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White House Has Allowed Only One Hour of Healthcare Coverage"We were used as kind of a political football during the campaign."
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:30 am Portuguese parliament move to permit gay marriageLISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's Parliament is debating a bill that would permit gay marriage in the mostly Roman Catholic country....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:28 am Portuguese parliament move to permit gay marriagePortugal's Parliament is debating a bill that would permit gay marriage in the mostly Roman Catholic country. The Socialist government's bill has the support of all left-of-center...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:28 am UK MP George Galloway deported from EgyptBritish MP George Galloway is deported from Cairo while trying to get an aid convoy from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:23 am Kan looking forward to having good spat with MOF officials+(Kyodo) _ (EDS: LEAD STORY TO FOLLOW) Newly appointed Finance Minister Naoto Kan, known for his hard-line stance toward Japan's powerful bureaucracy, told officials at his ministry on...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:22 am Ski jumping: Okabe comes 3rd at Sapporo Olympic Memorial+(Kyodo) _ Veteran Takanobu Okabe made the top finish among Japanese ski jumpers, coming in a share of third place at the Sapporo Olympic Memorial on Friday. The 39-year-old Okabe, who...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am The $290,000 Speeding TicketA Swiss court has slapped a wealthy speeder with a chalet-sized fine.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:20 am Churches attacked in Kuala LumpurThree churches in Malaysia are attacked as a row over non-Muslims' use of the word Allah for God intensifies.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:19 am Egypt 'deports aid convoy leader' - Aljazeera.net
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:16 am Police: Couple may know about missing baby
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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:15 am Portuguese parliament move to permit gay marriagePortugal's Parliament is debating a bill that would permit gay marriage in the mostly Roman Catholic country.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:15 am House Explodes in Karachi, Pakistan - Voice of America
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:14 am Peter Robinson to face questions over wife's £50,000 for loverIris Robinson is facing questions over her financial dealings after her young lover Kirk McCambley was revealed.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:13 am Ball row overshadows England drawAndrew Strauss describes South Africa's actions in the ball-tampering row as "malicious" after England battle to a draw in the third Test.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:07 am Geithner's Told AIG To Withhold $ Info From PublicAn arm of the Federal Reserve, then led by now-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, told bailed-out insurance giant AIG to withhold key details from the public about overpayments that put billions of extra tax dollars in the coffers of major Wall Street firms, most notably Goldman Sachs.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:05 am Report: NKoreans mark birthday of leader's sonSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Koreans pledged allegiance to leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son on Friday by marking his birthday, a news report said, amid speculation he is being groomed to take over the nuclear-armed country....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:01 am UK hit by coldest night of winterTravel problems and school closures continue after temperatures plummet to -22.3C (-8.1F) in the Highlands.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am Google launches its own energy utilityGoogle has decided it needs greater control over the power coming in, and will be launching its own utility, which will focus on supplying it with renewable energy.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 3:00 am Malaysian firefighters examine the damageMalaysian firefighters examine the gutted administrative block of a church following an attack in Kuala Lumpur in the early hours. Three Malaysian churches have been targeted with firebombs, leaving one...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:56 am Police deployed officers to patrol churches and mosques across the country after the attacksMalaysian forensic experts examine the gutted administrative block of a church following an attack in Kuala Lumpur. Three Malaysian churches have been targeted with firebombs, leaving one badly damaged,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:56 am Prime Minister Najib Razak condemned the attacks which he said could destroy racial harmony in MalaysiaMap of Malaysia locating Kuala Lumpur. Three Malaysian churches have been targeted with firebombs, leaving one badly damaged, in an escalating dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:56 am Religion and language are sensitive issues in multiracial MalaysiaA Malaysian police officer looks through smashed glass panel of a gutted administrative block of a Church following an attack in Kuala Lumpur. Two churches in the country have been attacked, leaving one...