Entertainment Online
Jenny McCarthy Dating Chicago Bears Star Brian Urlacher
May Jenny McCarthy's new Bear be of the teddy variety.
The TV star and Windy City native is dating Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, her rep confirms to E!...
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AllThingsDigital
"Saturday Night Live" Figures It Out
Remember when the show couldn't figure out what to do when Lazy Sunday became a YouTube hit? Now it's using the Web to show that didn't even get to TV.
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The Nation
Bears tighten grip on shares market
KARACHI – The Karachi stock market extended losses on Thursday due to security concerns in the city, rising political noise and uncertainty over Pak-US relations on progress over NATO supplies.
At the Karachi Stock Exchange, the bench mark KSE 100-share index shed 95.90 points or 0.68 percent to finish the day at 13,936.92 points as compared to 14,032.82 points of the previous ...
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Huffington Post
Barbara Gordon: Grandparents: An Unexpected Envy
Each time I see a woman of a certain age proudly wheeling a baby carriage down the street, flashing a radiant smile at a younger woman who bears a slight resemblance, the pangs of a distressing emotion appear.
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Los Angeles Times
Large Clint Eastwood cutout fools hikers on mountain trail
A gunman with a reputation for cleaning up corrupt backwater towns has taken up residence in La Cañada Flintridge, with an eye on north Glendale and the whole Crescenta Valley.A cutout of Clint Eastwood, in a pose from his 1964 Spaghetti Western “A Fistful of Dollars,” stands atop a hill near the Glendale Freeway west of Verdugo Hills Hospital. Eastwood is steps off a trail that begins near De...
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Barrons
Stocks' Breakdown Confirms the Bear's Return
Various measures' drops below key levels point to a summer of lower prices and rising volatility.
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Washington Post
Matt Forte skips Bears OTAs as contract dispute continues
The Chicago Bears opened OTAs Tuesday and to no one’s surprise, running back Matt Forte was noticeably absent.
One of the NFL’s leading rushers last December when he tore his ACL, Forte was slapped with Chicago’s franchise tag but has refused to sign his tender. Forte’s agent had been seeking a long-term contract worth $8.5 million per year, according to the Chicago Tribune. But in the wake of...
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Daily Mail
Tiny 2,700-year-old seal unearthed that bears the name Bethlehem and could prove the birthplace of Jesus was the bustling market town described in the Old Testament
The discovery provides vivid evidence that Bethlehem was not just the name of a fabled biblical town, but also a bustling place of trade, archaeologists said.
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AP
Ancient Bethlehem seal unearthed in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israel Antiquities Authority says archeologists digging at a Jerusalem site have found the oldest artifact that bears the inscription of Bethlehem - a 2,700 years old seal with the name of Jesus' traditional birthplace....
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NEWS.au.com
Ancient Bethlehem seal unearthed in Israel
ARCHAEOLOGISTS find the oldest artifact that bears the inscription of Bethlehem - a 2700-year-old seal.
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perez hilton
LMFAO Kicks Off The Billboard Music Awards With A Party Rock-ing Good Time! And Animal Friends!
It looks like the producers of the Billboard Music Awards wanted to ensure that they were kicking the night off right, because they chose none other than LMFAO as the opening performance this year, with a mash-up of all their recent hits, including Party Rock and Sexy and I Know It!
Ch-ch-check it out (above)!
Short-shorts, teddy [...]
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Daily Mail
The Rottweiler bears her teeth: Awkward Michelle and French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler grin and bear it for the cameras
The U.S. and French First Ladies couldn't hide their awkwardness as they posed for photos ahead of a youth centre visit in Chicago. Michelle Obama wrapped with one arm around the waist of Valerie Trierweiler and with the other she gripped the French First Lady's hand tightly.
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omg
Kristin Cavallari Celebrates Impending Arrival With Baby Shower
Mom-to-be Kristin Cavallari celebrated the impending arrival of her baby boy at a bash with her friends on Saturday. The 25-year-old former "Hills" reality star (who is engaged to Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler) took to Twitter to share her excitement and baby shower fashion.
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Mail & Guardian
Rand bears the brunt of euro fears
The volatile rand again bore the brunt of global risk-off trading and weakened to R8.37 against the dollar this week, its lowest level this year.
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Daily Mail
FTSE LIVE: Bank shares suffer as eurozone crisis continues
08.40: The FTSE 100 index plunged through support levels as the dire situation in the eurozone kept the bears in control on the market, with Spanish banks downgraded en masse by Moody's overnight including Santander UK, and Fitch cut its debt rating for Greece.
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Telegraph
FTSE 100 plunges through support levels
The FTSE 100 has plunged through support levels as the dire situation in the eurozone kept the bears in control on the market, Spanish banks were downgraded en masse by Moody's overnight, and Fitch cut its debt rating for Greece.
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TMZ
Snooki-alike -- Savagely KICKED In Face During Rockfest Brawl
She looks like Snooki ... she talks like Snooki ... and this weekend, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the MTV star took a brutal shot to the face ... like Snooki. TMZ obtained footage from Saturday's Rockfest concert in Kansas City, MO…
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MarketWatch
MarketWatch First Take: Oil prices’ swift descent into summer
Energy market bears feast on a strong dollar, a weak economy, and Saudi assurances that they will not go hungry.
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physorg
Make or break for cellular tissues
In a study about to be published in the European Physical Journal E, French physicists from the Curie Institute in Paris have demonstrated that the behaviour of a thin layer of cells in contact with an unfavourable substrate is akin to that of thin fluid or elastic films. Understanding the mechanism by which a thin layer of cells splits into disjointed patches, thus breaking the layer's structu...
