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  1. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wept Friday as he recalled his late mother's end-of-life illnesses, a moment of poignancy in a notably negative Republican presidential Iowa caucus campaign with...

  2. Los Angeles City firefighter Dane Jackson investigates the fire that damaged a home once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison early Friday morning.

    Los Angeles City firefighter Dane Jackson investigates the fire that damaged a home once occupied by Doors frontman Jim Morrison early Friday morning. Los Angeles City firefighter Dane Jackson...

  3. PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea announced Saturday that Kim Jong Un has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further strengthening his authority after the death of...

  4. SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is at or near the top of polls in Iowa, where he's drawing big crowds and has an enviable campaign organization. But with Iowa's...

  5. ROME (AP) — Mirko Tremaglia, a right-wing politician who won a decades-long battle for the right of Italian emigres to vote in Italian elections, died on Friday. He was 85. Italian news agencies...

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  1. Brattleboro’s historic Latchis Theatre will get a new marquee, solar power takes off in Addison County, and...

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    (Host) Brattleboro's historic Latchis Theatre will get a new marquee. That's something it's done without since a...

  3. 2011 was a year of crisis and revolution, and that took a big toll on the world's financial markets. In the United...

  4. Jeremy Hobson: Well as we wrap up Marketplace for 2011, we wanted to bring you some of the business stories that you...

  5. JEFFREY BROWN: Now, two stories about the changing portrait of America, first, a different kind of life in the suburbs.

Latest News from Other News Sources

  1. Michael Acton Smith, founder Moshi Monsters

    Studies geography at Birmingham University 1998: Starts first business, the online gadget retailer Firebox.com 2004: Forms Mind Candy, the parent company of Moshi Monsters Hosts mini music... Full Article at BBC News

  2. NEW YORK - For the U.S. stock market, 2011 was a long wild ride to nowhere. (Reuters) - Boeing Full Article at Reuters

  3. Verizon president and COO Lowell McAdam (L) talks on stage with Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg (R) and Consumer Electronics Association President Gary Shapiro (C) after the Verizon keynote address on... Full Article at Reuters

  4. Ron Paul speaks during a town hall meeting in Council Bluffs, Iowa on 29 December 2011

    ...30 December 2011 Last updated at 14:59 ET Mitt Romney has been buoyed by the third survey in as many days placing him as the Iowa front-runner Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney maintains... Full Article at BBC News

  5. Bahrain’s Shiites, about 70 percent of the nation’s 525,000 citizens, complain of widespread discrimination under the kingdom’s Sunni rulers, including being blocked from top government or... Full Article at Washington Times