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:56 am Source: NBC weighing Leno return to late-night (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:54 am 90 Percent Of Languages Will Be Extinct Next CenturyLinguist and conservative commentator John McWhorter estimates the 6,000 languages spoken today will dwindle to only 600 next century. He argues that this is part of a process that will confer economic and health benefits to the affected speakers.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:50 am 10 Videogame Resolutions for the New YearForget nonsense like joining a gym, or watching more PBS, or trying to be a better friend to your just-divorced friend, Bill. These are the real resolutions you should focus on.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:50 am Death toll from gas leak triples to 21 in ChinaState media says 21 workers were killed by a gas leak at a factory in northern China earlier this week after executives were caught underreporting the number of deaths.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:49 am New smog rule could be a surprise to some counties (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:48 am Suicide blast at Karachi house kills at least 8A blast apparently caused by a suicide vest stored in a house in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi killed eight suspected ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:46 am LEAD: Imported auto sales in Japan down 18.6% to 21-year low in 2009+(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO IN 2ND-3RD, 8TH AND 10TH GRAFS) New imported vehicle sales in Japan last year fell 18.6 percent from the previous year to a 21-year low of 178,527 units due...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:45 am U.S. senators defend Pakistan drone attacksISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. senators defended on Friday American drone aircraft strikes in Pakistan, an issue likely to become more volatile if Washington intensifies the attacks to hunt down enemies after the bombing of CIA agents in Afghanistan.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:42 am U.S. senators defend Pakistan drone attacks (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:42 am NATO: Bomb kills U.S. service member in AfghanistanNATO says a U.S. service member has been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:40 am Sri Lanka rejects UN conclusion on execution videoCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka said Friday that a video purportedly showing its troops killing blindfolded, naked Tamils during the civil war was a fabrication and dismissed a U.N. investigation confirming its apparent authenticity as biased....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:33 am Sri Lanka rejects UN conclusion on execution videoSri Lanka said Friday that a video purportedly showing its troops killing blindfolded, naked Tamils during the civil war was a fabrication and dismissed a U.N. investigation confirming its...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:33 am Sri Lanka rejects UN conclusion on execution videoSri Lanka said Friday that a video purportedly showing its troops killing blindfolded, naked Tamils during the civil war was a fabrication and dismissed a U.N. investigation confirming its apparent authenticity as biased.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:33 am Christmas plane attack case will test defense (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:32 am ARod's New Girlfriend is Named Elaine SpottswoodYou can't make this stuff up, folks. ARod has reportedly moved on from Kate Hudson and is now dating an attractive woman named Elaine Spottswood.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:30 am Explosion at Karachi house kills at least 8KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- A blast apparently caused by a suicide vest stored in a house in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi killed eight suspected militants Friday, underscoring the city's use by insurgents bent on destabilizing the nuclear-armed, U.S.-allied country....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:26 am Explosion at Karachi house kills at least 8A blast apparently caused by a suicide vest stored in a house in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi killed eight suspected militants Friday, underscoring the city's use by insurgents...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:26 am Sumo: Takanohana leaves Nishonoseki faction, throws hat in for board race+TOKYO, Jan. 8 (Kyodo) _ Former grand champion Takanohana said Friday he will part ways with the Nishonoseki faction to announce his candidacy in the Japan Sumo Association's board of...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:26 am DPJ rejects call to summon Hatoyama's mom, Ozawa over fund scandals+(Kyodo) _ The Democratic Party of Japan will reject the opposition Liberal Democratic Party's demand that Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's mother and DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:26 am Bernie Ecclestone in bid for SaabFormula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is part of a bid to buy struggling Swedish carmaker Saab from General Motors.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:25 am Egypt police close in on Christmas murder suspectsLUXOR, Egypt (AP) -- Police have surrounded the farm fields in southern Egypt where gunmen who killed six Christians following Christmas eve mass are believed to be hiding, as massive numbers of riot police ensure that violence does not erupt anew in the tense town....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:20 am Egypt police close in on Christmas murder suspectsPolice have surrounded the farm fields in southern Egypt where gunmen who killed six Christians following Christmas eve mass are believed to be hiding, as massive numbers of riot police...