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U.S. drone attack in Pakistan kills three militants
2010-01-01: MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A missile fired by a pilotless U.S. drone aircraft on Friday killed at least three militants traveling in a car in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, security officials said.
Airport pat-downs often ineffective security stop
2010-01-01: AP - With all the screening technology at U.S. airports, the last line of defense is still the human hand: the pat-down search.
Obama Reviewing Initial Reports on Christmas Day Air Incident
2010-01-01: Bloomberg - Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is reviewing
initial government reports on the attempted Christmas Day
bombing of a U.S. airliner ahead of a meeting with top officials
next week on intelligence gathering and aviation security.
The most popular
2010-01-01: Macworld.com - We’ve recounted the biggest stories involving Apple, the iPhone, and iPods. We’ve even told you what our most read stories were in 2009. But what articles did Macworld readers take a shine to? And which ones did they think were the pits?
Fox, Time Warner Cable ink deal to avoid blackout
2010-01-01: Reuters - Time Warner Cable and News Corp's Fox Networks Group agreed to a brief extension of their current carriage contract late on Thursday to avoid a blackout that would have prevented 13 million U.S. homes from seeing TV shows like 'The Simpsons' and 'House' as well as college and NFL football games.
Tokyo bourse to launch high-speed trading system
2010-01-03: AP - The Tokyo Stock Exchange will launch a new high-speed trading system Monday, scrapping an antiquated, glitch-prone platform for one that aims to compete with major global rivals.
China factories boom in Dec, demand lifts Korea exports
2010-01-01: Reuters - China's economic growth looks set to accelerate into the new year, with booming factories driving a December manufacturing survey to a 20-month high while South Korea's exports to the country surged on strong demand.
Spain takes over EU presidency
2010-01-01: AP - Spain took over the presidency of the European Union on Friday, with the prime minister promising to work to end the continent's economic crisis.
GMAC expects $5B 4Q loss, selling mortgage assets
2010-01-05: AP - GMAC Financial Services, the auto lender now majority owned by the government, said Tuesday it expects to report a loss of about $5 billion in the fourth quarter thanks to its deeply discounted sales of underperforming mortgage loans.
Come Buy With Me And Be My Love
2010-01-01: For some very sound (if not grandma-pleasing) reasons, the first house often precedes the march down the aisle.
Last Baby of 2009 Benefits
2010-01-01: The first baby born in a New Year usually gets all the attention. But this year, nationwide tax preparer H & R Block wants the last baby born in 2009 to get some attention too.
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