Huntsman Brands Romney
'Status Quo,' Urges
Tax Returns Release
Washington Post
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) --
Republican
presidential contender
Jon Huntsman Jr.
charged that Mitt
Romney would be a
“status quo president”
with respect to Wall
Street and Washington
influence peddling.
Romney, who's leading
in opinion polls,
should release ...
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tries new test to find
gang members wanting
out
CBS News
(AP) LOS ANGELES —
Melissa Pirraglio
spent many of her 11
years of gang life in
drug-addled despair
seeking a way out.
"There's an inkling in
every single gang
member looking for an
opportunity to come
out," said Pirraglio,
now 34 and a counselor
to ...
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welcomes US Navy's
rescue of Iranian
fishermen held by
pirates
Washington Post
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's
government on Saturday
welcomed the US Navy's
rescue of 13 Iranian
fishermen held by
pirates, calling it a
positive humanitarian
gesture. US officials
announced Friday that
the fishermen had been
rescued by a US Navy
destroyer on ...
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Jayhawks-Sooners
Preview
USA TODAY
GAME NOTES: The
14th-ranked play their
first Big 12 road game
of the season, as they
invade Norman this
weekend for a
conference clash with
the Oklahoma Sooners
at the Lloyd Noble
Center. Bill Self's
Jayhawks are 11-3 on
the season and are
sporting a ...
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Preview
USA TODAY
(Sports Network) - The
Washington Capitals
will try to continue
their longest winning
streak since the start
of the season, as they
visit the first-place
San Jose Sharks for
tonight's
interconference clash
at HP Pavilion. The
Capitals have won
their ...
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NBC chief says
'Community' coming
back
BusinessWeek
By DAVID BAUDER After
acknowledging that NBC
had a "really bad
fall," the network's
entertainment chief
moved swiftly Friday
to assure viewers that
"Community" and "Law &
Order: SVU" aren't
leaving. Although the
Thursday night comedy
"Community" was ...
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Anthony, Knicks pay a
visit to Pistons
Chicago Tribune
— Carmelo Anthony is
the NBA's
second-leading scorer
and looks to remain
hot tonight, when the
New York Knicks take
on the Detroit Pistons
from The Palace of
Auburn Hills. Anthony
is currently battling
a sore hip and is
averaging 29.1 points
on the ...
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Mass. pulls rate
review request in
NU-NStar deal
Boston.com
BOSTON—The Patrick
administration has
withdrawn a request
that the Massachusetts
utility NStar undergo
a formal review of its
rates before
regulators approve its
merger with
Connecticut-based
Northeast Utilities .
A lengthy rate review
could have ...
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Vivian returns to
struggle to help guide
SCLC
Chicago Tribune
ATLANTA— At age 87,
civil rights veteran
CT Vivian could have
easily retired from
the struggle for
justice and equality,
but is instead he is
the new vice president
of the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference. As the
venerable civil rights
...
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with gun foils
Syracuse robbery
Wall Street Journal
AP SYRACUSE, NY —
Police say a clerk at
a convenience store in
Syracuse was able to
stop a robbery by
pulling a gun on a man
who had slashed him
with a knife. Police
tell the
Post-Standard, of
Syracuse, (http://bit.ly/A0bogi
) that a man entered
the ...
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this topic »Economic
Decline Brings Down
Immigration
Fox News
As the economic and
demographic landscapes
of both Mexico and
some countries in
Latin America undergo
tectonic shifts, and
our own economic
growth continues to
wane, suddenly, in a
remarkably short time,
immigration to
America, both lawful
and unlawful ...
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try again for first
road win at Golden
State
Fox News
The Utah Jazz are
still searching for
their first road win
of the season and will
take on the Golden
State Warriors tonight
at Oracle Arena. Utah
is 0-3 away from Salt
Lake City this season,
but has won three
straight and four of
five games overall,
...
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President al-Bashir on
first visit to post-Gadhafi
Libya
Washington Post
TRIPOLI, Libya —
Sudan's President Omar
al-Bashir met with top
Libyan officials in
the capital, Tripoli,
on Saturday during his
first visit to the
country since rebels
armed with Sudanese
help ousted Moammar
Gadhafi last year.
...
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Jets' Tomlinson tells
radio station he may
retire
Boston.com
NEW YORK—Jets running
back LaDainian
Tomlinson has told a
San Diego radio
station that he is
considering calling an
end to his 11-year NFL
career. The
32-year-old Tomlinson
told the Scott & BR
Show on XX1090AM on
Friday that he is
"contemplating ...
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5 wounded leaving La.
high school basketball
game
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New
Orleans police say a
gunman opened fire
into a crowd leaving a
high school basketball
game, wounding a man
and four teenage boys.
Police spokesman Frank
Robertson III said the
injuries from late
Friday's shooting at
Warren Easton ...
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competition weigh on
Motorola
CFOworld
By Nancy Gohring The
cost of patent
lawsuits and a more
competitive market
weighed down Motorola
Mobility's
fourth-quarter
financial results, the
company reported
Friday in releasing
preliminary numbers.
Motorola expects to
report US$3.4 billion
in ...
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Hayashi, California
Lawmaker, Gets
Probation In
Shoplifting Case
Huffington Post
By TERENCE CHEA 01/
7/12 03:42 AM ET AP
SAN FRANCISCO -- A
judge sentenced a
California lawmaker to
three years of
probation after she
pleaded no contest to
stealing leather pants
and other merchandise,
thefts that her
attorney blamed on a
benign brain ...
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attraction: What makes
US youth gravitate to
Ron Paul?
Alaska Dispatch
What does the young,
20-something voter see
in a senior-citizen
Republican
presidential candidate
with shaggy brows,
isolationist views,
and an economic policy
that predates 1971?
Isn't this the same
group that helped to
sweep Barack Obama
into office ...
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Doodle Honors 'Addams
Family' Creator
Charles Addams
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius
Halloween was more
than two months ago,
but the Google
homepage still has a
rather ghoulish
quality to it today.
The search giant is
celebrating the 100th
birthday of Addams
Family creator Charles
Addams with a doodle
featuring the ...
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strikes twice for
lottery winners
CBS News
LOS ANGELES - A group
of employees at a
California school
district who won a $12
million Lotto prize
last year has done it
again and now stands
to collect another pot
worth more than a
quarter of a million
dollars. State lottery
officials announced
...
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OLPC Introduce "One
Tablet Per Child"
PC Magazine
By Sascha Segan
Marvell and One Laptop
Per Child today
introduced the XO 3.0,
a tablet designed for
education in the
developing world. The
XO 3.0 uses Marvell's
1Ghz PXA618 processor
and runs both OLPC's
custom Sugar Linux OS
and Google Android
...
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Biggest swell of
winter sinks boat,
belts beaches Friday
San Jose Mercury News
By Stephen Baxter -
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Big waves hit up and
down the coast Friday.
A film crew tries to
get footage of big
wave surfers from a
helicopter during the
opening ceremony of
the Mavericks Surf
Contest during the
afternoon in Half Moon
Bay. ...
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