Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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Grandmother: Ala. boy physically OK after standoff

The Seattle Times - ‎9 minutes ago‎
The grandmother of a 5-year-old held hostage for a week in an underground bunker said Tuesday the boy is OK physically, but she fears the ordeal could stay with him the rest of his life.

UPDATE 1-US deficit to shrink slightly, growth to slow this year- CBO

Reuters - ‎38 minutes ago‎
Tue Feb 5, 2013 2:00pm EST. * CBO sees $845 bln deficit for FY 2013, $616 bln for FY 2014. * U.S. deficits to start to grow again by mid-decade.

California accuses S&P of deception in $4-billion lawsuit

Los Angeles Times - ‎51 minutes ago‎
California has filed suit against Wall Street's biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor's, charging the firm with violating the state's False Claims Act by using “magic numbers” and “guesses” to inflate ratings that ultimately cost California public pension ...

MPs have approved legislation for same-sex marriage in England and Wales ...

BBC News - ‎9 minutes ago‎
BBC News UK Politics. Home · US & Canada · Latin America · UK · Africa · Asia · Europe · Mid-East · Business · Health · Sci/Environment · Tech · Entertainment · Video · England · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Wales · UK Politics · Education.

Face of Richard III, England's 'king in the car park', revealed

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎13 minutes ago‎
Opinion: Poor Richard III - Shakespeare really gave him bad press · Gasps as archaeologists reveal brutal death of Richard III.

Chip Taylor: The man behind Wild Thing

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Chip Taylor: The man behind Wild Thing. By Georgie Rogers BBC News entertainment reporter. Chip Taylor Artists including Jimi Hendrix, Willie Nelson, Janis Joplin and the Hollies have sung Chip Taylors songs.

Irish PM: Magdalene laundries product of harsh Ireland

BBC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
BBC News Europe. Home · US & Canada · Latin America · UK · Africa · Asia · Europe · Mid-East · Business · Health · Sci/Environment · Tech · Entertainment · Video.

Iran's president meets Egypt's top cleric to ease ideological tension

Xinhua - ‎25 minutes ago‎
CAIRO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- On his first visit to Egypt, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held talks on Tuesday with Egypt's top cleric Ahmed al-Tayyeb, head of al-Azhar Islamic institution, in an attempt to ease the ideological tension between religious ...

Bus bomb investigation raises pressure on EU to outlaw Hezbollah

CNN International - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) -- A finding that Hezbollah is to blame for the bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last July adds to pressure on the European Union to label the controversial group an outlaw terrorist organization.

Misadventures in Mali: Implications for Trans-Sahel Terror

Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
A month ago, the crisis in Mali was on few Americans' radar. But when France launched a military operation to combat a terrorist coalition that had taken over half the country, Mali became the crisis du jour.

North Korea video shows New York in ruins after missile attack

Fox News - ‎5 hours ago‎
North Korea, already gearing up for yet another nuclear test, has posted a bizarre online video depicting New York under an apparent missile attack with "We Are the World" serving as a soundtrack.

Japan Says China Aimed Military Radar at Ship

New York Times - ‎15 minutes ago‎
TOKYO - Japan said Tuesday that a Chinese military vessel trained a radar used to help direct weapons last week on a Japanese naval vessel near disputed islands in the East China Sea.

Florida judge won't delay trial on Trayvon Martin's murder

Reuters - ‎44 minutes ago‎
By Barbara Liston. ORLANDO, Florida | Tue Feb 5, 2013 1:57pm EST. ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by George Zimmerman to delay his June trial for the murder of unarmed, black teenager Trayvon Martin, whom he ...

Three Arizona schools locked down after report of possible gun

CNN (blog) - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Three schools in the Yuma, Arizona, area have been put on lockdown as a precautionary measure because of a possible sighting of a student with gun, the Yuma Police Department said.

Gov. Christie eats doughnut with Letterman; talks Sandy storm aid

Los Angeles Times
31 minutes ago
Written by
Michael Muskal
Fresh from being the big man on late night television, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday focused his ire on the National Flood Insurance Program and its slow rate of resolving claims from Superstorm Sandy.

Cantor Lays Out New Priorities for House GOP

Wall Street Journal - ‎12 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON—House Republicans will pursue legislation aimed at overhauling immigration and federal education policy, streamlining student-aid funding and making it easier for highly educated foreigners trained at U.S.

