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Toyota Prius recall: an owner's verdict - 5 Hours ago

As Toyota issues a global recall on four hybrid models, a UK Prius owner tells of his joy in the car but not its maker Ben Howard, a television editor from London, is delighted with his new black Prius,

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Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament, calls poll - 4 Hours ago

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's newly re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolved parliament with effect from Wednesday and called legislative elections, a senior government official said. 'The president

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CNN

Michael Jackson Doctor Charged - 4 Hours ago

Doctor denies manslaughter Click To View the Fullsize Image/s Michael Jackson's former doctor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter relating to the singer's death. Michael Jackson's death shook

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MAXIMUS Contributes $90,000 to Haiti Earthquake Relief
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Ali Dizaei disciplinary charges dropped 'due to politics'
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Senators debate ill Yar'Adua exit
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UN aid point in Haiti hit by fake coupon scam
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Bleak Haitian orphanages raise fears
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First Lady Begins Fight Against Childhood Obesity - 4 Hours ago
First lady Michelle Obama launched a nationwide campaign Tuesday to fight childhood obesity, part of her effort to teach America's children about better nutrition and exercise. Mrs. Obama said the Let's
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Snowed-packed D.C. to get hit again - 3 Hours ago
Another 10 to 20 inches of snow forecast for northern Virginia, eastern Maryland Federal workers, students in Washington told to stay home Tuesday Washington National Guard personnel will help with emergency

Washington could get 20 more inches of snow - 7 Hours ago
Another 10 to 20 inches of snow forecast for northern Virginia, eastern Maryland Federal workers, students in Washington told to stay home Tuesday Washington National Guard personnel will help with emergency

Politics/Law

Chartwells Joins White House Campaign to Eradicate Childhood Obesity - 5 Hours ago
RYE BROOK, N.Y., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Chartwells School Dining Services is joining First Lady Michelle Obama in her national campaign to end childhood obesity within the next generation. As the industry
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Obama hopes to see jobs package in coming weeks - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he hoped Congress would soon deliver a package of measures to boost U.S. employment and growth. "My hope is ... that both in the House (of
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Michelle Obama launches obesity campaign - 5 Hours ago
Turn off the television, drink more water and serve smaller portions to fight childhood obesity, first lady Michelle Obama is urging as she launches a national campaign against childhood obesity. Mayors,
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Business

380 jobs set to go at drugs giant - 4 Hours ago
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is to cut up to a third of jobs at one of its UK research and development sites.A 90-day consultation has started with workers at the site in Harlow, Essex, which employs 1,150,

Akio Toyoda: Plan to repair Toyota's public image - 16 Hours ago
More than 70 years ago, Toyota entered the auto business based on a simple, but powerful, principle: that Toyota would build the highest-quality, safest and most reliable automobiles in the world. The
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Energy Conversion posts third straight loss, sales dip - 3 Hours ago
BANAGLORE (Reuters) - Solar company Energy Conversion Devices Inc slumped to its third straight quarterly loss on Tuesday, hurt by weak demand and low utilization. Rochester Hills, Michigan-based ECD

Finance

Fed plots strategy to undo growth measures - 4 Hours ago
That's the reality the Federal Reserve is confronting as it starts to explain how it will undo the aggressive growth-supporting steps that were put in place when the economy was in its deep dive -- and
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Record low mortgage rates - 5 Hours ago
Tracker mortgage rates fell to a record low during January as competition continued to return to the mortgage market, figures from the Bank of England show. The average interest rate charged on one of
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European Stocks Advance; Swatch Rises, Unibail-Rodamco Slides - 3 Hours ago
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks advanced for a second day as investors speculated the European Union will assist Greece in tackling its budget deficit and Swatch Group AG posted better-than-estimated

Sports

Blackburn pay respects to supporter - 5 Hours ago
Blackburn will mark the death of a supporter on Wednesday night when they face Hull in the Barclays Premier League at Ewood Park.There will be a minute's silence before the match, with players wearing
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Super Bowl Sets Record With 48 Minutes Of Ads - 5 Hours ago
NEW YORK -- Think Sunday night's Super Bowl seemed like it had a lot of ads? You're right. Commercials took up nearly 48 minutes of the game -- the most for any Super Bowl. Research firm Kantar Media
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Paul Gascoigne arrested for the second time in two days - 4 Hours ago
Former England football star Paul Gascoigne has been arrested for the second time in two days. The ex-Newcastle United and Spurs midfielder was taken into custody along with another man by police called
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Industry

Bharat Book Bureau: VirtualScopics, Inc. - Financial Analysis Review - 5 Hours ago
VirtualScopics, Inc. (VirtualScopics) is a service provider company engaged in offering image-based biomarker solutions to customers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.
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New markets boost Coca Cola sales - 4 Hours ago
Coca Cola is targeting developing markets for growth Coca Cola saw sales and profits rise last year following a strong performance in developing markets. The world's largest soft drinks company reported
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New Prius on Toyota global recall list - 4 Hours ago
The world's largest automaker is under fire for two other recalls covering more than 8 million vehicles worldwide due to problems with slipping floormats and sticky accelerator pedals. It also faces a
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Internet

