var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><!-- Items --><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Opinion: Google knows too much</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />Frida Ghitis says online hoarding of our private information is not something we can afford to \"dismiss.\" <br /><br />From: CNN.com<br />More: <a href=\"http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/gfrJa5XQ-Z8/index.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Doctor in Homs: We\'re all waiting to die</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />The bodies begin coming in before the sun rises to the sky. Some arrive with heads decapitated or their torsos split open like animals after slaughter. Or their limbs are mangled under the crush of rubble. <br /><br />From: CNN.com<br />More: <a href=\"http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/Mm72X3FP7Yk/index.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>West offers words, only, as Syria killing rages</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government artillery barrages killed dozens of civilians in Homs on Thursday, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad, bolstered by Russian support, ignored appeals from world leaders to halt the carnage. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/3zO0GtSEVeo/us-syria-idUSTRE80S08620120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Greeks clinch austerity deal, lenders skeptical</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greek political leaders clinched a long-stalled deal on Thursday on harsh austerity measures and reforms required to secure a second international bailout in two years but the country\'s financial backers reacted skeptically. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/vPfR-b8Klt4/us-greece-idUSTRE8120HI20120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Jobless claims drop brightens labor market picture</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans signing up for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, the latest sign of recovery in the labor market. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/6cG8YXDZz6w/us-usa-economy-idUSTRE7BM0AB20120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>U.S. reaches mortgage settlement with top banks</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The biggest U.S. banks will provide about $25 billion in relief to distressed homeowners, as state and federal officials hold lenders responsible for taking illegal shortcuts during foreclosures and for other deceptive practices. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/KWnyRA2-ZU0/us-mortgage-settlement-idUSTRE81600F20120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>ECB opens door to indirect Greece aid</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi opened the door on Thursday to helping Athens indirectly after Greek politicians finally signed up to an austerity package following days of dither and delay. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/0zws1Zvc5oQ/us-ecb-rates-idUSTRE8180LP20120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>126 reported killed as attacks escalate</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />A Syrian opposition group reported as many as 126 deaths at the hands of government forces Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad escalated a brutal assault against an opposition that wants an end to his regime. <br /><br />From: CNN.com<br />More: <a href=\"http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/hpZyxli2Bzo/index.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Facing more key votes, Romney can\'t afford another stumble</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Republicans may have growing concerns about their presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, but no one is pushing the panic button - yet. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/m4z8ZRWIAV0/us-usa-campaign-romney-future-idUSTRE8180DK20120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Senior U.S. Catholic cites Obama \"promises\" on birth control</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Timothy Dolan, a senior U.S. Roman Catholic leader, said on Thursday President Barack Obama \"gave me promises\" during a White House meeting in November as Dolan pressed the Church\'s criticism of a new Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans to cover birth control. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/fne-Tum3bcA/us-usa-contraceptives-idUSTRE8181MX20120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>FBI memos paint Jobs as driven, reality-distorting visionary</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />(Reuters) - Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs, hailed as one of the greatest technology visionaries of his generation, dabbled in illicit drugs in his youth and alienated colleagues yet commanded universal respect, according to interviews conducted by the FBI in the 1990s. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wr6eZdyEuXo/us-apple-jobs-fbi-idUSTRE8181PV20120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Deep freeze overloads Ukraine EMS</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />Suffering in the grip of a brutal winter where temperatures have not risen above freezing in nearly a month, Ukraine has seen a wave of deaths related to the cold, and the country\'s ambulance service is inundated with calls for help. <br /><br />From: CNN.com<br />More: <a href=\"http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/BThyY7zv8Go/index.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>California to get $18 billion under mortgage deal</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />(Reuters) - California\'s attorney general said on Thursday her state will receive up to $18 billion in benefits under a federal-state mortgage settlement to be announced later today. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ECvyyDbS-d4/us-mortgage-settlement-california-idUSTRE8181E520120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Iran turns to barter for food as sanctions cripple imports</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />PARIS/TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is turning to barter - offering gold bullion in overseas vaults or tankerloads of oil - in return for food as new financial sanctions have hurt its ability to import basic staples for its 74 million people, commodities traders said Thursday. <br /><br />From: Reuters: Top News<br />More: <a href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ZQeBGAQyPrc/us-iran-wheat-idUSTRE8180SF20120209\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>China</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />China will sometimes say \"no\" and the world should get used to it. <br /><br />From: CNN.com<br />More: <a href=\"http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/94rZhDYTFyI/index.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Stay out U.S.</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />Some of the bravest, noblest women and men I have met are members of the United States armed forces. To them, military intervention is not about winning a debate on television or sounding smart on Twitter. With the United Nations ruling out support for military options to stop the bloodbath in Homs in Syria, leading U.S. commentators are calling for NATO and the Arab League to intervene militarily..<br /><br />From: CNN.com<br />More: <a href=\"http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/UuzF-ZNtezI/index.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Hacked e-mails reveal al-Assad spin</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Thursday, February 9, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br />Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was apparently coached on how to describe his government\'s brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrators just days before his appearance on an American network, according to purported e-mails of Syrian officials released by the hacking group known as Anonymous. <br /><br />From: CNN.com<br />More: <a href=\"http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/WZBDWaOSNQE/index.