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Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:13 PM

What Is Facebook Worth? - Wall Street Journal

CBC.ca What Is Facebook Worth? Wall Street Journal By JOE LIGHT More than 50 mutual funds say they own shares of the closely held social-media giant Facebook, according to investment-research firm Morningstar. And some closed-end funds are investing the bulk of their portfolios in private firms, ... Buzz on a Facebook IPO Grows LouderNew York Times Chinese Internet Stocks Jump on WSJ Report of Facebook IPOBusinessWeek Report: Facebook may file for IPO next weekUSA TODAY Bloomberg -Los Angeles Times -Christian Science Monitor all 543 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:08 PM

GOP rivals blast Obama on Hispanic-centric issues - USA TODAY

USA TODAY GOP rivals blast Obama on Hispanic-centric issues USA TODAY By Alan Gomez, USA TODAY MIAMI – A day after Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich fiercely attacked each other in the GOP presidential debate, they changed their focus Friday and trained their attacks on President Obama during a gathering here of Hispanic ... GOP insiders mount effort to trim Gingrich's sails, even if Romney leaves them ...Washington Post GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to sizeSan Francisco Chronicle all 15,668 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 05:02 PM

'Barefoot Bandit' Courtroom Drama Ends With 6-1/2 Year Sentence - ABC News

ABC News 'Barefoot Bandit' Courtroom Drama Ends With 6-1/2 Year Sentence ABC News A federal judge in Seattle sentenced the "Barefoot Bandit" to the maximum six and a half years in prison for a string of thefts and burglaries after the 20-year-old bragged to friends in emails from jail that prosecutors were fools and he would emerge ... 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 Years (1:00)Washington Post 'Barefoot Bandit' Sentenced to 6 ½ YearsTIME 'Barefoot Bandit' handed six years in jail for international crime spreeThe Guardian Los Angeles Times -BBC News all 901 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:44 PM

Damascus Battles Risk Tipping Capital Into Chaos - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal Damascus Battles Risk Tipping Capital Into Chaos Wall Street Journal By NOUR MALAS Syrian dissident soldiers said Friday they are teaming up with armed civilians to temporarily occupy neighborhoods on Damascus's outskirts, a new phase of Syria's conflict that holds the potential to move the long-quiet capital toward ... Syria crisis: UN Security Council mulls Assad measuresBBC News Draft resolution calls for al-Assad to step downCNN UN Security Council discusses crisis in Syria, review Arab-European draft ...Washington Post ABC News -New York Times -Reuters all 1,306 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:55 PM

Brittany Norwood is sentenced to life in Lululemon yoga store murder - Washington Post

ABC2 News Brittany Norwood is sentenced to life in Lululemon yoga store murder Washington Post Brittany Norwood, who brutally murdered her Bethesda yoga store co-worker then pretended she had been attacked and bound, on Friday asked a judge for mercy. Speaking publicly for the first time since the March killing, Norwood used a quiet voice and ... Woman gets life sentence in Md. yoga shop murderThe Associated Press all 173 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:55 PM

A rocky road to healing lies ahead for Conn. home invasion survivor as killer ... - Washington Post

USA TODAY A rocky road to healing lies ahead for Conn. home invasion survivor as killer ... Washington Post NEW HAVEN, Conn. — How does a man move on with his life after losing his wife and daughters to two ruthless home invaders who tormented, then killed them? For more than four years, a nation both disgusted and captivated by a chilling crime in ... Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to deathSan Francisco Chronicle Komisarjevsky denies blame as death sentence passedBBC News Dr. Petit says loss of family is his 'personal Holocaust'NECN Reuters -NBC New York all 568 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:45 PM

New California rules require cleaner cars - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times New California rules require cleaner cars Los Angeles Times By Bettina Boxall California, long a national leader in cutting auto pollution, pushed the envelope further Friday when state regulators approved a suite of rules designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and put far more more pollution-free ... California Orders Automakers to Sell More Nonpolluting CarsBusinessWeek California Orders Automakers To Sell More Plug-In and Fuel Cell CarsForbes California passes new auto emission rulesDeseret News San Francisco Chronicle all 732 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:22 PM

Associates: Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters - Washington Post

Globe and Mail Associates: Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters Washington Post Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, according to three ... Paul braves snowy Maine in hunt for GOP delegatesSan Francisco Chronicle Welch: Be Nice To Paul, We Need His SupportersWCVB-TV Ron Paul Ignores Florida to Campaign in MaineMPBN News Bangor Daily News -WLBZ-TV all 473 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:05 PM

France will speed up troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by one year - Washington Post

Telegraph.co.uk France will speed up troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by one year Washington Post PARIS—France said Friday that it will accelerate the pullout of its combat forces from Afghanistan by one year, to the end of 2013, and in concert with Afghanistan urged NATO to hand over all combat operations to the Afghan army by the same date. France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exitThe Associated Press France to Speed Troops' Withdrawal from AfghanistanNew York Times Nicolas Sarkozy vows French troops will leave Afghanistan by end of 2013 - videoThe Guardian The Daily Star -Pakistan Daily Times -Wall Street Journal all 346 news articles »

Date: 01/27/2012 Time: 04:38 PM

Behind Obama's financial aid 'shopping sheets' - Atlanta Journal Constitution

New York Times Behind Obama's financial aid 'shopping sheets' Atlanta Journal Constitution By CANDICE CHOI AP NEW YORK — President Barack Obama wants to make it easier to size up the cost of college. As part of his broad plans to make college more affordable, Obama said Friday that he would push for financial aid "shopping sheets" that make ... Obama 'putting colleges on notice' on high tuitionThe Associated Press Obama pushes for affordable education in rousing speechThe Detroit News all 985 news articles »