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The New York Times - Global Headlines

  • DealBook: Glencore to Buy Remaining Stake in Xstrata for $41 Billion
  • DealBook: Sardar Biglari Take a Page From Warren Buffett for His Own Path
  • South Korean Political Star Starts Charity to Confront Inequality
  • Maldives President Quits Amid Protests
  • Greek Workers Strike Against New Round of Austerity
  • Syria Renews Bombardments After U.S. Embassy Closes
  • DealBook: UBS Profit Falls on European Debt Crisis
  • G.E. Ends Bid to Create a Supply of Technetium 99m
  • Super Bowl — Slacklining Gains Stage in Madonna’s Halftime Show
  • St. Moritz Journal: With Leaning Tower of Pisa Straighter, Other Contenders
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BBC - World News

  • Tigress 'terrorises Sundarbans'
  • LA abuse school removes all staff
  • Brazil police stand-off continues
  • Explosion rocks Nigeria barracks
  • Gulf Arabs expel Syria's envoys
  • Iranian president summoned by MPs
  • Wales have double fitness boost
  • PCB moves to clarify Ajmal claims
  • Iraq bloc ends boycott of cabinet
  • Japan refinery tunnel collapses
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POLITICO

  • Hoekstra Campaign: “So solly, Charlie. We no want pull ad. Ad gone biral.”
  • Urban Exile: Poll: 88 Percent of Voters Say Candidates Should Focus on Poverty
  • 300 Michigan Science Faculty, Collectively Paid $45M/Year, Sign Letter Protesting Union For Their Grad Assistants
  • Michigan Backs Financial Scheme of Convicted Felon & Now Taxpayers on the Hook for $18 Million
  • Pollsters Ask: Get Rid of Michigan’s EM Law? Voters With College Degrees Say “Keep It.”
  • Lanx Satura: [Sat-ahyuhr] LiveLOLing the Florida Republican Primary
  • Higher Ed Experts Call President Obama’s ‘College Affordability’ Speech at U of M “political theater of the worst sort”
  • The Parent Trap: Autism Speaks, but No One is Listening in My World
  • Urban Exile: Lifestyles of the Down and Out—Tent Cities in America
  • Deliverance: 411 on the 313—The Public Fast Food Option….O’Donald’s
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The Huffington Post

  • 'Dancing With The Stars' Season 14 Dream Casting: Tim Tebow, Giuliana Rancic And More
  • Stephanie Lazarus Murder Case: Shocking Photographs Of The Victim Open The Trial
  • Robert Levin: The Government's Secret War Against Small Business
  • Rick Santorum Challenges Mitt Romney In February 7 Contests (LIVE UPDATES)
  • High Line's Gay History: New York's Urban Reclamation Project Has LGBT Community Ties (PHOTOS)
  • William Bradley: Newtonian Motion, the Big Nevada Bust, the Road Ahead (and the Rise of Rick?)
  • Far From Wall Street, Banks Are Being Punished For Misdeeds
  • Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: Ask Pastor Paul: Answering Questions About the Afterlife
  • Christopher Burgess: Five Tips for a Safer Internet Day 2012
  • Congress Passes FAA Bill To Switch From Radar To GPS
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Sky News Sports

  • V8 star Lowndes happy with Luff
  • Rafter impressed by Hewitt's form
  • Tomic keen to focus on tennis
  • Manly stars out to prove their NRL worth
  • Injury hampers Didak's AFL pre-season
  • Capello to meet with FA over Terry row
  • Tendulkar in line for rest in Perth
  • Postecoglou says no money for McKay
  • Fit Pavlich on track for big season
  • Marsh finds form in Shield
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Sky News Politics

  • Romney eyes new wins in Republican race
  • RBA struck balance on rates- Swan
  • Slipper brings back Speaker's gown
  • Unions to strike as EU pressures Greece
  • Coalition Nauru plans in shreds- Bowen
  • Force banks to pass on rate cuts-Green
  • Abbott talks betrayal at MPs' service
  • Abbott talks betrayal at MPs' service
  • Abbott says Gillard playing sexism card
  • Political sexism lives on, says senator
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Sky News Business

  • Macquarie flags job cuts, lower profit
  • NAB warns on funding costs
  • Glencore, Xstrata agree on merger terms
  • UBS reports drop in profit
  • Construction activity falls in January
  • Cochlear shares up despite $20m loss
  • Transurban expects strong H2
  • Trust me on return to surplus - Swan
  • Cash rate unchanged at 4.25 per cent
  • UBS reports drop in profit
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BusinessWeek - Top News

