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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Letter from freed slave to former master draws attention Video: America's longest married couple Pastors split on when to go home; 1 lives, 1 dies 'Everyone step on his toes!' Gingrich security harasses Ron Paul supporter Fox News on top: Cable net celebrates 10 years at #1 in ratings Jake Reilly's 'Amish Project:' 90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email and Social Media School suspends cancer survivor teen over hair he plans to donate Pot legalization efforts forge ahead in key states Actor "beyond shocked" after seeing leg amputated in altered ad Kermit and Piggy Fire Back at Fox News Self-Guided Bullet Strikes Target a Mile Away [VIDEO] Mitt Romney easily clinches Florida primary, likely with more votes than Gingrich and Santorum combined Jail for man who attacked police with toy light sabers Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in 37 U.S. States Head of Senate military panel says Romney clueless In interviews, American Muslims say they reject separate 'sharia' law system Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals Teacher Charged with Taking Bondage Pics of Students America Will Be at War with Iran Within One Year Causes Founder's $400M Facebook 'Mistake' Japan's Population to Shrink Nearly a Third by 2060 Florida: Bracing for a Loss, Gingrich Reinvents Himself as the Insurgent Candidate 19-year-old dies in fall from Park City chairlift U.S. Intel Head James Clapper on Greatest Threats in 2012 Gingrich sued over use of "Rocky III" theme song Woman Dumps Boyfriend With Cancer But Still Wants His Super Bowl Tickets Romney leads by 15 points in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos poll US budget deficit to dip to $1.1T A tale of two stump speeches and two very different candidates Ron Paul Heads to Nevada: Strategy Called 'Odd' Did Leonardo da Vinci Copy his Famous 'Vitruvian Man'? Russia: UN resolution on Syria is path to war Police: Dad of missing Maine tot not telling all California teacher charged with abuse after photos Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington's corpse Breast Cancer Charity Pulls Funds From Planned Parenthood Obama Sandbags the Archbishop Nearly 14-pound baby boy born in Des Moines Housing policy enters presidential race as candidates tour Florida, Nevada How to Watch Out for Fake Sales Letter from freed slave to former master draws attention Tue,31 Jan 2012 07:16 AM PST The Sideshow - A newly discovered letter from a freed former slave to his onetime master is creating a buzz. Letters of Note explains that in August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee wrote to his former slave Jourdan Anderson, requesting that Jourdan return to work on his farm. In the time since escaping [...] Full Story Top Video: America's longest married couple Tue,31 Jan 2012 08:31 AM PST The Sideshow - In this video, we meet Wilbur and Teresa Faiss, America's longest-married couple. The Las Vegas residents were first wed in April, 1933. Wilbur, now 100-years-old, tells KVVU TV, "I just had no idea of us ever winning the longest-married couple." A group called the Worldwide Marriage Encounter certified the marriage as the nation's longest ongoing [...] Full Story Top Pastors split on when to go home; 1 lives, 1 dies Tue,31 Jan 2012 11:51 AM PST Associated Press - Senior pastor Arao Amazonas said he wanted to wait until the next morning to leave Florida after a religious conference. But pastor Jose Carmo Jr. wanted to be back in time for the suburban Atlanta church's Sunday morning service and led two vans up Interstate 75 toward Georgia. Full Story Top 'Everyone step on his toes!' Gingrich security harasses Ron Paul supporter Tue,31 Jan 2012 08:50 AM PST The Ticket - WINDERMERE, Fla.--Next time, Eddie Dillard won't wear flip-flops. Dillard, a 29-year-old Ron Paul supporter from this suburb near Orlando, arrived to vote at his precinct at Winderemere Baptist Church early Tuesday morning. Pulling into the parking lot, Dillard noticed a man outside the polling place with a Gingrich sign. He decided to run home, slip [...] Full Story Top Fox News on top: Cable net celebrates 10 years at #1 in ratings Tue,31 Jan 2012 10:48 AM PST The Cutline - Last fall, Fox News celebrated its 15th anniversary with a lavish party in New York. Fox News president Roger Ailes, who launched the channel in 1996, toasted 700 or so staffers that night, telling them, "Losing is highly overrated as a learning experience." On Tuesday afternoon, when Nielsen releases its final ratings for the month [...] Full Story Top Jake Reilly's 'Amish Project:' 90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email and Social Media Tue,31 Jan 2012 10:24 AM PST Yahoo! Contributor Network - Could you live without daily electronic conveniences -- Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more -- for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, did just that. Full Story Top School suspends cancer survivor teen over hair he plans to donate Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:05 AM PST The Sideshow - UPDATE: Here's a link to the change.org petition started by J.T.'s mom. A Michigan teen who survived a bout with leukemia has been suspended from school over the length of his long hair, which he is planning to donate. The Detroit News reports that 17-year-old J.T. Gaskins has been growing out his hair since last [...] Full Story Top Pot legalization efforts forge ahead in key states Tue,31 Jan 2012 11:13 AM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use are gaining momentum in Washington state and Colorado, despite fierce opposition from the federal government and a decades-long cultural battle over America's most commonly used illicit drug. Officials in Washington state on Friday said an initiative to legalize pot has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in November. In Colorado, officials are likely this week to make a similar determination about an initiative there. ... Full Story Top Actor "beyond shocked" after seeing leg amputated in altered ad Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST The Sideshow - An overweight man in Los Angeles says he was "beyond shocked" to discover an altered photo of him on New York City billboards with his leg removed. 27-year-old Cleo Berry tells the New York Times that while living in NYC several years ago, he participated in a $500 photo shoot with photographer Morten Smidt. Unbeknownst [...] Full Story Top Kermit and Piggy Fire Back at Fox News Mon,30 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST The Upshot - Several weeks ago, Dan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center told Fox Business host Eric Bolling that "The Muppets," the new movie starring Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, had a liberal agenda. "It's amazing how far the left will go ... to manipulate your kids to ... give them the anti-corporate message." Gainor [...] Full Story Top Self-Guided Bullet Strikes Target a Mile Away [VIDEO] Tue,31 Jan 2012 05:29 AM PST Mashable - A breakthrough in precision bullet technology for small caliber firearms will make striking a target an easier task. Two researchers at Sandia's National Laboratories created a self-guided dart-like bullet able to strike a target more than a mile away. Full Story Top Mitt Romney easily clinches Florida primary, likely with more votes than Gingrich and Santorum combined Tue,31 Jan 2012 05:00 PM PST The Ticket - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney coasted to a first-place victory in Florida's primary Tuesday, laying claim to all of the state's 50 delegates in the winner-take-all contest. In his victory speech, Romney rejected the argument that a competitive race weakens the Republican party. "A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us," he said, [...] Full Story Top Jail for man who attacked police with toy light sabers Tue,31 Jan 2012 05:24 AM PST Associated Press - An Oregon judge is using his force to order a 45-day jail sentence and mental health evaluation for a would-be Jedi who attacked toy store customers with light sabers last December. Full Story Top Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in 37 U.S. States Tue,31 Jan 2012 12:44 PM PST U.S.News & World Report LP - Half a world away, doctors in India are fighting outbreaks of bacterial infections that are resistant to more than 15 types of antibiotics. But closer to home, a similarly scary bug is making the rounds in intensive care and other long-term units of American hospitals. Full Story Top Head of Senate military panel says Romney clueless Tue,31 Jan 2012 01:35 PM PST Associated Press - The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday said Republican candidate Mitt Romney doesn't know what he's talking about when he criticizes President Barack Obama's proposed cuts in defense spending and is putting himself at odds with the nation's military leaders. Full Story Top In interviews, American Muslims say they reject separate 'sharia' law system Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:43 AM PST The Lookout - A new study based on interviews with more than 200 North American Muslims over four years concludes that a recent spate of state laws banning "sharia law" from the court system may be an overreaction to a non-existent threat. Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana each passed laws or referendums to ban state judges from considering sharia [...] Full Story Top Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:37 PM PST Associated Press - A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, a study says. Full Story Top Teacher Charged with Taking Bondage Pics of Students Tue,31 Jan 2012 08:36 AM PST ABC News - Teacher Blindfolded Students, Placed Semen and Cockroaches Near Faces, Police Say Full Story Top America Will Be at War with Iran Within One Year Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:54 PM PST Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's my bet we Americans will be at war with Iran within one year. Of all the things I've ever stated publicly, this is one I wish I were wrong about. Frankly, I'd rather be ridiculed publicly than for my country to be moving into more military action. Full Story Top Causes Founder's $400M Facebook 'Mistake' Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:18 AM PST Good Morning America - Joe Green Walked Away From Friend Zuckerberg's Billion-Dollar Idea Full Story Top Japan's Population to Shrink Nearly a Third by 2060 Tue,31 Jan 2012 08:17 AM PST ABC News - The world's oldest country is about to get even older. New figures released by the government estimate people aged 65 and older will make up nearly 40 percent of the population of Japan 50 years from now. Even more troubling, the country's population is expected... Full Story Top Florida: Bracing for a Loss, Gingrich Reinvents Himself as the Insurgent Candidate Tue,31 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST Time.com - When you throw a party only to show up an hour and forty-five minutes late, the least you can do is feed your guests. Once he arrived at a cavernous airport hangar for a rally on the last full day of campaigning before Tuesday's pivotal Florida primary, Newt Gingrich served up a multi-course, red-meat buffet. First up was Michael Reagan, the ex-President's son, who told the small but exuberant crowd to think of liberals as "termites. ... Full Story Top 19-year-old dies in fall from Park City chairlift Tue,31 Jan 2012 05:41 AM PST Associated Press - A University of Utah student suffered a seizure before she fell from a chairlift at a Park City ski resort and died in an extremely rare case of a fatality on a properly functioning lift, authorities and industry officials said Monday. Full Story Top U.S. Intel Head James Clapper on Greatest Threats in 2012 Tue,31 Jan 2012 07:25 AM PST ABC News - From Iran to al Qaeda, National Director of Intelligence's Worldwide Threat Assessment Full Story Top Gingrich sued over use of "Rocky III" theme song Tue,31 Jan 2012 08:49 AM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich faces a lawsuit over his use of "Eye of the Tiger," the theme song to the movie "Rocky III," court documents show. The claim for copyright infringement, lodged on Monday by Rude Music Inc in an Illinois federal court, relates to Gingrich's use of the song at his political rallies. Rude Music Inc is owned by Frank Sullivan, who co-wrote the Grammy-award winning song. In addition to Gingrich, the complaint names his campaign, Newt 2012 Inc, and the American Conservative Union, an advocacy organization, as defendants. ... Full Story Top Woman Dumps Boyfriend With Cancer But Still Wants His Super Bowl Tickets Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:17 AM PST Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow me on Twitter @Knowlesitall! Still looking for Super Bowl tickets? You may be in luck, but you're going to have to work for them. Jason Elia told ESPN 97.5 in Houston that he is giving his tickets to the person who gets him the most Twitter followers. Elia, a television [...] Full Story Top Romney leads by 15 points in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos poll Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:47 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney's lead over rival Newt Gingrich has stretched to 15 percentage points in Florida, according to results of a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, just a day before the state's Republican primary. Support for Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and private equity executive, edged up to 43 percent among likely voters in Florida's January 31 primary, according to the online tracking poll. It had been at 42 percent on Sunday. ... Full Story Top US budget deficit to dip to $1.1T Tue,31 Jan 2012 09:18 AM PST Associated Press - A new budget report released Tuesday predicts the U.S. government will run a $1.1 trillion deficit in the fiscal year that ends in September, a slight dip from last year but still very high by any measure. Full Story Top A tale of two stump speeches and two very different candidates Mon,30 Jan 2012 07:07 PM PST Power Players - Spinners & Winners For the reporters on the campaign trail, hearing the stump speech -- often over and over each day — is part of the routine. You listen for the slightest changes in the rhetoric being spun in the stump speech as it is delivered before crowds both big and small. For those reporters [...] Full Story Top Ron Paul Heads to Nevada: Strategy Called 'Odd' Mon,30 Jan 2012 10:16 PM PST ABC News - While his GOP rivals duke it out in a bloody Florida primary on Tuesday, Ron Paul will continue stumping for