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Friday, November 20, 2009 9:57 PM

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 104 Documents

Daniel Hannan

A great EU stitch-up that demeans democracy | Daniel Hannan

The appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton lay bare the rot at the core of the Lisbon projectIt's not often that the front pages of the Daily Mail and the Guardian have identical headlines. Still, both newspapers are right: it is a great EU ... [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 27 mins ago]

Entities: Daniel Hannan, Herman van Rompuy, European Union

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 52 mins ago - 106 Documents

Red Cross/Crescent

Policeman dies as devastating deluge strikes Britain

Four bridges collapse, main roads are blocked and hundreds are evacuated as 12 inches of rain falls in Cumbria in 24 hoursA policeman swept away and killed during the devastating flooding that hit north-west England was trying to save lives by directing ... [Guardian.co.uk - 52 mins ago]

Entities: Flooding, Red Cross/Crescent, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Hilary Benn, Environment Agency

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 31 Documents (in Politics)

US still hopes Iran will change mind on nuclear deal

WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it hopes Iran will still accept a confidence-building nuclear deal even as it plans to meet again with five other world powers to discuss steps to end Tehran's defiance.Meeting in Brussels on Friday, the six powers ... [The News International - 27 mins ago]

Entities: Iran, Robert Wood, Tehran

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 26 Documents

Guidelines for Cancer Screening Differ by Group

Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus ... [ABC News - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Mammography, breast self-exam, hysterectomy, Task Force

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 149 Documents

Google Inc

Google Shows Off Speed Of Its Chrome OS

Google said on Thursday that new software for its Chrome operating system will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, Reuters reported.Google’s venture into operating systems will pit its Chrome OS directly against Microsoft Corp ... [Red Orbit - 24 mins ago]

Entities: Google Inc, Sundar Pichai, Operating Systems

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 20 Documents

Michael Niemira

Black Friday deals may not signal retail comeback (Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) When the U.S. holiday shopping season kicks off on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened but even more bargain hungry customers cross their thresholds.Industry experts expect a strong turnout ... [Yahoo! News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: BDO Seidman, Michael Niemira, Thanksgiving, Sears Holdings Corporation

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 56 Documents

Mary Landrieu

Neb.'s Nelson agrees to health debate, leaving two senators undecided

His vote Saturday "is not for or against the new Senate health care bill released Wednesday," he said. "It is only to begin debate and an opportunity to make improvements. If you don't like a bill, why block your own opportunity to amend it?" Sen. Mary ... [Washington Post - 25 mins ago]

Entities: Richard Durbin, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Health Care

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 8 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Sony Corporation

Sony planning new online store

Sony is planning a new online store a la Apple's iTunes, but with a few twists.Announced at a strategy meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, the new service will hawk music, movies, books, and other downloadable content geared for its various electronics, including ... [CNET News.com - 24 mins ago]

Entities: Sony Corporation, Kazuo Hirai, BusinessWeek, PlayStation

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 27 Documents

Vivendi SA

Vivendi, GE agree to interim payment on NBCU stake (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vivendi SA and General Electric have agreed that Vivendi will be paid close to one-third of the value of its NBC Universal stake, although a value for the stake itself is still being negotiated, a person familiar with the matter ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 20 mins ago]

Entities: Vivendi SA, NBC Universal Inc, General Electric Company, Comcast Corporation

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 25 Documents

Alcan Inc

Rio Cloud Peak float fails to excite investors

Rio Tintos flotation of its Cloud Peak coal operations brought disappointment yesterday after the shares fell on their first day of trading.They were priced at $15 each but fell to $14.45 on their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The ... [Times Online - 21 mins ago]

Entities: P.E.A.K, IPO, Alcan Inc, Flotation

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 39 Documents

Bank of Japan

BOJ feels pressure as Japan slips into deflation

PRESSURE mounted on the Bank of Japan (BOJ) yesterday as the Cabinet Office declared the nation's economy back in deflation again and government ministers called for greater cooperation from the central bank to combat falling prices. ... [Business Times Singapore - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Bank of Japan, Deflation, Japan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 33 mins ago - 21 Documents

California unemployment hits record high

Californias unemployment rate hit a record 12.5 percent in October, according to federal labor statistics released today.The state has been the biggest job loser in the nation over the last year, the U.S. Labor Department said, shedding 687,700 jobs in ... [Biz Journals - 33 mins ago]

Entities: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, US Department of Labor

More Top Stories

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 30 mins ago - 38 Documents (in Internet & IT)

CERN

RESEARCH: Atom-smasher restarts after 14 months

The world's biggest atom-smasher, which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said Friday.AFP - The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration ... [France24 - 30 mins ago]

Entities: CERN, James Gillies, Large Hadron Collider, Creation of the Universe

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 17 Documents

Valero LP

Del. refinery shutdown illustrates industry woes

WILMINGTON, Del. — Refineries from New Mexico to New Jersey are under severe economic pressure because of falling demand for fuel, with a number of facilities shutting down in recent months.Valero Energy Corp., which shuttered a major refinery over the ... [Houston Chronicle - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Refinery, Valero LP, Gasoline, Jack Markell

