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Economy grew 2.8 pct. in Q4, but outlook is hazy (AP) |
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Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship (AP) |
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Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil (AP) |
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California passes new auto emission rules (AP) |
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Romney, Gingrich focus on Hispanic voters in Fla. (AP) |
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US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP) |
| AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday. |
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'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years (AP) |
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Tubby tabby gets revolutionary new knee joint (AP) |
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Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing (AP) |
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Djokovic edges Murray, sets up final vs Nadal (AP) |
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Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years. |
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U.S. growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead (Reuters) |
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Syria violence kills 37, U.N. Security Council to meet (Reuters) |
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Romney puts Gingrich on defensive in Florida debate (Reuters) |
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In Facebook IPO, bankers seek prestige over fees (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business. |
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Exclusive: Greek PM Papademos expects debt swap deal in days (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Greece expects to conclude difficult debt talks with private creditors within days and negotiations with the EU and the IMF on a new bailout deal by the middle of next week, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told Reuters on Friday. |
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Apple not turning "blind eye" to supply chain problems: CEO (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Apple Inc has never turned "a blind eye" to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is "patently false," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an email to employees. |
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Obama seeks to rally Democrats to election-year fight (Reuters) |
| Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to push back hard against Republicans who try to obstruct his election-year proposals on taxes and jobs, as he sought to rally congressional Democrats and move past a period of strained relations. |
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A confident Romney zings Gingrich in Republican debate No. 19 (The Christian Science Monitor) |
| The Christian Science Monitor - Episode 19 in the Great Republican Debate-a-thon may be most remembered for its spirited discussion of moon colonies. But it was Mitt Romneyâs sharp performance that won the night in the last debate before Floridaâs crucial primary next Tuesday. |
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Drive-by jihadi pleads guilty to shooting at Pentagon (The Christian Science Monitor) |
| The Christian Science Monitor - An Alexandria, Va., man admitted in federal court Thursday that he fired live rounds into the Pentagon and three other government buildings and planned to desecrate graves at Arlington National Cemetery in support of Islamic militants overseas. |