martedì 13 marzo 2012

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ANSA: Petrolio: apre la settimana a 106,55 dlr

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:06 AM PDT

Brent a 125,25

ANSA: Cambi: Euro in calo a 1,31 sul dollaro

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:35 AM PDT

Yen a quota 107,76

ANSA: Oro: a 1.707,7 dollari l'oncia

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:35 AM PDT

In calo dopo quattro giorni di rialzi

ANSA: Borsa: Tokyo chiude a -0,40%

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:38 AM PDT

Nikkei scivola a 9.889,86 punti

Financial Times: Whistleblowers drawn by tip-off payouts

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 02:33 PM PDT

Company informants tempted by the prospect of multimillion dollar payouts are rushing to US regulators to take advantage of a new programme, lawyers say

Financial Times: Obama firm on Afghan timetable

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 04:33 PM PDT

President rejects any comparison with My Lai massace during the Vietnam war

Financial Times: New poll gives Sarkozy first round lead

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 06:56 PM PDT

The survey was taken after a major televised speech by the president in which he threatened to pull France out of the EU passport-free travel zone

Aljazeera: Imam dies in arson attack on Belgian mosque

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 04:48 AM PDT

Police say suspect was taken into custody after Brussels mosque was almost entirely burned down.

Financial Times: German shipowners left in Greek wake

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 06:53 AM PDT

Most shipowners in Greece look set to emerge in a strong competitive position but many of Germany's ship-owning funds face bankruptcy

Aljazeera: Police detain six over UK hacking scandal

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 08:52 AM PDT

Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks rearrested as more are held on suspicion of conspiring to pervert justice.

Aljazeera: Amnesty alleges illegal detentions in S Lanka

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 09:44 AM PDT

Rights group calls for UN probe, saying lack of accountability has caused a sense of impunity among security forces.

Huffington Post: Operation Perseverance: Miami Police Arrest 49 In Liberty City Sting

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:12 AM PDT

Miami police are in the midst of an undercover crackdown on crime in the public housing project Liberty Square in the hopes of deterring violent crime.

Operation Perseverance began last Wednesday, and police say they have already made 31 narcotics arrests, 14 gambling arrests, and 4 prostitution arrests at the 750-unit development on NW 12th to 15th avenues and 62nd to 67th streets.

"The only way to catch a violent offender that shoots somebody is to sit there and watch them shoot somebody. We're not going to do that," Maj. David Magnusson told HuffPost Miami.


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Huffington Post: Brad Ray Adams, Allegedly Extorts BYU Student For Sex And Money

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:14 AM PDT

PROVO, Utah -- A Utah man is accused of trying to extort sexual favors and money from an engaged, male Brigham Young University student he met on Craigslist.

Thirty-six-year-old Brad Ray Adams, of Orem, was charged Monday in Provo with one felony count of forcible sodomy, one count of voyeurism, and one misdemeanor count each of theft by extortion and attempted theft by extortion.


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Huffington Post: Rick Santorum Decried PAC Influence In 1994

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:14 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- As a college student and a young politician, Rick Santorum argued that spending by political action committees was inherently unfair. Candidates who were most likely to win election would draw the most donor support, he said, which in turn only made them more likely to end up winning election.

Santorum addressed the topic in 1980 as a student at Penn State University, in a thesis entitled "Political Action Committees in Pennsylvania: A Survey of Their Structure And Effects." Even then, it was hardly a radical supposition. There was already literature and data showing as much. But while Santorum ignored his own argument while serving in Congress, his presidential campaign is currently proving its prescience.

"Why is it that a certain business PAC will endorse an incumbent who voted against that PAC eighty percent of the time?" he wrote in the thesis. "Or, why is it that a certain candidate, who is in total agreement with the PAC's views, will receive no endorsement? The answer lies in the desire of the organization to support as many winners as possible. PACs, as will be discussed later, are a business and like any good business do not want to risk money on poor investments."


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Aljazeera: Yahoo! sues Facebook over patent infringement

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:16 AM PDT

Social networking giant accused of infringing on patents in areas including advertising, privacy and messaging.

Huffington Post: An Earlier Peak Bloom For D.C.'s Cherry Blossoms?

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:17 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- While the National Cherry Blossom Festival might begin March 20, could all the warm weather the D.C. area has been experiencing prompt an earlier peak bloom than has been anticipated? Some say yes.

The National Park Service's chief horticulturalist, Rob DeFeo, predicted that the cherry blossoms would reach peak bloom between March 24 and March 31.

But the Capital Weather Gang thinks that estimate is a little off:

The May-like warmth forecast over the next week promises to give the cherry blossoms a big shot of adrenaline, likely bringing them to peak bloom considerably earlier than normal (which is around April 1). With the big temperature spike ahead, the peak bloom date could come close to the earliest on record (over the last 20 years) of March 17, 2000.


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