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UN condemns "clear threat" from North Korea after nuclear test

CBS News - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Updated 3:55 p.m. ET. UNITED NATIONSThe U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning North Korea's nuclear test and pledging further action.
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Obama to present ambitious agenda in State of the Union address

Los Angeles Times
13 minutes ago
Written by
Paul West
WASHINGTON - With the clock ticking down on his time in office, President Obama is expected to outline an ambitious agenda Tuesday night that builds on the liberal tone of his inaugural address last month.
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Adele still mum about baby name, but perhaps her new tattoo isn't

Los Angeles Times
1 hour ago
Written by
Nardine Saad
Adele admits that having a baby has kept her "out of the loop," but the Grammy-winning songstress is working hard to keep baby watchers out of her loop.
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Apple Defends Position on Cash

Wall Street Journal
1 hour ago
Written by
Jessica Lessin
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook fired back against hedge-fund mogul David Einhorn, defending the company's distribution of cash to its shareholders and calling a recent lawsuit filed by Mr. Einhorn's firm "a silly sideshow.
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IOC's poor decision to add golf costs wrestling its spot in Olympics

Yahoo! Sports - ‎1 hour ago‎
The International Olympic Committee is dropping wrestling from competition after the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the result of some elaborate secret ballot it holds every so often to determine its 25 "core sports.
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Barack Obama expected to announce US troops in Afghanistan to halve in the ...

The Australian - ‎48 minutes ago‎
US President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address today that he will pull 34,000 US troops home from Afghanistan in the next year, a source familiar with his speech said.
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Regardless of who succeeds Pope Benedict XVI, he won't be back

Washington Post - ‎21 minutes ago‎
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has spurred discussions worldwide about the Catholic church and the direction in which it should move.
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Syrian air base falls, Assad forces under pressure

Reuters - ‎36 minutes ago‎
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis. AMMAN | Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:06pm EST. AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition fighters captured a military airport near the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday in another military setback for President Bashar al-Assad's forces which ...
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Senate OKs Violence Against Women Act

Politico - ‎45 minutes ago‎
The Senate on Tuesday easily voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act - a major anti-domestic violence law whose renewal last year got tripped up by election-year politics.
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Coast Guard investigates Bounty sinking

Fox 43 TV - ‎11 minutes ago‎
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - The sinking of the HMS Bounty is the focus of a federal hearing in Portsmouth. The tall ship capsized off the coast of Hatteras during Hurricane Sandy.
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G-7 Says Won't Use Economic Policies for Exchange Rates

Bloomberg - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Group of Seven policy makers roiled the currency markets they sought to calm amid conflicting messages on how much of an economic threat is posed by the weakening yen.
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Wall Street ends slightly higher, Dow near a record

Reuters - ‎21 minutes ago‎
By Ryan Vlastelica. NEW YORK | Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:21pm EST. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed modestly higher on Tuesday, putting the Dow within striking distance of an all-time high, as investors looked ahead to President Barack Obama's State of ...
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Britain makes horsemeat raids as scandal spirals

AFP - ‎49 minutes ago‎
LONDON - British police searching for the source of horsemeat in kebabs and burgers on Tuesday raided two meat plants in the first such operation since a scandal over the mislabelling of beef gripped Europe.
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HBO Adds AirPlay To Stream HBO Go From iPhones And iPads To The Biggest ...

TechCrunch
1 hour ago
Written by
Ryan Lawler
Over the last several years, HBO has been making its streaming video product more attractive to users, by adding more and more devices that users can stream its programming on.
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Intel to Launch Web TV Service This Year

Wall Street Journal
30 minutes ago
Written by
Don Clark
DANA POINT, Calif.—Intel Corp. confirmed plans to offer a paid Internet video service and accompanying set-top box, an unusual gamble for a chip maker that has rarely marketed directly to consumers.
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Model S battery problems? Tesla and the Times trade jabs.

Christian Science Monitor
3 hours ago
Written by
Matthew Shaer
Last week, John M. Broder of the New York Times published a hands-on test of the Tesla Model S sedan. The premise of the article was simple: Mr. Broder would drive the Model S along a stretch of I-95, on the east coast, stopping in at new charging stations ...
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Ed Sheeran: Five Things to Know

People Magazine - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Elton John doesn't perform with just anyone. So when he took the stage at Sunday night's Grammys with folkie Brit Ed Sheeran to duet on the newcomer's Grammy nominated hit "The A Team," it was a moment to remember.
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Katherine Webb Makes Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Debut—See the Pic!

E! Online - ‎39 minutes ago‎
Attention, Brent Musberger: You might want to stop by the newsstand. . Just one month after the ESPN announcer spent an inordinate amount of time gushing over Katherine Webb during the BCS title game, the girlfriend of Crimson Tide quarterback A.J.
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Felix, Mariners complete contract extension

MLB.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Felix Hernandez has reached agreement on a contract extension with the Mariners, general manager Jack Zduriencik said Tuesday afternoon, and will be in Seattle for a 2 p.m.
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Joe Girardi has high expectations

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
But according to manager Joe Girardi, the expectations for the Yankees haven't changed a bit. "This team could win 95 games and get to the World Series," Girardi said Tuesday, the day pitchers and catchers reported to training camp.
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Brandt Snedeker begs off WGC

ESPN - ‎40 minutes ago‎
Brandt Snedeker, fresh off his fifth PGA Tour victory Sunday at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, announced Tuesday that he will not play in the first World Golf Championship event of the year.
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Satellites Reveal Depletion of a Vital Middle East Water Supply

New York Times (blog)
1 hour ago
Written by
Andrew Revkin
Just in case you needed more reasons to be concerned about the stability of the Middle East, new research using data from NASA's gravity-sensing Grace satellites shows a substantial decline in the volume of groundwater reserves in the Tigris and Euphrates ...
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New cunning linguist computer has got ancient tongues licked

Register - ‎8 hours ago‎
Boffins have put together a new computer system that attempts to translate protolanguages, the ancient "parent" tongues from which modern languages evolved.
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More Prenatal Vitamins Would Mean Less Autism, Study Says

Forbes
9 minutes ago
Written by
Matthew Herper
Autism risk might be cut nearly in half by making sure that mothers are taking supplements containing folic acid, a B vitamin, at the time of conception and in the early months of pregnancy.
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Research efforts need to focus more on breast cancer prevention, government ...

Boston.com - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Breast cancer rates continue to rise in the U.S. -- even beyond the extra cancers detected through mammography and other screening techniques -- and researchers need to focus more of their attention on finding ways to prevent the cancer including ...
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