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Highlights from Obama's health care summitCNN - 27 minutes ago President Obama's bipartisan health care summit follows months of heated debate in which substance has often been drowned out by partisan rancor. Obama, GOP agree on some health areas Washington Post Video shows SeaWorld trainer Dawn BrancheauNew York Daily News - - 50 minutes ago The six-minute video shot Wednesday shows Brancheau feeding and playing with the six-ton Tilikum, the largest and oldest killer whale in captivity. SeaWorld San Diego cancels Shamu show for second day in row Los Angeles Times Snow-covered tree branch snaps, kills man walking in Central ParkNew York Daily News - - 1 hour ago A man walking through Central Park was killed Thursday when a snow-covered branch snapped from a tree and slammed onto his head, authorities said. |
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BusinessWeek - 38 minutes ago
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Lawyer Challenges a Paterson Claim in Abuse Case
New York Times - - 3 hours ago
The lawyer for the woman who had sought court protection from one of Gov. David A. Paterson's top aides disputed on Thursday the governor's claim that it was the woman who had initiated a telephone conversation with Mr.
NewsPoliticsSubdued Gov. Paterson ducks questions on suspended aide David ... New York Daily News
California Assembly passes resolution for 'Cuss Free Week'
San Jose Mercury News - - 1 hour ago
SACRAMENTO - Feeling a little salty? Better get it out of your system while you can. Amid the ongoing - and occasionally tense - debate over how to clean up California's budget mess, lawmakers have taken ...
California faces a 'cuss-free' week McClatchy Washington Bureau
2 indicted in New York bomb plot
Los Angeles Times - 49 minutes ago
Two former classmates of terrorism suspect Najibullah Zazi plead not guilty to a plan to attack Manhattan subways that a prosecutor says was directed by Al Qaeda.
Two Charged In Conspiracy To Bomb NYC Subways In 09 Wall Street Journal
2 plead not guilty to more charges in alleged plot to bomb NYC subway CNN International
Crocs posts narrower Q4 loss, says CEO stepping down
Reuters - - 52 minutes ago
Feb 25 (Reuters) - Crocs Inc (CROX.O) reported a narrower fourth-quarter loss, driven by strength of its retail unit and by European business, but said its CEO was stepping down, sending shares crashing 16 percent after market.
Crocs Stock Takes Hit on Q4 Report TheStreet.com
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GM Weighs Two Offers for Hummer
Wall Street Journal - - 39 minutes ago
General Motors Co. is looking at two offers for its Hummer brand after a deal to sell the line of sport utility vehicles to a Chinese manufacturer collapsed this week.
GM Is Said to Consider Potential Buyers for Hummer BusinessWeek
Hummer's Doomed Sale Forbes
Wynn Swings To 4Q Profit On Fewer Charges, Higher Revenue
Wall Street Journal - 19 minutes ago
Wynn Resorts Ltd.'s (WYNN) fourth-quarter loss narrowed on fewer charges and surging revenue at the company's Las Vegas and Macau properties.
Wynn Resorts Loses $5.2M During 4th Qtr of 2009 New York Times
Where does Palm go from here?
Computerworld - - 2 hours ago
Computerworld - Smartphone industry pundits wonder whether Palm Inc. can survive another year, given Palm's guidance today that its new smartphone sales failed to meet expectations.
Biz Break: As Apple, Google gain, Palm loses ground in smartphone wars San Jose Mercury News
Microsoft Gets Court Nod to Cripple Spam-Spewing Botnet
TechNewsWorld - - 53 minutes ago
One down, a whole bunch of botnets to go. Microsoft has succeeded in smashing a particularly loathsome botnet, Waledac, through a new strategy that enlisted a federal court's cooperation.
Researchers question Microsoft's botnet take-down Computerworld
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Italy's Google Miscarriage
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
In the annals of judicial folly, a place of honor ought to be reserved for this week's conviction of three Google executives by an Italian court.
Child support trial set in Palin, Johnston case
USA Today - - 2 hours ago
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - A judge in Alaska has set a date for the child support trial of Bristol Palin and the father of her son but urged the two to work out a resolution before then.
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'American Idol' Experts Ask: Is New Top 24 The Worst Yet?
MTV.com - - 3 hours ago
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Demong and Spillane grab gold, silver in Nordic combined
USA Today - 29 minutes ago
Bill Demong gave the US its first-ever Olympic gold medal in Nordic combined with his victory today in the Large Hill/10-kilometer event.
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USA, Canada clash for women's hockey gold
USA Today - 27 minutes ago
The USA women's hockey team takes on rival Canada on Canada's home ice for the 2010 Winter Olympics gold medal today at 6:30 pm ET.
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Cardinals extend coach Ken Whisenhunt, GM Rod Graves through 2013
USA Today - 12 minutes ago
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Flu shots for all, panel suggests
Chicago Sun-Times - 1 hour ago
ATLANTA -- A government panel is recommending that virtually all Americans get a flu shot each year. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend a seasonal flu vaccination for everyone except babies younger than 6 months and ...
Guidant charged in defibrillator case
Minneapolis Star Tribune - - 1 hour ago
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Makers pledge to add safeguards to CT scanners
Reuters - - 2 hours ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An industry group representing the top five manufacturers of CT equipment said on Thursday the companies will add new safeguards to their machines to help prevent patients from being exposed to too much radiation.
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In South Korea, Asbestos Compensation Comes Too Late
TIME - - Feb 23, 2010
Members of a civic group advocating the abolition of asbestos in South Korea collect soil samples from the playground of Susan Elementary School on Feb. 12, 2009 Choi Hyung-Sik recalls the stampede of ...
Watch How You Hold That Crayon
New York Times - - Feb 24, 2010
NOAH LASCANO, 8, had a problem: His teachers couldn't read his handwriting. His homework became a frustrating exercise in writing once, and then, at the teacher's request, writing again, just for legibility.
Lindsey Vonn Makes Fun of Tiger Woods Too!
TIME - - Feb 19, 2010
Like millions of Americans, Olympic skiing gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, who delivered a classic Winter Games moment with her scintillating downhill run on Wednesday, is insanely curious about one thing on ...
Most 'tea party' followers are baby boomers reliving the '60s
Los Angeles Times - - 59 minutes ago
A poll debunks assumptions about the movement, showing that it's largely middle-class, college-educated, white and male. Oceans of ink, terabytes of blog space and an eternity of television time have been devoted to the latest object of media ...
Weekly Countdown: Summer shopping looms big over deadline
SI.com - Feb 19, 2010
Almost half of the league's teams were involved in deadline trades over the past week. There appeared to be a number of explosions, but when the smoke cleared very little of importance had altered the championship race this season.