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| | 'The city and life I have known no longer exist'
36 minutes ago @ msnbc.com
The AP"s chief correspondent in Gaza City for 17 years, has not only covered but lived through Israel"s offensive on Gaza that began Dec. 27. He shares his story in his own words.
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| Obama names watchdog for federal programs (yahoo! news)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama named Nancy Killefer as his administration's chief performance officer, creating a new White House position as part of an effort to eliminate government waste and improve efficiency.
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| Budget deficit seen hitting $1.2 trillion (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. budget deficit will swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009, congressional forecasters plan to announce on Wednesday, presenting a daunting challenge to President-elect Barack Obama who has said tough choices will be necessary.
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| Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal (yahoo! news)
AP - Israel ordered a three-hour pause in its Gaza offensive Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and said it welcomed a cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts rockets and weapons smuggling.
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Obama has lunch with 4 presidents
19 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as an extraordinary event on Wednesday as the current occupant, President George W. Bush, reminded his pred...
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| Obama to call for 'urgent action' on economy (cnn.com)
President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce his pick for "chief performance officer," a newly created position that will work on the federal budget and to reform government, a Democratic official told CNN.
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| Top Dem: Court may clear way for Burris (cnn.com)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid indicated Wednesday that the Illinois Supreme Court may be able to help clear the way for former state Attorney General Roland Burris to be seated in the U.S. Senate.
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| Reid: Burris may ultimately get seat (msnbc.com)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Roland Burris will not likely take Barack Obama's Senate seat until a court in Illinois rules on a dispute surrounding his appointment.
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| Obama pledges to curb spending (msnbc.com)
President-elect Obama says he'll have to juggle the competing interests of economic stimulus and deficit control, but that restoring general business health must come first.
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| Obama has lunch with 4 presidents (yahoo! news)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama says coming together with all the U.S. presidents is an "extraordinary gathering." Obama stood in the Oval Office on Wednesday with President George W. Bush and three former presidents: Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. The president-elect said all of them understand the pressures of the job and he looks forward to sharing time with them.
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| Budget deficit to hit $1.2 trillion (reuters)
The U.S. budget deficit will swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009 as the global recession saps the economy, congressional forecasters said on Wednesday, presenting a daunting challenge to President-elect Barack Obama who has said tough choices will be necessary.
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| Obama has lunch with 4 presidents (yahoo! news)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as extraordinary on Wednesday, while President George W. Bush wished him well and pledged that the office "transcends the individual."
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| Obama picks his chief performance officer (cnn.com)
President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce his pick for "chief performance officer," a newly created position that will work on the federal budget and to reform government, a Democratic official told CNN.
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| Obama names special watchdog for federal spending (yahoo! news)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that reforming massive government entitlement programs — such as Social Security and Medicare — would be "a central part" of his effort to control federal spending.
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Sen. Burris? Gov. Blagos Pick May Be Closer to His Seat
1 hour(s) ago @ abc news
A new deal between the former AG and senators could clear Burris" hurdles.
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| Coleman sues over Minnesota Senate recount (msnbc.com)
Minnesota's grueling U.S. Senate race, already dragging on two months past Election Day, has now moved even further from the voters 〔 and into the hands of lawyers.
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| CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post (yahoo! news)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of star power to a job that hasn't had that much clout in decades.
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| Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks (yahoo! news)
AP - Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois, but maybe not much longer.
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Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal
36 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Israel tentatively welcomed a proposal Wednesday for a Gaza cease-fire and briefly halted its offensive to allow aid to reach Palestinian civilians, but also instructed the military to press ahea...
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| Israel welcomes cease-fire proposal (msnbc.com)
Israel tentatively welcomed a proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and briefly halted its offensive to allow aid to reach civilians, but also gave the military a green light to press ahead with its assault on Hamas.
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| Israel resumes Gaza campaign after 3-hour halt (cnn.com)
Israel is halting its military operations in Gaza for three hours today to allow residents of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory to obtain supplies. The truce is scheduled to take place every other day. "This is in order to enable replenishing of supplies and allow aid activities," Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman Peter Lerner told CNN.
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| Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire plan (msnbc.com)
Israel tentatively welcomed a proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and briefly halted its offensive to allow aid to reach civilians, but also gave the military a green light to press ahead with its assault on Hamas.
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| Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal (yahoo! news)
AP - Israel tentatively welcomed a proposal Wednesday for a Gaza cease-fire and ordered regular suspensions of its offensive to allow aid to reach Palestinian civilians, but also instructed the military to press ahead with its assault on Hamas.
