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Google launches music service

Google launches music service
Google Inc has turned on the music at its new online store, aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a major record label.
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GameStop upbeat on holiday sales

GameStop Corp said holiday sales were off to a strong start, easing concerns that recent data showing a slowdown in the industry would hurt the video game retailer.
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Healthcare educator Rainelle White (rear) checks the weight of client Norma Ferguson in the Family Van in Boston

Super Committee Should Not Be Bamboozled By Sham Medical Claims

The drum beat to limit medical care for the elderly grows louder. President Barack Obama's health law reduces future funding for Medicare by over $500 billion in the next decade and shifts most of those resources to fund a vast expansion of Medicaid. It's like robbing grandma to spread the wealth. To bamboozle the public, advocates for limiting health care spending on the elderly are distorting science to make their case.
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Gold Prices Fall to One-Week Low on Eurozone Fears

Gold fell to a one week low on Thursday as fears that the euro zone debt crisis could spread from peripheral to core economies kept investors nervous and prompted some to liquidate profitable positions to cover losses in other asset classes.
A New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus heads west on New York's 42nd Street..

MTA Plans for 2012, No Service Cuts Expected

Joseph Lhota attended his first MTA board meeting on Wednesday, making it clear he will address the huge budget deficit the agency is facing. The MTA hoped to borrow at least $6.5 billion for its debt repayments.
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Occupy Wall Street Rallies, Undeterred by Zuccotti Park Eviction

Occupy Wall Street may have lost Zuccotti Park, but a Thursday morning march on Wall Street proceeded with undiminished enthusiasm. Late Thursday morning about 11 a.m. EST, several hundred protestors returned to the park, took down baricades to chants of Whose park? Our park! as they stormed back in. Police did not immediately react.
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'Bond Vigilantes' Push Italy, Spain Interest Rates Higher - is U.S. Next?

So far, the dispensers of global financial justice -- the bond vigilantes -- have given the U.S. a pass on the budget deficit issue. But that can’t last forever, which is why it behooves Democrats and Republicans to reach agreement on a budget deficit reduction package now, starting with a super committee agreement.

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