic rays: Fermi telescope settles mystery of origin

BBC News - ‎Feb 14, 2013‎
Scientists have conclusive proof that many cosmic rays raining down on Earth come from distant exploded stars. Cosmic rays - mostly ultra-fast proton particles - would threaten life if not for the shielding of our planet's atmosphere and magnetic field.
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Tiny mutation may have shaped modern humans, scientists say

Los Angeles Times
3 hours ago
Written by
Eryn Brown
A genetic variant could have helped people survive crippling heat by giving them extra sweat glands, says a report from a team that sought to replicate the effect in mice.
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New virus hits 12 globally with new British case

Reuters - ‎10 hours ago‎
By Kate Kelland. LONDON | Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:23pm EST. LONDON (Reuters) - A fourth person in Britain has contracted a potentially fatal SARS-like virus which was unknown in humans until a few months ago, but health officials said on Friday the risk to the ...
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More than 40 die from flu in state, and it isn't over

The Seattle Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
More than 40 die from flu in state, and it isn't over. More than 40 Washington residents have died in confirmed cases of influenza this season, health officials report.
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