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Petraeus relationship leads to book, scandal for Broadwell

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - When Paula Broadwell first met David Petraeus in 2006, she was a soldier-turned-graduate student at Harvard University.
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CIA Director Petraeus' resignation: Is it really just because of an extramarital affair?
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Fire official: At least one dead in Indianapolis blast

Chicago Tribune - ‎46 minutes ago‎
At least one person was killed and hundreds of people were displaced Saturday night when a powerful explosion leveled two homes and sparked an extra-alarm fire on the south side of Indianapolis, a fire department spokeswoman said.
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Strong quake strikes Burma; up to 12 feared dead

CBS News - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Updated Nov. 11, 2012, 3:10 AM ET. YANGON, Burma A strong earthquake struck northern Burma on Sunday, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine, damaging several old Buddhist pagodas and leaving as many as 12 people feared dead.
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Alabama's loss shakes up the championship race

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
Search. Close. Alabama's loss shakes up the championship race. Game On! Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY SportsShare. Comments. 2012-11-10-a&m.
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The American Debate: Will Obama's strong win carry him past ideological ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎43 minutes ago‎
We'll soon learn whether President Obama's resounding Electoral College victory buys him some good will on Capitol Hill - or whether he's destined to endure more gridlock, thanks to an election that once again revealed an ideologically fractured nation.
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Palestinians fire 35 rockets at South; 3 civilians hurt

Jerusalem Post - ‎17 minutes ago‎
Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired at least 35 rockets and mortars into Israel since midnight Saturday night, according to the Southern District Police, injuring three civilians.
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Live: Reaction to Entwistle resignation

BBC News - ‎9 minutes ago‎
Key Points. BBC director general George Entwistle has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight north Wales child abuse broadcast; BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten, who criticised "shoddy journalism" at the BBC, is due to speak later; Director of BBC Audio and ...
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Diplomats: Mideast nuke talks called off

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses a red marker as he draws on a diagram of a bomb as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly in Sept.
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US investigator in Afghan rampage case suggests gunman not alone

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, (L) 1st platoon sergeant, Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, is seen during an exercise at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, in this ...
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Ignored losses of Vietnam War

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎43 minutes ago‎
One crisp fall morning in 1987, at the dedication of the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Thomas Corcoran was nearly as heartbroken as he was in June 1969, when two uniformed men knocked on his door in Torresdale.
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Wall Street: Fearing 'cliff,' investors finish brutal week

NDTV - ‎26 minutes ago‎
Wall Street is peering over the "fiscal cliff" and feeling vertigo. The stock market finished one of the worst weeks of the year Friday, pushing Washington to work out a deal to avoid the tax increases and government spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1.
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US stocks, oil rebound on strong consumer data

Reuters - ‎Nov 9, 2012‎
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks and oil prices gained on Friday on a rise in U.S. consumer sentiment to a more than five-year high, outweighing gloom that the "fiscal cliff" in the United States and Europe's economic woes may lead to a world recession.
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Lockheed Martin ousts CEO-to-be over relationship

USA TODAY - ‎16 hours ago‎
Lockheed Martin ousts CEO-to-be over relationship. Share. Comments. lockheed martin logo 2012. The Lockheed Martin logo behind a display of a company-made drone Aug. 9 at a Las Vegas exhibit.
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US election 2012: Republicans don't need reinvention - they need new candidates

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎17 minutes ago‎
Let's all calm down a bit, shall we? There is really no call for the Republican Party to eat itself alive, consume its own progeny in a frenzy of recrimination, or throw out its fundamental principles with which, as it happened, roughly half the electorate agreed.
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High-tech, old-school politics won

Philadelphia Inquirer
43 minutes ago
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John Timpane
The Romney camp did very well, to be sure - but the Obama camp confounded the smart money and largely, if not fully, repeated the social media-based ground game of 2008, leaving the Romney camp beaten, amazed, and dismayed.
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President Obama, where are the tears for those you lead?

Fox News - ‎13 hours ago‎
The leader of the free world let his emotions flow this week, crying as he thanked staffers the day after his re-election. The tears of joy were humanizing, but it begs the question: where are the tears of heartache for those who are suffering?
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Apple and HTC reach patent peace, but at what cost?

