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Here is the link to Thursday's live blog. Please check the page regularly for updates.

7:45am PDT: The BBC has a disturbing first hand video report from a hospital in Port-au-Prince where, last night, injured people waiting for treatment slept amongst dead bodies.

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He may be the world's finest speechmaker, but the finger wagger in chief has one small weakness

Arlen Specter was supposed to be vulnerable in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. But it hasn't played out that way

The 10-year plan would reimagine the nation’s media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country’s dominant communication network.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, received a bonus worth $22 million for his work filling in for Steve Jobs' during the CEO's 2009 medical leave.

While there is a lack of concrete information from his camp, sources believe that Tiger Woods is working with Ari Fleischer and will not return to golf before the Masters in April.

A suicide bomber in a rickshaw kills at least nine people in Pakistan, police say, a day after twin blasts leave dozens dead in Lahore.

Gabe Newell used his awards speech to speak about his thoughts on the industry... including his thoughts on DRM.

I don’t feel old very often at my age, but I do when I remember seeing this super retro anti-smoking ad like it was yesterday. It’s about a cool kid who doesn’t smoke because it’s, you know, whatever.

It's exactly what it sounds like.

The iPad officially became available for pre-order earlier today and while plenty of you are still debating about whether or not to pre-order, it appears as if the device might already sold 51,000 units in just two hours via pre-order. Wow.

Prosecutors in California are suing Toyota, claiming the carmaker sold hundreds of thousands of vehicles it knew had defects.

Thad Matta clearly goes insane after Evan Turner beat Michigan with a last second 3, ultimately having to be restrained. It sure looks like he is taunting the Michigan the bench, though accounts are conflicting. You decide.

FCUK is throwing down the gauntlet for all the guys on Chatroulette. It's simple: convince a girl you meet on Chatroulette to go on a date and French Connection will deck you out for the event.

An inquiry finds "widespread evidence" that agency and migrant meat plant workers are abused and exploited.

Investigators say Faith Williams Hamby, 43, flashed her breasts to a patron at a Gadsden convenience store on Wednesday. Only that patron was an off-duty Etowah County sheriff's deputy, and apparently he wasn't impressed.

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A Maryland jeweler learned an important lesson about patience after his beloved golden retriever swallowed a $20,000 diamond

Thousands of taxi drivers overcharged riders more than $8 million by switching the meter to double the rate, according to the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Here's a shocker -- it's all over money. A music company called American King Music claims they funded Platt's recent recording session with rapper/producer Mims for the official full-length version of POTG. Now, American King is suing over the music distribution agreement and expenses related to producing, writing and recording of the single.