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Comcast Gets NBC From GE, Reshaping the TV IndustryNew York Times - - 46 minutes ago After nearly nine months of negotiations, Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, finally reached an agreement on Thursday to acquire NBC Universal from the General Electric Company. Video: Comcast Buys a Controlling Stake in NBC 
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Comcast, GE Announce NBCU Deal; Comcast Boosts Div Wall Street Journal Logistical problems could plague Afghanistan troop surgeCNN International - - 27 minutes ago (CNN) -- Thirty thousand more troops by the summer. It's a daunting challenge laid out by President Obama, and it's now having the US military scrambling to get it done. Congress appears poised to back Obama war plan The Associated Press Blast kills 16 at graduation ceremony in SomaliaCNN International - - 50 minutes ago (CNN) -- An explosion at a graduation ceremony in the Somali capital Thursday killed at least 16 people, including three government ministers and nine students, local journalists told CNN. Bomb Kills Four Somali Ministers Wall Street Journal |
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BBC News - 2 hours ago
Three people have died in an explosion at a petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus, officials say. Syrian Interior Minister Said Sammour said the tyre of a crowded bus had exploded as it was being pumped.
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Swiss leader calls for Jewish cemetery ban
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - 21 minutes ago
BERLIN (JTA) -- A mainstream Swiss political leader is calling for a ban on separate Muslim and Jewish cemeteries. Christophe Darbellay, president of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, made the statement in a television interview ...
In fear of 'Eurabia'? Aljazeera.net
Chechen rebels claim Russia train bombing
Los Angeles Times - - 5 hours ago
An explosion last week derailed a train from Moscow to St. Petersburg; 26 people were killed. By Sergei L. Loiko Reporting from Moscow - Chechen rebels took responsibility Wednesday for a bombing last week that derailed a passenger train from Moscow to ...
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Weekend expected to clear out after frosty Friday
Houston Chronicle - - 51 minutes ago
Friday is expected to be frigid even if no snow shows up and the evening drive home that night could be icy, according to the National Weather Service.
Cooler Weather Ahead WSOCtv.com
Today's weather: mostly cloudy, high 53 Rome News Tribune
White House Jobs Summit: Real Progress or PR Stunt?
ABC News - - 1 hour ago
Obama: 'We Will Not Rest Until We Are ... Generating the Jobs That This Economy Needs' By MATTHEW JAFFE and KAREN TRAVERS Is the White House jobs summit an event that will spur tangible actions or simply a glorified public-relations stunt?
Obama seeks new ideas on US jobs BBC News
State Senate rejects gay marriage
Buffalo News - - 1 hour ago
ALBANY - Gay marriage in New York is all but dead for at least the next year after the State Senate on Wednesday defeated a bill legalizing same-sex marriage by a surprisingly large margin.
Video: Raw Video: New York Senate Rejects Gay Marriage
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Gay-marriage opponents welcome NY bill's defeat The Associated Press
BofA Cheer Boosts Futures
Wall Street Journal - - 19 minutes ago
US stock futures rose on Thursday as markets welcomed news that Bank of America reached a deal to repay bailout funds. Less than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 37 points higher at ...
Before the bell: Futures climb as Bank of America to pay back TARP funds BloggingStocks (blog)
European Bank Holds Steady on Interest Rate
New York Times - - 21 minutes ago
PARIS - The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Thursday while markets watched for signals on how fast it will unwind the extraordinary support measures it put in place for banks last year.
ECB Keeps Rates on Hold Wall Street Journal
Rusal Restructures Debt
Wall Street Journal - 11 minutes ago
By ALEXANDER KOLYANDR MOSCOW -- Indebted Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal said Thursday it has restructured its $16.8 billion debt to international and Russian lenders.
Russia's Sberbank eyes IPO of local aluminum maker UC Rusal ISI - Emerging Markets
Global warming e-mails prompt Republican letter to EPA
Los Angeles Times - - 10 hours ago
GOP members of Congress ask the administration to put climate-change measures on hold because messages from scientists in Britain appear to cast doubt on the idea of man-made warming.
Video: Climate-Gate Casualty?
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Fox News
Bing Announces Updated Maps
Techtree.com - 1 hour ago
After ruffling feathers of folks over at Google with its revamped search engine, Bing, Microsoft has updated its Bing Maps http://maps.
