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Israel to Halt Operations To Allow Aid Shipments
Washington Post -53 minutes ago
By Griff Witte and Sudarsan Raghavan JERUSALEM, Jan. 7 -- Israel said that beginning Wednesday it would pause its military operations in the Gaza Strip for three hours each day to allow for deliveries of humanitarian aid, as the Israeli cabinet met to ...
Video: UN pushes for Gaza ceasefireRussiaToday
Israel to Stop Gaza Bombing for 3 Hours a DayVoice of America
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Eastern Europe Limits Gas Use; Germany Meets Demand
Bloomberg -40 minutes ago
By Amanda Jordan Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria were among European countries to restrict natural-gas supplies to consumers as Russian exports to Europe via Ukraine halted.
Video: Ukraine has shut all gas pipelines to Europe GazpromRussiaToday
Gas standoff highlights Siberia's ties to GermanyReuters
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Pakistan seriously examines information over Mumbai attacks
Xinhua -58 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan said on Wednesday that it is "seriously examining" the information material regarding the Mumbai terror attacks given by India.
Pakistan denies official involvement in Mumbai attacksLos Angeles Times
Terror evidence in Indian dossier credible: USTimes of India
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S.Lankan rupee falls on importer demand, shares flat
Reuters India -38 minutes ago
By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee edged down 0.11 percent on Wednesday, recovering from 0.18 percent fall early in trade on importer demand and a state bank intervention, dealers said.
Sri Lanka pushes into rebel-held junglesInternational Herald Tribune
Sri Lanka Army Advances; LTTE Vows to Meet ChallengesBloomberg
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M&S delivers fresh jobs blow as rate cut looms
Reuters -42 minutes ago
By James Davey and Mark Potter LONDON (Reuters) - Marks & Spencer (MKS.L), the country's biggest clothing retailer, will cut jobs and close stores after a sharp fall in sales that added to pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates to a ...
M&S to close Newtownards storeBBC News
M&S reports weak sales and announces job cutsInternational Herald Tribune
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Obama's Top Doc Pick: Dr. Sanjay Gupta
ABC News -1 hour ago
By DAN CHILDS Americans may be seeing CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in a different role once the Obama administration settles in. Americans may be seeing CNN's Dr.
Video: CNN Correspondent Approached for Surgeon GeneralAssociatedPress
Obama Picks TV's Gupta for Medical PostWashington Post
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Obama defends choice for CIA chief
Los Angeles Times -6 hours ago
Obama lobbies lawmakers on behalf of Leon Panetta. One critic calls the pick a 'Hail Mary pass.' By Greg Miller and Peter Nicholas Reporting from Washington -- After promising during the campaign to restore order and accountability to the nation's spy ...
Obama Faces Heavy Fire Over Panetta SelectionWashington Post
Barack Obama's team lobbying Democrats to back Leon Panetta pick ...Chicago Tribune
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Governor proposes health coverage for adult children
Buffalo News -1 hour ago
By Tom Precious ALBANY –New York would join a growing list of states permitting young adults as old as 29 to remain on their parents’ health insurance policies under a plan Gov.
Guv to deliver somber State of the State speechNewsday
NY gov to deliver state of state addressWCAX
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Obama: watch for trillion dollar deficits
BloggingStocks -2 hours ago
President-elect Obama is telling the public that the US may run a trillion dollar deficit to bailout the economy. According to The New York Times, he made the point that Americans for the unparalleled prospect of "trillion-dollar deficits for years to ...
Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraintThe Associated Press
Obama expects to inherit deficit of almost $1 trillionSmartBrief
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Satyam Chairman Resigns After Falsifying Accounts
Bloomberg -54 minutes ago
By Harichandan Arakali Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Chairman Ramalinga Raju resigned after saying he falsified earnings and assets, prompting a collapse in the stock of India’s fourth- largest software services provider.
The Shame of SatyamWall Street Journal
NEWSMAKER-After career highs, Satyam chief makes stunning exitReuters
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Alcoa Cost Cuts Weigh Futures
Wall Street Journal -34 minutes ago
By STEVE GOLDSTEIN US stocks are set for a lower open Wednesday, with Alcoa's cost-cutting moves dragging futures down. Less than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 57 lower at 8893.
Stock futures dip after Alcoa cuts jobs, outputThe Associated Press
Stocks look flat ahead of jobs reportMSN Money
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Apple iTunes Music Store Going DRM-Free
InformationWeek -1 hour ago
The company will also offer new price points to offset competition from Amazon.com and will let iPhone users buy songs over 3G networks.
Apple's Philnote garners mixed reactionsComputerworld
ITunes embraces 3-tier pricing, will remove anti-copy softwareLos Angeles Times
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Apple Refreshes 17-Inch MacBook Pro
InformationWeek -1 hour ago
The company's largest laptop is gaining an eight-hour battery, a faster Intel processor, and better graphics capabilities. By Antone Gonsalves Apple on Tuesday launched a refresh of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, giving the company's largest laptop an ...