Ars Technica
1 hour ago
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Joe Mullin
In a surprise weekend announcement, Apple and HTC report that they have ended all their patent disputes. The financial terms are confidential, but HTC has been on the losing end of the legal action, so it's hard to believe the Taiwanese company didn't pay ...
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Apple iPad Mini: One Week In

InformationWeek - ‎18 hours ago‎
I want to love the iPad Mini, but I'm afraid it's going to have to settle for something a little bit less. I've used the iPad Mini every day for the last week, jumping back and forth to a full-sized iPad and Google Nexus 7 to see how its usability compares day in and ...
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Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez split: What happened?

USA TODAY
17 hours ago
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Ann Oldenburg
Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez split: What happened? Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAYShare. Comments. Did a Victoria's Secret model come between them?
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Sir Roger Moore Praises Skyfall as "Best Bond of All"

E! Online - ‎6 hours ago‎
Sir Roger George Moore, who played James Bond in the series between 1973 and 1985, has quite the compliment for the latest installment of the franchise and actor Daniel Craig himself.
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Broadway's Just a Suburb of Cincinnati

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
TO hear Katie Holmes tell it, she is not so different from her character, Lorna, in the new Broadway play “Dead Accounts,” even if Lorna is a defensive sad sack who has moved back home with her parents in Cincinnati after a failed relationship.
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Jennifer Lawrence in 'Silver Linings Playbook'

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
IF a Hollywood publicist were to make a list of conversational taboos for a young star, it might include the following: personal shortcomings, money, group sex and death.
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Hochman: Lakers' early move might pave way for another title

Denver Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
OAKLAND, calif. - There are football coaches who start out 1-4 and don't get fired. An optimist says that in due time, the Los Angeles Lakers would have finally meshed in the Princeton offense, that Steve Nash would get healthy by December and the Lakers ...
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Ryu Hyun-Jin bid: Dodgers release statement regarding Korean LHP

SB Nation Los Angeles - ‎6 hours ago‎
The Los Angeles Dodgers continued their spending ways under new ownership, winning the rights to negotiate with South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-Jin after their $25,737,737.33 bid was highest among bidders.
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Postgame notes: Arizona State

ESPN (blog)
1 hour ago
Written by
Pedro Moura
LOS ANGELES -- USC (No. 19 BCS, No. 21 AP) played a strong second half to comfortably beat Arizona State 38-17 on Saturday at the Coliseum.
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Sadler's Nationwide title hopes take devastating hit

USA TODAY - ‎7 hours ago‎
... Sadlercrash1110. Elliott Sadler, in the No. 2 car, spins out during Saturday's Great Clips 200. Cole Whitt (88) also was involved as Sam Hornish Jr.
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Block and a party: Florida avoids huge upset

Florida Times-Union - ‎2 hours ago‎
GAINESVILLE - Move over, Jarvis Moss. You've got company when it comes to the most famous blocked kick in Florida football history.
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China To Launch Its Next Manned Spacecraft In June 2013

Forbes
2 hours ago
Written by
Alex Knapp
JIUQUAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28: A Long March 2... The Tiangong-1 before its launch in September, 2011 (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife).
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Vocal Coral Reefs Signal Chemical Beacon, Tell Goby Fish to Destroy Toxic ...

Latinos Post - ‎8 hours ago‎
Coral reefs are vocal, says Georgia Institute of Technology's Mark Hay. The professor and his team discovered that coral polyps known as Acropora nasuta emit chemcial signals to goby fish when seaweed encroaches on their territory, according to Planet ...
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Letters: Superstorm Sandy, energy policy and climate change

Los Angeles Times - ‎20 hours ago‎
Re “Obama finally talks climate change; green industry wants more,” Nov. 7. While the climate system has many tipping points, Superstorm Sandy may have marked one of the more important in terms of public opinion.
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Gargling Sugar Water Can Boost Your Self-Control

Medical News Today - ‎22 hours ago‎
In order to have better self-control, all you have to do is gargle sugar water. The finding came from a study at the University of Georgia, led by professor of psychology Leonard Martin and Matthew Sanders, a doctoral candidate also in the UGA Franklin ...
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Setback for first malaria vaccine in African trial

Reuters - ‎Nov 9, 2012‎
The 2012 election results and healthcare. On November 8 The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health and Reuters hosted policy experts in a discussion of how the 2012 presidential election outcome will affect the U.S.

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