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Reuters - Greece expects to conclude difficult debt talks with private creditors within days and negotiations with the EU and the IMF on a new bailout deal by the middle of next week, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told Reuters on Friday.

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, actress Demi Moore attends the premiere of 'Margin Call' in New York. A spokeswoman for Moore on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 said the actress is seeking professional help to treat her exhaustion and improve her health. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)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.


Ticketmaster unveils its Facebook 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.


This citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released early Friday Jan. 27, 2012, purports to show a Syrian man, right, mourning over the dead body of his son, who was shot by the Syrian forces, in Idlib province, Syria, on Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. A 'terrifying massacre' in the restive Syrian city of Homs has killed more than 30 people, including small children, in a barrage of mortar fire and attacks by armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, activists said Friday. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP - 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 - Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings for Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Cyprus indicating there is a 1-in-2 chance of further downgrades in the next two years.

A worker walks through the 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.


AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.

Republican presidential candidate former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (L) makes a point as Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney listens during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Jacksonville, Florida January 26, 2012. REUTERS/Scott AudetteReuters - 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.


Reuters - U.S. health regulators detained three shipments of Brazilian orange juice and six from Canada that tested positive for the fungicide carbendazim, which is illegal in the United States.

Niliah Banks, foreground, works with other students in her fifth grade class at Ross Elementary create hand-made signs Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Creve Coeur, Mo. The signs will be used when St. Louis hosts a 'Welcome Home the Heroes from Iraq Day' on Jan. 28 with a noontime parade through downtown to welcome veterans of the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)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.


This screen shot shows a portion of the Twitter blog post of Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in which the company announced it has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands into new countries in an attempt to broaden its audience and make more money. But Twitter sees the censorship tool as a way to ensure individual messages, or 'tweets,' remain available to as many people as possible while it navigates a gauntlet of different laws around the world. (AP Photo/Twitter)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.


Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Andy Murray of Britain during their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, early Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)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.


 

Breaking News

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?

 
I'm expected to return to my native China to visit family and friends and celebrate the holiday.
 

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.

 

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