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  1. The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen. Sharing status updates on online services such as Twitter or Facebook is becoming increasingly popular among Americans, according to a survey released on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    Posting Pics Online? What Your Photos Say About You LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 9, 11:23 AM ETSent 2,386 times

    Those photos you post on Facebook could paint an accurate picture of your personality, new research on first impressions suggests.

  2. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives a lecture in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 5, 2009.  REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN SOCIETY)
    Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care AP - 39 minutes agoSent 586 times

    WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America's health care system.

  3. Financial Literacy: The Time Is Now BusinessWeek - Mon Nov 9, 8:08 AM ETSent 390 times

    When it comes to financial matters, Americans are functionally illiterate.

  4. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    Stock futures point to lower Wall Street open AP - 6 minutes agoSent 233 times

    Stock index futures are pointing to a lower open on Wall Street as the dollar, which powered Monday's huge rally, is little changed.

  5. An anti-abortion protestor holds a sign in front of the US Supreme Court building during the March for Life in Washington, January 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
    Abortion foe seeks curbs in Senate health bill AP - Mon Nov 9, 4:21 PM ETSent 178 times

    WASHINGTON - Abortion opponents in the Senate want tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, similar to the limits passed by the House this past weekend.

  6. Strollers recalled for fingertip amputation hazard AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:53 PM ETSent 97 times

    WASHINGTON - About a million Maclaren strollers sold by Target and Babies "R" Us were recalled Monday, after 12 reports of children having their fingertips amputated by a hinge mechanism.

  7. This file graphic illustration released from Japan's Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) shows a system of space solar power system (SSPS) which consists of a large solar power generator and transmission panel. Japan's space agency hopes to by 2030 collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.(AFP/HO/File)
    Japan eyes solar station in space AFP - Sun Nov 8, 6:20 AM ETSent 68 times

    TOKYO (AFP) - It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.

  8. Ants Save Mates Trapped in Sand LiveScience.com - Sun Nov 8, 6:22 PM ETSent 60 times

    Helpful acts, such as grooming or foster parenting, are common throughout the animal kingdom, but accounts of animals rescuing one another from danger are exceedingly rare, having been reported in the scientific literature only for dolphins, capuchin monkeys, and ants. New research shows that in the ant Cataglyphis cursor, the behavior is surprisingly sophisticated.

  9. FILE - A worker fixes the display of Kraft Food's Oreo cookies at a Market in Palo Alto, Calif., in this file photo dated Monday, July 28, 2008.  Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC edged higher on Monday Nov. 9, 2009, as a deadline loomed for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal takeover offer for the candy maker, or under British takeover rules Kraft will be prohibited from making a new offer for six months. Cadbury has already spurned a $16.7 billion cash-and-stock offer from Kraft. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE)
    Cadbury rejects Kraft bid AP - Mon Nov 9, 11:02 AM ETSent 48 times

    LONDON - British candy maker Cadbury PLC rejected a renewed 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) hostile bid from Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday after the U.S. company refused to sweeten a previous offer.

  10. As oceans fall ill, Washington bureaucrats squabble McClatchy Newspapers - Sun Nov 8, 12:01 PM ETSent 43 times

    WASHINGTON — Off the coast of Washington state, mysterious algae mixed with sea foam have killed more than 8,000 seabirds, puzzling scientists. A thousand miles off California, researchers have discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling vortex roughly twice the size of Texas filled with tiny bits of plastic and other debris.

  11. Embroiled in a nine-month three-way takeover battle, the chief executives of fertilizer companies Agrium Inc, CF Industries Holdings Inc and Terra Industries Inc have stayed in the headlines even as a recession and falling grain prices pushed the stocks of their companies off their 2008 peaks. REUTERS/Graphics
    "Fertilizer wars" throw spotlight on three CEOs Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 2:31 PM ETSent 36 times

    NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) - Mike Wilson, Steve Wilson and Mike Bennett are patient men.

  12. In this photo made Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, specialists Scott Wetzel, Michael Bonnano and Peter Gaicchi, left to right, and Gennaro Saporito, foreground right, work at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Stock volatility is back, a sign of an aging bull? AP - Sun Nov 8, 8:21 PM ETSent 32 times

    Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end.

  13. Teaching the Facebook Generation BusinessWeek - Fri Nov 6, 8:08 AM ETSent 24 times

    Our goal as college professors is to open students minds to new experiences so they can grow intellectually while they mature through the traditional four-year process. But we are also challenged to give students the immediate skills they will need once they graduate so that they can begin their professional careers and move away from the fry-o-later to the cubicle and beyond.

  14. GE, Comcast agree on NBC Universal valuation: source Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 12:35 AM ETSent 20 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast, ironing out what has been a key obstacle in talks so far, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

  15. Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue LiveScience.com - Thu Nov 5, 12:18 PM ETSent 20 times

    From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, scientists now find.

  16. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    Stock futures point to lower open on Wall Street Reuters - 2 hours, 8 minutes agoSent 19 times

    (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a lower open for U.S. shares on Tuesday, after they rose to a 13-month high in the previous session, on the G20's indications that economic stimulus would continue.

