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 UK News

• New phone hacking probe launched
• Tommy Sheridan gets three years for perjury
• May accused over counter-terrorism powers review
• Oscar favourites emerge after nominations
• Schoolgirl jailed for kicking gay man to death
• Police and protesters clash in Tunisian capital
• Penelope Cruz has a baby boy
• Castration seen as climate change aid for reindeer 
• Sundance documentaries offer broad view of the world
• Weiwei "sunflower seeds" in big Sotheby's art sales

BBC - England

• Two jailed for homophobic killing - 57 minutes agoTwo people who fatally attacked a man in London's Trafalgar Square after subjecting him to homophobic taunts are jailed.
• Footballer hit in girlfriend row - 2 hours agoA man ran on to a football pitch and punched a player who had previously gone out with his girlfriend because he had "not treated her correctly", a court hears.
• Councillor in imam prayer protest - 1 hour agoA Portsmouth councillor walks out of a council meeting when an imam is asked to deliver an opening prayer.
• Custody death boy was 'disturbed' - 2 hours agoThe youngest person to die in youth custody could have killed himself because he was physically restrained and hit on the nose, an inquest is told.
• 'Mercy killer' freed from prison - 1 hour ago

 BBC - Home

• Clashes in Egypt protest cities - 21 minutes agoPolice clash with protesters in the Egyptian cities of Cairo and Suez for a second day, as 500 are arrested throughout the country.
• Republicans reject spending call - 1 hour agoRepublicans move quickly to reject US President Barack Obama's State of the Union call for spending to "win the future", saying big cuts are needed.
• Tunisia seeks arrest of ousted strongman - 1 hour agoTunisia issues an international arrest warrant for ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family.
• BBC confirms World Service cuts - 4 hours agoThe BBC's World Service announces the closure of five of its 32 language services and the cutting of hundreds of jobs to save money.
• Mystery over Facebook 'hacking' - 1 hour ago

Reuters

• Police and protesters clash in Egypt  - 36 minutes agoCAIRO (Reuters) - Police fought with thousands of Egyptians who defied a government ban Wednesday to protest against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-old rule, firing tear gas at the crowds and dragg...
• Police probe new phone hacking allegations  - 13 minutes agoLONDON (Reuters) - Police opened a new investigation on Wednesday into allegations of phone hacking at the country's top-selling tabloid, acting on information provided by Rupert Murdoch's News Intern...
• Tycoon says Russia drops criminal charges - 54 minutes agoMOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian business tycoon who fled to London in 2008 said on Wednesday that Russia had dropped a criminal case against him but ruled out leaving his self-imposed exile, saying he fe...
• Breast implants may be linked to rare cancer - FDA  - 57 minutes agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who have breast implants may be at greater risk for a rare but serious cancer, U.S. health regulators warned on Wednesday.
• Government reviews defence contract rules to cut cost - 1 hour ago

 San Jose Mercury

• Intel and Stanford University to jointly develop 3-D graphics projects - 31 minutes agoIntel and Stanford University scientists will work together on campus to design new visual computing projects. Intel is giving Stanford $2.5 million a year, for five years, to support a new center tha...
• San Jose: Suspect in airport laser strike identified - 32 minutes agoSan Jose police name Christopher Benel, 24, and book him into Santa Clara County jail on two felony counts of interfering with aircraft in flight.
• San Jose man, 90, dies in collision on Bear Creek Road - 3 hours agoA 90-year-old San Jose man died Tuesday after losing control of his car and colliding with a tree on Bear Creek Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
• Gov. Brown shows pro-consumer tilt in regulatory appointments - 9 hours agoIn a move that signals a more consumer-friendly approach to the state's energy issues, Governor Jerry Brown announced key appointments to both the California Public Utilities Commission and the Califo...
• Santa Clara County officials pledge big changes to juvenile justice - 9 hours ago