votes in the caucus states that dominate the political calendar over the next week. Paul does well in caucus states, where superior organization and passionate... Full Story Top Did Leonardo da Vinci Copy his Famous 'Vitruvian Man'? Tue,31 Jan 2012 09:25 AM PST LiveScience.com - Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a male figure perfectly inscribed in a circle and square, known as the "Vitruvian Man," illustrates what he believed to be a divine connection between the human form and the universe. Beloved for its beauty and symbolic power, it is one of the most famous images in the world. However, new research suggests that the work, which dates to 1490, may be a copy of an earlier drawing by Leonardo's friend. Full Story Top Russia: UN resolution on Syria is path to war Tue,31 Jan 2012 07:09 AM PST Associated Press - A senior Russian diplomat Tuesday said a draft U.N. resolution demanding Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside is a "path to civil war," as Syrian troops besieged rebellious areas with hours of shelling and machine-gun fire. Full Story Top Police: Dad of missing Maine tot not telling all Mon,30 Jan 2012 01:41 PM PST Associated Press - Unable to find any evidence missing toddler Ayla Reynolds was abducted, police on Monday pressed the three adults who were home with her on the night she disappeared to provide a full account of what happened. Full Story Top California teacher charged with abuse after photos Tue,31 Jan 2012 12:15 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Los Angeles-area elementary school teacher has been charged with lewd acts on children, including putting cockroaches on students' faces and offering them a spoonful of what may have been semen, authorities said on Tuesday. Mark Berndt, 61, was arrested at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance on Monday, accused of abusing nearly two dozen boys and girls, ages six to 10, between 2008 and 2011, officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. ... Full Story Top Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington's corpse Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST The Sideshow - George Washington wasn't only America's first president, he was also almost its first zombie. After Washington died from an illness in December 1799, his family nearly accepted an offer from a physician who believed he could bring America's first commander in chief back to life. The website io9 writes that physician William Thornton is best [...] Full Story Top Breast Cancer Charity Pulls Funds From Planned Parenthood Tue,31 Jan 2012 09:48 AM PST National Journal - A major breast-cancer charity has cut off support for Planned Parenthood because of controversy over abortion and the group's standing as a provider of generalized women's health services. Planned Parenthood accused Susan G. Komen for the Cure of giving in to political pressure. Full Story Top Obama Sandbags the Archbishop Tue,31 Jan 2012 12:00 AM PST Pat Buchanan - At the end of Sunday mass at the church this writer attends in Washington, D.C., the pastor asked the congregation to remain for a few minutes. Full Story Top Nearly 14-pound baby boy born in Des Moines Tue,31 Jan 2012 03:51 PM PST Associated Press - An Iowa woman has given birth to a boy weighing 13 pounds and 13 ounces — without the aid of surgery. Full Story Top Housing policy enters presidential race as candidates tour Florida, Nevada Tue,31 Jan 2012 08:43 AM PST The Ticket - Although the housing crisis has hurt many Americans across the country for much of the past decade, voters who have thus far participated in the 2012 Republican primary hail from states where housing is relatively secure. Full Story Top How to Watch Out for Fake Sales Mon,30 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST Good Morning America - Fake Pricing Leads Customers to Believe They are Getting Deals When They're Not Full Story Top

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Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News: No big Fukushima health impact seen: U.N. body chairman Russia blames Mars probe failure on space radiation Snowy owls soar south from Arctic in rare mass migration Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade Russia to delay space mission due to technical problems Illumina sets response timeline to Roche offer Rivals see no need to match Roche's big gene bet Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems Gingrich calls for moon base, space contests U.S. experts urge more study of nanotechnology threat Psychedelic mushroom trips point to new depression drugs Delta diverts polar flights due to solar storm First patients shown to improve with embryonic stem cells Sumatran elephants driven closer to extinction: WWF Weaker sun will not delay global warming: study No big Fukushima health impact seen: U.N. body chairman Tue,31 Jan 2012 11:14 AM