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Poll: Majority says Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat - USA Today
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By Harry Hamburg, AFP/Getty Images By Susan Page and John Fritze, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans say Roland Burris should be blocked from taking a US Senate seat and Illinois should hold a special election to fill the vacancy he was ...
Video: Burris Refused Seat in US Senate
Roland Burris is turned away at Senate
UN official says Gaza school was clearly marked - Reuters
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By Claudia Parsons UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A UN official in Gaza said a school where dozens of Palestinians were killed by tank shells on Tuesday was clearly marked with a UN flag and its location had been reported to Israeli authorities.
Video: Notebook: Gaza
Israeli blogs back Gaza operation
Dossier From India Gives New Details of Mumbai Attacks - New York Times
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By SOMINI SENGUPTA NEW DELHI - In the beginning, they were 32. A squad of suicide bombers raised in Pakistan, they were taught how to make bombs, withstand interrogation, and fight to their death.
Video: Singh: Pakistan Agency Had Hand in Attack
India's Premier Suggests Pakistani Agencies Backed Mumbai Attackers
ANALYSIS-Europe gas stocks tested by Russia crisis - Reuters
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By Daniel Fineren LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Europe may be forced to drain its winter gas stocks with spring still months away, find other ways of generating electricity and buy tankerloads of alternative fuel to keep warm unless Russian exports return ...
Video: Russia-Ukraine: gauging the gas feud
Bulgaria urges return to nuclear
Facing Losses, German Billionaire Commits Suicide - New York Times
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By CARTER DOUGHERTY FRANKFURT - Adolf Merckle, the German billionaire whose speculation in volatile Volkswagen shares had pushed his sprawling business empire to the edge of ruin, has committed suicide, his family said Tuesday.
NEWSMAKER-German billionaire commits suicide after VW losses
German billionaire kills self, family says
Source: Obama Chose Panetta for his Washington Experience - FOXNews
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Obama's selection of Panetta surprised and dismayed several individuals in the intelligence community because he has no experience in the intelligence world.
Video: Schieffer On Obama Cabinet
It’s drizzling on Obama’s post-election honeymoon
Bush orders new protections for Pacific marine seascapes - Christian Science Monitor
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Together with earlier moves, 355000 square miles of islands, reefs, and atolls now have new safeguards. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor/ January 6, 2009 edition Reporter Pete Spotts talks about some of the ...
President Bush's Last Act of Greenness
President Bush to add marine reserves; not all are applauding
Texas kills 50-year road building plan after outcry - Reuters
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By Joan Gralla NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Texas has killed its 50-year, multibillion-dollar road-building plan after criticism that it would have wrested too much land from private owners and failed to focus on short-term needs, a state official said ...
Perry: TxDOT killed Trans Texas Corridor name, not initiative
TxDOT scraps Trans-Texas Corridor
Fed Policy Makers Saw ‘Substantial’ Risks to Economy - Bloomberg
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By Steve Matthews Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve policy makers saw “substantial” risks to the slumping economy last month as they cut the benchmark interest rate to a record low and pledged to expand emergency loans if necessary.
Fed Minutes Signal Worry About Long Recession
Fed: Economic woes will last despite radical moves
Court upholds Skilling conviction, orders resentencing - Houston Chronicle
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By KRISTEN HAYS Houston Chronicle Copyright 2009 An appeals court today upheld former Enron Chief Executive Jeff Skilling's 19 federal felony convictions, but ordered a trial court to resentence him.
US court orders Enron's Skilling resentenced
Ex-Enron CEO Skilling’s Conviction Upheld; Resentencing Ordered
Tyson Foods To Pay $500000 For Violating Worker Safety Rules - CNNMoney.com
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Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) pleaded guilty to willfully violating worker safety regulations and agreed to pay a $500000 fine following the death of an employee at its Arkansas plant, according to the US Department of Justice.
Tyson pleads guilty, fined for OSHA violation
Tyson agrees to fine over worker death
Macworld09: Live blogging the Apple keynote - San Francisco Chronicle
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Well, now that we know Steve Jobs is doing OK, maybe we can all just focus on the Macworld keynote this morning delivered by senior vice president Phil Schiller.
