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What Is Facebook Worth?

Wall Street Journal -
By JOE LIGHT More than 50 mutual funds say they own shares of the closely held social-media giant Facebook, according to investment-research firm Morningstar.
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GOP rivals blast Obama on Hispanic-centric issues

USA TODAY -
By Alan Gomez, USA TODAY MIAMI - A day after Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich fiercely attacked each other in the GOP presidential debate, they changed their focus Friday and trained their attacks on President Obama during a gathering here of Hispanic ...

'Barefoot Bandit' Sentenced to 6 ½ Years

TIME -
By AP / MANUEL VALDES Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 (SEATTLE) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6 ½ years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ...

Demi Moore 911 call: Confusion, convulsions

Los Angeles Times -
The Demi Moore 911 call was released Friday morning, full of editing "bleeps” but also providing a look into the seriousness of the incident that led to the actress' hospitalization Monday night.

Syria crisis: UN Security Council mulls Assad measures

BBC News -
Activists and the Arab League urged the UN to take stronger action after an upsurge in violence this week in which dozens of people have died.

Like Nadal 3 years ago, Novak Djokovic wins marathon match to set up final ...

Washington Post -
MELBOURNE, Australia - If anyone knows how Novak Djokovic feels after sweating and scrapping for almost five hours in the Australian Open semifinals, it's his next opponent - Rafael Nadal.

Crooked guard led to aid workers' kidnapping in Somalia, group says

CNN -
By the CNN Wire Staff Rome (CNN) -- A crooked Somali cop may have been the one who made the kidnapping of two foreign aid workers in October possible, the safety adviser for their employer told CNN.

Suicide Bomber Kills 33 at Shiite Funeral in Iraq

ABC News -
A suicide car bomber struck a Shiite funeral procession Friday, killing 33 people as suspected al-Qaida militants stepped up apparent efforts to provoke a counterattack by Shiite militias on Sunnis that could pave the way toward open sectarian warfare ...

Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia

Los Angeles Times -
Budapest, Hungary - Holocaust survivor Eva Szirtes looks for the names of her relatives on a memorial wall holding the engraved names of tens of thousands of Hungarian Holocaust victims at the Holocaust Memorial Center.

Behind Obama's financial aid 'shopping sheets'

Atlanta Journal Constitution -
By CANDICE CHOI AP NEW YORK - President Barack Obama wants to make it easier to size up the cost of college. As part of his broad plans to make college more affordable, Obama said Friday that he would push for financial aid "shopping sheets" that make ...

Utah school bomb plot: from inspiration to prevention, Columbine had a part

Christian Science Monitor -
One suspect in the Utah high school bomb plot interviewed the Columbine principal in December. Police were tipped off by a friend of the suspect who received a suspicious message.

US Stocks End Mixed After GDP Misses Expectations

Wall Street Journal -
By Christian Berthelsen and Chris Dieterich OF DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stock indexes ended mixed Friday after a reading on domestic economic growth fell short of expectations, with the Dow's first losing week of 2012 but the other ...

Growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead |

Reuters -
By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012.

Hope for Mortgage Probe

Wall Street Journal -
By ALAN ZIBEL WASHINGTON—New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Friday said he is confident his main concern with a pending settlement of alleged bank- foreclosure abuses would be resolved, but he didn't commit to participating in an agreement.

Associates: Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters

Washington Post -
Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, according to three ...

Judge Sets June 26 Primary Date For NY House, Senate Seats

NY1 -
A federal judge on Friday officially set a new primary date for Congressional primaries, setting up the prospect of four different election days for some New York voters.

Twitter Censorship in Some Countries Spurs User Protests

eWeek -
Users express their displeasure with Twitter's decision to block content in some countries, such as pro-Nazi content in Germany.

Ex-Palm Chief Rubinstein Has Resigned From HP

Tom's Hardware Guide -
Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein has seemingly left HP rather suddenly. Still, was it unexpected? As of Friday morning, former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein is no longer working for HP.

Google seeks to clarify new privacy policy

CNN -
By Doug Gross, CNN (CNN) -- Seeking to blunt a sharp backlash to recent privacy policy changes, Google has offered to share "the real story" about a system that compiles information about users based on their activity on all of Google's sites and ...

Album review: Lana Del Rey's 'Born to Die'

Los Angeles Times -
Were we allowed a glimpse of Lana Del Rey's imaginary shopping list based on the references within her debut album, "Born to Die," we would see, scribbled in pen with each "i" flower-dotted: Diet Mountain Dew, cocaine, Bacardi rum, a white Pontiac, ...

Analyzing where Peyton Manning might land if he and the Indianapolis Colts get ...

Palm Beach Post -
By Ben Volin The real question now might be where he lands, and the Dolphins are a possibility. The Colts, who plan to draft Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the No.

Live play-by-play: UFC on Fox 2

USA TODAY -
By Sergio Non, USA TODAY CHICAGO -- Join us 8 pm ET Saturday for the Ultimate Fighting Championship's second show on Fox, featuring two title-eliminator fights in Rashad Evans vs.

Patriots' defense making the most of spare parts

Fox News -
A year ago, Sterling Moore was taking in the Super Bowl as a spectator, perched way up in the rafters of spacious Cowboys Stadium as a college senior at nearby Southern Methodist University.

Rutgers AD says Schiano handled departure correctly

USA TODAY -
By Keith Sargeant, Asbury (NJ) Park Press PISCATAWAY - Late Wednesday night, Greg Schiano called a player he once coached when he served as graduate assistant at Ramapo High School.

Alien worlds abound! NASA scope finds 26 alien planets

Fox News -
NASA's prolific planet-hunting spacecraft has hit the jackpot again, discovering 11 new planetary systems with 26 confirmed alien planets among them.

Bus-sized asteroid shaves by Earth

AFP -
WASHINGTON - An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth on Friday in what spacewatchers described as a "near-miss," though experts were not concerned about the possibility of an impact.

Erin Brockovich Launches Investigation Into Tic Illness Affecting NY Teenagers

ABC News -
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched her own investigation into the mysterious illness causing facial tics and verbal outbursts among 15 teenagers in Le Roy, NY Most of the teens have been diagnosed with conversion disorder -- a ...

Once-Weekly Diabetes Treatment Gets FDA OK

MedPage Today -
By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today WASHINGTON -- The delay is over for diabetes drug Bydureon (exenatide extended-release), with FDA approval making it the first once-weekly treatment for type 2 disease.

Breast implant scandal: What went wrong?

CNN -
By Bryony Jones, CNN Implants made by French company PIP have been found to contain industrial-grade silicone, instead of medical-grade ingredients.

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