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First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 78 Documents

Obama Shares Details of Higher Education Funding Plan (CQ Today)

CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – EDUCATIONPresident Obama on Friday morning explained in more detail how his new college affordability proposal would shift federal funding away from colleges and universities that fail to keep tuition costs from rising.Speaking ... [ Published 25 mins ago by Congressional Quarterly ]

Entities: Higher Education, Barack Obama, Education, White House

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 50 Documents

Nicolas Sarkozy

France Will Withdraw from Afghanistan Next Year

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says France will pull its troops out of Afghanistan next year -- a year earlier than planned. Friday's announcement came following talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Paris.The announcement came a week after France ... [ Published 21 mins ago by GlobalSecurity.org ]

Entities: Afghanistan, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Hamid Karzai

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 32 Documents

Okram Ibobi Singh

Voting begins in Indian state Manipur amid threats

IMPHAL: Voting was peaceful on Saturday morning across Manipur as people came out to exercise their democratic right despite a string of bomb blasts in the past one week.The state will elect its 60-member 10th assembly.The State Election Office said polling ... [ Published 25 mins ago by The Gulf Today ]

Entities: Devi, Okram Ibobi Singh, Threat, PARAMILITARY FORCES

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 50 Documents

Capital Economics

Economy grew at fast rate in 4Q

WASHINGTON The economy grew late last year at a pace that in normal times would suggest its healthy. But the 2.8 percent annualized growth rate in the October-December quarter the fastest pace since the spring of 2010 isnt being cheered by most economists ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Wilkes-Barre Times Leader ]

Entities: Consumer Spending, Paul Ashworth, Unemployment, Capital Economics

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 41 Documents

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc

Amylin’s diabetes drug gets FDA nod

Written by Dean Calbreath 12:56 p.m., Jan. 27, 2012Updated 7:24 p.m.Follow Twitter: @deancalbreath Facebook: SDUTBusiness Also see Also of interest More 1 2 Next In a major breakthrough for type 2 diabetes patients, San Diego’s Amylin Pharmaceuticals ... [ Published 3 hours ago by SignOn San Diego ]

Entities: Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc, BYDUREON, Diabetes, Food and Drug Administration

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 44 Documents

Food and Drug Administration

FDA detains orange juice imports after finding fungicide contamination

Discuss Comment, Blog aboutShare this Email, Facebook, TwitterWASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has detained several shipments of imported orange juice after finding traces of an illegal fungicide.The government says the juice is safe ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Gwinnett Daily Post ]

Entities: Orange Juice, Fungicide, Food and Drug Administration, carbendazim

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 20 Documents

Axitinib

FDA Approves Axitinib for Advanced Renal Cell Cancer

In order to use Medscape, your browser must be set to accept cookies delivered by the Medscape site.Medscape uses cookies to customize the site based on the information we collect at registration. The cookies contain no personally identifiable information ... [ Published 5 hours ago by General Medicine eJournal ]

Entities: Axitinib, renal cell carcinoma, Medscape

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 16 Documents

North Carolina State University

Cat resting with a new knee

RALEIGH A cancer-survivor cat named Cyrano was resting comfortably Friday, with the help of pain meds, after receiving a custom-designed artificial knee during a six-hour surgery Thursday at N.C. State University. Surgeons from Texas and Washington, D.C., ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Charlotte Observer ]

Entities: North Carolina State University, Surgeon, Tabby Cat, Colorado State University

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 97 Documents

Morgan Stanley & Co

I-Bankers Value Respect over Ready Money in Facebook IPO

Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business. The world's largest online social network is expected to tap public markets for $10 billion in the ... [ Published 15 mins ago by International Business Times UK ]

Entities: IPOs, Facebook Inc, Morgan Stanley & Co, Underwriter, Zynga Game Network Inc

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 105 Documents

Facebook Inc

Facebook readies massive IPO

MENLO PARK, Calif. ? Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever.The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would require Facebook ... [ Published 1 hour ago by South Coast Today ]

