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2012-02-03 09:32	AP Top News	Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst WASHINGTON (AP) - In the most impressive surge for the job market since the middle of last decade, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. Hiring accelerated across the economy and up and down the pay scale. The high-salary professional services industry added 70,000 jobs, the most in 10 months. Manufacturing added 50,000, the most in a year....
2012-02-03 09:32	AP Top News	Hackers: We intercepted FBI, Scotland Yard call Hackers: We intercepted FBI, Scotland Yard callLONDON (AP) - A sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, the hacking group known as Anonymous claimed Friday. The group released a roughly 15-minute-long recording of what appears to be a Jan. 17 conference call devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loose-knit hacking group....
2012-02-03 09:22	AP Top News	Gunmen kidnap 2 Americans and an Egyptian in Sinai EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Bedouin gunmen intercepted a tourist minivan and snatched two female American tourists and their Egyptian guide at gunpoint Friday near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, the region's security chief said. The brazen daylight abduction along a busy highway was a new blow to Egypt's vital tourism industry, which has been heavily battered by the unrest following last year's uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak....
2012-02-03 09:17	AP Top News	Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst WASHINGTON (AP) - Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly three years. The result pointed to a resurgent job market, and it sent stock futures surging. The Dow Jones industrial average futures, which were flat before the report, jumped more than 100 points....
2012-02-03 09:17	AP Top News	Steven Tyler defends national anthem performance NORTH GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) - Steven Tyler says he meant to sing the national anthem like that. The Aerosmith frontman and "American Idol" judge endured plenty of jabs after his rendition of the anthem at the AFC Championship game last month, but Tyler says he doesn't understand what all the fuss was about....
2012-02-03 09:07	AP Top News	Hackers: We intercepted FBI, Scotland Yard call Hackers: We intercepted FBI, Scotland Yard callLONDON (AP) - Hackers claim to have intercepted and leaked a sensitive conference call between cybercrime investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard. Anonymous has released a roughly 15-minute-long recording of what appears to be a Jan. 17 conference call devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loose-knit hacking group....
2012-02-03 09:05	Reuters UK	European hedge fund stars profit in buoyant January
2012-02-03 09:05	Reuters UK	BB&T to buy insurance brokerage for $570 million
2012-02-03 09:02	AP Top News	Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst WASHINGTON (AP) - Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly three years. The result pointed to a resurgent job market, and it sent stock futures surging. The Dow Jones industrial average futures, which were flat before the report, jumped 95 points....
2012-02-03 09:00	Reuters UK	South African court denies bail to Arkan killer
2012-02-03 09:00	Reuters UK	TUI AG nears deal on Hapag-Lloyd: sources
2012-02-03 08:57	AP Top News	Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst WASHINGTON (AP) - Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly three years. The result pointed to a resurgent job market, and it sent stock futures surging. The Dow Jones industrial average futures, which were flat before the report, jumped 95 points....
2012-02-03 08:47	AP Top News	Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burstWASHINGTON (AP) - Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly three years. The economy created 243,000 net jobs, the most in nine months, and the unemployment rate fell two ticks....
2012-02-03 08:42	AP Top News	Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burstWASHINGTON (AP) - The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. The Labor Department says employers added 243,000 jobs in January, the most in nine months. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent from 8.5 percent in December. That's the lowest in nearly three years....
2012-02-03 08:42	AP Top News	Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant HOLLIS, Maine (AP) - A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes - and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor. It's believed to be the first-ever transplant of an esophagus and the largest number of organs transplanted at one time in New England....
2012-02-03 08:32	AP Top News	Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant HOLLIS, Maine (AP) - A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes - and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor. It's believed to be the first-ever transplant of an esophagus and the largest number of organs transplanted at one time in New England....
2012-02-03 08:15	Reuters UK	Employment minister Davey named Energy Secretary
2012-02-03 08:12	AP Top News	HRW says Syrian forces target children BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian forces have detained and tortured children as young as 13 as the government tries to crush an uprising that began nearly 11 months ago, Human Rights Watch said Friday as fresh clashes erupted between regime troops and rebels in the country's south. Friday's fighting in Jassem, in the southern province of Daraa, killed at least one soldier and wounded five, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights....
2012-02-03 08:10	Reuters UK	A tale of two technocrats
2012-02-03 08:10	Reuters UK	New Greek package may require up to 145 bln euros from euro zone
2012-02-03 08:02	AP Top News	NYC's Algonquin closes legendary Oak Room NYC's Algonquin closes legendary Oak RoomNEW YORK (AP) - New York City's famous Algonquin Hotel has permanently shuttered the Oak Room, its fabled supper club that helped launch careers of many top-shelf jazz and cabaret stars. Hotel General Manager Gary Budge says audiences are declining, and the Oak Room will be turned into a lounge for Marriott Reward Elite guests....
2012-02-03 07:52	AP Top News	Madonna launching video on billboards, online LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clear Channel is giving Madonna all its luvin'. The radio giant announced plans Friday to premiere the 53-year-old pop star's new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" and its music video across Clear Channel radio stations, electronic billboards and online venues. Clear Channel, which owns 850 stations nationwide, estimated the promotional campaign would reach more than 150 million people around the world....
