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Brand X Files: Ina Garten goes Google. Quincy Jones on Kanye. North Korea attacks South Korea.
Brand XIna Garten goes Google: The Food Network star and "Barefoot Contessa" shares a handful of Thanksgiving recipes straight from the Google front page. Holler at you later, Rachael Ray! [Google] Quincy Jones on Kanye West: "He's just a rapper," the... -
North Korea shells South Korea: Twitter users react
Top of the TicketNorth Korea shells South Korean border island. Social media users react on Twitter.... -
Shellshocked by N. Korea
Such Middle Eastern trouble spots as Iran and Afghanistan get most of the attention in this country, but North Korea is determined to demonstrate that it is the world's biggest threat to stability. The Obama administration has few good options for dealing...Tags: Politics, Pyongyang (North Korea), Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid, Korean War
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U.S. scrambles to limit Korea hostilities
As Seoul threatened retaliation for North Korea's deadly shelling of a South Korean island, U.S. officials scrambled Tuesday to avert any catastrophic escalation of hostilities after one of the most serious confrontations on the Korean peninsula in...Tags: Politics, Heads of State, Pyongyang (North Korea), Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid
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Bodies of 2 civilians found on shelled South Korean island
South Korea on Wednesday found the burned bodies of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, marking the first civilian deaths in the incident and escalating the tensions in the region's latest crisis. The South Korean Coast Guard...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Family, Petroleum Industry, Nuclear Weapons, Korean War
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A Wrestle: North Korea beats South Korea on the mat as tensions spike between the countries
Associated PressGUANGZHOU, China (AP) — The match started with a handshake and ended with a little hug, the muscular Koreans refusing to acknowledge the military and political tensions back home. Wrestlers from North and South Korea faced off on the Asian Games...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Petroleum Industry, Game Playing, Wrestling, Athletes
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Euro down again as Europe's debt crisis heads to Portugal, Spain; stocks stabilize
AP Business WriterLONDON (AP) — The euro slid to a two-month low Wednesday amid mounting worries that Europe's debt crisis was spiraling out of control and heading for Portugal and Spain, while stock markets recovered their poise after military clashes on the...Tags: Thanksgiving, Portugal, New York Mercantile Exchange, Spain, Europe
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Obama says US will defend SKorea, seeks diplomatic response to attack from the North
AP National Security WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged the United States would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with South Korea after what the White House branded a provocative, outrageous attack by North Korea on its neighbor. Its options...Tags: Entertainment, Politics, Heads of State, Pyongyang (North Korea), Television
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SKorea finds 2 bodies in rubble, marking first civilian deaths in NKorean artillery attack
Associated PressINCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Rescuers found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack — the first civilian deaths from a skirmish that marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the rival...Tags: Politics, Petroleum Industry, Pyongyang (North Korea), Nuclear Weapons, Korean War
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Obama, congressional leaders condemn North Korean strike against South Korea
President Obama will call South Korea's president later Tuesday to express America's solidarity after a military strike from North Korea, the White House said. Briefing reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Indiana, deputy press secretary Bill...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Joe Lieberman, Ike Skelton, Barack Obama, White House
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North Korea fires on South Korean island
Los Angeles TimesNorth Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery rounds onto a populated South Korean island, killing two and injuring 19 others after Pyongyang claimed that Seoul was readying for "an invasion," officials said. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak...Tags: Heads of State, Pyongyang (North Korea), National Government, White House, China
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South Koreans puzzle over motives behind North Korea's attack
Los Angeles TimesSeoul residents expressed growing alarm late Tuesday after a deadly North Korean artillery attack on a South Korean island, leading many to try to make sense of Pyongyang's latest provocation. "It has finally come to this, the very day we all feared,"...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Heads of State, Pyongyang (North Korea), Lee Myung-bak
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