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Haiti aid flows out of the Dominican Republic, and the desperate flow inLos Angeles Times - 1 hour ago Haiti's neighbor on Hispaniola island was largely untouched by the earthquake. It's now a base for relief workers and a destination for those fleeing the devastation. Video: Raw Video: Looting Spreads in Port-Au-Prince 
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Militants launch assault in Afghanistan capital
Boston Globe - - 39 minutes ago
KABUL - A team of militants launched an assault at the heart of the Afghan government yesterday, with two men detonating suicide bombs and the rest fighting to the death only 50 yards from the gates of the presidential palace.
Ukraine Poll Leaders Set Sights on Swing Voters
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
KIEV—Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, bitter foes since Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution, began a three-week scramble for new support Monday after first-round voting in the country's presidential ...
Next Ukrainian President: East or West? Voice of America
Turkey releases gunman who shot pope in 1981
Los Angeles Times - 6 hours ago
Mehmet Ali Agca is freed after serving his sentence in the murder of a journalist. He had already spent 19 years in jail in Italy for the attack on John Paul II.
Video: Ali Agca released from prison, wants to visit pope John Pauls tomb at the Vatican
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Fewer Americans think Obama has advanced race relations, poll shows
Washington Post - - Jan 17, 2010
Soaring expectations about the effect of the first black president on US race relations have collided with a more mundane reality, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
In poll, Obama gets unexceptional marks USA Today
Va. governor outlines bold economic plan, is vague on funds
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
RICHMOND -- Virginia's new governor, Robert F. McDonnell, outlined a series of ambitious and costly proposals Monday night to create jobs and spur economic development, including adding tens of millions to ...
New York Fights Over Schools
Wall Street Journal - - 2 hours ago
New York, home of the nation's largest school district, is on the verge of rejecting key components of the White House's education effort amid a state fight over charter schools.
School Plan for U.S. Aid Gets No Vote in Albany New York Times
Kraft Turns the Corner in Its Bid for Cadbury
New York Times - - 29 minutes ago
It would have been astonishing if Kraft Foods' hostile bid for Cadbury had gone to the bitter end. Like most contested takeover battles, this one looks to be edging toward a last-minute rapprochement.
Cadbury surrenders to foreign takeover Times Online
Japan Airlines bankruptcy filing expected Tuesday
Forbes - - 8 minutes ago
TOKYO -- Japan Airlines is set to file for bankruptcy Tuesday, ending months-long speculation about its fate and writing Japanese corporate history as one of its biggest-ever failures.
JAL Is Set To Shrink Sharply Under Plan Wall Street Journal
US cellphone users donate $22 million to Haiti earthquake relief via text
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
The American Red Cross has received more than $22 million in US text-message donations for Haiti earthquake relief efforts, far outpacing the charity's previous record of $400000 for emergency relief using similar technology.
A Deluge of Donations via Text Messages New York Times
Americans Pledge Millions, but Cash Flow Takes Weeks Wall Street Journal
Fox News "Confirms" Apple Tablet, iLife 2010 & Next iPhone OS
PC World - - 4 hours ago
Fox News posted an article Monday claiming that not only will next week's now-confirmed Apple event play host to the long-rumored tablet unveiling, but it will also see the next iteration of Apple's iLife software on show.
Video: Apple to Announce a Tablet Computer?
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Journalists in China face e-mail hijacking
CNN - 1 hour ago
Google says it is reviewing the feasibility of its business operations in China, citing the targeting of Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
Microsoft's Browser Under Fire In Europe
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
Microsoft Corp. challenged recommendations by European officials that people stop using its Internet Explorer browser because of a security hole that hackers exploited in the recent attack on Google Inc. and ...
Jay Leno: I Have No Animosity Toward Conan O'Brien
People Magazine - - 2 hours ago
In a detailed account of his side of the talk-show mess at NBC, Leno opened his lame-duck program Monday night seeking to set the record straight and try to repair relations with his - apparently temporary - Tonight Show successor.
