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Google Buzz Arrives with a Bang

Techtree.com - Samir Makwana - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Google has finally launched its new social product, Buzz, at an event held at its Mountain View, CA headquarters. Google Buzz is an easy way to start conversations, share updates, photos, videos, add comments and much more - right from the your Gmail ...

Weather could be worse

Chicago Sun-Times - Kim Janssen - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Lyndsay O'Brien puts on a brave face as she walks on the North Side on Monday. This storm could set a February snowfall record.
Winter takes aim, again Bluefield Daily Telegraph

In poll, Republicans gaining political ground on Obama

Washington Post - Dan Balz, Jon Cohen - ‎5 hours ago‎
Republicans have significantly narrowed the gap with Democrats on who is trusted to deal with the country's problems and have sharply reduced several of President Obama's main political advantages, according to a new ...

Sri Lankan Gen Sarath Fonseka's arrest to be challenged

BBC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Sri Lankan opposition parties have said they will mount a legal challenge to the detention of defeated presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka.

Iran says nuclear fuel swap remains an option

The Associated Press - ‎14 minutes ago‎
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A top Iranian official says a nuclear fuel swap with the West proposed under a UN-drafted plan remains an option.

Nigeria: How National Assembly Made Him Acting President

AllAfrica.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
A unanimous resolution by the National Assembly set the stage yesterday for Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to take charge as Acting President.

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Michelle Obama vs. childhood obesity

Chicago Sun-Times - Lynn Sweet - ‎44 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama kicked off her "Let's Move" drive on Tuesday, an agenda of nutrition and exercise programs designed to eliminate "the epidemic of childhood obesity" in a generation.

Music That Changed History and Still Resonates

New York Times - Jon Pareles - ‎5 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - Half a dozen legislators sat a few feet away, under the crystal chandeliers of the East Room of the White House, as Bob Dylan sang “The Times They Are A-Changin',” poker-faced.

Hiram Monserrate vows to fight his expulsion from the state Senate.

New York Daily News - Glenn Blain, Kenneth Lovett - ‎1 hour ago‎
ALBANY - Embattled state Sen. Hiram Monserrate was ousted from his seat Tuesday night by colleagues who say his conviction for misdemeanor assault against his girlfriend brought shame on the chamber.

FOREX-Euro slips, investors brace for EU summit

Reuters - Naomi Tajitsu, Ruth Pitchford - ‎1 hour ago‎
LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The euro slipped on Wednesday, relinquishing some gains made the previous day as the market braced for a European Union summit, speculating that member countries may help Greece tackle its fiscal problems.

Toyota starts fixing Priuses recalled in Japan

The Associated Press - Yuri Kageyama - ‎1 hour ago‎
TOKYO - Prius owners in Japan are rushing to dealers for repairs a day after Toyota's president announced a global recall for a glitch in the car's antilock brake system.

UK Dec Manufacturing Rebounds Faster Than Expected

New York Times - ‎51 minutes ago‎
By REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) - Manufacturing output rose more than expected in December after strong gains in the transport, paper and publishing and electrical and optical equipment sectors, official data showed on Wednesday.

Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station

The Associated Press - Marcia Dunn - ‎1 hour ago‎
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Shuttle Endeavour arrived to a warm welcome at the International Space Station early Wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction 200 miles above Earth.

Climate Group Admits Mistakes

Wall Street Journal - Jeffrey Ball, Keith Johnson - ‎1 hour ago‎
Some top officials of a Nobel Prize-winning climate-science organization are acknowledging the panel made some mistakes amid a string of recent revelations questioning the accuracy of some of the information in its ...

Unlocking sun's secrets key to Earth's security

USA Today - James Dean - ‎6 hours ago‎
CAPE CANAVERAL - Like a local meteorologist, a NASA satellite set to launch this morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station hopes to deliver the solar system's weather report.

On this night, 'Idol' benefits from a DeGeneres helping of Ellen

Boston Herald - Mark A. Perigard - ‎19 minutes ago‎
After months of anticipation, Ellen DeGeneres assumed her spot last night at the judges' table on Fox's “American Idol” and brought comedy, confidence and clear-cut sobriety.

Cruise to star in fourth Mission

BBC News - ‎46 minutes ago‎
Tom Cruise will return as Ethan Hunt in a fourth Mission: Impossible film to be released in May 2011, US movie studio Paramount Pictures has confirmed.

Lil Wayne Shot Nine Music Videos Last Weekend

MTV.com - Shaheem Reid - ‎12 hours ago‎
Preparing for Wayne's (delayed) stint in jail, MC shot footage for songs from Tha Carter IV, Rebirth and Young Money LPs. By Shaheem Reid Video director David Rousseau said he and the Cash Money team might need to check the "Guinness Book of World ...

The good times roll in New Orleans Saints' parade

Los Angeles Times - Richard Fausset - ‎4 hours ago‎
Fans mark Super Bowl victory with a celebration that combines the sacred and the profane. Drew Brees (9) and members of Saints' offensive line wave to fans.

Carlos Boozer: Huge Game

Rotowire - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Boozer was 13-for-17 from the field Tuesday and scored a game-high 34 points in a win against the Clippers. He completed a double-double with 14 rebounds while adding four assists and four steals.

Karl in no rush to rest Billups, Melo for now

Denver Post - Benjamin Hochman - ‎2 hours ago‎
Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki shoots over the Nuggets' Chris Andersen in the first half Tuesday. Nowitzki, who scored 17 points, hit only 5-of-17 shots.

FDA to Increase Oversight of Medical Radiation

New York Times - Walt Bogdanich, Rebecca R. Ruiz - ‎8 hours ago‎
The federal Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it would take steps to more stringently regulate three of the most potent forms of medical radiation, including increasingly popular CT scans, ...

Revising the book on mental illness

Los Angeles Times - Shari Roan - ‎2 hours ago‎
Experts call for listing binge eating and gambling as official disorders, but not sex addiction or obesity. By Shari Roan After years of research, professional infighting and maneuvering from various interest groups, the nation's psychiatrists Tuesday ...

Two-thirds of swine flu vaccines remain unused in NI

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland still has half a million swine flu vaccines which remain unused. In mid-January, there were more than 60% of the vaccines left.

Cheney's Revenge

Wall Street Journal - ‎Feb 8, 2010‎
Dick Cheney is not the most popular of politicians, but when he offered a harsh assessment of the Obama Administration's approach to terrorism last May, his criticism stung—so much that the President gave a speech the same day that was widely seen as a ...

FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited

CNET - Declan McCullagh - ‎Feb 5, 2010‎
WASHINGTON--The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child ...

EXCLUSIVE (Update): Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎Feb 6, 2010‎
Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand.

The World Capital of Killing

New York Times - Nicholas D. Kristof - ‎Feb 6, 2010‎
It's easy to wonder how world leaders, journalists, religious figures and ordinary citizens looked the other way while six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

Rebuilding California's courts

Los Angeles Times - ‎10 hours ago‎
It's time to put money designated for construction to work doing that, not funding ongoing operations. In 2008, the Legislature and Gov.
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