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GOP Balks at White House Plan on Fiscal Crisis

New York Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Jon Weisman
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner presented the House speaker, John A. Boehner, a detailed proposal on Thursday to avert the year-end fiscal crisis with $1.6 trillion in tax increases over 10 years, $50 billion in immediate stimulus ...
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Egypt adopts draft constitution after marathon session

Los Angeles Times - ‎37 minutes ago‎
CAIRO - Egypt's Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly passed a rushed draft of a constitution early Friday to ease public anger against President Mohamed Morsi's expanded powers and preempt an expected court decision to disband the chamber this ...
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Lindsay Lohan is 'victim' despite criminal charges, lawyer says

Los Angeles Times - ‎54 minutes ago‎
Lindsay Lohan, who faced charges both in New York and Santa Monica this week, is an innocent victim, one of her attorneys said. Lohan was charged Thursday with three misdemeanors for allegedly lying to Santa Monica police in connection with a June ...
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Windows PC Sales Keep Lagging: 10 Factors Holding Back the Market

eWeek
3 hours ago
Written by
Don Reisinger
NEWS ANALYSIS: Despite Windows 8's launch and analysts' initial hopeful estimates, Windows PC sales are down considerably and computer makers are scrambling to figure out why.
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clashes hit flights to Damascus

Financial Times - ‎17 minutes ago‎
Fierce fighting near the airport forced international airlines to cancel flights to Damascus as internet services were cut off for the first time in Syria's 20-month uprising - raising fears of an escalation after a fortnight of gains by rebel fighters.
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Leveson calls for tougher self-regulation of UK media

Times of India - ‎1 hour ago‎
LONDON: Britain's Leveson inquiry has delivered its long-awaited report into the culture, practices and ethics of the press, which proposes a new regulatory body underpinned by law.
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Who Cares What That Homeless Man Did With the Boots a Cop Bought Him?

New York Magazine - ‎1 hour ago‎
Officer Lawrence DePrimo, the NYPD patrolman who became Internet famous when someone snapped a photo of him giving boots to a homeless man, is understandably a little taken aback by all the attention he's getting.

LA judge dismisses suit over park Nativity scenes

Union Democrat - ‎28 minutes ago‎
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles federal judge on Thursday dismissed a Christian group's lawsuit to force suburban Santa Monica to reopen spaces in a city park to private displays, including Christmas Nativity scenes.
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India Growth Matching 3-Year Low Adds Policy-Revamp Pressure

Bloomberg - ‎7 minutes ago‎
Indian expansion slowed last quarter to match a three-year low as growth in domestic spending and exports moderated, adding pressure on the government to extend an economic-policy overhaul to spur investment.
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Asian shares firm as investors square positions

Reuters - ‎53 minutes ago‎
By Chikako Mogi. TOKYO | Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:44am EST. TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares hit a nine-month peak on Friday, as firmer overnight global equities created an upbeat tone, but flows were largely driven by month- and year-end position-squaring, ...
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Apple Revamps ITunes After Delay to Speed Sharing Across Devices

San Francisco Chronicle
2 hours ago
Written by
Adam Satariano
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. unveiled a new version of its iTunes media service, overhauling the look and feel and integrating it more closely with the company's iCloud Internet- storage service.
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Tesla Building Service Shop In Dublin For Electric Cars

10TV - ‎8 hours ago‎
Tesla Motors plans to finish a new service center for its electric vehicles in Dublin by the end of December. The new facility will allow owners of Tesla vehicles a certified place to have maintenance performed on the all-electric vehicles.
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Jeff Zucker named president of CNN

Los Angeles Times - ‎40 minutes ago‎
CNN and Jeff Zucker are betting on each other to revitalize their tarnished brands. The cable news network, which has struggled to keep pace with rivals Fox News and MSNBC, has tapped Zucker, a onetime wunderkind news producer who later stumbled as ...
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Michael Jackson's Father, Joe Jackson, Suffers Stroke

ABC News (blog) - ‎4 hours ago‎
Matriarch Katherine Jackson's doctor, in July, recommended she leave Los Angeles because “her health was really bad,” her son, Randy Jackson, told “Good Morning America.
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Two More Finalists Eliminated On 'The X Factor'!

TVbytheNumbers - ‎1 hour ago‎
Tonight, on the LIVE results show, another double elimination sent home Paige Thomas, one of Demi Lovato's Young Adults, and Vino Alan, one of L.A.
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Spurs to be penalized for Miami move

Los Angeles Times - ‎37 minutes ago‎
The San Antonio Spurs will be punished by the NBA for their decision to send four top players home and not make them available to play in Miami against the Heat on Thursday night.
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Yankees, Mo agree to one-year contract

MLB.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
NEW YORK -- One day after suffering a season-ending knee injury, Mariano Rivera defiantly addressed a group of reporters in the visiting clubhouse of Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium, vowing to pitch again and saying to "write it down in big letters.
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Trail Blazers-Celtics Preview

CBSSports.com - ‎34 minutes ago‎
While they've had success in previous years, the Boston Celtics haven't been the same team this season without their All-Star point guard.
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Messenger detects frozen water, organic matter on Mercury

Los Angeles Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Amina Khan
Mercury may be a scorching hunk of rock just next door to the sun, but planetary scientists have discovered nearly pure frozen water and even some organic material in the planet's frigid polar regions.
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Polar Ice Sheets Melt Faster

Wall Street Journal - ‎4 hours ago‎
Higher temperatures over the past two decades have caused the polar ice sheets to melt at an accelerating rate, contributing to an almost half-inch rise in global sea levels, according to the most comprehensive study done so far.
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Study challenges presumed age of Grand Canyon

Los Angeles Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Eryn Brown
The Grand Canyon may be much older than widely believed, according to a new study that challenges the view that the American landmark was born 5 million or 6 million years ago.
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Let's help prevent HIV transmission

Greenville News - ‎46 minutes ago‎
The HIV/AIDS epidemic claims 1.7 million lives annually, with 2.5 million new infections each year. / File / AP. Written by. Lauren Beihoffer, Dinah Gregory and Elaine VanCleave.
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Glass particles found in Ranbaxy pills, production stopped

ABC7Chicago.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
November 29, 2012 (WLS) -- The company that makes a popular cholesterol drug has stopped production because small glass particles have been found in the pills.

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