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Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,618.19 +11.33 ^GSPC 1,144.98 +3.29 ^IXIC 2,317.17 +17.12 Investor’s Business Daily Investor’s Business Daily – Fri Jan 8, 5:59 pm ET TECHNOLOGY Cleantech Deals Surged in 2009 The tally of cleantech investment deals in key global markets hit a record in 2009, though investment amounts appear to have slipped from 2008. The survey [...]
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KABUL – In a video broadcast after his death, the Jordanian suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees sits cross-legged on the floor next to the new chief of the Pakistani Taliban, confirming the group was behind the brazen attack in eastern Afghanistan. Yet multiple insurgent groups have claimed responsibility for the bombing, and a [...]
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Wrapped in leopard-skin blankets and sporting some of the most frozen quiffs in the history of rock ‘n’ roll, thousands braved a frigid Memphis morning to celebrate the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley outside his Graceland home. Read more
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Sukhwinder Singh chased the thieves who robbed a 28-year-old woman near Barking station in east London yesterday evening. Read more
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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John Williams raised a good point yesterday on WGN AM 720:Â Â University of Texas football coach Mack Brown took a calculated risk during the season by not giving backup quarterback Garrett Gilbert enough playing time to be ready to step in in an emergency. When the emergency hit and McCoy was knocked out of [...]
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1:45pm UK, Saturday January 09, 2010 Mark Langford, Sky News Online The double agent who killed seven CIA agents in a suicide attack in Afghanistan has said in a video message from [...]
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WENN The cult classic film Mannequin is reportedly to be remade. The 1987 romantic comedy featured Kim Cattrall as a shop dummy, created by artist Jonathan Switcher (Andrew McCarthy), which came to life. According to Moviehole, bosses at Gladden Entertainment have said that the remake is in “early development”. Despite receiving negative reviews on release, [...]
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WASHINGTON a ‘ The Obama administration on Friday laid out a bold shift in its Mideast peace strategy, stepping up pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to resume stalled talks by moving immediately to negotiations on the toughest issues dividing them, like the borders of a Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem. Read more
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SAN’A, Yemen — Security forces killed two suspected al Qaeda militants in clashes outside the Yemeni capital on Monday, officials said, as the U.S. and British embassies extended their closure for a second day because of threats of attack by the terror group’s offshoot here. Read more
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It’s on! Steve Schmidt, the Sacramento-based GOP political strategist, isn’t known as the “artillery shell” for nothing: on this Sunday’s “60 Minutes” broadcast , the former Karl Rove protege broadsides… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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As shock fades from the failed Christmas Day bombing of a transatlantic jetliner bound for Detroit, the Obama administration will find that the greatest challenge to tightening aviation security worldwide lies in persuading foreign governments and airports to adopt its proposals, current and former U.S. officials said Friday. Read more
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Ten years ago, U.S. lawmakers publicly accused the China Ocean Shipping Co. of being a front for espionage and blocked plans to expand its Long Beach, Calif., port terminal over fears that Chinese spies would use it to snoop on the United States. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist [...]
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BAGHDAD — Five explosions that targeted mostly law enforcement officials ripped through a city in Iraq’s Anbar province Thursday, killing at least eight people and underscoring fears that the region’s fragile security is deteriorating. Read more
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LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested three passengers on a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner on the ground at London’s Heathrow airport on Friday, after verbal threats were made before the take off, police said. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employers cut 85,000 jobs in December, confounding expectations the labor market was finally stabilizing and piling pressure on President Barack Obama to spur job growth. Read more
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A “not guilty” plea has been entered on behalf of the Nigerian man accused of attempting to detonate a bomb on a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day. Read more