LOS ANGELES TIMES News, Mar 05, 2012

The Global Note: US Commander in Afghanistan – “We owe them” the apology ... ABC News (blog) The New York Times reports negotiations between the US and Afghanistan have faltered despite a new American willingness to move up the transfer of detention centers to the Afghans as soon as six months from now. The Afghan government wouldn't confirm ... See all stories on this topic »

Name: Please send me a copy Message: Proactive Investors UK (Sources) Wells Fargo - In a move to build up its international operations, the co. is planning to expand into 20 markets around the world, including the UK, Japan and Australia. (theflyonthewall.com) Time Warner/Comcast – Co.'s "TV Everywhere" concept ... See all stories on this topic »

'The world's most useless economic statistic' Washington Post (blog) Bloomberg reports that US consumer confidence is almost back to pre-recession levels. But is that actually good news? Over at the Big Picture, James Bianco says it's not clear why “consumer confidence” is a useful metric. It's not correlated with jobs. See all stories on this topic »

Iran parliament questions $4B taken to central bank, in further blow to ... Washington Post The report said the Central Bank can be subject to a parliamentary probe if it does not return the money to the fund or provide evidence it was authorized to take the money. Lawmakers met a number of times with the oil and economy ministers as well as ... See all stories on this topic »

Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF and China - Does Zimbabwe Really 'Yearn for the Yuan?' AllAfrica.com By Andrew C. Miller, 5 March 2012 Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono's proposal in November to peg a new Zimbabwean dollar to the Chinese yuan made a splash of headlines. The Asia Times, for example, announced "Zimbabwe's yearn for yuan," while ... See all stories on this topic »

AIPAC's top 5 controversial moments (VIDEO) GlobalPost AIPAC, America's powerful pro-Israel lobbying committee, has been making headlines lately. Here, we look back on some of the organization's most controversial moments. (LR) Monica Brady, David Steiner and actress Valerie Harper attend the Ninth Annual ... See all stories on this topic » GlobalPost

ESPN Starts Opening The Doors To Its Data With Developer Center, First API Program TechCrunch As part of the launch, ESPN is making its “Headlines API” available to the public, which will allow third-parties to tap into the site's daily news storiesand headlines, find content related to any ESPN story, create a “TopStories” summary, etc. See all stories on this topic »

Iran orders retrial for former US Marine sentenced to death for spying Washington Post The semiofficial Iranian Students' News Agency reported Monday that the case would be retried. “There was an appeal on his verdict,” chief government prosecutor Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei told a news conference. “The Supreme Court found shortcomings ... See all stories on this topic »

NPR Music for iPhone and iPad Macworld Home Field: On the iPad, NPR Music's Home screen features Articles, Videos, Programs, Genres, Favorites, Search, and Settings at the top of the page... NPR Music's home screen serves up links to featured stories, radio stations, headlines(such as ... See all stories on this topic » Macworld

Van Barfoot, WWII Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 92 Tulsa World Associated Press file By Wire reports RICHMOND, Va. - A World War II Medal of Honor recipient who later made headlines for his fight to fly an American flag in his Virginia front yard, has died. Retired Army Col. Van Thomas Barfoot was 92. See all stories on this topic »

ESPN Opens Up API To Developers AppAdvice In doing so, developers can access ESPN's “Headlines API,” which will allow third-parties to use “the site's news stories and headlines, find content related to any ESPN, create a “Top Stories” summary, etc.” The Developer Center also includes a ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama, Netanyahu to debate 'red lines' ... Holder to lay out WH justification ... Politico The Los Angeles Times has more. http://lat.ms/yhStPV BREAKING -- “At least 20 police officers were gunned down in western Iraq early on Monday by dozens of gunmen,” The New York Times reports. “Al Qaeda in Iraq did not claim responsibility for the ... See all stories on this topic »

More News About Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and ... CMT.com ... the Los Angeles Times reported that Taylor was seen sharing a meal with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, fueling speculation about whether the relationship is romantic or platonic. And, of course, Taylor also received a flurry of headlines ... See all stories on this topic »

Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney Prepare for Long Separation Gather Celebs News Channel The couple has kept their relationship relatively low-key and has managed, for the most part, to keep it out of the headlines. Now, the "Born This Way" singer is preparing to head out on an extensive world tour that will keep her apart from her man. See all stories on this topic »

PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - March 5 Reuters | March 5 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in the New YorkTimes business pages on Monday. Reuters has not verified these storiesand does not vouch for their accuracy. * Nearly two years after an explosion on an oil platform killed 11 ... See all stories on this topic »