Afghanistan Sun

• Karzai opens new Afghan parliament - 1 hour agoAfghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurated a new parliament Wednesday, ending a drawn-out political showdown with lawmakers over the opening date that had plunged the country deeper into crisis.
• Karzai accuses 'foreign hands' of forcing him to open Afghan parliament - 5 hours agoPresident Hamid Karzai has accused unnamed foreign hands of pushing him to open Afghanistan"""""""s parliament on Wednesday.
• Will you marry me, asks soldier on wrong answerphone - 6 hours agoA soldier calling from Afghanistan poured his heart out to the answering machine of his pregnant girlfriend and asked her to marry him. But, the emotional call went waste as he had dialled the wrong n...
• Afghan parliament to be inaugurated amid tight security - 8 hours ago

Jurist - US Legal News

• Federal judge sentences ex-Guantanamo detainee to life imprisonment - 21 hours ago[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Tuesday sentenced former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani [Gl...
• Peru appeals court upholds release of US woman held for involvement with rebel group - 21 hours ago[JURIST] A Peruvian appeals court announced on Monday it has rejected the government's petition to overturn a lower court's decision to grant parole to Lori Berenson [advocacy website], a US citizen h...
• Wyoming legislature approves bill rejecting same-sex marriage recognition - 21 hours ago[JURIST] The Wyoming House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill [text, PDF] that would prevent Wyoming from recognizing same-sex marriages [JURIST news archive] and civil unions performed out-...
• Obama announces nominee for solicitor general - 21 hours ago[JURIST] US President Barack Obama announced [press release] Monday that he will nominate veteran Supreme Court lawyer and former clerk for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Donald Verrilli [Oyez ...
• Accused Arizona gunman pleads not guilty to attempted murder - 21 hours ago

RAW Story

• Britain rolls back unpopular post-9/11 security restrictions - 8 minutes agoBritain's government announced Wednesday that it was overturning some of their unpopular anti-terrorism laws. The measures, put in place after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were widely thought to be ...
• US deficit in 2011 a record-breaking $1.5 trillion, CBO projects - 20 minutes agoWASHINGTON – The United States is on course to have a record-shattering budget shortfall of nearly $1.5 trillion in 2011, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The figure would be ...
• Blair sister-in-law wants him tried for Iraq crimes - 49 minutes agoFormer prime minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth, a rights campaigner and Muslim convert, said on Wednesday that he should be tried for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq. Booth, the ha...
• Republicans introduce legislation targeting abortion access - 51 minutes agoRepublicans have recently introduced bills in the House of Representatives and Senate aimed at reducing women's right to reproductive health services, or eliminating access to abortions altogether. Se...
• Egypt must be ‘responsive’ to people: White House - 1 hour ago

EV Worldwire

• European Transport Could Be Petroleum-Free by 2050 - 2 hours agoExpected oil depletion by 2050 seen driving shift to substitution.
• Advanced Technologies, Alt Fuels Needed to Meet America's Energy Goals - 2 hours agoAssociation of Global Automakers state they prefer the 'market place' to decide winners and losers, not government.
• Reliant Energy Customers First to Take Delivery of Nissan LEAF - 2 hours agoElectric car will be charged using Reliant Energy Electric Vehicle (EV) Owner's plan with e-SenseTM Time-of-Use.
• Daimler Puts Hybrids on Production 'Fast Track' - 1 day agoAutomaker plans on launching C- and E-Class hybrids, along with an S-Class plug-in hybrid, within the next three years.
• Deloitte Researcher Sees Slow Adoption of Electric Cars - 1 day ago

 No Quarter

• Oops, Abercrombie Rumor - 2 hours agoWho is writing this screenplay?  Epic comedy so far.  The ordinary and colloquial tone on this radio segment — in which the mystery of POTUS Obama’s birth in Hawaii is again explored and left unresolv...
• Batchelor on Tonight’s SOTU Couplings * Open Thread - 17 hours agoFIRST: Here’s our open thread for all of you who will actually watch Obama’s SOTU address and, more importantly, Rep. Paul Ryan ‘s GOP response. And I’ve heard that CNN (and Fox?) will carry Michele ...
• Barack Obama, In Breeding Alert! - 21 hours agoNope, I am not suggesting Barack was or is doing the dirty with his sister (or any other family member other than his wife). Not talking biological incest. Nope. I’m calling your attention to Barac...
• POGO: “Reports the SEC Doesn’t Want You to See” - 22 hours agoThe Project on Government Oversight has become the financial regulatory eyes and ears for our nation. While one would think Congress might care to thoroughly investigate government agencies and hold t...
• Obamacrats — “She can’t win.” - 1 day ago

