WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm-twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet in the coming weeks: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit.

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington's efforts to get indirect peace talks underway.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:48:25 -0500

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said Wednesday.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:43:23 -0500

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's opposition turned up the heat on the center-left government on Wednesday to hold out for a tough new "Icesave" debt accord with Britain and the Netherlands, after a referendum rejection of its previous deal.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:39:57 -0500

LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Tuesday cast doubt on their chances of meeting the White House's March 18 deadline for voting on a stalled healthcare overhaul, but said they are moving as fast as they can.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economists raised their forecast for economic growth in 2010 in March, the third straight monthly rise, while trimming their growth forecast for 2011, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

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CANBERRA/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant movement in the world's most populous Muslim country.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.

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Dana Moore sells rain. He sells a lot of it, for about a buck per reusable storm.

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Several major cable companies and a public interest group asked the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to intervene in disputes over transmission fees to prevent broadcasters from withholding signals from subscribers.

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TEHRAN -- The bearded blogger stood before an effigy of an Islamic warrior towering over the letters "WWW."

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On a windy morning in downtown Washington, a hundred Georgetown Law students gathered in a hall for David Cole's lecture on democracy and coercion. The desks were cluttered with books, Thermoses and half-eaten muffins.

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Montgomery County school officials have not yet closed gaps in their computer system that allowed students at a high-performing Potomac high school to change dozens of grades using a device that can be bought from Amazon.com for $69. And other school systems, including Fairfax County, remain just as...

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Another video rental store might have been content to boast a "Horror" section, but Alexandria's Video Vault always catered to far more specialized tastes.

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Ten players from the local technology scene look back at the Internet boom and bust.

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Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week. This inaugurates what all TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room.

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Baltimore-based director Matt Porterfield was overjoyed to find out that his latest film was accepted by the Berlin Film Festival. But there was one not-so-trivial problem: He didn't have any money to finish the editing and sound work.

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Q: I heard what sounds like an urban legend -- that you shouldn't hit the F1 key if a Web site tells you to. Is that true?

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Embattled Japanese auto giant Toyota launched a broad counter-attack on Monday aimed at refuting research that suggests electronics may be at the heart of runaway acceleration problems that have led the automaker to recall more than 6 million vehicles.

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ABC returned to the televisions of Cablevision's 3 million New York area subscribers late Sunday, allowing viewers to catch most of the Academy Awards. But the companies didn't say whether they had ended their tense and bitter impasse over how much the cable operator should pay Walt Disney Co., t...

Fecha: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

About a week ago, Intuit announced that it had fulfilled one of its customers' oldest requests: It had shipped a new Mac version of its Quicken personal-finance program that didn't look and run like a 1998-vintage relic.

Fecha: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

TALCA, CHILE -- When an aftershock nearly as big as Haiti's earthquake jolted this city on Friday, those already reeling from last month's huge quake shuddered in fear. But Jeff Genrich, a 53-year-old earthquake scientist from California, lolled in bed.

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Cablevision and Walt Disney appear to be heading back to the negotiating table, hours before the Academy Awards broadcast begins and is missed by three million subscribers in the New York area.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III warned Thursday that the cyberterrorism threat is "real and . . . rapidly expanding."

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Dulles-based Orbital Sciences said Thursday that it will pay $55 million in cash to buy a satellite subsidiary of Falls Church-based General Dynamics.

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Herndon-based RCN announced Friday that it has agreed to be acquired by a private-equity investment firm in a transaction valued at $1.2 billion.

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John L. "Jack" Ahearn Jr., 85, a retired Naval Research Laboratory electrical engineer, died Feb. 25 at his home in Oxon Hill after an apparent heart attack.

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Herndon-based RCN announced Friday that it has agreed to be acquired by a private equity investment firm.

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Internet service providers are stepping up their campaign to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from regulating them like telephone companies and questioning the limits of the agency's power over the Internet.

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La Plata and Charles County Public Library officials are expected to sign an agreement soon to put on the fast track plans to make free wireless Internet service available in many locations.

