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Zimbabwean refugee Brilliant Pongo is putting his PhD into practice, communicating vital news to people in his information-starved homeland. “Information is power, and this is what Zimbabweans are being denied. It is really, really restricted in Zimbabwe and people need to know what’s going on – without that they are controlled by the government and can’t react,” he says. Pongo is …

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Canada.com

AP Top News at 3:49 am EST The Associated Press - 36 minutes ago NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama will announce the leaders of his economic team Monday, naming Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary and … Video: Obama taps Geithner for Treasury-NBC ReutersVideo News roundup: Speculation, reports swirl around Obama's possible … USA Today Photos in the news Chicago Tribune KDBC - KIVI-TV all 2,410 news articles

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It’s a new American language, having emerged and spread in, oh, just the last 30-35 years. It’s “news-speak,” roughly the antithesis to “plain English.” And no matter how horrifying the news it carries, news-speak is comical, farcical, because it…

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Anyone shopping for a home in the San Fernando Valley area will get some more good news this week, maybe on Monday.

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If Barack Obama’s ascension to the White House means change has come to America, isn’t it only fitting that change come to the art of skewering the news?

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Public safety news in brief: Man found slain in apartment Kansas City Star, MO - 2 hours ago Police are investigating the early-morning death of a man at a south Kansas City apartment complex Saturday. Police were called to the 1700 block of East …

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An announcement from VeraSun Wednesday night on its third quarter 2008 performance was a good-news , bad-news situation. The South Dakota ethanol producer has increased revenues by 389 percent over the third quarter of 2007 to nearly $1.1 billion.

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Market left waiting for positive news last week San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 1 hour ago Of all the bad news last week, some say the worst was Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's announcement on Tuesday that he would not ask Congress for the …

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Vancouver Sun

AP Top News at 10:23 pm EST The Associated Press - 7 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) — Obama transition officials say the president-elect has chosen New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner to be treasury secretary. … Video: Obama taps Geithner for Treasury-NBC ReutersVideo Photos in the news Chicago Tribune News Minute: Obama's promise…Mall shooter…Deeper blue sea KDBC KIVI-TV - Newsday all 2,486 news articles

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AP Top News at 10:13 pm EST The Associated Press - 30 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary and reached outside his …

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