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Supermodel Wife Defends Brady's Passing Skills
On Sunday, the New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. The wife of defeated quarterback Tom Brady. supermodel Gisele Bundchen, complained about receivers dropping his passes.
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Australian Toddler Beats Machine At Its Own Game
Noah Jeffrey, 3, climbed up the chute at the top of the claw grab game, and into the case of stuffed animals and candy. The Herald Sun reports while he sucked on lollipops, he also handed them to children gathered outside. The boy was coaxed out the same way he went in — lured by the promise of a toy.
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Mumbai Slum Exists 'Behind The Beautiful Forevers'
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo has written her first book Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity. In this profile of contemporary India, she chronicles life in a slum in the shadow of Mumbai's luxury hotels.
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Greek Leaders To Decide On Austerity Measures
Greek leaders are supposed to meet again Tuesday to finally sign off on more painful austerity measures in exchange for a new bailout. Greece needs more loans — and a separate debt-reduction deal — to avoid a messy default, which could lead to an exit from the eurozone.
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Citigroup To Issue Credit Cards In China
China used to require western banks to co-brand with Chinese operators. But now Citi can sell its own plastic, just as credit cards become more popular. Rising incomes are boosting consumer spending.
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Syrian Forces Shell Homs, Residents Stay Inside
Activists say dozens of people were killed in the Syrian town of Homs Monday when government troops opened fire with tanks and machine guns. More than a dozen others were killed elsewhere. Renee Montagne talks to Omar Shakir, an activist in Homs, who's been posting updates on Twitter.
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GOP Rivals Campaign In Minnesota Ahead Of Caucuses
Minnesota holds non-binding GOP caucuses Tuesday. Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul all campaigned in the state Monday. Each of front-runner Mitt Romney's rivals is looking at the state as a place where they can regain their footing.
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Sports News The Super Bowl May Have Overshadowed
It's estimated more than 111 million people watched Sunday's Super Bowl — the biggest TV audience ever for the championship game. Morning Edition has an update of stories that may have gotten lost during the Super Bowl hype.
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Amid Debt Crisis, A Trail Of Broken 'Promises'
Financial writer Philip Coggan traces the current global financial crisis to the 1970s, when the U.S. went off the gold standard. In his book Paper Promises, Coggan says governments will have to choose whether to keep their promises to their creditors or to their citizens.
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China's Heir Apparent Rekindles Early Ties To Iowa
China's Vice President Xi Jinping is coming to America. Next week, he'll meet with President Obama at the White House. He'll lead a trade delegation to California. And he'll also make a stop in Muscatine, Iowa. Xi visited the town (population 22,886) in the 1980s, as part of an agricultural mission.
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