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Rescuers dig for survivors in buried Salvador town

The Associated Press - Diego Mendez - ‎17 minutes ago‎
VERAPAZ, El Salvador - Soldiers and residents dug through rock and debris looking for dozens of people missing when a mudslide covered a town in El Salvador, part of a wave of flooding and landslides that has killed at least 124 people in this Central ...
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Fort Hood shooting suspect's ties to mosque investigated

Los Angeles Times - Josh Meyer - ‎27 minutes ago‎
The FBI and Army are looking into whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had an association with militants at the Virginia mosque where two 9/11 hijackers prayed, a source says.

Republican Cao: Yes on health bill a 'decision of conscience'

USA Today - Ray Locker - ‎2 hours ago‎
AP By Ray Locker, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The lone Republican who voted for the sweeping health care changes that passed the House said Sunday that he "had to make a decision of conscience based on the needs of the people in my district.

Remembering the night the Berlin Wall fell

CNN - Daniela Deane - ‎1 hour ago‎
Richard Blystone was a CNN Senior Correspondent at the time the Berlin Wall fell. In 1990, Blystone traveled along the former Iron Curtain to report on the lives of those living along the former dividing line between East and West ...

Suicide bomber kills three in Pakistan

Reuters - Faris Ali, Zeeshan Haider - ‎12 minutes ago‎
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in an auto-rickshaw blew himself up in Pakistan on Monday killing three people when police stopped him at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city of Peshawar, police said.

China pledges $10 billion in low-cost loans to Africa

Washington Post - Barney Jopson, Jamil Anderlini - ‎5 hours ago‎
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT -- Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10 billion in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and has defended his country's engagement on the continent against accusations ...

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Philadelphia transit system running as strike ends

The Associated Press - ‎17 minutes ago‎
PHILADELPHIA - Representatives of Philadelphia's transit system and its largest union signed a contract early Monday, bringing an end to a strike that idled the city's subways, buses and trolleys for six days.

Andy declares war on war.

CBS News - Andy Rooney - ‎5 hours ago‎
(CBS) I keep this calendar on my desk, and while I don't look at it very often I notice that this Wednesday is Veterans Day. It's one of ten federal holidays that we have.

Transcript: Bob mcdonnell on 'FNS'

FOXNews - ‎1 hour ago‎
The following is a rush transcript of the November 8, 2009, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace." This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

Euro Rises Versus Yen, Dollar Amid Signs Economy Is Recovering

Bloomberg - Yoshiaki Nohara, Ron Harui - ‎26 minutes ago‎
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The euro gained against the yen and the dollar before European reports today that may add to signs the economy is recovering, boosting demand for higher-yielding assets.

Moody's Changes China Outlook to Positive From Stable

Bloomberg - ‎45 minutes ago‎
By Bloomberg News Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Moody's Investors Service changed China's ratings outlook to “positive” from “stable,” citing the government's success in steering the nation through the global financial crisis.

GE, Comcast Value NBC Universal at $30B

TheStreet.com - Joseph Woelfel - ‎42 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- General Electric(GE Quote) and Comcast(CMCSA Quote) have agreed to value NBC Universal at around $30 billion.

Rickrolling iPhone worm is never gonna give you up

CNET News - Caroline McCarthy - ‎2 hours ago‎
Reports started spreading this weekend that iPhone users in Australia had been falling victim to "ikee," a worm that replaces default wallpaper with a picture of Rick Astley, the British pop singer whose song "Never Gonna Give You ...

Apple likely to launch Verizon iPhone in 2010

Neoseeker - Dylan Horner - ‎13 minutes ago‎
It's no secret, bad networks ruin even a great phone. It seems as though Apple is finally realizing this, and is preparing to do something about it.

Windows 7 Planning Tools Ease the Upgrade Process

Washington Post - ‎14 hours ago‎
Businesses planning a move to Windows 7 need a more rigorous planning and assessment tool than the consumer-grade Upgrade Advisor.

