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Football Expo

• The psychometric score you really need 28 March 2011, 6:36 am
  There are many options for a first degree or master’s degree in the faculties of science enthusiasts can be found in various colleges of natural sciences – such as computing, physics, biology, chemistry and others – are regarded as high … Continue reading →...
• Racism in Australia 22 February 2011, 7:48 pm
  Historically, many Australian League clubs have been formed based on ethnic and racial associations and thus there have been instances of people of other groups not getting fair opportunities in football employment. New regulations in 2005 forbade such racial associations. … Continue reading →...
• Racism in Zambia 22 February 2011, 7:43 pm
  Hanif Adams, the owner of Lusaka Dynamos, was subject to racist abuse due to his Indian heritage while running for the Presidency of the Football Association of Zambia. Informative videos have been created such as the one at....
• Racism in Isreal 22 February 2011, 7:41 pm
  Israeli stadiums are not free from racism, and first racist incidents there took place in the 1970s, when Arab player Jimmy Turk joined Hapoel Tel Aviv. Turk was subjected to anti-Arab abuse during nearly every game he played. According to … Continue reading →...
• Arsenal beats Barcelona and Tottenham beats Milan – tear and anger flow 17 February 2011, 1:06 pm
  Arsenal beats Barcelona 2-1 AC Milan vs Tottenham 0-1...
• Child football phenom – Noah Shawn (7 Jahre) FC Bayern München 16 February 2011, 3:07 am
  He is currently playing for Bayern Munich – at the appropriate age level....
• Group C – Slovenia 2-2 USA 19 June 2010, 10:41 pm
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• World Cup Shame: How Spain Lost to the Swiss 19 June 2010, 10:31 pm
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• Beckham will not play in the 2010 World Cup 14 March 2010, 8:07 pm
    David Beckam ripped his Achilles’ tendon” without contact during AC Milan’s 1-0 Italian League win over visiting Chievo Verona.  The injury will surely keep him out of the World Cup in South Africa. “Beckham came here because he wanted … Continue reading →...

MSNBC News

• US women's soccer team qualifies for Olympics 27 January 2012, 8:28 pm
  The U.S. women's soccer team booked their way to London on Friday night with a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica in the semifinals of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament. ...
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• Florida GOP: Debate audience not stacked for Romney 27 January 2012, 7:05 pm
  The Republican Party of Florida is pushing back at claims by aides to Newt Gingrich that the audience at the debate in Jacksonville was full of Mitt Romney supporters. ...
• Twitter censorship policy leads to boycott 27 January 2012, 6:47 pm
  Anger over Twitter's new policy to censor messages on a country-by-country basis is resulting in protests by some Twitter users who say they will refuse to tweet on Saturday. ...
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• Demi Moore 911 call: 'She smoked something' 27 January 2012, 5:26 pm
  On the heavily redacted recording, one of Moore's friends argues with the dispatcher amid confusion over which agency should be sending paramedics. ...
• Video: Exclusive: tensions flare near crucial oil chokepoint 27 January 2012, 5:01 pm
  An NBC reporter gains access to a region just a few nautical miles from the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategic waterways. NBC’s Ali Arouzi reports. (Nightly News) ...
• Unsold goods weigh on future growth 27 January 2012, 4:58 pm
  The economy perked up late last year as factories ramped up production. Unfortunately, a lot of what those factories made is still in warehouses and on store shelves.  ...
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• Video: GOP v. Newt Gingrich 27 January 2012, 4:43 pm
  Influential Republicans are mobilizing to stop presidential candidate Newt Gingrich from ascending in the race. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports. (Nightly News) ...