Software Security Stocks: Will Growing Demand Raise Values? Motley Fool Many have heard of the impressive hacking capabilities of the group Anonymous, which recently made headlines for hacking SOPA supporters in retaliation against anti-digital piracy campaigns. Anonymous has been arguably witty about choosing their ... See all stories on this topic »

Marc Faber Assures Us That Gold Is Nowhere Near A Bubble Phase (GLD, IAU, SLV... ETF Daily News At the end of March, Faber will share his secrets for surviving corrections at the World MoneyShow in Vancouver. In advance of that appearance, he sat down with The Gold Report for this exclusive interview where he discusses his bias for portfolio ... See all stories on this topic »

Untangling the Web: Online personality crisis Jerusalem Post By ELANA KIRSH Pumping out headline-plus-link posts is synonymous with sending all of your friends invitations to play Farmville every day: Everyone but your mother and your best friend is going defriend you before long. By Screenshot Traditionally ... See all stories on this topic »

Memories of the Michelangelo virus Naked Security by Graham Cluley on March 5, 2012 | Leave a comment On Tuesday March 6th 2012, it will have been precisely twenty years since the world held its breath, waiting to see if its computers would boot up. Because March 6th 1992 was day zero for the Great ... See all stories on this topic » Naked Security

Gold Coast contest could leave Slater high and dry Sydney Morning Herald Say, 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater? Well, NRL fans will get a chance to find out this Saturday when one of the greatest athletes of all time is tested under the high ball at Skilled Park during half-time of the Gold Coast-Canberra match... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Late action makes the difference Fifa.com Headline-grabber: Having scored three times in two matches for Korea Republic before returning to Jeonju last week, Lee Dong-Gook became the K-League's all-time top scorer taking his tally to 117 goals with a brace against Seongnam, surpassing Woo ... See all stories on this topic »

Van Thomas Barfoot | War hero in flag fight, 92 Philadelphia Inquirer Van Thomas Barfoot, 92, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient who later made headlines for his fight to fly an American flag in his Virginia front yard, died Friday after suffering a fall earlier in the week. Col. Barfoot gained national attention in ... See all stories on this topic »

Who's afraid of jellyfish? Gloucester Daily Times In the new report, the scientists found no signs that human and natural factors were clearing the way for jellyfish mastery of the seas. "Coupled with media-driven perception," wrote the team headed by Robert H. Condon, of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in ... See all stories on this topic »

Gold Price Could Fall Below $1500, says Marc Faber BullionVault PUBLISHER of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, Marc Faber has over 40 years' experience as an economist, and describes Buying Gold as the "biggest position in my life." In this interview with The Gold Report Marc Faber discusses his bias for portfolio ... See all stories on this topic »

Leveson inquiry: Sir Paul Stephenson has been giving evidence The Guardian 4.09pm: Jay says he will take the main body of the report with Sir Francis O'Connor, the chief inspector of constabulary, next week. 4.07pm: Baker looked at second jobs for police officers. He says these were generally felt to be acceptable, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

'Men in Black 3' New Trailer: Will Smith, Age Jokes and Bill Hader as Andy ... International Business Times Lady Gaga made "Men in Black 3" headlines last week when a Brazilian Web site reported that the 25-year-old superstar had joined the cast in a "small role." "We have a couple of celebrity cameos, but I think I cannot reveal who they are . . . we must ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

CasinoLeaks to bare Macau's gaming industry secrets Macau Daily Times WikiLeaks has made international headlines with its explosive leaking of confidential and classified intelligence including US military and diplomatic secrets. And now a new website also promises to leak equally dramatic, if not even more inflammable ... See all stories on this topic »

Pitts: Kiss seen 'round the world Savannah Morning News It is a sign of the times — jarringly so for some. That's why it went viral, why it has made international headlines and sparked thousands of comments on message boards. You can probably predict the contents without bothering to read them. See all stories on this topic »

Sick Met chief Sir Paul Stephenson feared hack pressure The Independent He resigned as commissioner last July after facing criticism for hiring ex-News of the World executive editor Neil Wallis as a PR consultant and for accepting free accommodation at a luxury health spa worth thousands of pounds. See all stories on this topic »

The Fat Cat in the Big Hat Irish Times But Ricci is a high-flying banker who has made the headlines. This time last year, he was splattered across UK newspapers on the back of a salary and bonuses of over €50 million from his role as co-chief executive of Barclays Capital. See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

