| Washington Post - 33 minutes ago LONDON - She was instantly recognizable for the eye patch that hid a shrapnel injury - a testament to Marie Colvin's courage, which took her behind the front lines of the world's deadliest conflicts to write about the suffering of individuals trapped ... |
| BBC News - 38 minutes ago A train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 49 people with at least 600 more injured, officials say. |
| Washington Post - 19 minutes ago The Obama administration proposed a major overhaul of the nation's corporate tax code on Wednesday, an election-year gambit that aims to draw a contrast over a key policy issue with the Republicans vying to replace him. |
| Wall Street Journal - 43 minutes ago By PATRICK O'CONNOR And SARA MURRAY CHANDLER, Ariz.—Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Wednesday for an across-the-board cut in individual tax rates and the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax. |
| * Smartphones, tablets have eroded handheld gaming market * Exec says he'd be pleased with 500000 units sold in 3 weeks * Vita device comes out Wednesday in United States By Liana B. Baker Feb 22 (Reuters) - Sony Corp's Vita hits the United States on ... |
| Written by ![]() in 1,322 Google+ circles Ars Technica - 29 minutes ago By John Timmer | Published February 22, 2012 11:12 AM Last week, several documents that purportedly came from the Heartland Institute appeared on the Web, laying out the organization's financial efforts to undercut the mainstream understanding of ... |
| New York Times - 1 hour ago MOSCOW - Amid the escalating violence in Syria and a diplomatic outcry over Russia's actions blocking intervention by the United Nations, President Dmitri A. Medvedev bestowed a prestigious cultural award on a Syrian writer and poet who has publicly ... |
| BusinessWeek - 4 minutes ago By Ladane Nasseri and Jonathan Tirone Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency, sent to Iran to defuse tensions over the country's nuclear program, were denied access to a military base and said the talks “couldn't ... |
| Reuters - 44 minutes ago By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi | KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, ... |
| The Associated Press - 10 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The UN Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize an increase in the African Union force in Somalia from 12000 to about 17700 and expand its areas of operation in an effort to intensify pressure on al-Shabab ... |
| Washington Post - 26 minutes ago From Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, global scenes of faith and tradition. Pope Benedict XVI attends a procession towards St. Sabina's church to celebrate the Ash Wednesday mass in Rome. |
| Reuters - 56 minutes ago By Brandon Shulleeta | CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberating on Wednesday to decide whether a former University of Virginia lacrosse player killed his ex-girlfriend in a drunken rage or if her 2010 death was accidental. |
| Los Angeles Times - 54 minutes ago By Michael Muskal Five people were dead Wednesday morning after a gunman entered a Korean health spa in suburban Atlanta, got into an argument and then opened fire before turning the weapon on himself. |
| BusinessWeek - 7 minutes ago By Shobhana Chandra Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of previously owned US homes rose in January to the highest level since May 2010 as investors took advantage of lower prices to buy distressed properties. |
| CNBC.com - 13 minutes ago Stocks remained under pressure Wednesday, led by financials, as investors took a breather following the strong runup that propelled major averages to multi-year highs. |
| Reuters - 19 minutes ago * Fitch downgrades on bond swap scheme * Thousands demonstrate in central Athens * Lawmakers to debate launching debt swap By George Georgiopoulos and Harry Papachristou ATHENS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters angry at punishing spending ... |
| The Grio - 59 minutes ago By theGrio President Barack Obama host payroll tax cut event at the White House on Feb. 21, 2012 (By Mark Wilson, Getty Images News) WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has named 35 national co-chairs, including elected ... |
| Chicago Sun-Times - 9 minutes ago Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at Froehlich's Classic Corner, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio. |
| Microsoft believes Google and Motorola aren't playing fair.Reuters Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be ... |
| San Francisco Chronicle - 41 minutes ago By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer Andy Wong / AP FILE - In this May 6, 2011 file photo, people queue overnight outside the Xidan Apple Store for the chance to buy an iPad 2 on the first day of its sale in Beijing, China. |
| New York Times - 1 hour ago After its failed merger with AT&T, T-Mobile USA late Tuesday filed a request urging the federal government to block Verizon from its planned purchase of spectrum from cable companies. |
| Written by ![]() in 624 Google+ circles Los Angeles Times - 33 minutes ago By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Just as an Internet connection has made our phones smarter and is in the process of making our TVs smarter, soon your glasses may be smarter too, thanks to a project from Google that could be a breakthrough in wearable ... |
| The Press Association - 46 minutes ago Brit Awards host James Corden has revealed he held out as long as possible before cutting short big winner Adele's crowning moment - and said he had actually been told to move in after she had said "thank you". |
| msnbc.com - 25 minutes ago Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together, at least musically, and some fans are outraged. The duo, who separated in 2009 after Brown was arrested for beating Rihanna, released two remixes this week that they taped together. |
| AceShowbiz - 1 hour ago Bobby, who was married to the late singer for 15 years, has written the book four years ago before her death and is now looking for the right publisher. |
| The president showed off his fierce vocal prowess last night at a White House concert celebrating Black History Month when he took the mic and sang along to "Sweet Home Chicago" surrounded by a bevy of music greats. |
| By Mark Lamport-Stokes | MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - The FedExCup playoffs, the PGA Tour's lucrative four-event season finale, have been extended for a further five years, commissioner Tim Finchem said on Wednesday. |
| Kansas City Star - 24 minutes ago By Kellis Robinett - Posted on 22 February 2012 One is always in the starting lineup, but seldom both. One is always making big plays in a game, but the other is often watching from the bench. |
| (Sports Network) - Sudden New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin was brought back to reality when New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams took him to school in a recent contest at Madison Square Garden. |
| USA TODAY - 26 minutes ago Evans, a forward for the Jazz, will compete in the Sprite Slam Dunk contest during All-Star weekend. The Knicks' Iman Shumpert was scheduled to compete but was injured. |
| Christian Science Monitor - 34 minutes ago A stellar-mass black hole, which is born when an extremely massive star collapses, typically contains about five to 10 times the mass of our sun. |
| Alaska Dispatch - 27 minutes ago An all-sky image during the rocket launch taken by an automated camera near the entrance gate of the Poker Flat Research Range. A NASA-funded collaborative research team launched a rocket Feb. 18 from Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range to collect data ... |
| CBC.ca - 10 minutes ago Chest pain has traditionally been viewed as one of the hallmarks of having a heart attack, but a new US study suggests women aren't as likely as men to have that symptom when they enter hospital and may also be at higher risk of dying. |
| WLKY Louisville - 20 minutes ago There has been a major announcement by the Food and Drug Administration for cancer patients. Federal regulators say they will now allow several new drugs to serve as substitutes for those that are in short supply. |
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