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AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
Reuters - Facebook plans to file documents as early as Wednesday for a highly anticipated IPO that will value the world's largest social network at between $75 billion and $100 billion, the Wall Street Journal cited unidentified sources as saying on Friday.
AP - In two days of bloody turmoil in Syria, more than 50 people were killed as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings, fired on crowds and left bleeding corpses in the streets in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday.
Reuters - The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012.
Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took the fight to chief rival Newt Gingrich on Thursday in his most aggressive debate performance yet, five days ahead of Florida's primary vote.
AP - Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations.
AP - Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression.
AP - Novak Djokovic overcame his breathing problems and fatigue to beat friend Andy Murray 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 7-5 Friday in a nearly five-hour Australian Open semifinal.
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While Apple are enjoying record profits this past quarter, Apple's factories in China routinely put workers in danger, with horrifying consequences. The New York Times reports that in the past year, four people died from burns and many others were injured in two explosions at Apple's factories.
A former Apple executive admits,
Most people would still be really disturbed if they saw where their iPhone comes from.
Your take: Will this news change anything? Or do most people care more about a new iPhone than about workers in China?
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott were left no choice but to leave a restaurant under security escort, where they were attending a Aus day ceremony, after about 200 aborigines started a raucous outside.
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012, the Kentucky State Police Richmond Post conducted a drug roundup in Lee County.
Politics Staff Feature
It turns out that Obama's speech was a roaring success with viewers. CBS polled speech-watchers and found that 91% approved of Obama's plans. Only 9% disapproved - perhaps the same 9% who currently approve of Congress.
Your take: What did you think of Obama's speech? Did his plans make sense to you?
KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd, through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, PT Minamas Gemilang, has acquired 95 per cent of PT Indo Sukses Lestari Makmur, for a cash sum of US$4.356 million .
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Is Nancy Pelosi sitting on another bombshell that could blow up Gingrich's presidential campaign? That's the biggest story right now at Glen Bleck's site The Blaze.
Pelosi said Tuesday,
He's not going to be President of the United States. That's not going to happen. ... There is something I know.
Politico's report that Pelosi's comments were misinterpreted is now their most-read story. Pelosi says that actually her secret knowledge isn't so secret, because she's just referring to Newt's Congressional ethics violations, which are part of the public record.
Weigh in: Should the media stop focusing on scandals about Gingrich?
Politics Staff Feature
How long would it take you to earn $21 million dollars, Mitt Romney's annual income? You can find out using this handy calculator from left-leaning op-ed site Slate.
Say you earn $30,000 per year, it would take you 722 years to make what Mitt made in 2010.
And Mitt can earn your $30,000 salary in 12 hours and 7 minutes.
Try the calculator: Ready for class warfare, anyone?
Four police officers, including the president of the local police union, were arrested by the FBI on Tuesday on charges that they assaulted illegal immigrants and created false reports to cover up abuses in a New Haven suburb where a federal investigation found life was made miserable for Hispanics.
A young mother in eastern China has cut her son's penis because she wanted a girl, a media report said Tuesday.