Engadget

• Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades 27 January 2012, 7:47 pm
  All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins' fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company's board in a couple of weeks, but he's already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters. First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the latest and greatest BlackBerry hardware. Citing internal statistics that indicate 80- to 90- percent of the company's customer base aren't running BlackBerry 7 hardware yet, it will work closely with US carriers to prom...
• MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia 27 January 2012, 6:15 pm
  MasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone, anywhere, anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called QkR, an Australian effort with support from the Hoyts chain of movie theaters and Commonwealth Bank. The initial trial run will be at La Premiere cinemas, where customers will be able to order and pay for food and beverages right from their seat with the QkR app. To initiate ...
• Israel announces plans to build national broadband network, increases fiber intake 27 January 2012, 4:35 pm
  Israel is home to a burgeoning tech industry, but the country's broadband infrastructure hasn't really been able to keep pace. In terms of broadband penetration, in fact, Israel ranks just 21st out of 34 developed nations, according to statistics gathered by the OECD. All this may be changing, however, now that the country's state-run electric company has announced plans to create a new national broadband network. According to the AP, the forthcoming network will use so-called fiber to the hom...
• FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012 27 January 2012, 3:15 pm
  We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week. Enjoy!Continue reading FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fr...
• Did the Galaxy S III just pop up on Samsung's support site? 27 January 2012, 2:26 pm
  Seriously, we can't caveat this one enough -- there is no way of knowing if this is in fact the Galaxy S III or, if it is, when it might come to market -- but, it looks like Samsung's "next big smartphone" just made a cameo on the company's support pages. Listed as the GT-i9300, the mystery device reared its head over at the Global Download Center of the United Arab Emerites site. If Sammy is to keep with its naming scheme i93XX would be a flagship device -- the i90XX line was the Galaxy S, i91...
• Sony reveals new 3G/WiFi PS Vita bundles: free data, PSN games and memory cards for everyone 27 January 2012, 1:41 pm
  Sony's PlayStation Vita hasn't exactly sold like hotcakes over in Japan, so the company has sweetened the pot for the portable's potential Stateside buyers. Those who placed pre-orders will get a couple of extra goodies for their $350. To go with the previously promised limited edition case, 4GB memory card and copy of Little Deviants, you'll also receive 250MB of data from AT&T and a PlayStation Network game gratis as soon as you activate 3G on the device. Furthermore, folks buying a Vita ...
• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with guest CrackBerry Kevin, live at 5PM ET! 27 January 2012, 1:05 pm
  Just wake up from a very restful week-long slumber? First of all, we're envious of your good fortune. Second, Research in Motion made a few changes to its leadership chart. Third, you must be really hungry right about now. So grab a sandwich, come back in an hour and join Myriam, Brad, Sean Cooper and our very special guest Kevin Michaluk (yes, Mr. CrackBerry Kevin himself) as we discuss the northern news, as well as anything else that happened this week.Be sure to send questions or comments yo...
• First White House Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, steps down 27 January 2012, 12:42 pm
  He was appointed with a fair bit of fanfare as the United States' first Chief Technology Officer back in May of 2009, but it looks like Aneesh Chopra has decided that it's now time to make room for the nation's second CTO. The White House confirmed today that Chopra is stepping down from his position, noting that he has amassed a "dizzying array of accomplishments." Among those are his contributions to the Obama administration's national wireless strategy, a set of internet policy making princip...
• HTC Titan II works its charm on the FCC with AT&T LTE included 27 January 2012, 12:24 pm
  What's that? An HTC PI86100 Windows Phone with AT&T-specific LTE (bands 4 and 17) showing up in the hallowed halls of the FCC? Why, this must be the Titan II, announced a tad over a fortnight ago. Docs show that a production unit of the device, sporting the aforementioned LTE bands as well as 850 / 1900 3G (also AT&T compatible), is ready to take on its new Windows Phone competition sometime soon. Is it a guarantee that the phone is nigh at hand? Not quite, but at least it signifies th...
• OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express SATA 3.0 SSDs doubles your (MacBook) Airspeed velocity 27 January 2012, 11:53 am
  It's MacWorld, which means those providers of Apple gear are busting out wares for aftermarket insertion into your objects of desire. Other World Computing's latest offering is a slender solid-state drive ready to be crow-barred into last year's MacBook Airs. The bombastically named OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD is a SATA Rev. 3.0 drive with a promised 6Gb/s data speed at sizes of up to a staggering 480GB. Since the stock drives are limited to the 3Gb/s SATA Rev. 2.0 (but the controllers...

Gizmodo

• Tomorrow's Spies Will Drop F-BOMBS All Over the Place [Spying] 27 January 2012, 8:40 pm
  Fuck. It's a word that commands attention. These F-BOMB computers, however, are designed to do just the opposite—quietly and inconspicuously gather sensitive information from within secure areas. And if the F-Bomb is discovered or destroyed, fuck it! It only cost $50 to build in the first place. More » ...
• This Week's Top Web Comedy Video: Mitt Romney, Pickup Artist [Video] 27 January 2012, 8:00 pm
  It's been a trying campaign for those still left duking it out on the GOP nomination trail. Endless debates, vicious negative adds flying left and right. If you're Mitt Romney, you've only got one option left to keep your campaign alive: play the Game. More » ...
• How to Get to the Seafloor Without Holding Your Breath [Design] 27 January 2012, 7:20 pm
  Before we had ALVIN—or proper submarines for that matter—the best way to get to the seafloor was by using a diving bell. Originally made from recycled church bells, these diving apparatuses protected their passengers from the murky depths in a bubble of air. Our friends at Oobject have assembled nine of the best. More » ...
• The Beatles: Here Comes The Sun [Video] 27 January 2012, 7:00 pm
  "Here Comes the Sun" is my favorite George Harrison Beatles song, probably because it reminds me vividly of the day he died. This new guitar solo is finally bringing the song back to life for me. More » ...
• Everything You Need to Keep Your Teeth from Rotting Out [Toolkit] 27 January 2012, 6:20 pm
  Poor oral hygiene is the surest way to make sure you have a bunch of personal space all to yourself. At all times. With no exceptions. Which probably isn't something that you really want! So here's a list of stuff that'll keep your loved ones close and your dentist the hell away from you. More » ...
• Neil DeGrasse Tyson Shoots Down Gingrich's Moon Base [Video] 27 January 2012, 5:40 pm
  Neil DeGrasse Tyson—one of my favorite space people—was interviewed by MSNBC's Martin Bashir about Newt Gingrich's moon base plan by 2020. The short version: Newt got it wrong. The long version: watch the video. More » ...
• Why Is There a Hyperlink In a Newspaper? [WTFriday] 27 January 2012, 5:20 pm
  A lot has been said about how newspapers need to embrace the Internet and tablets in order to survive. Apparently, this newspaper has already figured out how to embed interactive features in paper. Bravo! [Reddit] More » ...
• Macworld Is Weird Now [Video] 27 January 2012, 5:10 pm
  I love Macworld Expo. I've gone more years than I haven't out of the last dozen. But for most of those years, Apple was presenting. That's changed. More » ...
• Daily Desired: You Can Tell This Beautiful Braun Alarm Clock to Shut Up on the Weekend [Desired] 27 January 2012, 5:00 pm
  Alarm clocks—or alarm phones, if you wish—are a necessity, but that doesn't make me hate them less. During the week, I live and die by a buzzer, but on the weekend, I don't have to listen to no clock. More » ...
• The Sweet Grapefruit That Gets You Drunk [Video] 27 January 2012, 4:51 pm
  Some people don't like grapefruit because they're too bitter. Some don't like them because they don't get you drunk. Lucky them: This recipe solves both of those problems. Just the thing for a chilly winter evening (or morning). More » ...