PST Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - The health impact of last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan appears relatively small thanks partly to prompt evacuations, the chairman of a U.N. scientific body investigating the effects of radiation said on Tuesday. The fact that some radioactive releases spread over the ocean instead of populated areas also contributed to limiting the consequences, said Wolfgang Weiss of the U.N. Scientific Committee on the effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). "As far as the doses we have seen from the screening of the population ... they are very low," Weiss told Reuters. ... Full Story Top Russia blames Mars probe failure on space radiation Tue,31 Jan 2012 11:09 AM PST Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia blamed radiation on Tuesday for a computer glitch that doomed its Mars moon mission, but space industry experts cast doubt on the findings of an investigation into the crash of what was to be Moscow's first deep space mission in two decades. The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft was stranded in Earth orbit after launch in November and crashed into the Pacific Ocean this month, one of five recent botched Russian launches. Space agency chief Vladimir Popovkin also said Moscow would postpone the next U.S. ... Full Story Top Snowy owls soar south from Arctic in rare mass migration Sat,28 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass southern migration that a leading owl researcher called "unbelievable." Thousands of the snow-white birds, which stand 2 feet tall with 5-foot wingspans, have been spotted from coast to coast, feeding in farmlands in Idaho, roosting on rooftops in Montana, gliding over golf courses in Missouri and soaring over shorelines in Massachusetts. ... Full Story Top Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade Fri,27 Jan 2012 09:07 AM PST Reuters - SEVERODVINSK, Russia (Reuters) - When severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a Russian company for help. The relief mission through perilous, ice-choked seas was the first mid-winter fuel delivery to western Alaska, capping a year of pioneering shipping as oil and gas development and climate change increase traffic along northern trade routes sought by centuries of Arctic explorers. ... Full Story Top Russia to delay space mission due to technical problems Fri,27 Jan 2012 08:38 AM PST Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to delay the next mission carrying U.S. and Russian astronauts to the International Space Station by several weeks due to problems with the spaceship's descent vehicle, Interfax news agency quoted an industry source as saying Friday. The expected delay follows a series of technical mishaps that marred Russia's celebration of 50 years last year since Yuri Gagarin's pioneering first human space flight. The space industry source told Interfax that the launch, originally set for March 30, would be delayed by several weeks, possibly until May. ... Full Story Top Illumina sets response timeline to Roche offer Fri,27 Jan 2012 08:11 AM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. gene sequencing company Illumina Inc said on Friday it will tell shareholders within 10 business days of its position on a $5.7 billion takeover bid from Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG. In the meantime, Illumina advised shareholders not to act on Roche's tender offer to acquire Illumina at $44.50 per share. Roche unveiled its bid earlier this week. Illumina also postponed its fourth-quarter earnings announcement, previously scheduled for Tuesday, until the board completes its review of the Roche offer. ... Full Story Top Rivals see no need to match Roche's big gene bet Fri,27 Jan 2012 07:38 AM PST Reuters - DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's rivals Sanofi SA and Novartis AG see no need to match the Swiss drug maker in buying a gene-decoding business like Illumina Inc and reckon they can do partnerships instead. The relaxed attitude in the face of Roche's $5.7 billion hostile bid for Illumina suggests the chance of a counterbid from big drug makers is slim, although diagnostics and IT companies may yet show interest. ... Full Story Top Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems Thu,26 Jan 2012 02:44 PM PST Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to their parent star than Mercury circles the Sun, scientists said on Thursday. The discoveries boost the list of confirmed extra-solar planets to 729, including 60 credited to the Kepler team. The telescope, launched in space in March 2009, can detect slight but regular dips in the amount of light coming from stars. ... Full Story Top Gingrich calls for moon base, space contests Wed,25 Jan 2012 06:25 PM PST Reuters - COCOA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called on Wednesday for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector space projects. "We