AFP – Sunderland failed to halt their slide towards the relegation quagmire after Stoke claimed a deserved point in an uninspiring goalless stalemate here on Monday.

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Sunderland freefall goes on
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February 1st, 2010
AFP – Sunderland failed to halt their slide towards the relegation quagmire after Stoke claimed a deserved point in an uninspiring goalless stalemate here on Monday.

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Sunderland freefall goes on
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February 1st, 2010
The Christian Science Monitor – The Obama administration Monday unveiled a 2011 budget request for NASA that would change the agency’s approach to human spaceflight.

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Obama’s budget would scrap NASA’s moon mission
(The Christian Science Monitor)
February 1st, 2010
McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The Obama administration projects rosier economic-growth prospects than most mainstream economists do but a sobering jobless recovery, according to documents released Monday about underlying assumptions in the government’s $3.83 trillion federal budget for 2011.

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Obama’s budget sober on jobs, optimistic on growth
(McClatchy Newspapers)
February 1st, 2010
serah AFP – President Barack Obama Monday ditched US plans to return to the moon and hitched NASA’s future to private industry in a budget calling for the space agency to stay close to Earth and do research.

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Obama cuts moon travel, links NASA to private firms
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February 1st, 2010
AFP – A 14-year-old New Zealand girl escaped serious injury in a shark attack by furiously beating the creature about the head with her body board until it let go, it was reported Tuesday.

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New Zealand teen beats off shark attack
(AFP)
February 1st, 2010
serah AP – The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for allegedly failing to clean up toxic, lead-based paint at federal facilities on Midway Atoll.

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Environmental group to sue over Midway Atoll paint
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February 1st, 2010
serah AP – The $8 billion in stimulus cash awarded to 13 high-speed rail corridors across the country may seem like a windfall for advocates, but there’s a catch: The money isn’t enough to finish any of the major projects.

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Money woes could threaten high-speed rail’s future
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February 1st, 2010
serah Investor’s Business Daily – U.S. shares of Sohu.com (NasdaqGS:SOHU – News), China’s most-visited Web portal, and Changyou (NasdaqGS:CYOU – News), its online games unit, fell Monday after the pair gave weak guidance for the current quarter and reported mixed fourth-quarter results.

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China’s Sohu Lags Views On Weak Ads
(Investor’s Business Daily)