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Obama campaign returning contributions from donors tied to fugitive - CNN Intern..</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> The Guardian Obama campaign returning contributions from donors tied to fugitive CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Chicago (CNN) -- The reelection campaign of President Barack Obama said Tuesday it plans to return about $200000 in donations collected by two Chicago men after a newspaper report described their brother as a fugitive with alleged ... Obama Campaign to Refund Donations from Bro..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHybfgEYT_EIfMss_5pmPf5LXghdg&url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/politics/obama-donation-return/\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Maldives president quits after mutiny on paradise islands - Reuters</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Sydney Morning Herald Maldives president quits after mutiny on paradise islands Reuters * President quits after protests and police mutiny * Aide says president ousted in a \"coup\" * President said to have asked India for assistance (Adds Nasheed said to have asked India for help, paragraph 5) By JJ Robinson MALE, Feb 7 (Reuters) ... Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns amid unrest BBC News ..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFUsFxgTYcvXE-QgmErv1_8LOJ4aw&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/maldives-protest-idUSL4E8D74SX20120207\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Iran shrugs off latest US sanctions, trade suffers - Reuters</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Globe and Mail Iran shrugs off latest US sanctions, trade suffers Reuters By Parisa Hafezi | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran castigated its US adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions on the staples of everyday ... Iran Calls New US Sanctions &#39;Psychological War&#39; ABC News Sanc..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE7qzkhMlsNIfuTtvZModGsFidqcA&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-iran-idUSTRE81614C20120207\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>LA to remove all teachers from school amid sex investigation - Los Angeles Times</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> USA TODAY LA to remove all teachers from school amid sex investigation Los Angeles Times LA school officials are hoping their decision to temporarily replace the entire staff of an elementary school where two teachers have been accused of lewd acts against students will help quell growing anger by parents. Los Angeles Unified School ... LA to remove entire staff of sex scandal school CBS News All..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG253fU0vkbwqtrBvhD31d5byE-Ag&url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/la-removing-all-teachers-from-school-amid-sex-investigation.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Clint Eastwood gives America a pep talk - CBS News</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Los Angeles Times Clint Eastwood gives America a pep talk CBS News Did the first Obama re-election ad run during the Super Bowl? You might have missed it since the president wasn&#39;t even mentioned. It was a Chrysler ad, although even that wasn&#39;t obvious. Instead, more than 111 million viewers were greeted by that ... Eastwood defends Super Bowl ad: I am not affiliated with Obama! New York ..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHvrN6w1wrig66TlvdYpaoNHCuQZg&url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57372375-503544/clint-eastwood-gives-america-a-pep-talk/\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives - San Francisco Chronicle</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Globe and Mail Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives San Francisco Chronicle By STEVE PEOPLES, AP Presidential contender Mitt Romney is fighting to win over social conservatives in Tuesday&#39;s Republican caucuses. Romney, who previously supported abortion rights, has struggled to convince some cultural conservatives that he&#39;s ... Romney looks to cement frontrunner status CBS New..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEioac1UEBUoemdeZi0GqfP7c741g&url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/n/a/2012/02/07/national/a001620S05.DTL\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Washington father who killed self, sons in blaze left voicemail - Fox News</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> ABC News Washington father who killed self, sons in blaze left voicemail Fox News The man who killed himself and his two young sons in a Washington house fire reportedly left a voicemail for relatives saying he couldn&#39;t live without the boys and did not want to continue on. ABC News obtained what it says was a voicemail Josh Powell ... Authorities: Powell kids struck with hatchet before blaze..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFLvc8BjLvjbrv8Yln6A3r785Nq4A&url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/06/husband-missing-utah-mom-spent-some-time-planning-fire-that-killed-him-sons/\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Long-awaited ruling due on Calif. gay marriage ban - Daily Caller</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> Daily Caller Long-awaited ruling due on Calif. gay marriage ban Daily Caller By LISA LEFF Published: 4:31 AM 02/07/2012 | Updated: 7:55 AM 02/07/2012 Nadia Chayka and her fiance Luke Otterstad, both proponents of Proposition 8, hold up a sign outside of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, Wednesday. Gay-marriage backers await court ruling UPI.com Gay marriage fans, foes expect P..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGeDEilmxdmtcpR1sLUTsk1TSkiQw&url=http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/07/long-awaited-ruling-due-on-calif-gay-marriage-ban/\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Republicans Finally Realize They\'re Helping Obama - New York Magazine</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> New York Magazine Republicans Finally Realize They&#39;re Helping Obama New York Magazine In a few weeks, the two-month payroll tax holiday extension Congress granted expires, and House Republicans have to decide whether to stop it or capitulate. The showdown approaches as the Republican Congress seems to have reached a turning point. Obama Yields in Marshaling of &#39;Super PAC&#39; New York Tim..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNECvuxYqNiMQW0AEP5DZ8rS7qoSCA&url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/02/republicans-finally-realize-theyre-helping-obama.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><p style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #900000; margin-bottom: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px\"><font color=\"#8B4513\"><big>Russian Envoy Arrives in Syria as Fighting Continues - New York Times</font></big><br /><span style=\"color: #000000\"><small><em>Tuesday, February 7, 2012</em></small></span><br /><br /> New York Times Russian Envoy Arrives in Syria as Fighting Continues New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon – Thousands of Syrians lined the streets of Damascus, waving Russian flags to welcome top Russian officials arriving on Tuesday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad on Syria&#39;s deepening, 11-month-old crisis. Russia, along with China ... Syria crisis: Russia&#39;s Sergei Lavrov meets Assad BB..<br /><br />From: Google News<br />More: <a href=\"http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFHyC8Q6QPUtcTomo4J1bA_OWWY7Q&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/middleeast/syria-renews-bombardments-after-us-embassy-closes.html\">Read Entire Article</a><br /></p><!-- Footer --><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://174.37.54.170:81/statistics/logging/TWIQGYYUHX?type=exist&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\" target=_blank>Powered by Feed Informer</a></div>";
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