President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday said French troops would leave a year early, by the end of 2013.
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New York Times
OptionsGrowth Accelerates, but U.S. Has Lots of Ground to Make Up
Whether the American economy, which grew last quarter at its fastest pace in a year and a half, can sustain that momentum is critical to millions of people out of ...
Read more.Haditha Massacre Case
The collapse of the prosecution of a Marine for a civilian massacre in Haditha, Iraq, follows a trend by the military of an unwillingness to second-guess fighters in fog-of-war cases.
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CNN
OptionsExperts divided on U.S. military cuts
Some military experts Friday called Defense Secretary Leon Panetta&aposs proposed budget cuts "much to do about nothing," but others expressed concern about the potential of a shrinking U.S ...
Read more.Final Florida push follows testy debate
GOP presidential front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich barnstormed across Florida on Friday, trying to rally supporters and break away in the polls four days before what is shaking up ...
Read more.Deaths rise in Syria as U.N. weighs draft resolution
Forces kill 60 people in Syria, an opposition group said, as the U.N. Security Council considers a draft that would call on Bashar al-Assad to resign.
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Huffington Post
OptionsTwitter Censorship Policy Ignites Global Outrage
NEW YORK — Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of ...
Read more.Kevin White Dead: Former Boston Mayor Dies At 82
BOSTON -- Former Mayor Kevin H. White, who led the city for 16 years including racially turbulent times in the 1970s and was credited with putting it on a path to ...
Read more.Sarah Costa: Pregnant and Displaced: Double the Danger
It's time we all step up our efforts to ensure that women everywhere can decide freely if and when they want to have children, that all mothers can deliver ...
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The Washington Post
OptionsThe biggest Pinocchios of 2011
Fact checkers are under assault!
Before we present our list of the biggest Pinocchios of the year, we would like to address the torrent of criticism addressed at fact checkers ...
Read more.Barack Obama: the ‘food-stamp president’?
“We are going to have the candidate of food stamps, the finest food stamp president in American history, in Barack Obama, and we are going to have a candidate of ...
Read more.Wizards vs. Rockets: Sloppy play stops Washington’s momentum vs. Houston
HOUSTON — John Wall trailed Nick Young on a fast break, watched Young miss an uncontested layup, and came soaring from behind to catch the ball and dunk with both hands ...
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Business Insider
OptionsNew Email Suggests BP Hid The Truth About How Big The Oil Spill Really Was
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On the day the Deepwater Horizon sank, BP officials warned in an internal memo that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the ...
Read more.Marco Rubio Just Locked Up The 2016 Republican Nomination
GOP Golden Boy Marco Rubio revealed the magnitude of his star power today, delivering an impassioned speech on immigration that showed exactly why he is the true heir apparent of ...
Read more.WATCH: Dwyane Wade Is Back And Delivered This Sick Alley-Oop To LeBron James
Dwyane Wade had missed the past six games with a sprained ankle. And even though the Miami Heat (and Chris Bosh) have been playing better without Wade, he tested the ...
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National Geographic News
OptionsNear-Extinct Monkeys Found in Colombian Park
A new population of one of the world's rarest primates has been found in a Colombian park, conservationists announced today.
Read more.Stonehenge Precursor Found? Island Complex Predates Famous Site
What's more, the Scottish island complex may have been the model for England's famous stone-circle site, new data suggest.
Read more.Hottest Thing on Earth: X-rays Heat Metal to 3.6 Million Degrees
By zapping a scrap of metal with superpowerful x-rays, scientists created plasma that rivals the sun for heat.
Read more.Hyperactive Sun Helping to Clear Out Space Junk
The recent uptick in solar flares and other sun activity has been causing orbiting debris to fall faster, a NASA scientist reports.
Read more.Space Pictures This Week: Sun Loops, Blue Marble, More
Plasma arcs over the sun, Earth shines in high resolution, a colorful halo surrounds the moon, and more in the week's best space pictures.
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U.S. News Headlines - Yahoo! News
OptionsBerkeley energy lab plans big expansion
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said it will expand beyond its 200-acre Berkeley, California, campus with a 90-acre site in neighboring Richmond, California, hoping to ride gains ...
Read more.Washington state marijuana legalization headed for ballot
(Reuters) - Supporters of legalizing marijuana for recreational use have submitted enough signatures to put the matter to voters in Washington state in a bold move that, if successful, could put ...
Read more.Mistrial declared in Katrina police shootings case
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of a retired police detective accused of conspiring to cover up wrongdoing in fatal police shootings ...
Read more.Union membership slipped further as attacks came in 2011
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The percentage of workers represented by a union dipped slightly in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, as organized labor came under attack in states ...