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| Israel, Hamas briefly hold fire to allow Gaza aid (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Hundreds of embattled Palestinians ventured outside to shop for food on Wednesday during a three-hour Gaza truce, a first step toward an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire under discussion by Israel and Hamas.
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| Israel, Hamas briefly hold fire to allow Gaza aid (reuters)
Hundreds of embattled Palestinians ventured outside to shop for food on Wednesday during a three-hour Gaza truce, a first step toward an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire under discussion by Israel and Hamas.
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| Israel accepts truce 'principles' (bbc news)
Israel says it has agreed on the principles of a truce plan, raising hopes of an end to the violent conflict in the Gaza Strip.
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| Israel halts firing to let aid into parts of Gaza (cnn.com)
Israel is halting its military operations in Gaza for three hours today to allow residents of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory to obtain supplies. The truce is scheduled to take place every other day. "This is in order to enable replenishing of supplies and allow aid activities," Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman Peter Lerner told CNN.
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Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Russia shut down all gas flows to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, sharpening a dispute that has left industries and homes in southeast Europe without power and disrupted supplies to maj...
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| Crisis deepens as Russian gas supplies to Europe halted (yahoo! news)
AFP - All deliveries of Russian gas through Ukraine were halted Wednesday, depriving tens of thousands of Europeans of heat in freezing weather and raising the stakes in a bitter dispute between Moscow and Kiev.
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| Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe (reuters)
Russia shut down all gas flows to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, sharpening a dispute that has left industries and homes in southeast Europe without power and disrupted supplies to major economies.
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| Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russian gas flows to Europe through Ukraine shut down completely on Wednesday, reducing power to industries and homes in south-east Europe and disrupting supplies to major economies.
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| Halt in Russian gas supplies to Europe deepens crisis (yahoo! news)
AFP - All deliveries of Russian gas through Ukraine were halted on Wednesday, in an intensification of a crisis between Moscow and Kiev which risks depriving European consumers of gas amid freezing weather.
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| Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russian gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine shut down completely Wednesday, leaving growing numbers of European Union member states without Russian fuel in freezing mid-winter temperatures.
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| Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine (yahoo! news)
Russia has shut off all its gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine — the latest move in a pricing dispute that has reduced or halted fuel deliveries to a dozen countries during a winter cold snap.
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Feed24: Sport |
| | Chennai Open hit by rain, Davydenko shocker
51 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - An injury to world number five Nikolay Davydenko added to the gloom at the ATP Chennai Open after bad weather washed out Wednesday"s matches.
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Germany ends US hopes at Hopman Cup
2 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - Germany shocked the United States at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday to end the hopes of the top seeds and holders and move within one tie of the mixed teams tournament final.
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| Tevez to stake United claim in League Cup semi-final (yahoo! news)
AFP - Carlos Tevez will be given another chance to prove he deserves a long-term deal at Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson prepares to throw him back into action in a League Cup semi-final.
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| Slovaks eye Hopman Cup tennis final (yahoo! news)
AFP - The Slovak Republic are on the verge of their fourth appearance in the Hopman Cup final after upsetting the host nation 2-1 here Tuesday.
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| Spurs celebrate Defoe return with Cup comeback (abc sport)
Tottenham Hotspur celebrated the return of England striker Jermaine Defoe on Tuesday morning (Australian time) by romping to a 4-1 semi-final first leg League Cup win over Burnley.
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| Defoe heading back to Tottenham (yahoo! news)
AFP - England international striker Jermain Defoe is set to leave Portsmouth and rejoin Harry Redknapp at Tottenham, the London club said on Tuesday.
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Nuggets forward Anthony out with fractured finger
16 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Denver Nuggets" Carmelo Anthony has suffered a fracture to a finger on his shooting hand and is expected to be sidelined for three-to-four weeks, the team said on Tuesday.
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| Nuggets' Anthony out 3 weeks with broken bone (yahoo! news)
AP - Carmelo Anthony didn't care for the color of the new removable splint he was sporting on his broken right hand, preferring it to be Denver Nuggets blue over bright red.
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| Anthony suffers probable fracture in right hand (yahoo! news)
AP - Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points and had a season-high nine assists despite suffering a "probable" fracture in his right hand in the Denver Nuggets' 135-115 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.