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:20 am World's Unluckiest Pizza Delivery Man Gets Robbed AGAINOn December 27th, our unfortunate delivery man was delivering a pie when he was robbed by two men. As the officer responding to the call noted, the police are "familiar with this driver as he tends to get robbed frequently, including twice in one night." This is the 3rd time he's been robbed, after *ONLY* three months on the job.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:20 am Palestinians die in Gaza strikeThree people, including a 14-year-old-boy, are killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza, Palestinian medics say.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:19 am Swiss jobless reach 12-year high — a mere 4.4 pctSwiss unemployment reached its highest point in over a decade last month, although compared to most other countries things are still looking good.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:18 am Mosaic made of 120,000 smiling face photos set Guinness record+(Kyodo) _ A portrait of a poet from Yamaguchi Prefecture, made of 120,000 photos of smiling faces, was certified as the world's largest photo mosaic by the Guinness Book of World Records...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:13 am After scare, No. 1 Alabama beats No. 2 Texas 37-21 (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:11 am Israeli strikes against Gaza tunnels kill 3GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli airstrikes against targets in Gaza killed three men early Friday in a smuggling tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border, Palestinian officials reported....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:10 am Gates, holdover from Bush team, to stay at Defense (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:10 am NATO: bomb kills US service member in AfghanistanKABUL (AP) -- NATO says a U.S. service member has been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:05 am Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more seniors (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:05 am Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more seniorsIn case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn't enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using '60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize "the twist" in the Medicare drug program.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:04 am South Sudan cattle raid kills 140Dozens die in ethnic clashes in Southern Sudan, as aid agencies warn that the country faces a return to civil war.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 2:02 am File photo shows a helicopter of US private security company Blackwater during active operationsFile photo shows a helicopter of US private security company Blackwater during active operations. Two former employees with the firm have been arrested and charged with the murder of two Afghans in Kabul...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:59 am Crisis inquiry commission set to quiz top bankers (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:52 am Uganda will ask lawmaker to withdraw anti-gay billKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A Ugandan minister says the government will ask a lawmaker to withdraw proposed legislation that would give some gays the death penalty....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:51 am Report: NKoreans mark birthday of leader's sonNorth Koreans pledged allegiance to leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son on Friday by marking his birthday, a news report said, amid speculation he is being groomed to take over the nuclear-armed country.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:51 am Vermont bill could require hunters to wear orangeLifelong hunter Calvin Noble opted not to wear an orange hat or vest that day in late 2008. Hunting with his son, he was shot by another hunter while sitting on a tree stump and using a moose call.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:45 am 4 Malaysian churches attacked in 'Allah' disputeKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Four Malaysian churches were attacked with firebombs, causing extensive damage to one, as Muslims pledged Friday to prevent Christians from using the word "Allah," escalating religious tensions in the multiracial country....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:43 am Shattered Dubai dream echoes across Mideast
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:39 am Malaysian churches attacked - Aljazeera.net
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:36 am Snowstorm enters Northeast, imperils morning rush (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:34 am Obama announces security overhaulPresident Obama orders a raft of measures to address intelligence failings over the bid to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:33 am Report may show first monthly job gain in 2 years (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:31 am Karzai: Afghan corruption "blown out of proportion"KABUL (Reuters) - A defiant Afghan President Hamid Karzai defended his record on corruption in an interview broadcast on Friday, saying the issue that has damaged his reputation had been "blown out of proportion" by Western media.Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:30 am Top 10: Kick-Ass Native AmericansThe amazing lives of these 10 legendary Native Americans...
