World Jan. 7th, 2010 (10)
#1 — BBC | Ice alert following days of snow
People are battling with treacherous conditions after sub-zero temperatures followed days of heavy snow to leave icy roads and pavements across the UK.
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#2 — CNN | Snow expected to bring more frigid temperatures to Deep South
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — A snowstorm backed by bone-chilling cold began to push into the Deep South on Thursday, re-enforcing record-low temperatures well into Florida.
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#3 — CNN | Fighter jets escort plane after passenger becomes unruly
Portland, Oregon (CNN) — Two F-15 fighter jets escorted a passenger jet that had been headed for Hawaii back to Portland International Airport in Oregon after a passenger in coach became “uncooperative,” an airline official said Wednesday.
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#4 — Fox | National Security Adviser Says Airline Bomber Report Will ‘Shock’ Americans
Americans will feel “a certain shock” when a report is released today detailing the intelligence failures that could have prevented the alleged Christmas Day airline bomber from ever boarding the plane.
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#5 — Fox | Sources: Obama OKs Taxing High-End Health Plans
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they’ll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health insurance plans to pay for health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans.
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#6 — Fox | Extreme Weather: Why Has Mother Nature Gone Bonkers?
With record snowfalls in China and freezing cold blanketing the U.S., this winter has been a doozy for half the planet! Yet the other half is enduring unseasonable heat. What’s going on?
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#7 — NY Times | Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Car Dashboards
LAS VEGAS — To the dismay of safety advocates already worried about driver distraction, automakers and high-tech companies have found a new place to put sophisticated Internet-connected computers: the front seat.
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#8 — DM | Eurostar train breaks down in Channel Tunnel again
A Eurostar train broke down in the Channel Tunnel today, leaving hundreds stranded.
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#9 — Times | Battle lines form over Iceland’s borrowed billions
Iceland yesterday set the date for a referendum that will decide the fate of a £3.6 billion loan made by Britain and the Netherlands at the height of the banking crisis in 2008.
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#10 — Telegraph | Brown fights off leadership challenge despite lukewarm support
Gordon Brown appears to have seen off an an attempt to oust him as Prime Minister but questions have been raised over why it took senior Cabinet colleagues so long to offer their backing.
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