Google now taking user phone calls about Nexus One - 4 Hours ago
That was fast. Just one week after , the company is offering telephone support for Nexus One customersbut will only answer questions about the status of their phone orders and shipments. Nexus One customers
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Google to add social features to Gmail report - 4 Hours ago
Google is preparing to add Facebook- and Twitter-style streams to Gmail, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The newspaper says that Google will expand Gmailâ??s current status update feature,
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Apple Store Is Back Online. Little To See Here. - 4 Hours ago
The Apple Store was down this morning. And since this is Apple, one of the high-tech universe?s favorite parlor games began: What?s really going on?! As it turns out, not much, unless you?re in the market

Science

Hexion Specialty Chemicals to Build Cardura(TM) Monomer Plant in Onsan, Korea - 4 Hours ago
BusinessWire - --Plant Will Help Meet Raw Material Demand for Environmentally Advanced Paints and Coatings Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., today announced that its board of directors has approved construction
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Beckpharma Ltd.-Company Report - new market report released - 5 Hours ago
Refer to a friend 2010-02-09 15:42:16 - Beckpharma Ltd.-Company Report - a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com Beckpharma Ltd.-Company Report is a private Company Report that provides
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New investor group buys LMG Chemicals for P354M / Doris Dumlao - 4 Hours ago
Philippine Daily Inquirer Filed Under: Economy and Business and Finance, Investments A LITTLE KNOWN LOCAL HOLDing company, Sonato Inc., has acquired a 99.8-percent stake in publicly listed industrial

Entertainment

White Stripes battle US Air Force - 7 Hours ago
The White Stripes said the ad would help 'a war that we do not support' Rock band The White Stripes are taking on the US Air Force, complaining that it used one of the group's songs in a TV advert without
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Absent Polanski to Dominate Berlin Film Festival - 4 Hours ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - Roman Polanski may be under house arrest in a Swiss chalet, but the Polish-French director is set to dominate this year's Berlin film festival where his latest movie 'The Ghost Writer'
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Oscars for the arty Havarti movie? - 4 Hours ago
Looking through our photo files, I keep seeingÂ pictures of people wearing special glasses. I should check that out. Where have you been, Blog Guy? Theyâ??re watching â??Avatarâ? in 3D. Itâ??s a blockbuster

Technology

As Data Flows In, the Dollars Flow Out - 4 Hours ago
John Anderson and Sharon Rapoport estimate they spend $400 a month, or close to $5,000 a year, keeping their family of four entertained at home. There are the $30-a-month data plans on their BlackBerry
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Microsoft, Google split over browser bug bounty - 7 Hours ago
To entice security researchers to look for holes in the Chrome browser, Google has announced it will pay $500 for bugs found in the code. But several experts say that's not enough money to motivate skilled

Facebook is the new threat to Google - 8 Hours ago
More people are coming to US news sites via Facebook and other social networking sites such as Twitter â?? supplanting Google News, which had been one of the primary sources of readers, according to research

Health

New Jersey-based Kings Super Markets Selects Guiding Stars(R) In-store Nutrition - 5 Hours ago
BusinessWire - Guiding Stars, the world's first store-wide nutrition navigation system, announces that Kings Super Markets, Inc. has decided to implement its good-better-best nutrition rating system in
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Liberty Analytics Co. Initiates Independent Research Coverage on NexMed, Inc. - 5 Hours ago
(GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Liberty Analytics Co., a leading provider of large, small - and micro-cap independent investment research, today initiated coverage on NexMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXM | Quote
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Hong Kong dieters warned over swallowing parasitic worms - 8 Hours ago
The city's department of health said that Chinese-language websites have been offering products containing potentially fatal parasites as a means of losing weight quickly without eating less. The weight
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Culture

New Lineup of Artists Join Stand Up To Cancer On Demand - 4 Hours ago
BusinessWire - Comcast Corporation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have launched the second installment of musical assets for Stand Up 2 Cancer On Demand, the first-ever video-on-demand (VOD) initiative

Youngest Non-Profit Founder Holds Charity Art Show and Auction to Benefit Children - 4 Hours ago
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Driskill Hotel, 604 Brazos Street, Austin, Texas Brianna's Pennies of Love (www.penniesoflove.org), a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization, founded by 10-year-old Brianna Vogel, will

Bursary for arts students' study - 7 Hours ago
Annual bursary for Â£1,000 set up for Jersey arts pupils A bursary to provide up to Â£1,000 a year for a performing arts student from Jersey has been set up following a request in the will of a local