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:30 am V-6 engines fade into historyLittle engines will be the big stars at next week's North American International Auto Show. The days of the V-8 in passenger cars are over and things are starting to look bleak for the venerable V-6, as the four-cylinder engine starts to replace it in bigger cars and crossovers.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:30 am Crisis inquiry commission set to quiz top bankersTwo blocks from the Treasury, where the government not long ago scrambled to save a collapsing financial system, a team of investigators armed with subpoena powers is preparing the official narrative of the crisis and what went wrong.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:27 am Indian expats may be able to voteNon-Resident Indians (NRIs) may be able to vote in the next general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:22 am NATO unit launches radio station for rural AfghansTORA, Afghanistan (AP) -- Working underground in an old Soviet bunker, a group of Afghan civilians and French Foreign Legion officers busy themselves with a couple of laptop computers and microphones until someone shouts for silence....Source: AP Top International News At 5:28 a... | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:21 am TV show crucial in Thanksgiving Day killings caseIt takes just a glimpse sometimes to catch a fugitive.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:07 am Estes: Deserving Tide won't slide under SabanPASADENA, Calif. - Nearly 30 years after he coached his final game at the University of Alabama, Paul “Bear” Bryant remains on the minds of many Crimson Tide fans. And on their heads.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:07 am Same-sex marriage rejected in N.J. | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/08/2010 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:05 am Youth populations drop 1.2M in Northeast, MidwestStates in the Northeast and Midwest saw their youth population drop by more than 1.2 million in the past decade, a decline that ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:02 am 3 in 25 juveniles in detention are sexually abused, study finds - Los Angeles Times
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:02 am Yemen official minimizes nation's link to jetliner bombing suspectA senior Yemeni government official says Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, held in the Christmas Day attack on a Northwest flight, became an Al Qaeda militant in Britain.A senior Yemeni official downplayed his nation's connection to the Nigerian Islamic militant suspected of trying to bomb a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day, saying the man became an Al Qaeda militant in Britain, even though he met with a radical cleric in Yemen shortly before allegedly undertaking his alleged mission.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Los Angeles Times to add a section and close Orange County printing operationsThe paper will begin publishing a new section called LATExtra for late-breaking news.The Los Angeles Times is closing its printing operations in Orange County to cut costs and will begin publishing a new section devoted to late-breaking news, the paper announced Thursday.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Obama takes steps to bolster securityThe president, sharing an internal investigation into the foiled Christmas airline attack, calls for changes to improve the system but avoids placing specific blame.Declaring that "the buck stops with me," President Obama on Thursday released the results of an internal investigation into the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt and ordered a series of incremental measures meant to close gaps in the U.S. intelligence system that failed to detect it in advance.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am EPA proposes nation's strictest smog limits everIt wants to toughen the ozone limit adopted in 2008 by cracking down further on vehicles, power plants, factories and landfills. Much of the U.S. could then be in violation of federal regulations.The Environmental Protection Agency proposed the nation's strictest-ever smog limits Thursday, a move that could put large parts of California and other states in violation of federal air quality regulations.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Healthcare overhaul could save money and boost jobs, researchers sayIn a report to be released today, Harvard and USC economists say legislation being considered would slow cost increases and free up money for companies to raise wages and hire more workers.National healthcare legislation in Congress could slow the growth of medical costs, allowing employers to create 250,000 to 400,000 new jobs a year over the next decade, economists from Harvard University and USC are predicting.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Pressure builds against mountaintop coal miningThe Obama administration, which has pledged to heed scientific expertise on the issue, should reject all new mountaintop removal permits, scientists say, citing environmental and health effects.Mountaintop coal mining, which involves blowing up mountain peaks to get access to coal seams below, should be halted immediately because of growing evidence of its environmental and health threats, scientists urged Thursday in the journal Science.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 1:00 am Attackers firebomb 3 churches in ‘Allah’ disputeThree Malaysian Christian churches were attacked with firebombs , sharply escalating religious tensions in the country over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslim minorities.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:45 am Obama orders better air security, intel sharingWASHINGTON - Hundreds of law enforcement officers are being trained as federal air marshals to ramp up security as the Obama administration tries to prevent a repeat of the near-catastrophic attempt to blow up an airliner bound for...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:39 am Australia condemns Indian cartoonAustralia condemns an Indian newspaper cartoon likening its police to the Ku Klux Klan, in a row over attacks on Indians.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:33 am Anti-whaling boat sinks in Antarctica
 Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:31 am Beltre finalizes deal with BoSoxOne-year contract guarantees third baseman $10-million
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:27 am No. 1 Alabama tops Texas for BCS title
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:21 am "Jay Leno Show" future uncertainLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Are Jay Leno's days in primetime numbered?Source: Reuters: Top News | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:20 am Yemen Says Bomb Suspect Met With Qaeda Figures - New York Times
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:17 am Bama rolls to BCS titlePowered by Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, the Crimson Tide overcome the Texas Longhorns to claim U.S. college football's national championship
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:17 am Nets ban gambling on team planeNew Jersey decides to forbid wagering on flights after seeing the gun-related fallout from gambling debts in Washington
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 8 Jan 2010 | 12:03 am BCS Championship: Alabama Beats Texas 37-21Alabama claimed its first U.S. college football title since 1992 when they defeated Texas 37-21 in the BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl on Thursday. Texas lost All-American quarterback Colt McCoy on the team's first possession with a shoulder injury. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:57 pm A policeman in Morocco where a court has sentenced 14 members of a suspected terror cell to prisonFile photo shows a Moroccan policeman standing guard at a checkpoint in Casablanca. A court in the country has sentenced 14 members of a suspected terror cell to prison terms of four to 15 years for planning...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:50 pm Red Wings lose Holmstrom to broken footIt's not all bad news in Detroit, however, as Zetterberg and Cleary both return to the lineup
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:50 pm Wild-card picksDavid Naylor’s picks against the spread for the first round of the playoffs
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:44 pm Jets grind their way onto guest listOld-style mix of defence, a lot of rushing yards has New York's more unfashionable team crashing the playoff party this year
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:39 pm Who votes for Hall of Famers is a thorny issueThe media are supposed to follow the news, not make it, so why are they the gateskeepers to Cooperstown?
