WASHINGTON POST News, Jan 30, 2012

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America's Billionaires Are Giving To Pandas Instead Of People Who Really Need It Business Insider Under a big headline on the front page of The Washington Post last week came the news that a local billionaire had provided $7.5-million to restore the Washington Monument, which has been closed to the public since it suffered serious damage in this ... See all stories on this topic » Business Insider

U.S. News & World Report Introduces U.S. News Academic Insights Sacramento Bee By US News & World Report WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- US News & World Report announced today a major expansion of its education data products with the launch of US News Academic Insights, a premium database for education professionals. See all stories on this topic »

First POST: Not Ron Paul's Ad techPresident Conservatives on Twitter and in blogs have been criticizing the DrudgeReport for running headlines strongly criticizing Newt Gingrich, the New York Times reports. A Super PAC supporting Gingrich has released a trailer for a new documentary questioning ... See all stories on this topic » techPresident

Washington Nationals, Ryan Zimmerman Extension Chatter Continues. Federal Baseball In an article last week entitled, "Nats, Zimmerman in talks for extension", MLB.com's Bill Ladson reported that "two baseball sources" told him Zimmerman's reps and the Nats, ".... were discussing an extension for Zimmerman." The Washington Post's Adam ... See all stories on this topic »

Conservative Media Recklessly Distort Volt Safety Media Matters for America [The Washington Times, 12/4/11] Around 250000 Conventional Cars Catch Fire In Real-Life Every Year. Brad Plumer wrote on The Washington Post's WonkBlog: [E]lectric cars have recently had to endure panicky headlines over safety, after three separate ... See all stories on this topic »

Big Brother will be watching US intel world Sacramento Bee By KIMBERLY DOZIER AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON -- The top US intelligence official said Thursday it will take roughly five years to put in place new measures to stop another WikiLeaks-style exposure of classified information. See all stories on this topic »

Video game wars CNN (blog) By Rey Brynen, World Politics Review When former US Marine Amir Mirzaei Hekmati was sentenced to death for espionage by an Iranian court earlier this month, he was accused, among other things, of helping to make video games. See all stories on this topic »

Upbeat and on a roll, Obama showing some swagger Atlanta Journal Constitution President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool) President Barack Obama steps off Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. See all stories on this topic » Atlanta Journal Constitution

Altrient Online Videos Continue to Showcase Company's 'DNA' Sacramento Bee 24, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Altrient, Inc. has released the second in a series of onlinevideos promoting its Altrient™ C high-dose vitamin C formula. The Las Vegas-based maker of high-performance nutritional supplements says the videos highlight the ... See all stories on this topic »

E-reader fans frustrated by local libraries unable to meet customer demand HULIQ According to a recent report in The Washington Post – under theheadline “Publishers restrict flow of E-books to libraries – the newspaperreported how “checking out E-books without having to leave home – just as you would buy a title online: click and ... See all stories on this topic » HULIQ

Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Tuesday, January 24 CNN (blog) By Dan Merica, CNN Here's the Belief Blog's morning rundown of the top faith-anglestories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. A Jewish newspaper owner who attracted US Secret Service attention... See all stories on this topic »

Robert Greenwald and Reporter Michael Hastings Take on the Wild and Terrifying ... AlterNet Hastings, in his hard-hitting new book, discusses "politically correct imperialism," why the military is obsessed with its legacy, and why we're stuck in post-9/11 thinking. Sign up to stay up to date on the latest World headlines via email. See all stories on this topic »

PSI's Impact Magazine Explores the Power of Youth Sacramento Bee By PSI WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- PSI, a leading international health organization with programs in 67 countries, launches the latest issue of its development magazine Impact, which focuses on the power of youth. See all stories on this topic »

Looking back: 1972 Marietta Times By Sam Shawver (sshawver@mariettatimes.com) , The Marietta Times The name of an office complex in Washington, DC-Watergate-filled the daily headlines and evening news programs after five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National ... See all stories on this topic »

Mitt Romney tax returns: Five reasons why they matter Politico The numbers trickled out late Monday night to several media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, who reportedthat Romney paid an effective tax rate of 14 percent in 2010. He made $21.7 million in income and paid about $3 ... See all stories on this topic » Politico

Yahoo News Casually Smears Conservatives Power Line (blog) Over the years, we have gone after the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Associated Press and other liberal news sources countless times. We probably haven't paid enough attention to the news outlets that many more people actually read, ... See all stories on this topic »

"Putin is not the option for Washington", Russia Expert Claims Sacramento Bee From Washington's point of view, this is an impertinence that cannot be permitted to continue. There is no place in Washington's revolutionary, utopian view of the worldfor the concepts of national interests, spheres of interest or balances of power. See all stories on this topic »

Noodles & Company to Launch Coca-Cola Freestyle Across the U.S. Sacramento Bee Guests at the fast-casual restaurant chain, which offers noodles, soups, salads, and sandwiches from around the world, will now be able to pair their Noodles dish with more than 100 different beverage brands. Guests at Noodles have come to expect ... See all stories on this topic »

Demand Fears in a Consumer Based Economy Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition The Washington Post: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned of a "1930s moment" for the world economy if Europe does not solve its financial problems and said Germany must contribute more money to rescue efforts if a ... See all stories on this topic »

Jones Lang LaSalle Reveals Real Estate Investment Concentrated in 30 Cities Sacramento Bee 25, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- As world leaders gather to address global challenges at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, a newreport by Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) reveals that more than half of all global real... See all stories on this topic »

New map, garden grants announced Kansas.com I can't remember a newsier January in the garden world, with headlinesbeing made on the global, national and state level. Here are a few of them: • The international requirement that Latin be used in the naming of new plants is dropped. See all stories on this topic » Kansas.com

Public editor: Online corrections essential for credibility Toronto Star It also states, “Building trust in the digital world demands that the Star is seen to be transparent.” In this case, readers needed to be clearly informed in an online correction that the first report was wrong. As David Cash, CAO and town manager of ... See all stories on this topic »

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Celebrates 10th ... Sacramento Bee WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today at the WorldEconomic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Gates Foundation Co-chair Bill Gates announced a $750 million contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. See all stories on this topic »

Defense Executive Rebuts Flawed Accounts Of... defpro I write in response to John Tirman's recent (Washington Post November 6, 2011) and generally positive review of Andrew Feinstein's The Shadow World, Inside the Global Arms Trade. Feinstein provides genuinely interesting and insightful accounts of the ... See all stories on this topic »

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