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Oscar Night Suspense, Then Poof! Cable's BackNew York Times - - 41 minutes ago There was buy an antenna. There was squeeze in front of the computer (really hard with 20 or 30 guests, and munchies). There was find a friend - any friend - in Manhattan. ABC-Cablevision blackout lifted just after Oscars began as two companies try ... New York Daily News Iraqi Voters Defy ViolenceWall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago AP Rescuers searched for bodies under the rubble after a blast leveled a building in northeastern Baghdad. BAGHDAD—Despite a spasm of violence early Sunday, Iraqis flocked to the polls in what appeared to be large numbers, ... Sunnis Vote, to Retain a Voice in Iraq New York Times Oscar curtain rises, "Up" wins best animated filmReuters - - 44 minutes ago LOS ANGELES, March 7 (Reuters) - The curtain rose on Sunday for Hollywood's big night, the Oscars, with family movie "Up" winning best animated film and Christoph Waltz taking the trophy for best supporting actor in "Inglourious ... `Basterds' star Waltz wins supporting-actor Oscar The Associated Press |
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Palestinians, Skeptical, Agree to Talks With Israel
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By AP RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A skeptical Palestinian leadership agreed Sunday to hold United States-mediated peace talks with Israel for four months, effectively ending a 14-month breakdown in communications between the two sides.
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China Signals Defiance on US Relations
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Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi sounded a defiant note in a briefing Sunday, telling reporters it is up to the US to mend frayed relations, which he said were hurt by American arms sales to Taiwan and by ...
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Police: Remains of California teen Amber DuBois found
CNN - 1 hour ago
Amber DuBois, of the San Diego, California, area, was last seen walking to school in February 2009. (CNN) -- The remains of Amber DuBois, a 14-year-old San Diego, California-area girl who was missing for more than a year, have been found, ...
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Healthcare overhaul comes down to Pelosi and Obama
Los Angeles Times - 44 minutes ago
A bill's fate depends on whether the House Speaker can land enough votes - and whether the president can take control of the debate, which Democrats complain he has not done.
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Oregon State Treasurer Westlund Dies at 60
ABC News - 21 minutes ago
AP Oregon state treasurer Ben Westlund, who helped stabilize the Oregon college savings plan after one of its managers posted big losses, has died after a long battle with lung cancer.
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China central bank chief: Yuan policy to change
MarketWatch - - 33 minutes ago
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AIG Will Sell Alico Unit to MetLife
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
American International Group Inc. and MetLife Inc. were putting finishing touches Sunday on a widely anticipated, $15.5 billion deal for AIG's second-largest foreign life-insurance business, ...
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China teams with Shell for $3.3bn bid for Arrow Energy
The Australian - - 43 minutes ago
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President To Defend NASA Aim
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
The White House is launching a political counterattack to fend off escalating congressional criticism of its proposals to outsource US manned space missions to private industry.
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Microsoft Gives Rival Browsers a Lift
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We're several awards into the 82nd annual Academy Awards, and it's all going according to the oddsmakers. The trophy for original song went to Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett for "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart).
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AP San Jose State senior guard Adrian Oliver was selected to the All-Western Athletic Conference first team, the league announced Sunday.
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DC to be first US city to give away free female condoms to fight HIV/AIDS
Washington Post - - Mar 5, 2010
The District will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in parts of the city with ...
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Leviathans may battle in remote depths
Los Angeles Times - Mar 6, 2010
New studies suggest that great white sharks may migrate so they can dine on giant squids. A great white shark drags buoys after taking the bait.
What Were They Thinking?
Wall Street Journal - - 13 hours ago
The very first political joke I ever heard was in 1963, when I was 11, and it went like this: Did you hear that Profumo is the worst carpenter in history?
Punky Brewster on Being Grownup and in Charge
Fox Small Business Center - - Mar 4, 2010
The child-actor-turned business owner Soleil Moon Frye talks shop, work-life balance and also shares her source of inspiration. Photo Credit: Meeno Peluce Soleil Moon Frye, former child-star of Punky Brewster, today is all grown up ...
The Wal-Mart Hippies
New York Times - - Mar 4, 2010
About 40 years ago, a social movement arose to destroy the establishment. The people we loosely call the New Left wanted to take on The Man, return power to the people, upend the elites and lead a revolution.
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Daily Mail - - Mar 4, 2010
The growing threat of a stealth tax on the rubbish we throw away was exposed by startling figures yesterday. More than 2.5million homes now have wheelie bins fitted with microchips to weigh their contents.