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Apple to sell copy protection-free songs - 4 Hours ago

Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the

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Israel agrees to open corridor for relief... - 5 Hours ago

Israeli mortar rounds blasted a United Nations-run school that had been converted into a refugee shelter for hundreds of Palestinians displaced by the ten-day war in Gaza, killing more than 40 people.

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Democrat Roland Burris blocked from US Senate - 3 Hours ago

Burris' path into the Senate was blocked yesterday by top Democrats who have resisted his appointment by the state's scandal-stained Governor Rod Blagojevich. The dispute over Burris, who was named to

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Mumbai attackers have links in Pakistan: Boucher
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Obama Breaks His Silence
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Obama Picks CNN's Gupta for Medical Post
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M&S to close stores and cut jobs
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Gas stopped for swathe of states
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Commentary: Let journalists into Gaza
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Obama Taps CNN's Gupta for Surgeon General - 5 Hours ago
A neurosurgeon who is also a correspondent for CNN and CBS, Gupta was chosen as much for his broadcasting skills as for his medical rÃ©sumÃ©, suggesting that the incoming administration values visible
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Jeb Bush Says He Won't Run for Fla. Senate in 2010 - 5 Hours ago
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Obama says deficit may top $1 trillion - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday he expects to inherit a U.S. budget deficit approaching $1 trillion and his administration would have to make some tough budget choices.
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Politics/Law

Al-Qaida No. 2 blames Obama for Gaza fight - 3 Hours ago
CAIRO, Egypt â?? Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader lashed out at President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio message Tuesday, accusing him of not doing anything to stop Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, according
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Obama Predicts Years of Deficits Over $1 Trillion - 5 Hours ago
Slowing tax revenues and a historic bailout of the U.S. financial system will send the budget deficit soaring toward $1 trillion this year, President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday, and the red ink
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Schwarzenegger rejects latest budget proposal - 6 Hours ago
Democratic leaders sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger an $18 billion deficit-cutting package on Tuesday, a plan he quickly vetoed as anti-tax groups filed a lawsuit to stop it. The activity came amid the
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Business

Alcoa to cut 13,500 jobs, slash spending - 5 Hours ago
Reporting from Pittsburgh Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum maker, said Tuesday that it would cut 13,500 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, and slash spending and output to cope with the global
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Japan marks anniversary of wartime emperor's death - 5 Hours ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's imperial family Wednesday attended a somber ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Emperor Hirohito, who was seen in the West as a symbol of the country's World
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Logitech to slash jobs, withdraws financial targets - 3 Hours ago
NEW YORK -- Logitech International SA, the world's biggest maker of computer mice, withdrew its fiscal 2009 financial targets and said it will cut 15 percent of its salaried workforce because of the deepening
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Finance

UK 2008 car sales to fall by 10% - 9 Hours ago
New car sales have fallen sharply ever since last summer UK car sales figures for the past year are expected to be more than 10% lower than sales in 2007. The figures, due to be published on Wednesday,

RPT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks at 2-month high, dollar firm - 5 Hours ago
* Eight-day winning streak on MSCI Asia ex-Japan index * Sovereign bond markets show signs of rejuvenation * U.S. Treasuries under pressure, 30-year yield above 3 pct (Repeats to more subscribers) HONG
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Most Asian Markets Extend Near Year's Rally - 4 Hours ago
Asian stocks extended their new year's rally Wednesday, with Japan's index up nearly 2 percent, on hopes that stimulus measures from a new U.S. administration would help speed the world's economic recovery.
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Sports

Australia closes in on victory - 3 Hours ago
Article from: AAP Font size: Decrease Increase : Email : Print Submit comment: Submit comment AUSTRALIA needs to take only two wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground to salvage some pride from the lost
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Foye leads Timberwolves to third straight win - 5 Hours ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Randy Foye scored 23 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 40 seconds left, and the Minnesota Timberwolves weathered a late rally to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 94-87 Tuesday
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Chargers' Jackson arrested on suspicion of DUI - 5 Hours ago
San Diego Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Tuesday morning. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Jackson was pulled over on state
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Industry

Bank of America sells $2.8 billion CCB stake - 5 Hours ago
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Top U.S. lender Bank of America (BAC.N The U.S. lender was selling more than 5.62 billion shares, or nearly 13 percent of its holding in Construction Bank, at HK$3.92 apiece, in
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Interest rate 'facing all-time low' - PA - 4 Hours ago
The Bank of England begins a historic meeting later at which interest rates are all but certain to be slashed to an all-time low to combat worsening recession. The nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee
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Tax allowance 'may rise to 10,000' - 3 Hours ago
Gordon Brown is considering raising the tax-free allowance to Â£10,000 as part of measures to help families struggling with the credit crunch, a close ally has claimed. John McFall, chairman of the influential
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Internet

