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Breaking News Mon, 30 Dec 2013
Fishing boats docked by a small road-side pier in Visayas, Philippines.
Fishing   Food   Indonesia   Island   Photos   Wikipedia: Indonesia  
 Fresno Bee 
Food for millions at risk
HOGA ISLAND, Indonesia — He sat shirtless on his thin bamboo floor in a home built on posts rising out of the Banda Sea. | Tadi had just returned in his dugout canoe from scanning crevices in a ... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Climate Change This Week: The Good, The Bad, The Old, The New in 2013, and More!
Climate Change   Environment   Photos   Water  
 Huffington Post 
Climate Change This Week: The Good, The Bad, The Old, The New in 2013, and More!
Jingle right along with us this week, folks, for the usual up and down sleigh ride! | Most Important Climate Message: "You CAN Do Something About It" is what people need to hear most, says a new , rep... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
U.S. Army soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, from Forward Operating Base Torkham, conduct a dismounted patrol from one of their observation points to an Afghan Border Police checkpoint, Nov. 18, 2013.  Denver Post 
U.S. intelligence report has grim outlook for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — A new American intelligence assessment on the Afghan war predicts that the gains the United States and its allies have made during the past three years are likely to have been signi... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Eric Provost)
Afghan War   Photos   Taliban   US Military   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Hundreds of jobseekers gather at a National Career Fairs job fair at the Radisson Martinique On Broadway Hotel in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims figures Thursday  The Siasat Daily 
Unemployment benefits end in US for 1.3 mn jobless
Washington, December 28: | For the more than 1.3 million people who have been jobless in the US for over six months, the holiday season came to a crashing halt Saturday with the cancellation of the fe... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle)
Economy of USA   Photos   Poverty in US   Unemployment US   Wikipedia: Economy of the United States  
Top Stories
Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers - NBA Team The Los Angeles Times
After fourth straight loss, Lakers fall to 12th place in the West
With the Lakers' fourth loss in a row on Friday, a 105-103 defeat to the Jazz in Utah, the Lakers have dropped to 12th place in the Western Conference. | At 13-17, the La... (photo: Creative Commons / Keith Allison)
Lakers   NBA   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Los Angeles Lakers  
St. Louis Rams wide receiver Tory Holt (#81), playing for the NFC, makes his way downfield after catching a pass from Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck during the 2008 Pro Bowl game at Aloha Stadium. The Los Angeles Times
Seahawks' Walter Thurmond set to return after four-game suspension
Although unapologetic, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Walter Thurmond assured reporters on Friday that he has learned a lesson after his four-game suspension for violating t... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl)
Abuse   NFL   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Walter Thurmond  
Suns Vs. Heat. January 6th, 2006 at the US Airways Center - U-Sac (Formerly America West Arena- AWA) Star Telegram
Miami Heat (22-7) at Portland Trail Blazers (24-5), 10 p.m. (ET)
The Sports Network | (SportsNetwork.com) - Two of the NBA's best do battle Saturday night when the two-time defending champion Miami Heat head to the Moda Center to face ... (photo: Creative Commons / Jason Thompson)
Basketball   NBA   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Moda Center  
Minnesota Timberwolves - Home Court at the Target Center The Miami Herald
Minnesota Timberwolves (14-15) at Milwaukee Bucks (6-23), 8:30 p.m. (ET)
(SportsNetwork.com) - Kevin Love and the Minnesota Timberwolves look to stay on track when they visit the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday at the Bradley Center. | Love is averag... (photo: Creative Commons / Queen of Subtle/Jenni Konrad)
Minnesota   NBA   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Minnesota Timberwolves  
In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, center from left, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alekhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday Nov. 2, 2012 that he detested the Pussy Riot act, but added the women have been in prison long enough and should be released. The Los Angeles Times
Pussy Riot members to shift from music to human rights activism
After its "punk prayer" protest against Vladimir Putin in 2012, Pussy Riot was the most dangerous band in the world. The collective mixed performance art, feminism, radic... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev)
Human Rights   Music   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: Pussy Riot  
Rihanna at LGOET in chicago Belfast Telegraph
Rihanna’s New York NYE
Rihanna will reportedly countdown to 2014 at Jay Z’s 40/40 nightclub in Manhattan. | The Pour It Up hitmaker will ring in 2014 with loved ones by her side at 40/40 in M... (photo: Creative Commons / FlickreviewR)
Artists   Performing   Photos   Singer   Wikipedia: Rihanna  