 Global Post

• Egypt blocks Facebook and Twitter (VIDEO) - 50 minutes agoEgyptian government reportedly jams social networks used to rally demonstrators for unprecedented protests in Cairo. read more
• After Moscow bombing, Medvedev fires police chief, heads to Davos (VIDEO) - 1 hour agoRussian president Dmitry Medvedev fired top police official over Moscow airport bombing, then headed to Davos. read more
• Tunisian revolution will change Arab world - 1 hour agoAnalysis: Jasmine Revolution encourages other Arab countries to struggle for freedom, dignity and democracy. read more
• Riots in Lebanon as Hezbollah secures leadership - 1 hour agoProtests turn violent after lawmakers nominate Hezbollah-backed prime minister. read more
• Obama urges US to better compete with the world - 2 hours agoAnalysis: In a largely domestic speech, the world loomed large. read more

 Yahoo!

• Yahoo cuts jobs as revenue stays flat - 13 minutes agoThe company has reported quarterly revenue of $1.5bn, in line with expectations, as it announced moves to shed more jobs ( ZDNet UK - Financials )
• Yahoo! Reports Fourth Quarter 2010 Results - 20 hours agoYahoo! Inc. today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010.
• After Hours: Google Hires While Yahoo Fires - 16 hours agoYahoo's revenue forecast disappoints. Juniper Networks beats Street.
• Morning Tech Wrap: Yahoo!, Apple, Twitter - 4 hours agoYahoo! disappoints Wall Street, Apple plans a payment system, Intel hires Will.I.Am, and other tech
• Baby Spice tweets ‘Yahoo, I’m engaged!’ - 1 day ago

Green Life

• Green Your Old Stuff: Egg Cartons - 3 hours agoRepurposing old household items is a great way to reduce waste and avoid making new purchases. This week's tips, then, are about reusing everyday items to clean and smarten up your home. Tip #3: How...
• Daily Roundup: January 25, 2011 - 15 hours agoVenturing Forth: Green-technology startups garnered four of the five biggest venture-capital deals in 2010. Twitter caught the fifth. GigaOm Cufflinks for the Birds: Some king penguins have been suf...
• Lead Found in Reusable Shopping Bags - 17 hours agoKermit had it right: It's not easy being green. Some reusable shopping bags — staples of the eco-friendly lifestyle — may contain harmful levels of lead. A recent study by the Center for Consumer Free...
• "Triathlete Meets John Muir" to Trek 4,500 East Coast Miles - 20 hours agoWhat does it take to get networks of people to protect networks of land? Ask John Davis , writer, conservationist, and co-founder of the Wildlands Network , and he'll tell you: a 4,500-mile trek. On F...
• USDA Introduces New "Certified Biobased Product" Label - 1 day ago

 Gawker

• Arkansas Supermarket Covers Up Magazine with Photo of Gay Family [Bigotry] - 26 minutes agoOh Lord. A Harps supermarket in Mountain View, Arkansas has placed a "family shield" over the Us Weekly cover of Elton John with his par...
• Dennis Kucinich Sues Congressional Cafeteria Over Olive Pit [Lawsuits] - 31 minutes agoCongressman Dennis Kucinich bought a sandwich from the Longworth House Office Building cafeteria in April 2008, and bit into it only to find an u...
• Is New York Too Cold For Sobriety? [Rehab] - 49 minutes agoPassages, the celeb-friendly drug and alcohol rehab center whose Malibu facility charges nearly $90,000 per month, is considering opening a facil...
• Don't Worry, Skins Is Not Getting Canceled [Television] - 51 minutes agoThough ratings dropped 50% in its second week, the much-maligned series Skins , MTV's adaptation of a British series about drugging, sexi...
• Anderson Cooper's Boyfriend Upgraded from 'Friend' to 'Companion' [The Gays] - 58 minutes ago

