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View Article  Data Recovery: 10 Most Effective Computer Backup Tools
Data Recovery: 10 Most Effective Computer Backup Tools
Author: Donna Gunter

Despite my best efforts, this past week I lost both my
primary and secondary computer systems. After losing my
primary desktop several years ago, ...   more »
View Article  Brazilian authorities react to attack on woman in Switzerland
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva presses for justice in case of pregnant Brazilian woman who was allegedly attacked by skinheads in
Switzerland.


RECIFE, BRAZIL (FEBRUARY 12, 2009) (TV BANDEIRANTES Brazil's President Luiz Inacio ...   more »
View Article  House approves $787 billion stimulus bill
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a huge $787 billion plan for spending and tax cuts aimed at rescuing the hobbled economy and set up a vote in the Senate expected later in ...   more »
View Article  Obama says stemming foreclosure rate crucial to reviving economy
President Barack Obama calls his stimulus package a "once in a
generation chance" to steer the U.S. away from a deepening economic
depression . The U.S. Congress was expected to pass a $787 billion economic
...   more »
View Article  British boy aged 13 becomes Dad.
Boy of 13 fathers child with 15-year-old in southern England.

(FEBRUARY 13, 2009/RECENT) FRONT PAGE - REUTERS -
A schoolboy of 13 has become one of Britain's youngest dads,
underlining concern about the rate of ...   more »
View Article  Grim backdrop to G7 talks
Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven leading industralised nations
meet in Rome, amid worker protests and fresh evidence of the extent of the
economic crisis.

It's Tim Geithner's first international summit since being appointed ...   more »
View Article  Plane crushes home; dozens dead
Death toll rises from plane crash as burning fires prevent investigators from retrieving flight data recorders.

NBC reports that the death toll includes a widow of the September 11
attacks. Fred Katayama reports.

Federal investigators ...   more »
View Article  Zimbabwe's cabinet sworn in
Mugabe enrols members of "worst ever cabinet" to join a unity government.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE (FEBRUARY 13, 2009) REUTERS-
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has appointed party loyalists
from a previous cabinet he described as the "worst ...   more »
View Article  Zain Zambia posts a 49.3 million US dollars net profit amidst reduced commodity prices
Zain Zambia posts a 49.3 million US dollar net profit amidst reduced
commodity prices, a weaker currency and higher fuel prices owing to the global
financial downturn.

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA (FEBRUARY 12, 2009) REUTERS -
Zambia's ...   more »
View Article  r of a 14-year-old girl that police say was part of gruesome serial gruesome serial killings.
An Indian court sentences a businessman and his servant to death for rape
and murder of a 14-year-old girl that police say was part of gruesome serial
killings near the capital.

GHAZIABAD (FEBRUARY 13, 2009) ...   more »
View Article  It is Just a Matter of Taste: Choosing a Fine Wine
It is Just a Matter of Taste: Choosing a Fine Wine
Author: Jean Bolton

If you think it is difficult to choose a fine wine for your
self or as a gift you are not ...   more »
View Article  Dell move from Ireland to Poland prompts cautious optimism
The world's No. 2 PC maker Dell moves its European manufacturing base from
Ireland to Poland, aiming to benefit from lower costs in Poland, where the
minimum wage is 80 percent less.

LODZ, POLAND REUTERS ...   more »
View Article  Punch an ex on Valentine's Day
A U.S. gym offers boxing workouts where participants take out their
frustrations on images of former lovers.

As would-be Romeos and Juliets pack the shops to snap up Valentine's Day
cards, red roses and anything ...   more »
View Article  Showbiz Week - Singer Chris Brown's troubles.
The week's best celebrity news and headlines including the
continuing police investigation into the Chris Brown/Rihanna saga.

The Grammy Awards are the music industry's biggest night, but, they were
upstaged by the arrest of R&B ...   more »
View Article  G7 finance Ministers and Russia begin meetings as thousands demonstrate in Rome for better pay
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the G7 and Russia have begun
holding bilateral meetings in Rome as tens of thousands of workers take to the
streets calling for better pay and conditions.