Wireless operators stop whining about ads
CNET News - - 13 hours ago
Verizon Wireless and AT&T have ended their public legal spat over advertising, and have thus agreed to stop complaining about each other's advertising campaigns.
AT&T, Verizon Bury Legal Hatchet -- For Now ChannelWeb
Taylor Swift 'Freaking Out' Over Grammys
People Magazine - - 18 minutes ago
No one else may be surprised by her strong showing at the Grammy nominations Wednesday, but Taylor Swift certainly is. "I started freaking out and jumping up and down," Swift, 19, tells the Associated Press.
A big Grammy nomination: This show has got to go Los Angeles Times
Somebody pinch Beyonce Chicago Sun-Times
Tiger Woods to be the new face of cheating web site AshleyMadison.com?
New York Daily News - - 1 hour ago
Tiger Woods with three alleged mistresses Jaimee Grubbs (left), Kalika Moquin (center magazine cover) and Rachel Uchitel. An infamous adultery website wants Tiger Woods to know that cheating isn't all bad - it can earn the golf legend ...
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The Associated Press
Susan Boyle's 'I Dreamed a Dream' No. 1 on charts
Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago
A failed contestant on "Britain's Got Talent" has become one of the biggest and most surprising music stories of the year as Susan Boyle shot to No.
Susan Boyle, Top Seller, Shakes Up CD Trends New York Times
Jesper Parnevik: Tiger Woods' wife should use a driver next time
Boston Herald - 41 minutes ago
By AP Jesper Parnevik says he owes an apology to Tiger Woods' wife, Elin, a former Swedish model who once worked as a nanny for the Parnevik family.
Tiger's Troubles FOXSports.com
Global Soccer Rob Hughes Circus Surrounds the World Cup Lottery
New York Times - - 44 minutes ago
Cape Town awaits. On Friday evening, beneath Table Mountain and facing the treacherous crosscurrents of converging oceans, it will be host to the World Cup draw.
Tourism chiefs warn against 2010 World Cup greed The Associated Press
Former top-ranked tennis player Mauresmo retires
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France - Former top-ranked player Amelie Mauresmo has retired from tennis. The 30-year-old Frenchwoman, who finished the season ranked No.
Mauresmo Announces Retirement World Tennis Magazine
Amelie Mauresmo retires from elite tennis Herald Sun
health centers to distribute flu vaccine
Boston Globe - - 34 minutes ago
In a clear sign that vaccine supplies are becoming more bountiful, Boston-area health departments will distribute thousands of shots and nasal sprays against swine flu during major public immunization drives in coming days.
Video: Area H1N1 flu shot clinics
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Embryonic stem-cell lines made available
MiamiHerald.com - - 7 hours ago
AP WASHINGTON -- Scientists can start using taxpayer dollars to do research with 13 batches of embryonic stem cells, and the government says dozens more cell lines should be available soon to open a new era for the potentially ...
NIH Has Approved 13 Human Stem Cell Lines For Research Wall Street Journal
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Gambia: Over 98 Percent of Locals Are HIV Free
AllAfrica.com - - 3 hours ago
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yayha Jammeh, has disclosed that over 98% of the country's population is HIV negative.
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Climate change threatens life in Shishmaref, Alaska
CNN - - 4 hours ago
Shishmaref, Alaska (CNN) -- When the arctic winds howl and angry waves pummel the shore of this Inupiat Eskimo village, Shelton and Clara Kokeok fear that their house, already at the edge of the Earth, finally may plunge into the ...
Women Who Want to Want
New York Times - - Nov 25, 2009
At her group therapy sessions for women despairing of low sexual desire, Lori Brotto likes to pass around a plastic tub of raisins.
Love in the time of HIV/AIDS
CNN - Dec 1, 2009
By Madison Park, CNN Shawn Decker and Gwenn Barringer have been married for five years. Decker is HIV positive. (CNN) -- From the beginning, it seemed an unlikely match.
Solar panels causing some storms
Los Angeles Times - - Nov 29, 2009
Even as California and the federal government encourage solar power, homeowners often have to fight homeowners associations for their right to install the systems.
If the Vilna Gaon was right, the 3rd Temple is on its way
Ha'aretz - - Nov 29, 2009
If the 18th-century rabbinic authority the Vilna Gaon was right, on March 16, 2010, construction will begin on the third Temple. His projection states that the auspicious day will coincide with the third completion of the Hurva Synagogue ...