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Hours of Terror: Woman Held Hostage by Arsonist Ex
GOP Insiders Rise up to Cut Gingrich Down to Size
GOP insiders mount effort to trim Gingrich's sails, even if Romney leaves them lukewarm
What We Worry About When We Worry About Greek Debt
As eyes turn to Athens again, what really frightens the professionals about Greek debt
Brockovich to Tackle Tic Illness
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, N.Y.
Barefoot Bandit Gets Maximum Sentence
The "Barefoot Bandit" got a six and a half year federal sentence in a U.S. District Court in Seattle on Friday.
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Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan
No immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued
Video: Egyptian women sexually assaulted by military
A year after the revolution in Egypt, the military is still in charge, and demonstrators have returned to the streets. Clarissa Ward in Cairo reports many of the protesters are women who have been sexually assaulted by Egyptian soldiers.
Abused Egyptian female protesters fight back
Some of the worst abuses in the crackdown have fallen on women brave enough to protest: Beatings, sexual abuse and "virginity tests"
Austrian far right celebrates on Holocaust holiday
Much of nation appalled by group's decision to hold celebratory ball on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Scientists: Haiti might see several big quakes
Devastating 2010 earthquake was likely first of many more similarly powerful ones, new study says
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Commentary: Is GOP wary of Newt going rogue? - Kansas City Star
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Commentary: Is GOP wary of Newt going rogue?
Kansas City Star
Fellow Republicans are fretful indeed these days, with the race for the presidential nomination having turned into what a few commentators have called a "circular firing squad." The question, after Newt Gingrich's take-no-prisoners, brawling win in the ...
Republican Jewish Coalition turns out in force for Newt Gingrich in DelrayPalm Beach Post
GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to sizeBoston.com
Romney assures Florida's Hispanic voters the GOP isn't 'anti-immigrant' as ...Washington Post
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Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, associates say...
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Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, associates say
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, said three people ...
Romney and Gingrich stay focused on FloridaBoston.com
Paul hunts for GOP delegates in MaineCBS News
Paul denies report that he approved newslettersThe Associated Press
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MILLER: Tax the 'rich' - Washington Times
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MILLER: Tax the 'rich'
Washington Times
By Emily Miller Each presidential candidate's position on investment tax rates is a critical issue. The current rates, set by President George W. Bush, will expire at the end of this year, so whoever sits behind the desk in the Oval Office next January ...
Fairness, not envy, fuels the income inequality debateMiamiHerald.com
Tax Rule Opens Rich Vein for DebateWall Street Journal
Obama urges Congress to act in election yearBoston.com
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The right drops a bomb on Newt Gingrich - Politico
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The right drops a bomb on Newt Gingrich
Politico
Newt Gingrich better hope voters who lapped up his delicious hits on the ?elite media? and liberals don't read the Drudge Report this morning. Or the National Review. Or the American Spectator. Or Ann Coulter. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset ...
CARMEN: Newt Gingrich betrayed Ronald ReaganWashington Times
A Newt fan calls it quitsChicago Tribune
Gingrich: The next Reagan?Fox News
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Sheldon Adelson Could Give $1 Billion To Gingrich And Not Notice - Forbes
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Sheldon Adelson Could Give $1 Billion To Gingrich And Not Notice
Forbes
Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul behind Las Vegas Sands Corp., has gotten all kinds of press since he and his wife each cut $5 million checks to the pro-Newt Gingrich superPAC Winning Our Future. The first donation brought Newt back from ...
What Sheldon Adelson's Gingrich Gifts Say About Money in PoliticsTIME
Billionaire Expects 'Nothing' For His Millions to Gingrich Super PAC, Source SaysABC News
Gingrich donor is casino mogul, Israeli hardlinerFox News
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Obama administration bolsters homeowner lifeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration, in an election-year bid to help distressed homeowners, on Friday expanded its main foreclosure prevention program, and pushed for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive mortgage debt.
Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82
(Reuters) - Former Boston Mayor Kevin White, who led the city for 16 years and shepherded it through a period of racial tension and court-ordered school desegregation, died on Friday at age 82.
"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway.
St. Louis to host first major parade for Iraq War vets
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - At least 1,000 Iraq War veterans and their family members are expected to march in St. Louis on Saturday in the nation's first major homecoming parade honoring U.S. soldiers who served in the war, a coalition of veteran groups, private citizens and local officials said.
Berkeley energy lab plans big expansion
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said it will expand beyond its 200-acre Berkeley, California, campus with a 90-acre site in neighboring Richmond, California, hoping to ride gains in U.S. government energy research funding.
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Everything You Know About Peak Oil Is Wrong
We?re not running out of resources. Quite the contrary. And in our abundance lies a paradox
China's 65,000-Ton Secret
Warship? Never! The two-decade voyage of the Varyag?from Russian castoff to Macau pleasure palace to China's first aircraft carrier
How Power Tables Get Set
The world?s elite restaurant experts offer a primer on how to create the coveted booths where the real players sit
Amazon's Hit Man
Larry Kirshbaum was the ultimate book industry insider?until Amazon called
The Adventures of Superfood Man
Darin Olien is to maca root and goji berry what Indiana Jones is to lost arks. And the market for his exotic drink mixes is doubling?even though there?s scant science to show they work
Big Think
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Brain Bugs: Hallucinations, Forgotten Faces, and Other Cognitive Quirks
What's the Big Idea?
If seeing is believing, then how do we come to know? One common misperception holds that vision springs directly from the eyes. True, the eyes, ears, and skin bombard us with a constant stream of information. But sensory input is only the first step in a complex journey ...
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Status Update Anxiety and Facebook Timeline
Keeping up with the Joneses just got harder, with Facebook finally flipping the switch on its new Timeless Apps that make it easier to share every fleeting moment of your fabulous life with each and every one of your friends. The gossip and invidious comparison that goes on between Facebook friends ...
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How to Make Creative, Collaborative Spaces
What's the Latest Development?
There are concrete steps individuals and businesses can take to make their offices into creative and collaborative spaces, say the directors of the design school at Stanford University. Furniture that encourages good posture is more likely to invite engaged problem ...
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Is All Fair in Love and Tennis?
In the fourth round of the Australian open on Sunday, Nicolas Almagro hit his opponent Tomas Berdych in the face with the ball as Berdych approached the net for a volley. At the end of what became a grueling match, Berdych surprised the crowd by refusing to shake Almagro's hand, even though Berdych ...
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More Election Notes: Romney the Favorite Once More (But Santorum Might Be Su...
BIG THINKER Robert de Neufville has said, quite correctly, that Romney is the favorite for the Republican nomination two weeks in a row. But it's a little misleading to say he remains the favorite. He's the favorite once more.
At the time of Robert's first post, it seemed to Romney was poised ...
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