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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.e1862130fc9b452fa19f0b2c392ae3d1-e1862130fc9b452fa19f0b2c392ae3d1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=l1mF5WDNCyEFvAMHzbxiGQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama makes a statement at the White House after the congressional debt supercommittee failed to reach an agreement on debt reduction on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - Targeting Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail, P…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_go_co/us_supercommittee_bush_tax_cuts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.203a440fffab444ab9a8018ab04d59f6-203a440fffab444ab9a8018ab04d59f6-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=bzNh8CDatcx7ZsB7A1.lrg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Supercommittee member Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks with reporters as the deficit reduction panel's mandate ends in failure, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - A long-running war between Democrats and Republicans ove…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.1059f7a705b545c7b38bbb403e6983d8-1059f7a705b545c7b38bbb403e6983d8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Cp96BdgL2NaD4ZiEe3clPQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Two Egyptian protesters throw rocks toward Egyptian riot police in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Security forces fired tear gas and clashed Monday with several thousand protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square in the third straight day of violence that has killed dozens of people and has turned into the most sustained …
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_debt_supercommittee_automatic_cuts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.cb17f7b9ffe14a8593facf29247eafdd-cb17f7b9ffe14a8593facf29247eafdd-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=ZOT9F93Fx_zxfdfm_PUseg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2011 file photo Supercommittee co-chairs Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., center, listen as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hears testimony about the history of the national debt by the Congressional Budget Office direct…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_debt_supercommittee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.6862b3d7b64241bdabc479c467207365-6862b3d7b64241bdabc479c467207365-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=OooOpeymcwENYwoDBiQPsQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Supercommittee member Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., walks amid reporters as the deficit reduction panel ends in failure, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to …
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Following a one-day delay, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission featuring its new Curiosity rover is now scheduled for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Representing the largest and most advanced rover ever sent to the Red Planet, the automobile-sized Curiosity vehicle will look for evidence of water, carbon and other key elements in the Martian soil and atmosphere. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111121/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.54df54bd616047fea2fd94def485b254-54df54bd616047fea2fd94def485b254-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=GLe_Rq3W65un4bj9uM2Wyw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Traders Richard Cohen, left, and Lewis Vande-Pallen, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Stocks are taking a sharp fall in early trading Monday amid reports that a congressional committee will fail to agree on a plan to cut the U.S. government's budget deficit.(AP Photo…
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User forums are lit up with complaints about Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which was released in the UK late last week. It seems that the handset's volume control goes haywire when the connection shifts to a 2G band. Unfortunately, 2G is widespread in Europe. The Galaxy Nexus is the first phone to ship with Android 4.0, also known as "Ice Cream Sandwich." Source: TechWorldNews
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What's the future for Flash devs now that Adobe has turned its back on Flash Player for mobile devices and has shifted focus to HTML 5? Will Flash for the desktop survive or will it die out too? Adobe has pledged to enable Flash devs to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major mobile app stores, but it won't develop Flash Player for new mobile device technology after version 11.1. Source: TechWorldNews
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A small water utility in Illinois has been hacked, reportedly leading the FBI and the United States Department of Homeland Security to look into the matter. The attack came from Russia, according to control systems cybersecurity expert Joseph Weiss, who publicized the matter in his blog. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.a29ba1682e4b43f69c76b3bb2dc65c38-a29ba1682e4b43f69c76b3bb2dc65c38-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=r3MUoa4ToMY_oDTXlY8xYQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Canadian volunteer nurse, Merikel, right, helps an Egyptian medical team to treat an injured protester at a field hospital at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Egyptian riot police clashed Monday with thousands of protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over pow…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111121/ap_on_go_ot/us_hezbollah_cia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.8fa5bac8ac0c4f56bce28075ceea9bdd-977b2b2e9a6648af8998cfa389277728-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=O7MQNhu.2voKmbx1gGi_Cw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="FILE -- In this file photo made available by the Hezbollah Media Office, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is seen in Beirut, Thursday June 21, 2007. Current and former U.S. officials say the CIA's operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of U.S. spies rec…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111121/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_pepper_spray"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111119/capt.1760eaca138b491ebedb1a389ecd3364-5d4e5bd6876f4f28acf13513a2621d0c-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=KfCCbzeDR8yDspXhIbkjaQ--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In this image made from video, a police officer uses pepper spray as he walks down a line of Occupy demonstrators sitting on the ground at the University of California, Davis on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. The video - posted on YouTube - was shot Friday as police moved in on more than a dozen tents erected on campu…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111121/ap_on_go_co/us_debt_supercommittee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111120/capt.fbf13718f1294cff9a8a3856a22415fd-fbf13718f1294cff9a8a3856a22415fd-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=klLPSFKo_pYf3IYBL6f9Yg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2011 file photo Supercommittee co-chairs Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, confer as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction meets to hear testimony about the national debt from the Congressional Budget Office director on Capitol Hill in…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111121/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_bomb_plot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.a5c72aaa7de9494a8c63cd8ede0c687e-a5c72aaa7de9494a8c63cd8ede0c687e-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=H.2ARY9iP0UXpTtQJ8AL5w--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly holds a component of a mocked up pipe bomb, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, in New York. 27-year-old Jose Pimentel of Manhattan, a U.S. citizen originally from the Dominican Republic, was arrested Saturday for allegedly plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111120/capt.c9e578f60a1945b8ad81222c77ede056-c9e578f60a1945b8ad81222c77ede056-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=QBYdlRAYbXH1tUFwOecEZg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A general view of the ruling Baath party headquarters, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Nov. 20, 2011. Residents in the Syrian capital awoke to two loud explosions Sunday amid reports from activists that the Damascus headquarters of the ruling Baath party had been hit by several rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo/Bassem Tel…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_libya"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111119/capt.4fc295e4246a4985b7c952541dc7a300-4fc295e4246a4985b7c952541dc7a300-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=_DaiINK1LmNNq0xPB5x1og--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this image provided by the Zintan Media Center, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, left, is guarded by a Libyan fighter as he is transported to Zintan, Libya, by a transport aircraft following his capture near the Niger border early Saturday Nov 19 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's son, the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111120/capt.21f7f0c666bb4ceb8de19c071ccaa70f-21f7f0c666bb4ceb8de19c071ccaa70f-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=MUH_020Swst5E_TinVUa9w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Protesters run from tear gas during clashes with Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date t…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_libya"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111119/capt.e016e50ef6cc4082aaf0d480b19ef134-e016e50ef6cc4082aaf0d480b19ef134-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=gF8HRwKZK0xhSb57LIfyvg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="In this image from Libyan Television, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, left, is guarded by a Libyan fighter as he is transported to Zintan, Libya, by a transport aircraft following his capture near the Niger border early Saturday Nov 19 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's son, the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at la…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iowa_democrats_emanuel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111119/capt.58c5c0510e384df891e16211f04e8d3c-58c5c0510e384df891e16211f04e8d3c-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=qfif_H4WR4ZN2_mrt86EzA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivers the keynote speech in support of President Obama, at the Iowa Democratic Party's annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner, in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)" border="0" /></a>AP - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel launched an ardent defense …
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