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WOMEN ‘TRICKED INTO SUICIDE BLASTS’: Two women suicide bombers who have killed nearly 80 people in Baghdad were Down’s Syndrome victims exploited by al Qaida. The explosives were detonated by remote control in a coordinated attack after the women walked into separate crowded markets, said the chief Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad General Qassim al-Moussawi.
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FIRST JOB LOSSES IN 4 YEARS RAISE RECESSION FEARS: The nation’s employers eliminated 17,000 jobs in January, the government reported Friday, the first decline in the work force in more than four years, and the strongest signal yet that the United States may be in the early stages of a recession. Politically, the job figures were particularly troubling for the Republican Party and President Bush, who had just this week responded to doubts about the economy by noting in his State of the Union address a 52-month streak of uninterrupted job growth. That streak ended last month.
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SNIPES ACQUITTED OF TAX FRAUD: Action star Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges Friday, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. Snipes and two co-defendants, a de-licensed accountant and a tax protest leader, were indicted in 2006. Snipes faced six additional counts of willful failure to file a tax return from 1999-2004, a period in which he signed two contracts for more than $10 million on sequels in the “Blade” trilogy. He was acquitted on three of those and convicted on the others. He could be sentenced to three years in prison after originally facing a possible 16 years.
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MAYOR: SARKOZY WEDS FORMER MODEL: French President Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni on Saturday at the Elysee Palace, according to the official who performed the ceremony. “The bride wore white; she was ravishing, as usual,” Francois Lebel, mayor of Paris’ eighth arrondissement, or neighborhood, told Europe-1 radio. “The groom wasn’t bad either.”
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 LBN-SEE IT….Margaret Thatcher, the 82-year-old “Iron Lady” resurfaced at an awards gala in London on Thursday….
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 MISSISSIPPI POLS SEEK TO BAN FATS; NEW BILL WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR RESTAURANTS TO SERVE THE OBESE: Mississippi legislators this week introduced a bill that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons. Bill No. 282 is the brainchild of three members of the state’s House of Representatives, Republicans W. T. Mayhall, Jr. and John Read, and Democrat Bobby Shows. The bill, which is likely dead on arrival, proposes that the state’s Department of Health establish weight criteria after consultation with Mississippi’s Council on Obesity.
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SOURCE: PROSECUTOR SEEKS ARREST IN HOLLOWAY CASE: Aruba’s chief public prosecutor has requested that a suspect in the Natalee Holloway case be arrested for a third time based on new evidence, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. Hans Mos expects to hear a ruling from a judge as soon as Saturday or Sunday on the request regarding Joran van der Sloot, the source said.
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PARADE RETURNS TO NEW ORLEANS: On Saturday, New Orleans’s biggest and most lavish Mardi Gras parade will pass through the heart of the city for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded much of its traditional route.
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LBN-MEDIA INSIDER: Thursday night’s Democratic debate on CNN drew 8,324,000 million total viewers, making it the most-watched primary debate in cable news history, and the second-most watched on TV this election cycle. (ABC’s Democratic debate on Jan. 5 drew 9,360,000.) The debate gives CNN the top five highest rated cable debates this cycle in total viewers.
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 LBN-PRESIDENTIAL BACK ROOM: ***On Sunday, Oprah Winfrey is returning to the presidential campaign trail to headline a California event for Senator Barack Obama. The Obama campaign has yet to announce details, but people familiar with the event say the television talk show magnate will join Michelle Obama at a campaign rally in the Los Angeles area. The goal? Closing the gap with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in California before Tuesday’s primary. The target? Women voters. ***Democratic Sen. Barack Obama sees one of the best arguments for his presidential candidacy in the rise of Republican Sen. John McCain. McCain has become Obama’s favorite punching bag, an easier mark in front of partisan audiences than the rival Obama will have to beat first to get to the general election - Hillary Rodham Clinton. ***The US presidential candidates are heading towards the $1bn mark in campaign fundraising, shattering records as Wall Street and corporate America pump cash into a race that started early and has produced at least eight viable candidates. ***Ted Kennedy revels in limelight as he stumps for Obama.
