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Technology's Richest Billionaires - Forbes

Globe and Mail

Technology's Richest Billionaires
Forbes
Bill Gates loses top spot, but stock surge lifts fortunes of youngest and once-young technology moguls. Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man. Though the software visionary's net worth rose $13 billion to a whopping $53 billion in the last ...
Slim Overtakes Gates, Buffett to Become Forbes Richest PersonBusinessWeek
Forbes rich list topped by Mexican mobile phone titan Carlos SlimThe Guardian
Mexico's Carlos Slim overtakes Gates in world rich listBBC News
Times Online -MarketWatch -Reuters
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White House continues to slam insurers - CNN

New York Times (blog)

White House continues to slam insurers
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama is set to turn up the heat on private health insurers again Wednesday, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to the political battleground state of Missouri. ...
Obama takes health care overhaul push to MissouriWashington Post
Obama: Nothing needs reform more than health careUSA Today
US health secretary piles pressure on insurersReuters
CBS News -Wall Street Journal -Kansas City Star
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Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal - The Associated Press

Boston Globe

Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON ? They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered "real" military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home. ...
At Capitol ceremony, female aviators of WWII honoredMiamiHerald.com
Mich. women WWII pilots receive Congressional Gold MedalThe Detroit News
Michigan woman is among World War II pilots honoredDetroit Free Press
Sun-Sentinel -NPR -WNCT
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House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies - New York Times

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House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies
New York Times
WASHINGTON ? House Democratic leaders said on Wednesday that they would no longer dole out budget ?earmarks? to profit-making companies, wiping out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to ...
House bans some earmarks amid ethics concernsReuters
House Democrats ban earmarks for private contractorsWashington Post
House Democrats ban earmarks to corporationsThe Associated Press
USA Today -BusinessWeek -Wall Street Journal
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'Jihad Jane': How does Al Qaeda recruit US-born women? - Christian Science Monitor

The Guardian

'Jihad Jane': How does Al Qaeda recruit US-born women?
Christian Science Monitor
The case of 'Jihad Jane' raises troubling questions about the ability of Al Qaeda to attract US-born women to terrorism. This undated image, obtained courtesy of Fox News, shows a photo from a website that authorities say was maintained by terror ...
Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' onlineThe Associated Press
'Jihad Jane's' Arrest Raises Fears About Homegrown TerroristsABC News
Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on CartoonistNew York Times
KYW1060.com -The Guardian -Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Eric Massa Story Gets Uglier: "Unwanted Advances" in Navy - CBS News

Washington Post

Eric Massa Story Gets Uglier: "Unwanted Advances" in Navy
CBS News
The strange story of recently-resigned House Democrat Eric Massa has gone from bad to worse: The Atlantic's Josh Green reports that Massa was "notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates" during his 20-year Naval career. ...
Massa's bizarre weekNews 10 Now
Massa: Yeah, I Groped Male Staff But Not SexuallyFOXNews
Tickled: Massa Scandal's Block 4 CameoABC News (blog)
New York Magazine -Salon -Daily Beast
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From McDonnell, A Turn On Sexual Orientation - Atlantic Online

Washington Times

From McDonnell, A Turn On Sexual Orientation
Atlantic Online
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc? Last night, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart broadcast a pretty devastating take-down of the anti-gay initiatives being undertaken by the new governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, and his anti-gay attorney general, ...
Northern Virginia jurisdictions win homeland security fundsBizjournals.com
Virginia passes offshore drilling billsWashington Business Journal
Governor issues directive against discriminationCulpeper Star Exponent
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times -Loudoun Independent -The Virginian-Pilot
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Netanyahu regrets 'timing' of E. J'lem housing announcement - Ha'aretz

Globe and Mail

Netanyahu regrets 'timing' of E. J'lem housing announcement
Ha'aretz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told cabinet ministers yesterday that the timing of the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee's announcement of a plan to build 1600 new housing units in East Jerusalem - which was issued on ...
US-Israel row highlights quandary over settlementsThe Associated Press
Biden condemns recent Jewish settlement expansion amid Palestinian outragesXinhua
Biden seeks to reassure Palestinians on US role in peace talksLos Angeles Times
Ynetnews -CNN -Wall Street Journal
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Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally' - CNN

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Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally'
CNN
Remarks by Chief Justice John Roberts and President Obama, shown here in 2009, have exposed political tensions. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Simmering tension between the White House and US Supreme Court spilled into ...
Chief Justice Roberts 'Troubled' by Scene at the State of the Union AddressABC News
2 Republican Senators Call on Obama to Stop 'Attacks' on Supreme CourtFOXNews
Chief Justice John Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling'Washington Post
Los Angeles Times -CBS News -msnbc.com
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Iran's Ahmadinejad Criticizes US Role in Afghanistan - Voice of America

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Iran's Ahmadinejad Criticizes US Role in Afghanistan
Voice of America
Photo: AP Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Washington with his own words, as he appeared at a news conference alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. Earlier this week, visiting US Defense Secretary Robert Gates accused Tehran ...
US-Iran tension plays out in AfghanistanThe Associated Press
US flags earlier Afghan drawdownABC Online
Iran and US trade insults over Taliban-led violenceTelegraph.co.uk
Xinhua -Press TV -BBC News
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