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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111116/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_penn_state_abuse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111114/capt.d5048b2b08674b6bb52fee3a244d18e6-d5048b2b08674b6bb52fee3a244d18e6-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=Lt.myUrRxMXgnpfBUV_ZyA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2011 file photo, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald 'Jerry' Sandusky sits in a car as he leaves the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot in State College, Pa. Sandusky, who is charged with sexually abusing eight boys in a scandal t…
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AP - The encampment is gone, but the movement lives on still. What nobody knows is just how long it can survive without a literal place to call home. More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111116/ap_on_re_as/as_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111116/capt.aeb6d7f030e74f0387e6f613aa9b4d73-aeb6d7f030e74f0387e6f613aa9b4d73-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=6FiBpEu5VUbhmyAkW5kXUA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speak at a joint news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that the United States does not fear China, even…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111116/ap_on_go_co/us_debt_supercommittee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111115/capt.21582e60642b4f25a13ac064c49c969f-21582e60642b4f25a13ac064c49c969f-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=NDTk3GuUClP5WfXwk.hJRg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., wait to speak to media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - House Speaker John Boehner publicly blessed a Republican deficit-reduction plan Tue…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111115/capt.2c30325d59584e9fae90f6ce3a823c19-9e5fbb8150fe4f5489ed9556135a08e3-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=E9CniQYlXp4ANJ5EYuJ9XA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Customers look for bargains at a street market in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Both the center-left Democratic Party and ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's Peoples of Liberty party said they fully backed Italy's premier-designate Mario Monti. But investors worried that they might pull their support in the futu…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111116/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_zuccotti"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111115/capt.fb2cd58feff440849ad63fdfb6ba0fab-fb2cd58feff440849ad63fdfb6ba0fab-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=s3u6DxShxNYEsfW.nAbeLg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Occupy Wall Street protester yells out at police after being ordered to leave Zuccotti Park, their longtime encampment in New York, early Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. At about 1 a.m. Tuesday, police handed out notices from the park's owner, Brookfield Office Properties, and the city saying that the park had to be cl…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111115/capt.47ccae46774c4e4aa5c943d511faaa4a-47ccae46774c4e4aa5c943d511faaa4a-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=x_OWwJ60TvNVyCI2zQhuWQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="In this image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group on Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011 shows a boy throwing an object at a vehicle as a Syrian tank burns in Daraa, Syria on Monday Nov. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Ugarit vai APTN) TV OUT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION O…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_italy_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111115/capt.6ac18466803044328daa0ee6f5238f9e-6ac18466803044328daa0ee6f5238f9e-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=YX2NyLY2ELLsQ5tJTCf7yg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Italy's premier-designate Mario Monti speaks to the media after finishing his meetings with Italian political leaders and civil society organizations' representatives at the Senate, in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Monti will submit his list for a new government to the Italian president Giorgio Napolitano o…
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Researchers at Northwestern University say they've made significant progress in research that could lead to longer life for the rechargeable batteries found in electronic gadgets. A team of engineers working on a lithium-ion battery said that by taking a chemical engineering approach, they've made a power cell that not only lasts longer, but can also charge 10 times faster than normal batteries. Source: TechWorldNews
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Research In Motion announced on Tuesday two new smartphones based on the BlackBerry 7 OS, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380. RIM calls the Bold 9790 a compact, fully-loaded, high-performance smartphone. The model boasts a high-resolution touch display and a highly tactile keyboard. The Bold packs 8 GB of on-board memory with an expandable memory slot of up to 32 GB. Source: TechWorldNews
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Many Facebook users have complained recently about a spam flood of a most unsavory nature. Some say pornographic images and images depicting extreme violence -- sometimes both -- are showing up in their News Feeds without their consent. Others say their accounts are being used to send friends links to explicit videos and other messages. Source: TechWorldNews
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AP - House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a bundle of spending measures for the ongoing budget year, blending cuts to NASA and community development programs while averting cuts to nutrition programs. More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_go_su_co/us_health_care_divided_we_stand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111115/capt.4e4b056725a3429cb41dd3e0d47ba6dd-4e4b056725a3429cb41dd3e0d47ba6dd-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=L7mEOmXfLnDUK4W_XCQFBg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="This March 7, 2011, photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. Think the Supreme Court will finally settle America? More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_zuccotti"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111115/capt.c9f94f226f7b4deca1ba561eb94be67f-b188b8066d8a4c35802e1c38cd91c95b-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=QdTU.wniwzFp8fQ_xpPsVA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Police officers order Occupy Wall Street protesters to leave Zuccotti Park, their longtime encampment in New York, early Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. At about 1 a.m. Tuesday, police handed out notices from the park's owner, Brookfield Office Properties, and the city saying that the park had to be cleared because it had…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_penn_state_abuse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111112/capt.713a8096d29e485887f77c1370af928b-e4961470fb3e4cd6bbc6d36f5eda40af-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Wq15Lj3ct7ZmFGcp00YLWw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This Dec. 28, 1999 photo shows Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky on the sideline during the first quarter of the Alamo Bowl game against Texas A&M, in San Antonio, Texas. Prosecutors say Sandusky used the charity he founded to find boys and sexually assault them. Now, some are wondering i…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_el_pr/us_cain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111114/capt.27926f6c48d946c1919ae5236ec7614f-27926f6c48d946c1919ae5236ec7614f-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=y0YKZ..bMlMBBvrhsvuQJA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Attorney Gloria Allred introduces Victor Jay Zuckerman, left, the former boyfriend of Allred's client, Sharon Bialek, during a news conference in Shreveport, La., Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Zuckerman said Monday that he and Bialek met Herman Cain in the late 1990s, directly contradicting Cain's assertions that he had never met B…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_go_co/us_debt_supercommittee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111114/capt.9f7399962f6f486b9797fddcf59012b6-9f7399962f6f486b9797fddcf59012b6-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=ojb1TD5psga.1jQLZRiaFA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. gestures during a news briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sidestepping controversy, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., declined to take sides Monday on a proposal for high…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111115/ap_on_bi_ge/us_supreme_court_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111114/capt.5bd7ca1ba29f46bfa46c3e1204223632-5bd7ca1ba29f46bfa46c3e1204223632-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=0trY9pVGpaRW5h6X4c8FpA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2008 file photo, attorney Donald Verrilli, who argued against the use of a three drug cocktail used to execute inmates, gestures as he talks to media outside the Supreme Court in Washington, after arguments about the lethal injection death penalty. The Supreme Court on Monday, Nov.…
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Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet will be arriving on consumers' doorsteps a day earlier than planned, the company announced Monday, and reviewers have wasted no time sharing their own early thoughts about the new device. Originally planned for shipment on Tuesday to those who preordered it, the 7-inch, Android-powered device began shipping on Monday instead. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111114/ap_on_el_pr/us_cain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111114/capt.27926f6c48d946c1919ae5236ec7614f-27926f6c48d946c1919ae5236ec7614f-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=y0YKZ..bMlMBBvrhsvuQJA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Attorney Gloria Allred introduces Victor Jay Zuckerman, left, the former boyfriend of Allred's client, Sharon Bialek, during a news conference in Shreveport, La., Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Zuckerman said Monday that he and Bialek met Herman Cain in the late 1990s, directly contradicting Cain's assertions that he had never met B…
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