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I’LL BE PRESIDENT OF EUROPE IF YOU GIVE ME THE POWER - BLAIR: Tony Blair has been holding discussions with some of his oldest allies on how he could mount a campaign later this year to become full-time president of the EU council, the prestigious new job characterized as “president of Europe”. Blair, currently the Middle East envoy for the US, Russia, EU and the UN, has told friends he has made no final decision, but is increasingly willing to put himself forward for the job if it comes with real powers to intervene in defense and trade affairs.
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LBN-BUSINESS INSIDER: ***Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company — $40.6 billion — on Friday as the world’s biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at the end of the year. Exxon also set a U.S. record for the biggest quarterly profit, posting net income of $11.7 billion for the final three months of 2007, beating its own mark of $10.71 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005. ***Google Inc., the most popular Web search engine, fell the most since it went public after fourth- quarter profit missed estimates, signaling investors have soured on one of the fastest-rising technology stocks of the decade.
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LBN-SPORTS INSIDER: ***The National Football League is the only major sports league whose balls are manufactured in the United States.
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LBN-HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: ***“Puppy Bowl IV,” a three-hour extravaganza in which a cast of 46 dogs frolic, chase, pant, sniff, roll, tail-wag and occasionally pick up a ball on a set resembling a football field, will be broadcast at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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 LBN-POLITICAL BRIEFING BY BOB HERBERT: Those who may think that a woman or a black man will have an easy time winning the White House this year should switch from whatever it is they’re smoking.
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WHO READS THE LBN E-LERT? Six (6) members of the NFL Commissioner’s Office along with approximately 246,000 other “influencers”.
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LBN-COMMENTARY BY MICHELLE WILLIAMS: Please respect our need to grieve privately. My heart is broken. I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father. All that I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every day. His family and I watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes steps two at a time and we know that he is with us still. She will be brought up with the best memories of him.
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 LBN-COMMENTARY BY ROSEANNE BARR: I would: triple teachers’ and policemen’s pay, abolish the IRS, and back our currency with yummy baked goods. My foreign policy statement: “Hey, how’s it going? We’re your global neighbors. Here’s our number if you need something.”
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 LBN-A DIFFERENT VIEW…..The late Heath Ledger…..
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LBN-OVERHEARD: ***Jamie Spears has won temporary legal control over his daughter, a judge ruled after a brief hearing Friday. He also has full control over her medical treatment. Jamie has the power to restrict any visitors to Britney. He is also in charge of arranging 24-hour caretakers for her, as well as security. In addition, the judge gave Jamie the power to cut off all of the singer’s credit cards and to prosecute any restraining orders on her behalf. He also has full control of her residence and can legally remove anyone who is staying there. In addition, he has the power to keep Britney in California. ***Kiera Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, has been named the spokesmodel for designer Maggie Norris. The leggy beauty celebrated her new gig Thursday at The Plumm wearing bizarre jewelry: a tribal band of skull heads encircling her left arm. ***Fervent Scientologist Kirstie Alley, who apparently reads every last page of US Weekly, had her attorney fire off a letter demanding the celebrity mag drop one of its fashion critics over a joke she made about Kirstie’s religion.
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DID YOU KNOW? - OCEANS AND PLANETS: ***The Arctic Ocean covers an area of about 14,056,000 square miles. ***The oceans of the world would rise about 60 meters or approximately 197 feet if Antarctica’s ice sheets melted. ***Astronomers once believed a planet named Vulcan existed between Mercury and the Sun. ***Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is 25,000 miles wide. ***Neptune was the first planet in our solar system to be discovered by mathematics.
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LBN-QUOTE: “She has also complained . . . that the reporter used subterfuge to interview her, pretending to be the mother of an inmate.” – Roy Greenslade
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LBN-HISTORY: On Feb. 2, 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II.
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