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Privacy advocates slam Facebook change
AFP – Thu Dec 10, 10:31 pm ET Sent 429 times

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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Privacy advocates slammed revamped Facebook privacy controls on Thursday, saying the change masks a move to get members to expose more information online. Full Story »
New Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzy
AFP – Thu Dec 10, 12:14 pm ET Sent 264 times

AFP/SCANPIX

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway. Full Story »
House scales back proposed Wall Street rules
AP – 1 hr 51 mins ago Sent 176 times

AP

WASHINGTON - House Democrats head into the final stretch on a long-awaited Wall Street regulation bill with two crucial and contentious votes looming before they can declare victory on one of President Barack Obama's legislative priorities. Full Story »
Facebook's New Privacy Settings: 5 Things You Should Know
PC World – Thu Dec 10, 11:25 am ET Sent 112 times

Facebook has begun rolling out its new privacy settings to all of its 350 million users. If you haven't seen it already, you will soon have to go through a wizard that will guide you through the process of confirming your privacy settings. Full Story »
Report: Blackwater guards linked to CIA raids
AP – 1 hr 48 mins ago Sent 96 times

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WASHINGTON - Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Thursday. Full Story »
Actor Gene Barry, dapper TV hero, stage star, dies
AP – Fri Dec 11, 1:30 am ET Sent 83 times

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LOS ANGELES - Gene Barry, who played the well-dressed man of action in the television series "Bat Masterson," "Burke's Law" and "The Name of the Game," has died at age 90 of unknown causes, his son said Thursday. Full Story »
Conservative praise for Nobel speech
Politico – Thu Dec 10, 12:56 pm ET Sent 79 times

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President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech Thursday is drawing praise from some unlikely quarters – conservative Republicans – who likened Obama’s defense of “just wars” to the worldview of his predecessor, Republican George W. Bush. Full Story »
CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu
AP – Thu Dec 10, 5:48 pm ET Sent 64 times

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ATLANTA - Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday. Full Story »
Next hot jobs: keeping tabs on financial firms
AP – 1 hr 45 mins ago Sent 60 times

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WASHINGTON - People who knew how to make a quick buck held some of the fastest-growing jobs two years ago. Full Story »
Police kill CD peddler in Times Square shootout
AP – 1 hr 40 mins ago Sent 55 times

AP

NEW YORK - Raymond Martinez was running a common scam on the throngs of holiday tourists in Times Square, pushing shoppers to buy his CDs, police said. But Martinez was no ordinary peddler, they said: He was carrying a loaded pistol and had a handful of business cards from gun dealers in his pockets. Full Story »
Justice Dept. won't support Jack Johnson pardon
AP – Thu Dec 10, 7:02 pm ET Sent 46 times

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is refusing to back a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman. Full Story »
US-born Hispanics see gains in education, income
AP – 1 hr 45 mins ago Sent 43 times

WASHINGTON - Young Hispanics born in the U.S. are less likely to drop out of school and live in poverty than young Hispanic immigrants, but they have higher exposure to gangs and violence, an independent research group says. Full Story »
New Star Found in Big Dipper
SPACE.com – Thu Dec 10, 10:15 am ET Sent 39 times

One of the stars that makes the bend in the ladle's handle, Alcor, has a smaller red dwarf companion, new observations have revealed. Full Story »
New York Times raises eyebrows with gift guide for people 'of color'
The Newsroom – Thu Dec 10, 6:37 pm ET Sent 36 times

Reuters

A new addition to the New York Times annual Holiday Gift Guide has sparked a minor uproar after a blog devoted to critiquing the paper termed it "racist." Included in this year's guide, which was published in November, is a page titled "Of Color/Stylish Gifts." This first-time feature is described by the paper as "gifts created for and by people of color." After going virtually unnoticed by critics for a month, the guide's been widely slammed in the past week as a collection of "backhanded insults" which are "bordering on offensive" and "out of touch." Full Story »
AP source: Drone attack kills al-Qaida member
AP – Thu Dec 10, 11:38 pm ET Sent 26 times

WASHINGTON - A U.S. government official says a top al-Qaida operative has been killed in a drone attack in western Pakistan. Full Story »
Filipino abductors free 9 more hostages, hold 48
AP – Fri Dec 11, 2:02 am ET Sent 24 times

AP

MANILA, Philippines - Government-armed former militiamen freed nine more hostages they seized in the remote southern Philippines, and their leader demanded Friday that murder charges against them be dropped before they release 48 other captives. Full Story »
Promotion day arrives for white Conn. firefighters
AP – Thu Dec 10, 9:14 pm ET Sent 22 times

AP

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Amid blaring bagpipes, the crowd erupted with even louder cheers, whistles and shouts when firefighters entered a high school auditorium to receive their promotional badges after a 5-year legal battle that ended with a U.S. Supreme Court victory. Full Story »
Pop culture main reason Calif has Chihuahua crisis
AP – Thu Dec 10, 9:15 am ET Sent 21 times

AP

LOS ANGELES - California has more Chihuahuas than it can handle, and it has Hollywood to blame. Full Story »