The amazing vanishing Mac desktop machineMacworld
Why Schiller’s Macworld keynote is a big deal in the big pictureZDNet
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CES Likely To Offer Tech Evolution, Not Revolution
InformationWeek -3 hours ago
In addition, CES has less star power with Microsoft founder Bill Gates no longer giving the opening night keynote, a job he filled for the last 11 years.
Companies Are Overstating Green Claims, Consumers SayPC World
'Greenness' to drive tech marketBBC News
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Wecht: Unanswered Questions In Travolta's Son's Death
MSNBC -2 hours ago
PITTSBURGH - John Travolta and Kelly Preston are back in Florida with the remains of their 16-year-old son. Jett Travolta was found unconscious on Friday in the couple's vacation home in the Bahamas.
Travoltas plan private service for sonChicago Tribune
Travolta Family Returns Home with Jett's Ashes (6:34am)WTVR
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The verdict is in: 'Damages' second season doesn't disappoint
Orlando Sentinel -55 minutes ago
Ellen discovers that Patty tried to have her, how shall we say, bumped off. Now, Ellen is out for revenge. Case is still open on the circumstances of Patty's mysterious stillborn child.
'Damages' back; real world of pestsBaltimore Sun
A-listers on ‘Damages’ gladly work cheapBuffalo News
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Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Michigan
Reuters -4 hours ago
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ron Asheton, a guitarist and founding member of the influential rock band The Stooges, was found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Tuesday, police said.
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie pays tribute to The Stooges' Ron ...NME.com
Ron Asheton: 'You just play 'til you drop'Entertainment Weekly
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BC Coach And Jets Talk Amid Job Threat
New York Times -6 hours ago
By GREG BISHOP For the second consecutive day, the Jets’ coaching search has centered on the long-shot candidate Jeff Jagodzinski, currently employed by Boston College, at least for now.
Wrong turn down a one-way streetBoston Globe
BC's Jeff Jagodzinski talks to Woody Johnson and Jets, risks ...New York Daily News
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Boston can't scare Bobcats; Hornets top LA at home
Washington Post -2 hours ago
By AP AP -- The team that pushed around the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finals now isn't even tough enough for the Charlotte Bobcats.
Bobcats sink Celtics in OTBoston Globe
Charlotte's turn to bounce CelticsSan Francisco Chronicle
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Lakers run into a buzz saw
Los Angeles Times -4 hours ago
Kobe Bryant finished with 39 points but only two in the fourth quarter as the Lakers lost to the Hornets, 116-105. David West and Chris Paul combined for 72 points in Hornets' victory at Staples Center.
Paul, Hornets Surprise Lakers 105-89Washington Post
West, Hornets end Lakers' home win streakSports Network
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Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns Of Outbreak In China
AHN -38 minutes ago
Beijing, China (AHN) - A 19-year-old woman in Beijing, China has died of the avian flu, the first human case in the country since February 2008, according to various press reports.
Beijing Woman Dies of Avian FluWall Street Journal
Woman dies of bird flu in ChinaCNN
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Parkinson's treatment shows promise in patients, study says
Chicago Tribune -5 hours ago
By Deborah L. Shelton | Tribune reporter Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease who received deep brain stimulation showed greater improvement in movement and quality of life after six months than those treated with medication, a new study shows.
Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's diseaseCNN
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson'sU.S. News & World Report
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Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report -21 hours ago
About 54 percent of adolescents who use the social networking website MySpace often discuss sexual behavior, substance abuse, or violence on the site, according to a pair of new studies published this month in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent ...
Doc Reaches Out to Misbehaving Teens on MySpaceABC News
Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking SitesWashington Post
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Burris Circus and the Politics of Race
ABC News -1 hour ago
By RICK KLEIN The image of a veteran black officeholder being barred from entering a US Senate that now has precisely zero African American members injects the politics of race into the tawdry scandal over President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat ...
Video: Burris Barred As New Congress Starts WorkAssociatedPress
Attorneys see echoes of Burris' actions on '92 appealChicago Sun-Times
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Bush protects unique areas across the Pacific
San Jose Mercury News -1 hour ago
By Paul Rogers President Bush on Tuesday established three new national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, setting aside for permanent protection pristine coral reefs, the world's deepest underwater canyon and marine environments teeming with tropical ...
Bush shelters ocean treasuresChicago Tribune
Bush to Protect Three Areas in PacificWashington Post
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Relatives: Boy Missing for 10 Years Was Abused
ABC News -57 minutes ago
By SCOTT MICHELS A young boy who was not reported missing for nearly 10 years after he disappeared was allegedly abused by his adopted mother before he vanished, several relatives said Tuesday.