Ars Technica

• Web video framework company publishes State of HTML5 Video document 27 January 2012, 6:25 pm
  As Flash's ubiquity begins to erode, standards-based Web technologies are going to become the path forward for developers who want to offer a user experience that works across all screens. The HTML5 video element is already widely supported in modern Web browsers, but the capabilities and codecs that are available differ between implementations. A new State of HTML5 Video document offers some clarity by painting a clear picture of the current status of standards-based vi...
• Kingdoms of Amalur's "Online Pass" continues a slippery slope for used games 27 January 2012, 4:15 pm
  Review copies of Electronic Arts's Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning are starting to reach critics, who have made a surprising collective discovery: an insert containing a code to download a "House of Valor" content pack featuring "seven additional single player quests." EA has confirmed to Ars Technica that this downloadable content will be included free with all new copies of the game, including digital copies purchased on the PC through Origin, Steam, or other s...
• The world's first computer password? It was useless, too 27 January 2012, 3:52 pm
  If you’re like most people, you’re annoyed by passwords. You’ve got dozens to remember — some of them tortuously complex — and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you’re bound to forget one, or at least mistype it. You may even be one of those unfortunate people who’ve had a password stolen, thanks to the dodgy security on the machines that store them. But who’s to blame...
• How the craziest f#@!ing "theory of everything" got published and promoted 27 January 2012, 2:50 pm
  Physicists have been working for decades on a "theory of everything," one that unites quantum mechanics and relativity. Apparently, they were being too modest. Yesterday saw publication of a press release claiming a biologist had just published a theory accounting for all of that—and handling the origin of life and the creation of the Moon in the bargain. Better yet, no math! Where did such a crazy theory originate? In the mind of a biologist at a respecte...
• Kinect tech built into laptop prototypes 27 January 2012, 1:15 pm
  Kinect's vision and depth perception technology could soon be integrated into laptops. The Daily has seen two prototypes, believed to be from Asus, that incorporate an array of sensors above the top of the screen, replacing the traditional webcam. Below the display are a set of LEDs. Sources at Microsoft confirmed to The Daily that the laptops contain versions of the Kinect sensor. Asus has dabbled with Kinect-like systems before. Its Xtion PRO PC peripheral uses sensor a...
• Twitter uncloaks a year's worth of DMCA takedown notices, 4,410 in all 27 January 2012, 12:50 pm
  On almost any given day, Twitter receives a handful of requests to delete tweets that link to pirated versions of copyrighted content—and quickly complies by erasing the offending tweets from its site. That fact itself is probably unsurprising to people familiar with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown process, which gives sites like Twitter a "safe harbor" against lawsuits related to user behavior and uploads—so long as the sites don't...
• HP makes printing from an iPad easier with Wireless Direct printing 27 January 2012, 12:05 pm
  Hewlett Packard is showing off a range of new printers at Macworld|iWorld 2012, largely aimed at the home office and small-to-medium business segments. However, a new feature of its latest printer models is what really caught our eye on the show floor. HP's Wireless Direct makes it possible to print documents and images from an iOS device via AirPrint without even knowing the name or password of the local wireless network. All of HP's printers now include the c...
• WiiU to use near-field communications for easy online purchases 27 January 2012, 11:47 am
  The rise of purely digital online game sales has changed the industry in a number of ways, but the most important change might be the introduction of games as impulse buys. Anyone with a credit card tied to their Steam account knows how scarily easy it is to, with just a few clicks, dump more money than you intended on a whole passel of games that seem vaguely intriguing. You might not have read any reviews, or even heard anything about the game outside of the Steam ...
• Pirate Party of Catalonia wants to sue FBI, in Spain, over Megaupload seizure 27 January 2012, 11:20 am
  The Pirate Party of Catalonia is organizing the equivalent of a class-action lawsuit against the FBI in a Spanish court, claiming damages to legitimate users of the file-sharing site Megaupload. And the group is trying to enlist the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to do the same, sending it the contact information of US residents who join the campaign. "This initiative is a starting point for legitimate Internet users to help defend themselves from the legal abuses ...
• Following fine, Apple alerts Italian customers to their free 2-year warranty 27 January 2012, 11:10 am
  Apple has begun alerting its Italian customers that they have a right to a two-year warranty on Apple's products as provided by Italian law. The move comes after Apple was issued a $1.2 million fine for allegedly misleading customers—the court decision documenting Apple's violation is now linked directly from the store.apple.it page. Italy's Consumer Code provides all Italian customers with a two-year warranty that covers products that were defectiv...