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Huffington Post
Mischa Barton, Tyler Shields Photos: Actress Bares Back, Plays With Pandas
From raw meat to panda bears, celebrity photographer Tyler Shields certainly has Mischa Barton playing quite the range of characters.In her latest shoot with Shields, the 26-year-old "O.C." beauty sits in what looks like the middle of a road, her bare back to the camera. But the sultry image is soon spun to the absurd when Barton is joined by a male subject donning a giant panda head -- the leg...
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Irish Times
Liberia's Taylor to address court
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor will today tell judges he bears no responsibility for atrocities during Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war and reject the prosecution's demand for an 80-year sentence in a maximum-security British jail.
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Telegraph
Simply Somerset stand out in the county jungle where there are Lions, Sharks, Bears, Panthers and Foxes
Steve James: In the county jungle we have Lions, Panthers, Bears, Foxes... but nothing in Taunton
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Nikkei
Gold Bears Gain Upper Hand On Euro Woes |
USA Today
Report: Charges unlikely for Bears' Marshall
Chicago Bears wideout could have his most recent off-field issue resolved by the end of this week as NYPD wraps up its investigation.
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Fortune
Bears are roaring back
After staying quiet at the start of the year, the bears have come roaring back with a vengeance.
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Gizmodo
Ten Impossibly Cute Baby Bears Celebrate Mother's Day By Dancing the Conga [Video]
Some people thought that featuring the bizarre history of vibrators was in poor taste for Mother's Day. Poor babies. No worries, here are ten ultra-cute, sugar-coma-inducing bear cubs dancing the conga. Happy Mother's Day! More »
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SI
Pablo S. Torre: Despite Game 7 loss, Capitals goalie Holtby proves he belongs
NEW YORK -- One day last summer, long before he would wander into the teeth of Madison Square Garden, Braden Holtby hired an airbrush artist in Sweden to paint a new motif onto his hockey mask. Holtby, from Marshall, Saskatchewan, asked for the image of a roller coaster, ridden by an unfazed bear -- a clear symbol of his bittersweet bond with Hershey, Pa. Hershey was home to the Capitals' top m...
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Scientific American
Eternal Sunshine Drug Makes a Rat Forget Bad Things [Video]
Working at Scientific American , known for its spiffy technical illustrations, I always look for material that can show what an article is trying to tell. I’ve never found a better example than this video(below) of a rat fed a drug that wipes out its long-term memory, and which bears a real-life resemblance to the scenario depicted in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” The opening paragr...
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Barrons
Intel Analyst Day: Bulls Cheer Technology Lead, Bears Skeptical on Margins
Shares of Intel (INTC) are up 43 cents, or 1.6%, at $27.67 following the company’s analyst day yesterday, during which it reiterated its year financial outlook. You can listen to a replay of the day’s presentations, along with PDF documents containing the slides, here. The flow of reports from the Street late yesterday and today [...]
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WSJ
April Data Douse Hopes for China Growth
China bears can take their pick of weak April data. Numbers for investment, industrial production, domestic consumption, exports and bank loans all disappointed.
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New York Times
Critic’s Notebook: Looking for the Real Petipa in Classical Ballets
The big ballet spring season brings a series of 19th-century classics almost all attributed to the choreographer Marius Petipa. Yet much of what now bears the Petipa brand name has actually been rechoreographed by his successors.
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Daily Telegraph
Gillard comes to grief on a rocky shore
SHE made sacrifices to get her family to Sydney's north shore - now this mum of two bears brunt of an ugly class war, courtesy of the PM.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
The running of the bears: Why Spain could be next
Plus, stalemate continues in Greece
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Pravda
Aliens are unlikely to resemble Earthlings
If aliens exist, it is likely to be very difficult for us to come into contact with them, according to astrophysicists. Recent studies of the so-called "habitable zone" around red dwarfs, the most common type of stars in the Milky Way, have shown that if there is life, it probably bears no resemblance to the one on Earth.
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TechCrunch
Why Location-Based Services Will Create Multiple Winners At The Application Layer
Location, location, location. Whether you’re a real estate agent, a traveler, or building mobile applications, location matters a great deal. As far as phone sensors go, the GPS sensor appears to be one of the most coveted by developers, after the camera. For a consumer, the trade is quite simple: offer your location at a specific point in time, or your patterns, and in exchange for that inform...
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China Daily
Boy finds voice in music
Thirteen-year-old Samuel held his best friends, two teddy bears, in his arms.
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Telegraph
Polar bear reunion leads to 'blossoming bromance'
Polar bears Walker and Arktos have been spotted sleeping 'nose to nose' since they officially moved in together at a wildlife park.
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webwire
Greek Gods Smile on Intertops Casino Players, Bestowing $70,000 in Bonuses and Cash Prizes this Month
May 4, 2012 (St. Johns, Antigua) – Intertops Casino players will be climbing Mount Olympus this month to claim their place with the Gods – and win a share of the $70,000 in casino bonus money and cash pri...
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politico
Reagan homage in Vermont
There’s much to love in this web video, out today from the Vermont Republican Party and targeting Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin.
Basically, if you’re a fan of Reagan ’84 humor and liked that story about Shumlin getting chased by bears, this is the video for you.
“There’s a bear in the woods. For most people in the woods, the bear is easy to see. But others, like Gov. Shumlin, don’t see the bear...
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: Defending Chen Guangcheng
THE DEAL UNDER which Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday was bold, risky and potentially groundbreaking for human rights in China. It could also prove disastrous. By late Wednesday, Mr. Chen, who was then in a Beijing hospital, was telling Western news organizations that his decision had been forced by threats to his family and that he wished to exit C...
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Mashable
Bing Takes on Google With Simple New Design
Microsoft’s search engine Bing has done some heavy spring cleaning as a part of an effort to de-clutter its search result pages — and the…
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Daily Mail
GPS trackers reveal polar bears can swim non-stop for up to 10 days
The bears were tracked as part of a study, published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology, which tracked 52 female polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea off Alaska.