What happened to Adam?MSNBC
Boy's 1999 disappearance raises questions, regretsThe Associated Press
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Israel to Halt Operations To Allow Aid Shipments - Washington Post
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By Griff Witte and Sudarsan Raghavan JERUSALEM, Jan. 7 -- Israel said that beginning Wednesday it would pause its military operations in the Gaza Strip for three hours each day to allow for deliveries of humanitarian aid, as the Israeli cabinet met to ...
Video: UN pushes for Gaza ceasefire
Israel to Stop Gaza Bombing for 3 Hours a Day
Eastern Europe Limits Gas Use; Germany Meets Demand - Bloomberg
 Washington Post |
Bloomberg -
By Amanda Jordan Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria were among European countries to restrict natural-gas supplies to consumers as Russian exports to Europe via Ukraine halted.
Video: Ukraine has shut all gas pipelines to Europe Gazprom
Gas standoff highlights Siberia's ties to Germany
Pakistan seriously examines information over Mumbai attacks - Xinhua
 ABC News |
Xinhua -
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan said on Wednesday that it is "seriously examining" the information material regarding the Mumbai terror attacks given by India.
Pakistan denies official involvement in Mumbai attacks
Terror evidence in Indian dossier credible: US
S.Lankan rupee falls on importer demand, shares flat - Reuters India
 Times Online |
Reuters India -
By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee edged down 0.11 percent on Wednesday, recovering from 0.18 percent fall early in trade on importer demand and a state bank intervention, dealers said.
Sri Lanka pushes into rebel-held jungles
Sri Lanka Army Advances; LTTE Vows to Meet Challenges
M&S delivers fresh jobs blow as rate cut looms - Reuters
 ITV.com |
Reuters -
By James Davey and Mark Potter LONDON (Reuters) - Marks & Spencer (MKS.L), the country's biggest clothing retailer, will cut jobs and close stores after a sharp fall in sales that added to pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates to a ...
M&S to close Newtownards store
M&S reports weak sales and announces job cuts
Obama's Top Doc Pick: Dr. Sanjay Gupta - ABC News
 CBC.ca |
ABC News -
By DAN CHILDS Americans may be seeing CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in a different role once the Obama administration settles in. Americans may be seeing CNN's Dr.
Video: CNN Correspondent Approached for Surgeon General
Obama Picks TV's Gupta for Medical Post
Obama defends choice for CIA chief - Los Angeles Times
 Times Online |
Los Angeles Times -
Obama lobbies lawmakers on behalf of Leon Panetta. One critic calls the pick a 'Hail Mary pass.' By Greg Miller and Peter Nicholas Reporting from Washington -- After promising during the campaign to restore order and accountability to the nation's spy ...
Obama Faces Heavy Fire Over Panetta Selection
Barack Obama's team lobbying Democrats to back Leon Panetta pick ...
Governor proposes health coverage for adult children - Buffalo News
 ABC News |
Buffalo News -
By Tom Precious ALBANY –New York would join a growing list of states permitting young adults as old as 29 to remain on their parents’ health insurance policies under a plan Gov.
Guv to deliver somber State of the State speech
NY gov to deliver state of state address
Obama: watch for trillion dollar deficits - BloggingStocks
 Seattle Post Intelligencer |
BloggingStocks -
President-elect Obama is telling the public that the US may run a trillion dollar deficit to bailout the economy. According to The New York Times, he made the point that Americans for the unparalleled prospect of "trillion-dollar deficits for years to ...
Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraint
Obama expects to inherit deficit of almost $1 trillion
Satyam Chairman Resigns After Falsifying Accounts - Bloomberg
 BBC News |
Bloomberg -
By Harichandan Arakali Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Chairman Ramalinga Raju resigned after saying he falsified earnings and assets, prompting a collapse in the stock of India’s fourth- largest software services provider.
The Shame of Satyam
NEWSMAKER-After career highs, Satyam chief makes stunning exit
Alcoa Cost Cuts Weigh Futures - Wall Street Journal
 Boston Globe |
Wall Street Journal -
By STEVE GOLDSTEIN US stocks are set for a lower open Wednesday, with Alcoa's cost-cutting moves dragging futures down. Less than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 57 lower at 8893.
Stock futures dip after Alcoa cuts jobs, output
Stocks look flat ahead of jobs report
Apple iTunes Music Store Going DRM-Free - InformationWeek
 Telegraph.co.uk |
InformationWeek -
The company will also offer new price points to offset competition from Amazon.com and will let iPhone users buy songs over 3G networks.
