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Staff of Miramonte replaced pending sex abuse inquiry
Telegraph.co.uk - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:12:38 GMT
LA Unified Supt. John Deasy seeks to assure angry parents, who demonstrated at campus over allegations against two teachers. Officials say no other instructors are under suspicion. Angry parents demonstrate outside Miramonte Elementary on Monday.
Minnesota offers Gingrich best shot to add delegates this week
Detroit Free Press - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:54:38 GMT
By Daniel Malloy BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Newt Gingrich did not hire someone to lead his Minnesota campaign until about a week before Tuesday's caucus vote and set foot in the state for only a couple of hours Monday. Gingrich is looking past the three ...
Pete Hoekstra Super Bowl ad riles even Republicans
frame DSLR camera - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:46:35 GMT
Pete Hoekstra's campaign knew its edgy Super Bowl ad would agitate Democrats. What they didn't expect was the fierce public backlash from members of their own party. The debut commercial in the Michigan Senate campaign, featuring a young Asian female ...
Appeals court to rule on California's Proposition 8
frame DSLR camera - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:40:37 GMT
By the CNN Wire Staff San Francisco (CNN) -- A three-judge panel with the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule Tuesday on whether California's same-sex marriage ban violates the Constitution. After a two-week trial in 2010, ...
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The Politics of Infiltration, on Display for Charity
New York Times - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:54:01 GMT
At the far left tip of the first balcony at Carnegie Hall Monday night were two men losing their minds: expensive seats, beautiful suits, slicked-back hair, arms pumping enthusiastically to every song performed by the night's headliner, Jay-Z. Fans of ...
Super Bowl 2012: MIA could face fine for middle
New York Times - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:11:00 GMT
MIA could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars following her notorious middle-finger salute at Sunday's Super Bowl. Under the terms of the singer's contract, she may be held responsible for any fine levied by the United States' Federal ...
Madonna world tour to start on May 29
finger salute - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:05:25 GMT
Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years, tour promotion company Live Nation said on Tuesday.
The Amazing Spiderman
finger salute - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:45:33 GMT
Fans have caught a glimpse of The Amazing Spider-Man, which was trailed at special preview events around the world. Sony Pictures teased the latest incarnation of the web-slinging superhero, played by Andrew Garfield, months ahead of its July release ...
Smash premiere episode: Musical drama Smash looks set to surpass Glee
Telegraph.co.uk - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:03:29 GMT
By Marissa Charles and Iona Kirby As a hugely anticipated TV series, the pressure was on for Smash to prove its worth as it made its debut on US TV tonight. But the cast and crew needn't have worried after the musical drama swept the board to receive ...
ABC's 'The River' familiarly spooky, with an Amazon bite: Review
Telegraph.co.uk - Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:08:17 GMT
Co-created by Oren Peli, with Steven Spielberg as executive producer, 'The River' adds its own supernatural twist on the found-footage tale. Paulina Gaitan, Thomas Kretschmann, Joe Anderson, Paul Blackthorne and Eloise Mumford in a scene from "The ...
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Syria Renews Bombardment as US Closes Embassy and Russia Sends Envoys
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:33:44 GMT
BEIRUT, Lebanon ? With the city of Homs reported under renewed bombardment, a senior Russian envoy opened talks with President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, news reports said, a day after the United States closed its embassy in Syria in the face of ...
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns amid unrest
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:56:16 GMT
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers. In an address on state TV, he said it would be "better for the country in the current situation" if he stood down.
Ban to Abbas: Unity gov't mustn't stop peace talks
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:52:44 GMT
By JPOST.COM STAFF 02/07/2012 10:06 UN chief calls PA president after reconciliation deal signed with Hamas in Qatar, tells Abbas to remain engaged with Israel. By Reuters Reconciliation between Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions should not be seen ...
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Glencore, Xstrata Agree to $90 Billion Merger
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:45:54 GMT
After years of courting, mining company Xstrata PLC and commodities dealer Glencore International PLC have agreed to marry in a $90 billion deal that would create the world's fourth largest natural resources group. The announcement of the terms of the ...
FOREX
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:21:13 GMT
* Athens baulking at accepting painful terms for new package * But traders cling to hopes Greece will secure rescue deal * Aussie at 6-month high as RBA keeps rates on hold * Tokyo sold Y1 trln in stealth intervention Nov -Japan MOF By Neal Armstrong ...
Verizon to offer video streaming this year
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:31:15 GMT
NEW YORK - Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox's parent company, said Monday that the service will be ...
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Nikon D800 and D800E DSLRs address low
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:08:04 GMT
Nikon has confirmed pricing and availability for the new Nikon D800 DSLR, as well as revealing its D800E sibling that dumps the low-pass filter for higher-resolution shots. The D800 has a 36.3-megapixel sensor and Nikon's new EXPEED 3 image-processing ...
Hackers tried to extort $50000 from Symantec
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:29:19 GMT
An e-mail exchange been posted to Pastebin that allegedly outlines an attempt by hackers to extort $50000 out of Symantec. According to the e-mail exchange, a Symantec employee named Sam Thomas was to negotiate payment with hackers who infiltrated ...
Facebook's Zuckerberg may face $2 billion tax hit
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:38:36 GMT
By Stacy Cowley @CNNMoneyTech February 7, 2012: 5:37 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook's upcoming IPO will make founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire -- but it will also stick him with an eye-popping tax bill that could reach as high as $2 ...
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New York Giants like chances of repeating
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:36:13 GMT
In this image released by CBS, Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, of the New York Giants, left, is shown with host David Letterman on "Late Show with David Letterman," Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in New York. The Giants won a 21-17 victory over the New England ...
Where do you put Kobe Bryant all
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:17:05 GMT
By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY Both Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal call Kobe Bryant the greatest Laker of all-time. Of course, Bryant has his sights much higher. Last night he passed O'Neal on the all-time scoring list and his 28601 total now trails ...
Danilo Gallinari has fracture in foot
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:02:40 GMT
DENVER -- Forward Danilo Gallinari left the Denver Nuggets' 99-90 loss to the Houston Rockets in the third quarter Monday night after rolling his left ankle. The Nuggets said X-rays revealed a chip fracture in his left foot and he'll have further tests ...
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