 Rag Blog

• Judy Gumbo Albert : Gun Show After Tucson - 11 hours agoChecking it out at Crossroads of the West Gun Show. Image from Spirit of the Sportsman.Tactically armed citizens:Gun show after TucsonBy Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / January 25, 2011Like most Am...
• Lamar W. Hankins : America's Gun Problem - 20 hours agoGuns in America. Image from Pics Ranch.America’s gun problemGun regulation is an area where special interests control the Congress, preventing effective public policies that would benefit the welfare ...
• Peter Finn : Drone Used in Austin Raises Privacy Issues - 14 hours agoWasp III drone -- the kind used by Texas DPS in 2009 Austin police operation. Grab from KVUE.com / Austin.Drones over Austin:Law enforcement use of aerial dronesraises issues of privacy, civil liberti...
• Ted McLaughlin : Americans Don't Want to Gamble With Social Security - 14 hours agoCartoon from Donklephant.Americans aren't buying thelies about social securityNew polls show that idea of cutting Social Security is not popular with the American public.By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Bl...
• Harry Tarq : JFK and Obama Inspired Something Bigger Than Themselves - 2 days ago

 Merco Press

• Peru Recognises Palestine as a State - 1 day agoPeruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde meeting with the representative of the Palestine National government recognised Palestine as an “independent and sovereign...
• Risk of Latin American Economies Overheating - 1 day agoThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of the risks of inflation and overheating of the economy in Latin America, at a forum held in Paris.
• 35 Killed in Suicide Bomber Attack at Moscow Airport - 1 day agoA suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and injured a further 60, many seriously, at Russia's biggest airport in an attack that bore the hallmarks of militants fighting for a...
• Argentina to Begin Oil Exploration off Coast of Tierra del Fuego - 1 day agoArgentine daily newspaper El Cronista on Monday reported that YPF will begin oil exploration in the Malvinas basin in February. The newspaper reports that exploration will begin...
• Pacific Ring Countries to Make Energy Sharing Plans - 1 day ago

 Florida Oil Spill Law

• Chairman of Surfrider chapter in NW Florida “tested positive last month for large quantities of volatile solvents in his blood” - 3 hours ago“Underwater oil plumes may be washing up along beaches that appear clean to the eye” ... Read more
• NSFW: Sickened cleanup worker shows “oil boils” all over body — “I don’t know where to go from here, this is my last shot” (VIDEO) - 5 hours agoSick P2S worker, jmrexford, January 13, 2011: “I have to get my word out there somehow.” To ... Read more
• “Really Alarming”: No baby oysters being found in most productive areas of Louisiana — “Scientists are baffled” (VIDEO) - 16 hours ago"The outer reefs, further out, where the salinity would be considerably higher, should have had some spat signals. But we don't see it anywhere, and that's really tough" ... Read more
• Congressman reveals that BP official was allowed to review Feds’ “Oil Budget” before publication — Listed as “independent scientist” by Obama administration - 16 hours ago"His name was removed from later drafts and was not included in the final version of the report" ... Read more
• “All the fish are dead”: Trout now washing up on beach near Galveston, TX — Even seagulls won’t touch them (VIDEO) - 17 hours ago

Media Monitors

• In the Chaos, Let's not forget about Israel - 1 minute ago"Palestinians themselves must not be sucked into this evil scheme. If anything is to be learned from the now infamous Palestine Papers it is that Israel is succeeding brilliantly in its grand plan of ...
• Palestine looks abroad for Rational Understanding - 1 minute ago"The Arab rulers are subservient to the policy dictates of the Western masters, not accountable to the interests of the people they govern. If they were intelligent and energetic in new thinking with ...
• Ivory Coast: Testing ground for U.S.-backed African Standby Force - 1 minute ago"The West African Standby Force will be used as the West's proxy, either as advance guard or surrogate, as with ECOWAS forces in Sierra Leone and Liberia, respectively. If the member states of ECOWAS ...
• Envisioning World Peace after a Bloody Decade - 1 minute ago"To do away with the culture of economic exploitation where the stronger nations simply grab what they want even if that meant the total destruction of the owner country. Natural and human resources s...
• The Palestine Papers :: Israel's peacemakers unmasked :: - 1 minute ago