Mayo Clinic Blog

• Birth control options: Things to consider 26 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Birth control options — Consider these questions before choosing a method of birth control....
• Schizophrenia: Sticking to treatment plan is vital 26 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Schizophrenia — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment and coping with this brain disorder....
• Bone scan: Using nuclear medicine to find bone abnormalities 25 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Bone scan — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this diagnostic test....
• Nocturnal panic attacks: What causes them? 25 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Nighttime (nocturnal) panic attacks can be very frightening. Learn about causes and treatments....
• Prediabetes: Take prevention seriously 25 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Prediabetes — Comprehensive overview covers risk factors, prevention of this type 2 diabetes precursor....
• Grass-fed beef: What are the heart-health benefits? 24 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Grass-fed beef may have heart-health benefits that conventional beef doesn't. Find out more....
• Type 1 diabetes: Prevent complications with careful management 24 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Type 1 diabetes — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this lifelong endocrine condition....
• Video: Photodynamic therapy of the esophagus 24 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Photodynamic therapy video shows light treatment for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer....
• Get the FAQs about nutrition 24 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Who doesn't have questions about nutrition? Our dietitians answer five of the most common diet questions....
• Hurthle cell cancer 24 January 2012, 11:00 pm
  Hurthle cell cancer — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this rare thyroid cancer....

WebMD Health

• Weekly Shot Gets FDA Nod for Type 2 Diabetes 27 January 2012, 4:37 pm
  The FDA has given its nod to Bydureon, making it the first weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes, according to drug's manufacturer....
• Better Relationship, Better Health: Couples and Singles 27 January 2012, 2:50 pm
  WebMD talks to experts about the possible health benefits of marriage and other long-term relationships...
• The Tall Toll of High Heels 27 January 2012, 1:18 pm
  A new study offers a scientific explanation for why walking in high heels can be so painful: It changes the basic mechanics of how women walk....
• Weight Loss for Kids 27 January 2012, 9:50 am
  Tips on helping overweight children get to a healthy weight, no matter how old they are...
• Safe Weight Loss for Overweight Kids 27 January 2012, 9:18 am
  Dieting isn’t the answer when it comes to weight loss for kids. Learn to avoid crash diets and unhealthy habits when your doctor suggests safe weight loss....
• Talking to Your Pediatrician 27 January 2012, 7:32 am
  Get tips on how to work with your kid’s doctor to help your overweight child and deal with childhood obesity....
• Keeping a Kid’s Weight in Perspective 27 January 2012, 7:13 am
  Concerned about your kid’s weight? Here’s how to keep your perspective while encouraging better health and self-esteem for your child....
• Study Links Cadmium Exposure to Learning Disabilities in Kids 26 January 2012, 10:02 pm
  Children with high levels of a heavy metal called cadmium in their urine may be more likely to have learning disabilities and/or need special education, a new study shows....
• Coping With Psoriatic Arthritis 26 January 2012, 5:42 pm
  Cope with the emotional and physical demands of psoriatic arthritis with these management tips....
• Skin and Joint Care for Psoriatic Arthritis 26 January 2012, 5:10 pm
  When you have psoriatic arthritis, you have to cope with painful joints and frustrating skin flares. Here are treatment and self-care tips for both....

New York Times Health

• 18 and Under: Seeing Social Media as Adolescent Portal More Than Pitfall 27 January 2012, 2:50 pm
  Researchers are looking for opportunities to identify adolescents who have problems and to provide support. ...
• Study Finds Virus to Be Fast Learner on Infecting 27 January 2012, 1:57 pm
  Researchers report that viruses deprived of their usual channel for infiltrating the E. coli bacterium evolved a different route into the cells in little more than two weeks. ...
• Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds 27 January 2012, 1:50 pm
  In separate studies, researchers have determined that in cold conditions, people’s calorie-gobbling brown fat uses ordinary fat as fuel — and that exercise may convert ordinary fat to brown fat. ...
• Older Prisoners Mean Rising Health Costs, Study Finds 27 January 2012, 1:50 pm
  More Americans older than 55 are being imprisoned, and many prisons are unprepared to provide them with health care, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. ...
• Jean-Claude Mas, Founder of Breast Implant Company, Is Detained 27 January 2012, 1:30 pm
  Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of a French company that made hundreds of thousands of breast implants from industrial-grade silicon, was detained early on Thursday. ...
• Marijuana Push in Colorado Likens It to Alcohol 27 January 2012, 1:20 pm
  In Colorado, a proposal to legalize possession of marijuana in small amounts is likely to be on the ballot this fall, backed by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. ...
• Bill Gates Donates $750 Million to Global Fund 27 January 2012, 1:10 pm
  The donation to the struggling Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was made as a promissory note intended to tide it over regular cash shortages. ...
• Well: Caffeine Alters Estrogen Levels in Younger Women 27 January 2012, 12:17 pm
  A new study of women ages 18 to 44 found that drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages can alter levels of estrogen. ...
• Well Blog: Lunch Recipes for Health 27 January 2012, 10:28 am
  Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman offers a week's worth of light and simple ideas for dishes that travel well. ...
• Doctor and Patient: Doctor and Patient: Using Symptom Checklists to Sell Drugs 27 January 2012, 8:13 am
  Checklists of symptoms have become a critical part of every major pharmaceutical marketing campaign, making it easy for patients to diagnose their own ailments -- and making it easy for drug makers to sell drugs. ...

