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Rampant Foreclosure Abuses Suspected Across U.S.

Realtor Mac McCollum stands in front of a foreclosed home in Bullhead City, Arizona
A report this week showing rampant foreclosure abuse in San Francisco reflects similar levels of lender fraud and faulty documentation across the United States, say experts and officials who have done studies in other parts of the country.
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Demand Media Aims for Double-Digit Growth in 2012

Demand Media, which went public just over a year ago, promised its shareholders that revenue growth would accelerate by the second quarter after it reported a fourth-quarter net loss due to costs for improving its platforms.
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Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About ABC’s ‘Revenge’ Star

Madeleine Stowe plays the icy matriarch Victoria Grayson in the ABC television series Revenge, for which she was recently nominated for a Golden Globe award. The 53-year-old actress has starred in films such as The Last of the Mohicans and Twelve Monkeys. Here are 10 things you probably didn't know about her:
Mars Chocolate Products

Mars Snickers Lower Calories: What to Expect

Mars Inc., the maker of Snickers, M&Ms and Twix has decided that by the end of 2013 they will halt sales of chocolate products over 250 calories. In an effort to improve the nutritional value of their products, the candy bars will be coming down in size. Spokeswoman Marlene Machit said that the act is part of the company's broad-based commitment to health and nutrition.
Leader of China Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama.

Xi Jinping: New Friend of the U.S.?

Xi Jinping's visit to the United States is all the rage as Washington scurries to get a better impression of the presumed successor of President Hu Jintao. However, it would be premature to judge Xi's comfortable and amicable style as a sign of any weakness.
The company's logo is seen on the Apple store in Washington

Apple Relents, Tweaks Apps Policy

Apple has tweaked its apps privacy policies in the wake of recent instructions from U.S House Energy and Commerce Committee requesting the Cupertino company to provide sufficient information about its privacy policies to the user before taking their personal contact names and data
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Obama courts dueling industries after piracy flap

President Barack Obama traveled to California on Wednesday for the first time since anti-piracy legislation pitting Hollywood against the tech sector got derailed, ramping up his election-year fundraising with events courting both dueling industries.
World Bank President Zoellick attends a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos

World Bank President? 5 Picks for Obama

President Barack Obama has the chance to change world economic development when he selects the next President of the World Bank, the outgrowth of World War II-era plans to use rich counties to spearhead economic growth.
Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan Says It's 'Insanity' for Clive Davis to Host Gala After Whitney Houston's Death [VIDEO]

Chaka Khan has criticized Clive Davis, the man who discovered and mentored singer Whitney Houston, for continuing to host his pre-Grammys party hours at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California hours after the singer died in a bathtub in the same hotel. I thought that was complete insanity, Chaka Khan said on Piers Morgan Tonight on Monday. And knowing Whitney, I don't believe she would've said, the show must go on. She's the kind of woman who would've said, 'Sto...
Arapaima

Piranha Bite-Proof Fish Scales May Lead to Tougher, More Flexible Body Armor

A Piranha bite-proof fish called the Arapaima may hold the secret to more flexible, tougher body armor because of its unique scales. The 300-pound Amazonian fish shares the same watery environment as the notorious Piranha, and when river levels dip in the dry season, they must share quite shallow stretches of the world's largest river. Scientists from the University of California, San Diego are working on a way to translate the strong, flexible scale technology into better human body armor.
Navy SEAL

‘Act of Valor’ Premier: NAVY SEALS Parachute into Hollywood, Shoot Footage From Helmet-Cam [VIDEO]

Get some! shouts a young man as he jumps out of an airplane circling the skies above Hollywood, Calif. The gentleman falling from the sky is a NAVY SEAL, and he's giving his best effort to raise attention given to the pseudo-propagandist film, Act of Valor, which hits theaters on Feb. 24. Act of Valor, a story about U.S. Navy Seals, is acted out by real NAVY SEALS, and accordingly, real NAVY SEALS parachuted into the premier Monday night.

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