Negativity Reigns Again In South Carolina - CBS News
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While the current state of the economy continues to worry many throughout the nation, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has instead centered his campaign on terrorism.
Main man behind the Thompson campaign
The Anti Soundbite Candidate
In Nevada, Campaigns Face a Common Foe - New York Times
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By JEFF ZELENY and PATRICK HEALY ELKO, Nev. - On the eve of the Nevada caucuses, the third stop in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, the campaigns were doing more Friday than feverishly rallying their supporters.
Casinos may ring up prize in Nevada primary vote
Comment by Gary Chaison Professor, Industrial Relations, Clark UniversityKenya?s Opposition Switches Its Tactics - New York Times
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By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya - Protests cooled in Kenya on Friday as opposition leaders, still furious about last month?s presidential election, announced that they were switching tactics from street demonstrations to boycotts.
At least 13 killed in day of Kenya protests
Kenya: ODM Calls Off Mass Action As Deaths Rise
Dozens dead from Iraq fighting - CNN International
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Fifty-six people were killed and 70 were wounded Friday when fighting broke out in Basra and Nasiriya between security forces and members of a violent Shiite messianic cult, authorities said.
Despite Deadly Clashes in Iraq, Shiite Pilgrims Spared
Dozens Killed in Clashes In S. Iraq
Heathrow back on track after crash - CNN International
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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Air crash investigators were Saturday continuing to seek the cause of an apparent power failure that forced a British Airways Boeing 777 into a crash landing at London's Heathrow airport, narrowly averting disaster.
Inquiry Finds Power Failure in London Jumbo Jet Crash
Loss of thrust in first 777 crash
McCain and Huckabee Avoid Sparring in Final South Carolina Push - New York Times
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By MICHAEL COOPER and MICHAEL POWELL CHARLESTON, SC - Senator John McCain capped his final full day of campaigning in South Carolina with a big rally in an aircraft carrier museum here on Friday evening, as Mike Huckabee delivered his populist economic ...
South Carolina May Winnow GOP Field
CIA Says Militant Was Behind Bhutto?s Death - New York Times
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By MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON - The Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that the assassins of Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani prime minister, were directed by Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani militant leader in hiding, and that some of them had ...
CIA blames Al Qaeda, Taliban for Bhutto assassination
CIA agrees with Pakistan on who killed Bhutto
Official: Pregnant Marine Killed by Crowbar, Baby Was a Girl - ABC News
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Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, a 20-year-old pregnant Marine last seen on Dec. 14, is dead and has been buried, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown announced today.
Fugitive Marine may be out West
Marine may have used slain comrade's ATM card
Bush Proposes $145 Billion Plan to Spur Economy - New York Times
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President Bush on Friday during his statement on the economy, with Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Business Seeks Share of Stimulus
Comment by John J. Pitney, Jr. Roy P. Crocker Professor of American PoliticsBond Insurers? Distress Rattles Wall Street - New York Times
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By VIKAS BAJAJ If it was a terrible week for Wall Street, and it was a devastating one for companies that promise to protect investors against bond losses.
Insurer Of Bonds Loses Top Rating
Ambac Smacked With Downgrade
Sprint?s Customer Erosion Prompts Cutbacks - New York Times
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Pablo Mendez on his cellphone outside a Sprint store in Manhattan. Sprint Nextel said it planned to close stores to cut costs. By STEVE LOHR Sprint Nextel?s announcement on Friday that it is losing customers more rapidly than expected is making ...
Sprint To Shed 125 Shops, 4000 Jobs
Sprint shares plummet after job cuts
Political Memo Romney Alters His Message, but Questions Remain - New York Times
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By MICHAEL LUO RENO, Nev. - Mitt Romney?s advisers contend he has found his voice with his retooled message focused on changing Washington and confronting the economic jitters gripping the country.
More than a dozen lobbyists working to raise money for Romney
Romney gets testy over issue of lobbyists in his campaign
Central counting of votes waived - Akron Beacon Journal
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AP COLUMBUS: Changes are planned for Ohio voting procedures in the presidential election this November, but requiring precincts to send ballots to central locations before tallying them won't be one of them, Ohio's chief elections officer said Friday.
