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XML Top StoriesBank of America Tower Foreclosed, Sells for Half Pricepublished 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 office tower in Atlanta, the U.S. foreclosure crisis–commercial division–just got significantly worse. Atlanta’s troubles and those of other cities, say experts,...
Beach Boys to Reunite at Grammyspublished about 3 hours ago
Beach Boys to perform together on stage Sunday for first time in 20 years.
Drillers Reach Antarctic Lake Vostokpublished about 3 hours ago
Russian scientists say they have successfully drilled down to Lake Vostok, a body of water two miles beneath the ice in Antarctica that may have been sealed for 20 million years.
Report: Teacher's aide sent love letters to boy (AP)published about 4 hours ago
AP - Officials at an elementary school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims are investigating yet another allegation of misconduct, this one involving a teacher's aide accused of sending love letters to an 11-year-old boy.
Syrian City Shelled for 5th Straight Daypublished about 4 hours ago
Artillery and tanks pummeled the Syrian city of Homs for the fifth straight day today and activists told ABC News that at least 50 people were killed. Today has been the heaviest day of shelling since the most recent assault began on Feb. 3, at least...
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Summary Box: Nissan quarterly profit rises (AP)published less than 1 hour 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
Teen Gets Life For 'Amazing' Murder Of Girlpublished less than 1 hour ago
A US teenager who stabbed, strangled and slit the throat of a young neighbour because she wanted to know what it would feel like has ... more
Summary Box: French strike cancels many flights (AP)published less than 1 hour ago
AP - GROUNDED: Air France canceled up to 40 percent of its long-distance flights Wednesday because of a strike by pilots and other personnel over ... more
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ECB still split on joining Greece debt deal: sources (Reuters)published about 2 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 3 hours ago
Celebrity real estate from Anna Kournikova, Tom Brady, and other celebrities.
Nello Ferrara, creator of Red Hots, dead at 93published about 4 hours ago
Nello Ferrara, the man who led the company that invented those confectionery classics and others (Lemonheads, Boston Baked Beans, Atomic Fireballs), has died.
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Microsoft to host Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Feb. 29published less than 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 less than 1 hour 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 less than 1 hour 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 1 hour ago
Every corner is blind for Charaf-Eddine Ait Taleb.
Openings Expected in Va. Lacrosse Death Trialpublished about 3 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 6 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 less than 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 1 hour 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 1 hour 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 5 hours ago
Quick energy boost just a breath away with inhalable caffeine; critics say fast fix has risks
Breastfeeding Moms Hold Nurse-Inpublished about 9 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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