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Activists: Syrian Homs assault kills more than 200 (AP)

This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, purports to show a wounded man being treated at a field hospital in Homs, Syria. Syrian forces unleashed a barrage of mortars and artillery on the battered city of Homs for hours before dawn on Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing into basements and killing scores of people in what appeared to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL.  TV OUTAP – Syrian forces hammered restive neighborhoods in the city of Homs for hours with mortars and artillery before dawn Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing into basements and killing more than 200 people in the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said.


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Madonna likes Eli better than Brady

Madonna said Thursday she’d rather date Eli Manning than Tom Brady — even though it might be more a matter of geographical convenience than hunkiness.

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Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give (AP)

FILE - This Oct. 15, 2011 file photo, shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg smiling during a meeting in San Francisco. Will Facebook list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq? It comes down to 'where Mark Zuckerberg wants to get his picture taken,'  the founder of one market research company says.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP – The goody-two-shoes among us say it’s better to give than to receive. That’s not true for the average Facebook user, though.


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Women better at parking than men: study

Men are generally considered better drivers, but a new study suggests that parking is a task best left to women.

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Wedding planner to the stars worse than Bridezilla – lawsuit 

A New York couple sued its celebrity wedding planner for saying, “I don’t” to his duties on their big day.

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More than 50 killed in 2 days of turmoil in Syria (AP)

This citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released early Friday Jan. 27, 2012, purports to show a Syrian man, right, mourning over the dead body of his son, who was shot by the Syrian forces, in Idlib province, Syria, on Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. A 'terrifying massacre' in the restive Syrian city of Homs has killed more than 30 people, including small children, in a barrage of mortar fire and attacks by armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, activists said Friday. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP – Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed more than 50 people as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings, fired on crowds and left bleeding corpses in the streets in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday.


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Wildfire near Reno destroys more than 20 homes (AP)

A house burns just south of the Old 395 Gas Station Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 in Washoe Valley, Nev. Winds gusting up to 82 mph pushed a fast-moving brush fire south of Reno out of control on Thursday as it burned several homes, threatened dozens more and forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate their neighborhoods. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Liz Margerum)  NEVADA APPEAL OUT;  MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP – Firefighters were able to stop the progress of a fast-moving brush fire near Reno Thursday, but not before the wall of flames burned more than 20 homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate several neighborhoods.


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