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Reuters
Polar bears can swim vast distances, study finds
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Polar bears are capable of swimming vast distances, a potential survival skill needed in an Arctic environment where summer sea ice is vanishing, a study led by the U.S. Geological Survey showed on Tuesday.
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AP
Bouncy houses cushion bear's fall from tree
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) -- When a black bear climbed a tree in a central Arkansas city and refused to come down, authorities turned to unconventional rescue tools: bouncy houses....
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Reuters
Ohio to return wild animals to family that allowed escape
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Five wild animals will soon be returned to the widow of a man who released them into the Ohio countryside last year, state officials said on Monday, raising concerns of a repeat of the panic that gripped the state when dozens of beasts including lions, tigers and bears roamed free.
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WSJ
Cool Surveys Put the Bears Back in Season
After Monday's release of the Chicago Business Barometer fell short of expectations, the outcome of Tuesday's manufacturing report is suddenly in doubt.
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National Post
Wild animals returned to Ohio widow months after lions, tigers and bears escaped
Five wild animals will soon be returned to the widow of a man who released them into the Ohio countryside last year, raising concerns of a repeat of the panic that gripped the state when dozens of beasts roamed free
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FOX
Good News for Koala Bears |
Irish Times
Irish Apple conference bears fruit
ABOUT 120 technologists from around the world travelled to Dublin this weekend for the first Úll conference, which is devoted to Apple technology.
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science blogs
Bear in The Cities [Greg Laden's Blog]
For the second time in six months, a wild black bear was found wandering around deep in the urban zone in Saint Paul. I'm not sure what happened to the last one, but this one was killed by Saint Paul police under advisement of the Department of Natural Resources. To give you an idea of the location, here's a view of the cities with the bear marked:
This image represent an area that is appr...
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Les Echos
Semaine agitée en vue à Wall Street pour l'indice S&P
[[391957]] La semaine prochaine risque d'être encore agitée pour l'indice S&P-500, la question étant de savoir s'il va s'orienter définitivement suivant les voeux des opérateurs "haussiers" (bulls) où si les "baissiers" (bears) auront gain de cause. L'indice S&P-500 est parvenu à terminer la...
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Reuters
In battle of the S&P, can bulls gain the edge?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It will be another battleground for S&P 500 index next week. Will the bears finally give up and let the bulls have their way?
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Barrons
Everyone is Ready to Call a Top, But It’s Not Here Yet
The market bears have seized the airwaves in the past few weeks, sending out warnings that we’re in for a serious correction. Clearly all the negative talk is getting to investors: for the sixth straight week, they pulled money out of US equity funds, according to EPFR Global, but U.S. stocks nonetheless marched ahead. Associated [...]
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American Scientist
Ancient Swedish Farmer Came From the Mediterranean
Geneticists analysing DNA from Neolithic burial sites in Sweden have made a surprising discovery. The genetic make-up of one individual -- a female farmer known as Gök4 -- bears a startling similarity to that of modern-day Mediterraneans. And the woman's genome provides clues as to how agriculture spread across Europe...from Nature News
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BoingBoing
Bear tranquilized after climbing tree at University of Colorado dorm building
My parents have been seeing a lot of bears recently near their house in Boulder, Colorado. The detail shown here is from a larger photo of a doped-up bear falling from a tree onto a mattress. He was discovered in the Williams Village university housing complex, which is surrounded on all sides by residential areas. [...]
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Is the market caught between the bulls and bears?
Brian Belski, BMO's new chief investment strategist, on how long the transition will last
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USA Today
Former scout: Tannehill not a first-round pick
Former Bears college scouting director Greg Gabriel is one of many analysts who believe quarterbacks are being drafted too high in today's N ...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Exploring the fabled Northwest passage by cruise
A northern cruise takes passengers into a changing landscape to see muskox and polar bears, and to meet Inuit who have gone from igloo to Internet in one lifetime
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AP
Free agency helps, draft the key
NEW YORK (AP) -- The haul in free agency and through trades has strengthened the Broncos, Bills and Bears. Now comes the lifeblood of any NFL team: the draft....
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Nature
Traditional Chinese medicine: China's bear farms prompt public outcry
Some 10,000 bears are farmed in China to procure their bile for traditional Chinese medicine. This cruel practice has stimulated a wave of condemnation across the country.Bile is repeatedly collected from live bears through a surgically introduced opening into the bile duct, a procedure
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CNN
Dark tourism bears witness to tragedy
The crowds continue to visit the dead.
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Wired
April 24, 1184 B.C.: Trojan Horse Defeats State-of-the-Art Security
The first Trojan Horse bears some striking similarities to the kind we face today.
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FOXnews
Anti-Defamation League slams Urban Outfitters over shirt featuring perceived Holocaust imagery
The Anti-Defamation League is calling on retailer Urban Outfitters for a shirt they claim bears a symbol strikingly similar to the one used to identify Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust. The sale of the shirt, which comes on the heels of National Holocaust Remembrance Day, is just the latest in a long line of offensive products from Urban Outfitters, the ADL tells FoxNews.com.
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Times LIVE
Polar bears older than previously thought: study
Polar bears diverged from their closest relatives 600 000 years ago, far earlier than previously thought, suggesting more challenges in the face of climate change, scientists said.
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National Post
Bears escape from park in Japan, kill two women, may still be loose
Bears killed two women after escaping from their enclosures in a park in northern Japan, police said Friday, admitting they still did not have a handle on the incident as night fell.
