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World News
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U.S., Israel Split Over Iran Strike (Fri Feb 03 2012 16:11)
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The United States and Israel are split over the timing of a potential strike against Iran's suspected nuclear weapons facilities, as Tehran says it won't back away from pursuing what its leaders have called a "peaceful" atomic program.
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U.S., Israel Split Over Iran Strike (Fri Feb 03 2012 16:11)
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The United States and Israel are split over the timing of a potential strike against Iran's suspected nuclear weapons facilities, as Tehran says it won't back away from pursuing what its leaders have called a "peaceful" atomic program.
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UN Agency Wants New Global Tax to Help Poor (Fri Feb 03 2012 11:22)
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The head of a United Nations economic agency says a new world tax is needed to help finance a "social protection floor" for the world's poor.
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Science & Technology
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Surface Of Mars Unlikely Place For Life After 600 million Year Drought (Fri Feb 03 2012 10:31)
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Scientists say Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface
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Facebook Not Such Good Thing For People With Low Self-Esteem (Thu Feb 02 2012 09:28)
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People with low self-esteem seem to behave counterproductively on Facebook, bombarding their friends with negative tidbits about their lives and making themselves less likeable, according to a new study.
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New Super-Earth Detected In Habitable Zone Of A Star (Thu Feb 02 2012 09:21)
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An international team of scientists led by Carnegie's Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Paul Butler has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star.
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Business News
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Employment Improves in January as Jobless Rate Declines to 8.3 Percent (Fri Feb 03 2012 05:54)
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Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent as the economy created some 243,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department said Friday.
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CBO Chief Projects Dim Growth, Jobs Outlook (Thu Feb 02 2012 07:48)
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Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf said Wednesday he believes economic growth will slow next year and unemployment will rise during a hearing on the economy and deficits before the House Budget Committee.
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Facebook's 'Hacker Way' Described In Public Offering Filing (Wed Feb 01 2012 18:48)
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Facebook has made a regulatory filing for an initial public offering of stock, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg inserting a letter to potential investors describing the company's "Hacker Way" of doing business.
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