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:31 pm Cold Grips Nation as Crash in Snowy Ohio Kills 4 - ABC News
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:02 pm Canucks blank CoyotesBurrows gets hat trick, Luongo stops 31 shots for 50th career shutout as Vancouver romps past Phoenix
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:58 pm Pakistan explosion kills at least 6KARACHI, Pakistan -- An explosion at a house in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi killed at least six people this morning, police said.City police chief Wasim Ahmad said the blast appeared to have been caused by explosives...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:57 pm UVic ends ex-student's 18-year stay in residenceCourt upholds university's decision to evict man with severe obsessive compulsive disorder
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:44 pm U.S. job purge likely halted, jobless rate seen upWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government report on Friday is expected to show the economy stopped shedding jobs last month for the first time since it fell into recession two years ago, easing a political weight on President Barack Obama.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:39 pm Obama orders security upgradePresident Obama, declaring that the "buck stops with me" when it comes to protecting the nation from terrorists, ordered stepped ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:29 pm New ad campaign touts 'made in China'New ad campaign helps create a positive, objective image for made-in-China products.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:24 pm Introducing Canada's minority dictatorshipStephen Harper's opportunistic use of prorogation leaves his federal Conservatives and Quebeckers at a political crossroads
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:21 pm A Congolese army soldier with a his rifle bedecked with good luck charms is pictured near KibatiA Congolese army soldier with a his rifle bedecked with good luck charms is pictured near Kibati. The EU was set Friday to step up pressure on the government in the central African country after Kinshasa...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:19 pm Soldier's combat death in Iraq the first in 43 daysThe combat death of a U.S. soldier Tuesday in Iraq was the first in 43 days, the longest stretch since the war began.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:17 pm Report: U.S. more focused on al-Qaida abroad
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:17 pm Millions across United States brace for more coldBy the end of this weekend, 180 million Americans will have shivered through a record-setting bout of arctic cold sweeping from ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:17 pm Companies balk at EPA's smog-limit recommendationsUtility companies, refineries and factories may have to spend up to $90 billion to meet new smog standards proposed by the Environmental ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:12 pm Concern Grows About U.S. Focus On AfghanistanThe U.S. is sending thousands of additional troops — and other resources — to Afghanistan in a bid to wipe out al-Qaida. But the attempted Christmas Day bombing was planned in Yemen and allegedly carried out by a Nigerian. Should the U.S. be focusing so much of its efforts in Afghanistan? » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm As China's Stature Grows, Superpower Or Not?This year China is expected to replace Japan as the world's second-largest economy, and Germany as the world's biggest exporter. It has become a key global player, but its leaders say it is still a developing country with limited means. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm Six people have been killed after a blast caused a house to collapse in the Pakistani city of KarachiPakistan paramilitary soldiers and police patrol a street in Karachi. Six people were killed Friday when an explosion flattened a house being used by militants in Pakistan's economic hub Karachi, police...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Jan 2010 | 9:59 pm 4 dead in Midwest snowstormSteadily falling snow blanketed the Midwest on Thursday, and a tractor-trailer spun out of control on a snow-slick Ohio highway, killing four people and injuring seven.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 9:59 pm Obama takes steps to bolster security - Los Angeles Times
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 7 Jan 2010 | 9:51 pm Gates backs critique of spy agencies in AfghanistanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates threw his support on Thursday behind a harsh critique of the U.S. military's spy agencies in Afghanistan, increasing pressure on them to shift focus from killing insurgents to winning hearts and minds.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 9:11 pm Body scanners key to anti-terror planPresident Obama's plan to correct the missteps surrounding the failed Christmas Day terror plot focuses on improving the coordination ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Jan 2010 | 9:02 pm People celebrate the approval of a homosexual marriage in Mexico CityPeople celebrate the approval of a homosexual marriage in Mexico City in late December. Christian groups in Mexico have said said they had asked the country's attorney general to overturn a newly-voted...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Jan 2010 | 8:54 pm A man rides a scooter on the snow-covered streets in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, eastern suburb of ParisA man rides a scooter on the snow-covered streets in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, eastern suburb of Paris. Europe was blasted by more snow and ice on Friday amid a brutal winter that has caused travel chaos...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Jan 2010 | 8:36 pm Yemen: Nigerian may have met radical cleric
