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Obama urges Americans to debate 'in a way that heals'

Los Angeles Times - ‎35 minutes ago‎
The president, speaking to thousands at a Tucson memorial for Saturday's shooting victims, says our arguments should be 'worthy of those we have lost.
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Palin's video sparks outcry, support, speculation

Seattle Times - ‎12 minutes ago‎
Sarah Palin put on full display Wednesday all that makes her a formidable yet divisive contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination... By Seattle Times news services WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin put on full display Wednesday all that makes her ...
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Haiti mourns dead, looks ahead

MiamiHerald.com - Jacqueline Charles, Trenton Daniel - ‎1 hour ago‎
Haitians commemorated the first anniversary of the devastating quake with memorials, prayer vigils and questions about their future.
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Apple could remove home button in next-gen iPad, iPhone - rumor

Apple Insider - ‎1 hour ago‎
By AppleInsider Staff An unverified report claims that Apple is planning to remove the home button on the iPad and iPhone as early as later this year, relying instead on multitouch gestures to return to the home screen.

Papers show series of run-ins

USA Today - Jack Gillum - ‎15 minutes ago‎
TUCSON - Shooting suspect Jared Loughner had been in trouble repeatedly with police at the community college he attended and was so disruptive that a dean once called him "creepy" with a "dark personality," according to ...

Volunteer call to help Brisbane rebuild

The Australian - Sarah Elks - ‎2 hours ago‎
BRISBANE will be divided into five zones as part of a four-phase operation to rebuild the city once the floodwaters recede. Lord Mayor Campbell Newman, a former engineer who used to be in the army, has called for volunteers to assist with the massive ...

Seminoles shock top-ranked Duke

ESPN - Dick Vitale - ‎1 hour ago‎
It was celebration time in Tallahassee, and I'm not talking about Bobby Bowden, Jimbo Fisher and football, baby! The way Florida State played in losses to Auburn and Virginia Tech, I honestly was not expecting shock city against No.

UAW's King ups pressure on foreign auto plants in US

The Detroit News - ‎13 minutes ago‎
United Auto Workers President Bob King on Wednesday stepped up his rhetoric demanding that foreign automakers agree to avoid tactics that pressure workers to reject unions.

Jets talk rings hollow

Boston Herald - Karen Guregian - ‎17 minutes ago‎
FOXBORO - All of the verbal hand grenades Rex Ryan has lobbed this week at Tom Brady [stats], Bill Belichick or anyone else in the Patriots [team stats] organization won't hide the obvious.

Google's dropping H.264 from Chrome a step backward for openness

Ars Technica - Peter Bright - ‎44 minutes ago‎
The promise of HTML5's tag was a simple one: to allow web pages to contain embedded video without the need for plugins. With the decision to remove support for the widespread H.264 codec from ...

Probe after actor finds dead body

The Press Association - ‎36 minutes ago‎
Actor Peter Fonda has discovered a dead body in a car and Los Angeles police are investigating the death. Sergeant Carlton Cook at the West Los Angeles Community Police Station said the Easy Rider actor called 911 on Wednesday after he spotted a car ...

US Foreclosure Filings May Jump 20% This Year as Crisis Peaks

Bloomberg - Dan Levy, Prashant Gopal - ‎1 hour ago‎
The number of US homes receiving a foreclosure filing will climb about 20 percent in 2011, reaching a peak for the housing crisis, as unemployment remains high and banks resume seizures ...

'Golden-Voiced' Ted Williams: My daughter attacked me!

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
The homeless man with the 'golden voice', Ted Williams, has seen highs and lows in just the first week of his fame. He rose to stardom after being interviewed while begging for money on the side of an Ohio street.

Brazil flooding reportedly claims 260 lives

CNN - Journalist Luciani Gomes, Marilia Brocchetto - ‎2 hours ago‎
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Heavy rains and flooding in Brazil have caused 260 deaths in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, CNN affiliate TV Record reported Wednesday.

O 'Green Hornet,' where is thy cinematic sting?

USA Today - Claudia Puig - ‎3 hours ago‎
By Jaimie Trueblood, Columbia Pictures By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY The Green Hornet is not exactly a B movie, but lots of people are laid waste by falling objects in surprisingly old-school ways.

Nancy Pelosi was in room when Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes

Politico - Jonathan Allen, Kasie Hunt - ‎3 hours ago‎
Pelosi was among a group of close friends that were in the room when Giffords opened her eyes. | AP Photo Close By JONATHAN ALLEN & KASIE HUNT | 1/12/11 9:23 PM EST Updated: 1/12/11 11:44 PM EST TUCSON, Ariz.

Another shutout for Crawford as Hawks top Avs 4-0

Chicago Sun-Times - Adam L. jahns On The - ‎36 minutes ago‎
Hawks goalie Corey Crawford makes one of his 24 saves Wednesday against the Avalanche. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times Three bad defeats at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche left a bitter taste in the mouths of the Blackhawks.

Storm hits Northeast again, 100000 left without power

Seattle Times - Pat Eaton-Robb - ‎25 minutes ago‎
The third winter storm in three weeks buried parts of the Northeast in more than 2 feet of snow Wednesday, smothering highways, halting... By PAT EATON-ROBB The Associated Press KATHY KMONICEK / AP A bundled up Terry Uellendahl clears snow from his car ...

Oil hovers below $92 at 2-year high

Seattle Times - Alex Kennedy - ‎39 minutes ago‎
Oil prices hovered below $92 a barrel Thursday in Asia as signs of improving US demand pushed crude to a two-year high. By ALEX KENNEDY Associated Press Oil prices hovered below $92 a barrel Thursday in Asia as signs of improving US demand pushed crude ...

Barbour pushes for Mississippi civil rights museum

Reuters - Leigh Coleman, Matthew Bigg - ‎2 hours ago‎
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour drew mixed reactions from analysts on Wednesday for his decision to push for a civil rights museum for his state ahead of a possible presidential bid.

Euro short-covering rally loses steam

Reuters - Pichi Chuang - ‎2 hours ago‎
An employee counts Euro notes at the Bank of Taiwan head office in Taipei May 10, 2010. By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro slipped from one-week highs on Thursday after short-covering triggered by Portugal's successful debt auction the ...

Quinn refuses to be pinned down on death penalty repeal

Chicago Tribune - Ray Long, John Byrne - ‎2 hours ago‎
- Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday that he would "follow my conscience" in deciding whether to sign a bill abolishing the death penalty that has been approved by the General Assembly.

China guides yuan to new high ahead of US summit

Reuters - Lu Jianxin, Jason Subler - ‎3 hours ago‎
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank guided the yuan past 6.60 per dollar on Thursday, setting the currency's daily mid-point above that level for the first time, ahead of a visit to the United States by Chinese ...

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