| China plans online gambling crackdown (Reuters) | | Reuters - China plans to crack down on the online gambling industry, including the banks and websites that support it, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website. | | 27min 12sec ago | | |
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| Seats at a premium on planes, trains out of DC (AP) | AP - A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound Mid-Atlantic.
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| Weather closes government offices a second day (Reuters) | | Reuters - Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow. | | 1h 50min 5sec ago | | |
| NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat (AP) | | AP - A graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated animal cruelty, ending an eerie case in which authorities said the unsuspecting woman kept replacing her dying pets. | | 1h 58min 52sec ago | |
| Harman posts fiscal 2Q profit, revenue up 24 pct. (AP) | | AP - Harman International Industries Inc., which makes speakers, headphones and audio equipment, on Monday said it moved to a profit in its fiscal second quarter, compared with a year-ago period when it recorded steep one-time charges. | | 2h 11min 8sec ago | |
| Kahn: Wolves deadline trade would be minor at most (AP) | AP - The Minnesota Timberwolves remain focused on evaluation and determination of the core players they'll commit to beyond this rebuilding season and the approaching NBA trade deadline doesn't factor in to that process, president of basketball operations David Kahn said Monday.
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| Attorney: Brooke Sheen wants case dismissed (AP) | AP - Charlie Sheen and his wife were reunited Monday after a judge modified a restraining order and allowed them them to work out their differences following a Christmas Day domestic violence dispute in which the actor allegedly pinned his spouse on a bed with a knife to her throat.
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| Seats at premium on planes, trains out of DC (AP) | AP - A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound Mid-Atlantic.
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| Lincoln National earns $102 million in 4Q (AP) | | AP - Life insurer Lincoln National Corp. said Monday that it earned $102 million in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $506 million a year earlier, but it lost $519 million for the year. | | 2h 48min 21sec ago | |
| Lincoln National earns $102 million in 4Q (AP) | | AP - Life insurer Lincoln National Corp. said Monday that it earned $102 million in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $506 million a year earlier, but it lost $519 million for the year. | | 2h 48min 21sec ago | | |
| AstraZeneca gets OK for expanded Crestor use (AP) | | AP - Federal regulators have granted AstraZeneca approval to market its cholesterol pill Crestor as a preventive measure against heart attack and stroke in patients with healthy cholesterol levels. | | 2h 59min 26sec ago | |