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Spy Agencies Failed to Collate Clues on TerrorNew York Times - - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency four months ago intercepted conversations among leaders of Al Qaeda in Yemen discussing a plot to use a Nigerian man for a coming terrorist attack, but American spy agencies later ... Questions for Abdulmutallab Wall Street Journal Eight US 'CIA agents' killed in Afghanistan bomb attackBBC News - 42 minutes ago Eight CIA agents have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in south-eastern Afghanistan, US reports say. A bomber was wearing an explosive vest managed to enter Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost Province, on the border with Pakistan. Afghan suicide bomber attacks CIA base Times Online Cheney: Obama pretends nation is not at warCNN - - 2 hours ago (CNN) -- The White House responded forcefully Wednesday to former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of President Obama's response to the botched terror attack on Christmas Day. |
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Dutch authorities said Wednesday that they would compel airline passengers heading to the US to submit to new advanced body scanners, in a sign that worries about the recent attempt to detonate explosives aboard an airliner from ...
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Activists fall victim to Gaza blockade
ABC Online - - 1 hour ago
The self-styled "freedom marchers" include prominent authors, lawyers and journalists, many of them Jewish. They had hoped to cross the border to Gaza for a planned protest today against Israel and its economic ...
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Abdurrahman Wahid, 69, Is Dead; Led Indonesia for 2 Years of Tumult
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
BANGKOK - Abdurrahman Wahid, the eccentric, nearly blind Muslim cleric who served for almost two turbulent years as Indonesia's president, championing a tolerant brand of Islam, died on Wednesday in Jakarta at the age of 69.
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White House visitors log reflects Obama agenda
Washington Post - - 23 minutes ago
Tens of thousands of people poured through the White House in September, including many who visited as part of organized outreach by the Obama administration to particularly important constituencies, according to visitor logs that ...
Senator Nelson Defends His Health Care Vote
New York Times - - 7 minutes ago
Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, took to the airwaves in his home state on Wednesday, trying to defend his role as the decisive 60th vote in favor of broad health care legislation.
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Political attacks over Christmas Day airline incident heat up
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
The political war over the failed Christmas Day bombing of a US airliner showed no signs of abating Wednesday as leaders of both parties escalated their attacks, employing fiery rhetoric in assessing blame for the ...
Unlike 9/11, partisanship has worsened after Christmas attack Christian Science Monitor
News Corp. Says Deal on Fox Signal Is Unlikely
New York Times - - 40 minutes ago
The News Corporation said on Wednesday that it looked doubtful that it would sign a new distribution contract with Time Warner Cable by Thursday night, increasing the likelihood that its Fox stations will be removed from cable lineups ...
Time Warner Cable subscribers could lose Fox channels on New Year's Eve Los Angeles Times
Fox stands firm in Time Warner Cable fee dispute CNNMoney.com
Rusal Plans to Raise as Much as $2.6 Billion in IPO
BusinessWeek - - 32 minutes ago
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- United Co. Rusal Ltd. plans to raise as much as HK$20.1 billion ($2.6 billion) in a Hong Kong initial public offering, paving the way for the world's largest aluminum producer to pare $14.9 billion of ...
Rusal IPO To Raise Up To $2.59 Billion Wall Street Journal
US takes majority stake in GMAC, giving lender $3.8 billion more in aid
Washington Post - - 9 minutes ago
The federal government said Wednesday that it will take majority control of troubled auto lender GMAC and provide an additional $3.8 billion in aid to the company, which has been unable to raise from private investors the money it ...
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Google Nexus One Gets Possible Price, Launch Date
PC Magazine - - 1 hour ago
Google on Tuesday sent out invitations for a January 5 "Android press gathering" at their Mountain View, Calif. campus. Most everyone expects the event will be the official unveiling of the Nexus One mobile phone, although Google didn't ...
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Now Hear This: Apple Wins Appeal in iPod Hearing Loss Lawsuit
PC World - - 4 hours ago
Apple may be facing an all-out legal assault from Nokia right now, but the not-so-little company from Cupertino is hearing the sound of victory in another courtroom battle.
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Reconciliation could cost Sheen $1 million
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Only one of Oscars' top winners added to National Film Registry
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Every year since 1989, the National Film Registry -- a branch of the Library of Congress -- has chosen 25 movies to preserve for posterity.
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Ex-Police Chief Sentenced in Surrogate Mother Case
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - Calling him arrogant, reckless and without remorse, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a former police chief to 32 months in prison for breaking in to the home of a surrogate mother who was carrying twins for the ...
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McNeill regroups Texas Tech in wake of firing
Dallas Morning News - - 34 minutes ago
Hours after Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, the Red Raiders tried projecting a message of family, solidarity and optimism.
Canada selects Devils goalie Martin Brodeur for its Olympic team
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - - 1 hour ago
Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerNJ Devils goalie Martin Brodeur stops a shot taken by Jordan Staal of the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night at the Prudential Center.
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Huskies-Bearcats Preview
USA Today - 35 minutes ago
GAME NOTES: Two teams that will likely factor into the race for the Big East title, will open conference play this evening against one another, as the 10th-ranked Connecticut Huskies hit the floor at the Fifth Third Arena to take on the Cincinnati ...
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H1N1 flu outbreak is over, but 3rd wave could strike
Minneapolis Star Tribune - - 21 minutes ago
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Bad back? Nerve stimulation won't help
CNN - - 4 hours ago
(Health.com) -- A popular pain-relief treatment that uses electricity to stimulate nerves isn't likely to benefit the millions of Americans who live with chronic low back pain and shouldn't be recommended for that purpose, new guidelines ...
Obama's Historic Health-Care Victory
Wall Street Journal - - 14 hours ago
The hundred years' war over national health insurance is coming to an end. Or is it? Even if Congress passes a bill in January, as seems very likely, the fight won't end.
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Kim Peek, Inspiration for 'Rain Man,' Dies at 58
New York Times - - Dec 26, 2009
In 1988, the film “Rain Man,” about an autistic savant played by Dustin Hoffman, shed a humane light on the travails of autism while revealing the extraordinary powers of memory that a small number of otherwise mentally disabled people ...
News in Daily Grind
Wall Street Journal - - Dec 29, 2009
To judge by recent headlines, coffee could be the latest health-food craze, right up there with broccoli and whole-wheat bread. But don't think you'll be healthier graduating from a tall to a venti just yet.
Family: China to execute British drug smuggler
CNN - - Dec 28, 2009
Clive Stafford Smith, center, director of Reprieve, speaks at a news conference with psychologist Peter Schaapveld, left, and Akbar Shaikh, right, brother of imprisoned Akmal Shaikh.
As the Nation's Pulse Races, Obama Can't Seem to Find His
New York Times - - Dec 29, 2009
I was walking through a deserted downtown on Christmas Eve with a friend, past the lonely, gray Treasury Building, past the snowy White House with no president inside.
Making soba noodles the easy way
Los Angeles Times - - 20 hours ago
At Akila Inouye's Tsukiji Soba Academy in Tokyo, a specially made wooden cabinet has 108 small cubbyholes, each containing a scroll of thick brown or green paper printed with a question.