Italy is deciding on the future of a highly unpopular austerity package intended to put a leash on the country’s runaway debt. The country’s lower house of parliament is voting today on whether to pass an extensive set of tax hikes and spending cuts. The measure’s already been passed by the Senate, despite weeks of [...]
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Chinese Recipe: Cut your debt or it will cut you!
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The Bee’s Knees: There’s A New Spelling Champion
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Snigdha Nandipati, 14, of San Diego beat eight other finalists to be crowned this year’s spelling bee champ. Her winning word was “guetapens,” a French-derived word for “an ambush, snare or trap.” News
Read More...NHL 12: GM Mode Commentary – Tampa Bay ep. 54 “Round 2″
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Read More...Rhodes Scholar Rolle tries to revive career with Steelers
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Once-touted safety prospect and Rhodes Scholar hopes to catch on Pittsburgh after failing to make the grade with Titans. USATODAY.com Feed
Read More...New concerns over safety of arsenic in drinking water
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Mice given low doses of arsenic in drinking water produce underdeveloped young, raising concerns over similar affects in humans New Scientist – Online News
Read More...Yield on 10-year Treasury sinks to record low
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Investors stampeded into U.S. government bonds Thursday, driving the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note as low as 1.54 percent, a record.People were fearful that the U.S. economy might be hitting … Economy, Government & Policy News and Information on Yahoo! Finance
Read More...“Snow White and the Huntsman” is pretty but empty
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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – It's no wonder they keep remaking "Snow White," since it seems like a male Hollywood mogul's idea of a chick flick: Two women battle over who's prettier, with the younger, hotter model eventually prevailing over the vain old soul-sucking, husband-killing witch. Someone should set the story in Beverly Hills to make [...]
Read More...NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Why the World Will Remember Doc Watson
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There was a whole universe of music inside Doc Watson’s brain. CMT News
Read More...Presidential ad spending hits $87 million
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President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney and their allies so far have spent a jaw-dropping $ 87 million on TV ads in just a handful of presidential battleground states, an early and unprecedented explosion of spending for a general election still a full five months away. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Snigdha Nandipati wins National Spelling Bee
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The 14-year-old from San Diego spelled “guetapens,” a French-derived word that means ambush, snare or trap, to win the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee Globe Sports – Sports RSS feed
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