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 Voltaire

• Secret papers reveal slow death of Middle East "peace process" - 21 hours agoQatar-based Al-Jazeera came into possession of a trove of confidential documents drawn up by the Palestinian Authority over a ten-year period in the context of the so-called "peace process". They were...
• Nasrallah warns Tunisians against a U.S. conspiracy - 1 day agoSpeaking to the Tunisian people, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hailed their aspiration for freedom and their action. The Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary-General emphasized that the arrival in Tunis of Jeffrey ...
• Washington facing the ire of the Tunisian people - 1 day agoWhile western media are celebrating the "Jasmine Revolution", Thierry Meyssan lays bare the U.S. plan to curb the anger of the Tunisian people and salvage this insconspicuous CIA and NATO backwater ba...
• Washington returns to Iran - 2 days agoObama's Administration and the bilateral negotiations with Iran / Tunisia: The popular revolution and the change process / The New TV recordings and the exposure of political decadence / Al-Hariri's d...
• Clinton unveils U.S. policy on Internet freedom - 4 days ago

Kerkuk

• Turkey's report on Mavi Marmara raid refutes Israel's self-defense argument - 2 days agoAn interim report prepared by Turkish officials rules out arguments by Israeli officials that its forces acted in self-defense during the naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, stating that there is no ro...
• Six Killed, 30 Injured in Iraq Car Bombs - 2 days agoCar bombs killed six people and wounded 30 in and around Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi interior ministry official said.
• Turkey hosts Iran nuclear talks - 5 days agoLittle hope of breakthrough as six world powers and Iran meet in Istanbul to discuss Tehran's nuclear programme.
• Qatar and Turkey end Lebanon talks - 5 days agoQatar and Turkey suspend mediation efforts in Lebanon after Saudi opts out and warns of worse times ahead.
• At Least 50 Killed in Iraq Suicide Attack - 1 week ago

Transcend

• Olof Palme and World Interests - 2 days agoLeeds City Hall, UK - Jan 23, 2011. To Palme the two superpowers and their hideous arms were more than a problem to each other. Together they were a world problem and it was in the world interest to ...
• Secret Papers Reveal Slow Death of Middle East Peace Process - 2 days agoThe biggest leak of confidential documents in the history of the Middle East conflict has revealed that Palestinian negotiators secretly agreed to accept Israel's annexation of all but one of the sett...
• Interview with Johan Galtung (Part 1 of 2) - 2 days agoIn this Dec 9, 2010 interview Johan Galtung talks about his experiences, insights, views, and his new book "The Fall of the US Empire - And Then What?"
• Interview with Johan Galtung (Part 2 of 2) - 2 days agoIn this Dec 9, 2010 interview Johan Galtung talks about his experiences, insights, views, and his new book "The Fall of the US Empire - And Then What?"
• Medvedev: “As we did in 1988, Russia still recognizes an independent Palestine” - 2 days ago

BPS Research

• Introducing the forthcoming Occupational Digest - 52 minutes agoThe BPS Research Digest is proud to announce the pending birth of an offspring title - the Occupational Digest . About the forthcoming Occupational Digest The BPS Occupational Di...
• The Special Issue Spotter - 2 hours agoWe trawl the world's journals so you don't have to : Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (American Psychologist). Free access to the most read and most cited articles of 2010 in Developmental ...
• How reliable is our memory for our own previous intentions - 8 hours agoWhy did I buy this? The fallibility of eye-witness memory is well documented. But what about people's memories of their own past intentions? This is an unexplored issue in memory research with r...
• Extras - 1 day agoEye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut : The newborn infant: a missing stage in developmental psychology . I can't believe this isn't wood! An investigation in the perceptio...
• Other people may experience more misery than you realise - 2 days ago

 Top Documentary Films

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• How Music Works - 1 day agoWe all respond to music - whether clicking our fingers, humming along or dancing - there's something out there for everyone. In this series Goodall looks at melody, rhythm, harmony and bass to esta...
• What Is Reality? - 1 day agoThere is a strange and mysterious world that surrounds us, a world largely hidden from our senses. The quest to explain the true nature of reality is one of the great scientific detective stories. ...
• Zeitgeist: Moving Forward - 2 days agoA feature length documentary work which will present a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world
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• Civilisation - 2 days agoIn 1966 BBC Television embarked on its most ambitious documentary series to date. The eminent art historian Lord Clark was commissioned to write and present an epic examination of Western European ...
• The Story of One - 3 days ago

