| Scientists praise Obama as Doomsday clock reset Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:47 AM PST ![]() NEW YORK (AFP) – International scientists nudged back the minute hand of the symbolic Doomsday clock Thursday, as they praised President Barack Obama for helping to pull the world back from nuclear or environmental catastrophe.
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| The Help That Haiti Needs Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:43 AM PST ![]() Given Haiti's political instability and crumbling infrastructure, what kind of aid should be sent and how?
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| General Larry Platt: A Real American Idol Posted: 14 Jan 2010 02:12 PM PST ![]() Platt isn't some William Hungian TV clown. His legacy extends back to the '60s, when he was a crusader for the Civil Rights Movement.
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| Obama tells banks: `We want our money back' (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2010 02:51 PM PST ![]() President Barack Obama told banks Thursday they should pay a new tax to recoup the cost of bailing out foundering firms at the height of the financial crisis. "We want our money back," he said.
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| Search giant vs. global powerhouse a tough fight for U.S. to referee Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:34 PM PST  Google's threat to pull out of China after revelations by the search-engine giant that hackers in China stole valuable corporate secrets from its computer systems comes as the United States is making a concerted push for closer ties with the Asian giant.
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| Miracle on the Hudson: One Year Later Posted: 14 Jan 2010 01:53 PM PST  by Mike Krumboltz On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 made an emergency landing on the Hudson River. Amazingly, nobody on the flight was seriously injured. The event became known as "the Miracle on the Hudson," and pilot Chesley Sullenberger became an instant celebrity. One year later, interest in the flight and its key players continues to rock the Search box. Over the past year, Captain Sullenberger (aka "Sully") went from being just another pilot asking that you please not hog the overhead bins to everyone's personal hero. He was invited to attend the inauguration of President Oba
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| Teddy Pendergrass & The Transsexual Tenika Watson Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:55 AM PST  R&B singer and sexual icon Teddy Pendergrass has died of colon cancer at 59. The consummate ladies' man, he was known for belting out such hits as If You Don't Know Me By Now and Love TKO in sold-out panty-throwing 'women only' concerts. With his death, old rumors surrounding the tragic car crash that left him paralyzed from the chest down have been injected with new life. Chief among them that he was not alone in the car that night. Riding along was "casual acquaintance" Tenika Watson, a 31-year-old transsexual model, nightclub singer and rumored prostitute. Keywords: celeb love, celebrity
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| George Clooney Haiti Telethon Planned For January 22 Posted: 14 Jan 2010 03:43 PM PST  LOS ANGELES — MTV Networks is working with George Clooney to stage a telethon for Haitian earthquake relief. MTV spokesman Mark Jafar said Thursday that details are still being worked out.
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| Let's Hope These 4 Things Don't Happen Posted: 14 Jan 2010 01:51 PM PST ![]() In the cast of corporate characters, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are A-list villains, thanks to the central role they played in the 2008 financial meltdown.
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| Roanoke Reverend speaks out about Pat Robertson’s Haiti comment Posted: 14 Jan 2010 01:10 PM PST ![]() Reverend Mike Perry calls Robertson's comment sad and careless
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| O'Donnell: Time for Leno to step aside (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:11 PM PST  AP - Rosie O'Donnell said Thursday that it's time for Jay Leno to step aside for Conan O'Brien and "not try to flatten his tires before he even gets going."
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| Columbia prof says Prop 8 adds to gay health woes (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:34 PM PST  AP - A Columbia University social scientist says California's voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriages contributed to the social stigma that makes gay men and lesbians more susceptible to depression, suicide and substance abuse.
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| Rosie O'Donnell: Time for Jay Leno to step aside Posted: 14 Jan 2010 08:08 PM PST ![]() Rosie O'Donnell said Thursday that it's time for Jay Leno to step aside for Conan O'Brien and "not try to flatten his tires before ...
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