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Texas suspect's link to Colorado slaying is investigated

Los Angeles Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Molly Hennessy-Fiske
HOUSTON -- A man suspected of trading gunfire with North Texas authorities Thursday and who could be linked to the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief is likely to die, Texas officials said.
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Chicago Says It Will Close 54 Public Schools

New York Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Motoko Rich
CHICAGO - After weeks of uncertainty, principals at 54 public schools here officially learned from city officials on Thursday that their schools would close, with 11 more to share space with other schools.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include background checks in gun bill

Fox News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Gun control legislation that the U.S. Senate will debate next month will include an expansion of federal background checks for firearms buyers, Majority Leader Harry Reid said, indicating that lawmakers' most effective possible response to the December ...
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Big Bang's afterglow reveals older universe

Washington Post - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Cosmologists have released the most detailed “baby picture” yet of the early universe, a portrait that helps answer some of the deepest questions of science while providing enough surprises to keep scientists busy for years.
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Miley Cyrus Twerks Out Over Liam Hemsworth's Return

MTV.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
Miley's twerking video, complete with a Unicorn onesie, becomes a trending topic as fiancé Liam Hemsworth returns to the States.
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Suicide bombing kills top pro-Assad preacher

The Hindu - ‎10 minutes ago‎
A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital on Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in one of the most stunning assassinations of Syria's 2-year-old civil war.
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Italian marines to return back to India today

Hindustan Times - ‎57 minutes ago‎
In a move that would soothe frayed diplomatic nerves between India and Italy, Rome said late Thursday night that it would send the two marines back to India to face trial for the murder of two Indian fishermen.
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Nicolas Sarkozy under investigation for 'exploiting' L'Oréal heiress

The Guardian - ‎2 hours ago‎
Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation for "abuse of weakness" in a 2007 party funding case involving elderly L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the public prosecutor said on Thursday.
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Xi Jinping heads to Russia in first foreign tour

BBC News - ‎42 minutes ago‎
Xi Jinping is heading to Russia on the first stop of his maiden overseas tour as president of China. Mr Xi is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the two likely to discuss energy and investment deals.
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Skelos opposes movie industry exemption from gun law

Buffalo News - ‎40 minutes ago‎
The dust is still settling from Tuesday's management earthquake at First Niagara Bank, in which its chief executive officer, John Koelmel, was... Read more » · Life & Arts · Books & Poetry · Refresh · Home & gardening · NeXt · Taste · Travel · Celebrations ...
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Jobless Claims Drop Works for Hopes of Recovery

CNBC.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
Job seekers wait for the opening of a job fair sponsored by Job News in partnership with USOilWorker.com and The Texas Veterans Commission in San Antonio, TX.
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Brother of hedge fund founder indicted in NYC

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW YORK - The brother of a jailed one-time billionaire hedge fund boss has been charged with conspiring with his brother to cheat on Wall Street.
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Microsoft Processed 75000 Law Enforcement Requests in 2012

eWeek - ‎1 hour ago‎
Following Google's lead, Microsoft provided a glimpse at how many times law enforcement agencies requested information on users of its cloud services.
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BlackBerry CEO is ready for a smartphone fight

USA TODAY
6 hours ago
Written by
Jon Swartz
SAN FRANCISCO - BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins is unapologetic - OK, feisty - on the eve of the BlackBerry Z10 launch. He calls the iPhone "passe.
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Pandora comes to Windows Phone 8, offers ad-free streaming for 2013

Digital Trends - ‎2 hours ago‎
Looking for a music streaming service for your Windows Phone 8, but not a fan of the apps - Spotify and Rdio - available so far? Well then, you're in lucky.
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Hackers attack several BBC Twitter accounts

BBC News - ‎11 hours ago‎
Several BBC Twitter accounts, including its weather, Arabic and Radio Ulster feeds were hijacked by a group calling itself Syrian Electronic Army earlier.
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And That, Google, Is How You Lose The Influencers

Forbes
2 hours ago
Written by
Ewan Spence
The launch of Google Keep has provoked a number of interesting reactions online. The service will allow you to create short notes and checklists, snap pictures for later, dictate voice notes, and have these all stored on Google Drive for later use.
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Did Lazaro Arbos Survive Idol's Elimination?

People Magazine - ‎1 hour ago‎
All season long, the American Idol judges have been saying a girl will win this season. If Thursday night's group numbers were any indication, they are probably right.
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Ban on Airing Chris Porco TV Movie Is Lifted

AceShowbiz - ‎59 minutes ago‎
March 22, 2013 01:59:39 GMT. New York Supreme Court's appellate division issues a stay on an injunction, which prevented Lifetime from airing and promoting 'Romeo Killer: The Christopher Porco Story'.
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The Final Cut: 'The Croods'

NECN - ‎48 minutes ago‎
(NECN: Erick Weber) - It hasn't been the best of starts this year at the multiplex since no film has really stood out as a must-see, but that ends this weekend with something that may look like it's just for kids, but I'm betting anyone of any age will get a kick out of ...
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Dennis Seidenberg strikes late as Bruins cool off Senators

ESPN - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Looking for more from the ice? Joe McDonald, James Murphy and ESPNBoston.com have you covered. Blog. • Send Joe or James a question · Patrice Bergeron won a faceoff in the offensive zone back to Zdeno Chara, who fed Seidenberg, and his shot found ...
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Putting tweaks help Rose bloom

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Gene Wojciechowski and Michael Collins, on site at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, share some Round 1 analysis as Justin Rose owns the 18-hole lead.
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Watch Devils goalie Martin Brodeur score third career goal [Video]

Los Angeles Times
46 minutes ago
Written by
Matt Wilhalme
Martin Brodeur has become the first goaltender in NHL history to be credited with two goals during games in the regular season, according to NHL.
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Dodgers react to tough news on Hanley's injury

MLB.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Don Mattingly said his first thought for replacing the injured Hanley Ramirez at shortstop is to move Luis Cruz there from third base.
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LaMarcus Aldridge-led Blazers finish season sweep of Bulls

ESPN - ‎7 minutes ago‎
Portland improved to 10-25 on the road to take the season series with the Bulls for the first time since the 2008-09 season. The Blazers beat Chicago 102-94 on Nov. 18 in their other meeting this season.
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Mega-eruptions Caused Mass Extinction, Study Finds

National Geographic - ‎5 hours ago‎
Along sea cliffs in southern England, geologist Paul Olsen of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory samples rocks from near the 201,564,000-year Triassic extinction boundary.
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Robots that can navigate across sand

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎2 hours ago‎
It's far too late now for Spirit, the Mars rover that died four years ago when its six aluminum wheels sank in a sandy death trap on the Red Planet, but the idea of robotic legs might gain traction for future Martian rovers.
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Amazon CEO and his Expeditions team recover Apollo 11′s F-1 engines from ...

Digital Trends - ‎2 hours ago‎
It's probably not the kind of thing you'd find on most people's to-do list, but for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, diving to the ocean floor to recover the engines of the space rocket that helped take humans to the moon for the very first time was an adventure he couldn't ...
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Autism diagnoses on the rise, study finds

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Authors of the government report say the increase, from 1.2% to a record 2%, is probably a result of better detection - not a growing environmental cause.
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Modified Cold Sore Virus Shrinks Melanoma Tumors

Forbes
11 hours ago
Written by
Matthew Herper
A genetically modified version of herpes simplex virus type 1, the same virus that causes cold sores, shrank tumors of the deadly skin cancer melanoma in a clinical trial, according to Amgen, which is developing the experimental cancer treatment.
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