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 7 Jan 2010 | 8:34 pm Police: Woman poisoned margarita to kill boyfriendCANANDAIGUA - A western New York woman is accused of mixing up a batch of antifreeze-laced margaritas for her live-in boyfriend, who died four days after drinking the toxic cocktail.State police arrested 51-year-old Cynthia Galens...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 8:11 pm A goodbye kiss triggered New Jersey airport scareNEW YORK (Reuters) - The security scare that shut the Newark, New Jersey airport for hours and delayed thousands of passengers was caused by a man who slipped into a secure area to give a woman a goodbye kiss, video released on Thursday showed.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 8:03 pm Cold grips nation; crash in Ohio kills 4
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 7 Jan 2010 | 8:01 pm Study: Youths sexually abused in juvenile prisonsMore than 12% of youths in juvenile prisons are sexually abused while in custody there, according to a Justice Department study ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 7 Jan 2010 | 7:45 pm Iris Robinson's young lover, Kirk McCambley, attracts hundreds of Facebook fansKirk McCambley has become a star hit on Facebook after allegations were aired that he had an affair with the wife of the Northern Ireland's First Minister.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 7 Jan 2010 | 6:36 pm Obama takes responsibility for lapsesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took ultimate responsibility on Thursday for security failures that led to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner and ordered reforms aimed at thwarting future attacks.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 6:19 pm Yemen: Abdulmutallab met with al QaedaAirline Bombing Suspect Possibly Had Contact with Radical Cleric also Linked to Fort Hood Gunman, Official SaysSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 6:00 pm Gates backs critique of spy agencies in Afghanistan - Reuters
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 7 Jan 2010 | 5:59 pm Iris Robinson's business affairs questioned after lover Kirk McCambley, 21, is namedIris Robinson is facing questions over her financial dealings after her young lover Kirk McCambley was revealed.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 7 Jan 2010 | 5:57 pm Swiss speeder lands $290,000 fineST. GALLEN, Switzerland - A Swiss court has slapped a wealthy speeder with a chalet-sized fine ? a full $290,000 (NZ$396,435).Judges at the cantonal court in St. Gallen, in eastern Switzerland, based the record-breaking fine on...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 5:02 pm Video: Abdulmutallab's Yemeni TrailOfficials say accused Christmas Day bomber Omar Abdulmutallab spent time in Yemen, visiting various al Qaeda operatives including a notorious radical cleric. Terry McCarthy reports from Yemen.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:57 pm Iris Robinson's lover named as Kirk McCambleyIdentity revealed as questions are raised over financial dealings of the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:53 pm UK's one-time youngest lottery winner found deadStuart Donnelly was just 17 when in 1997 he became the youngest person to win the National Lottery. Unlike the other members of his syndicate who raised their pre-requisite glasses of champagne for the cameras at the press conference...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:45 pm Math Prodigy, 14, Invited to CambridgeArran Fernandez Would be Youngest at University since 1773, When Eventual Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger AttendedSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:30 pm Rare newborn white tiger cubs make their debutA rare litter of five white tiger cubs have made their first public appearance at Santiago Zoo in Chile, much to the delight of an adoring public.The three males and two females, born just under a month ago, underwent their first...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:23 pm Former Bush lawyer charged with attempted murderBOSTON (Reuters) - A former top attorney for President George W. Bush was charged in Connecticut on Thursday with attempted murder after he allegedly attacked his wife with a long flashlight.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:16 pm Magnifying glass starts fire in US homeRIVERTON, Wyoming - Officials say a magnifying glass left on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home in the United States.UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas Guthrie's...