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Government geeks and private-sector geeks will get a chance to rub elbows at a brand-new technology conference taking place Thursday.

Fecha: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Roy and John Lin made a devilish fortune in the details of phone bills, according to a federal investigation.

Fecha: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Rob Pegoraro answers your questions on recent gadget reviews, technology news and provides personal tech buying and fixing advice.

Fecha: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone.

Fecha: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:12:28 EST

Apple, increasingly facing tougher competition in the market for smartphones, sued the Taiwanese phonemaker HTC, accusing it of violating patents related to the iPhone.

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How can we win the cyber-war?

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So this guy walks into a bar. He looks around, recognizes the bartender -- and whips out a cellphone, launches an app and taps a button labeled "Check-in here." Then he gets a beer. That is a routine occurrence for people using -- make that, playing -- a social-networking service called Foursquare.

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Google Buzz is the loudest party I've ever been forced to attend. It's not because there are too many people invited but because of all the chatter. I'm following only 40 others. And even if I wanted to follow a few hundred more, my network's too small. But these 40 contacts all have their own fr...

Fecha: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Local boozers were breathing a bit easier yesterday following news reports that an audit by the Washington Metropolitan Police Department found some 80 percent of its "breathalyzer" alcohol monitors may have been giving faulty readings.

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Ed Nanas is a retired communications executive of a well-known Fortune 500 company that never knew about the brassiere article when it hired him because there was no Google back then.

Fecha: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Apple purged several sexually explicit applications from iTunes this week. Parents had complained that children were getting hold of apps such as Naughty Trivia and Sexy Scratch Off in the freewheeling online marketplace.

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Inessa Volkonidina had taken precalculus once and dropped it. She needed to take it again, and quickly, to fulfill a graduation requirement at Long Island University. She went online and found a company with an odd name, StraighterLine, that offered the course on even odder terms: $99 a month.

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Q: I want to run Windows XP programs on my new PC. Is Windows 7 Professional's XP mode the best way to assure that?

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As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:34:32 GMT

The company’s network pushes the limits of translation technology and has become a favored source for millions.

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Researchers have tested the Sensecam, which contains a digital camera and an accelerometer, as an aid to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders.

Fecha: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:40:13 GMT

France Télécom has already stopped several practices identified as being particularly disruptive, like forcing employees to change jobs and closing work sites.

Fecha: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:46 GMT

Google unveiled a marketplace of business software to help to spur the adoption of its own suite of productivity applications.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:10:14 GMT

Our daily roundup of Web gems includes a deeper look at Barbie the engineer, Carly Fiorina's tenure at Hewlett-Packard, Jonathan Schwartz's battles with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and a pricing glitch at Amazon.com.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:59:40 GMT

Two of the world's computing powerhouses have started a war of words around their forthcoming tablet computers.

Fecha: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:01:30 GMT

Charles Thacker, the lead designer on the Alto, the Xerox PARC prototype of the modern personal computer, won the Turing Award.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:51:48 GMT

A national commitment to solar power transformed one community but big subsidies led to unsustainable growth.

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An alarm goes out online, and a messenger is soon reunited with his stolen bike.

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After a decade of near-death experiences, the Internet music service is attracting attention from investment bankers who think it could go public.

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EBay, recovering from unprofitable quarters and falling market share, has recast its site to make it more attractive to new kinds of shoppers, like the carbon conscious.

Fecha: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:00:47 GMT

As Microsoft complies with new European rules to offer a choice of browsers to Windows users, smaller browsers are getting a boost.

Fecha: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:24 GMT

The Treasury Department will issue a general license for the export of free personal Internet services and software geared toward Iran, Cuba and Sudan.

Fecha: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:50:13 GMT

Major League Baseball Advanced Media will handle the technology infrastructure and customer support for the nearly 3,500 live events that ESPN streams each year.

Fecha: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:39:48 GMT

An attempt by a public television stalwart to bring the young into the fold with punchy takes on social issues.

Fecha: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:10:23 GMT

ChatRoulette, a nascent Internet phenomenon, is providing Web researchers with a social networking case study into the nature of online togetherness.