  • Coinstar Soars on Profit, Buyout of NCR Unit: Los Angeles Mover
  • Assad Uses Tactics of Father to Crush Violent Syria Revolt
  • U.S. Stocks Decline as Greece Holds Talks to Secure Rescue Funds
  • Sold-Out Genoves Show, LeWitt and Jensen, Italian Photographers
  • Glaxo Sales Miss Estimates; Share Buyback Smaller Than 2011
  • Payrolls in U.S. Jump 243,000; Unemployment Drops to 8.3%
  • European Stocks Drop Amid Greek Talks; BMW, LVMH, Swatch Slide
  • Freud’s Obese Nudes Star in London Portrait Show: Martin Gayford
  • Toyota May Beat Profit Forecasts, Reclaim Lost Market Share
  • Sondheim’s ‘Merrily’ Returns 30 Years After Famed Broadway Flop
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Gawker

  • Ronald Reagan's Ghost Is 101 and the American Experiment Is Dying [Usa]
  • Giants Fans Occupy Zuccotti Park, Demands Unclear [New York]
  • M.I.A.'s Fiancé on Date with 'Very Pretty Black Girl,' According to Paper's Email Screw-Up [Gossip]
  • The Globe-Trotting Do-Gooder Who Inspired The Philanthropist Is a Shill For Syria's Brutal Dictator [Syria]
  • Oh God Lindsay Lohan What Are You Doing [Bralessness]
  • An Unnecessary New Cable News Network Could Be Coming Soon [Media]
  • Which Actor Ruined a Co-Star's Relationship? [Blind Items]
  • Real Housewife of New Jersey Jacqueline Laurita Stops By Watch What Happens To Curse On Air [Video]
  • NBC's Heavily Hyped Smash in 45 Seconds [Video]
  • London's New CCTV Cameras Speak In American Accent [London]
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Slashdot

  • Red Hat Appoints Robyn Bergeron First Female Fedora Project Leader
  • Sanctions Or Not, Iranian Competition Yields Successful UAVs
  • Cops Set Up Extortion Sting On Symantec's Source Code Thieves
  • Apple Intern Spent 12 Weeks Porting Mac OS X To ARM
  • KDE Publishes a Book For Beginner Developers
  • First Run of Raspberry Pi Boards To Be Completed Feb 20th
  • Halliburton To Dump Blackberry For iOS
  • Water Droplets In Orbit On the International Space Station
  • Canonical Pulls Kubuntu Personnel Funding
  • Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password
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Reddit - Frontpage of the internet

  • IAmA Ferrari salesman. AMA
  • Good Girl Gina or Scumbag Redditor?
  • Notice the difference?
  • Hey Reddit, all of my music is free and not popular at all. If you have a few minutes, give it a listen. <3
  • It's official. This is the coolest guy I've ever seen.
  • Why do I wake up 5-10 minutes before my alarm?
  • So my wife may soon be giving birth to venom.. any tips?
  • Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil
  • For the first time, scientists at Exeter University have captured on film the process by which plants alert each other to possible dangers.
  • Put up or shut up.
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Ten Ton Hammer

  • SWTOR Space Battle Guide: Sullust Interception and Drexel Sweep | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Your Web Empire - 8Realms Impressions | Ten Ton Hammer
  • SOE Announces In-Game Valentine's Day Themed Event Plans | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Eligium - The Chosen Heads to Open Beta February 15th | Ten Ton Hammer
  • TERA Forums Return in Time for First Beta Weekend | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Scott Hartsman Reflects on One Year of Rift | Ten Ton Hammer
  • TGN Reveals Worldless Trailer for The Secret World | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Line of Defense Finds a New Ally with Evolve PR | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Brag About Your Realm in Dark Age of Camelot's Video Contest | Ten Ton Hammer
  • Diablo III Sends Out 100,000 Beta Invitations | Ten Ton Hammer
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The Escapist

  • Trailers: Shoot Many Robots - Meet the Enemies
  • Critical Miss: The Latest Craze
  • Volition Dev Vs. Pre-Owned Games
  • The Father of Computer Science is Still a Criminal
  • Teen Gets Into MIT, Launches Acceptance Letter Into Space
  • EA Cuts Jobs From EA Canada and Blackbox
  • BTJunkie "Voluntarily" Shuts Down
  • Sign Up For the Hawken Beta
  • 13,000 Play Half-Life 2 For Half-Life 3
  • PlayStation Vita Already Getting New Features
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Cyanide and Happiness

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xkcd

  • Wake Up Sheeple
  • Wrong Superhero
  • Baby Names
  • Etymology-Man
  • Sigh
  • Suckville
  • Sustainable
  • Sloppier Than Fiction
  • SOPA
  • Batman
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