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Romney expects "all guns blazing" after NH win

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Fresh off his big New Hampshire primary win, Mitt Romney expects it to be "all guns blazing in my direction" as the Republican nominating race heads to South Carolina.
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Iranian nuclear scientist killed in car bomb blast

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| AP TEHRAN, Iran - Two assailants on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and another person Wednesday, state TV reported.

UK 'working very hard' with US to close Guantanamo

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LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that Britain is working "very hard" with the United States to help close Guantanamo Bay detention camp, on the tenth anniversary of its opening.

NYC mayor weighs in on Beyonce baby birth

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AP NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg has weighed in on the birth of a baby girl at a New York hospital to Beyonce and Jay-Z. Blue Ivy Carter was born to the famous couple at Lenox Hill Hospital on Saturday.

PIP breast implants: Harley Medical Group will not replace implants

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The Harley Medical Group, which fitted more PIP breast implants than any other UK cosmetic surgery firm, says it will not replace them free of charge.

T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 on sale now

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The T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 has gone up for sale today, though you wouldn't know if it you dropped by the US carrier's site: there's no mention of the Windows Phone 7 handset until you dig through the smartphone range.

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HMS Daring embarks on maiden deployment to Middle East

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The largest and most powerful destroyer warship ever built for the Royal Navy has embarked on its maiden deployment. HMS Daring is the first of six new Type 45 destroyers and left Portsmouth, Hampshire, on Wednesday for a seven-month mission to the ...

Syria's Assad Makes Rare Appearance at Rally

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By ALBERT AJI and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY AP Syrian President Bashar Assad joined thousands of his supporters Wednesday in an extremely rare public appearance, telling a pro-regime rally in the capital that the "conspiracy" against his country will fail.

Firing of Pakistan's Defense Secretary Raises Tension With Army

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani fired his defense secretary, a retired general and confidant of Pakistan's army chief, on Wednesday as the civilian government drew closer to a head-on collision with the country's powerful ...

US ends longest lull in drone strikes over Pakistan. Why now?

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The two-month freeze in US drone strikes in Pakistan, the longest in three years, was intended to allow time for US-Pakistan relations to heal after a mistaken US strike on Pakistani soldiers.

Divers resume search for Ayla Reynolds

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By Nina Mandell / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Dive teams will begin searching bodies of water in Maine for a toddler who has been missing since mid-December.

CAIR: Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Okla. Sharia Ban

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By Council on American-Islamic Relations WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upholding a lower court's ...

MLK weekend: Free parks, free e-book, free events

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By Mary Forgione Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal blogger If you have free time during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, here's a perfect match: things to see and do that are free.

Maker of Twinkies, Wonder Bread files for bankruptcy

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NEW YORK (AP) - Hostess Brands, maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, is seeking bankruptcy protection, blaming its pension and medical benefits obligations, increased competition and tough economic conditions.

Euro falls vs dollar, Fitch comments spook tense market

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By Nia Williams | LONDON (Reuters) - The euro fell to just shy of a 16-month low against the dollar on Wednesday after Fitch ratings agency said the European Central Bank should do more to tackle the region's debt crisis.

Stocks to Open Flat, Fed Beige Book Due

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Futures edged lower Wednesday as the euro slipped following negative comments by Fitch and following the S&P 500's sharp rally in the previous session.

US Stock Futures Slip On Concerns Over Slowing Euro-Zone Economy

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By Tomi Kilgore Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stock futures slipped Wednesday morning as concerns over a weakening economy in Europe prompted investors to consolidate some of the market's recent gains.

The Huddle: What DeMint thinks

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(swong@politico.com or @scottwongDC) With an assist from Kevin Robillard ROMNEY ROLLS -- The Washington Post's Dan Balz sums up the emerging consensus: “Mitt Romney got virtually everything he needed out of the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night.

Obama trails Romney in Florida

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By BYRON TAU | President Obama is trailing his top GOP rival Mitt Romney in the swing state of Florida ten months out from the general election.

Remember When Newt Gingrich Pretended to Abhor Intra-GOP Attacks?

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By Conor Friedersdorf In a September debate, he promised to repudiate Republican infighting and called his opponents a team. In recent days, Newt Gingrich has been excoriating Mitt Romney in television ads and attacking his business background in ...

Private Equity Aims to Counter Buyout Bashing as Romney Targeted

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Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The buyout industry, seeking to contain damage as Mitt Romney draws criticism over his role at Bain Capital LLC, plans to counter perceptions that firms profit at the expense of workers, according to a person familiar with the ...

At long last, a phone with Intel inside

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By Michal Lev-Ram, writer January 11, 2012: 6:21 AM ET Other chip makers have been eating the tech giant's lunch during the surge in smartphone and tablet sales.

Google and Twitter clash over search results

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Twitter has clashed publicly with Google over changes to the dominant web search engine that promote Google+, its own social network.

Bryan Ferry Marries Son's 29-Year-Old Ex Girlfriend

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British pop singer Bryan Ferry has married for the second time in a private ceremony in the Caribbean. And this time he did it with a twist, by marrying his son's ex-girlfriend.

Stacy Keibler: George Clooney Is the 'Best Date in the Whole World'

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By Jeffrey Slonim "I have the best date in the whole world," Keibler, 32, told PEOPLE Tuesday at New York's Cipriani 42nd Street, where boyfriend George Clooney nabbed the best-actor award from the National Board of Review for his role in The ...

Video: What to Expect From NBC's Are You There, Chelsea?

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On NBC's Are You There, Chelsea?, executive producer Handler, 36, is played by That 70s Show's Laura Prepon, and Prepon's version doesn't disappoint.

NBA Scores And More: Kobe Bryant Explodes, Heat Fall Apart, Earth Spins Off ...

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The West Coast got the last laughs on Tuesday as Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 48 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Miami Heat in overtime.

Top freestyle skier Sarah Burke in coma after crash

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke was in a coma Tuesday after crashing during a training run on the superpipe in Park City, Utah.

Jaguars hire Mularkey as head coach

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The Atlanta Falcons' offensive coordinator has a relationship with general manager Gene Smith. He has a son working for the team as a scouting assistant.

VLBA, RXTE pinpoint black hole's outburst

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by Staff | January 11, 2012 | Filed under: News Astronomers have gained an important clue about a ubiquitous cosmic process by pinpointing the exact moment when gigantic “bullets” of fast-moving material were launched from the region surrounding a ...

Astronomers share galactic glories

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Astronomers around the world have saved up some of their most groundbreaking images to share during this week's meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas.

Nicotine patches, gum don't prevent relapse, study finds

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Among adults who stopped smoking, those who had used nicotine replacement products were just as likely to start again as those who quit cold turkey.

Marijuana Doesn't Appear to Harm Lung Function, Study Finds

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AP Smoking a joint once a week or a bit more apparently doesn't harm the lungs, suggests a 20-year study that bolsters evidence that marijuana doesn't do the kind of damage tobacco does.

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