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Saints: Bush had left knee surgery
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
The New Orleans Saints have confirmed that running back Reggie Bush had surgery on his left knee, and will require months of rehabilitation.
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| Saints QB Brees is AP Offensive Player of Year (yahoo! news)
AP - Drew Brees understood what breaking a record set by Dan Marino would mean to the New Orleans Saints. So coming up 15 yards short was disappointing to the Saints quarterback, who won The Associated Press 2008 NFL Offensive Player of the Year award Tuesday.
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| AP NFL Offensive Player (yahoo! news)
The NFL Offensive Players of the Year named by The Associated Press, selected by a nationwide panel of the media:
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| Steelers' Harrison is AP Defensive Player of Year (yahoo! news)
AP - Kent State once sent a linebacker to the Pittsburgh Steelers who epitomized everything the Steel Curtain was about. That was Jack Lambert. The current version of the hard-hitting, versatile and dynamic former Kent Stater in Steel City is James Harrison, The Associated Press 2008 Defensive Player of the Year.
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Boston College to discuss football coach
35 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Boston College called a news conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss its football team and coach Jeff Jagodzinski, who has interviewed with the New York Jets.
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| Jagodzinski meets with Jets about coaching job (foxsports.com)
Boston College's Jeff Jagodzinski met with New York Jets officials Tuesday to discuss their head coaching vacancy - an interview that was expected to cost him his job with the Eagles.Jagodzinski, who became BC's coach in 2007, was told by athletic director Gene DeFilippo that he would be fired if he met with the NFL team."It's just a matter of putting two and two together," Chris Cameron, BC's associate director for media relations, said Tuesday night.
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| BC's Jagodzinski meets with New York Jets (yahoo! news)
Boston College's Jeff Jagodzinski met with New York Jets officials Tuesday to discuss their head coaching vacancy — an interview that was expected to cost him his job with the Eagles.
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Feed24: Entertainment |
| | Sandra Oh
2578 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Sandra Oh. Photos of your favorite actors and actresses.
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Jim Byrnes
2578 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
An American-born actor long in Canada, Jim Byrnes is best known for playing "Lifeguard", the communications expert and link to the organization on the CBS series Wiseguy (1987-1990), and...
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Owen Roizman
2578 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn"s Stop, in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions...
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Paul Le Mat
2578 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas" American Graffiti (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who...
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Anna Karina
2578 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Slender, dark-haired actress who appeared in several films of the French New Wave, particularly those directed by first husband Jean-Luc Godard. Karina was outstanding as the lonely, lovelorn prostitu...
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| | Reaction to Apples final Macworld subdued
18 hour(s) ago @ cnn.com
Instead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, celebrity-seekers had to settle for crooner Tony Bennett. And instead of blockbuster news from Apple Vice President Philip Schiller, attendees got new iTunes pricing a...
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| Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro, Drops DRM for iTunes (yahoo! news)
Despite this Macworld being Apple's last, despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs not delivering the keynote address, and despite efforts at a silent protest during the keynote, the show went on with great success. Apple had a lot to announce and Philip Schiller, vice president of worldwide product marketing, took his time on stage to announce new products and services.
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| Apple disappoints-no Jobs, big news at Macworld (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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| Apple disappoints: No Jobs or big news at Macworld (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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| Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday said it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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| Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld (yahoo! news)
Apple Inc said on Tuesday said it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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| Apple unveils new MacBook Pro, iTunes changes (cnn.com)
Apple Vice President Philip Schiller took the stage for the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo to unveil software upgrades, introduce an ultralight notebook and announce iTunes pricing changes.
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| Apple unveils new notebook, iTunes changes (cnn.com)
Apple Vice President Philip Schiller took the stage for the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo to unveil software upgrades, introduce an ultralight notebook and announce iTunes pricing changes.
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| Apple iLife to recognize faces, places (cnn.com)
Apple vice president Philip Schiller has kicked off his keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo with a revamp of iLife that will organize your photos by the faces in them and the places your pictures were taken.
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Apple to sell copy protection-free songs
15 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the ...
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| Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (yahoo! news)
AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.
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| ZOMG! Pranksters hit MacRumors keynote coverage (yahoo! news)
Some nasty pranksters, likely associated with Web forum 4Chan, have hacked into Apple gossip mainstay MacRumors' live-blog coverage of Tuesday's Macworld keynote. Hosted on a separate domain, MacRumorsLive.com, the site was plagued by offensive messages about Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health and general inanity (i.e. "SEX ME") before finally succumbing to "technical difficulties."