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Science Daily
Polar bears evolutionarily five times older and genetically more distinct: Ancestry traced back 600,000 years
Polar bears evolved as early as some 600,000 years ago, according to a new study. Scientists show the largest arctic carnivore to be five times older than previously thought. The new findings on the evolutionary history of polar bears are the result of an analysis of information from the nuclear genome of polar and brown bears, and shed new light on conservation issues regarding this endangered...
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Times LIVE
2 killed in bear attack at Japanese park
Police in northern Japan say a group of bears that escaped from their enclosure at a park have killed two people.
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The Sun
Escaped bears kill two in Japan
A GROUP of killer bears are on the loose in Japan after escaping from an enclosure.
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BBC
Escaped bears kill women in Japan
Two women are killed after bears escape from their enclosures at a park in northern Japan - people are being told to stay indoors.
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Telegraph
Deadly bears on the loose in Japan
At least one woman was thought to have died and another was missing after bears escaped from their enclosures in a park in northern Japan, police said Friday, as they struggled to contain the situation.
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Los Angeles Times
Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes a first-rate, funny 'Veep'
It's a treat to watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus put her smart comedic skills to the political test as Selina Meyer in Armando Iannucci's 'Veep' on HBO.Armando Iannucci's droll, fleet "Veep," which premieres Sunday on HBO and stars Julia Louis-Dreyfusas Selina Meyer, vice president of the United States, has nothing to do with Sarah Palin, who once came close to occupying that post and bears a minor re...
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New York Times
Polar Bears Did Not Descend From Brown Bears, DNA Study Indicates
After analyzing DNA samples from the two species, scientists reported that polar bears are not descended from brown bears.
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Science News
Polar bears older than previously thought
New analysis reveals the Arctic species dates back about 600,000 years
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TheDomains
In A Case That Looks A Lot Like Saveme.com; UDRP Denied On RentFaster.com
In a case that bears some resemblance to the Saveme.com UDRP, a one member panel just denied the claim of a trademark holder for the generic domain name RentFaster.com
In this case like Saveme.com a domain holder registration predated the trademark holders registration and that simply carried the day for the one member panel.
Here are some quick facts and findings:
The domain holder registered ...
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Rolling Stone
High and Tight: Our Rock & Roll Baseball Experts Choose the Best Baseball Movies of All Time
Thirty-six years ago this April The Bad News Bears opened in theaters across the country shocking and amusing audiences with its unbridled vulgarity as well as its unflinching depiction of the ugly competitiveness at the heart of little league baseball In the film obnoxious kids swear a blue streak politically...
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USA Today
Bears, Lions biggest favs for Week 1
Where there are NFL games, there are betting lines.
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USA Today
Nature, with some cute polar bears, stars in Earth Day films
Earth Day is Sunday, and movies spotlight chimpanzees as well as human crusaders to save the planet.
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The Nation
LRFC win LUMS Super 10’S Rugby title
LAHORE - Lahore Rugby Football Club (LRFC) have clinched the LUMS Super 10’S Rugby Championship title after defeating Rising Sun 17-5 here at the university ground. LRFC outplayed Rising Sun 17-5 as Arslan and Abdullah scored tries for their team. In the bowl final, DHA Dragons punished Garrisions with 34-0 while in the plate final, DHA Wild Bears edged out Fast University ...
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The Nation
LRFC win LUMS Super 10’S Rugby title
LAHORE - Lahore Rugby Football Club (LRFC) have clinched the LUMS Super 10’S Rugby Championship title after defeating Rising Sun 17-5 here at the university ground. LRFC outplayed Rising Sun 17-5 as Arslan and Abdullah scored tries for their team. In the bowl final, DHA Dragons punished Garrisions with 34-0 while in the plate final, DHA Wild Bears edged out Fast University ...
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The Nation
LRFC win LUMS Super 10’S Rugby title
LAHORE - Lahore Rugby Football Club (LRFC) have clinched the LUMS Super 10’S Rugby Championship title after defeating Rising Sun 17-5 here at the university ground. LRFC outplayed Rising Sun 17-5 as Arslan and Abdullah scored tries for their team. In the bowl final, DHA Dragons punished Garrisions with 34-0 while in the plate final, DHA Wild Bears edged out Fast University ...
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Times of India
What is the real purpose of the 'beef festival'?
Have we now turned into a nation where each citizen bears the right to ridicule another’s sentiment in an open festival of its culinary preferences? Are we now a country that uses animals as a bait to score brownie points over one’s religion in the most provocative manner? Is fossilizing all regard for another’s belief our way of indicating forward thinking and progress? Has this land been conv...
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BBC
Solar power bears fruit in Chile desert
How the sun waters grapes in the world's driest desert
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AP
Severe weather bears down on Midwest, Plains
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Tornadoes were spotted across the Midwest and Plains on Saturday as an outbreak of unusually strong weather seized the region, and forecasters sternly warned that "life-threatening" weather could intensify overnight....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
'Life-threatening' weather bears down on U.S. Midwest
More than a dozen potential tornadoes sighted as barns, trees and buildings take heavy damage
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Slashdot
Russian City Ever Watchful Against Being Sucked Into Earth
Jeremiah Cornelius writes "Dmitry Rybolovlev bought the most expensive apartment ever sold in New York City — the $88 million penthouse at 15 Central Park West — and did much for local real estate values. But in Berezniki, the mining city where he made his fortune, properties have literally been plunging. 'Imagine putting a sugar cube in a cup of tea,' Mikhail A. Permyakov, the chief land surve...
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National Post
For as little as $50, you can scare Ilya Bryzgalov with a bear costume
When the Flyers goaltender publicly admitted one of his fears — 'I’m afraid of bears' — he triggered an unexpected playoff sales boom for at least one Pittsburgh business
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Daily Mail
Cohesive silicone gel breast implants: How gummy bears inspired newest advance in cosmetic surgery
The nickname was conceived by Dr Grant Stevens, a plastic surgeon who used the comparison to explain their texture and feel.
