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bbcnewsworld
BBC News | World | UK Edition
Wed, Jan. 6th, 2010 12:16 am

US security agencies had sufficient intelligence about a plot to blow up a plane but failed to act, President Obama says.

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bbcnewsworld
BBC News | World | UK Edition
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:57 pm

An Israeli air strike kills one Palestinian militant and injures three others in the southern Gaza Strip, officials say.

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bbcnewsworld
BBC News | World | UK Edition
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 04:16 pm

Kenyan policy say they have deported a Jamaican-born Muslim cleric, convicted in the UK for soliciting the murder of Jews.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:51 pm

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is entering his final year in office much as he began his up-and-down tenure: overseeing a state beset by financial turmoil.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:51 pm


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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:51 pm

David P. Murbach, who for 26 years meticulously scouted 80-foot spruces to find the perfect Christmas tree for New York's Rockefeller Center, has died. He was 57.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:29 pm

Kenneth Noland, an artist who became prominent in an abstract expressionist style called Color Field painting, died Tuesday at his home in coastal Maine. He was 85.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:21 pm

County commissioners in southern Illinois are pushing for the resignation of a sheriff charged with his wife and son in a murder-for-hire scheme.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:11 pm

A spokesman for the county courthouse in Las Vegas says officials are investigating a bomb threat at the building one day after a shootout at a nearby federal building left a guard and gunman dead.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:11 pm

Cuba has summoned the top U.S. diplomat on the island to protest extra screening for Cuban citizens flying into the United States.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:01 pm

An anthrax scare Tuesday at Montgomery's municipal court building is not related to a string of suspicious letters sent to Alabama congressional offices around the state, the FBI said.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:01 pm

Two former governor's mansion employees will not be charged with raping female prison inmates assigned to work on the grounds because there is insufficient evidence to support such charges, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:01 pm

Joe Shannon, a retired Alabama National Guard pilot who trained anti-Castro pilots and flew in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba nearly five decades ago, died Tuesday. He was 88.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 09:59 pm

Rhode Island lawmakers voted Tuesday to allow same-sex and unmarried couples the right to plan the funerals of their late partners, overriding a veto by the governor, who warned it eroded traditional marriage.

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theonionfeed
The Onion
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 05:59 pm

WASHINGTON—"The vast majority of U.S. citizens are simply not receiving the physical punishment they deserve," said Masochism Bureau chief Geoff Knowlton, who was permitted by his mistress Alexandria to meet with reporters despite being unfit for anything besides groveling at her boot heels.



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wiredtopstories
Wired Top Stories
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:40 pm

Google unveils its first phone Tuesday. Unfortunately, the anticipated groundbreaking innovation is not to be found.



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bbcnewsworld
BBC News | World | UK Edition
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:19 pm

Barack Obama says an airliner bomb plot allegedly hatched in Yemen will not stop the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:29 pm

A key Vermont Senate committee this year is made up completely of Democrats, and that's got some Republicans upset.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 11:29 pm

Kenneth Noland, an artist who became prominent in an abstract expressionist style called Color Field painting, has died at his home in coastal Maine. He was 85.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:59 pm

A Democratic Party commission report virtually assures that Iowa's precinct caucuses will retain their leadoff status in the primary calendar during the next election cycle, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said Tuesday.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:51 pm

As of Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at least 4,372 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:49 pm

The Federal Election Commission wants more detail about how Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. CEO Linda McMahon spent more than $567,000 during the startup of her campaign.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:41 pm

An agreement to protect a central Utah canyon rich with ancient American Indian art while allowing for nearby mineral development has been approved.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:41 pm

Officials in Tennessee want a 90-year-old Florida woman to turn over a marriage license application filed by legendary Alamo defender Davy Crockett more than a century ago.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:21 pm

President Barack Obama says he remains committed to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:11 pm

Three California Department of Fish and Game biologists were killed Tuesday in a helicopter crash in Sierra National Forest, and officials fear the pilot has died as well.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:01 pm

Autopsy results for a New Jersey political consultant who died shortly after his arrest in the state's largest ever corruption sweep showed he overdosed on Valium.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 09:59 pm