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 23 Documents

Twitter Inc

The Next Web’s Weekly Recap

Welcome to The Next Web’s Weekly Recap. *** If you have a story we should include in our Weekly Recap please tweet it and include the hashtag #tnwrecap. This week saw the first unveiling of Google’s Chrome OS, some big Microsoft announcements from their ... [The Next Web - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Twitter Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft Corporation

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 55 mins ago - 48 Documents

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Signing Off In 2011: ‘Feels Right In My Bones’

Oprah Winfrey will end her daytime talk show – as we’ve known it since 1986 – in 2011. The legion of fans would agree: 25 years is a good run.Oprah Winfrey will wrap up The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011, a year marking both the end of her seven-year contract ... [Plastic Surgery Channel - 55 mins ago]

Entities: Oprah Winfrey, Plastic Surgery, Phil Donahue, Harpo Productions

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 25 Documents

Honduras leader 'to step aside'

Mr Micheletti became interim leader after the army-led takeover on 28 June Honduras' interim leader, Roberto Micheletti, has said that he will step aside briefly ahead of elections scheduled for the end of the month.He has said he will be absent from ... [BBC - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, Boycott

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 mins ago - 22 Documents

US student weeps as prosecutor sums up in Italy murder case

PERUGIA, Italy (AFP) American exchange student Amanda Knox wept Friday at the trial in which she is accused of murdering her British housemate in the Italian university town of Perugia two years ago.Summing up the case against Knox and her then boyfriend, ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 22 mins ago]

Entities: Murder, Perugia (Italy), Italy

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 37 Documents

Afstan: Shooting the messenger

I think Damian deals well the difficult substantive issues that have been involved in dealing with Afghan detainees. I'm going to look at how the matter is now being dealt with in Canada. I find the government's approach reprehensible.But first full ... [The Torch - Canada - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Torture, Richard Colvin, Abuse, Testimony, Canada

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 54 mins ago - 27 Documents

Swine flu mutation found in Norway

Health authorities in Norway have discovered a potentially significant mutation in swine flu they say could be responsible for causing the severest symptoms among those infected.The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said on Friday the mutation of the ... [Radio New Zealand - 54 mins ago]

Entities: Mutation, Norway, Virus, Swine Flu, Pandemic

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 281 Documents

Google Chrome OS: A virtual tour

Google's Chrome OS is designed purely to run Web-based applications, rather than software installed on a system's hard drive. At Thursday's Chrome OS event, Google claimed the new operating system's boot-up speed is a lightning-fast 7 seconds. The Chrome ... [Good Gear Guide - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Google Chrome, Google Inc, HTML

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 42 mins ago - 22 Documents

Top South Korean model found dead in Paris flat

SEOUL: A top who was a fixture at fashion week in Paris and London was found dead at her apartment in Paris, an official said.Daul Kim, 20, was found dead on Thursday by French police, a foreign ministry official in Seoul said. Media reports called it ... [Times of India - 42 mins ago]

Entities: Paris, Seoul, Martin Margiela, Dries Van Noten

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 19 Documents

Thierry Henry’s Handball

We’ve always had the diving, the rolling, the spitting, the head-butting, and the hair-pulling, but now there’s a new reason to be ashamed of soccer: the refereeing. In the recent France/Ireland World Cup qualifier, the ref missed a blatant double handball ... [New Yorker - 35 mins ago]

Entities: Thierry Henry, Henry's, Gottfried Dienst, Ghana

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 44 mins ago - 21 Documents

CNN.com Doesn't Explicitly Mention Party of Senator Burris (D)

An unsigned CNN.com article on Friday noted that the Senate Ethics Committee had reproved Senator Roland Burris “for actions and statements reflecting unfavorably upon the Senate,” but did not directly mention the Illinois senator’s affiliation with the ... [NewsBusters.org blogs - 44 mins ago]

Entities: Roland Burris, Rod R Blagojevich, Impeach, Barack Obama, Democratic Party (US)

Blogs

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CDS report: Is Greece the only sovereign on a s... [FT Alphaville - 50 mins ago] Gavan Nolan of Markit wrote this CDS report The difference between sovereign and corporate CDS spreads in Europe this week reached its smallest level since February ...
Rolls Royce Could Launch an Electric Phantom In... [Treehugger - 1 hour ago] Photo: Rolls RoyceDoes It Matter? Depends How You Look at It... Autocar reports that a source inside the company told them that Rolls Royce could have an electric ...
Split Carbon Costs of Deforestation Between Pro... [Treehugger - 1 hour ago] It's probably no great secret to TreeHugger readers at this point that part of the reason are rapidly rising is partially because manufacturing of goods for export ...
Prosperity, Peace and Opportunity: The Legacy o... [White House.gov Blog Feed - 1 hour ago] Click here to see the video. In a particularly moving address to troops at Osan Air Base in Osan, South Korea, the President thanked American troops ...
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Audio/Video

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Marfan Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment-Mayo Cl... [Mayo Clinic - YouTube - 55 mins ago]
Akin: A History of Thanksgiving - Pt 1 [Rep. Todd Akin - YouTube Channel - 56 mins ago]
111809 Hensarling_political_risk.wmv [Rep. Jeb Hensarling - YouTube Channel - 1 hour ago]
Dr. Robert Jacobson - Vaccines & preventing... [Mayo Clinic - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Dr. Robert Jacobson - Vaccines & mercury co... [Mayo Clinic - YouTube - 1 hour ago]

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