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dlisted
Open Post: Hosted By An Anti-Texting And Walking PSA
Let this clip from the local news warn you about the dangers of texting and walking at the same time. The next time you do it, you could be mauled by a wild bear and you only get one cell phone bar in a bear's stomach. But seriously, the thing that bothers me the most about this clip is that the dude freaks out and runs away like the bear that's staring him down is John Travolta. That's...
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Times of India
Osama's wives, kids seen in new video
A new video on Osama bin Laden's widows in a Pakistani prison shows a boy stacking teddy bears on a chair while another grabs a cricket bat. Three women dressed in black veils look on, while another kneels on a prayer mat to read from the Quran.
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Mail & Guardian
Refugee camp bears brunt of Syrian violence
Syrian forces have fired into Turkey, hitting a refugee camp amid mounting international concern hours before a UN deadline to end the crisis.
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China Daily
Charm diplomacy bears fruit
Beijing has been demonstrating its determination to contribute more to international and regional mechanisms at recent summits.
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USA Today
Some of Alaska's polar bears are losing fur
Alaska polar bears are losing their fur and U.S. Geological Survey scientists don't know why.
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The Jerusalem Post
Passover’s message of liberation
The festival of freedom bears significance for Christians as well as Jews.
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White House
Readout of the President’s Call with Baylor University’s Women’s Basketball Coach Kim Mulkey
Release Time:
For Immediate Release
Today, President Obama called Coach Kim Mulkey to congratulate her and the Baylor University women’s basketball team on their historic 40-0 season and 2012 NCAA championship victory. The President told Coach Mulkey that her team was a great pick as he had the Lady Bears picked to win the champ...
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SI
Griner leads Baylor to national title, perfect season
Baylor's perfect season is complete. The Bears beat Notre Dame 80-61 behind Brittney Griner's 26 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks, becoming the first team in history to go 40-0.
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New York Times
Baylor 59, Stanford 47: Baylor Beats Stanford for Berth in N.C.A.A. Final
Stanford held Brittney Griner to 13 points, but her teammates led a second-half charge to give the Bears a victory — and the opportunity to achieve a record 40-win season.
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Barrons
Stocks Up 12%, Best Quarterly Start Since 1998
When time ran out, the bulls led the bears by two touchdowns, but there are three quarters left to play. Best performer, Sears Holdings, up 109%; worst, Supervalu, down 30%.
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USA Today
Alicia Silverstone pre-chews baby's food
She believes in chewing up food and spitting it into into baby Bear's mouth.
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The Sun
Jagger's girl bears all
GEORGIA May Jagger models for Rimmel in Guards' bearskin
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The Sun
Jagger's girl bears all
GEORGIA May Jagger models for Rimmel in Guards' bearskin
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Kentucky blitzes Baylor, moves on to NCAA semis
Top-seeded Wildcats rout the Bears 82-70 to secure trip to New Orleans
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Salon
The birth of food-phobia
At the root of our anxiety about food lies something that is common to all humans — what Paul Rozin has called the “omnivore’s dilemma.” This means that unlike, say, koala bears, whose diet consists only of eucalyptus leaves and who can therefore venture no further than where eucalyptus trees grow, our ability to eat a large variety of foods has enabled us to survive practically anywhere on the...
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Los Angeles Times
Baylor bests Xavier to advance to South Regional final
Quincy Acy, the only senior, has a double-double to lead Bears to the 75-70 victory.ATLANTA -- Quincy Acy, the only senior in Baylor's starting lineup, had a double-double to help lift the Bears past Xavier, 75-70, and into its second regional final in three years.
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BBC
Bears' wounds heal as they sleep
Hibernating black bears' wounds heal scar- and infection-free as they sleep; a discovery that could aid treatment of human wounds.
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Washington Post
Federal funds help crime labs struggling with DNA evidence backlogs
Twelve years ago, Congress passed a bill aimed at bolstering the capacity of state and local crime labs. It was known as the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act. The ensuing effort now bears the more modest title of DNA Backlog Reduction Program. But even with the new name, it is an ambitious venture.
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siliconindia
Affirming Firm Is Morally Bankrupt, Goldman Sachs Exec Quits
Noticing that the investment bank's culture is little more than a deadly heat of greed that bears little resemblance to its once illustrious past.
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Reuters
Bears acquire Pro Bowl receiver Marshall from Dolphins
(Reuters) - The Chicago Bears have acquired Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall from the Miami Dolphins for a pair of undisclosed draft picks, the National Football League (NFL) teams said on Tuesday.
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Irish Times
Dublin dolls' hospital reopens in new home
PORCELAIN DOLLS and wax dolls, tiny tea sets and big fluffy teddy bears were all settling into their new home yesterday, as the much loved Dolls Store and Hospital – which many had feared would close forever – reopened in Dublin city centre.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Can star power save the planet?
Bo Derek and Sir Richard Branson popped up in Toronto this week pleading the case of endangered polar bears and sharks. They're among an array of ambassadors' for a wildlife agency that hopes celebrity can save polar bears, sharks and other endangered animals from extinction
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FT
Exit Greece, pursued by bond bears
The resolution of Greece’s private sector involvement deal as part of its €206bn bond exchange was expected but few consider it to be sustainable
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Why do we call market trends bulls or bears?
And don't forget those sideways-moving crabs'
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Irish Times
Marlon Brando estate gives Harley the boot
The estate of the late actor Marlon Brando and US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc have backed down from their legal brawl over a boot that bears his name.