Entities: IPOs, Facebook Inc, David Menlow, Scott Sweet, Max Wolff

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 39 mins ago - 42 Documents

Fitch Ratings

Five Eurozone Countries Downgraded

FRANKFURT - Fitch Ratings downgraded the debt of Italy, Spain and three other countries that use the euro on Friday, a possible setback as European leaders work to contain the continent's debt crisis.The lower government-debt ratings for Italy, Spain, ... [ Published 57 mins ago by Huffington Post Canada ]

Entities: Fitch Ratings, Crisis, Italy, Eurozone, Greece Bailout

First Reported Jan 27 2012 - Updated 2 hours ago - 53 Documents

Federal Reserve System

US grew at fastest pace for 18 months in fourth quarter

Federal Reserve warns that economy still faces big risks and predicts soft growthThe US economy grew at its fastest pace in 18 months in the fourth quarter of 2011, but a strong rebuilding of stocks by businesses and a slower pace of spending on capital ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Drogheda Independent ]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Gross Domestic Product, David Watt, Escape Velocity

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 215 Documents

National News: Brothers in court on murder charge

Two brothers are due to appear in court accused of murdering a man whose decapitated body was found on fire.The body of John Grainger, 32, was discovered by firefighters in Stockport, Greater Manchester, at 5.10am on Thursday when they extinguished a ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Birmingham Mail ]

Entities: John Grainger, Joseph Jenkins, Magistrates Court, Wellington (New Zealand)

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 29 Documents

International Monetary Fund

EU, IMF press Greece on more budget cuts

ATHENS The European Union and IMF want Greece to push through more budget cuts and implement a series of long-agreed austerity reforms before they agree on a new bailout the country needs to avert bankruptcy, a report shows. All eyes have been on Athens ... [ Published 38 mins ago by Oman Tribune ]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, Greece, Athens, European Union, Greece Bailout

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 23 Documents

United Nations

UN discusses Syrian resolution as violence continues

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council met behind closed doors Friday to discuss a European-Arab draft resolution on Syria as violence continued to inflict casualties in the Middle East country.The draft resolution, jointly drawn up by Arab states with ... [ Published 14 mins ago by CHINAdaily ]

Entities: United Nations, Syria, Russia, Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Vitaly Churkin

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 50 mins ago - 27 Documents

Chad Campbell

Andy Tobin seeks public vote on his redistricting plan

_ House Speaker Andy Tobin, an outspoken critic of the new redistricting lines, wants to hold a special election in May to seek voter approval of congressional and legislative districts he's drawn.If approved by voters, the so-called "Tobin alternative" ... [ Published 50 mins ago by AZCentral.com ]

Entities: Elections, Andy Biggs, Steve Gallardo, Chad Campbell

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 21 Documents

Olli Rehn

Leaders upbeat on Greece

DAVOS Euro zone finance officials voiced optimism on Friday that a deal to avert a disorderly Greek default was imminent and that key building blocks to resolve Europes sovereign debt crisis are gradually fitting into place. Europes top economic official ... [ Published 38 mins ago by Oman Tribune ]

Entities: Greece, Olli Rehn, Eurozone

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 45 Documents

'Barefoot Bandit' gets 6 1/2 years in jail

A federal judge on Friday sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.Harris-Moore hopscotched his way across ... [ Published 2 hours ago by CTV British Columbia ]

Entities: Richard Jones, prison, Crime, Sentencing

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 34 Documents

Judge Sentences Komisarjevsky To Death

Jan. 28--NEW HAVEN -- On the day he was sentenced to execution for the slayings of a mother and her two daughters, Joshua Komisarjevsky kept his finger pointed at his accomplice and insisted he never meant for anyone to die during the July 2007 deadly ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Poten & Partners ]

Entities: Jeremiah Donovan, Death Row, Capital Punishment, Joshua Komisarjevsky

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 38 Documents

World & UK News: Man quizzed over 'road rage' death

A 42-year-old man is being questioned by detectives in connection with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in a suspected road rage incident.Officers were called to Teehey Lane in Bebington, Wirral, just after 3pm on Friday where they found a ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle ]