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| Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage (yahoo! news)
Some nasty pranksters, likely associated with Web forum 4Chan, have hacked into Apple gossip mainstay MacRumors' live-blog coverage of Tuesday's Macworld keynote. Hosted on a separate domain, MacRumorsLive.com, the site was plagued by offensive messages about Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health and general inanity (i.e. "SEX ME") before finally succumbing to "technical difficulties."
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| Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc has agreed to start selling digital songs without copy protection software from its iTunes store along with over-the-air download songs for its popular iPhone, according to people familiar with its plans.
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| Apple rolls out movie, pix software upgrades (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc, missing master pitchman Steve Jobs and facing subdued expectations during its final appearance at the Macworld trade show, rolled out upgrades to its home movie and photo software on Tuesday.
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| Apple touts software updates, new MacBook Pro (cnn.com)
Apple Vice President Philip Schiller took the stage at the Macworld Conference & Expo to unveil new versions of the iLife and iWork software suites and introduce an ultra-light notebook.
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Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google, Yahoo
35 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc has chosen Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
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Runaway stars go ballistic
35 minutes ago @ msnbc.com
New images from NASA"s Hubble Space Telescope reveal 14 young, runaway stars plowing through regions of dense interstellar gas, creating brilliant arrowhead structures and trailing tails of glowi...
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Obama tech appointments seen coming soon
35 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
President-elect Barack Obama, whose campaign used text messaging and the Internet to raise millions of dollars, is expected to announce key technology appointments as early as this week.
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| Digital Gangster Takes Credit for Twitter Hacks (yahoo! news)
Members of the online forum Digital Gangster may have been behind yesterday's Twitter hack. On Monday, hackers gained access to, and posted messages from, 33 Twitter accounts including those of Bill O'Reilly, Britney Spear and CNN's Rick Sanchez.
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| Obama seeks swift passage of fiscal package (reuters)
With the economic outlook darkening, U.S. President-elect Democrat Barack Obama went to Congress two weeks before taking office to try to entice Republican support for a massive stimulus package with talk of big tax cuts.
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| Twitter accounts of Obama, Britney Spears hacked (yahoo! news)
AFP - The Twitter accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures were hacked on Monday and fake messages sent out in their names on the micro-blogging service.
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| Obama, CNN Twitter accounts hacked (msnbc.com)
Social networking tool Twitter was hit by a major hacker attack on Monday, with several "high profile" accounts 〔 including that of President-elect Barack Obama 〔 taken over by computer criminals, the company said.
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| Obama seeks swift passage of U.S. fiscal package (reuters)
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama went to the U.S. Capitol on Monday to press for swift passage of a huge spending and tax-cut package amid signs his centerpiece economic stimulus plan may face delays.
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| | Wall Street drops on jobs gloom and Intel warning
2 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Stocks fell on Wednesday as signs of more labor market deterioration and a disappointing revenue outlook from technology bellwether Intel Corp heightened concerns about the severity of the r...
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| Wall Street stumbles on Intel warning and jobs data (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks fell at the open on Wednesday as technology bellwether Intel Corp warned about its outlook, adding to the gloomy mood following a report showed 693,000 private-sector U.S. jobs were lost in December.
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| U.S. 2008 planned layoffs most in 5 years: Challenger (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Planned layoffs at U.S. firms eased in December from the previous month's seven-year high but they were up an astounding 275 percent annually as the year-old recession cut a huge swathe of destruction through job market.
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| Japan stocks up for 7th day on hopes for US plan (yahoo! news)
AP - Japanese stocks rose for a seventh straight trading day on Wednesday on optimism over a U.S. economic stimulus plan. Exporters like Panasonic and Honda also gained as the yen weakened, inflating their overseas income.
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| Japan's top CEOs say crisis shows US shortcomings (yahoo! news)
Japan's business leaders said Tuesday the U.S. financial crisis has shown the shortcomings of America's freewheeling approach to business, but defended the end of this nation's tradition of lifetime employment as needed to keep up with global changes.
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| Japan stocks up for 7th day on hopes for US plan (yahoo! news)
AP - Japanese stocks rose for a seventh straight trading day on Wednesday, lifted by optimism over a U.S. economic stimulus plan and a surge in exporters on the back of a weakening yen.
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| Housing, factories and services remain in slump (yahoo! news)
The slumping U.S. housing, factory and service sectors produced more misery for the world's largest economy in the last two months of 2008 as the year-old recession looked set to drag on into 2009, data showed on Tuesday.