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:06 pm In Memoriam: 'Ebony' Matriarch Eunice W. JohnsonJohnson, the woman behind the Johnson Publishing Co. and the director of the company's Ebony Fashion Fair, died on Sunday at age 93. Andre Leon Talley remembers Johnson and her impact on the world of fashion, cosmetics and the arts. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:04 pm Parents plead for son who plotted to have them killedAn Asperger's sufferer in England who plotted to kill his parents was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order yesterday, despite a letter from his mother and father asking the judge for leniency for their son.Christopher Monks,...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 4:00 pm Transcript: President Obama On Failed AttackPresident Obama took responsibility Thursday for what he termed "a systemic failure" to prevent an attempted attack on an airliner on Christmas Day. Read a transcript of his remarks. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 3:47 pm Four dead in Missouri ABB factory shootingST. LOUIS (Reuters) - An assembly line worker armed with a rifle who had a pending lawsuit against electrical products company ABB Power killed three co-workers and wounded five others on Thursday before killing himself, police said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 3:35 pm UK temperatures plummet towards -20CLONDON - People across Britain dug out yesterday after some of the heaviest snowfalls in decades, as forecasters warned the cold snap brought by an Arctic weather system would continue through next week.The storm shut airport...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 3:30 pm 'System Failure' In U.S. Screening For TerroristsPresident Obama ordered U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to bolster their efforts to connect threads of data on suspected terrorists — a directive that will very likely increase the amount of time U.S. analysts spend working on these watch lists. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 3:25 pm U.S. intel failed to focus resources on al Qaeda threatWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence community failed to dedicate sufficient resources to address the threat by the militant group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a White House review released on Thursday said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 3:15 pm Sex, money and bigotry: Meet Ireland's political 'Robinson' duoThey have been called the first couple of Northern Ireland politics. He is often stern and famously buttoned-up, while she has been described as "fire and brimstone in a Laura Ashley package".Peter Robinson concentrates on...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 7 Jan 2010 | 2:49 pm Airline Passengers Abroad React To Tougher SecurityThis week, the Obama administration placed 14 so-called "countries of interest" on a list. People traveling through those countries en route to the U.S. will be subject to extra-intense screening. NPR correspondents check in with passengers at airports in two of the countries — Iraq and Nigeria — and in Italy, which is a key transit point for travelers headed to the U.S. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 2:21 pm Video: Urgency Prevailing Theme In Terror ReportThere's a sense of urgency throughout the White House, as officials prepare the initial report on mistakes made in the run-up to Christmas Day's terror attempt. Bob Orr previews President Obama's afternoon remarks with CBS News' Chip Reid at the White House and David Martin at the Pentagon.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 2:02 pm Obama Releases Report On Attempted Plane BombingThe White House released Thursday a declassified summary on the attempted Christmas Day bombing, when a Nigerian man was allowed to board a U.S. bound plane while carrying explosives. The preliminary report outlines what the intelligence community knew about the possibility of a plot. Michele Norris talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about the report. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 2:00 pm Video: Europe Airport Body ScannersAs the European Union continues to debate whether or not to widely implement controversial full-scale body scanners at airports, Italy and the U.K. have already installed such devices.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 1:57 pm Mideast Water Crisis Brings Misery, UncertaintyThe Middle East is facing its worst water crisis in decades. For three summers, the annual rains have failed to come. Farmland has dried up in Iraq, Syria, southeast Turkey and Lebanon. The dire conditions are creating a new phenomenon: water refugees. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 1:55 pm Jordanians: CIA Bomber Was No Double AgentIntel Sources Tell TIME that Suicide Bomber Wasn't Working for al Qaeda but That He Was Angry over Civilian CasualtiesSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 1:46 pm Tips For Making Sense Of New Job NumbersInvestors and economists are nervously anticipating Friday's release of new data on unemployment, but for the non-experts out there, what what do those statistics really say? Here, a closer look at the two big numbers: the unemployment rate and the number of jobs created or lost. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 7 Jan 2010 | 1:27 pm Fears grow for teenagers missing since SundayTwo teenage girls have been missing from their home since Sunday prompting police to raise their concerns.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 7 Jan 2010 | 1:14 pm Sources: Feds scrambling to find additional air marshals - CNN