  17. Joel Baker from Anaheim, California attends Comic-Con International dressed as horror film character Freddy Krueger in San Diego, California July 26, 2007. REUTERS/Mike Blake
    Horror Movies: Why People Love Them LiveScience.com - Sun Nov 8, 9:56 AM ETSent 18 times

    This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

  18. The headquarters of Nokia in Espoo, Finland, seen in January 2008. Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, issued on Monday a global recall for 14 million chargers made this year because some of them could be faulty.(AFP/LEHTIKUVA/File/Martti Kainulainen)
    Nokia to recall 14 million chargers AP - Mon Nov 9, 7:09 AM ETSent 15 times

    HELSINKI - Nokia Corp. announced Monday that some 14 million mobile phone chargers could be dangerous for users and said it will replace them free of charge.

  19. This Oct. 22, 2009 photo shows a counseling session at the Fortune Society, a nonprofit support center in New York. Treatment advocates are keeping a close eye on Congress, hoping that the pending health care overhaul will provide far greater access to insurance-covered substance abuse treatment. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? AP - Mon Nov 9, 8:43 AM ETSent 15 times

    NEW YORK - Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation's readiness to turn the talk into reality.

  20. Maya Murals Give Rare View of Everyday Life LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 9, 3:27 PM ETSent 15 times

    Recently excavated Mayan murals are giving archaeologists a rare look into the lives of ordinary ancient Maya.

  21. Real estate signs are seen in the front yards of houses in this file photo taken in Maricopa, Arizona in this May 27, 2009 file photo. The Obama administration on Monday launched a new program to aid state and local housing finance agencies in an effort to provide hundreds of thousands of affordable mortgages and develop or rehabilitate tens of thousands of rental properties. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/Files
    Obama set to sign a big tax break for homebuyers AP - Thu Nov 5, 8:43 PM ETSent 13 times

    WASHINGTON - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000.

  22. FILE - In this July 22, 2008 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Pfizer world headquarters in New York.  Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drug company, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 said it is closing six of its 20 research facilities, reorganizing others, and cutting the jobs of roughly 15 percent of its scientists and support staff. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)
    Pfizer trimming research plants after buying Wyeth AP - Mon Nov 9, 5:02 PM ETSent 13 times

    TRENTON, N.J. - Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

  23. Advanta files for bankruptcy protection Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 12:25 AM ETSent 13 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advanta Corp , a small business credit card lender in the United States, said on Sunday it filed for bankruptcy protection after the economic crisis over the last two years devastated its small business customers.

  24. FILE- In this July 11, 2008 file photo, a sign in front of the Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington is seen. Seized by federal regulators 14 months ago, the problems at Fannie Mae and sibling company Freddie Mac have proven far worse than most experts had foreseen. Fannie Mae's request Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, will bring the tab for rescuing both companies to about $111 billion. The government has promised up to $400 billion in assistance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
    Fannie Mae offers borrowers option to foreclosure AP - Thu Nov 5, 6:25 PM ETSent 12 times

    WASHINGTON - Can't pay the mortgage? You still might be able to stay in your home. Government-controlled mortgage company Fannie Mae is going to give borrowers on the verge of foreclosure the option of renting their homes for a year.

  25. Cadbury's chocolate bars are seen in a shop in London September 7, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
    Kraft turns hostile in $16 billion bid for Cadbury Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:54 PM ETSent 12 times

    LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc chief Irene Rosenfeld refused to sweeten her $16.2 billion offer for candy maker Cadbury Plc and took the bid directly to shareholders on Monday, setting the stage for a takeover battle that could last up to three months.

  26. Artificial Penis Tissue Proves Promising in Lab Tests LiveScience.com - Mon Nov 9, 10:04 PM ETSent 12 times

    One day artificial penis tissue could be grown to help men, new findings in rabbits now suggest.

  27. The new Droid phone, a Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless phone based on Google Inc's Android 2.0 system, is shown at a media event in New York October 28, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    Google buys mobile ad firm for $750 million Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 8:07 PM ETSent 11 times

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Monday that it was acquiring of AdMob, one of the largest mobile advertising networks, for $750 million, widening its bet that cell phone advertising could become the Internet's next-big money maker.

  28. Jason Goldfarb leaves Manhattan Federal Court after being arrested along with 13 others on insider trading charges November 5 in New York. Law enforcement officials in New York announced charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)
    FINRA bars California broker for insider trading AP - Wed Nov 4, 1:19 PM ETSent 11 times

    WASHINGTON - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Wednesday said it barred a former registered representative based in California after he took part in insider trading earlier this year.

  29. Bullion bars at a gold refiner. Gold prices hit a record high of 1,111.20 dollars an ounce on Monday in response to rising demand for the precious metal from emerging economies and a decline in the value of the dollar.(AFP/File/Sebastian Derungs)
    Gold price hits record high as dollar wanes AFP - Mon Nov 9, 12:35 PM ETSent 9 times

    LONDON (AFP) - Gold prices hit a record high of 1,111.20 dollars an ounce on Monday in response to rising demand for the precious metal from emerging economies and a decline in the value of the dollar.

  30. The Many Mysteries of Neanderthals LiveScience.com - Sat Nov 7, 8:51 AM ETSent 9 times

    Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved.