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February 17, 2012
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Google's iPhone Tracking
The web giant and other ad companies bypassed privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser on mobile devices and computers – tracking the online habits of people who intended for that kind of monitoring to be blocked.
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Middle East News
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Syrian Conflict Spills to Neighbors
Syria's civil conflict is expanding into a regional proxy battle that threatens to cleave neighboring countries, including Lebanon and Iraq, as their populations harden along sectarian lines.
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Business
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Attacks Threaten Nigeria's Future
Nigeria is unraveling in violence from the Boko Haram insurgency. Suspected members stormed a prison Wednesday and freed at least 119.
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Competition Heats Up in Canada's Ice Hotel Market
For the past 12 years, Hotel de Glace enjoyed a monopoly in ice tourism in North America. But this winter, after upstart Snow Village opened its doors, the two hotels are scrambling to distinguish themselves in this super-niche market.
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A group of traders and brokers successfully managed to manipulate an interest rate that affects loans around the world, one of the banks being investigated has told Canadian regulators.
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Moves by Germany and the ECB appeared to increase the chances that a debt restructuring and second bailout for Greece would go ahead according to plan.
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The Dow industrials neared a four-year high, boosted by economic data and hopes for a Greek deal, ending up 123.13 points, or 1%, at 12904.08.
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Google and others have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple's Web browser on iPhones and computers.
WORLD-WIDE
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Syria's conflict is expanding into a regional proxy battle.The populations of Lebanon and Iraq are hardening along sectarian lines. In Tripoli, Lebanon, deadly gunbattles have broken out between Sunnis, who back Syrian rebels, and Alawites, who have supported Assad. In Syria, government forces attacked the southern city of Deraa and pounded Homs for a second week. The U.N. passed a resolution calling for Assad to step aside.
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U.S. officials believe al Qaeda is aiding the Syrian opposition and may have been involved in recent bombings.
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A deal to extend the payroll-tax cut was a rare show of bipartisanship in Congress. The House and Senate could vote on the bill as early as Friday.
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Nigeria is unraveling in violence from the Boko Haram insurgency. Suspected members stormed a prison Wednesday and freed at least 119.
U.S. NEWS
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U.S. News
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More Marriages Cross Race, Ethnic Lines
Marriage across racial and ethnic lines has reached an all-time high in the U.S. amid fading social taboos and a more diverse society.
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U.S. News
'Underwear Bomber' Gets Life in Prison
Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was sentenced to life in prison for trying to destroy a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day of 2009.
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Economy
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Share of Workers in Scientific Fields Down
The share of U.S. workers in science and engineering fell in the last decade for the first time since 1950.
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Economy
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Unemployment Claims Drop
The number of workers filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in nearly four years, as a series of reports offered mostly positive signs about the U.S. economy.
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NY Politics
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Gay Marriage Passes in N.J., Veto Looms
The New Jersey Assembly passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriages, setting the stage for an expected veto by Gov. Christie.
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Health & Wellness
Implanted Microchip Gives Drug Doses
For people who require daily injections to treat medical problems a company has developed an experimental, implantable microchip to deliver drugs that some day may serve as a replacement for painful shots.
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U.S. News
Probation Is Likely for Most in TCU Bust
Students arrested in a drug sting at Texas Christian University are likely to receive probation rather than prison terms, but any with prior criminal records could face stiffer sentences.
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Remembrances
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Baseball Catcher Fueled Mets' Glory of 1980s
Gary Carter, who died Thursday at age 57 nearly nine months after being diagnosed with brain cancer, was a hard-hitting catcher who helped the New York Mets win the 1986 World Series.
ELECTION 2012
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Autos
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Santorum, Romney Slam Auto Bailouts
Santorum told a Detroit business audience that he opposed the auto bailout, as he competed with Romney for Michigan conservatives.
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President Visits Union Strongholds
With two high-profile visits to unionized plants, President Obama is increasingly taking a pro-labor stance amid an election-year fight between the two parties over how much of a role the government and unions should play in revitalizing economy.
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Obama Campaign Weighs Santorum
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has begun discussing whether to attack Rick Santorum, potentially breaking from its focus on Mitt Romney.
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Tax Cut Is Rare Sign of Bipartisanship
Congressional negotiators reached a deal to extend the payroll-tax cut, in a rare show of bipartisanship. The House and Senate could vote on the bill as early as Friday.
WORLD NEWS
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West Considers Iran's Offer to Talk
A call by Iran for a quick resumption of nuclear negotiations with world powers drew a cautiously receptive response from U.S. and European officials on Thursday, opening a potential avenue for reducing the mounting tensions between Tehran and the West.
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Sanctions on Iran Hit Its Kitchens
Western countries seeking to pressure Tehran are aiming new, stiff sanctions at Iran's top export—oil—but imports of food and other staples have borne the brunt of the measures so far, with an immediate financial impact on Iranian consumers.
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Middle East News
U.S. Points to al Qaeda's Role in Unrest
U.S. intelligence officials said they now believe al Qaeda operatives are aiding the Syrian opposition and may have been involved in recent bombings.
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Times Correspondent Dies in Syria
Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for the New York Times, died Thursday of an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria, the newspaper said.
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India News
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Maldives Government Agrees to Early Vote
The Maldives' government said it was open to early elections as a way out of a political crisis that has gripped the nation in the past week since former President Mohamed Nasheed said he was deposed in a coup.
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Karzai Appeals to Pakistan on Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with Pakistan's leaders, trying to gain Islamabad's support for his peace outreach to the Taliban..
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Serbs in Kosovo Reject Pristina's Rule
Serbs in northern Kosovo rejected the authority of the Balkan nation's central government with an overwhelming "no" vote in a symbolic referendum.
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U.S. to Cut Europe Forces in Remake
The Pentagon will pull some 10,000 troops out of Europe in a broad reorganization that will shrink the number of Army and Air Force personnel stationed in Germany and close a number of bases.
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Markets
Germany, Bank Ease Tensions on Bailout
A debt restructuring and second bailout for Greece appeared likely to go ahead.
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Brussels Beat
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Austerity Debate a Matter of Degree
The International Monetary Fund's support for spreading Greek budget pain over a number of years rather than concentrating it at the front end marks a shift in its view of austerity measures.
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Economy
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Canada Walks a Fine Line On Growth, Spending Cuts
The Canadian government's planned spending cuts have triggered a debate that has dominated other parts of the world for years: whether the benefits of trimming debt outweigh the effects on demand.
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Putin Rides the Easy Slope Down
Portraying himself as a daredevil, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rode a bobsled with an elite athlete Thursday. But his jaunt—not fully shown on Russian television—was down a gentle practice slope, not the steep, twisting, banked track used in competition.
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L.A. Welcomes Xi, Angles for Trade
Chinese Vice President Xi sought to highlight the benefits of U.S.-China commercial ties, visiting a farm in Iowa before flying to Los Angeles.
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Latin America News
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High Court Upholds Libel Suit in Ecuador
Ecuador's highest court ratified a $40 million fine against the country's most important newspaper, as well as prison sentences against three of the papers' owners and a columnist in a case that raises concerns about government attacks against the opposition media.
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