Apple's Philnote garners mixed reactions
ITunes embraces 3-tier pricing, will remove anti-copy software
Apple Refreshes 17-Inch MacBook Pro - InformationWeek
 BBC News |
InformationWeek -
The company's largest laptop is gaining an eight-hour battery, a faster Intel processor, and better graphics capabilities. By Antone Gonsalves Apple on Tuesday launched a refresh of the 17-inch MacBook Pro, giving the company's largest laptop an ...
The amazing vanishing Mac desktop machine
Why Schiller’s Macworld keynote is a big deal in the big picture
CES Likely To Offer Tech Evolution, Not Revolution - InformationWeek
 Seattle Times |
InformationWeek -
In addition, CES has less star power with Microsoft founder Bill Gates no longer giving the opening night keynote, a job he filled for the last 11 years.
Companies Are Overstating Green Claims, Consumers Say
'Greenness' to drive tech market
Wecht: Unanswered Questions In Travolta's Son's Death - MSNBC
 BBC News |
MSNBC -
PITTSBURGH - John Travolta and Kelly Preston are back in Florida with the remains of their 16-year-old son. Jett Travolta was found unconscious on Friday in the couple's vacation home in the Bahamas.
Travoltas plan private service for son
Travolta Family Returns Home with Jett's Ashes (6:34am)
The verdict is in: 'Damages' second season doesn't disappoint - Orlando Sentinel
 BBC News |
Orlando Sentinel -
Ellen discovers that Patty tried to have her, how shall we say, bumped off. Now, Ellen is out for revenge. Case is still open on the circumstances of Patty's mysterious stillborn child.
'Damages' back; real world of pests
A-listers on ‘Damages’ gladly work cheap
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Michigan - Reuters
 Washington Post |
Reuters -
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ron Asheton, a guitarist and founding member of the influential rock band The Stooges, was found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Tuesday, police said.
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie pays tribute to The Stooges' Ron ...
Ron Asheton: 'You just play 'til you drop'
BC Coach And Jets Talk Amid Job Threat - New York Times
 Hartford Courant |
New York Times -
By GREG BISHOP For the second consecutive day, the Jets’ coaching search has centered on the long-shot candidate Jeff Jagodzinski, currently employed by Boston College, at least for now.
Wrong turn down a one-way street
BC's Jeff Jagodzinski talks to Woody Johnson and Jets, risks ...
Boston can't scare Bobcats; Hornets top LA at home - Washington Post
 Telegraph.co.uk |
Washington Post -
By AP AP -- The team that pushed around the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finals now isn't even tough enough for the Charlotte Bobcats.
Bobcats sink Celtics in OT
Charlotte's turn to bounce Celtics
Lakers run into a buzz saw - Los Angeles Times
 Reuters |
Los Angeles Times -
Kobe Bryant finished with 39 points but only two in the fourth quarter as the Lakers lost to the Hornets, 116-105. David West and Chris Paul combined for 72 points in Hornets' victory at Staples Center.
Paul, Hornets Surprise Lakers 105-89
West, Hornets end Lakers' home win streak
Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns Of Outbreak In China - AHN
 Canada.com |
AHN -
Beijing, China (AHN) - A 19-year-old woman in Beijing, China has died of the avian flu, the first human case in the country since February 2008, according to various press reports.
Beijing Woman Dies of Avian Flu
Woman dies of bird flu in China
Parkinson's treatment shows promise in patients, study says - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune -
By Deborah L. Shelton | Tribune reporter Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease who received deep brain stimulation showed greater improvement in movement and quality of life after six months than those treated with medication, a new study shows.
Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's
Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report
 New York Daily News |
U.S. News & World Report -
About 54 percent of adolescents who use the social networking website MySpace often discuss sexual behavior, substance abuse, or violence on the site, according to a pair of new studies published this month in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent ...
Doc Reaches Out to Misbehaving Teens on MySpace
Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking Sites
Burris Circus and the Politics of Race - ABC News
 Washington Post |
ABC News -
By RICK KLEIN The image of a veteran black officeholder being barred from entering a US Senate that now has precisely zero African American members injects the politics of race into the tawdry scandal over President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat ...
Video: Burris Barred As New Congress Starts Work
Attorneys see echoes of Burris' actions on '92 appeal
Bush protects unique areas across the Pacific - San Jose Mercury News
 Times Online |
San Jose Mercury News -
By Paul Rogers President Bush on Tuesday established three new national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, setting aside for permanent protection pristine coral reefs, the world's deepest underwater canyon and marine environments teeming with tropical ...
Bush shelters ocean treasures
Bush to Protect Three Areas in Pacific
Relatives: Boy Missing for 10 Years Was Abused - ABC News
 ABC News |
ABC News -
By SCOTT MICHELS A young boy who was not reported missing for nearly 10 years after he disappeared was allegedly abused by his adopted mother before he vanished, several relatives said Tuesday.
What happened to Adam?
Boy's 1999 disappearance raises questions, regrets
