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Holiday Shopping Trends Reflect Income Inequality


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In North Korea, young Kim Jong Eun will test age-old reliance on maturity

At 28 or 29, Kim Jong Eun, the new leader of North Korea, will be the youngest person ever to have authority over a nuclear arsenal.  read more »

Pigeons shown to have number sense

OTAGO, New Zealand, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Pigeons can match primates in their numerical abilities, such as putting numbers in order, New Zealand researchers say.  read more »

U.S. Government Wins Access to Twitter Accounts of WikiLeaks Supporters

A federal judge today granted the U.S. government access to the Twitter accounts of three of WikiLeaks’s strongest supporters.  read more »

Pro-Government Source Says Brega “Cleared of “Armed Gangs

Libyan state television Sunday reported a regime army source claiming that the Libyan armed forces have cleared “armed gangs” from the key oil town of Brega in the east of the capital, Tripoli.  read more »

Reactor meltdown feared / Quake disabled Fukushima N-plants' cooling systems

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday afternoon that a nuclear meltdown was suspected at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No.  read more »

Japan and South Korea hold first military talks in nearly two years

TOKYO - Defense leaders from Japan and South Korea held talks Monday in Seoul about possible intelligence- and equipment-sharing agreements that would boost military ties between the East Asian neighb  read more »

Feds charge Jared Lee Loughner with Saturday's mass shooting

PHOENIX (KGUN9-TV) - Federal prosecutors have finally filed charges against the man arrested for Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson. A press release issued Sunday afternoon said that the U.S.  read more »

Solstice Lunar Eclipse

Dec. 17, 2010: Everyone knows that "the moon on the breast of new-fallen snow gives the luster of mid-day to objects below."

That is, except during a lunar eclipse.  read more »

Is Harry Potter Partly to Blame for India's Pet Owl Crisis?

India is currently weathering an endangered owl crisis, and Harry Potter may be partly to blame.  read more »

Michelle Obama shakes it up in India with dance moves, big push for girls' education

NEW DELHI - When President Obama and his wife, Michelle, get into an argument, she makes her husband apologize first, the first lady told a group of low-income Indian schoolgirls, causing them to chee  read more »

Steven Hayes Sentenced to Death for the Deadly Conn. Home Invasion

Steven Hayes was sentenced to death by a Connecticut jury today (11.8.2010) for his role in the deadly 2007 home invasion that killed Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters.  read more »

GOP: There'll be no compromise on tax cuts

WASHINGTON — Republicans leader in both the House and the Senate said Sunday there would be no compromise with Democrats on whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest taxpayers.  read more »

Nuclear bomb material found for sale on Georgia black market

Exclusive: Georgia trial reveals how sting netted highly enriched uranium that had been smuggled via train inside lead-lined cigarette box.  read more »

The Iraq Archive: The Strands of a War

A huge trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of Iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths, detainee abuse and the involvement of Iran.  read more »

India students suspended for rude Facebook messages

A leading school in India has suspended 16 students for posting rude remarks about a woman teacher on the popular social networking site, Facebook.  read more »

Afghanistan's Election: A Look at the Diversity of Headlines

Afghans have voted in a key parliamentary election. There are a number of articles from various sources around the globe. Here is a list of some of the headlines and what agency they come from:  read more »

Charles Darwin's ecological experiment on Ascension isle

A lonely island in the middle of the South Atlantic conceals Charles Darwin's best-kept secret.

Two hundred years ago, Ascension Island was a barren volcanic edifice.  read more »

Method to Grade Teachers Provokes Battles

How good is one teacher compared with another?  read more »

All about me? College kids lack empathy : Compared to 30 years ago, it's all about me now, study finds

College students today are less likely to "get" the emotions of others than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study suggests.  read more »

Israel to open peace talks with security, water demands

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to open the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority this week with a discussion of the security arrangements in the West Bank and of water resources.  read more »

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