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AP - A scathing U.S. Justice Department report released Thursday found that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office carried out a blatant pattern of discrimination against Latinos and held a "systematic disregard" for the Constitution amid a series of immigration crackdowns that have turned the lawman into a prominent national political figure.
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Reuters - Front-runner Newt Gingrich was braced for attacks from rival Republican presidential candidates at a debate on Thursday as they make their case one last time before Iowa launches the U.S. 2012 election season.
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Reuters - Janet Robinson will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co at the end of the month after a seven-year run in which she attempted to steer the company through one of the harshest business environments it has ever faced.
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Reuters - Research In Motion posted a sharp drop in profit on Thursday, offered a dismal outlook for BlackBerry shipments around Christmas and delayed the likely arrival of a make-or-break overhaul of its smartphones, sending its shares tumbling.
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Reuters - Online games maker Zynga Inc is expected to make a strong debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday, after it priced its initial public offering at the top end of a preliminary range but did not increase the size of the $1 billion deal.
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Reuters - In the final weeks of Mitt Romney's term as Massachusetts governor, his office sought and received permission to destroy 150 boxes of paper records of his tenure, according to documents obtained by Reuters.
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Reuters - U.S. forces formally ended almost nine years of war in Iraq on Thursday with a modest flag-lowering ceremony in Baghdad, while to the north flickering violence highlighted ethnic and sectarian strains threatening the country in years ahead.
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Reuters - Former MF Global chief Jon Corzine denied on Thursday a recent allegation that he knew customer funds were improperly used, while absorbing withering criticism from Republicans who chided the former Democratic senator for his role in the firm's failure.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The latest poll out of New Hampshire (released late Wednesday night) shows Mitt Romney well in the lead, Newt Gingrich continuing to pick up steam but a surprising charge into third place - Jon Huntsman.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Barely half of US adults are currently married, a record low, and the continuing downward trend will result in less than half being married in just a few years, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Research Institute.
12/15/2011 6:01:00 PM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said congressional bargainers were preparing a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut and expiring jobless benefits as a fallback plan in case negotiations on a yearlong package fail. The logjam was broken a day before the government would have been forced to close its doors because of a lack of money.
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Janet Robinson, 61, became CEO at the end of 2004, and presided over difficult times at the paper. During her tenure, the paper slashed staff as print advertising revenue declined. She will be replaced on an interim basis by Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of the flagship paper and chairman of the company.
12/15/2011 3:57:00 PM
Today, Iran warned Afghanistan that any further U.S. drone missions into Iran would be seen as a hostile act.
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The card â€" featuring his family in front of a taxidermic leopard killing a taxidermic antelope â€" has unleashed an Internet meme. The mayor of San Juan stood by the photo saying it brought publicity to a local wildlife museum.
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Iowa's popular Gov. Terry Branstad hasn't endorsed any of the Republican presidential candidates crisscrossing his state yet. Still, Branstad will eventually be endorsing someone after the Jan. 3 caucuses. As he told All Things Considered co-host Melissa Block Thursday: "I want to work to help unite the party behind the winner of the nomination process."
12/15/2011 2:58:00 PM
Russia's prime minister finds himself in the unusual position of being on the defensive after protests claiming widespread fraud in recent parliamentary elections. But a definat Putin spent more than four hours Thursday responding to critics on a TV call-in show.
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Congress has voted in favor of sanctions on Iran's Central Bank â€" which is intended to make it harder for Iran to sell its oil. But the move could have the unintended result of reducing the oil supply, thus driving up the price Iran would receive for oil it does sell.
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A lot happens between clicking "place order" on an online purchase and finding it on your doorstep. With more and more holiday shopping taking place over the Internet, fulfillment centers large and small are busy processing orders this season.
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Russia circulates a UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the crisis in Syria, in a move that surprised the Western nations.
12/15/2011 6:09:54 PM
Republican presidential candidates begin the final TV debate in Iowa before the state's keenly anticipated nominating contest next month.
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Legalising same-sex marriage may create a healthier environment for gay men, say US researchers.
12/15/2011 2:37:49 PM
Ratings agency Fitch downgrades six of the world's largest banks, including Goldman Sachs and Barclays, citing the challenging financial markets.
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Police in Bahrain detain prominent blogger and rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja during a protest near the capital Manama, reports say.
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Rights groups in Bangladesh demand severe punishment for a man who allegedly cut off most of his wife's right hand in a row over her further education.
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The UK is asked to play a role in "technical discussions" over a proposed new EU fiscal pact despite refusing to sign up to the agreement.
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Self-styled revolutionary "Carlos the Jackal" is convicted by a French court of organising four deadly attacks in the 1980s and sentenced to life in prison.
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Penicillin doses for children - which have stayed the same for 50 years - need to be reviewed because youngsters are getting heavier, experts have said.
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IMF head Christine Lagarde says the world economic outlook is gloomy and no country is immune from rising risks.
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Ships in the Antarctic are racing to rescue a Russian fishing vessel taking on water next to an ice shelf, but sea ice is hampering their progress.
12/15/2011 3:38:10 PM
Research in Motion, which makes Blackberry phones, announces a delay to the launch of its new Blackberry 10 phones.
12/15/2011 2:41:10 PM
More Santas than you can probably handle, some fake sheep, and the tale of the girl and the balloon - the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
12/15/2011 9:38:23 AM
A state of emergency has been declared in New Zealand's south island following the worst floods in a decade.
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At least 143 people are now known to have died in the Indian state of West Bengal after drinking contaminated, illegally brewed alcohol
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An Afghan woman who was sent to prison for adultery because she was raped has said she may marry her attacker
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An official in the south-east Chinese province of Guangdong has promised to freeze and investigate local government land acquisitions that have left the village of Wukan in open revolt against the authorities
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Youth entrepreneurship in the US is at an all-time low, according to the think tank Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.