This December 2012 photo released by the Connecticut State Police on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, shows a shattered window at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Adam Lanza gunned down 20 first-graders and six educators with a semi-automatic rifle at the school on Dec. 14, 2012, after killing his mother inside their home. Denver Post
Police release final Sandy Hook shooting report
NEW HAVEN, conn. —Connecticut police released thousands of pages Friday from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, providing the most detailed and disturbi... (photo: AP / Connecticut State Police)
Gun Control   Newtown Shooting   Photos   US Crime   Wikipedia: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting  
Trader Albert Young works from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in New York Times Union
Stocks pause after rally
New York | Wall Street's six-day rally stalled out on Friday as stocks ended the day mostly flat in quiet trading. | Bond yields continued to rise. The yield on the 10-ye... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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Protesters hold up posters depicting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden as they crash a Christmas ceremony where Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech to recycling workers and homeless people, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. WorldNews.com
Does 'No Such Agency' Mean No Such Democracy?
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Unlike the Central Intelligence Agency, which was brought into being by an act of congressional representatives, the Nati... (photo: AP / Andre Penner)
Edward Snowden   Mass Surveillace   NSA Spying   Photos   Wikipedia: Global surveillance disclosure  
Mourners gather for a candlelight vigil at Ram's Pasture to remember shooting victims, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. The Daily Beast
Another Heartbreaking Newtown Report
By Michael DalyDecember 28th 20135:45 am | More Stories by Michael Daly | A final report released Friday on the Newtown shooting brings even more tragic details. | From t... (photo: AP / Jason DeCrow)
Newtown Shooting   Photos   Sandy Hook   Terrorism in US   Wikipedia : Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting  
Pedestrians are reflected on the window of a Hyundai Motor's showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Hyundai Motor Co. suffered a fall in third quarter profit versus the previous quarter after strikes dented vehicle production. The Los Angeles Times
Hyundai Motor America chief John Krafcik to step down
John Krafcik, president and chief executive of Hyundai Motor America in Costa Mesa, will step down at the end of his contract Dec. 31, making way for successor David Zuch... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
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Politics Telecom
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- China investigates provincial political adviser
- Gay in Utah: Hostility, acceptance part of life
U.S. Army soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, from Forward Operating Base Torkham, conduct a dismounted patrol from one of their observation points to an Afghan Border Police checkpoint, Nov. 18, 2013.
U.S. intelligence report has grim outlook for Afghanistan
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Protesters hold up posters depicting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden as they crash a Christmas ceremony where Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech to recycling workers and homeless people, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013.
Does 'No Such Agency' Mean No Such Democracy?
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Media & News Technology & Science
- Pot, guns and paparazzi: New laws run gamut in US
- Eagles don NFC East championship gear, celebrate in Cowboys&
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Chris Weidman, third from left, of Baldwin, N.Y., poses with his team after defeating Anderson Silva, of Brazil, in the UFC 168 mixed martial arts middleweight championship bout on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, in Las Vegas. Weidman won by a technical knockout during the second round after Silva was injured. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Chris Weidman to defend UFC middleweight title versus Vitor Belfort
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- NSA intercepts computer deliveries: Report
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- TD run by 7-year-old voted top Nebraska story
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Energy & Oil Business
- Washington Examiner: Obama should rethink his energy policy
- Major oil, gas project up for review in Utah
- Gaming Gas Supply Constraints Gets Dangerous In Marcellus Sh
- The Weekly Oil & Gas Follies
Trader Albert Young works from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in New York
Stocks pause after rally
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- Suspect in 3 Colorado slayings captured in Okla.
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Trader Albert Young works from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in New York
Stocks pause after rally
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