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Though girls still have more cellphones than boys, the gap is about half as large as it was in 2005.

Fecha: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:27:38 GMT

Even the most prolific users say Twitter has become more useful as a way to tap in to the discussions of the day than to broadcast their own thoughts.

Fecha: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:40:52 GMT

Allrecipes Dinner Spinner Pro adds 40,000 dishes you don't get with the free version plus new features like recipe sharing over Bluetooth.

Fecha: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:11:42 GMT

Google adds biking directions to its digital maps for 150 American cities, to the acclaim of cycling activists.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:50 GMT

Panasonic has added two new Micro Four Thirds cameras to its line-up, including a model with a touch-screen and one that is the smallest interchangeable lens camera with a viewfinder.

Fecha: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:08:54 GMT

Palm has added new features in its Web OS 1.4 upgrade. Here's how to get it.

Fecha: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:24:11 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall....

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:40:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast....

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:40:38 GMT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, but made clear it had no intention of reversing the order that has cast a shadow over the latest U.S. push for Mideast peace....

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:39:48 GMT

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the "stuck" accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn't move....

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KHOST, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members....

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt....

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:30:32 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said....

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:48 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet....

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NEW YORK (AP) -- From the start, David Letterman made sure the story of a $2 million shakedown attempt over his sex life was one he narrated himself....

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot fallaway jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night....

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:33:17 GMT

New educational standards say 4th graders should know the difference between poetry and prose, 8th graders must be able to prove Pythagoras’ theorem.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:19:15 GMT

Demographers say this year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:34 GMT

By one new metric, Michelangelo has been bumped from his perch atop the Italian art charts by Caravaggio.

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Another Toyota Prius is being blamed for out-of-control acceleration following an incident in Harrison, N.Y., as the besieged automaker dealt with a new high-profile new headache.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:09 GMT

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."

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A New York congressman who resigned under an ethics cloud has been under investigation for allegedly groping multiple male aides, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:38:24 GMT

The family of an American killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza will launch a damages case on Wednesday, stoking controversy over the treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters and angering Israelis frustrated by international criticism.

Fecha: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:18:31 GMT

Although previous studies have demonstrated what scientists call “herd immunity,” none have been so incontrovertible as a study of farming colonies in Canada.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:38:19 GMT

Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods, and critics are taking aim.

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The Dalai Lama blasted Chinese authorities Wednesday, accusing them of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:07:20 GMT

At least three Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog after an alleged plot to murder the artist who created it was uncovered in Ireland.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:57 GMT

A terrified 7-year-old boy begged emergency dispatchers to send police to his Southern California home where three armed robbers threatened his parents, according to a recording of the call released Tuesday.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:23:39 GMT

Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son's apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:51:21 GMT

United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.

Fecha: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:54:28 GMT

As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a new report.

Fecha: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:47:48 GMT

Celizic: Connecticut won its record 71st straight game on Monday. On Tuesday, the Huskies extended it to 72. No women’s team has ever won more consecutive games. Only UCLA’s 88-game winning streak that ran from 1971-74 is longer in D-I hoops. And America greeted this extraordinary achievement by erupting into a coast-to-coast yawn.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:32:18 GMT

She was her usual strong self this week, nailing Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me One Reason,” and the judges noted that her big selling point was that she knows herself and who she is as an artist.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:08:35 GMT

A federal indictment accuses a Pennsylvania woman of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and promote terrorism overseas, NBC News reports.

Fecha: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:26:21 GMT

Robert “Joe” Halderman has pleaded guilty to trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic’s sexual affairs.

Fecha: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:36:05 GMT

With DeGeneres on board — and Simon Cowell on the way out — judges Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi seem to have decided it's time to start trying harder.

Fecha: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:24:15 GMT

A ring accused of helping people from the Mideast obtain student visas by taking proficiency exams and classes for them has exposed a vulnerability in tracking foreign students.

Fecha: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:51:05 GMT

The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a "milkaholic" baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her.

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