Wavering Dems in Obama's sights on health vote (AP)

AP - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure as only presidents can, as Democratic leaders make a desperate scramble for votes.

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China's yuan value hits U.S. economy, two experts say

China's undervalued currency is costing the U.S. economy more than $200 billion per year in lost growth and is reducing American employment by as much as 1 million jobs, two leading international trade economists claim. Beijing uses currency manipulation to maintain the value of its currency, the yuan, at an artificially low value, which makes its exports much cheaper and its imports more expensive, charged Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The currency manipulation keeps the yuan, also known as the renminbi, under

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Kraft facing MPs over takeover
The vice-president of Kraft Foods is being questioned by MPs over his company's takeover of Cadbury.

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Tigers closer than ever to extinction
THIRTY-FIVE years of efforts to save tigers in the wild have "failed miserably".

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Pair faces jail time in Dubai over kiss (Reuters)

Reuters - A British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai face up to a month in jail in the Gulf Arab emirate for indecency after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen their indiscretion.

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Scientists go 'gaga' to find creatures beneath 600 feet of ice (AP)

AP - In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.

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Scientists go 'gaga' to find creatures beneath 600 feet of ice (AP)

AP - In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.

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Traffic camera court saga
SPEED thresholds could be secretly adjusted and the traffic camera system sabotaged by remote control, a court has heard.

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Cyclone heading our way: bureau
CYCLONE Ului may move in a more southwest direction towards the Queensland coast on Friday and over the weekend.

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Amarok 2.3.0 "Clear Light" released
The Amarok team is proud to announce the release of Amarok 2.3.0.It brings many goodies like a new toolbar and a new more integratedfile browser.

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Fed seen renewing low rates, extended period vow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates near zero at a meeting on Tuesday and renew its pledge to keep borrowing costs very low for a long time, but could note a brightening economic picture and hint at being closer to dropping the vow.

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"I'm With Coco" Illustrator Got Paid

Mike Mitchell , the creator of the image entitled “I'm with Coco” (who very generously sold shirts of the design to benefit the Haitian relief effort) has been compensated for the poster for the use on Conan's upcoming comedy tour . Good things happen to good people.

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