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President Obama: Risk of Nuclear Attack Increased

Voice of America - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Photo: AP US President Barack Obama says the risk of a nuclear attack has increased as terrorists seek nuclear materials. Speaking Tuesday on the final day of a two-day nuclear summit, the president said even though the threat of nuclear war between ...

Sources: Kyrgyz leader offers to resign

CNN - Ben Wedeman - ‎40 minutes ago‎
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) -- The ousted Kyrgyz president is willing to resign if he and his relatives are allowed safe passage out of the country, according to sources in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Gears of War 3 trailer, release date announced on Jimmy Fallon show

Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Shaer - ‎1 hour ago‎
Gears of War 3, the latest installment in the top-selling Gears of War franchise, will hit store shelves in April of 2011. That's the news from creator Cliff Bleszinski, who introduced the Gears of War 3 trailer during a segment of Late Night with ...

State funeral for Polish president Lech Kaczynski and wife

The Guardian - ‎54 minutes ago‎
AP Marta, the daughter of Maria Kaczynska, and the twin brother of President Lech Kaczynski, Jaroslaw, right, at Warsaw airport. Photograph: Radek Piettruszka/AFP/Getty Images Poland's president and first lady will be buried on Sunday in a state ...

Manifesto Watch: Tory launch

BBC News - Brian Wheeler - ‎57 minutes ago‎
VENUE: Battersea Power Station. It felt almost post-apocalyptic as we sat in a giant marquee in the wreckage of a long-derelict power station on the South Bank of the Thames.

Thai protesters hit tourist hub with guns -- of water

AFP - ‎1 hour ago‎
BANGKOK - As revellers splashed each other with water and daubed their faces with clay, it was hard to believe three days earlier Bangkok's most famous tourist street had been the scene of deadly clashes.

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Sarah Palin Tours America For Fun and Profit

ABC News - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Since she stepped down as Alaska governor in July 2009, former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin may have earned upwards of $12 million from television, books, speaking fees and personal appearances.

Union official: Stern to leave Service Employees

The Associated Press - Sam Hananel - ‎29 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - One of nation's most politically powerful - and polarizing - union leaders is preparing to step down from his post.

GOP Leader Faults Democratic Plan to Overhaul Financial Rules

New York Times - Sewell Chan - ‎36 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - The Democratic proposal to overhaul financial regulations would perpetuate government bailouts of big Wall Street banks rather than end them, the Senate's Republican leader said on Tuesday.

US Trade Deficit Widened in February

New York Times - Javier C. Hernandez - ‎1 hour ago‎
Trade data on Tuesday provided another piece of evidence that the recovery was gaining momentum as consumers and businesses spent more on imports.

Ex-WaMu Exec Killinger Complains Of 'Too Clubby To Fail' Firms

Wall Street Journal - Patrick Yoest - ‎41 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Former Washington Mutual chief executive Kerry Killinger on Tuesday blamed federal regulators and an insular Wall Street culture for the demise of the bank, saying that firms that were "too clubby to fail" were ...

Twitter's advert plan: what the web thinks

The Guardian - Charles ARthur - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Reactions to Twitter's plans to introduce adverts broke into two broad categories: relief that the site had announced a business model which might allow it to continue as a free service; and some doubts that they would be effective or popular.

New MacBook Pro: 10-Hour Battery, Hi-Res Screen, i7 CPU

Wired News - Charlie Sorrel - ‎29 minutes ago‎
Apple has, at last, updated its MacBook Pro Line with new CPUs and graphics. The 15-inch can now be had with Intel's Core i5 and i7 chips and the 17-inch gets the i5 as standard and the i7 as an option.

KIN Is No Windows Phone 7

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - ‎1 hour ago‎
Microsoft exec Robbie Bach says KIN is aimed specifically at social networkers who don't need all the features planned for the company's next mobile device.

Apple to Allow Rival Browser Free Rein on iPhone

New York Times - Kevin J. O'Brien - ‎2 hours ago‎
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN BERLIN - The Norwegian company that makes the Opera Internet browser said Tuesday that its software had been approved for iPhone, making it the first browser that competes with Apple's own software to gain full access to the popular ...

