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Amb. Susan Rice meets with Republican critics

Fox News - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Good evening I'm right there United Nations ambassador Susan -- has been depicted as everything from -- thrown under the bus sacrificial lamb.
McCain and Hillary's bipartisan bond
Susan Rice's attempt to make nice with Capital Hill critics of Benghazi remarks ...
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Neighbors / Back to square one

Haaretz - ‎20 minutes ago‎
There is no such thing as a head of state who has never entertained the fantasy of being free to act "without the High Court and without B'Tselem," to quote Yitzhak Rabin.
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Combating Inequality May Require Broader Tax

New York Times - ‎53 minutes ago‎
Rarely have we experienced such a confluence of arguments in favor of raising taxes on the rich. After a hard-won re-election fought mainly over taxes and spending, President Obama arguably has a mandate from voters to tap the wealthy to address our ...
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Youth HIV Rate High, Testing Low

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Americans between the ages of 13 and 24 accounted for more than a quarter of new HIV infections in 2010 -- about 12,000 cases -- but only a third of that age group had ever been tested for the virus, the CDC reported.
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Windows Phone 8 random reboot fix coming soon

SlashGear - ‎53 minutes ago‎
We reported last week that Microsoft was looking into complaints stating that HTC and Nokia handsets running Windows Phone 8 were randomly rebooting.
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Raising the Dead

New York Times - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Seattle. Enlarge This Image. Jonathon Rosen. Related. Arafat's Body Is Exhumed for Poison Tests (November 28, 2012). Opinion Twitter Logo.
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Congo Rebels in Talks Before Deadline

Wall Street Journal - ‎Nov 26, 2012‎
KAMPALA, Uganda—The overall commander of Congo's M23 rebels, Sultani Makenge, on Monday met Uganda's army chief for urgent talks ahead of a deadline requiring the rebels to withdraw from the mineral trading hub of Goma, which they seized last ...
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Appeals court upholds NY gun law

Wall Street Journal - ‎36 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court has upheld a New York law which requires that applicants show a special need for self-protection in order to carry handguns.
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Women in combat? We are already there

Washington Post (blog)
1 hour ago
Written by
Melinda Henneberger
Should women be fighting alongside men in Afghanistan? That's hard for me to say, since I think it's long past time the men, too, came home.
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Castle Rock mom guilty of killing her two kids

Denver Post - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Kelli Murphy. The 41-year-old mother is accused of killing her two children, her 9-year-old son Liam and her 6-year-old daughter Madigan.
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US Declines to Label China as Currency Manipulator

Wall Street Journal - ‎32 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Treasury Department repeated that China's currency remains “significantly undervalued” but declined again to label Beijing a currency manipulator, avoiding a public slap that could disrupt diplomatic relations between the economic ...
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Housing recovery continues as home prices rise in September

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
Home prices increased in September, a leading gauge shows, indicating that a moderate but stable housing recovery is underway after several months of improvement.
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Nexus 4 Returns to Google Play This Afternoon

PC Magazine - ‎7 hours ago‎
The Nexus 4 smartphone made its debut on Google Play earlier this month, and quickly sold out. But the search giant has replenished its stock and will start selling the new gadget again today, starting at 3 p.m.
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Facebook user voting changes at odds with privacy groups

TechRadar UK
22 minutes ago
Written by
Matt Swider
The Facebook privacy hoax messages that have circulated the social network aren't real, but the proposed changes that it plans to make to the site governance document are.
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Apple Fires Maps Lead Following iOS Chief's Ouster

Wired
1 hour ago
Written by
Christina B
Apple's reshuffled executive staff is taking steps to ensure software debacles like the recent launch of iOS 6′s Maps never happen again - and punishing those responsible for that unfortunate incident.
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Google Chief Page Said to Meet FTC Over Antitrust Probe

Bloomberg
3 hours ago
Written by
Brian Womack
Google Inc. (GOOG) Chief Executive Officer Larry Page met with U.S. Federal Trade Commission officials today in Washington as the agency moves to wrap up its 19-month investigation of the company's business practices, according to a person familiar with ...
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Face of Halle's ex after punch up with her boxer fiance: Picture shows who ...

Daily Mail - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Looking at this picture of Gabriel Aubry's battered face, it is clear who came off worse in the fight between Halle Berry's model ex and her current fiance, Olivier Martinez.
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Golf might ban belly putters

Los Angeles Times - ‎22 minutes ago‎
How much stomach does it take to play professional golf? That was the overriding question Tuesday at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, where Tiger Woods and other PGA Tour pros were preparing for this weekend's World Challenge, which ...
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Phillies' Ruiz Suspended After Positive Test for Amphetamine

New York Times - ‎12 minutes ago‎
Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz was suspended Tuesday for the first 25 games of next season after a positive test for an amphetamine.
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Tiger Woods reiterates opposition to belly putters in golf

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Tiger Woods on Tuesday reiterated his opposition to the use of so-called belly putters in golf, a day before two of the game's governing boards were expected to announce a possible ban of the putting practice.
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NASA successfully tests nuclear reactors for deep-space exploration

The Space Reporter - ‎30 minutes ago‎
NASA, along with the Department of Energy, announced Tuesday that initial tests of a reliable nuclear reactor based on current technology show that it could serve as a reliable source of energy for deep-space spaceships.
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NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly to Attempt Longest Flight In Space with Russian ...

Latinos Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
(Photo : Reuters) NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is pictured in the Cupola of the International Space Station. An American astronaut will be attempting to fly the longest spaceflight ever for a U.S.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse coming early Wednesday

Los Angeles Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Deborah Netburn
Sky watchers, it is time to look up once again, and watch the moon very, very carefully. A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur early Wednesday morning, but it will be subtle.
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Judge orders tobacco companies to admit deception

Reuters - ‎48 minutes ago‎
By David Ingram. WASHINGTON | Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:27pm EST. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major tobacco companies that spent decades denying they lied to the U.S.
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The Value of Mammograms

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
To the Editor: Opinion Twitter Logo. Connect With Us on Twitter. For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT.
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Peanut Butter Plant for Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Shut by FDA

Patch.com - ‎19 minutes ago‎
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has blocked food distribution from the Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant in New Mexico whose products were subject to a wide recall in recent months because of salmonella contamination.
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