Video: Steve Jobs Weight Loss Due to Hormone Imbalance
Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage
Apple to Drop Anticopying Measures in iTunes - New York Times
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Philip W. Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Apple Intros New MacBook, Apps, and Big Changes for iTunes
iTunes Store goes DRM-free
Microsoft bangs 'Apple tax' drum once again - Computerworld
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By Gregg Keizer January 6, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. yesterday again pushed its claim that consumers pay an "Apple tax" when they buy Mac hardware rather than PCs running the Windows operating system.
Apple lacks broad corporate strategy but still sees gains
Apple shows us how to compete with Microsoft
Travolta's son cremated, ashes flown to Florida - Reuters
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By John Marquis NASSAU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The body of actor John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, was cremated in the Bahamas after his sudden death during the New Year's holiday and his parents flew to Florida with his ashes, a Bahamian lawmaker said ...
Travolta returns home to plan funeral
Travolta family returns to US with son's remains
Alyssa Milano Is Engaged - People Magazine
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By Brian Orloff and Alexis Chiu Milano, 36, will marry David Bugliari, an agent at the Creative Arts Agency. The couple have been dating for more than a year.
Alyssa Milano Uses Charms, Gets Engaged
Alyssa Milano: Engaged!
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead in Ann Arbor - Reuters
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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.
The Stooges guitarist found dead
Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead In Michigan Home
Teixeira introduced at Yankee Stadium - MLB.com
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By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com NEW YORK -- Having vowed to return to playoff-caliber baseball by any means necessary, the Yankees showcased their biggest financial investment on Tuesday, introducing Mark Teixeira in a Yankee Stadium news conference.
Teixeira: 'In the back of my mind, the Yankees were always the top'
Yankees welcome Teixeira to the Bronx
Philly DA unable to press charges - ESPN
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Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham announced Tuesday that her office will not be able to proceed with criminal charges against Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison in connection with a shooting in North Philadelphia last year.
Prosecutor: Harrison's gun used in April shooting
Philly DA unable to proceed in Harrison case
Texas rallies past Ohio State 24-21 in Fiesta Bowl - Newsweek
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Colt McCoy leads the way as No. 3 Texas rallies past No. 10 Ohio State 24-21 in Fiesta Bowl By ANDREW BAGNATO AP College Football Writer | AP Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.
Texas Wins Fiesta Bowl In Wild Last-Second Finish
COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPORT: McCoy pass wins it with 16 seconds left
Health Spending Slows, but Will It Last? - WebMD
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By Todd Zwillich Jan. 6, 2009 -- The United States spent $2.2 trillion on health care in 2007, a record despite a substantial slowdown in the growth of medical costs, according to federal data released Tuesday.
Health Care Spending in US Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
Growth in health care spending slows
Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report
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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
A Note to the Wise on MySpace Helps
Warning over 'third hand smoke' - BBC News
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Many people are unaware that even smoking away from babies or pregnant women presents a risk, according to US research. Poisons in cigarette smoke can linger on fabrics or hair, but a survey of 1500 households found that fewer than half of smokers knew ...
What is third-hand smoke? Is it hazardous?
Third-Hand Smoke Found To Pose Health Hazard For Kids
RPT-UPDATE 1-New US Congress convenes focused on economy - Reuters
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By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Democrats sealed their increased control of the US Congress on Tuesday with the swearing in of newly elected members expected to help enact President-elect Barack Obama's call for a ...
Video: Obama's Pushes Stimulus Plan
111th Congress Convenes With Oaths of Office
Your road to the inauguration - MSNBC
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Are you going to Washington, DC for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration? If so, we want to hear from you. Why did you decide to attend the Jan. 20 event and what will it mean to you to witness his swearing-in first-hand?
Obama's Kenyan grandmother to attend Jan. 20 event
Barack Obama theme seen as money in bank
Expo: 17-inch MacBook Pro gets unibody makeover - Macworld
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by Chris Holt, Macworld.com The 17-inch MacBook Pro will join the rest of Apple’s laptop line in getting a unibody enclosure, as Apple unveiled a new configuration of its largest laptop during the Macworld Expo keynote on Tuesday.
Jobs-less Macworld offers up 17-inch MacBook Pro, variable iTunes ...
Apple Unveils Software, MacBook At Macworld
