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 Bloomberg Visits Gossip Girl Set To Mark 100th Episode
| The cast of Gossip Girl has received a special visit from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who applauded the show for boosting the city's popularity. | The 100th episode of the series, set in Manha... (photo: AP / Mike Groll) IMDb
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 Remembering Howard Zinn
| Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 from his position as a tenured p... (photo: Creative Commons) Al Jazeera
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 The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
| Variously described as a conman, a fantasist, a sociopath, and a super-patriot, Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema died alone on Saturday of complications relating t... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti) The Independent
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 Cocaine cache gets diplomatic treatment at UN
| US Coast Guard crew members offload pounds of cocaine in Miami Beach, Flori... | A 16 kilo (35.5 pounds) consignment of cocaine lost by Mexican drug traffickers has tur... (photo: UN / Joao Araujo Pinto) Breitbart
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 New York hydrofracking supporters hail Obama's speech, hope for end to Marcellus Shale moratorium
| WASHINGTON — President Barack Obamas decision to support natural-gas drilling on federal lands is being hailed by supporters of hydraulic fracturing in New York.... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) Lower Hudson Online
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 Oil up as Fed sees low rates through late 2014
(Corrects contract delivery date in paragraph 8 to March.) * US Fed says will keep rates low until late 2014 * US weekly crude stocks rise 3.56 mln barrels -EIA * Coming ... (photo: Creative Commons) The Guardian
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 Bachmann to Run for Re-Election
| WASHINGTON – Representative Michele Bachmann, whose White House quest fizzled after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses, said Wednesday that she would seek re-electio... (photo: AP / Charlie Riedel) The New York Times
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 Murdoch-Backed Startup Flops
| (Reuters - By Yinka Adegoke) - Beyond Oblivion, a digital music startup backed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and investment bank Allen & Co Director Stanley Shuman has ... (photo: Creative Commons / David Shankbone) Huffington Post
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 Semi-Tough: The President's State of the Union Address
| Last night in his State of the Union, President Obama presented himself as the champion of the American dream, or in his words, "the American promise" -- "that if you w... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Huffington Post
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