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Goal.com
Juan: Lazio players embarrassed by racist fans
The Brazilian defender was subjected to monkey chants throughout the second half of the Rome derby but insists that he bears no ill will towards the Curva Nord - just pity
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WSJ
Bad Times Roll On for Europe's Bears
This year has got off to a disastrous start for euro-zone bears. Spanish and Italian 10-year bonds are back below 5%; Italian government bonds have so far returned 12% in 2012–unheard of in developed country sovereign bond markets.
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New York Times
Opinionator | Anxiety: Phobias: Things to Fear and Loathe
Some phobias are explainable. But how can teddy bears, honeycombs or peas possess the power to terrify?
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The Guardian
Indiana bears brunt as US storm system inflicts 'extreme damage'
Destruction across US midwest and south, with town of Marysville in Indiana 'completely gone'A powerful storm system has hit America's midwest and south, spawning a rash of powerful tornadoes that have taken at least 24 lives, blown down buildings and caused terror across a broad swath of the country.The severe weather moved across the centre of the US from Georgia to Ohio, triggering massive t...
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Irish Times
Chelsea boss says City are strongest
ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS has risked further alienating the Chelsea hierarchy by publicly claiming his squad bears no comparison with that of the league leaders, Manchester City, in what will be perceived as a tacit criticism of previous managers and the overall strategy of Roman Abramovich.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Jan Berenstain, co-creator of Berenstain Bears, dies at 88
Created family of educative bears with husband Stan; first book published in 1962
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AP
Webcam tracks 3-month-old polar bear's development
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Advocacy groups have set up a webcam to let viewers worldwide follow the development of a three-month-old polar bear cub in a Danish wildlife park....
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AP
Berenstain Bears co-creator Jan Berenstain dies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Jan Berenstain, who with her husband Stan created the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died. She was 88....
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China Daily
Bear bile maker opens farm to reporters
A Chinese pharmaceutical company Wednesday morning allowed more than 100 reporters to visit a farm where it breeds bears for their bile, amid protests from the public and animal welfare activists.
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ElPais
Libraries with no books
The Casa de Fieras in Madrid's Retiro park was due to be converted from a zoo into a library. The dire financial situation of the council has seen the project stall
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Scientific American
What Processed Food Looks Like during Digestion—Of Course It’s Not Pretty [Video]
If you ever wondered how your body handled all those packaged ramen noodles you ate during college, this video’s for you. Stefani Bardin, a TEDxManhattan fellow, wants to learn how digestion differs between food chock full of preservatives and food that can actually go bad in a day. To create this video, she and her [...]
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Mail & Guardian
Suarez apologises but bears brunt of Liverpool bosses
Liverpool chiefs have accused Luis Suarez of misleading them after claiming he would shake hands with Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
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USA Today
Creator of Lemonheads candy dies at 93
Sad news from Candyland: The inventor of Atomic FireBalls, Lemonheads and Black Forest Gummy Bears has died at age 93.
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Irish Times
Dolls hospital in Dublin to close
When closing for good, few stores have been known to receive thank you cards and teddy bears.
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Irish Times
Emergency measures means Dublin dolls hospital faces closure
SMALL PRINT:MANY PEOPLE once owned a beloved doll or teddy bear whose constant companionship may have caused the loss of a glass eye or tufts of straggly fur to fall out. Beat-up bears and raggedy Anns had only to visit The Dublin Dolls Hospital to be spruced up. However, the landmark shop on George’s Street is the latest victim of the recession, and will close its doors this Saturday.
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Daily Mail
Kristin Cavallari reveals she's putting off wedding until birth of first child
The pregnant former Dancing With The Stars contestant, 25, is engaged to marry Chicago Bears quarterback beau, Jay Cutler, 28.
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news.com.au
The 'tasteless' TV promo making New Yorkers mad
NEW Yorkers left stunned by the latest ads for Mad Men, which bears a striking resemblance to images from September 11 attacks.
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Reuters
Benetton family sets buyout price, eyes rejig
MILAN (Reuters) - The Benetton dynasty will buy out minority investors for 4.60 euros per share in a tender designed to delist the Italian clothing retail group which bears its name and reshape its...
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Amnesty International
Security Council: Russia must not block efforts to end atrocities in Syria
Headline Title:
Security Council: Russia must not block efforts to end atrocities in Syria
01 February 2012
Russia must not block international efforts to tackle the ongoing violence and human rights violations in Syria, Amnesty International said today amid negotiations ove...
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siliconindia
Keys to establishing successful B2B marketplace
by mayur D Dicosta
What, exactly, is a B2B marketplace? A B2B marketplace operates as a virtual platform for facilitating knowledge sharing, collaborative decision making, and plan execution across a given supply network. To achieve all these objectives, the B2B marketplace must provide not only a Web-based channel for information exchange but also fully hosted tools or “services” for coll...
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The New Yorker
David Orr: “The Chameleon.”
Alone among the superheroes,
He failed to keep his life in balance.
Power Man, The Human Shark—they knew
To hold their days and nights in counterpoise,
Their twin selves divided together,
As a coin bears with ease its two faces.
Not so The Chameleon. He was
Too many . . . (Subscription required.)
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Daily Mail
Richard Dunne bears no grudge towards Thierry Henry
Richard Dunne is in forgiving mood. Which is good news for one well-known Arsenal striker. 'I've never seen one professional footballer punch another in the face over a handball,' says Aston Villa's rugged defender.
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Technology Review
"Super WiFi" Blankets First County in U.S.
A campaign to free up spectrum hoarded by old media bears fruit.
New Hanover County, North Carolina just rolled out Super WiFi, which is its actual name, not just a patronizing euphemism I'm deploying because I think you can't handle "a new WiFi standard operating in the 'white spaces' between 50-700Mhz, where previously only television stations were allowed to transmit."