ROME, ...   more »
View Article  Gandhians in India respond to New York auction
Followers of Mahatma Gandhi give a mixed response to media reports that an
auction house in New York would put some belongings of the Father of the
Nation under the hammer.


AHMEDABAD (FEBRUARY 13, 2009) ...   more »
View Article  Lee Redmond - Nails No More
New photo posted to PhotoNews.


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View Article  Australia arrests arsonist
Police in Australia charge a man with two accounts of arson over one
of the country's deadly wildfires.

In Victoria, arson carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a
bushfire charge of ...   more »
View Article  What to Twitter About?
What to Twitter About?
Author: Jody Gabourie

Twitter is a great marketing tool if you want to keep in
touch with people on a quick, "in-and-out" basis. It
allows you to build connection with your ...   more »
View Article  A history of dogs
A history of dogs
Author: Rus Morgan

Canine history is a history of the friendship between us
and our pet dog (Canis lupus familiaris). That friendship
stems from us needing help with our herding, hunting ...   more »
View Article  Endangered songbirds astonish researchers with lightning fast flights to breeding grounds
Tiny geo-locator packs reveal songbirds can fly more 300 miles (482 km) per
day to reach breeding grounds.

: PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
According to researchers, there's far more to the humble
wood thrush ...   more »
View Article  U.S. and Russian satellites collide
European Space Agency says ISS not endangered after recent collision
between U.S. and Russian satellites.

DARMSTADT, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 12, 2009) REUTERS -
The European Space Agency (ESA) said at its headquarters in Germany
on Thursday ...   more »
View Article  Dutch MP banned from entering Britain
LONDON, U.K (FEBRUARY 12, 2009) (MARTIN WHITE -
Immigration authorities barred Dutch right-wing parliamentarian
Geert Wilders from entering Britain on Thursday (February 12)after he landed
in defiance of a government ban.
Wilders wanted to show ...   more »
View Article  Valentine love birds display a mixed response to the slumping U.S.economy
It looks like cupid isn't completely recession proof as Valentine's Day
draws close. In New York, florists say flowers sales are wilting, but
chocolates and sex toys seem to be weathering the storm.

NEW YORK ...   more »
View Article  As Congo's coffers empty, crisis hits poor first
Congo's poor suffer as prices soar and the currency plummets thanks to
economic crash.

KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (FEBRUARY 10, 2009) REUTERS-
An economic crash that will likely see Congo's state coffers empty
within ...   more »
View Article  Tokyo steps up campaign for 2016 Olympic bid
Tokyo offers a "green" and "compact" Olympics in a bid to bring the 2016 Games to the city.


TOKYO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 13, 2009) REUTERS -
Tokyo kicked off a full-fledged campaign to host the 2016 ...   more »
View Article  Germany says to raise protectionism issue at G7 meeting
Germany says to raise protectionism issue at G7 meeting.


BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 13, 2009) REUTERS -
Germany will speak out against protectionist tendencies at meetings
with its international partners, including a Group of Seven finance ...   more »
View Article  Plane crashes in New York state killing 49
Forty nine people killed when a passenger plane crashes into a house 10 miles from Buffalo airport and bursts into a ball of flames.


BUFFALO, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 12, 2009) NBC -
Forty ...   more »
View Article  Big Boy’s Annual “Trash Your Ex” on Friday the 13th For Free Movie Tickets!
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Power 106’s (105.9 KPWR Los Angeles) Big Boy in the Morning is doing his part to help heal broken hearts and give listeners tickets to see a free movie for Valentine’s Day! Big ...   more »
View Article  FOX Rejects PG-rated AHF Condom Ad during Raunchy ‘Family Guy’
LA FOX Affiliate Censors Heartfelt Public Health Message featuring Actress/Activist Sheryl Lee Ralph from Broadcast on Network’s Popular Prime Time Off-color Cartoon Sitcom

AHF to Continue with Planned Condom Campaign; Group Will Distribute 20,000 Free ...   more »