Entities: Road Rage, United Kingdom, Homicide

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 18 Documents

Jan. 27, 2012 - CSA remarks on the budget impact to the Army briefing at the Pentagon

CAPT. JOHN KIRBY, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR MEDIA OPERATIONS: Well, good morning everybody, and thanks for being here. It's my pleasure to bring back to you in the briefing room General Ray Odierno, the 38th Chief of Staff of the United ... [ Published 35 mins ago by United States Army ]

Entities: Raymond Odierno, Afghanistan, John Kirby, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), Joint Force

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 22 mins ago - 15 Documents

UK & World News: Escaped prisoner back in custody

A prisoner who went on the run after being sprung from the clutches of prison officers as they escorted him to hospital has been arrested, police have said.Andrew Farndon, 26, has been at the centre of a nationwide manhunt since an armed accomplice helped ... [ Published 17 mins ago by Flintshire Chronicle ]

Entities: Custody, prison, United Kingdom, Police, John Anslow

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 49 mins ago - 20 Documents

Outrage over Twitter censorship plan

New York - Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage on Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.It was a stunning ... [ Published 49 mins ago by News24.com ]

Entities: Twitter Inc, Censorship, Boycott, Reporters Sans Frontières, Victoria Nuland

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 46 mins ago - 18 Documents

31 dead, dozens injured in AQ attack on Shias in Iraq

If this keeps up, it's ahrd to see how Iraq can avoid another sectarian bloodletting.Dozens of people were killed and wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked a funeral procession in Baghdad on Friday, days after an al Qaeda-linked insurgent group warned ... [ Published 46 mins ago by American Thinker ]

Entities: Shia Islam, Iraq, Ministry of Interior, Baghdad

Blogs

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“A Single, Hazy Event” [ Published 27 mins ago by Lawyers, Guns & Money ] Let’s just say that I’m not optimistic that Posnanski’s Paterno book will be would it should be. ...
gcluley: @iainthomson I'm afraid no RSA for me ... [ Published 27 mins ago by Twitter / gcluley ] gcluley: @iainthomson I'm afraid no RSA for me this year :( but @duckblog and @ChetWisniewski will be there. ...
muscati: @mrsythe what happens is their tweets ... [ Published 28 mins ago by Twitter / muscati ] muscati: @mrsythe what happens is their tweets don't show in my timeline but tweets in which they are mentioned do ...
Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the... [ Published 32 mins ago by Engadget ] The fresh trend of Micro Four Thirds shooters is on the rise, thus it shouldn't come as a surprise that more glass-makers are jumping on the MFT bandwagon. Joining the likes of Panasonic, Olympus and Kodak as part of the Micro Four Thirds Group, is a ...
mikko: Only four more years to go until EU Copy... [ Published 32 mins ago by Twitter / mikkohypponen ] mikko: Only four more years to go until EU Copyright expires for 'Happy Birthday to You' and then we can all sing it for free! http://t.co/QRj0qx3V ...

Audio/Video

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CNN News Update (1-28-2012 2 AM EST) [ Published 48 mins ago by CNN News Update ]
Beware: The Celebrity Meltdown [ Published 1 hour ago by ABC News - YouTube ]
CNN News Update (1-28-2012 1 AM EST) [ Published 1 hour ago by CNN News Update ]
Taken: 12 Hours of Terror [ Published 2 hours ago by ABC News - YouTube ]
Fact-checking Florida debate claims [ Published 2 hours ago by CNN.com - Video ]

Press Releases

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Thomas J. Kent Jr. Chairman of Kent Global LLC ... [ Published 1 hour ago by PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest ]
CFIA/Pinnacle Foods Group LLC Issues Allergy Al... [ Published 2 hours ago by Marketwire - Breaking News Releases ]
CFIA/Allergy Alert: Undeclared Egg in Certain B... [ Published 2 hours ago by Marketwire - Breaking News Releases ]
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for January 28 [ Published 3 hours ago by PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail ]
Cano Petroleum Announces Delay in Filing Its Qu... [ Published 3 hours ago by EON Energy ]