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Another day, another flurry of outrage over the jobs numbers claimed by the government for the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus program.

Three weeks before Maj. Nidal M. Hasan purchased the semiautomatic pistol allegedly used in the Fort Hood attack, a radical Yemeni American cleric whom he frequently e-mailed gave a broad religious blessing to Muslims who attack "government armies in the Muslim world."

The Senate on Tuesday rejected an attempt to bar using funds from a defense spending bill to build or modify prisons in the United States to hold detainees from Guantanamo Bay, a move that suggested congressional Democrats may be lining up behind President Obama's vision for closing the military ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as Wednesday.

Weeks after an embarrassing security breach revealed details of dozens of ethics investigations, a House committee chairman introduced legislation Tuesday that would forbid federal employees to use popular file-sharing technology that was involved in the leak.

Buried in the text of Tuesday's joint declaration between President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao was a hopeful clause about climate talks: The Obama administration is likely to offer emission-reduction targets at next month's climate summit, as long as the Chinese offer a proposal of the...

REGULATION Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said Tuesday that a House vote on legislation to overhaul the financial regulatory system probably will be delayed until at least the second week of December.

The famous rowhouse on C Street SE where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.

Snacks on Racks, Inc. of Parkville, Missouri is recalling products from their line of Gourmet Snacks Packs because they may contain undeclared milk, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, egg, sulfites or wheat. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, sulfites, soy or wheat run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. The complete list of recalled products are listed at the end of this press release.

Most Americans say they think President Obama will come up with a strategy for Afghanistan that will succeed, but few are "very confident" he will do so, and the public is closely divided about how many more troops to send there, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

The famous rowhouse on C St. S.E., where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.

RockHard Laboratories announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of the company’s dietary supplement sold under the name RockHard Weekend (RHW) specific to the following Lot Numbers: Blister Pack: T12 705 08 (exp: 10/11) / T12 705 09 (exp: 3/12, 8/12) 3ct Bottle: R417 0509 (exp: 09/12) 8ct Bottle: T237-0509 (exp: 06/12) RockHard Laboratories is conducting a voluntary recall after being informed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that voluntary lab analysis found that RHW, specific to the above lot numbers, contains sulfoaildenfil, an analogue of Sildenfil, an FDA-approved drug used as treatment for male Erectile Dysfunction (ED) making RockHard Weekend an unapproved drug. The active drug ingredient is not listed on the product label.

– Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI) (Nasdaq: CSII) has announced a voluntary recall of all lots of the ViperSheathTM Sheath Introducer on behalf of Thomas Medical due to reports about stretching or fracture of the sheath during use. CSI initiated the nationwide recall on November 2, 2009.

New Flash Platform Runtimes Set Stage for Contextual Applications Across Devices

November 17, 2009 -- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that beta versions of Adobe® AIR® 2 and Adobe Flash® Player 10.1 software are now available from Adobe Labs for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Flash Player 10.1 is also available for x86-based netbooks, and expected to be available across a broad spectrum of smartphones and other Internet-connected devices in 2010.

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ChaCha’s “answers” website zooms past NFL.com, Time.com, Ticketmaster.com and FoxSports.com

INDIANAPOLIS (November 16, 2009) According to Quantcast data, ChaCha.com has been the fastest-growing website in the past six months, climbing over 900 spots into the Top 100 US websites. ChaCha now has more than 12 million monthly unique visitors getting answers via texting 242-242, calling 800-224-2242, or visiting the ChaCha.com website.

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Sydney, Australia, November 17, 2009 -- Enterprises can leverage context-aware computing to better target prospects, increase customer intimacy, and enhance associate productivity and collaboration, according to Gartner, Inc. as organisations begin to use context information to increase top- and bottom-line growth and context providers begin to consolidate and monetize their knowledge of their clients.

By 2012, Gartner predicts that context information will be a $12 billion market with at least two global context providers with more than 100 million subscribers each.

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CHICAGO, Nov. 16 -- To combat the stress among holiday shoppers, marketers must ramp up their advertising to elicit more positive emotions, say two academic experts. According to new research by Aparna Labroo of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Derek Rucker of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, by discerning the negative emotions of consumers, advertisers can maximize their ad strategy by crafting messages to ease negative feelings and create a more positive mindset.

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CyberSource survey shows fraudsters' theft of online revenue drops 18% in 2009

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 17 -- Results of the eleventh annual CyberSource Corporation (NASDAQ:CYBS) survey of eCommerce fraud, released today, show that merchants in 2009 were fighting back against fraud, and seeing considerable evidence of success.

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Leading social-mapping service able to reach consumers with coupons from local merchants

CHICAGO, Nov. 17 -- NAVTEQ, a provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, today announced its selection by Loopt® to enable its social-mapping service with NAVTEQ LocationPoint(TM) Advertising services to help consumers take advantage of coupons from local merchants.

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