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Gaza civilian toll rises; diplomats seek truce (AP)
AP - Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.

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EU says gas disruptions 'unacceptable' (AP)
AP - The European Union calls the sudden and substantial cuts in Russian gas supplies to some member states "completely unacceptable."

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India: Pakistanis `must have' backed Mumbai attack (AP)
AP - Pakistani authorities "must have had" a hand in the deadly Mumbai siege, India's prime minister said Tuesday, stopping just short of directly accusing Islamabad of aiding the gunmen.

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Texas wins Fiesta Bowl on late TD pass (AP)
Left out of the national title game, Colt McCoy and Texas made the most of their trip to the Fiesta Bowl. They just hope they did enough to impress poll voters. McCoy hit Quan Cosby for a 26-yard touchdown with 16 seconds to play, lifting the third-ranked Longhorns to a 24-21 victory over No. 10 Ohio State on Monday night.

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'Melo suffers 'probable' hand fracture (AP)
Carmelo Anthony could barely put on his socks and struggled to fasten his watch. Tying his shoes? That was simply too much for his injured right hand. Anthony scored 21 points and set a season-high with nine assists despite injuring his hand in the third quarter of the Denver Nuggets' 135-115 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.

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Report: QB Cassel to get franchise tag (AP)
The New England Patriots plan to put the franchise tag on quarterback Matt Cassel, according to a published report. Cassel's future hinges heavily on Tom Brady's recovery from a season-ending knee injury in the first game this season. Franchising Cassel would keep him from becoming an unrestricted free agent and give the Patriots an option if they feel Brady might not be ready for the start of the...

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Yahoo! News: Business

Stock futures point to higher Wall Street open (Reuters)
Reuters - Stock futures pointed to a firmer Wall Street start on Tuesday, with futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.5 percent at 5:20 a.m. EST.

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Retail sales seen falling despite deep discounts (Reuters)
Reuters - Deep discounts failed to coax consumers to shop in December, but are sure to sap margins and will likely lead to a number of profit warnings when retailers report sales for the all-important holiday month this week.

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Toyota orders 11-day output halt as sales slump (Reuters)
Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is to halt production at its Japanese plants for 11 days in February and March as a sharp slide in U.S. sales has left dealers' lots full of unsold cars.

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Death certificate: Travolta son killed by seizure (AP)
AP - Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker said Monday, after doctors performed an autopsy on the 16-year-old son of the U.S actor.

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FBI plans large hiring blitz of agents, experts (Reuters)
Reuters - Wanted by the FBI: agents, language specialists, computer experts, intelligence analysts and finance experts.

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Gaza civilian toll rises; diplomats seek truce (AP)
AP - Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.

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