'Carol' opens at No. 1, but 'Precious' hits a high note

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
The Jim Carrey movie gets off to a slow start, bringing in $31 million, while the film-festival favorite sets a record. Jim Carrey stars in "A Christmas Carol," which had a weak first weekend.

Taylor Swift Drops Dating Hints On "SNL"

NBC Los Angeles - ‎2 hours ago‎
While both Taylors have kept quiet on the matter after being spotted together at a hockey game and out and about in LA in recent weeks, the country star addressed their rumored relationship in her "Saturday Night Live" opening "Monologue Song.

New Star Taylor Lautner Rises in "New Moon"

ABC News - Alex Dobuzinskis - ‎8 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Women swooned for Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen in last year's hit movie romance "Twilight," but in its upcoming sequel Taylor Lautner, who almost didn't make it into the film, is the newest hunk ...

If this is the best the NFC East has to offer ...

CBSSports.com - Mike Freeman - ‎31 minutes ago‎
PHILADELPHIA -- Someone had to win this monstrosity, so it might as well have been the Dallas Cowboys. Oh, was this game magical, and by magical, I mean ugly as Whitney Houston emerging from a crack den.

Patriots look great handling Dolphins and their schemes

Boston Globe - Adam Kilgore - ‎12 minutes ago‎
FOXBOROUGH - In the rare Patriots season that concluded before the playoffs, no team tormented them more than the Miami Dolphins in 2008.

Teammates support disheartened Brown after missed FG

Houston Chronicle - John Mcclain - ‎1 hour ago‎
Texans kicker Kris Brown reacts to missing his field goal attempt as time runs out against the Colts. INDIANAPOLIS - The Texans had the Colts right where they wanted them.

Sherrod Brown explains passion for health care, public option

Sandusky Register - Tom Jackson - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Register photo/LUKE WARK Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio talks to Sandusky Register staff Saturday morning about current issues including job employment, the upcoming presidential election and the ...
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School H1N1 clinics begin Monday

Fox 59 - Kent Erdahl - ‎54 minutes ago‎
A few thousand Marion County children will have an opportunity to get a dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine Monday morning and they won't have to stay out of school or wait in a long line to get it.

Lawmaker: End medical pot free-for-all

Denver Daily News - Gene Davis - ‎45 minutes ago‎
A Colorado Republican announced on Friday that he is seeking an end to the medical marijuana free-for-all that he believes is going on in the state.

Op-Ed Columnist The Night They Drove the Tea Partiers Down

New York Times - Frank Rich - ‎Nov 7, 2009‎
FOR all cable news's efforts to inflate Election 2009 into a cliffhanger as riveting as Balloon Boy, ratings at MSNBC and CNN were flat Tuesday night.

Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid Round 2

MobileCrunch (blog) - Greg Kumparak - ‎Nov 5, 2009‎
My inbox is in pain. Almost immediately after I hit the publish button on last week's iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid Smartphone Showdown, a torrential blast of comments and questions has been barraging just about ...

Russia's Conquering Zeros

Wall Street Journal - Masha Gessen - ‎Nov 6, 2009‎
It may be no accident that, while some of the best American mathematical minds worked to solve one of the century's hardest problems—the Poincaré Conjecture—it was a Russian mathematician working in Russia who, early in this decade, ...

100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 2)

New York Times - Bruce Buschel - ‎Nov 5, 2009‎
This is the second half of the 100 do's and don'ts from last week's post. Again, this list is for one particular restaurant, mine, which is under construction in Bridgehampton, NY, and will, with any luck, open this spring.

'Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of ...

Los Angeles Times - Rich Cohen - ‎Nov 7, 2009‎
The wandering of the Jews is frozen in the marble of the corned beef on rye. The fall of the Temple, the exile, life in the ghetto, reliance on the cheapest meat and the ensuing need to tenderize and smoke and spice, the crossing to the ...
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