Swiss bank UBS returns to quarterly profit (AFP)

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Troubled Swiss bank UBS has said that it had returned a 1.20 billion Swiss franc profit (1.12 billion dollars, 821 million euros) in the final quarter of 2009, shrugging off more than a year of quarterly losses.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP – Troubled Swiss bank UBS said Tuesday that it had returned a 1.20 billion Swiss franc profit (1.12 billion dollars, 821 million euros) in the final quarter of 2009, shrugging off more than a year of quarterly losses.

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Iran Starts Making 20 Pct Atom Fuel – State Tv – New York Times

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The Hindu
Iran Starts Making 20 Pct Atom Fuel – State Tv
New York Times
By REUTERS TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran started making higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday, state television reported, a defiant move that may increase pressure for new international sanctions on the major oil producer. "Today we started to make 20 percent
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Congressman: Murtha’s intestine damaged in surgery – Washington Post

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The Guardian
Congressman: Murtha's intestine damaged in surgery
Washington Post
AP WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend of the late Rep. John Murtha says the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the complications led him to be hospitalized.
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Afghan assault on Taliban to test US strategy – AFP

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The Guardian
Afghan assault on Taliban to test US strategy
AFP
KABUL — A planned assault on a major Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan is the first real test of a new US-led counter-insurgency strategy to re-establish government control and end the war. Operation Mushtarak is an experiment in combining the
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Soft Drinks Could Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk (HealthDay)

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HealthDay – MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — People who down two or more soft
drinks a week may have double the risk of developing deadly pancreatic
cancer, compared to non-soda drinkers, new research suggests.

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Michael Jackson’s doctor pleads not guilty – Washington Post

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Reuters
Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty
Washington Post
AP LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all the trappings of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama.
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In Super Bowl ads, laughs beat out sex – MiamiHerald.com

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New York Daily News
In Super Bowl ads, laughs beat out sex
MiamiHerald.com
Janet Jackson take note: Sex and the Super Bowl don't mix. At least, they didn't this year, according to a TiVo study of the most-replayed commercials in Sunday's game. None of the cheesecake-flavored ads (notably two GoDaddy
Do-It-Yourself Super AdsNew York Times
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Jay Leno talks about the David Letterman – Oprah ad: ‘I want to thank Dave. I … – Entertainment Weekly

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E! Online (blog)
Jay Leno talks about the David Letterman – Oprah ad: 'I want to thank Dave. I
Entertainment Weekly
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Ed Harris surpasses the material in LaBute play (Reuters)

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Reuters – Playwright Neil LaBute loves to push audiences’ buttons, never shying away from explosive themes, particularly in exploring male-female relationships. In the scribe’s best works, such as the film “In the Company of Men” and the play “Fat Pig,” this approach has paid off with profound yet disturbing insights into gender politics.

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Ringo Starr honored with Walk of Fame star (AP)

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Ringo Starr, third from left, poses alongside, left to right, musicians Ben Harper, Don Was and Joe Walsh, and Starr's wife Barbara Bach after he received the 2,401st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP – A star for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Reincarnation the gimmick in lifeless crime drama (Reuters)

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Reuters – Reincarnation, once largely the province of Hindus and Shirley MacLaine, collides with the world of crime procedurals in “Past Life,” which premieres on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST/PST.

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ABC affiliates upset about losing sports to ESPN (Reuters)

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Reuters – ABC affiliates are boiling mad that corporate sibling ESPN is being handed live sports events that they initially were supposed to carry.

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Filmmaker Tyler Perry sued over "Devil" song (Reuters)

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Reuters – Tyler Perry has found himself in a bit of copyright trouble lately for allegedly incorporating portions of copyrighted gospel music in his many successful shows.

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‘Avatar’ beats "Hurt Locker" in piracy stakes (Reuters)

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Reuters – “Avatar” might have tied “The Hurt Locker” for most Oscar nominations last week (with nine apiece), but the sci-fi epic is winning in at least one category: The film once again was the most-pirated movie on the Internet last week, thanks to a DVD screener that leaked onto file-sharing networks.

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"Casino Jack" an overwhelming study of corruption (Reuters)

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Reuters – When it came to peddling political access for exorbitant fees, Jack Abramoff was the probably the most powerful lobbyist in Washington over a decade beginning in the mid-90s. Or the most ostentatiously reckless, considering that he’s currently serving out a five-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2006 to fraud and conspiracy to bribe government officials.

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Peter Bogdanovich boards "Turn of the Century" (Reuters)

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Reuters – Peter Bogdanovich will direct and co-write and direct an adaptation of Kurt Andersen’s 1999 novel “Turn of the Century.”

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Ringo Starr honored with Walk of Fame star (AP)

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Ringo Starr, third from left, poses alongside, left to right, musicians Ben Harper, Don Was and Joe Walsh, and Starr's wife Barbara Bach after he received the 2,401st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP – A star for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Palin’s note-scrawled hand draws critics’ ridicule (AFP)

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AFP – Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech.

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Obama’s health care summit: Just for show? (AP)

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb.  6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama’s televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.

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Neb. Democrat joins GOP to oppose labor nominee (AP)

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AP – Nebraska’s Democratic senator says he will join Republicans in opposing a union lawyer’s nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board.

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GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks (AP)

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb.  6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama’s invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.

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Shelby lifts hold on nominees (Politico)

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Politico – Alabama Republican had placed procedural roadblock on more than 70 executive nominees.

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No high hopes for health care summit (Politico)

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Politico – GOP says they’re open to compromise — as long as Obama tears up the bills. Dems say, not a chance.

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Rep. John Murtha, voice for veterans, dies at 77 (AP)

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FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo,  Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday following complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77.

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Quinn: Ill. lt. governor hopefuls should speak up (AP)

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AP – Democrats in Illinois are getting a political do-over: the chance to pick a new lieutenant governor nominee themselves now that the primary winner dropped out of the race because of revelations about his checkered past.

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