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• Alabama hostage standoff ends
• Obama's new favorite phrase to woo the public
• Investigators: 680 soccer matches 'fixed' worldwide
• Eerie rock towers provide clues about past earthquakes
• Tagg Romney says no thanks to Senate race
• Permission to wear pants? Odd laws still on the books
• Great debate: Best Super Bowl ever?
• Photos: Malala's journey to recovery
• Oldest known spider crabs discovered in fossil reef
• Post-Super Bowl, Twitter becomes home for tasteless tweets
• Stock market suffers worst day this year
• What happens to your Facebook page after you die?
• Al-Qaida group back on Twitter after ban
• FBI investigating NYC woman's death in Istanbul
• Super Bowl F-bomb could put FCC in a bind
• Video of blind skateboarder wows the Web
• Scottish library offering free pole-dancing class
• Cantor: House GOP policies will focus on 'most vulnerable'

Alabama hostage standoff ends Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:34 PM PST Authorities kill the gunman holding a 5-year-old boy inside a tiny bunker.

Obama's new favorite phrase to woo the public Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:37 PM PST In these early days of his second term, President Obama isn't just promoting legislation on guns and immigration. The president and his surrogates are promoting "common-sense proposals" to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, and a revamped, "common-sense" immigration system.

Investigators: 680 soccer matches 'fixed' worldwide Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:57 PM PST When most people hear the term "match-fixing," images of entire teams and refereeing crews conspiring to ensure a pre-determined win or loss in high-profile games are the first thing to come to mind.

Eerie rock towers provide clues about past earthquakes Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:12 PM PST Researchers studied rusty spires of rock called hoodoos 120 miles north of Los Angeles.

Tagg Romney says no thanks to Senate race Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:46 PM PST Mitt Romney's son says he's not interested in running for John Kerry's now-open seat.

Permission to wear pants? Odd laws still on the books Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:58 PM PST In Paris, women are technically banned from wearing pants.

Great debate: Best Super Bowl ever? Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:30 PM PST "It was the greatest [Super Bowl] ever," Terrell Suggs said, "It was everything you could ask for."

Photos: Malala's journey to recovery Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:30 AM PST A Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban has made her first video statement since she was nearly killed. Speaking clearly but with the left side of her face appearing rigid, 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai said she is "getting better, day by day." (Feb. 4)

Oldest known spider crabs discovered in fossil reef Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:20 PM PST Scientists found new species of crustaceans, including spider crabs that lived 100 million years ago.

Post-Super Bowl, Twitter becomes home for tasteless tweets Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:27 PM PST On Monday—a day that should have been dominated by talk of the Super Bowl blackout, Beyoncé's electric halftime performance and, oh yeah, the Baltimore Ravens' victory—the personal Twitter accounts of at least four current and former political figures sparked some understandable backlash. During the Super Bowl power outage on Sunday, Michael Brown, former director of [...]

Stock market suffers worst day this year Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:17 PM PST The stock market is closing out its worst day so far this year, bringing the Dow average back below 14,000.

What happens to your Facebook page after you die? Posted: 04 Feb 2013 05:05 PM PST Most people can't live without Facebook -- but what happens to your Facebook page when you are no longer living? New Hampshire and other states are trying to figure that out.State Rep. Peter Sullivan has introduced legislation to allow the executor of an estate control over the social networking pages of the dead. Last week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 222-128 to give Sullivan more time to write an amendment that begins a study of the issue. ...

Al-Qaida group back on Twitter after ban Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:49 PM PST Just two weeks after Twitter shut down its account, the Somali-based terror group al Shabaab has set up a new Twitter account and resumed tweeting out propaganda in English.

FBI investigating NYC woman's death in Istanbul Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:22 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman in Istanbul while on a solo vacation, a U.S. congressman said Monday.

Super Bowl F-bomb could put FCC in a bind Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:28 PM PST After another obscenity incident involving CBS and a Super Bowl broadcast, the Federal Communications Commission is under pressure to fine the TV network after Joe Flacco used a forbidden word on broadcast TV.

Video of blind skateboarder wows the Web Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:37 AM PST Skateboarding is an extreme sport that takes a tremendous amount of skill, balance, coordination, and fearlessness. Now the world is being introduced to skateboarder Tommy Carroll who has all of that, and then some. Carroll was born with retinal cancer, which left him blind at the age of 2. His lack of sight didn't keep [...]

Scottish library offering free pole-dancing class Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:39 PM PST Libraries always look for new ways to engage readers through cultural enrichment. But one branch in Scotland took an unconventional approach by hosting a pole dancing class—at the library. STV reports that pole dancing teacher Nikki Clark hosted the class at the Mayfield Library in Dalkeith, Midlothian, as part of "Love Your Library Day." The [...]

Cantor: House GOP policies will focus on 'most vulnerable' Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:40 AM PST The House Majority Leader is laying out his party's agenda on Tuesday.

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