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USA Today
Coke bears back in Super Bowl ads, social media campaign
Thursday, Coke will announce that its iconic polar bears will star in Super Bowl TV ads and a novel social-media campaign.
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amNY
NFL's Jay Cutler, ex-fiancee Kristin Cavallari expecting a baby
After being dumped by his fiancee, Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler, in July and patching things up in November, Kristin Cavallari announced she's pregnant with 28-year-old Cutler's baby.
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AP
Front-runner Romney fends off SC debate attacks
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) -- Under heavy debate pressure from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended his record as a venture capitalist, insisted he bears no responsibility for attack ads aired by his allies and grudgingly said in campaign debate Monday night he might release his income tax returns this spring....
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Telegraph
George Osborne bears good tidings to the East
Telegraph View: Osborne recognises that Britain is a relatively small player in a fast-changing global economy.
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Times LIVE
Dear Reader looking for meaning
She sings about astronauts, archaeologists and hiding inside polar bears. She has the sweetest voice laced with acid lyrics. She’s girly with the soul of an old woman. Cherilyn McNeil of Dear Reader presents a paradox, and an entertaining one.
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FT
US auto sales: va va voom
A big rise in borrowing bears watching as shiny new cars fly off dealer lots as lenders loosen the spigot
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Daily Telegraph
Red alert as Cyclone Heidi bears down
A RED alert has been sounded as Cyclone Heidi closes in and storm surges threaten to inundate parts of a coastal town.
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Daily Mail
Never has one been so glad to hear the name of plain Vince Cable
QUENTIN LETTS: All the foreign spellings of names at Nick Clegg's teddy bears' picnic for Europhiles in Whitehall were plainly too much for the poor sap preparing the official paperwork.
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Reuters
Magpies and bears mourn North Korea's "Dear Leader"
SEOUL (Reuters) - The passing of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-il has been marked by plunging temperatures, mourning bears and now, according to North Korean state media, by flocks of magpies.
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The Jerusalem Post
Bears stalk Middle East markets
Even the region’s stronger economies failed to buck the downtrend in 2011; 2012 isn't shaping up to be much better.
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DieZeit
Football: NFL: Stühlerücken geht weiter, Bears feuern Angelo
Chicago (SID) - Die Aufräumarbeiten nach dem Ende der regulären Saison gehen in der US-amerikanischen Football-Profiliga NFL munter weiter. Am Dienstag feuerten die Chicago Bears ihren langjährigen G...
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FOCUS
American Football – NFL - NFL: Stühlerücken geht weiter, Bears feuern Angelo
Die Aufräumarbeiten nach dem Ende der regulären Saison gehen in der NFL munter weiter. Am Dienstag feuerten die Chicago Bears ihren langjährigen Geschäftsführer Jerry Angelo.
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L'EQUIPE
Foot US - NFL - Chicago - Angelo licencié
Jerry Angelo n'est plus le manager général des Chicago Bears. Il a été licencié mardi par le President, Ted Phillips....
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USA Today
Avastin disappoints, teddy bears recalled
Avastin has modest results against ovarian cancer, Build-A-Bear recalls a teddy bear and breastfeeding women protest at Target stores.
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AP
German industry mogul Werner Otto dies at 102
BERLIN (AP) -- Werner Otto, the founder of the mail-order company that bears his name and a prominent figure in West Germany's post-World War II economic resurgence, has died. He was 102....
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China Daily
Packers beat Bears 35-21, clinch No 1 seed
With the first five-touchdown game of his NFL career, Aaron Rodgers ensured the Green Bay Packers' playoff road will go through Lambeau Field.
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Sport Bild
Sieg gegen Chicago - Packers zurück in der Erfolgsspur
Die Green Bay Packers haben durch ein 35:21 gegen die Chicago Bears in die Erfolgsspur zurückgefunden.Foto: Reuters
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Handelsblatt
American Football NFL: Packers sichern sich Heimrecht in den Play-offs
Die Green Bay Packers haben sich gut erholt von ihrer ersten Saison-Niederlage in der NFL gezeigt und mit einem 35:21 gegen die Chicago Bears in die Erfolgsspur zurückgefunden.
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Times of India
India’s Oz tour lets bears out on D-Street
Data shows that since 1991, whenever India toured Australia, back home the stock market was hit either by a scam of unimaginable proportions , some crisis of confidence among investors or a global crisis with its origin in excessive speculation.
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New York Times
Border Fence Affecting Black Bears, Too, Study Says
The black bear population in southern Arizona faces threats from manmade borders, urban sprawl and expanding highway systems, researchers found.
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The Nation
Unicef must formulate long-term education programmes
SIALKOT - Education at this critical juncture had become more imperative not only for bringing radical changes in mindset but also overcoming the socio-economic problems. We have failed to identify our real enemies in 63 years and if impartially analyzed the whole situation we found illiteracy is our common foe resultantly the nation is suffering from socio-economic problems.Pages of human hist...
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The Nation
Bears tighten grip as KSE falls to 15-week low
LAHORE - Bears continued to tighten their grip as incessant foreign selling during the outgoing week forced the index to tumble to 16-week low. Though the market was below the psychological level of 11,000, yet to institutional buying at lower levels inched up the market to close at 11,028 level.
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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Sport Bild
NFL-Skandal - Bears-Star Hurd: Drogenhandel – 40 Jahre Haft?
NFL-Star Samuel Hurd ist wegen Drogenhandels festgenommen worden. Dem Spieler der Chicago Bears drohen 40 Jahre Haft!Foto: Getty Images
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Foreign Policy
Libya's constitutional balancing act
The day-to-day priority in Libya has
rightly been placed upon determining the future of the young, mostly civilian
revolutionary fighters who rose up to overthrow the Qaddafi regime. But what is
imperative in the long term is the political contest to define the structure
and power relationships of the new state through the writing of Libya's
permanent constitution that will take place next y...
