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Emails on 'coming and goings' of Petraeus, other military officials escalated FBI ...

NBCNews.com - ‎23 minutes ago‎
The FBI discovered that emails received by Jill Kelley, a close friend of the Petraeus family, were sent by Paula Broadwell. And as they dug deeper, the affair between Broadwell and Petraeus came to light.
Petraeus affair: Why do the powerful cheat?
From Iraq to Washington: Petraeus has long record of facing tough situations
Petraeus: A necessary man
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Expecting a win, Mitt Romney was 'shellshocked' after defeat

New York Daily News - ‎Nov 9, 2012‎
Expecting a win, Mitt Romney was 'shellshocked' after defeat. 'There's nothing worse than when you think you're going to win, and you don't,' a Romney adviser told CBS News.
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New Mayhem on 2 Borders as Syrian Opposition Unifies

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
GAZIANTEP, Turkey - Syria pulled both Turkey and Israel closer to military entanglements in its civil war on Monday, bombing a rebel-held Syrian village a few yards from the Turkish border in a deadly aerial assault and provoking Israeli tank commanders in ...
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US to become world's largest oil producer by 2020, report says

Los Angeles Times - ‎24 minutes ago‎
U.S. to become world's largest oil producer by 2020, report says. The International Energy Agency report also predicts that the U.S.
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Your 2012 AL Rookie of the Year (Non-Mike Trout division)

CBSSports.com (blog)
33 minutes ago
Written by
Dayn Perry
It hardly seems fair. Any number of restaurant-quality rookie campaigns in the AL are going to be overlooked because Mike Trout decided to foil the suspense by authoring perhaps the greatest debut season in history.
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Windows Chief Sinofsky Leaving Microsoft

New York Times (blog)
53 minutes ago
Written by
Nick Wingfield
Steven Sinofsky, the leader of Microsoft's Windows business, is leaving the company, just weeks after the company released the biggest overhaul in decades of its flagship product.
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In China, corruption is hot topic at party congress

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Chinese paramilitary police march past a sign that reads, "Serve the party and the people," near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where the Communist Party is holding its 18th congress.
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2 Executives Step Aside at the BBC as Turmoil Over Reporting Deepens

New York Times - ‎19 minutes ago‎
LONDON - The BBC struggled on Monday to contain a spreading crisis over its reporting of a decades-old sexual abuse scandal as two senior executives withdrew temporarily from their jobs in the wake of the resignation of the corporation's director general, ...
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China slams Dalai Lama; Tibetans self-immolate

Houston Chronicle - ‎1 hour ago‎
BEIJING (AP) - China accused the Dalai Lama of allying with Japanese right-wingers in an island dispute as a way of attacking China and blamed him for glorifying a wave of self-immolations among Tibetans.
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Police Fatally Shoot Marine In Palm Springs, Calif.

Huffington Post - ‎46 minutes ago‎
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Police fatally shot a Camp Pendleton Marine who struck an officer with a car in a parking garage in Palm Springs, authorities said Monday.
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Europe Gives Greece 2 More Years to Reach Deficit, Debt Targets

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
Euro-area finance ministers gave Greece two extra years to wrestle down its budget deficit, pledging to plug the resulting financing gaps in order to keep the country in the single currency and prevent a renewed flareup of the debt crisis.
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NYSE Computer Issue Leads to No Closing Auction in 216 Stocks

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
The New York Stock Exchange stopped trading in 216 securities yesterday and canceled their closing auctions because of an outage in a computer that matches buy and sell orders and process transactions.
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Stocks flat, investors on edge over cliff

Newsday - ‎1 hour ago‎
Photo credit: AP | Gregg Maloney, left, and Ronnie Howard, center, both of Barclays, direct trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday.
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Sandy boosts used-car prices by up to $1000

USA TODAY - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Cars submerged by superstorm Sandy remain at the entrance of a subterranean parking garage in New York's Financial District, as the water is pumped out on Nov. 2. (Photo: Richard Drew, AP) ...
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A New Chance for the Senate

New York Times - ‎36 minutes ago‎
In May, Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, was furious at yet another obstructionist filibuster by Senate Republicans. He admitted then that he was wrong in 2011 not to change the Senate's rules when he had a chance.
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Cops: Ariz. woman runs over husband for not voting

