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Gates: 'Severe consequences' for Afghan failure
1 hr 28 mins ago
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Failure in Afghanistan would mean a Taliban takeover of the country and "have severe consequences for the United States and the world," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday as the Obama administration set out to sell its new war strategy on Capitol Hill.
Woods says he let family down
1 hr 51 mins ago
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Tiger Woods said he let his family down with "transgressions" he regrets "with all of my heart," and that he will deal with his personal life behind closed doors.
Fed survey finds recovery gaining momentum
20 mins ago
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The economic recovery gained traction in the late fall as shoppers spent a bit more and factories bumped up production, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday.
Iran won't talk to West on nuclear program
1 hr 49 mins ago
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Iran said Wednesday it will enrich uranium to a higher level on its own, the latest indication the country was rejecting a U.N.-backed proposal aimed at thwarting any effort by Tehran to make material for a nuclear weapon.
Iran whistleblower died from drug-laced salad
1 hr 46 mins ago
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A 26-year-old doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from a delivery salad laced with an overdose of blood pressure medication, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew.
Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts
2 hrs 35 mins ago
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A robotic hand has been successfully connected to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, a group of European scientists said Wednesday.
Google allows publishers to strengthen `pay walls'
1 hr 2 mins ago
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In a move that could help improve relations between Google Inc. and the media industry, the Internet search company is offering publishers a way to build more solid "pay walls" around their online stories while still appearing in search results.