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| US auto sales drop in 2008, recovery unclear (yahoo! news)
AP - After a year in which U.S. auto sales tumbled 18 percent and GM had its worst year in nearly a half-century amid slack demand fueled by a terrible economic outlook and growing job worries, automakers are reluctant to predict when a recovery might occur.
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Economy: FDIC Sells IndyMac At a Loss
2 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
The FDIC sells failed IndyMac Bank too soon〔and for too little.
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| Bank of America sells China bank stake (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Bank of America Corp , coping with tough economic conditions, raised $2.83 billion by selling part of its stake in China Construction Bank Corp (601939.SS), and Hong Kong's richest tycoon sold a $500 million stake in rival Bank of China (3988.HK).
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| Bank of America sells shares in Chinese bank (yahoo! news)
AP - Bank of America Corp. raised more money Wednesday to cope with U.S. economic turmoil by selling part of its stake in China Construction Bank Ltd., China's second-biggest commercial lender, for $2.8 billion.
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| HK stocks fall as China Construction Bank dives (yahoo! news)
Hong Kong's main stock index fell more than 3 percent Wednesday, as shares in China Construction Bank plunged after Bank of America sold part of its stake in the mainland's No. 2 lender.
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| Bank of America sells China bank stake (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Top U.S. lender Bank of America raised $2.83 billion from selling part of its holding in China Construction Bank (0939.HK) and Hong Kong's richest tycoon followed by selling a $500 million stake in rival Bank of China (3988.HK).
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| Bank of America in Chinese sale (bbc news)
Bank of America is to sell a stake in China Construction Bank, in an move that could raise $3bn, the Chinese bank says.
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CBO projects $1.2T deficit for 2009
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - The federal budget deficit will hit an unprecedented $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office figures.
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| $1.2 trillion deficit looms (latest financial new...)
The U.S. budget deficit in 2009 is projected to spike to a record $1.2 trillion, or 8.3% of gross domestic product, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
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| CBO projects $1.2T deficit for 2009 (yahoo! news)
AP - The federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office figures.
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| U.S. projects record $1.2 trillion deficit (latest financial new...)
The U.S. budget deficit in 2009 is projected to spike to a record $1.2 trillion, or 8.3% of gross domestic product, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
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| U.S. budget deficit seen topping $1 trillion in 2009 (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Politicians want American consumers to resume spending to pull the economy out of its tailspin, and the U.S. government is leading by example with a potential $1 trillion deficit in 2009 -- even before a massive stimulus plan.
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| Obama: $1 trillion deficits 'for years' (latest financial new...)
President-elect Barack Obama is inheriting the worst economy in decades and says he'll need to "invest an extraordinary amount of money" to get it back on track.
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Oil tumbles on inventory surge
19 minutes ago @ cnnmoney.com
Oil shed more than $3 a barrel Wednesday after a government report showed a much larger than expected increases in crude and gasoline stockpiles, a sign that demand for oil has fallen significantly.
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| Oil tumbles more than $4 (business and financi...)
Oil shed more than $4 a barrel Wednesday after a government report showed much larger than expected increases in crude and gasoline stockpiles, a sign that demand has fallen significantly.
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| Oil tumbles on inventory surge (latest stock market ...)
Oil dropped sharply Wednesday after a government report showed a much larger than expected increases in crude and gasoline stockpiles, a sign that demand for oil has fallen significantly.
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| Oil prices fall on dour reports (business and financi...)
Oil turned lower Wednesday after two employment reports painted a dismal employment picture in December.
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Marks & Spencer shares up 6.4%
8 hour(s) ago @ marketwatch.com
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| Marks & Spencer up 3% after job cuts, slowing sales (marketwatch.com)
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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| Marks & Spencer U.K. comparable sales down 7.1% (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks & Spencer 13 week group sales down 1.2% (marketwatch.com)
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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| Marks & Spencer says 780 jobs may be lost at stores (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks & Spencer to close 27 stores (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks & Spencer to cut up to 450 head office staff (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks and Spencer cuts 1,000 jobs (bbc news)
Marks and Spencer will announce on Wednesday that it is cutting 1,000 jobs from its workforce of 70,000, the BBC confirms.
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| Marks and Spencer cuts 1,000 jobs (bbc news)
Marks and Spencer will announce on Wednesday that it is cutting 1,000 jobs from its workforce of 70,000 employees, the BBC confirms.
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