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Iran: Arabs should aid Gaza militarily like we do

Jerusalem Post - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Iran's parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani says Tehran is proud of its military support for Gaza. Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani Photo: Reuters/Caren Firouz.
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Jesse Jackson Jr.'s agony: He couldn't escape father's shadow

Chicago Sun-Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s desk in Washington D.C. | Lynn Sweet~Sun-Times Media. storyidforme: 40505144 tmspicid: 14944104 fileheaderid: 6809572.
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UN Ambassador Defends Remarks on Benghazi Attack

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The American ambassador to the United Nations, Susan E. Rice, broke her silence on Wednesday and defended her remarks about the attack on a United States diplomatic mission in Libya that killed four Americans, including ...
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138 Points, 108 Shots and a Debate About a Record

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
At some point in the second half of a 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible on Tuesday night, Grinnell College Coach David Arsenault Jr.
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Hostess Brands vs. the union

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, announced on Nov. 16 that it was going to go out of business and would lay off more than 18,000 employees.
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India says execution not end to justice efforts in Mumbai attack

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW DELHI - India's execution Wednesday of the only surviving gunman in the 2008 attack on Mumbai that killed 166 people won't deter its ongoing effort to bring the planners to justice.
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EU budget: Cameron set for battle as negotiations begin

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
David Cameron is set to press for a minimum real-terms freeze in the EU's budget as European leaders gather ahead of a crunch summit to determine spending between 2014 and 2020.
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Oceanside man pleads not guilty to killing, dismembering wife

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
A 68-year-old Oceanside man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing and dismembering his 73-year-old wife. Deputy Dist.
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HSBC flash China PMI rises to 50.4, first growth in 13 months

The Australian - ‎54 minutes ago‎
THE preliminary HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity, rose to 50.4 in November compared with a final reading of 49.5 in October, HSBC said.
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Asian Shares Higher; China Manufacturing Improves

Wall Street Journal - ‎13 minutes ago‎
Asian markets were higher on Thursday after Chinese manufacturing data came out in expansionary territory, while further softening of the yen pushed Japanese shares to their highest level for more than six months.
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Judge Rules United Not Liable for 9/11 Collapse

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Wednesday that United Airlines was not responsible for the collapse of a third World Trade Center building on Sept.
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Black Friday's 'the Super Bowl of retail,' and it's game on for employees

Dallas Morning News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Carlos Portillo (center) leads Best Buy workers in a cheer at a Burbank, Calif., store in preparation for Black Friday. By MARIA HALKIAS.
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Iowa GOP Debates Fate of Its Famed Straw Poll

Wall Street Journal - ‎Nov 20, 2012‎
One of the quirkiest rituals of the presidential election—the straw poll of Republican voters in Ames, Iowa—is obsolete and should be eliminated, Iowa's GOP governor says.
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Will Early Voting Come To Minnesota?

CBS Local - ‎2 hours ago‎
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout again this year with a remarkable 76 percent of voters going to the polls on Election Day.
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Anonymous Steps Into Gaza Crisis

InformationWeek - ‎13 hours ago‎
Website defacing and Anonymous DDoS campaign pale next to ongoing cyberattacks apparently launched from Iran and Palestine, security experts say.
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Samsung looks to add iPad mini to upcoming patent infringement suit

Apple Insider - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Samsung on Wednesday filed a motion to include Apple's iPad mini in its running list of iOS devices that allegedly infringe on certain wireless patents, tacking on even more product claims to be heard in an upcoming patent lawsuit.
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Patent suit targets Formlabs and Kickstarter

Register - ‎21 minutes ago‎
As the world turns increasingly into one in which nobody can do anything without being sued by someone, 3D Systems is suing Formlabs and Kickstarter over alleged patent infringement covering 3D printing.
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Life of Pi

Entertainment Weekly - ‎5 hours ago‎
Everything looks beautiful in Life of Pi. The dangerous animals look beautiful. The terrible storms look beautiful. The crashing ocean waves, the twinkling stars, the wondrous carnivorous island on which the hero at one point lands - pure gorgeousness, ...
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Jon Bon Jovi says daughter's overdose a 'tragedy'

Newsday - ‎2 hours ago‎
Jon Bon Jovi spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday night about his daughter Stephanie Bongiovi's heroin overdose last week, calling it a "tragedy.
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Whitney Houston's debut album added to Grammy Hall of Fame, along with AC ...

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Whitney_Houston1985.jpg The self-titled debut album from the late R&B diva Whitney Houston is among this year's inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame collection.
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'Insider' airs interview with Elmo puppeteer's first accuser

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
Getting in just under the wire before the Thanksgiving onslaught of football viewing, “The Insider” on Wednesday night aired the first interview with the first man who claimed Kevin Clash, the former Elmo puppeteer for “Sesame Street,” had a sexual ...
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Camacho Clinging to Life

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
The former boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho was clinging to life after being shot in the face, with doctors and his family expected to decide whether to remove him from life support.
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Gary Bettman Bombarded By Disgruntled Flyers Fan During News Conference

NESN.com - ‎41 minutes ago‎
Hockey fans are getting angry, and they're not afraid to let NHL commissioner Gary Bettman know it. On Wednesday, the league and the Players' Association met for another round of negotiations, reportedly making an insubstantial amount of progress.
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Sources: Sox, OF Jonny Gomes agree

ESPN (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox and free-agent outfielder Jonny Gomes have agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal, pending a physical, sources told ESPN.
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Rapid reaction: Spurs 112, Celtics 100

ESPN (blog) - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty Images Kevin Garnett and the Celtics spent Thanksgiving Eve. battling the Spurs. BOSTON -- Rapid reaction after the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Boston Celtics 112-100 on Wednesday night at TD Garden: THE NITTY ...
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Dwarf planet Makemake examined for the first time

BBC News - ‎9 hours ago‎
Astronomers have obtained an important first look at the dwarf planet Makemake - finding it has no atmosphere. One of five such dwarfs in our Solar System including former planet Pluto, Makemake had until now eluded study.
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Birdlike Dinos Had Tough Time Flying

LiveScience.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
Some of the first birdlike creatures to emerge during the age of the dinosaurs probably couldn't get their heavy wings to take them off the ground and likely opted for gliding over flying, new research shows.
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ADHD treatment 'may reduce risk of criminal behaviour'

BBC News - ‎55 minutes ago‎
People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who are involved in crime are less likely to reoffend when on treatment than not, a Swedish study shows.
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Mammograms leading to unnecessary treatment, study finds

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
The routine use of mammograms has led to more than 1 million women being unnecessarily treated for breast cancer over the past three decades, according to the latest scientific report to cast skepticism on the effectiveness of the test.
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4D scans show fetuses yawn in the womb

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
LONDON | Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:44pm EST. LONDON (Reuters) - Growing into a fully formed human being is a long process, and scientists have found that unborn babies not only hiccup, swallow and stretch in the womb, they yawn too.
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Massachusetts health regulators allow hospitals to share medications to ease ...

Boston Globe - ‎1 hour ago‎
Massachusetts health regulators allow hospitals to share medications to ease drug shortages. By Kay Lazar and Chelsea Conaboy. | Globe Staff.
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