Archive for February 5th, 2010

13-year-old QB accepts USC offer, father says (AP)

AP – Southern California coach Lane Kiffin is apparently trying to get the inside track on recruiting a 13-year-old quarterback from Delaware.

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13-year-old QB accepts USC offer, father says
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Specter, Sestak clash at party event (Politico)

Politico – Sen. compares rep.’s missed votes to going AWOL from the Navy, drawing gasps from the crowd.

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Specter, Sestak clash at party event
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Toyota’s Pain Will Be Rivals’ Gain With Little Net Economic Impact (Investor’s Business Daily)

Investor’s Business Daily – While Toyota tries to maneuver its way out of problems tied to the carmaker’s massive safety recall, questions linger over how its woes will affect the U.S. economy and automotive industry.

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Toyota’s Pain Will Be Rivals’ Gain With Little Net Economic Impact
(Investor’s Business Daily)

Earnhardt out front again and wants to stay there (AP)

AP – Here’s something you haven’t read in a while: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in first place.

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Earnhardt out front again and wants to stay there
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Haitians begin to return to unprepared capital (AP)

AP – A half-million Haitians who fled their shattered capital after the earthquake are starting to return to a maze of rubble piles, refugee camps and food lines, complicating ambitious plans to build a better Haiti.

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Haitians begin to return to unprepared capital
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Las Vegas latest member of "Who Dat Nation" (Reuters)

Reuters – The New Orleans Saints can count several Las Vegas casinos as the newest members of the ‘Who Dat Nation’ since most of the millions of dollars being wagered on the Super Bowl are banking on an Indianapolis Colts victory.

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Las Vegas latest member of "Who Dat Nation"
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Putin scolds party after rally exposes discontent (Reuters)

Reuters – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told his ruling party on Friday it must pay more attention to ordinary voters, just days after one of the biggest opposition protests in a decade.

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Putin scolds party after rally exposes discontent
(Reuters)

Goldman CEO Blankfein gets $9M stock bonus for 09 (AP)

AP – Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein is getting a $9 million stock bonus for 2009, a modest payday by Wall Street standards that appears aimed at quelling criticism of the bank’s compensation practices.

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