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Stiff Fines Are Set for Long Wait on the Tarmac - 1 hour ago

Carriers that do not provide food and water after two hours or a chance to disembark after three...
Democrats Face Challenge in Merging Health Bills - 1 hour ago

Deep divisions over abortion are the party’s biggest obstacle to combining the Senate and House...
Immigration Enforcement Fuels Rise in U.S. Cases - 1 hour ago

Federal prosecutions hit a new high this fiscal year, with a sharp increase in cases against...
Obama to Name Chief of Cybersecurity - 1 hour ago

The White House is trying to address the vulnerability of banking, energy and communications systems...
Tool in Cystic Fibrosis Fight: A Registry - 1 hour ago

Many cystic fibrosis patients owe their lives, at least in part, to a nationwide collection of...

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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories

Don't believe medical advice from Internet, celebs when ... - 3 hours ago

Consumers are inundated with health advice from a host of sources: movie stars, TV docs and even the...
Auschwitz sign theft was commissioned, police say - 3 hours ago

Investigators said Tuesday the brazen theft of the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You...
Georgia centenarian voter lauded by Obama dies - 4 hours ago

Ann Nixon Cooper, the Atlanta centenarian lauded by President Obama in his election night speech...
Israel relays response to Hamas prisoner swap offer - 4 hours ago

Israel Radio says the government has relayed its response to a Hamas proposal to swap Palestinian...
Teens to be arraigned on hate crime charge - 4 hours ago

Two Pennsylvania teenagers are scheduled to appear in federal court for the first time since being...

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Stars we lost in 2009 - 4 hours ago

The recent passing of actress Brittany Murphy adds another high-profile name to the list of those...
Health bill moves forward - 4 hours ago

The Senate moved closer to passing a health care reform bill today. Democrats cleared the second of...
The year tech changed us - 6 hours ago

Engineers didn't make huge improvements to technology in 2009. The year's big tech names -- Twitter,...
Opinion: Iran's moral leader - 6 hours ago

The moral conscience of Iran's reform movement passed away Sunday morning. Grand Ayatollah Hossein...
Intriguing: Giuliani announces plans - 6 hours ago

Rudolph Giuliani The New York Daily News and New York Times are reporting that the former mayor of...

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Lifehacker

Fill Every Last Megabyte of Your iPod’s Free Space [IPods] - 1 hour ago

When you sync your iPod/iPhone in iTunes 9 and you've got space left, check off the "Automatically...
Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker] - 1 hour ago

Cheap HDTVs, computer gear, and a dash of free goodies await in today's dealhacker roundup. Today...
Five Wishes for Better Webapps [Lifehacker Wishlist] - 2 hours ago

As we look ahead to 2010, we're hoping it's the year the web becomes a truly great platform for...
VLC Gets Dressed up For Christmas [Easter Eggs] - 2 hours ago

If you're a fan of VLC—the open-source and awesome media player that had made appearances in our...
Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha is All About Speed (and Private Browsing) [Downloads] - 3 hours ago

Windows/Mac: Opera's developers have released a very unstable but promising version of their web...
Firefox 4 Design Mock-Ups Get an Update [Firefox] - 4 hours ago

We last looked at what Firefox 4 might look like in July. Since then, Mozilla has started devoting...
JumpLaunch Turns Your Quick Launch Folder into a Jump List [Downloads] - 5 hours ago

Windows 7: If you've found yourself missing the Quick Launch toolbar after adopting Windows 7, you...

Wired Top Stories

Best of the Geek Decade: Let the Kids Decide - 8 hours ago

Kids weigh in on what they think are the best movies, games, books, toys, TV shows and computer...
Dec. 22, 1882: Looking at Christmas in a New Light - 14 hours ago

The Christmas tree gets a high-tech addition: electric light. It's the beginning of a long, tangled...
Vaporware 2009: Inhale the Fail - 18 hours ago

Wired.com's 12th annual roundup of the tech industry's most promised, hyped and anticipated products...
Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up - 18 hours ago

If we can train our brains to embrace failure, we open ourselves to new discoveries.
Time Your Attack: Oracle's Lost Revolution - 18 hours ago

Larry Ellison announced a computer in 1995 that would run applications that lived in the cloud. One...

ESPN.com - MLB

Source: Reliever Darren Oliver close to rejoining Texas Rangers - 14 hours ago

Free agent reliever Darren Oliver is in serious discussions toward a contract with the Texas Rangers...
New York Yankees charged with $25 million luxury tax penalty for 2009 - 14 hours ago

The New York Yankees were hit with a luxury tax of nearly $25.69 million Monday, the penalty for...
Source: Mets looking into possibly signing Pedro Martinez - 18 hours ago

The Mets have looked into bringing back Pedro Martinez, according to one baseball man who has spoken...
St. Louis Cardinals' minor leaguer Tyler Bighames given 50-game drug suspension - 18 hours ago

A minor leaguer in the St. Louis Cardinals' organization has been given a 50-game drug suspension.
Yankees fan from New Hampshire found guilty of 2nd degree murder of Red Sox fan - 19 hours ago

A New Hampshire woman has been convicted of second-degree murder for hitting a man with her car...

MLB Standings: NL Central

POLITICO Top Stories

Health bill clears another hurdle - 6 hours ago

Senate health bill moves ahead.
Senate health bill is launch pad - 9 hours ago

In an Ideas piece, Hacker calls the Senate health reform vote a "bittersweet" moment.
GOP's step in the right direction - 9 hours ago

In an Ideas piece, the authors say GOP senators should have done more to delay health care reform.
Next hurdle: Persuade public - 10 hours ago

Dems hope shifting the conversation to specific provisions will brighten the national mood.
Trial tarnishes Whitman's CEO glow - 10 hours ago

Testimony calls into question the former eBay chief Meg Whitman's leadership style.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

Google Dropped Yelp Deal? Startup Wasn't "Transparent," Source Says - 1 hour ago

As my colleague Claire Cain Miller and others have reported, some people with knowledge of the...
Susan Shapiro Barash: How To Spot That Toxic Friend - 1 hour ago

The contradictory messages and assumptions for women, of every age, clearly affect female...
Norberto Fuentes: Saturday Night with Fidel Castro (Part I of III) - 1 hour ago

Editor's note: After a daring escape attempt in 1989, celebrated Cuban journalist Norberto Fuentes...
'Ariel Attack,' Democratic Headquarters Vandal, Pleads Guilty - 1 hour ago

Activist Maurice Joseph Schwenkler, 24, pleaded guilty Monday to a second-degree misdemeanor for...
Bill Press Becomes Intern For Bernie Sanders - 1 hour ago

Radio talk show host Bill Press has become an intern for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-V.T.), the...

Daily Kos

FL-Sen: Diaz-Balarts abandon Crist - 1 hour ago

Pull a Specter, Charlie. U.S. Reps Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami have pulled their...
AL-05: Conservadem Rep. Parker Griffith To Switch To GOP - 2 hours ago

Given how he has behaved since taking the oath of office in January, it is hard to classify this one...
Health Policy Expert: Nelson Amendment Would "Chill" Abortion Coverage - 3 hours ago

The abortion "handshake deal" that Patty Murray and Barbara Boxer struck with Ben Nelson was a bad...
Conyers: Senate Bill "Must Be Improved" - 3 hours ago

Here's what John Conyers has to say about the Senate bill, and what he'll be pushing for leadership...
The Lightbulb Moment - 4 hours ago

Better late than never: At the same time, Democrats say the apparently unbridgeable health care...