New York Times Politics

• President, Buoyed by Rising Numbers, Seeks to Rally Democrats 27 January 2012, 8:47 pm
  President Obama gave House Democrats an address that inched toward a “morning in America” tone Friday. ...
• Political Science: For a Moon Colony, Technology Is the Easy Part 27 January 2012, 8:14 pm
  Could America build a lunar base during an eight-year Newt Gingrich presidency, as Mr. Gingrich promised this week? The obstacles would lie in money and politics. ...
• Obama’s Theme of U.S. Resilience Finds Support in New Book 27 January 2012, 8:03 pm
  Written by an adviser to the Republican candidate Mitt Romney, the book, “The World America Made,” makes the case that the nation’s decline is a myth. ...
• Issa Voices Concerns That D.E.A. Operation Needs Oversight 27 January 2012, 7:59 pm
  Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is raising questions on whether operations cross the line between fighting and facilitating crime. ...
• Medicare Looms Over Congressional Races 27 January 2012, 7:49 pm
  Democrats and Republicans both expect the “Ryan budget,” Representative Paul D. Ryan’s plan to remake Medicare, to be key in the coming elections. ...
• Obama’s Plan to Control College Costs Gets Mixed Reviews 27 January 2012, 7:46 pm
  While making college more affordable is a notion nearly everyone supports, consensus is more elusive on how to actually accomplish it. ...
• No More Nice Guys: Fans Love ‘Nuclear Newt’ 27 January 2012, 7:37 pm
  The qualities of the bombastic, take-no-prisoners candidate are the same ones opponents cite in concluding that Newt Gingrich is too hot-headed and undisciplined to win the nomination. ...
• As Primary Nears, Florida Poll Favors Romney 27 January 2012, 7:32 pm
  The former governor of Massachusetts moved past his rival, Newt Gingrich, heading into the final weekend before the vote. ...
• The Caucus: Gingrich Releases Two Attack Ads 27 January 2012, 6:05 pm
  Newt Gingrich goes on the full offensive, and so does his "super PAC." ...
• The Caucus: Jacob J. Lew Steps In as White House Chief of Staff 27 January 2012, 4:14 pm
  At midday Friday, William M. Daley, a former commerce secretary, passed the baton as White House chief of staff to Jacob J. Lew, the former budget director. ...

The Huffington Post

• Twitter's New Censorship Policy Ignites Global Outrage 27 January 2012, 8:38 pm
  NEW YORK -- Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling......
• Harvard Kennedy School Democrats: The Republican Approach to Foreign Policy: Less Is More 27 January 2012, 8:36 pm
  Although foreign policy has not been a top issue during this presidential cycle, Americans must be wary of the prominent isolationist and neoconservative strains in the GOP. The future of American power is at stake....
• Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- SOTU Review 27 January 2012, 7:34 pm
  What is possibly the most striking thing about Obama's message is that he's going to run as a strong foreign policy president -- something that I can't for the life of me remember happening in the past 30 or 40 years....
• Romney Compares Gingrich To 'Goldilocks' For Debate Crowd Gripes 27 January 2012, 6:42 pm
  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was upbeat and energetic after his solid debate performance in Jacksonville the night before, telling the crowd......
• North Dakota Law Restricting Medication Abortion Is Challenged On 'Undue Burden' Grounds 27 January 2012, 5:53 pm
  There is only one abortion clinic in North Dakota, and state lawmakers passed a bill last summer that would effectively ban medication abortions across the......
• Florida Primary May Save Federal Judges From Newt 27 January 2012, 5:43 pm
  WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich's lackluster performance in Thursday night's debate darkened the already dim chances of seeing Justice Anthony Kennedy hauled before a congressional committee......
• Jan Brewer Sets Date For Special Election To Fill Gabrielle Giffords' Seat 27 January 2012, 5:32 pm
  PHOENIX, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday ordered a special general election to be held on June 12 to fill the......
• Stewart J. Lawrence: Post-Florida, Expect a Nasty Dogfight for the GOP Nomination 27 January 2012, 5:25 pm
  Romney better enjoy what appears to be a likely victory in Florida while he can. Because it may end up bouncing about as far as Gingrich's South Carolina win did -- not very far....
• President May Have To Vacate Oval Office Next Year 27 January 2012, 4:50 pm
  Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney are already knee-deep in what many observers are saying could be the nastiest presidential bid in decades --......
• Ediberto Roman: Senator Marco Rubio, The GOP Golden Boy, Impresses 27 January 2012, 4:45 pm
  Senator Rubio tackled the issue of immigration in an impressive and sensible fashion. Whether his impressive approach elevates the conversation and results in change that benefits this country is, however, still an open question....

