XML Top StoriesRemember snow?published less than 1 hour ago
This is how our snowy streets and city looked last year and in past seasons.
Daniel Radcliffe: Oscars Sore Loser?published about 1 hour ago
Actor says Academy biased against "Harry Potter" because of commercial success.
Boehner Vows to Undo Birth Control Rulepublished about 1 hour ago
House Speaker John Boehner today called the Obama administration’s move to compel nearly every employer to offer insurance that covers contraceptive services “an unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country.” In an uncommon floor speech today, Boehner spoke out against the Department of...
Bin Laden Zombie Film Comingpublished about 1 hour ago
A Utah production company announced today that it has shot a movie based on the premise that Osama bin Laden rises from his watery grave and leads an army of zombie terrorists in a violent jihad of the undead. In the feature-length film, "Osombie: The Axis of Evil Dead," a NATO Special Forces unit races to defeat zombie bin Laden and his flesh-seeking militia, while also stopping the infection from spreading to even more terrorist corpses.
Kathy Ireland: From Swimsuit Model to $350 Million Mogulpublished about 1 hour ago
It's staff meeting time for the biggest retail brand you've never heard of, which at Kathy Ireland Worldwide means marching up the hills outside Santa Barbara to the eponymous founder's mission-style home for a corporate version of "I'm OK, You're OK." As the coastal air tempers the bright California sun, 15 staffers dressed in casual black sprawl on the plush sofas or sit cross-legged on the floor. An Academy Award rests nonchalantly on an end table, lending a surreal touch. ... more
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Car bomb attack in Somali capital kills 8published less than 1 hour ago
A car bomb killed eight people and wounded two members of parliament in Somalia's capital Wednesday, officials said, in an attack claimed by a spokesman ... more
Czech president to be elected in public vote (AP)published less than 1 hour ago
AP - The Czech Parliament has approved changing the constitution to let the public elect the country's presidents instead of lawmakers.
Summary Box: Nissan quarterly profit rises (AP)published about 2 hours ago
AP - RISING ABOVE: Nissan's quarterly profit rose 3.2 percent on healthier sales that offset production damage from flooding in Thailand and a battering from ... more
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Bank of America Tower Foreclosedpublished about 3 hours ago
The Bank of America Plaza building in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Feb. 6, 2012. With the forced public auction yesterday of Bank of America’s signature 55-story ... more
ECB still split on joining Greece debt deal: sources (Reuters)published about 3 hours ago
Reuters - European Central Bank policymakers are still divided on what contribution the ECB could make to a restructuring of Greece's sovereign debt, two euro ... more
Celebrity Real Estate: Anna Kournikova, A-Rodpublished about 4 hours ago
Celebrity real estate from Anna Kournikova, Tom Brady, and other celebrities.
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Microsoft to host Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Feb. 29published about 1 hour ago
The software giant takes another step toward releasing its next computer operating system, holding an event at Mobile World Congress to unveil the Windows 8 ... more
Google Chrome for Android vs. Firefox for Android (ContributorNetwork)published about 2 hours ago
ContributorNetwork - Some of you might have been wondering: If Google makes the Android operating system and Google makes the Chrome Web browser, why don't ... more
Can Anybody Compete with Netflix? (ContributorNetwork)published about 2 hours ago
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | This is shaping up to the be the year streaming video becomes ultra-competitive. Netflix is starting to recover after a near ... more
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Every Corner Is Blind for Devoted French Fanpublished about 2 hours ago
Every corner is blind for Charaf-Eddine Ait Taleb.
Openings Expected in Va. Lacrosse Death Trialpublished about 4 hours ago
Opening statements expected in trial of Va. lacrosse player accused of killing ex-girlfriend
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ArtsBeat | The Grammy Awards: Will Sales Translate to Awards for Adele?published about 3 hours ago
On Sunday, we'll see if the Grammy Awards shake out like the 2011 album sales charts - as a race for second behind Adele and ... more
The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: Nick Jonaspublished about 3 hours ago
Nick Jonas picks "The Artist" to win, mainly because he thinks that's what the Academy will go with. But he quite likes "Midnight in Paris." ... more
Architecture: A Proposal for Penn Station and Madison Square Gardenpublished about 3 hours ago
Remedying the calamity that is Penn Station by moving Madison Square Garden to the Javits Center site is a way to bring back light and ... more
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India ministers quit after caught watching porn in parliament (Reuters)published about 7 hours ago
Reuters - Three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party, including a women's affairs minister, resigned on Wednesday after being caught watching pornography on a ... more
German police use Facebook pictures to nab crooks (Reuters)published 1 day ago
Reuters - Police in the German state of Lower-Saxony will soon use their networks of Facebook "friends" to find missing persons and hunt out suspected ... more
Mum tells Westwood to say sorry for swearing (Reuters)published 1 day ago
Reuters - Lee Westwood was forced to apologize after his mum caught him swearing on live television at last week's Qatar Masters, the world number ... more
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"Jersey Shore" and "Dora" join Amazon streaming (Reuters)published about 1 hour ago
Reuters - Amazon further positioned itself against Netflix on Wednesday, announcing a deal with Viacom to make much of its TV programming available for instant ... more
Seven decades of Lucian Freud on show in London (Reuters)published about 3 hours ago
Reuters - Britain's National Portrait Gallery launched a major show of the late figurative painter Lucian Freud's work Wednesday, showcasing the fleshy portraits which made ... more
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Eczema tied to higher impotence risk (Reuters)published about 2 hours ago
Reuters - Men who have the allergic skin condition eczema may have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction than other men, a new study finds.
Get Caffeine Fix With a Deep Breathpublished about 6 hours ago
Quick energy boost just a breath away with inhalable caffeine; critics say fast fix has risks
Breastfeeding Moms Hold Nurse-Inpublished about 10 hours ago
A group of moms protested outside Facebook offices around the world Monday because the social network has repeatedly taken down photos that show mothers breastfeeding ... more
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