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 7 Jan 2010 | 1:05 pm AP: 2 ex-Blackwater guards charged with murderTwo former Blackwater contractors were arrested today on murder charges in the shootings of two Afghans after a traffic accident last year, according to an indictment obtained by The Associated Press.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 12:50 pm Whale Wars Heat Up in AntarcticActivists Pursue Japanese Whalers by Helicopter Day after Hunters Crushed one of Conservationists' BoatsSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 12:30 pm Cuba: U.S. Contractor Worked as SpyAmerican Arrested in December; Suspected of Providing Communications Equipment to Opposition GroupsSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 12:30 pm Obama Plans New Push for Mideast PeaceAdministration Is Trying to Relaunch Negotiations Between Israel and Palestinian LeadersSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:30 am Brother: CIA Bomber under "Huge Pressures"Man Tells CNN Mysterious Caller Told Family Day After Bombing that Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi was HeroSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 7 Jan 2010 | 11:30 am Britain Digs Out After Massive Snow Storms, Cold SnapPeople across Britain dug out Thursday after some of the heaviest snowfalls in decades, as forecasters warned the cold snap brought by an Arctic weather system would continue through next week.Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jan 2010 | 9:46 am Retailers got their holiday wish for modest rise in December salesRetailers post a 2.9% sales increase compared with the same month in 2008, easily beating expectations for a 2% gain, according to Thomson Reuters' tally of 30 major chain stores released today.Christmas finally came for the nation's retailers last month in the form of modest sales increases and a rush of last-minute shoppers.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 7 Jan 2010 | 9:23 am More Technical Problems Trap English Channel TrainEurostar was hit by new problems Thursday as a high-speed train traveling from Brussels to London was stuck in the Channel Tunnel for about two hours because of what the company called a technical problem.Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jan 2010 | 8:42 am Jonathan Ross: the salary that was a bigger talking point than the showIt's a worrying sign for any TV personality if their salary is a bigger talking point than their shows.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 7 Jan 2010 | 8:09 am Millionaire Hit With $290,000 Swiss Speeding TicketA Swiss court has slapped a wealthy speeder with a chalet-sized fine a full $290,000.Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jan 2010 | 7:51 am Probe Launched Into Whale War Antarctic CollisionAustralia and New Zealand will launch inquiries into the collision between an anti-whaling boat and a Japanese ship as calls grow for an independent vessel to be sent to the Antarctic to monitor increasingly violent clashes.Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jan 2010 | 7:44 am Yemen Says Airline Terror Suspect Likely Met Radical ImamYemen says the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet on Christmas may have met with a radical American-Yemeni cleric linked to Al Qaeda.Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jan 2010 | 7:26 am Europe Divided on Use of Body Scanners in AirportsEuropean nations were sharply divided Thursday over the need to install full-body scanners at European airports, with some EU members playing down the need for beefed-up security measures.Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jan 2010 | 6:11 am MPs' expenses report casts doubt on reform proposalsMPs living just outside London may still be able to claim expenses for their second homes.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 7 Jan 2010 | 5:41 am Jonathan Ross: I quit the BBC - statement in fullJonathan Ross insisted his decision was not about money and said there were ''other considerations''. Here is his statement in full:Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 7 Jan 2010 | 3:46 am Afghan Provincial Governor Injured in BlastA bomb exploded in a garbage container outside the governor's compound in Afghanistan's restive Khost province on Thursday, slightly injuring the governor, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jan 2010 | 3:27 am Report: Attack on CIA Planned by Bin Laden AidesU.S. intelligence officials believe that the homicide bomb attack that killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan last month was planned with the help of Usama bin Laden's close allies, raising fears that the Al Qaeda leader is enjoying a lethal resurgence.Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jan 2010 | 2:02 am
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