Garmin confirms Nuvifone runs Linux, not Android - 3 Hours ago
We are starting to see more and more signs that the Garmin Nuvifone is real and not just a figment of our imagination. The main menu of the Garmin Nuvifone (Credit: Garmin) Announced almost a year ago,
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Mobile Security and the MD5 Hack: Day Trading By Mobile Beware - 8 Hours ago
It seems that we can do as much or more from our phones today than we could from our laptops five years ago. You can enjoy a gamut of media related convenience and surfing the web from oneâ??s handset

Roaring Penguin Software and GroundWork Open Source Deliver Solution Providers Easier - 115 Minutes ago
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Roaring Penguin Software Inc., makers of the acclaimed CanIt line of anti-spam solutions, today announced that they have teamed up with GroundWork Open Source, the leading commercial

Science

Dow Chemical considers legal options after deal collapse - 5 Hours ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Dow Chemical Co. said Tuesday it expects to replace its former Kuwaiti partner Petrochemical Industries Inc. with an alternate that will help to provide proceeds even greater
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Wed Jan 7, 2009 - Dow Chemical Confirms Commitment to Transformational Corporate - 2 Hours ago
MIDLAND, MI -- The Dow Chemical Company announced a wide range of legal, operational and financial actions that will keep the Company on track to fulfill the transformational corporate strategy Dow has

Bayer Schering submits Visanne for registration in Europe - 2 Hours ago
Bayer Schering Pharma AG said Wednesday it has submitted Visanne for the treatment of endometriosis for registration to all Member States of the European Community. The Netherlands will serve as the Reference

Entertainment

UPDATE 1-Scared Swayze says may have only 2 years to live - 3 Hours ago
(Recasts with Swayze's personal prognosis) By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Actor Patrick Swayze, in his first television interview since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year,
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Jonsson and Pinder face BB vote - 9 Hours ago
Ulrika Jonsson will be up against Lucy Pinder in the public vote on Friday Ulrika Jonsson and Lucy Pinder are to face the public vote to decide who will be the first person evicted from the Celebrity
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Networks devoted more time to election: report - 4 Hours ago
By Paul J. Gough NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The presidential election and worsening economy pushed the war in Iraq mostly out of the headlines, especially among the Big Three evening newscasts. The

Technology

Subdued reactions to Apple's final... - 7 Hours ago
Instead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, celebrity-seekers at Tuesday's Macworld keynote address had to settle for crooner Tony Bennett. And instead of blockbuster news from Apple Vice President Philip Schiller,
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Windows 7 should be free - 5 Hours ago
Okay, never mind that Im a dinosaur with an affinity for 1990s era User Interfaces I think that Windows 7, for all of its performance improvements and bling, is essentially one big service deluxe pack

Apple to end music restrictions - 2 Hours ago
Apple's imposed DRM proved unpopular with users Apple Inc has agreed to start selling digital songs from its iTunes store without copy protection software. At present, most music downloaded from Apple's
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Health

4:40pmNaked jogging 'just happens' - 3 Hours ago
A MAN who jogged through Melbourne's leafy suburbs wearing only a beanie, jacket and runners told police his indecent exposure offending 'just happens'. Serial flasher Gabriel Romanos, 42, of St Albans,
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Kaine Renews BidOn Smoking Ban - 4 Hours ago
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) yesterday renewed his bid to ban smoking at restaurants in the commonwealth, telling legislators and others gathered at an Arlington County restaurant that much has
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Measles could survive attempted eradication due to low vaccination rates - 9 Hours ago
Last year the Health Protection Agency (HPA) warned that there was a 'real risk' of an epidemic of the potentially fatal disease in this country, after cases reached their highest level since 1995. Vaccination

Culture

Jay Jopling: crunch time for Mr Brit Art - 5 Hours ago
Until September it looked as if Jay Jopling had perfected a rare balancing act: he was half of Brit Art's Golden Couple, a confidant of some of the most famous people in the country and yet still somehow

National Youth Jazz Orchestra at Ronnie Scott's, London W1 - 7 Hours ago
What's wrong with these youngsters? Don't they know they're supposed to be hiding in their bedrooms, watching Celebrity Big Brother? For more than 40 years, generations of tyro musicians have served an
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In Liverpool's footsteps: now every city can aim to be Britain's capital of culture - 8 Hours ago
â?¢ Arts to get bigger role in urban regeneration Patrick Wintour , political editor Cities will compete every four years for the title of British capital of culture as the government moves to give the