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Democrats Push Payroll Tax Cut Amid Budget Showdown in Congress

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
New legislation introduced by Senate Democrats on Monday would prolong and increase a payroll tax cut pushed by President Barack Obama, while introducing a de facto millionaire's tax. The proposal is the first step in what will likely be a prolonged budgetary battle on Capitol Hill.

AMR Corporation Files for Bankruptcy

American Airlines
R Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection in New York despite the fact that the company has more than a reported $4 billion in cash on hand. AMR shares, traded on the New York Stock Exchange, were halted earlier on the news. But after trading resumed, AMR Corporation common stock is trading down 85.93 percent on the day to 23 cents -- near a 52-week low of 20 cents.
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AT&T in talks with Leap about divestitures: report

AT&T is in talks with Leap Wireless International about a potential sale of some assets to the smaller operator in a last ditch effort to gain regulatory approval for AT&T's proposed T-Mobile USA purchase, according to a New York Times report.
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Laptop Wi-Fi Said to Nuke Sperm

In a report in the venerable medical journal Fertility and Sterility, Argentinian scientists describe how they got semen samples from 29 healthy men, placed a few drops under a laptop connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi and then hit download.
Heading a football 'could lead to brain damage'

Heading the Soccer Ball Can Cause Brain Damage: Study

Soccer players who have a high rate of heading the ball during games and practices can have brain abnormalities and cognitive problems similar to those experienced by patients with concussions, researchers suggest.
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Gay Sex at Occupy Oakland Scores on Internet, Porn Producer Says

Considering that a clip from Dirty Boy Video that appears to show two California men having sex in an Occupy Oakland tent is making headlines everywhere from Fox Nation to The Huffington Post since it went online Nov. 17, it figures porn producer Andy Fair would tell IBTimes Monday that he's been happy with his site's traffic lately.

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