CBS News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Holly Solomon, 28, chased her 36-year-old husband Daniel Solomon with the family Jeep SUV on Saturday night over a political argument stemming from the fact he didn't vote, CBS station KPHO in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Facebook testing new ranked comments format

SlashGear - ‎1 hour ago‎
Last week, we reported that Facebook was testing nested comments with select users, a long-awaited feature that helps keep comments organized and easier to follow.
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Google, Acer launch $199 Chromebook

USA TODAY (blog) - ‎6 hours ago‎
The new Acer 7 Chromebook. (Photo: Acer). Story Highlights. New $199 Acer 7 comes on heels of $249 Samsung Chromebook; Acer has 320GB hard drive, Intel processor; Slightly heavier, thicker than Samsung counterpart.
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Twilight 'Breaking Dawn Part 2' Premiere: Hundreds of Fans Camp Out

Latinos Post - ‎5 hours ago‎
Twilight fans are known to be extremely loyal to their beloved franchise. Some have proven their adoration of the franchise by camping out in the week leading up to the film's release.
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Ariel Winter -- I Was Never Intimate With That Boy

TMZ.com - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Close friends of Ariel Winter tell TMZ ... she NEVER got intimate with an 18-year-old boy, and her mother has manufactured the story to get back at her for trying to break from her maternal grip.
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'Nashville' gets full season, yee-haw

Entertainment Weekly
11 minutes ago
Written by
James Hibberd
Nashville fans have a reason to cheer. ABC has just ordered a full season of the freshman country series. The Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere drama has received a pickup for nine more hours.
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Lakers Intrigued by Chance to Play for D'Antoni

ABC News - ‎43 minutes ago‎
Pau Gasol got home from the game and read about it on Twitter, while Dwight Howard got a midnight message on his BlackBerry. They shared most Los Angeles Lakers fans' mix of surprise, trepidation and anticipation.
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Hall of Fame Inductees rank honor of making the Hall

NHL.com - ‎17 minutes ago‎
TORONTO -- The question of what means more, a Stanley Cup championship or an Olympic gold medal, is tried and true and asked and re-asked in hockey circles across the globe.
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Brawl Ensues After NASCAR Crash

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Hinton: JJ An Afterthought? Jimmie Johnson entered Sunday's race at Phoenix favored by many to win his sixth Cup championship in seven years.
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Jason Garrett cautious on DeMarco Murray

ESPN (blog) - ‎49 minutes ago‎
Murray has missed the last four games with a sprained foot suffered in the first half of the Oct. 14 loss at Baltimore. He has made the last two road trips despite the injury.
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Djokovic outdoes Federer in London

FOXSports.com - ‎24 minutes ago‎
Richard Evans has covered tennis since the 1960s, reporting on more than 150 Grand Slams. He is author of 15 books, including the official history of the Davis Cup and the unofficial history of the modern game in "Open Tennis.
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'Motor Trend' names Tesla Model S as Car of the Year

USA TODAY - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Motor Trend has given its Car of the Year award to Tesla for its Model S electric sedan (Photo: Tesla). Story Highlights. Motor Trend gives its highest honor to Tesla; The Model S sedan beat Porsche Boxster, BMW 3 Series and others; The magazine says its ...
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Total solar eclipse Tuesday: Set your alarm and watch online

Los Angeles Times
3 hours ago
Written by
Deborah Netburn
Solar eclipse lovers--set your alarms for Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. PST. A total solar eclipse is coming, and although it is unlikely you'll be able to see it in person, you can watch it live on your computer or smartphone--as long as you remember to look.
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Eating Before Lipid Test OK

MedPage Today - ‎3 hours ago‎
It may not be necessary to fast before a routine cholesterol check. Note that the researchers found only a few statistically significant differences among cholesterol subclass levels for fasting intervals when compared with either a 9- to 12-hour fasting time or a ...
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Poisonous Mushrooms: 2 Dead at Elder Care Home

ABC News - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Authorities say a caregiver at California's Gold Age Villa didn't know the mushrooms were poisonous. 11/12/2012. Share: 0 · Comment on this video.

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