Payback Time? HP Tries to Nab Dell's PC Customers

Bloomberg - ‎17 minutes ago‎
Say this for Hewlett-Packard - the beaten-down computer maker still has chutzpah. A little more than an hour after rival Dell said it would go private in a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout, Hewlett-Packard made a bid to nab customers by saying Dell faces “a ...

The other Washington gridlock: Traffic jams

CNN - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Drivers in Washington D.C. survey a traffic jam. The city had the worst traffic in the nation according to rankings released Tuesday.

Toyota posts $1.09B profit, ups forecast

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎
Toyota Motor raised its profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31 as it reported a third-quarter profit up 23% from a year ago to 99.91 billion yen ($1.09 billion).

Analysts cautiously optimistic about BlackBerry Z10 sales

CNET
25 minutes ago
Written by
Larry Dignan
Wall Street analysts seem to be betting that sales of the Z10 will be strong enough to support an upgrade cycle for the installed base.

Apple launches Breakout Books to promote indie authors

SlashGear - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Today Apple unveiled a new section to its iBookstore called “Breakout Books,” which features books published to the iBookstore by indie authors.

Tim McGraw on Two Lanes of Freedom, 'Truck Yeah' Country and the Future

Contactmusic.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Tim McGraw, in the lead up to the release of his latest album Two Lanes of Freedom (released today, Feb. 5th), has spoken about his sobriety and diet plans.

Chris Brown -- DA Moves to Violate Probation ... Says Community Service May ...

TMZ.com - ‎40 minutes ago‎
The L.A. County District Attorney has filed legal documents claiming Chris Brown has violated his probation by submitting bogus community service records ... claiming in one case he swore he was picking up trash in Virginia when he was actually on a ...

Frank Ocean -- I Was Called a 'F**got' During Chris Brown Fight

TMZ.com - ‎38 minutes ago‎
Frank Ocean told police he was called a "f**got" during his brawl with Chris Brown ... moments before Brown threatened to shoot him -- this according to the official incident report obtained by TMZ.

Vonn Tears Ligaments in Right Knee, out for Season

ABC News - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Lindsey Vonn will miss the rest of the ski season after tearing ligaments in her right knee and breaking a bone in her leg in a high-speed crash Tuesday at the world championships.

Fans March With Ravens' Parade to Packed Stadium

ABC News - ‎10 minutes ago‎
Baltimore celebrated with its Super Bowl champion Ravens on Tuesday, with thousands of fans in purple lining the streets of Charm City and packing the team's stadium for a celebration.

Lakers, tell D12 to commit or split!

ESPN - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Dwight Howard sits down with Stephen A. Smith to talk about how badly he wants to succeed in Los Angeles, how his body is holding up and his production this season.

Baby Boomers: Live Longer, But Not Healthier

Medical News Today - ‎33 minutes ago‎
As each generation gets older they like to think that they are healthier than the previous generation, however, the baby boomers are now unable to confidently make this claim.

Sperm counts lower with more TV, less physical activity

CBC.ca - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Evidence suggests moderate exercise could change men's physiology to improve testicular health, an expert says. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters).

Asteroid 'Cruise Ship' to Miss Earth Feb. 15

Discovery News
25 minutes ago
Written by
Ian O'Neill
Next week, a 45 meter-wide space rock will zoom safely by. But as far as cosmic distances go, it will be a close shave. Asteroid 2012 DA14 will make close approach on Feb. 15, flying closer than geosynchronous orbit (27,700 kilometers or 17,200 miles or ...

Evidence moles can smell in stereo

Vanderbilt University News
3 hours ago
Written by
David Salisbury
Most mammals, including humans, see in stereo and hear in stereo. But whether they can also smell in stereo is the subject of a long-standing scientific controversy.

Baumgartner's supersonic freefall: Faster than you thought

CNET
54 minutes ago
Written by
Jon Skillings
Red Bull Stratos releases the final data from Felix Baumgartner's breathtaking skydive last October. Seems he got to Mach 1.25, not the woeful Mach 1.24 of the previous estimate.

Dead Space 3 launches, "disturbing" DLC gets a March date

TG Daily - ‎42 minutes ago‎
The title is quite similar to its predecessors. Meaning, it is designed to feel eerie and frightening, with players traipsing through dark and foggy corridors where hostiles are frequently jumping out of the shadows.

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