At first blush, a proposal the Securities and Exchange Commission took up Wednesday appeared to be one of the more mundane chores the agency faces as it carries out a congressionally mandated overhaul of Wall Street rules . An SEC commissioner apologized for the boredom factor, saying, “I know this sounds dry . . . ” Read full article > >

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SEC reviews proposal regulating derivatives called ‘swaps’

DEAR AMY: My husband and I have been together for 30 years. Several months ago he turned 60, which was very traumatic for him. Today, after an argument he started with me the night before, he called me from work to say he would be leaving me. He said that he can’t stand to be around our two grown sons or me and that he’s felt this way for “a while.” He refused to tell me why this is happening and insisted that I stop asking him. I pointed out that this sounds like a midlife crisis, but he said flatly that he didn’t care. I don’t believe another woman is involved. Read full article > >

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Ask Amy: Husband’s crisis throws wife a curveball

Electrical retailer Richer Sounds has been named the UK’s favourite shop in a poll of more that 11,000 people.

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Andy Dick is once again in trouble with the law. The former “NewsRadio” star was arrested Monday night on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly at a Marie Callender’s restaurant in Riverside County, Calif. According to the Associated Press, he was charged with public intoxication and subsequently released. If this sounds a little deja vu-ish, there’s a reason. Back in 2008, Dick was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public and attempting to grope a 17-year-old girl outside a Buffalo Wild Wings, also in Riverside County. He received probation in that case. Read full article > >

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The Kepler space telescope is significantly better at measuring the age and sizes of stars by measuring the sounds they make, say researchers at the AAAS conference.

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‘Music of the stars’ now louder

Well, this sounds nice: Chelsea Clinton’s new husband, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, is taking a few months off of his job at the New York hedge fund G3 Capital to go skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He left his position just before the holidays,…

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Chelsea Clinton’s Hubby Takes Ski Break

KABUL – For those who have escaped Afghanistan’s worst violence, some things are hard to forget: the sight of a woman’s hair entangled in the mulberry branches, her legs strewn far away in the dirt. Or the sounds they heard as they hid in an underground hole, counting the bombs to pass the time,…

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Afghanistan’s disheartened

This sounds like a recipe for a disaster-movie emergency: For the first time, scientists have trapped antimatter-a breakthrough that will help them learn about the origins of the universe. It is believed that after the Big Bang, matter and antimatter…

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Scientists Trap Antimatter

This sounds like a recipe for a disaster-movie emergency: For the first time, scientists have trapped antimatter-a breakthrough that will help them learn about the origins of the universe. It is believed that after the Big Bang, matter and antimatter…

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Scientists Trap Antimatter

This sounds like a recipe for a disaster-movie emergency: For the first time, scientists have trapped antimatter-a breakthrough that will help them learn about the origins of the universe. It is believed that after the Big Bang, matter and antimatter…

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Scientists Trap Antimatter

This sounds like a recipe for a disaster-movie emergency: For the first time, scientists have trapped antimatter-a breakthrough that will help them learn about the origins of the universe. It is believed that after the Big Bang, matter and antimatter…

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Scientists Trap Antimatter

This sounds about as likely as an Aqua Buddha sighting: Tim Profitt, the man who was caught stomping the head of a MoveOn.org protester at Rand Paul’s Monday night debate, has asked his victim for an apology. “I don’t think it’s that big of a deal,”…

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Rand Paul Stomper Wants Apology

This sounds as though it could have pretty huge consequences on the future of Internet privacy: A French court has found Google guilty of the “public slandering of a private individual” after it’s “suggest” feature linked a man’s name to words like…

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Google Found Guilty of Defamation

This sounds like just the kind of leader Haiti needs: Wyclef Jean owes the U.S. government $5,278,430 in back taxes, according to court records. CBS News says he owes the IRS money on properties in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. More specifically,…

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Wyclef Jean Owes IRS $5 Million