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- GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)
AP - Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall. - What we worry about when we worry about Greek debt (AP)
AP - Remember Greece? - Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil (AP)
AP - Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday. - Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor (AP)
AP - Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
- Facebook IPO could value it among top companies (AP)
AP - When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America. - Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor (AP)AP - Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
- Samsung 4Q profit rises 17 pct on smartphone sales (AP)
AP - Samsung Electronics Co. reported a 17 percent jump in fourth quarter profit on the strength of smartphone sales even as the company battled claims it had copied Apple's iPhone. - Jobless man builds a house out of $1.82 billion worth of shredded money (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - What would you do with $1.82 billion worth of shredded money? In Ireland, people build houses out of it â at least that's what Dublin-based artist Frank Buckley did. The unemployed artist originally wanted to create a gallery for his series of … - Apple CEO responds to allegations of Chinese worker abuse (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Is Apple finally getting tough on their abusive Chinese suppliers? Maybe. Intent on stemming the increasing complaints from the public and investors alike, Apple CEO Tim Cook fired off an email yesterday to combat claims from 'people questioning Apple's values,' detailing what … - Flashpoint Demo Day a Glimpse of How Entrepreneurs' Dreams Come True (Mashable)
Mashable - A gathering of entrepreneurs in the Bay Area on Thursday offered a window into how ambitious techies' visions become reality. It started with a presentation from a go-getter named Adam Ghetti. Dressed casually in a dark tee-shirt, Ghetti stepped to the front a conference room at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz on Thursday afternoon. He launched into an intense, rapid-fire pitch and test drive of his cloud security startup Social Fortress.
- Babette's errant email cripples German parliament
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German parliament's email system was hampered for several hours for more than 4,000 staffers and deputies when hundreds of workers responded to an errant email sent by one staffer named 'Babette' to all 4,032 co-workers. - Revealed: Famous names who snubbed UK queen's honors
LONDON (Reuters) - Receiving an honor from Britain's Queen Elizabeth marks the pinnacle of many careers. But for more than 250 people named in a once-secret official document, the idea was so unappealing that they turned down the monarch's offer. - Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded notes
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the 'madness' he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust. - Four-year-old U.S. boy pulls out marijuana at school
(Reuters) - A four-year-old U.S. boy who announced to his teacher at school snack time that he wanted to share pulled nine bags of marijuana out of his jacket pocket, police said on Wednesday.
