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Rare Color photos from Depression Era, Part 2

These vivid color photos from the Great Depression and World War II capture an era generally seen only in black-and-white. Photographers working for the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) created the images between 1939 and 1944.
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The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland

Dengue fever test wins FDA nod

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first test to help diagnose people with signs and symptoms of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. Manufactured by Seattle-based Inbios Inc., the DENV Detect IgM Capture ELISA test detects antibodies to dengue virus in blood samples from patients who have signs and symptoms of dengue.
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Fed's Dudley sees no reason to reverse course

The U.S. economy may add jobs more rapidly in coming months as the recovery gathers steam, but that is not a reason for the Federal Reserve to reverse course, a top Fed official said on Friday.
Size Zero obsession goes global as stimatization of fat spreads from West across cultures

Size Zero obsession goes global

Indicating the distressing trend of size zero has gone global, a new research has found how stigmatization of fat and obesity has spread from western countries across more accepting cultures.
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Earthquake strikes Puerto Rico

A moderate earthquake has struck the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, according to Red Sismica de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico’s Seismic Network).

AT&T counters Verizon iPhone with unlimited calling

AT&T, which is losing its hold on the iPhone to Verizon, has introduced a new feature to its customers that offers unlimited calling to any mobile number in the United States. AT&T's new offer is an attempt to counter an impending switch of iPhone customers to Verizon, which will be debuting iPhone 4 starting today.
People dressed as aliens

Suggesting A Protocol For Calling ET

If people on Earth want to talk to aliens, we may have to change our tune - or at least the way we broadcast it. And we may need a crowd to help figure out what to do.
A Pan American aircraft is given a water salute

Pan Am Flight 281 hijacker sentenced to 15 years in prison

A man who had hijacked a Puerto Rico-bound Pan American flight 281 to Cuba four decades ago and then voluntarily returned to the United States in October 2009 and surrendered to federal authorities so that he could see his family again, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison without parole.
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Stock futures fall, JPMorgan profit jumps

U.S. stock index futures were lower on Friday despite strong quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase as the Dow Industrials and S&P 500 looked to close out a seventh week of gains.
Not extending jobless aid may cost 600,000 jobs-W.House

US initial jobless claims rise

The number of people claiming unemployment benefits rose during the week ending Jan. 1, according to a report by the U.S. Labor Department.
People fill up job application forms at a job fair in Los Angeles, California, October 13, 2010.

US weekly jobless claims fall

Initial jobless claims were better-than-expected for the week ended Nov. 20, hitting levels that had not been seen since July 2008, the Labor Department said in a report.

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