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Magnitude 4.3 quake jolts parts of northern Illinois, USGS reports

CNN - ‎39 minutes ago‎
(CNN) -- An early morning earthquake rattled northern Illinois on Wednesday, shaking an area about 50 miles west-northwest of downtown Chicago, the US Geological Survey said.

Obama, GOP Seek Accord

Wall Street Journal - Laura Meckler - ‎29 minutes ago‎
President Barack Obama and leading lawmakers from both parties met at the White House Tuesday to showcase potential areas of cooperation, especially on an initiative to spur hiring, but the gathering also highlighted divisions that ...

Google's Buzz Puts Facebook, Twitter on Notice

PC Magazine - Lance Ulanoff - ‎6 hours ago‎
Google's new social layer-cake service, Google Buzz, pays lip service to integration with non-Google apps like Twitter. But if Google gets its way, Twitter and Facebook will only be so much noise outside the increasingly closed world ...

Iran says makes arrests before revolution day rally

Reuters - Fredrik Dahl, David Stamp - ‎1 hour ago‎
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested several people who were preparing to disrupt rallies on February 11 marking the 1979 Islamic revolution, police said on Wednesday, in a clear warning to opposition supporters planning new protests.

Sri Lanka Government, Opposition Supporters Clash in Colombo

Voice of America - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Photo: AP Sri Lankan police officers try to stop pro government protesters from attacking supporters of defeated presidential candidate Gen.

New European Leadership Faces Economic Hurdles

New York Times - Stephen Castle - ‎17 hours ago‎
STRASBOURG, France - With the European Union's single currency in the grip of the worst crisis in its history, the bloc's new president is expected to use the growing alarm over debt levels to argue for a new form of “economic ...
EU Approves New Commission Wall Street Journal

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Michelle Obama vs. childhood obesity

Chicago Sun-Times - Lynn Sweet - ‎1 hour 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 - ‎6 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.

Senate's Gridlock Fuels Frustration

Wall Street Journal - Naftali Bendavid - ‎49 minutes ago‎
The Senate's plodding pace has always distressed those in Washington eager to get things done quickly. Now, with Democrats and Republicans stalemated on everything from major legislation to agency appointments, some are asking ...

FOREX-Euro edges up in volatile trade before EU summit

Reuters - Naomi Tajitsu, Nigel Stephenson - ‎27 minutes ago‎
LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The euro edged higher on Wednesday, holding gains made the previous day as the market braced for a European Union summit while traders sought clarity on whether Greece may get help in tackling its fiscal ...

King Says 'Far Too Soon' to Say BOE Bond Purchases Are Over

Bloomberg - Scott Hamilton - ‎45 minutes ago‎
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said it's “far too soon” to say whether officials have halted their bond-purchase program and the central bank forecast inflation will undershoot its target over the next two ...

Japan Transport Minister: Toyota Issue Won't Affect Relations With US

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's transport minister said Wednesday that the issue of Toyota Motor Corp.'s (7203.TO) global vehicle recall would not harm Japan's relationship with the US "The issue shouldn't damage the two countries' relationship and ...

Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station

The Associated Press - Marcia Dunn - ‎3 hours 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.

Opera Mini on iPhone Next Week

Wired News - Charlie Sorrel - ‎37 minutes ago‎
Opera, the plucky underdog of the web-browsing industry, is hoping to get its browser onto the iPhone. The company will demonstrate Opera Mini running on the iPhone at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

How to reform the IPCC

The Guardian - ‎40 minutes ago‎
A scientist measures temperature at the summit of Mt Washington, United States. Photograph: Mike Theiss/Corbis The IPCC and its chairman, Rajendra Pachauri, have come under unprecedented pressure following a false claim that all Himalayan glaciers ...
Climate Group Admits Mistakes Wall Street Journal

All About Ellen's American Idol Debut!

People Magazine - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Hollywood week started with Ellen DeGeneres's first night as a judge. It was so strange to watch her turning moment by moment into Paula Abdul - giggling, slipping eye-catching bracelets onto her wrists, making strange disconnected comments.

Lil Wayne jail sentence postponed due to dental work

BBC News - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Rapper Lil Wayne has temporarily escaped jail after his sentencing for possessing a gun was postponed so he could have dental surgery.

Cruise to star in fourth Mission

BBC News - ‎2 hours 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.

Alain Baxter on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

BBC Sport - Alain Baxter - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Olympics are the ultimate for a winter sports athlete because the whole world is watching. I was used to racing in front of big crowds because some of the bigger World Cups like Kitzbuehel, Wengen and Schladming had tens of ...

Red Bull unveils 2010 F1 car

USA Today - ‎17 minutes ago‎
JEREZ, Spain (AP) - Red Bull has unveiled its new Formula One car, calling it an "evolution" on last year's design that challenged for the world championship.

Lehtonen trade to Dallas leading to deal for Turco?

Yahoo! Sports - Mark J. Miller - ‎1 hour ago‎
The expected destination for Turco is with the Philadelphia Flyers where he can let his inner Broad Street Bully shine, though Dallas GM Joe Nieuwendyk(notes) told the Dallas Morning News that his team is going to go with three ...
Thrashers trade Lehtonen to Dallas Atlanta Journal Constitution

Revising the book on mental illness

Los Angeles Times - Shari Roan - ‎3 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 - ‎1 hour 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.

FDA addresses radiation safety

Los Angeles Times - Andrew Zajac, Alan Zarembo - ‎11 hours ago‎
The agency aims to protect patients from unnecessary exposure, with safety controls on medical devices and development of more precise dosing standards.

The New Math on Campus

New York Times - Alex Williams - ‎Feb 5, 2010‎
Daniel Cope at “country night” at the Deep End, a bar in Chapel Hill, NC, with, from left, Katie Gane, Bekah Justus, Tucker Petty, Annie Cherry, Taylor Walters and Kelly Lynch.

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.

Breaking up with the Nexus One

CNN (blog) - Michael V. Copeland - ‎21 hours ago‎
I just put my Nexus One “superphone” back in its box to send it home to Google (GOOG). I taped the sides of the Googley-themed cardboard, lest I be tempted to exhume it before the FedEx guy came to pick it up.

A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer

New York Times - ‎Feb 8, 2010‎
A former bank robber, Shon R. Hopwood emerged from more than a decade in federal prison as a skilled Supreme Court practitioner. At his home in Omaha, his wife, Ann Marie, held their six week old son Mark.

Why are liberals so condescending?

Washington Post - Gerard Alexander - ‎Feb 5, 2010‎
Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots.
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