Rail Budget: Will deliver; have govt support, says Dinesh Trivedi Moneycontrol.com Watch the accompanying videos for more. Q: You have released a report - the expert group on modernizations report of the Railways headed by Sam Pitroda. This committee recommends that you need to invest over Rs 800000 crore in the next five-years. See all stories on this topic »

Hands on Mum: Angelina Jolie takes Shiloh and Vivienne to the Movies International Business Times AU By Czarina Malleta | Mar 05, 2012 06:16 PM EDT Just few days ago, Angelina Jolie made headlines with her infamous right leg show which was mocked by many. But yesterday, the actress showed the motherly side of her when she was spotted with daughters ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times AU

UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Monday March 5 Reuters UK With a quite diary at the start of the week, the Bank of England meeting on Thursday and Friday's US jobs report were seen as the most likely events to give investors new direction. "You can almost sense a tumbleweed moment playing out in European and ... See all stories on this topic »

A Horse-Riding PM, Squabbling Aussies, and 'Bailout' Sudoku Daily Beast WOMEN IN THE WORLD (BANK) Has Christine Lagarde's elevation to head of the International Monetary Fund spurred a copycat response at the Other Place? With the departure of Robert Zoellick from the helm (no, there was no room service involved), ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Economics in the Crisis New York Times (blog) For times of crisis are when economists are most needed. If they cannot get their advice accepted in the clinch – or, worse yet, if they have no useful advice to offer – the whole enterprise of economic scholarship has failed in its most essential duty ... See all stories on this topic »

'Putin has moved from being an elected leader - to president for life' - FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24 Live from the newsroom, Elena Casas Montanez provides an overview of theworld's newspaper headlines, from Monday to Friday at 9.10 am (and at 6.20 am and 7.10 am for France's newspapers). The focus is on Russia for today's international press - was ... See all stories on this topic »

The US Dollar & Oil Hold Clues About the Future International Business Times We live in a world where headlines can move the market in split seconds as high-frequency trading robots cause flash rally's and flash crashes regularly. As an example, the price action in the Market Vectors Short Muni Index (SMB) on February 28 th ... See all stories on this topic »

Political lives: John Healey on the NHS bill and being a minister BBC News By Alex Hunt Politics editor, BBC News website He's not quite the fifth Beatle, but John Healey's decision to step down at the height of the campaign against the NHS bill seemed an unusual one in a world where being in the political spotlight is often ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Tunisia's challenging future gulfnews.com Both categorisations are as simplistic and dangerous as they are clear-cut; both are recorded, reported and broadcast in the media. They grab the headlines, and create a mistaken impression of Tunisian reality. For, in listening to people, ... See all stories on this topic » gulfnews.com

Quran Copy Burning In Afghanistan And The US 'Exit' Strategy - Analysis Eurasia Review What does explain the high level of violence this time around especially when reactions to previous such episodes have been relatively more muted or limited?2 What do these violent acts signify? Who are the real instigators behind the protests and what ... See all stories on this topic »

CNG prices hiked in Delhi and neighbourhood IANS A corporate retail face of IANS Group, www.ianslive.in presents to you a vividworld of news, views, features, gossips, entertainment, business, sports, international, videos/photos and what not. Operational 24/7 and currently available in English, ... See all stories on this topic »

China's Ascent To Global Energy King Motley Fool UK Lately, the energy headlines in the US are filled with outcries against pipeline construction and hydraulic fracturing. If you read past that, you will discover that natural gas prices are really low. If you read past that, you may finally realise that ... See all stories on this topic »

This "Forever" Stock Just Doubled Its Dividend StreetAuthority For example, Facebook has dominated the headlines for months, despite the fact that it hasn't even gone public yet. Meanwhile, investors are blindly throwing money at these companies. Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA), which makes online video games, ... See all stories on this topic »

Case of the Mondays: On bounties, spring ball and Barack Bloguin (blog) The New Orleans Saints bounty system: Which stole the headlines from right under our noses on an otherwise quiet afternoon on Friday. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, well, the premise is simple: On Friday it was uncovered that ... See all stories on this topic »

Sean Young, J-Lo and Sacha Baron Cohen ... - Los Angeles Times Sean Young, J-Lo and more: Headline-making moments of Oscars 2012 ...There are some reports that she allegedly slapped the guard when he turned her ... Watch the video of J-Lo onstage, below, and decide for yourself if you see a little .... kill at least 35 government soldiers - L.A. Times- World News 03/04/2012, 8 46 ... www.latimes.com/.../la-na-nn-sean-young-j-lo-oscars-2012-20...

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