THR: Conan's stage show 'riotous, sometimes flat'

Hollywood Reporter - Erik Pederson - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Bottom Line: Conan O'Brien's languidly paced 110-minute variety show was consistently amusing but only occasionally riotous and sometimes flat.

Chace Crawford out of 'Footloose': Who should replace him?

Entertainment Weekly - Jennifer Armstrong - ‎24 minutes ago‎
Image Credit: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.com; Anna Webber/WireImage.comTurns out Chace Crawford, like Zac Efron before him, will not be cutting Footloose after all.

'Oprah's' Seven Most Shocking Tales

ABC News - Sheila Marikar - ‎1 hour ago‎
As of this morning when it officially went on sale, "Oprah," Kitty Kelley's unauthorized 525-page, revelation-filled biography about the media mogul, ranked No.
John Tesh confirms he dated Oprah Entertainment Weekly

MMQB Mail: Big Ben deserves at least two-game suspension in 2010

SI.com - ‎11 minutes ago‎
AP "I'm a pretty hardcore Steelers fan (and father of 2 young daughters). I'm done with this team as long as Ben is a part of it.
Milledgeville seeks return to normalcy Atlanta Journal Constitution

Brownell headed to coach at Clemson

ESPN - Andy Katz - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Clemson will hire Wright State's Brad Brownell to replace Oliver Purnell, the school announced Tuesday morning. A 4 pm ET news conference has been scheduled.

The Launching Pad: Yankees get their rings

SportingNews.com - Chris Bahr - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Yankees fans had to wait nine years, but banner No. 27 will be raised this afternoon as part of the opening day festivities at Yankee Stadium.

'High GI' carbohydrates increase women's heart risk

BBC News - ‎4 hours ago‎
Women who eat diets heavy in certain carbohydrates may be at greater risk of coronary heart disease, according to researchers. A study of over 47000 Italian adults found that women alone whose diets contained a lot of bread, pizza and rice doubled ...

Mediterranean-Like Diet May Lower Dementia Risk, Researchers Find

ABC News - Todd Neale - ‎3 hours ago‎
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables as well as omega-3 fatty acids may not only be good for your heart -- it may also reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Orexigen revises obesity drug data; shares fall

Reuters - Toni Clarke, Derek Caney - ‎1 hour ago‎
BOSTON, April 13 (Reuters) - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (OREX.O) said on Tuesday that fewer patients lost certain amounts of weight when taking its experimental obesity drug than it originally reported, sending the company's stock down more than 5 ...

I'm Chelsea Handler. And You're Not.

New York Times - Brooks Barnes - ‎Apr 9, 2010‎
CHELSEA HANDLER is not exactly a household name. In fact, tonight, backstage in her drab dressing room at the Paramount Theater in Seattle - a couple of ragged sofas, cinderblock walls, a watery veggie platter - you would hardly guess ...

Jenny McCarthy closing her school for autistic children

FOXNews (blog) - ‎Apr 9, 2010‎
Hard on the heels of her split from actor Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy is closing her well-known school for autistic children, Teach2Talk Academy.

Boy adopted in U.S. sent back to Russia

CNN - Alan Duke, Dave Alsup - ‎Apr 9, 2010‎
(CNN) -- A 7-year-old Russian boy adopted by an American family last year was put on a return flight to Moscow this week because of violent and psychotic behavior, according to a Tennessee grandmother.

Africa's Drug Problem

New York Times - Antonin Kratochvil - ‎Apr 9, 2010‎
A Gulfstream jet, left, arrived in Guinea-Bissau from Venezuela in July 2008. Soldiers unloaded the contents - presumably cocaine - which soon disappeared, along with the crew.

'Blossom' Star Proves Child Stars Can Come Out on Top

PopEater - Brooke Tarnoff - ‎Apr 9, 2010‎
Former child stars are famous for their all-too-frequent troubles -- the untimely death of Corey Haim is perhaps the most dramatic example in recent memory, but brushes with drugs and the law have plagued ...
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