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12:32 PM EST
2/9/2012 Paul McCartney to finally get his star on Hollywood Walk of FameMusic icon Paul McCartney will finally get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 9.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Music, Rock And Roll Music, Human Interest, Award And Prize, People, Human Mishap

12:24 PM EST
2/9/2012 San Francisco expands ban on plastic bagsRetailers in San Francisco will not be asking customers if they prefer paper or plastic when bagging goods. And, if customers don't bring their own reusable bags, they will have to pay for one. The ordinance is meant to reduce litter and waste processing costs. All retail outlets must stop distributing single-use plastic bags by October.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Fashion, Crime, Law And Justice, Laws, Environmental Issue

12:18 PM EST
2/9/2012 Jack in the Box offers bacon milkshakeFor a limited time, Jack in the Box is offering a 1,081-calorie bacon milkshake.

Source:AHN Topics:Lifestyle And Leisure, Gastronomy, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, New Product, Consumer Goods, Food

12:02 PM EST
2/9/2012 Boeheim, Syracuse lawyers claim allegations against Laurie Fine are irrelevantLawyers for Syracuse University men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim and the school filed court papers Wednesday saying recent allegations by two of Bernie Fine's accusers have nothing to do with the case.

Source:AHN Sports Topics:Sports, Basketball, College Basketball

11:51 AM EST
2/9/2012 Remark by Indian border guard chief outrages BangladeshThe Bangladesh government and rights groups are outraged after the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) chief said that it was not possible to stop border firing completely.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Drug Trafficking, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Politics, Government, Ministers (government)

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