 Red Tape Chronicles

• Judge throws out ban on online ammo sales - 1 day agoGun rights supporters won a major legal victory last week when a California judge struck down as unconstitutional a law that they say would have effectively banned online sales of handgun ammunition j...
• Why buying coffee with your iPhone matters - 5 days agoCash, credit or gadget? For years, payment geeks have promised that cell phones would soon replace the jingle of pocket change, ushering in a utopian world where consumers could buy candy bars from ...
• B of A redefines ‘grace period’ with new fee - 1 week agoWhen is a grace period not really a grace period? When you have to pay a $6 fee for using it. Some Bank of America mortgage customers will receive an unwelcome Valentine's Day gift when the bank's p...
• Tax refund loans disappear; now, more fees - 1 week ago

Frontier Post

• 18 killed, 85 hurt in suicide blasts 6 policemen among the dead in Lahore and Karachi, 18 injured in critical condition - 18 hours agoF.P. Lahore/Karachi Offices LAHORE/KARACHI: At least 18 persons were killed and over 85 injured, including 18 severely, in suicide blasts in Chehlum processions ...
• NICL scam: SC orders arrest of main accused - 18 hours agoF.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Additional Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take all steps ...
• PML-N, MQM clash in NA over Altaf?s remarks - 18 hours agoF.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: PML-N and MQM were dragged into a nasty blame-game in National Assembly on Tuesday and accused each other of point-scoring ...
• Taseer case; No lawyer appear from prosecution side - 18 hours agoRAWALPINDI (INP): The special anti-terrorism court (ATC) No. 2 on Tuesday extended the interim bail of Shabab-e-Milli chief Mufti Hanif Qureshi and Syed ...
• 55 people missing from Balochistan - 18 hours ago

Press Core

• Free energy in unlimited quantities for everyone, everywhere and anytime of the day. - 9 hours ago70% of the Sun’s radiant energy penetrates the Earth’s atmosphere. 30% is reflected by the atmosphere. The Sun’s radiant energy exists day and night, 24/7, 365 days a year, for billions of years....
• How the privately owned Federal Reserve is robbing the United States - 1 day agoEver wonder how the privately owned Federal Reserve produces money. Here’s how it’s done. 1. The purchase of bonds is approved by the Federal Open Market Committee.  The Federal Open Ma
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• Federal Reserve bankers’ link to John F Kennedy assassination. - 2 days agoNo United States president since Abraham Lincoln has dared to go against the bankers of the privately owned Federal Reserve and create an interest and debt-free U.S. dollar. That is until John F. K...
• Sea water – the World’s cheapest, cleanest and most abundant fuel source - 3 days agoIn school we were taught that water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen – H2O. We all know about the importance of water but few know that water is also a fuel. You know that firemen use water to put ...
• Energy secret that will help you save money on your home heating bill this winter. - 4 days ago

Yahoo! Politics

• Obama reframes economic debate for this year, and 2012 (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) - 9 hours agoExclusive to Yahoo! News - "We do big things." It's also a pretty good summary of what the president himself was up to as he spoke to the nation on Tuesday night.
• Republicans urge Obama to join in cutting spending (AP) - 13 hours agoAP - The nation faces a crushing burden of debt and is on course for an economic disaster without dramatic action to wrestle the budget deficit under control, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan...
• Bachmann’s response marred by technical problems (The Cutline) - 12 hours ago

Yahoo! Business

• Wall St up on Obama speech, awaits Fed statement (Reuters) - 45 minutes agoReuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday as U.S. President Barack Obama's call for a lower corporate tax rate offset a weak outlook from Boeing.
• New homes sales hit eight-month high (Reuters) - 1 hour agoReuters - New single-family home sales raced to their highest level in eight months in
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• Fed likely to hold easing course, note improvement (Reuters) - 51 minutes ago

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• Bailing Out Obama: The Federal Reserve's New Mandate (nwoandsecretsocieties.wordpress.com)
• Media Digest (1/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg (247wallst.com)
• Futures indicate Wall Street edging up; Fed eyed (reuters.com)