Lawmakers in Rhode Island have given same-sex and unmarried couples the right to plan the funerals of their late partners over the objections of a socially conservative governor.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 09:59 pm

The winning combination picked Tuesday in the Connecticut State Lottery's "Play 4" drawing was: 8-6-9-4

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 09:59 pm

The winning combination picked Tuesday in the Connecticut State Lottery's "Play 3" drawing was: 0-0-7

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 09:51 pm

With a book written by one of Osama bin Laden's sons, and with news of a daughter sheltering in the Saudi Embassy in Iran, some of the blanks are being filled in on the life of the 9/11 mastermind's large family, including lurid details of his parenting style.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 09:51 pm

Congressional Democrats and President Barack Obama began work in earnest Tuesday on difficult issues still standing in the way of their national health care overhaul after months of tortuous debate. Topping the list: How to help Americans pay for insurance premiums.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 09:41 pm

Britain's government wants to quickly deploy full body scanners at U.K. airports to fight an expanded terrorist threat, but privacy concerns -- and fears that children may be exploited -- seem likely to slow the plan.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 09:41 pm

Airports and highways were shut, hundreds of schools had to close, and even the venerable soap opera "Coronation Street" was disrupted Tuesday as the worst snow and icy weather in years swept Britain.

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wiredtopstories
Wired Top Stories
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:15 pm

It sounds born of superstition, but you can stick a broken hard drive in the freezer and maybe get just enough time out of it to recover your files before it fully dies.



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bbcnewsworld
BBC News | World | UK Edition
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:39 pm

US security agencies had sufficient intelligence about a plot to blow up a plane but failed to act, President Obama says.

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bbcnewsworld
BBC News | World | UK Edition
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:36 pm

US President Barack Obama says an alleged airliner plot will not prevent the closure of the US prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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bbcnewsworld
BBC News | World | UK Edition
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:11 pm

Colombia extradites to the US the leader of a pyramid scheme which defrauded thousands of investors.

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bbcnewsworld
BBC News | World | UK Edition
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:26 pm

A Palestinian militant is killed and three people wounded in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, medics say.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:21 pm

A New York City prosecutor says that a city brochure that teaches intravenous drug users how to shoot up safely is wrongheaded because "there is no safe way to inject heroin."

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:21 pm

Lawmakers in Rhode Island have voted to give same-sex and unmarried couples the right to plan the funerals of their late partners, overriding a veto by the state's socially conservative governor.

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globe_updated
Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:11 pm

Authorities say a California Fish and Game helicopter has crashed in Sierra National Forest, with at least one person dead.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:11 pm

New York City finished the year with the fewest murders since comparable record keeping began.

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Boston.com -- Latest news
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:01 pm

An autopsy shows that a New Jersey political consultant who died shortly after his arrest in the state's largest ever corruption sweep overdosed on Valium.

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theregister
The Register
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:51 pm

Want money back after Microsoft force-feed

An Italian consumer rights group plans to slap Microsoft with a class-action lawsuit this week seeking compensation on behalf of people forced to buy Windows pre-installed on new computers.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work


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theregister
The Register
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 10:42 pm

An epidemic continues

The FBI and New York state police are investigating the online theft of more than $3m from a small school district in the western part of the state.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud


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wiredtopstories
Wired Top Stories
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 08:58 pm

Google's Nexus One smartphone was unveiled to the public Tuesday, complete with several key enhancements to the company's Android mobile operating system. The Nexus One is for sale now at Google's new online store.



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wiredtopstories
Wired Top Stories
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 08:17 pm

Facebook's new privacy settings have a side benefit for marketers who want to know a lot more about you. It's easy for them to comb your profile for anyone who knows your e-mail address, no matter what your privacy settings are.



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wiredtopstories
Wired Top Stories
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 08:16 pm

A Boston man who is supposed to pay $675,000 for file sharing 22 songs asks the court to reduce the award or declare a retrial. The judge is not likely to acquiesce.



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wiredtopstories
Wired Top Stories
Tue, Jan. 5th, 2010 08:06 pm

Attempts to test and deploy full-body scanners in Britain have been thwarted by concerns that the machines could violate child-porn laws.



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