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Reuters
Pampered pandas flown into Scotland
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A pair of pampered giant pandas arrived in Scotland Sunday to a reception of cheering and flag-waving crowds while British officials said the 10-year loan of the bears by China...
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Reuters
Whales win, walruses lose in warmer Arctic: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Arctic zone has moved into a warmer, greener "new normal" phase, which means less habitat for polar bears and more access for development, an international scientific team reported on Thursday.
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Reuters
Barney Frank, author of Wall Street reform, to retire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Barney Frank, who helped to craft the landmark overhaul of financial regulations that bears his name, will not seek re-election in 2012, Democratic aides said on Monday.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Screenshots of 9 games for the Kinect
Screens from Dance Central 2, PowerUp Heroes, Kinect Sports: Season Two and even Kinectimals: Now with Bears!
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Times of India
Baby girl looks just like Aishwarya, says Amitabh Bachchan
"I feel the baby has entirely gone on Aishwarya. Some family members feel the baby's face bears some resemblance to Abhishek," says Bachchan.
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BBC
Polar bears wait for the freeze
Webcasts highlight hungry bears' vulnerability to global warming
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kicker
Die Eagles greifen nach dem Strohhalm
Die Green Bay Packers bleiben in der NFL ungeschlagen. Gegen die Tampa Bay Buccaneers feierte der Meister den zehnten Sieg im zehnten Spiel. Ein wichtiger Sieg gelang den Philadelphia Eagles bei den New York Giants. Die Detroit Lions legten die nächste Aufholjagd hin, die Chicago Bears mussten das 31:20 gegen die San Diego Chargers teuer bezahlen.
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Daily Telegraph
Wind bears rough times
GREG Norman stuck his head outside yesterday morning and felt the northerly wind rustling through his Great White Hair.
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Los Angeles Times
9 arrested in death of quarterback Griffen Kramer
Nine people have been arrested in connection with the death last month of Thousand Oaks High School quarterback Griffin Kramer, authorities said Thursday evening.
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New York Times
Turkish Television Takes on Topic of Child Brides
A trailer for a new TV soap opera bears a striking resemblance to the real-life testimonies of child brides interviewed for a documentary film by women's rights activists being released next week.
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kicker
Brady reißt das Ruder rum - Eli ohne Happy End
Es ist der Spieltag der heißen Gruppenduelle! Mit dem Auswärtscoup der Raiders bei den Chargers hatte es am Donnerstag begonnen, am Sonntag trafen sich dann die New York Jets und die New England Patriots zum richtungsweisenden Kampf in der AFC East, auch bei den Spielen Cincinnati Bengals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs gegen Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears gegen Detroit Lions und New...
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USA Today
Bears fan Obama gets to dig at Eagles
It's been a good day for Barack Obama, football fan.
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el universal
Osos de Chicago derrotan a Filadelfia 30-24
Matt Forte se sobrepuso a sus propios errores y dio el triunfo a los Bears en el encuentro del lunes por la noche de la NFL
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New York Times
Reports Detail Chase for Freed Exotic Animals in Ohio
Newly released reports tell of sheriff’s deputies confronting and shooting lions, tigers and bears in eastern Ohio.
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 37.941 |
| 2 | India | 7.415 |
| 3 | Germany | 4.220 |
| 4 | Russia | 3.430 |
| 5 | Sweden | 2.890 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 2.714 |
| 7 | France | 2.160 |
| 8 | Canada | 1.872 |
| 9 | Finland | 1.740 |
| 10 | Brazil | 1.150 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 1.080 |
| 12 | China | 0.900 |
| 13 | Philipines | 0.780 |
| 14 | Mexico | 0.680 |
| 15 | Austria | 0.590 |
| 16 | Spain | 0.500 |
| 17 | Korea South | 0.360 |
| 18 | Poland | 0.350 |
| 19 | Pakistan | 0.310 |
| 20 | Belgium | 0.280 |
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Media |
MIX |
| 1 | foxnews | 3.000 |
| 2 | Dainik Bhaskar | 2.800 |
| 3 | USA Today | 2.525 |
| 4 | IBN live | 2.500 |
| 5 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 2.000 |
| 6 | Chicago Sun-Times | 1.380 |
| 7 | Moskovskiy Komsomolets | 1.350 |
| 8 | National Geographic | 1.200 |
| 9 | sport-express | 1.200 |
| 10 | San Francisco Chronicle | 1.200 |
| 11 | ESPN | 1.000 |
| 12 | 20 Minutes | 1.000 |
| 13 | Foxsports | 1.000 |
| 14 | Sportsillustrated | 1.000 |
| 15 | Sun Times | 0.980 |
| 16 | Bild | 0.960 |
| 17 | Chicago Tribune | 0.940 |
| 18 | NHL- The National Hockey League | 0.938 |
| 19 | Helsingin Sanoma | 0.800 |
| 20 | Dagens | 0.800 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 49.242 |
| 2 | German | 5.890 |
| 3 | Russian | 3.400 |
| 4 | Swedish | 2.890 |
| 5 | Hindi | 2.800 |
| 6 | French | 2.470 |
| 7 | Spanish | 1.620 |
| 8 | Finnish | 1.540 |
| 9 | Portuguese | 1.190 |
| 10 | Chinese | 0.920 |
| 11 | Dutch | 0.390 |
| 12 | Polish | 0.350 |
| 13 | Korean | 0.260 |
| 14 | Czech | 0.180 |
| 15 | Greek | 0.170 |
| 16 | Italian | 0.160 |
| 17 | Japanese | 0.160 |
| 18 | Indonesian | 0.100 |
| 19 | Danish | 0.070 |
| 20 | Norwegian | 0.047 |
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