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11:15 AM EST
2/9/2012 Safe House ( ** )This gritty action thriller about corruption is cynical, hard-edged, two-fisted, and only minimally interested in its own subject matter. Denzel Washington stars as the CIA's most dangerous traitor. He's a renegade operative and suspected double agent who has turned, traded secrets with and sold military intelligence to enemies of the United States, and has been on the run for more than a decade. In possible possession of sensitive materials that everybody else in the spy game wants, he gives himself up and is remanded to a CIA-operated safe house in South Africa, where low-level CIA op Ryan Reynolds is in charge and wonders what's being done to Washington there is legal.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Reviews, Movie Reviews

10:58 AM EST
2/9/2012 Mortgage rates hold record lowsMortgage rates held on to near-record lows this week. In the week ending Feb. 9, the average rate on the 30-year fixed rate mortgage remained unchanged at 3.87 percent, matching a record low set in the prior week. A year ago, the 30-year rate sat at 5.05 percent.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Mortgages

10:47 AM EST
2/9/2012 "Gold mining beats school any day"At a waterlogged gold mine in western Kenya's Migori District,--year-old Jacob*, one of 15,000 children toiling in the region's pits, scours the water for glistering flakes, a job he says beats going to school on an empty stomach.

Source:IRIN Topics:Social Issue, People, Children, Economy, Business And Finance, Metal And Mineral, Mining, Education, School

10:40 AM EST
2/9/2012 Unemployment claims fall to near four-year lowInitial unemployment claims fell by 15,000 to 359,000 during the latest week, a level near the four-year low hit in January, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The number was better than economists' expectations for 370,000, down from the prior week's 373,000.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Economy, Labor, Unemployment

10:35 AM EST
2/9/2012 The world’s oldest ‘Yo Mama’ jokeResearchers decipher work of Babylonian-era cut-ups, but don’t always get it.

Source:TML Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Archaeology, Science And Technology, Human Science, History, Literature

10:26 AM EST
2/9/2012 U.S. stocks open quietly Thursday as focus remains on GreeceU.S. stocks were little changed on the open Thursday as investors keep a close eye on developments in Greece. Also giving global markets some steam was news that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England both left their benchmark interest rates unchanged.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange, Macro Economics, International Economic Institution

10:19 AM EST
2/9/2012 Insurers, guards earn more from piracy than gangsSomali pirates did not have a good year in 2011, seizing fewer vessels and hostages than in 2010, but the world still paid a heavy price for their activity.

Source:TML Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Kidnapping, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Insurance

10:09 AM EST
2/9/2012 Greek political leaders reach deal on austerity measuresGreek politicians have reached a deal that will help the financially ailing Mediterranean country avoid a messy default. The move clears the way for a swap to cut the nation's debt and secure its second round of rescue money in two years.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Government Debt, International Economic Institution

10:04 AM EST
2/9/2012 Flirting with 59: Cabrera-Bello comes close but shoots 63 in DubaiSpain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello birdied nine of his first 11 holes Thursday and brought 59 into the equation at the Emirates Golf Club but he finished with seven pars and shot 63. His nine-under effort earned him a two-shot lead at the Dubai Desert Classic.

Source:AHN Sports Topics:Sports, Golf

10:00 AM EST
2/9/2012 States reach $25 billion mortgage deal with big banksMore than 2 million American homeowners will get at least $25 billion in relief from the biggest banks in the United States as part of a broad settlement announced late Wednesday. The agreement marks the broadest effort to date to help borrowers who owe more than their houses are worth.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Corporate Crime, Economy, Business And Finance, Economy