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Breaking News Fri, 27 Jan 2012
** FILE ** In this Jan. 5, 2008 file photo, Sandisk's 8GB microSDHC card is showcased at the CES Unveiled press preview event held at the Venetian hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.
Business   Market   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: SanDisk  
SanDisk tumbles as lower prices for phone cards hurt sales
| San Francisco: SanDisk shares dropped as much as 11 per cent in late trading on Thursday after the biggest maker of flash-memory cards gave a sales forecast that fell short of estimates, citing... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong, file) Gulf News
People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Iraq   Mideast   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Iraq under U.S. Military Occupation  
Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people in the latest brazen attack since the US troop withdrawal, o... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed) Jakarta Globe
President Barack Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations, Monday, July 11, 2011, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Obama: Republicans will struggle to defend record
| WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is signaling he'll base part of his re-election campaign on an argument that Republicans are pushing discredited economic ideas. | In an interview with ABC ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Austin American Statesman
Election   Photos   Politics   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012  
File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Remembering Howard Zinn
| Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 from his position as a tenured p... (photo: Creative Commons) Al Jazeera
Human Rights   Justice   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Howard Zinn  
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100914-F-6350L-496       U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division walk out to a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to a parachute drop during a joint forcible entry exercise at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Sept. 14, 2010.  A joint forcible entry training event is held six times a year in order to enhance cohesiveness between the Air Force and the Army.  DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence, U.S. Air Force.  (Released) US military to cut troop numbers, invest in future
The Pentagon proposed taking some 100,000 troops off active duty as the debt-ridden United States winds down a decade of war, but vowed new investments to exert power in ... (photo: AP / Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence, U.S. Air Force) Jakarta Globe
Budget   Pentagon   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Military budget of the United States  
Republican presidential candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participate in the Republican presidential candidates debate in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Republican presidential candidates hold TV debate
The Republican presidential candidates are battling it out at a national debate in Florida - the last before the battleground state holds its primary. | Earlier, front-ru... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke) BBC News
Election   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: United States presidential election, 2012  
A full moon taken from Sloane Square, London. Gingrich reaches for the stars (well, the Moon at least)
| The former House Speaker, who is running Mitt Romney a close second in the race for his party's presidential nomination, made the announcement during a rally on the &qu... (photo: WN / Periasamy) The Independent
Election   Photos   Space   US   Wikipedia: Newt Gingrich presidential campaign, 2012  
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55. The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
| Variously described as a conman, a fantasist, a sociopath, and a super-patriot, Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema died alone on Saturday of complications relating t... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti) The Independent
Afghanistan   Crime   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Jonathan Idema  
Popcorn Chemicals make kids' vaccines less effective
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet WASHINGTON: Childhood exposure to a group of chemicals, which are used widely in a variety of products, including water-resistant clothing and ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Times Of India
Health   Kids   Photos   Vaccine  
Republican presidential candidate, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich takes part in the Republican debate, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. Republicans debate again in battle for Florida
WASHINGTON ' Newt Gingrich on Thursday dramatically ramped up his attacks on Mitt Romney in the Republican race to challenge President Barack Obama in November, saying th... (photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall) Khaleej Times
Debate   Florida   Photos   Republicans   Wikipedia/Newt Gingrich  
Media Music
Apple, Google poaching case will go forward
Fresh blooper: US veep mimics Indian accent
Many Pardon Applicants Stressed Connection to Mississippi Go
Defense Budget Limits Reach of a Campaign Promise for the Na
** FILE ** In this Jan. 5, 2008 file photo, Sandisk's 8GB microSDHC card is showcased at the CES Unveiled press preview event held at the Venetian hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday, Sept. 5, 2008.
SanDisk tumbles as lower prices for phone cards hurt sales
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Bill Frisell's Tribute to Paul Motian
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Celebrity Fashion
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Science and Comedy Yield Great Results
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Sunny Face and Sounds Don’t Hide Dark Reality
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Clare Fischer dies at 83; versatile pianist, composer, arran
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Elizabeth Banks
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Internet Society
Suspecting gambling, deputies seize 59 computers at Dunedin
Investors clamor for Facebook's IPO
Consumers in the middle of battle over Internet privacy
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Attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York.
'Big Brother' concerns over Google changes
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Cultural Conflicts, Playing Out on the Football Field
As Primary Nears, Florida Poll Favors Romney
President Barack Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations, Monday, July 11, 2011, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.
Obama: Republicans will struggle to defend record
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Movies Entertainment
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In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, actress Demi Moore arrives for premiere of the competition movie "Happy Tears" at the Berlinale in Berlin.
Demi Moore hospitalized for substance abuse
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Bill Frisell's Tribute to Paul Motian
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Richard Bates Jr., center, writer/director of "Excision," poses with cast members Traci Lords, left, and AnnaLynne McCord at the premiere of the film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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