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| Drive-by jihadi pleads guilty to shooting at Pentagon |
The Christian Science Monitor - An Alexandria, Va., man admitted in federal court Thursday that he fired live rounds into the Pentagon and three other government buildings and planned to desecrate graves at Arlington National Cemetery in support of Islamic militants overseas.
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| A confident Romney zings Gingrich in Republican debate No. 19 |
The Christian Science Monitor - Episode 19 in the Great Republican Debate-a-thon may be most remembered for its spirited discussion of moon colonies. But it was Mitt RomneyâÂÂs sharp performance that won the night in the last debate before FloridaâÂÂs crucial primary next Tuesday.
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| U.S. detains Brazil, Canada orange juice for fungicide |
Reuters - U.S. health regulators detained three shipments of Brazilian orange juice and six from Canada that tested positive for the fungicide carbendazim, which is illegal in the United States.
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| EU, IMF press Greece on reforms, Rehn upbeat on debt |
Reuters - The European Union and IMF want Greece to push through more budget cuts and implement a series of long-agreed austerity reforms before they sign off on a new bailout the country needs to avert bankruptcy, a report obtained by Reuters shows.
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| Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings |
Reuters - Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings for Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Cyprus indicating there is a 1-in-2 chance of further downgrades in the next two years.
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| Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing |
AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
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| US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed |
AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.
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| Domestic |
| NYPD boss won't talk about son's sex-assault case |
AP - Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly faced the media Friday for the first time since reports surfaced that a woman had accused his son of rape, refusing to discuss the headline-grabbing case and referring questions to Manhattan prosecutors.
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| Army chief lays out Army cuts in Europe |
AP - Gen. Raymond Odierno (oh-dee-EHR'-noh), the Army chief of staff, says the Pentagon will take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 and eliminate them.
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| Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death |
AP - A Connecticut man expressed regret but steadfastly blamed his accomplice as he was sentenced to die Friday for a deadly home invasion that unsettled suburbia and halted momentum to abolish the state's death penalty. The sole survivor of the attack called the loss of his wife and two daughters a "personal holocaust" as the final chapter closed on the case.
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| GOP seeks limits on new Colo. child-care rules |
AP - Talk about red tape: Colorado's Department of Human Services last year proposed regulating child care businesses down to the number of crayons per box and the color of dolls kids can play with.
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| Hull House closes doors after more than 120 years |
AP - The Chicago social service organization founded more than 120 years ago by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams is filing for bankruptcy and closing.
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| APNewsBreak: Dougherty sibling planned escape |
AP - One of three siblings who were part of a multistate crime spree and nationwide manhunt planned to escape from a Colorado jail, authorities said.
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| Occupy protesters barred from camping in DC squares |
Reuters - The National Park Service will bar Occupy DC protesters from camping in the two parks where have been living since October, in a blow to one of the highest-profile chapters of the movement denouncing economic inequality.
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| Technology |
| Apple's Tim Cook responds to supply chain worker mistreatment |
Digital Trends - Amidst celebration of a record quarter, during which Apple brought in more than $46 billion in revenue, a stench of worker mistreatment at Foxconn factories in China, where AppleâÂÂs popular iPhone and iPad devices are assembled, arose out of the media ether.
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| Newark told to produce Facebook-pledge papers |
AP - New Jersey's largest city must produce a list of documents related to its $100 million public schools pledge from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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| Student orders terrorism textbook on Amazon, gets $400 bag of cocaine as a bonus |
Yahoo! News - All Sophia Stockton wanted fromàAmazon was aàtextbook for one of her classes. Little did she know that it was going to be shipped to her with something extra on the side. Leafing through the pages of her new book, she â¦
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| Nintendo gets with the times, announces Nintendo Network, DLC, and NFC for Wii U |
Digital Trends - After a decade of lackluster online support, Nintendo may finally be wising up. During an investorâÂÂs briefing today, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced that its upcoming console, the Wii U, will have two new features: NFC built into the controller and an Xbox Live-like online service called Nintendo Network. Downloadable content, including fullly downloadable retail games is also a possibility. Details below.
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| Ex-Palm chief leaves HP after WebOS move |
Reuters - Jon Rubinstein, who was instrumental in crafting Apple Inc's iPod music player, has left Hewlett Packard Co after two years on the job there.
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| Detroit Symphony offering series of free webcasts |
AP - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has launched a webcast player that will allow music lovers to enjoy an upcoming performance of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 and other concerts online for free in the comfort of their homes.
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| French telco regulator to inspect Free's network |
Reuters - France's telecom regulator will carry out an inspection of the network of mobile operator Iliad , in a bid to address accusations levied by its competitors that the new entrant's infrastructure was not operational.
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| International |
| Roubini holds little hope of global economic fix |
AP - The economist widely acknowledged to have predicted the financial crash of 2008 holds little hope that global economic troubles will be fixed anytime soon and warns that without major policy changes things can still get much worse.
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| Euro ministers upbeat on Greece, crisis solution |
Reuters - Euro zone finance officials voiced optimism on Friday that a deal to avert a disorderly Greek default was imminent and that key building blocks to resolve Europe's sovereign debt crisis are gradually fitting into place.