Read more.Accused California hair salon shooter to stand trial in October
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former tugboat worker will stand trial in October on charges of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a California hair salon in the largest mass ...
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TEDTalks (video)
OptionsTED: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Women entrepreneurs, example not exception - Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (2011)
Women aren’t micro--so why do they only get micro-loans? At TEDxWomen reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms-- from home businesses to major factories-- ...
Read more.TED: Ariel Garten: Know thyself, with a brain scanner - Ariel Garten (2011)
Imagine playing a video game controlled by your mind. Now imagine that game also teaches you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus. At TEDxToronto Ariel Garten shows ...
Read more.TED: Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that? - Brian Goldman (2011)
Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them to learn and ...
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TechCrunch
OptionsRon Paul, Mitt Romney Leading On Facebook Ahead Of Florida Primary
The Republican presidential candidacy is still far from decided, based on the split primaries and mixed polls so far. So here’s another source for trying to figure who’s ...
Read more.Harvard Gets Its First VC Firm: The Experiment Fund
As just about everyone should know by now, the seeds of what grew into Facebook were planted at Harvard. Might there be a bunch of mini-Zucks lurking in the dorms ...
Read more.Secret Windows 8 Weapon: Kinect Built Into Your Laptop
The Windows release of Kinect is coming up in a couple days, but for most people that won’t be a major event: the Kinect they have is sitting on ...
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Wired Top Stories
OptionsA Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 28
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Documents Artist's Social Media Dissent
SEC Goes After Online Trading Firms That Unwittingly Helped Latvian Hacker
In an effort to crack down on hacker/stock traders who hijack brokerage accounts and exploit the stock market for gain, the Securities and Exchange Commission has, in a novel ...
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SI.com
OptionsTiger two strokes back in Abu Dhabi
Stanley leads by one at Torrey Pines
Game Recap
MIAMI (AP) The New York Knicks , they were all about the 3's. The Miami Heat , they welcomed back No. 3.
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Opera sports
OptionsLVBP- VEN Tiburones de La Guaira 9 - 1 Tigres de Aragua FT Tiburones de La Guaira 9:30 p.m. Tigres de Aragua Tigres de Aragua Jan. 29, 2012 Tiburones de La Guaira Tigres de Aragua Jan. 31, 2012 Tiburones de La Guaira LIDOM- DOM Leones del Escogido 2 - 1 Aguilas Cibaenas FT Aguilas Cibaenas Jan. 29, 2012 Leones del Escogido Leones del Escogido Jan. 30, 2012 Aguilas Cibaenas ABL- AUS Adelaide Bite 8 a.m. Sydney Blue Sox Perth Heat 11:20 a.m. Melbourne Aces Adelaide Bite Jan. 29, 2012 Sydney Blue Sox -
ESPN
OptionsLeBron, Wade help Heat take down Knicks
LeBron James scored 31 points, Dwyane Wade scored 28 in his return from a sprained right ankle, and the Miami Heat beat the 3-point-obsessed New York Knicks 99-89 on Friday ...
Read more.U.S. blanks Costa Rica; qualifies for Olympics
The U.S. women's soccer team qualified for the London Olympics on Friday night with a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica.
Read more.Hornets actively trying to trade center Kaman
The New Orleans Hornets are actively trying to trade center Chris Kaman, according to sources close to the process.
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Reuters: Sports News
OptionsCarnival Corp's Arison at courtside for Heat game
MIAMI (Reuters) - Carnival Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Micky Arison on Friday made what was believed to be his first public appearance since an ocean liner belonging to one of ...
Read more.Success brings confidence, not pressure, says Nadal
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic comes into the Australian Open final shouldering the expectations of defending champion and with a huge target on his back after winning back-to-back grand slam titles.
Read more.Heat missed me, says high-flying Wade
MIAMI, JAN 27 - MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Heat have won eight of their nine games without Dwyane Wade but after he returned with 28 points in Friday's victory over ...
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TMZ.com
OptionsV.I.P. Diddy Party -- Most Outrageous Cover Charge of All-Time
P. Diddy's throwing a party so ridiculous every guy is getting 15 hot models to "service" them all night. There's just one tiny catch -- a FIVE figure cover ...
Read more.'Mob Wives' Renee Graziano -- Hospitalized After Dad's Bust in Mafia Crime Sweep
"Mob Wives" star Renee Graziano was rushed to a NYC hospital by ambulance today ... just hours after feds busted her father and several other Bonanno crime family members.Sources close ...
Read more.Donkey & Mule Society -- 'Fear Factor' Producers Are Asses for Pulling Semen Stunt
The "Fear Factor" donkey semen challenge isn't only gross for the contestants ... it's also really bad PR for donkeys everywhere -- that's according to the preeminent donkey advocacy ...
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