Sunday, February 20, 2011

TV reporter speaks about speech problem at Grammys (AP)

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb .13, 2011 undated handout file photo provided  by KCBS in Los Angeles, veteran TV journalist Serene Branson reports on the Grammy awards show outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Branson's speech became incoherent during the stand-up, which fueled Internet speculation that she suffered an on-air stroke. Doctors said Thursday that she suffered a migraine, the symptoms of which can mimic a stroke. (AP Photo/KCBS TV) NO SALESAP - A TV reporter who lapsed into gibberish during a live shot outside the Grammys said she was terrified when it happened and knew something was wrong as soon as she opened her mouth.


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Iraq lawmakers approve 2011 budget of $82.6 billion (Reuters)

Reuters - Iraq's parliament gave final approval on Sunday to an $82.6 billion budget for 2011 based on an average oil price of $76.50 per barrel and 2.2 million barrels per day in crude exports.

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Lawsuit Claims 'The Help' Author Stole Her Character from Her Help (The Atlantic Wire)

The Atlantic Wire - Kathryn Stockett's book "The Help"--which explores the friendship between a young white woman and two black maids in segregated,
1960s-era Mississippi--is a critically acclaimed bestseller with a movie spin-off due out this summer. But
Ablene Cooper, who was the longtime babysitter for Stockett's brother, says the novel's success has come
at her expense.

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Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again (AP)

Protestors waving Libyan flags gather in front of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, call for the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.  Gadhafi's forces fired on mourners leaving a funeral for protesters Saturday in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores more as the regime tried to squelch calls for an end to the ruler's 42-year grip on power.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Protestors waving Libyan flags gather in front of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, demanding the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.    (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry.


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Turks like leaders but worried about economy (AP)

AP - ? Unlike people in many other countries of the Middle East, Turks actually like their government and their leaders. But they still don't like the way their country is headed.

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IBM's Watson gets job in health care (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - It didn’t take long for IBM’s demonstration of the question-answering prowess in the Jeopardy-winning Watson system to find some backers: IBM has announced a deal with Nuance Communications to apply Watson’s Deep Question Answering technology the healthcare field.

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Rumor says Google rolling out music service with Honeycomb (Appolicious)

Appolicious - Google (GOOG) has its own subscription service, it?s about to roll out in-app purchases and it has a web-based app store for Android: now it just needs a music sale service and its mirroring of Apple (AAPL) will be complete.

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