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| Wall Street lower at open after GDP data |
Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy grew less than expected in the fourth quarter, while weak earnings from Ford and continued caution over Europe's debt crisis also weighed on the market.
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| UN refugee chief: economic crisis fueling conflict |
AP - The U.N.'s refugee chief has warned leaders meeting in Switzerland this week that the global economic crisis is fueling conflicts around the world.
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| Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV |
AP - Business and social media leaders are teaming up to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place and with the right organization they can eliminate HIV-infected births by 2015.
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| Public needs to back austerity, EU leaders say |
AP - Cash-strapped governments in Europe must persuade skeptical citizens to accept severe austerity measures if their countries are to recover and thrive in an increasingly tough global economic environment, European leaders said Thursday.
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| ECB remains divided over Greek bond plan |
Reuters - The European Central Bank remains no closer to agreeing on whether or not it will take losses on the Greek bonds it owns, euro zone central bank sources said on Thursday.
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| Real Estate |
| In the Region | New Jersey: New Jersey/In the Region â Historic Long Branch Fa |
A 740-acre property was divided into two parts, both of which will be preserved permanently for agriculture use.
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| In the Region | Westchester: Westchester/In the Region â Trackside Development |
Transit-oriented communities are planned for Mount Vernon, Harrison, Poughkeepsie, Wingdale and Harriman, N.Y.
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| In the Region | Long Island: Long Island/In the Region â Best Time to List a H |
Informal surveys indicate that on the Island, listing a home on a Wednesday in March results in the quickest sale.
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| Mortgages: Mortgages - On Troubleshooting |
As of this month borrowers have another place to vent: the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau.
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| Streetscapes | Readersâ Questions: Streetscapes/Readersâ Questions - Automat |
Queries about the covered facades of old automats and an abandoned stairway on 172nd Street.
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| The Hunt: The Hunt - Off-Campus, With Elbow Room |
Michael Igyarto and Mangesh Kulkarni, both law students, wanted to share a rental apartment with two bedrooms and a large living room.
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| Currents | Closing: Moss, the SoHo Design Emporium, Is Closing |
After 18 years in business, the SoHo design emporium is shutting down its retail space on Greene Street.
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| Science |
| Tropical depression hits Mozambique |
AP - Mozambique's meteorological service says the second tropical depression to hit the southern part of the country in two weeks has destroyed thousands of homes.
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| Correction: Food and Farm-GMO Labeling story |
AP - In a Jan. 26 story about food labeling legislation, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Syngenta had announced plans to begin testing genetically modified wheat. Syngenta spokesman Paul Minehart said the company halted work on genetically modified wheat several years ago.
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| Bus-Size Asteroid Buzzes Earth in Close Flyby |
SPACE.com - A small asteroid the size of a city bus zoomed between Earth and the moon's orbit Friday (Jan. 25) just days after its discovery, but it never posed a threat to our planet, NASA says.
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| Use of Actors, Photoshop Not OK in Public Health Ads, Experts Say |
LiveScience.com - Whether shocking or saddening, pictures of people who are suffering the consequences of smoking or obesity can be powerful in public health messages. But in some cases, the moving stories are not entirely authentic.
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| Fishing's global footprint |
Our use of the ocean's riches now has a global reach, a report show
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| Anti-matter set for gravity test |
Researchers prepare pairs of matter and anti-matter particles in a bid to finally resolve whether anti-matter repels normal matter in a kind of "anti-gravity".
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| 'Microplastic' threat to shores |
Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study warns.
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| Popular |
| Silvercorp says Chinese authorities investigating source of allegationsFour Saus |
Y! News - San Francisco - Abby Pontzer What's better than just being outdoors in the Bay Area? Living on the Bay, silly! Today we bring you four houseboats to call home in Sausalito -- whether for good or just for a night. Our first model â¦
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| TSA re-inspects elderly woman over wet diaper |
AP - The family of a gravely ill 95-year-old woman says federal inspectors wouldn't let her mother board a plane because her adult diaper was wet, setting off alarms.
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| Afghan official: Country's top banker flees nation |
AP - Afghanistan's top banker, who is alleged to have played a role in the failure of the nation's largest private lender, has fled the country, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Monday.
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| Russia convicts colonel of exposing US spy ring |
AFP - A Moscow military court on Monday handed down a 25-year sentence to a top Russian foreign intelligence agent who was convicted in absentia of exposing a "sleeper cell" network in the United States.
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| Williams sisters, Wozniacki all lose at Wimbledon |
AP - Walking away from Centre Court, Oracene Price — mother and sometimes-coach to Serena and Venus Williams — shook her head after watching one daughter lose at Wimbledon, then the other.
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| Bearded Mickey Mouse cartoon causes stir in Egypt |
AP - An Egyptian Christian telecom mogul has angered Islamic hard-liners by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil.
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| Famous Thatcher handbag auctioned for $40,000 |
AP - One of Margaret Thatcher's famous handbags fetched 25,000 pounds ($39,953) at a London charity auction Monday.
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