2012-02-03 07:50	Reuters UK	Brighter outlook boosts FTSE but US data casts a shadow
2012-02-03 07:45	Reuters UK	European shares hit 6-mth high ahead of U.S. jobs
2012-02-03 07:32	AP Top News	Gunmen kidnap 2 Americans and an Egyptian in Sinai Gunmen kidnap 2 Americans and an Egyptian in SinaiAL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Gunmen intercepted a tourist minivan and snatched two female American tourists at gunpoint, along with their Egyptian tour guide Friday near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai, the region's security chief said. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib, the head of south Sinai security, said the gunmen were driving a sedan and a pickup truck. Naguib said the abductors sped away into the mountains. A helicopter was leading a search and rescue mission, he said....
2012-02-03 07:25	Reuters UK	EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policy
2012-02-03 07:20	Reuters UK	Regulators step up probe into UBS's rogue trading
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Contraception mandate outrages religious groups The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception. The regulation, finalized a week ago, raises a complex and sensitive legal question: Which institutions qualify as religious and can be exempt from the mandate?...
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Supporters rally around Planned Parenthood NEW YORK (AP) - Supporters are rallying around Planned Parenthood after renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast screening grants to the reproductive health organization. Besides $400,000 in smaller donations from 6,000 people, Planned Parenthood is receiving $250,000 from a family foundation in Dallas and a $250,000 pledge announced Thursday by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to match future donations....
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Economy likely started 2012 with solid job growth WASHINGTON (AP) - The economy likely produced another solid month of hiring in January, a promising start for 2012. Economists forecast that employers added a net 155,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate remained 8.5 percent for a second straight month, according to a survey by Factset....
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Gunmen kidnap 2 Americans and an Egyptian in Sinai Gunmen kidnap 2 Americans and an Egyptian in SinaiAL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) - Two security officials say gunmen have kidnapped two Americans and their Egyptian tour guide after stopping a minivan carrying the group near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai. The military and police officials say the abductors sped away in a sedan and a pickup truck, leaving behind three other people who had been in the minivan. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information, did not know the nationalities of those left behind. Authorities say a search is under way....
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	House ready to consider insider trading ban House ready to consider insider trading banWASHINGTON (AP) - With members of Congress convinced their political survival depends on their image, the House is wasting no time in considering a Senate-passed bill that would ban insider trading by lawmakers and thousands of executive branch officials. Stock trades would have to be posted online within 30 days. The Senate showed a rare display of bipartisanship Thursday to pass the bill 96-3, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said it would be before the House next week. President Barack Obama repeated a pledge to sign it immediately....
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Namaste, travelers! SFO opens airport yoga room SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Stressed out by flying? Travelers in Northern California can now find their inner calm in the Yoga Room at San Francisco International Airport....
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give NEW YORK (AP) - The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though. A new study out Friday found that the average user of the world's biggest online social network gets more than they give. That means more messages, more "likes" and more comments. Yes, even more "pokes."...
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant HOLLIS, Maine (AP) - A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes - and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor. It's believed to be the first-ever transplant of an esophagus and the largest number of organs transplanted at one time in New England....
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Madonna launching video on billboards, online LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clear Channel is giving Madonna all its luvin'. The radio giant announced plans Friday to premiere the 53-year-old pop star's new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" and its music video across Clear Channel radio stations, electronic billboards and online venues. Clear Channel, which owns 850 stations nationwide, estimated the promotional campaign would reach more than 150 million people around the world....
2012-02-03 07:17	AP Top News	Unlike Patriots, NFL slow to embrace 'Moneyball' WASHINGTON (AP) - It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter much. But to stats geeks, this is the gospel from the spreadsheets....
2012-02-03 07:07	AP Top News	Unlike Patriots, NFL slow to embrace 'Moneyball' WASHINGTON (AP) - It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter much. But to stats geeks, this is the gospel from the spreadsheets....
2012-02-03 07:05	Reuters UK	Euro zone sales tumble at Christmas and show no sign of growth
2012-02-03 07:00	Reuters UK	In PIP scandal, a ragged safety net exposed
2012-02-03 06:35	Reuters UK	Opposition attacks "corrosive" bank bonuses
2012-02-03 06:20	Reuters UK	John Terry stripped of England captaincy - report
2012-02-03 06:10	Reuters UK	Iran warns of retaliation over oil sanctions
2012-02-03 06:05	Reuters UK	Iran's Khamenei warns over military strike, oil embargo threat
2012-02-03 06:00	Reuters UK	Euro zone private sector snaps 4-month run of decline
2012-02-03 05:45	Reuters UK	Insight - In PIP implant scandal, a ragged safety net exposed
2012-02-03 05:40	Reuters UK	China set to play it safe on helping Europe
2012-02-03 05:40	Reuters UK	China blocks human rights lawyer from meeting Merkel
2012-02-03 05:40	Reuters UK	Hong Kong's policies spur clash with mainland cousins
2012-02-03 05:40	Reuters UK	Analysis - Myanmar's ambitious Dawei project faces uncertainty


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