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Wall Street Closes Lower After String of Gains

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Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week rally.
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Humana forecast is below Street view; shares fall

Humana Inc forecast a profit for this year below Wall Street estimates, suggesting that investors may be overestimating how much it will earn from a burgeoning Medicare business, and its shares fell almost 6 percent.
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Torrent Site BTJunkie Shuts Down: Top 5 Alternatives

BTJunkie, one of the largest Bit Torrent search engines, announced Monday that it would voluntarily be shutting down its website. The decision came less than three weeks after federal prosecutors cracked down on popular file-sharing Website Megaupload, for copyright infringement.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov gestures during a news conference in Moscow

Russia Scolded by France after Syria Veto

After Russia used its veto power to block a United Nations resolution that would officially urge Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down from power, the United States and Western Euriopean nations have blasted Moscow.
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Internet Cupids often miss their mark: researchers

Combing dating websites for that perfect love match can be very frustrating, and a group of U.S. psychology professors released a report on Monday explaining why there is no substitute for meeting face-to-face.
Steve Van Zandt in "Lilyhammer"

Steven Van Zandt Stars in Netflix’s New Original Series ‘Lilyhammer’ [TRAILER]

Netflix released a new original series, Lilyhammer, Monday, starring former The Sopranos star and E Street Band-member Steven Van Zandt. Although the Norwegian-American series was produced by Rubicon TV AS, a Norwegian production company, Netflix co-produced and financed much of the show, signaling a remarkable new business direction for the company.
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Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Commercial: Was it Political? [VIDEO]

The political undertones in Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler Group LLC were evident in the reaction it provoked. The nationalistic tone for the ad, Halftime in America, left its audience wondering whether it advocated that the upcoming 2012 Presidential election is halftime for President Barack Obama and that he deserves a second term.
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Fed should raise rates in 2013, Bullard says

The Federal Reserve should start raising interest rates next year, a top Fed official said on Monday, arguing that many years of near-zero rates will do little to return economic output to pre-recession levels and risks causing disaster.
President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis James Bullard

Fed Reserve Branch Chief Warns of 'Looming Disaster'

The shock to the U.S. economy after the housing bubble burst in 2008 was like an earthquake which has left one part of the land higher than another part, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said, in a somewhat critical note on the actions of the U.S. central bank.

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