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North Korea Issues Blunt New Threat to United States

New York Times - ‎49 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - A blunt and explicit threat from North Korea Thursday that its missile and nuclear programs would “target” the United States in a “new phase of the anti-U.
Can North Korea deliver on its threat to target US with nuclear weapons? - by Affan Chowdhry
North Korea says a new nuclear test will be part of clash with US
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Ex-Prosecutor Mary Jo White Named to Top SEC Post

New York Times - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Mary Jo White, a former federal prosecutor, assisted the N.F.L. last year in a Cliff Owen/Associated PressMary Jo White, a former federal prosecutor, oversaw the prosecution of the mafia boss John Gotti.
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Feinstein unveils assault weapons ban

Politico - ‎26 minutes ago‎
Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Thursday rolled out a controversial piece of the gun control legislation, a ban on assault weapons similar to the one that expired in 2004.
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Twitter adds loopy videos with Vine integration

Register - ‎57 minutes ago‎
Twitter users can now add six-second looping videos to their daily 140-character vignettes using technology the company bought from the developer start-up Vine.
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Shakira & Gerard Piqué's Son Makes Debut on Social Media

Fox News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Fans of Shakira and Gerard Piqué didn't have to wait long to get a glimpse of the couple's newborn son. Just two days after Milan Piqué Mebarak was born, Piqué shared a picture of his son's feet to his 5 million followers on Twitter.
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Apple boss addresses rumor of iPhone component cuts (sort of)

Digital Trends - ‎18 minutes ago‎
Apple is usually content to leave the rumor mill churning away, happy for the publicity. A recent report suggesting the company had ordered a cut in orders for iPhone 5 components has, however, elicited a response.
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UPDATE 4-Europe urges citizens to leave Libya's Benghazi

Reuters - ‎36 minutes ago‎
Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:55pm EST. * Britain, Germany, Netherlands urge nationals to leave Benghazi. * Threats cited, but no details given (Adds British school Benghazi principal quotes).
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Davos 2013: do David Cameron and George Osborne really understand ...

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎20 minutes ago‎
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the advertising goliath WPP, likes to characterise the four big uncertainties at the heart of the economic malaise - break-up of the euro, fiscal paralysis in the US, a hard landing in China and instability in the Middle East - as ...
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Exterminator Charged in Doctor's Murder

ABC News - ‎43 minutes ago‎
An exterminator named Jason Smith was arrested and charged today in the strangling and burning death of Philadelphia pediatrician Melissa Ketunuti.
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Kerry says global climate change is threat to US

Washington Post - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Calling himself “a passionate advocate” for energy policy, Sen. John Kerry said Thursday that climate change was among the top international threats facing the United States, cheering environmentalists and disappointing oil industry officials, who have been ...
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United, Southwest results top estimates, bookings solid

Reuters - ‎58 minutes ago‎
By Karen Jacobs. Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:54pm EST. (Reuters) - United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL.N) recorded a bigger quarterly loss and Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.
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Jobless claims in US decrease, prolonging seasonal swings

Inland Empire News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Claims for jobless benefits in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped last week to a five-year low, highlighting the challenges in adjusting the data for swings at the start of a year.
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30-year mortgage rate rises to 3.42%

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (AP) - Average rates on fixed mortgages rose this week but remained near record lows. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on 30-year fixed loans increased to 3.42% from 3.38% last week.
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Rise in Leading Index Signals US Expansion Into 2013

Bloomberg - ‎3 hours ago‎
The index of U.S. leading indicators rose in December by the most in three months, signaling stronger housing and job markets will help the world's largest economy make more progress in the first half of 2013.
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AT&T U-Verse issues being resolved today

SlashGear - ‎1 hour ago‎
In case you missed the news, some U-Verse customers in a number of different areas around the country have been experiencing service outages since the beginning of the week.
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Anonymous hacker group: Two jailed for cyber attacks

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Two men who carried out cyber attacks for the Anonymous hacking group have been jailed. Christopher Weatherhead, 22, of Northampton, and Ashley Rhodes, 28, of Camberwell, London, were jailed for 18 months and seven months respectively.
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Benjamin Millepied Answers Questions About His New Post With Paris Opera ...

New York Times (blog) - ‎29 minutes ago‎
PARIS - The journalists who arrived this morning at the Palais Garnier for the news conference introducing Benjamin Millepied as the new director of dance at the Paris Opera were ushered into the grandly proportioned office of its general director, Nicolas ...
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Quoted: Aretha Franklin defends Beyonce lip-sync

Washington Post (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
“She did a beautiful job with the pre-record. . . Next time I'll probably do the same.” - Aretha Franklin weighing in on the Beyonce lip-sync controversy, in an interview with ABC.
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Braves acquire coveted outfielder J. Upton

MLB.com - ‎49 minutes ago‎
ATLANTA -- Braves general manager Frank Wren entered the offseason hoping to acquire two new outfielders. Nearly four months later, he has acquired two Uptons and has arguably positioned his club to enter Spring Training with the game's best outfield.
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Tom Benson makes it official, team will be New Orleans Pelicans next season

NOLA.com - ‎16 minutes ago‎
In keeping with a promise to re-brand the NBA team he purchased from the league last April, New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson officially announced Thursday afternoon that the Hornets' name will switch to the New Orleans Pelicans.
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Djokovic Relentless in Defeat of Ferrer

New York Times
2 hours ago
Written by
Christopher Clarey
MELBOURNE - Two points from elimination in a wild, late-night ride of a fourth round, Novak Djokovic has not squandered his reprieve.
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Te'o Tells Couric 'Pain' and 'Sorrow' Was Real

ABC News - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Manti Te'o told Katie Couric the feelings he had for what turned out to be a fake, online girlfriend were real and reiterated he had nothing to do with the hoax.
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Dung Beetles Use Milky Way as GPS

Discovery News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Birds and humans use stars to navigate (at least, our pre-GoogleMaps ancestors did), but can insects map their routes? For dung beetles, a new study says the answer is yes.
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NASA Telescope Spots Solar Braids

Voice of America - ‎1 hour ago‎
Five or 10 minutes is not a long time when it comes to a NASA mission, but it was long enough for NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, telescope to capture the sharpest images ever taken of the sun's scorching atmosphere.
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Science News From Around the Web

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Thursday in Science, we're reading about carb-loving canines, men who hide birth control pills, frogs at risk, a mumps comeback and a deformed dolphin adopted by whales.
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DNA may soon be used for storage

Computerworld
49 minutes ago
Written by
Lucas Mearian
Computerworld - Researchers have created a way to store data in the form of DNA, which can last for tens of thousands of years. The encoding method makes it possible to store at least 100 million hours of high-definition video in about a cup of DNA, the ...
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Study: smokers have shorter life expectancy than nonsmokers

NBCNews.com - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Smokers lose at least one decade of life expectancy over non-smokers on average according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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New norovirus bug sweeps nation

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
As if this year's rough flu season weren't enough, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that a new strain of the vomiting disease norovirus has reached the USA from Australia.
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