O'Brien's exit deal pushed another day Hollywood Reporter
Is 'Avatar' on its way to becoming this season's 'Slumdog Millionaire'?
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Last year at this time, "Slumdog Millionaire" was such a prohibitive favorite that at some point all the other contenders seemed to take the rest of the season off.
Golden Globes show is a winner Hollywood Reporter
Wyclef Jean Denies Charity Wrongdoing
People Magazine - - 4 hours ago
In a tearful news conference, Wyclef Jean denied allegations he profited from his organization Yéle Haiti, his foundation to help the country recently devastated by an earthquake.
Wyclef Jean defends his Yele Haiti Foundation, but admits mistakes were made ... New York Daily News
Ousted Chargers sign coach Norv Turner to 3-year contract extension
USA Today - 1 hour ago
The Chargers may have lost to the Jets on Sunday, but there are no questions about coach Norv Turner's future in San Diego. Turner signed a three-year contract extension through the 2013 season on Monday.
San Diego extends Turner's contract one day after playoff meltdown The Canadian Press
'Rachel' wins Horse of the Year
ESPN - - 52 minutes ago
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Rachel Alexandra did through the ballot box what no horse could do on the racetrack. In a compelling, highly anticipated showdown, Rachel Alexandra defeated Zenyatta for the 2009 Horse of the Year award, ...
Rachel Alexandra voted 2009 Horse of the Year MiamiHerald.com
How Minnesota Vikings can prevail in New Orleans
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
NFC championship game: For starters, don't give the noisy Saints crowd a reason to get the Superdome rockin'. Running back Adrian Peterson, who is being tackled by Dallas' Anthony Spencer on Sunday, will be key for the Vikings this week against the ...
Favre, Vikings advance with 34-3 win over Cowboys Marietta Times
Cowboys not expected to give coach the boot / NFL Seattle Times
E. coli alert: Calif. company recalls 864000 pounds of beef
USA Today - 2 hours ago
MONTEBELLO, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California meat-packing firm has recalled some 864000 pounds of ground-beef that might be contaminated with E. coli.
Meat Packer Recalls Ground Beef New York Times
Flu pandemic easing, but risks remain: WHO
Reuters - - 10 hours ago
GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu pandemic appears to be easing, but a third wave of infections could yet strike, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Flu Update Providence Journal
Free swine flu vaccines offered Tuesday DeSoto Times Today
Screen children early to identify obesity
Baltimore Sun - - 20 hours ago
To help combat an emerging national epidemic, pediatricians should screen children as young as 6 for obesity and refer them to intensive weight-loss programs that focus on diet, physical activity and ...
The most influential US conservatives: 20-1
Telegraph.co.uk - - Jan 15, 2010
The final instalment of Telegraph.co.uk's list of the conservatives who most influence American politics. By Toby Harnden, US Editor Telegraph.
Why I can't watch 3D TV
CNN - - Jan 15, 2010
Some TV watchers cannot see 3D television. Instead, they may see the picture in 2D or in stereo in some cases. (CNET) -- When it comes to 3D television, I don't see it.
Race is in a spinout
Boston Globe - - Jan 14, 2010
Martha Coakley made a jaw-dropping declaration earlier this week at the only live televised debate in Boston that she has deigned to do.
Massachusetts: 'Bottom has fallen out' of Coakley's poll numbers; Dems prepare ...
Washington Examiner (blog) - - Jan 15, 2010
Here in Massachusetts, as well as in Washington, a growing sense of gloom is setting in among Democrats about the fortunes of Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley.
K2: A Trek to Danger's Doorstep
New York Times - - Jan 15, 2010
K2, in the Karakoram Mountain range of the Himalayas, is the second-tallest mountain in the world. By GRAHAM BOWLEY ONE day last June, I roped up to a porter and we leaped over crevasses until we reached the side of K2, the second-tallest mountain on ...