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Motor related madness has been hitting the headlines in countries around the world
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The downturn in the 17 economies that share the euro eased slightly in December, according to a closely watched survey.
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US producer prices rose by more than expected in November, after having fallen in October, official data shows.
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The search giant is awarded a US patent for a system that tells driverless cars when to take control of the wheel.
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Statistics reveal a widening gulf between net use in the online-friendly north of Europe and the more web-averse south and east.
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Silent film homage The Artist leads the field at the 2012 Golden Globes, scoring six nominations in all.
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Artist Banksy installs his latest work, a vandalised sculpture of a priest that refers to child abuse in the Catholic church.
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The erosion of traditional cultural taboos in Madagascar has led to an unsustainable number of lemurs being killed for bushmeat, a study suggests.
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Years of astronomical observations show an enormous gas cloud spiralling in toward the supermassive black hole at our galaxy's centre.
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Hairier skin may be the key to avoiding being bitten by bed bugs, claim Sheffield academics.
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People harmed by US-funded research should be compensated in future, a bioethics panel says, in its final report into STD abuses in Guatemala.
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Celtic fail to reach the last 32 of the Europa League despite a spirited draw away to Serie A front-runners Udinese.
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Tottenham are knocked out of the Europa League despite hammering Shamrock Rovers in Dublin.
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The first 600 visitors prebooked to view the giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo are to see them later as they go on public display.
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China chooses the character "kong" meaning "control" as word of the year for 2011 in state-backed poll.
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South African police confiscate cameras illegally filming Nelson Mandela's house in his home village of Qunu, a police spokesman says.
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Some 143 people die and dozens are in hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in India's state of West Bengal.
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French central bank head Christian Noyer says ratings agencies should downgrade the UK before France because its economy is weaker.
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Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom issues an official apology for a massacre committed by soldiers during the country's civil conflict.
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The flag of American forces in Iraq has been lowered in Baghdad bringing nearly nine years of US military operations in Iraq to a formal end.
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An Arizona lawman known for his tough stance on immigration has routinely discriminated against Hispanics, according to a federal investigation.
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Hospitals in England and Wales are falling short in the care given to dementia patients, a review says.
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Labour holds the Feltham and Heston seat in a by-election, with an increased majority over the Conservatives.
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Siemens' superior credit rating helped it beat Derby trainmaker Bombardier to the £1.4bn Thameslink contract, a Transport Select Committee report says.
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Lack of motive and faulty evidence led to the acquittal of Amanda Knox of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, an Italian court says.
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A hospital in West Bengal treats hundreds
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Rare images by celebrated Felice Beato
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The newspaper article that changed world history
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'Jailbreakers' use crash reports to target iPhone software
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A legal battle for the Gaddafis' $15m London mansion begins
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Why are so many Indians dying from toxic alcohol?
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Hollywood and France fall for each other at the Golden Globes
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Iraq can look forward to a brighter future, says John Simpson
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he wants the president of FAMU suspended amid multiple investigations spurred by the death of a drum major. 
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Republicans and Democrats in Congress appear to have found a compromise way out of a deeply partisan standoff. 
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The war in Iraq ended officially Thursday with a flag-lowering ceremony. 
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President Obama has not met with Republican leaders in Congress for 145 days. 
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We are live blogging the last GOP presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. The seven-member field is led by Newt Gingrich. 
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The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said there are "serious suspicions" that the death of Gadhafi was a war crime. 
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The parent company says it's investigating the Bloomberg Markets Magazine report about child labor in Burkina Faso, Africa. 
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The military must stop paying hundreds of millions in late fees to shipping companies, three U.S. senators said in a letter to the Pentagon. 
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Adults who are legally required to report suspected abuse have little reason to fear punishment if they don't, a USA TODAY analysis shows. 
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The notorious Marxist revolutionary was given a second life sentence. He was captured in 1994 for killing 2 French agents in 1975. 
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President Obama tells Barbara Walters that Republicans' "extremes" have made governing and compromise nearly impossible. 
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At Kmart stores across the country, Santa seems to be getting some help. 
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Rick Perry suggests "people are after" Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has been accused of racial profiling against Latinos. Arpaio has endorsed ... 
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The 23-year-old former intelligence analyst faces 22 charges of violating the military code, from theft of records to aiding the enemy. 
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The DOJ accused the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office of racial profiling in traffic stops and immigration operations. 
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Congressional negotiators have come to an agreement they believe will prevent a government shutdown before a Friday midnight deadline, according to several Democratic sources. 
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The ratings firm Fitch downgraded a cluster of the world's largest banks Thursday, pointing to trading challenges facing international markets. 
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NFL player Samuel Hurd has been arrested and charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Thursday. 
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Two Georgia deputies made a mistake during their search for a missing 7-year-old girl earlier this month, the Cherokee County Sheriff said Thursday. 
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An attorney for a former Penn State football coach accused of sexually abusing young boys on Thursday accused media of having "somewhat exaggerated" and taken "out of context" his comments about adults who "teach" children to shower. 
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Forty-six transportation projects will share $511 million in federal funding, the Transportation Department announced Thursday. DOT received 848 applications, requesting $14.3 billion. 
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The Senate gave approval Thursday to a giant $662 billion defense authorization bill, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature. 
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Because a voter's last impression matters, tonight's GOP debate is critical, a GOP strategist says. It's the last showdown before the Iowa caucuses. 
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IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon was killed by a fence pole that sliced through his car, causing fatal injuries, an investigation into his death concluded Friday. 
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The Galaxy Nexus, a smartphone that arrived in Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday, is huge -- and not just because of its unusually large size. 
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