want Americans to think boldly about the future," Gingrich said during a campaign rally in Florida, where he outlined a space policy initiative that would cut NASA's bureaucracy and expand on private-sector space programs championed by President Barack Obama. "By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American," Gingrich said. ... Full Story Top U.S. experts urge more study of nanotechnology threat Wed,25 Jan 2012 12:28 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Studying the potential health hazards of nanotechnology will require an additional $24 million a year to close the knowledge gap about the tiny particles used in a fast-growing array of consumer products, the National Research Council said on Wednesday. A new federal oversight agency is also required to integrate research by private business, universities and international groups, the non-profit research council said in a study sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ... Full Story Top Psychedelic mushroom trips point to new depression drugs Wed,25 Jan 2012 09:08 AM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work and British scientists say the findings suggest such drugs could be used to treat depression. Two separate studies into the effects of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, showed that contrary to scientists' expectations, it does not increase but rather suppresses activity in areas of the brain that are also dampened with other anti-depressant treatments. ... Full Story Top Delta diverts polar flights due to solar storm Tue,24 Jan 2012 12:56 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines was diverting some flights on polar routes between Detroit and Asia to avoid disruptions to aircraft communications by a strong solar radiation storm, the airline said on Tuesday. The storm, considered the strongest since 2005, has caused minor disruptions for U.S. airlines, and Delta said it altered routes for "a handful" of flights, and that the changes were adding about 15 minutes to travel times. "We are undergoing a series of solar bursts in the sky that are impacting the northern side of the world," Delta spokesman Anthony Black said. ... Full Story Top First patients shown to improve with embryonic stem cells Mon,23 Jan 2012 10:53 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart. She has suffered from Stargardt's disease, the most common form of macular degeneration in young patients, since she was a teenager, and it was getting progressively worse. A second patient, aged 78, suffered from dry macular degeneration -- the leading cause of blindness in the elderly -- and could not even see well enough to go shopping. ... Full Story Top Sumatran elephants driven closer to extinction: WWF Mon,23 Jan 2012 07:39 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild in under 30 years unless immediate steps are taken to protect its rapidly diminishing habitat, environmental group WWF said on Tuesday. IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, raised its listing of the Sumatran elephant subspecies from "endangered" to "critically endangered" after nearly 70 percent of its habitat and halve its population has been lost in one generation. ... Full Story Top Weaker sun will not delay global warming: study Mon,23 Jan 2012 01:41 PM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A weaker sun over the next 90 years is not likely to significantly delay a rise in global temperature caused by greenhouse gases, a report said Monday. The study, by Britain's Meteorological Office and the university of Reading, found that the Sun's output would decrease up until 2100 but this would only lead to a fall in global temperatures of 0.08 degrees Celsius. Scientists have warned that more extreme weather is likely across the globe this century as the Earth's climate warms. ... Full Story Top

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Today's Reuters Technology News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Mexico's Slim hits back at overcharging claim Panasonic, Samsung to propose tie-up with Olympus: report Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate Panasonic, Samsung to propose tie-up with Olympus: report Facebook to file $5 billion IPO Wednesday: IFR Seagate Technology Q2 beats Street on margins Apple hires Dixons chief to drive global retail Analysis: Patent plaintiffs target Facebook as IPO approaches Kodak employee sues company directors over stock Sharp to halve LCD panel output at Osaka Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5 billion fund Google defends change to privacy policies Hitachi's Q3 operating profit may fall 33 percent: report Lexmark cutting 625 jobs Mexico's Slim hits back at overcharging claim Tue,31 Jan 2012 04:39 PM PST Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican businessman Carlos Slim disputed on Tuesday an OECD report that Mexicans have been overpaying billions of dollars per year for telephone and Internet services. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a report on Monday that Mexicans were overcharged $13.4 billion a year between 2005 and 2009 for fixed-phone, mobile and broadband services, a market dominated by Slim companies. In total, overcharging cost the Mexican economy $25.8 billion a year over the period, the international economic and social organization estimated. ... Full Story Top Panasonic, Samsung to propose tie-up with Olympus: report Tue,31 Jan 2012 04:22 PM PST Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp and South Korea's Samsung Electronics have each decided to propose capital ties with disgraced medical equipment maker Olympus Corp, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday. Other firms are already jostling to partner with Olympus, which has a 70 percent share of the global market for diagnostic endoscopes. Fujifilm Holdings Corp has proposed an alliance while medical equipment maker Terumo Corp has said it wants to strengthen ties. Electronics giant Sony Corp is also interested, sources have said. ... Full Story Top Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate Tue,31 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An ambitious private project to unlock wireless access across Mexico appears to be stuck in a stalemate with the developer and the government unable to agree on terms. At the heart of the debate is 190 megahertz (MHz) of bandwidth owned by MVS Comunicaciones that could be used to deploy a next-generation LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in Mexico. The bandwidth, briefly used to transmit radio using microwaves in the 1990s, has been dormant for most of the last decade, sparking calls from competitors for it to be put up for grabs again. ... Full Story Top Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate Tue,31 Jan 2012 03:59 PM PST Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An ambitious private project to unlock wireless access across Mexico appears to be stuck in a stalemate with the developer and the government unable to agree on terms. At the heart of the debate is 190 megahertz (MHz) of bandwidth owned by MVS Comunicaciones that could be used to deploy a next-generation LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in Mexico. The bandwidth, briefly used to transmit radio using microwaves in the 1990s, has been dormant for most of the last decade, sparking calls from competitors for it to be put up for grabs again. ... Full Story Top Panasonic, Samsung to propose tie-up with Olympus: report Tue,31 Jan 2012 03:39 PM PST Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp and South Korea's Samsung Electronics have each decided to propose capital ties with Olympus Corp, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday. Among the firms jostling to partner with the scandal-hit endoscope and camera maker, Fujifilm Holdings Corp has already proposed an alliance while Terumo Corp has said it wants to strength ties. Sony Corp is also interested, sources have said. In addition to Panasonic and Samsung, another Japanese firm which was not identified will also make a proposal, the Mainichi said. ... Full Story Top Facebook to file $5 billion IPO Wednesday: IFR Tue,31 Jan 2012 03:29 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook is expected to submit paperwork to regulators on Wednesday morning for a $5 billion initial public offering and has selected Morgan Stanley and four other bookrunners to handle the mega-IPO, sources close to the deal told IFR. The company founded by Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room in 2004 picked Morgan Stanley to take the coveted "lead left" role in what is expected to be the largest IPO ever to emerge from Silicon Valley. The $5 billion is a preliminary target and could be ramped up in coming months in response to investor demand, IFR added. ... Full Story Top Seagate Technology Q2 beats Street on margins Tue,31 Jan 2012 03:23 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Hard drive maker Seagate Technology's posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on strong margins, and followed rival Western Digital Corp in signaling a recovery from the floods in Thailand. Last year's flooding in Thailand, the country's worst in decades, disrupted production at the world's No. 2 exporter of hard drives as factories and industrial estates were inundated. On January 23, Western Digital -- worst hit of the two from the floods -- reported better-than-expected quarterly results and forecast a strong current quarter. ... Full Story Top Apple hires Dixons chief to drive global retail Tue,31 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST Reuters - LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has hired Dixons Chief Executive John Browett, who revived the British electronics retailer by emphasizing customer service, to lead the iPad maker's