Daily Kos

• Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY! 27 January 2012, 5:02 pm
  From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… Oh, Rachel. You had me at "PolitiFact, you are fired." From Wednesday night's show: "PolitiFact, you are fired. You are a mess. You are fired. You are undermining the definition of the word "fact" in the English language by pretending to it in your name. The English language wants its word back. You are an embarrassment. You sully the reputation of anyone who cites you as an authority on fact-ishness, let alone fact. You are fired." That was the warm-up. Last n...
• Open thread: Newt Gingrich, psychiatry and outrage 27 January 2012, 4:00 pm
  A Fox News "psychiatrist" suggests that Newt Gingrich's multiple affairs might make him a "strong president." Hunter isn't buying it. Mark Sumner will say: Meet George Jetson ... the future isn't what it used to be. Armando will consider whether Occupy has changed the political narrative by reviewing President Obama's State  of the Union speeches and the news coverage they generated. Prompted by the box office success of George Lucas' Red Tails portraying  the 332nd Fighter Group and ...
• Mitt Romney turning off independents 27 January 2012, 3:48 pm
  Mitt Romney measures his ... support from independents (Brian Snyder/Reuters)   Via Greg Sargent, check out these numbers for Mitt Romney among independents: November: Romney viewed somewhat or very negatively by 22% of independents Romney led Obama by 13 points—47% to 34%. Today: Romney viewed somewhat or very negatively by 42% of independents Romney trails Obama by 8 points—36% to 44% Perhaps the Republican establishment is right when they say that Newt Gingrich would be an elector...
• Mitt Romney's campaign selectively whitewashes inconvenient statements from official transcripts 27 January 2012, 3:30 pm
  Romney's staff deleted email records as governor ... and inconvenient portions of transcripts as a candidate   Here's one more way in which Mitt Romney's campaign is showing a willful disregard for the truth: When it sends reporters transcripts of official campaign events, it scrubs those transcripts of portions that the campaign finds to be inconvenient. According to BuzzFeed's McKay Coppins, Romneyworld recently excluded Tim Pawlenty's answer to a question about Mitt Romney's investment...
• Wall Street donors swamp all others in election spending 27 January 2012, 2:11 pm
  This is enough to turn your stomach. FIRE stands for the finance, insurance, and real estate sector, or in other words, Wall Street. The Sunlight Foundation study reveals that in the past two decades, the number of donors giving $10,000 or more from this sector has risen 405 percent. More astounding, the combined contributions to individual candidate, PACs, parties, or independent expenditure groups has grown by 700 percent. Sunlight calls these donors the "Political One Percent of the One Perc...
• Today in Newt 27 January 2012, 2:00 pm
  YOUR AD HERE (Eric Thayer/Reuters) Everyone seems to be of the opinion that Newt Gingrich did poorly in this latest debate. Apparently "everyone" includes Newt and his staffers: Their excuse for his lackluster performance this time around, was that the auditorium was packed with Romney supporters: "They definitely packed the room," Kevin Kellems, one of Gingrich's senior advisers, told The Huffington Post early Friday morning. Got that? So when CNN kept people from applauding, that was unfair ...
• Union membership edged up by 49,000 in 2011 27 January 2012, 1:15 pm
  (DonkeyHotey based on a WWII poster) The 49,000-worker increase in overall union membership in the U.S. in 2011 isn't much. It's not much in raw numbers, and despite it the union membership rate edged down from 11.9 percent in 2010 to 11.8 percent in 2011. But in a year that saw an all-out assault on unions, union members, and the right to organize and bargain collectively, we'll take it. Despite the very public assaults on public workers in particular, the union membership rate among public-s...
• Midday Open Thread 27 January 2012, 1:00 pm
  Today's comic is $#*! Mitt Romney doesn't say by Matt Bors: Netroots Nation needs your help in developing and organizing the sessions (panels, trainings and screening series sessions) you want to see at Netroots Nation this June 7-10 in Providence. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 31. Guidelines and the submission form are here. Some parts of America are permanent dead zones: Recent headlines of a brighter economic picture have given many people hope that the economy is not in another fre...
• Newt Gingrich national lead continues to grow in Gallup 27 January 2012, 12:34 pm
  Gallup's latest: Source: Gallup.com Like just about everybody else, I think these numbers will change dramatically after Tuesday's Florida primary, which Mitt Romney will probably win by a healthy margin. But predictions have come cheap in this primary, and the one thing that's been clear is that while a substantial portion of the Republican electorate would accept Mitt Romney as their nominee, a large majority are not yet sold on his candidacy. Mitt Romney may be able to wrap this thing up si...
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse set to introduce 'Buffett Rule' tax bill 27 January 2012, 12:13 pm
  Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Larry Downing/Reuters) Senate Democrats are talking about a new strategy for tax reform that highlights the "Buffett Rule," the proposal stemming from billionaire Warren Buffett's campaign to pay a higher tax rate than his secretary. In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama called for a the rule, saying that anyone making in the seven figures should have to pay at least 30 percent in taxes. Those Democrats weren't just talking. They've got a proposal ...