Secretary of state retreats from some voting changes
Optical Scan Discussion
Obama's Surging Black Support May Tilt The South Carolina Primary - Evening Bulletin
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A Barack Obama sticker decorates the bumper of Helen Quarles's car. It fit neatly over the Hillary Clinton decal Quarles, a retired auto worker from McCormick, SC, displayed until recently.
Poll: Clinton, Romney ahead in Nevada
Candidates eyeing S. Carolina, Nevada
Facebook software maker Slide gets $50 mln funding - Reuters UK
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Social network software maker Slide Inc said on Friday it has closed a $50 million institutional financing round, marking the rising valuations of start-ups riding market leader Facebook's wave of popularity.
Slide: The $500 Million Widget
Week in review: Apple goes into thin 'Air' - CNET News.com
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Ultrathin laptop debuts, along with other Apple products, as Microsoft gets patent-happy. Also: Detroit auto show goes green. By Steven Musil After months of rumor and speculation, Apple kicked off Macworld by clearing the air about its new laptop.
What Bugs Apple Fans
Apple looks far ahead with new offerings
Wii Continues to Lead Console Sales - Wall Street Journal
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By DAN GALLAGHER The videogame sector had a blowout month in December thanks to a strong slate of popular titles and the continued strength of the Nintendo Co.
US game sales rise 28 percent in December
2007 A Record Year For US Videogame Industry
Fischer Versus the World: A Chess Giant?s Endgame - New York Times
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By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN There may be only three human activities in which miraculous accomplishment is possible before adulthood: mathematics, music and chess.
Bobby Fischer, 64; reclusive genius of the chess board
Chess legend Bobby Fischer made the world watch his every move
Knee knocks QB to doubtful - Chicago Tribune
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By Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune. The Associated Press contributed to this report January 19, 2008 Philip Rivers' knee injury is more severe than what has been described by the Chargers, and the quarterback has been listed as doubtful for ...
QB Rivers hurting to play
Rivers hopes he'll lead the Charge
Ex-NFL Player Pleads Guilty in Balco Case - New York Times
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By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and DUFF WILSON SAN FRANCISCO - Dana Stubblefield, a former defensive lineman in the NFL, pleaded guilty in federal court here Friday to charges that he made false statements to a federal agent about his use of ...
Ex-Niner/Raider pleads guilty to lying in Balco steroids case
Stubblefield pleads guilty to steroid lies
'Cloverfield': Making a Monster - Entertainment Weekly
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Inside JJ Abrams' buzz movie about hot young hipsters and the thing that ate Manhattan -- can the film survive its own hype? CLOVERFIELD Michael Stahl-David and Odette Yustman share a New York state of...panic! By Jeff Jensen In the secluded heart of a ...
'Cloverfield': A monster for the MySpace generation
Godzilla vs. Cloverfield!
Writers? Strike Tests the Mettle of 2 Outsiders - New York Times
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By MICHAEL CIEPLY LOS ANGELES - Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America West, is a sporadically busy comedy writer with a law degree that has seen him through the rough spots between jobs at shows like ?The Simpsons? and ?Futurama.
Directors' deal may fall short of writers' goals
Writers, studios to revive negotiations
Tom Cruise Scientology-Video Glossary: What Is He Talking About? - MTV.com
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The actor talks for nine minutes in his instantly famous Scientology video. Can you figure out what he's actually saying? Here's a guide.
Tom Cruise's United Front
Airplane Reading
FDA Warns Clot Risk Higher in Birth Control Patch Than Pill - Forbes
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FRIDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A birth control skin patch used by many American women carries a risk of serious blood clots that is higher than the risk already recognized for the birth control pill, the US Food and Drug Administration warned late ...
UPDATE 2-J&J contraceptive patch to include more risk data
FDA Issues Warning On Birth Control Patch Risks
FDA weighs over-counter cholesterol drug - BusinessWeek
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD The government is questioning if too many of the wrong people will take cholesterol-lowering Mevacor if it's sold without a prescription, days before Merck & Co.
Canned beans recalled on botulism risk: FDA
US FDA clears new genetic breast cancer test
From Hospital Into Rehab, Six Weeks After 47-Story Fall - New York Times
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By JAMES BARRON Continuing a recovery that has left medical professionals searching for superlatives, the window washer who fell 47 stories six weeks ago was discharged from the hospital Friday.
Fallen window washer moves into rehab
Window Washer Who Fell 47-Stories Leaves Hospital