January 2012
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Facebook poised to file for IPO next week →
Letters from solitary confinement reveal DWI man's... →
More details are coming out on yesterday’s story about the New Mexico man who was thrust into solitary confinement after getting arrested for driving while intoxicated. He was just awarded $22 million for the inhumane treatment he received while in jail.
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BREAKING NEWS: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner... →
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List of guests sitting with Michelle Obama at The... →
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BREAKING NEWS: 'Hugo' leads Oscar contenders with... →
Also nominated for best picture Tuesday: the silent film “The Artist”; the family drama “The Descendants”; the Sept. 11 tale “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”; the Deep South drama “The Help”; the romantic fantasy “Midnight in Paris”; the sports tale “Moneyball”; the family chronicle “The Tree of Life”; and...
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Breaking: Texas Gov. Rick Perry to drop bid for... →
He has scheduled an 11 a.m. press conference in South Carolina.
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Jobless claims drop to near four-year low →
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Iowa Republicans to call caucus result a 'split... →
The Iowa GOP Party will certify this month’s presidential caucuses as a split decision between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, citing missing data from eigh precincts, the Des Moines Register reported Thursday.
The party had previously awarded the contest to Romney, with an eight-vote margin. The Register said the new count put Santorum ahead by 34 votes.
Here we go again. Does this change...
Human head found by walkers' dogs in Hollywood... →
LOS ANGELES — Hikers in the Hollywood Hills found a human head in a plastic bag Tuesday when two of their dogs began playing with the object, Los Angeles police said.
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Update: 5 more bodies found in cruise ship wreck →
Meanwhile, NBC News is reporting that the ship’s captain had a history of disobeying orders. Francesco Schettino, according to Italian news reports, had once left Marseilles, France, in bad weather, against company policy and coast guard orders. The captain was also once reportedly caught sailing too close to the shore in another part of Italy.
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Worst blizzard since '85? Seattle braces for storm... →
SEATTLE — A “potential major winter storm” that could dump twice Seattle’s annual snowfall on the city over the course of two days was headed for the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, weather.com reported.
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Americans honor MLK with service — and more... →
REUTERS - Americans honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a traditional day of service as well as a new wave of protests by Occupy Wall Street to promote causes of economic justice.
“Occupy Wall Street continues Martin Luther King’s quest for economic justice through nonviolent action,” the protest movement said in a statement.
Occupy Wall Street = MLK? Thoughts?
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Huntsman drops out of GOP presidential race,... →
And then there were five.
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Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company →
Woman gets jail time for messy yard →
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.- A woman who failed to pay a $480 fine for having a messy yard was sentenced to 10 days in jail, but came home a few days early on Thursday to find an overwhelming amount of support from strangers in her community.
WWII vet's dog tags returned after 66 years →
Richard Urie is 86 years old. He emails. He’s on Facebook. He Skypes. And now he has a piece of history from way before any of those technologies existed.
Xbox workers in China threatened mass suicide →
‘The reason you see these protests is because the employees feel they have no other option,’ rights activist reportedly says
Hand in the cookie jar: Girl Scout official... →
Yaasmin Hooey, 35, of New York used the cash for cruises, cosmetic laser procedures and a $13,000 diamond ring. She also spent $18,000 in bars and restaurants, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
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911 to teen mom who killed intruder: 'Protect your... →
An 18-year-old Oklahoma mother fearing for her infant’s life shot and killed an intruder after a 911 operator told her, “Do what you have to do to protect your baby.”
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Rick Perry to return to Texas to assess campaign →
After his disappointing fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses — and after spending more than $4 million on TV ads in the state — Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he was heading home to the Lone Star State to “assess the results” and “determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race.”