WSJ Real-Time Economics

• Fed Inflation Hawks Have More Influence Outside Than In 27 January 2012, 1:11 pm
  The Fed's inflation hawks had the greatest influence on the bond markets in 2011, even as the central bank as a whole pursued economic-stimulus measures and promised to keep interest rates ultra-low for years....
• Richmond Fed’s Lacker Explains His Dissent 27 January 2012, 10:59 am
  Richmond Fed President Lacker, explaining an earlier dissent, said he doesn't believe economic conditions are likely to warrant an exceptionally low federal funds rate through late 2014....
• Outsized Impact of Inventories on GDP Growth 27 January 2012, 10:30 am
  For U.S. gross domestic product growth, the disappointment devil is in the details.....
• Fed’s Dudley: Policy Actions Essential for Recovery 27 January 2012, 8:40 am
  Policy actions in housing, fiscal policy and structural adjustment of the U.S. economy are essential to achieve economic recovery, which remains sluggish by historical standards, said a top Federal Reserve official Friday....
• Consumers More Upbeat in January 27 January 2012, 8:12 am
  U.S. consumers think the economy is doing a bit better in January, according to data released Friday....
• Economists React: GDP ‘Less Impressive Than It Looks’ 27 January 2012, 7:59 am
  Economists and others weigh in on the increase in U.S. gross domestic product....
• Euro Zone Money Supply Offers Grim News 27 January 2012, 6:55 am
  Annual money-supply growth, or M3, slowed to 1.6% in December from 2% in November, well below the ECB's 4.5% target rate. Private-sector lending was at its weakest since July 2010, suggesting more economic softness ahead....
• Secondary Sources: Dovish Bernanke, Fed Market Movers, Household Formation 27 January 2012, 6:15 am
  A roundup of economic news from around the Web....
• Vital Signs: Rising Business Investment 27 January 2012, 6:00 am
  The Commerce Department said new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft -- a proxy for how much companies spend on equipment -- climbed 2.9% from November....
• Business Sector Is More Open for Business 26 January 2012, 1:42 pm
  Heading into 2012, U.S. companies, which had been sitting on trillions in cash, are planning to spend more on big capital projects, and are laying off fewer workers....

Dealbreaker

• Write-Offs: 01.27.12 27 January 2012, 4:54 pm
  $$$ Citi to Cut Bonuses in Investment Bank About 30% [Bloomberg] $$$ Fitch Cuts Italian, Spanish Ratings [Bloomberg] $$$ Goldman’s Blankfein gets stock from prior award [MarketWatch] $$$ EU avoided ‘major, major credit crunch’ [FT] $$$ Proposed Mortgage Deal Said to Be Limited to Foreclosures [Bloomberg] $$$ Every self-important anonymous jerk who can’t handle rejection…...
• How Will Morgan Stanley Be Able To Pay Tech Bankers With A Measly $100mm Facebook IPO Fee? 27 January 2012, 4:45 pm
  I really hope that Facebook is just faking us all out with this whole “we’re IPO’ing on Wednesday” thing that they haven’t said, in part because I have yet to park $100k of the Dealbreaker slush fund/Bloomberg budget in Facebook shares on SharesPost. But just in case they actually do something next week let’s analyze…...
• More People Will Soon Have The Opportunity To Share David Einhorn’s Insider-Trading Confusion 27 January 2012, 2:02 pm
  Finally someone’s listening to us, I guess: While prominent hedge-fund manager David Einhorn was the focus of the latest alleged insider-trading case this week, a supporting actor in the drama belongs to a fraternity of London bankers that also is under increased scrutiny. Andrew Osborne, until last month a so-called corporate broker in the sprawling…...
• Brian Moynihan Has Already Spent A Year Apologizing To Shareholders, Please Don’t Make Him Handle Another Confrontation 27 January 2012, 1:28 pm
  Earlier this week, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman was asked how he would respond to employees expressing disappointment with this year’s bonuses. Perhaps at his wits end with compensation complaining, perhaps to indicate there is a new James Gorman in town and he is not to be fucked with,…...
• And Now An Argument That More Capital Makes Banks Less Safe 27 January 2012, 11:43 am
  One reason that you’re in for seven lean years in the investment banking business is that bank capital requirements are going up due to Basel III, and “capital is expensive” in some loose sense, so banks will have less money to use to make loans and/or pay you. Some people think that this is mostly…...
• Layoffs Watch ’12: BarCap 27 January 2012, 11:41 am
  Cuts are said to have gone down at the House of Diamond. “Axe was out in BarCap fixed income yesterday. General rif in NY FI sales+trading. 2 weeks ahead of Comp announcements.”...
• Bonus Watch ’12: Credit Suisse 27 January 2012, 9:57 am
  “People are furious.” “Bonuses were communicated at CS yesterday. Total bloodbath. My class (first year associate, industry coverage, not stub) range was 20k to 100k (really). Mid bucket was 60k to 70k. Easy 30 to 40 percent below the Street. People are furious. Lots are expected to leave. Bonus was barely half of RBC. VPs…...
• Opening Bell: 01.27.12 27 January 2012, 7:30 am
  Larry Summers: ‘A Lot of Work’ Needed to Fix Economy (CNBC) “We have all got a lot of work to do,” Summers, who played a key role in the early years of President Barack Obama’s administration, said. He believes that European governments should be “redoubling” their efforts to solve the crisis. The euro zone debt…...
• Write-Offs: 01.26.12 26 January 2012, 4:15 pm
  $$$ Cameron rebukes euro leaders over crisis [FT] $$$ BofA to Limit Cash Bonuses for Bankers, Traders [Bloomberg] $$$ Bank of America: The turnaround challenge of the century [Term Sheet] $$$ How Allen Stanford kept the SEC at bay [Reuters] $$$ In case you were wondering: Poll Shows Dropping Support for Paterno Firing [AP] $$$…...
• Bonus Watch ’12: RBS Makes Sure Stephen Hester Isn’t Thinking Of Going Anywhere 26 January 2012, 3:34 pm
  The Queen did want to acknowledge all the work he’s done, though, so she threw the government worker a bone he can collect a few years from now. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC is awarding its chief executive officer a bonus of a bonus of around £963,000 ($1.5 million), paid fully in shares…...