global retail expansion. Apple chief Tim Cook, making his first high-profile hire since taking the helm of the world's largest technology company, lured the well-regarded industry executive to fill a critical post once held by Ron Johnson, another outsider who left Target Corp to join Apple in 2000. Johnson resigned from Apple last November to join retailer J.C. Penney Co Inc as chief executive. ... Full Story Top Analysis: Patent plaintiffs target Facebook as IPO approaches Tue,31 Jan 2012 12:38 PM PST Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As it prepares for one of the biggest IPOs ever, Facebook is coming under the same fierce attacks being waged against other big technology companies: patent lawsuits. Last year, Facebook was named as a defendant in 22 lawsuits accusing it of patent infringement, double the number from 2010, according to a Reuters analysis of court documents on legal database Westlaw, a Thomson Reuters unit. Among the lawsuits is one alleging Facebook violated a patent that covers the core ability to transmit messages to large networks of users. ... Full Story Top Kodak employee sues company directors over stock Tue,31 Jan 2012 12:24 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - An Eastman Kodak employee filed a civil lawsuit against Kodak's board members and other fiduciaries of the photography companies' retirement plans, saying they breached their duties as the company was spiraling toward bankruptcy. Mark Gedek, who continues to work at Kodak, said in the lawsuit that he is a participant in the Kodak Employees Savings and Investment Plan as well as the Kodak Employee Stock Ownership Plan. The board members and directors of those plans continued to sell shares to employees and invest in them ahead of the bankruptcy, he said. ... Full Story Top Sharp to halve LCD panel output at Osaka Tue,31 Jan 2012 11:38 AM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Sharp Corp will halve its LCD panel output at its Sakai facility in Osaka in Japan, marking its second deep production cut in a year, hurt by slumping television demand, the Nikkei business daily said. The reduced rate of production, which will continue for a month or more, is likely to hurt Sharp's earnings and the company is expected to report a group net loss for the fiscal year ending March 31, its first in three years, the newspaper reported. ... Full Story Top Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5 billion fund Tue,31 Jan 2012 11:21 AM PST Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.5 billion for a new fund, bringing the firm's assets under management to $2.7 billion and cementing the firm's position among the venture-capital elite. "It's a very opportunity-rich environment right now," said Marc Andreessen, the firm's co-founder, who said the firm planned to stick to its strategy of investing in companies with the potential to upend an industry, often around the software theme, which he sees playing out for some time. ... Full Story Top Google defends change to privacy policies Tue,31 Jan 2012 10:47 AM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Planned changes to Google Inc's privacy policies that have caught the attention of U.S. lawmakers would not take away the control its customers have over how data is collected and used, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday Google, whose offerings include its flagship search engine, Gmail, YouTube and Google+ products, announced last week that it was unifying 60 of its privacy policies. ... Full Story Top Hitachi's Q3 operating profit may fall 33 percent: report Tue,31 Jan 2012 10:37 AM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Japanese conglomerate Hitachi Ltd might post a 33 percent fall in its operating profit for the three months ended December, hurt by a strong yen and weak sales, business daily The Nikkei reported. The company is expected to report operating profit of about 80 billion yen ($1.05 billion) for the quarter, the daily said. It had posted a 9 percent dip in its operating profit in the quarter ended September 2011, the paper said. For the nine months ended December, operating profit may decline by 26 percent to 250 billion yen ($3.28 billion), the newspaper said. ... Full Story Top Lexmark cutting 625 jobs Tue,31 Jan 2012 08:43 AM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Printer maker Lexmark International Inc said it is slashing 625 jobs globally as part of a restructuring plan and forecast weaker sales and earnings in the current quarter. The company also reported lower fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, but adjusted earnings topped expectations. Lexmark has been phasing out printers targeted at the consumer market in recent years and is now focused on selling to corporate clients that print more pages and consume more supplies such as ink and toner. ... Full Story Top

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