Freakonomics

New Scientist

• Gold-coated ant wields microcog 27 January 2012, 11:13 am
  Don't fear, ants haven't started constructing micromachines: this cog-wielding insect has been sealed in golden armour after death...
• Today on New Scientist: 27 January 2012 27 January 2012, 11:00 am
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: arsenic life does not exist after all and repeated drought in east Africa may prompt aid rethink...
• US voters are less partisan than they think 27 January 2012, 11:00 am
  Democrat and Republican voters' views on touchstone issues are not as strongly polarised as they assume – but mistrustful activists may often swing elections...
• Cane toads lose their killer touch in east Australia 27 January 2012, 10:48 am
  Australia's native species die when they eat poisonous cane toads – but not the blue-tongue lizards of eastern Australia...
• Creativity takes teamwork 27 January 2012, 9:48 am
  What does creativity in science look like? The most creative scientists may be those that collaborate with others from different disciplines, concludes a panel...
• Astrophile: Picture yourself on a sandboard on Titan 27 January 2012, 9:47 am
  Taking in plastic sand, marmalade skies and methane rivers, a tour of Titan's sand dunes would be as trippy as a late Beatles song...
• Virtual trees sway in wind just like the real thing 27 January 2012, 8:53 am
  Animators will soon be able to construct startlingly realistic sylvan beauty in movies and video games with a new system for generating 3D virtual trees...
• Repeated drought in east Africa may prompt aid rethink 27 January 2012, 8:35 am
  Rainfall patterns over east Africa have changed in a way that makes severe droughts more likely – aid agencies need to rethink the way they operate...
• Nintendo Wii U to have touch-free payment system 27 January 2012, 7:15 am
  Nintendo's next console will have a near-field communications (NFC) chip, opening up the possibility of new kinds of games and new ways to pay for them....
• Let's give science a bad name in schools 27 January 2012, 6:05 am
  The best way to get teens interested in science is to wash its dirty laundry in public, says Michael Brooks...

LiveScience

• January Seeing Above-Average Tornado Action 27 January 2012, 3:31 pm
  Month could wind up as third busiest for January tornadoes. ...
• Gallery: Peek Inside a Coral Nursery 27 January 2012, 3:24 pm
  A gallery of man-made coral nurseries, which are used to nurture and grow various coral species. ...
• How To Take a Dinosaur's Temperature 27 January 2012, 2:24 pm
  For the first time, a team of researchers has determined how to take the body temperatures of dinosaurs by analyzing the concentration of certain isotopes preserved in their teeth. ...
• Contradictions Don't Deter Conspiracy Theorists 27 January 2012, 2:01 pm
  Researchers explain why conspiracy theorists endorse contradicting theories. ...
• Has the 'Era of Easy Oil' Ended? 27 January 2012, 1:12 pm
  A new analysis concludes that easily extracted oil peaked in 2005, and now dirtier fossil fuels will be burned. ...
• Deep-Sea Fish Sounds 27 January 2012, 1:10 pm
  Scientists used a special hydrophone to capture the possible grunts and quacks of deep-sea fish. Note: Due to background noise, it's best to wear headphones to make out the sounds. ...
• Avastin's Failure in Breast Cancer: New Study May Explain Why It Happened 27 January 2012, 1:03 pm
  Though Avastin may kill many cells within a breast cancer tumor, it leaves behind the cancer stem cells, a new study in mice suggests. ...
• Elusive Snow Leopards Photographed, Steal Camera 27 January 2012, 12:31 pm
  Some of the young leopard cubs have sticky paws. ...
• The Truth About Race & Religion in Politics 27 January 2012, 12:15 pm
  A new method tries to tell whether prejudice plays into voting choices. ...
• Use of Actors, Photoshop Not OK in Public Health Ads, Experts Say 27 January 2012, 11:46 am
  A public health campaign that features a testimonial from someone who doesn't actually have the disease they say they have is ethically wrong, experts say. ...

Digg Science

• Has the 'Era of Easy Oil' Ended? 27 January 2012, 1:56 pm
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• Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems 27 January 2012, 8:56 am
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• Asteroid to make near-miss fly-by 27 January 2012, 7:46 am
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• Jumping Spider Uses Fuzzy Eyesight to Judge Distance 27 January 2012, 7:32 am
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• The World's Largest Radio Telescope 27 January 2012, 1:55 am
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• Wacky Physics: Why Do Particles Have Flavors? 26 January 2012, 11:25 pm
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• 11 New Planetary Systems... 26 New Planets... Kepler Racks 'Em Up! 26 January 2012, 9:16 pm
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• Search for Twin Earth Getting Hotter! --NASA Announces 11 New Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Confirmed Planets 26 January 2012, 9:13 pm
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• Jumping spiders use blurry vision to judge distance 26 January 2012, 12:40 pm
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• Study: Positive thinking appears to help heart health 26 January 2012, 9:33 am
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